The possibility of being immortal has always been a speculative fiction, but fiction is only a few letters away from nonfiction. No one has ever killed me. Since birth, I have completely avoided being murdered — even when I was a stupid helpless baby,...

With eyes on the 2020 election, the Lanthorn will be featuring all angles of discussion on the political ecosystem. If you want to share your thoughts via a letter to the editor, please email us at [email protected].  It’s happening again. We...

Over the course of the semester, the Lanthorn will be conducting an editorial and column series titled “News on News” revolving around how news is consumed today, the concept of ‘fake news’ and the fight journalists continue to fight to have their...

Poverty is one of those issues that feels very apolitical. People, I think we all agree, shouldn’t go hungry or be homeless. And our solutions to this problem seem equally uncontroversial; we raise funds, we donate and we volunteer.  Most of the...

We all knew that in this year’s election, emotions were bound to be high due to what is at stake. But even still, I don’t think anyone could predict the amount of ire inspired by a particular candidate who came into this race very late and from left-field....

Hello Grand Valley. It means so much to write this for all of you today. I want to take a moment to thank everyone who takes part in this organization we call the Lanthorn. And to all of the current and former columnists reading this today, tomorrow...