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Letter to the Editor: SVSU on Battle of the Valley

Letter to the Editor: SVSU on Battle of the Valley

Caitlin Coulter Apr 1, 2019

Dear editor, I am writing in response to the article published by the Lanthorn, “Student senate votes to discontinue Battle of the Valleys fundraising competition.” I am currently president of the Saginaw Valley State University Student Association,...

Does your Battle of the Valleys opinion carry weight? Take the survey.

Nick Moran Mar 27, 2019

The decision to suspend the fundraising competition portion of Battle of the Valleys has raised quite a stir. Social media is a firestorm of comments criticizing the decision to pull out of the competition.  Before you roll up your sleeves and share...

Safety first: Why have GVSU's security cameras taken this long?

Safety first: Why have GVSU’s security cameras taken this long?

Lanthorn Editorial Board Mar 25, 2019

“We are too big to have a lack of infrastructure in this area… We aren’t investing all this money just to be ahead of the game — we want to catch up to where we need to be," said Grand Valley Police Capt. Kourosh Khatir.  As Grand Valley...

How Michigan’s car insurance rates are keeping people in poverty

Laureen Horan Mar 25, 2019

A new policy brief published this month by the Poverty Solutions department at University of Michigan confirms what we’ve known all along — Michigan car insurance rates are too damn high. Because of this, many of our residents drive uninsured, posing...

Living abroad: A reflection

Emily Platt Mar 25, 2019

I recall sitting in my capstone class and listening to a guest alumna speak about teaching abroad in South Korea. I remember thinking, “Wow, that sounds so cool. But I don’t want to teach English. That’s not within my career interests.” And now...

Celebrating women's accomplishments of yesterday, today and tomorrow

Celebrating women’s accomplishments of yesterday, today and tomorrow

Lanthorn Editorial Board Mar 18, 2019

While Women's History Month is indeed a time to look back and celebrate those who have brought our society forward, it is also a time to push for the advancement of women today. Grand Valley State University is one institution that elected to do just...

Admissions Scam: Affirmative Action for the rich?

Ysabela Golden Mar 18, 2019

Apparently having your parents fund a new campus library isn’t enough to get you admitted to the top schools in the country anymore, as has already swept social media. Eight universities, including Stanford and Yale, have been definitively implicated...

Struggling with drug addiction in college? You’re not alone

GVL Staff Mar 18, 2019

The most difficult part was admitting I had a problem. I was a high-achieving student in high school, and my first semester in college I did really well. But then slowly I began to slip. I started skipping class, not doing my homework and failing tests....

Do you have five minutes to spare a life?

Do you have five minutes to spare a life?

Lanthorn Editorial Board Mar 11, 2019

Each day, on average, 88 lives are saved by an organ transplant in the United States; but 22 people die each day waiting for a transplant that never comes, according to organdonor.gov. A new person is added to the wait list every 10 minutes. The need...

Guest column: Taking the career path less traveled

Maddie Forshee Mar 11, 2019

Life after graduating can be weird, as many people in their early 20s can attest to. Going from taking classes, living with friends, partying and working when you can to moving to a different city, working full time and trying to figure out taxes can...

College crocks: Self-Care

Brendan Ulanch Mar 11, 2019

College is an intense roller coaster that stops for no one and if you don’t care for yourself in the correct and most fulfilling ways then you will never be able to finish the ride. The practice of self-care has been thrown around a lot these days,...

Why you should go see Captain Marvel

Xavier Golden Mar 11, 2019

Captain Marvel is Marvel Studios’ latest release, a truly unique movie about a photon-blasting superhero from outer space who fights aliens and teams up with Samuel L. Jackson. The film stars Room’s Brie Larson as the titular Captain Marvel, the aforementioned...