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Get vaccinated (once it’s your turn)

Lanthorn Editorial Board Jan 19, 2021

At long last, there are multiple, viable COVID-19 vaccines. But that’s old news – we were excited about this when last semester ended, a month ago – and now, we’re seeing the complications that many public health officials warned us about. There...

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From the Sports Deck: Fantasy football advice week 16

Zack Goodrow, Sports Editor Dec 25, 2020

Well fantasy football player, here we are, championship week. Congratulations if you're competing for a league title this week. I am not after losing last week, thanks again Adam Thielen for that two catch performance it really helped me out. Good luck...

Farewell Column: In a world of uncertainties, some things are for sure

Farewell Column: In a world of uncertainties, some things are for sure

Kellen Voss, Print Associate Editor Dec 14, 2020

Kellen Voss is the Lanthorn's outgoing Associate Print Editor (formerly sports reporter and Sports Editor), serving the Lanthorn for 3.5 years until his graduation.  Out of all the pieces in all the years I’ve written for this newspaper, I’ve...

Semester-in-Review: Opinion

  Stoll’s tenure set the bar high, created a new GV culture While it is often an overused saying in yearbooks, there is a quote from legendary American poet Maya Angelou that perfectly encapsulates Associate Dean of Student Life Bob Stoll’s...

Celebrate love this holiday season

Olivia Fellows, Associate Print Editor Dec 7, 2020

This year has thus far been a year of turmoil, confusion, loss, anger and change. During the course of the year, we have searched far and wide for new ways to find positivity and celebrate the good in life amidst such upheaval. Among the most consistent...

We have higher expectations for 2021

Lanthorn Editorial Board Dec 7, 2020

This year has presented a seemingly endless series of tragedies; mass unemployment, the deaths of over 280,000 Americans caused by the coronavirus and its mismanagement at the federal level, the devastating series of wildfires at the beginning of the...

Responsibility during COVID-19 and the holidays

Lanthorn Editorial Board Nov 23, 2020

This week in Michigan politics, a petition has been made calling for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s impeachment, there was a decision to not certify Wayne county’s votes, the subsequent reversal of that decision, top Republican legislators appeared at a...

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Google One: A shift to anti-consumer storage consolidation

Fabian Segura, Columnist Nov 16, 2020

My first article here at the Lanthorn lamented Google’s misadventures with Hangouts and not capitalizing on the market Zoom would take. This time, however, Google is using its position as one of the biggest photo locker services with its Google Photos...

From the Editor: We're going digital until next semester, but coverage won't stop

From the Editor: We’re going digital until next semester, but coverage won’t stop

Nick Moran, Editor in Chief Nov 16, 2020

Due to the ongoing pandemic and remote learning post-Thanksgiving, the Lanthorn will be moving to online-only coverage for the rest of the fall 2020 semester. Despite that, we will cap the semester with our traditional Semester in Review issue, which...

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‘Tis the Season to Disappoint my Mother: Sharing holidays with your significant other

Emily Eaton, Columnist Nov 16, 2020

It’s the time of year for me to start thinking about something I have never once considered, something I never dreamt I would have the privilege of worrying about, something that I think will now perpetually stress me out forever: splitting holidays....