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The Student News Site of Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Lanthorn

The Student News Site of Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Lanthorn

Why is the Lodge sending me emails?

Claire Fisher Feb 27, 2017

You’ve already chosen housing for next year, you didn’t give a marketing person your email address, and yet on a regular basis, a new email shows up your school inbox advertising the Lodge.Our student email addresses are a place for us to email people...

Finding the balance between optimism, pessimism

Kelly Smith Feb 27, 2017

How would you describe yourself as a thinker? Are you optimistic or pessimistic? Are you always looking with hope to the future or are you preoccupied with the worst case scenario? Are you satisfied with however you think, or do wish you don’t think...

On the hunt

On the hunt

Lanthorn Editorial Board Feb 27, 2017

In a previous Lanthorn editorial, we urged administration to be cautious when selecting a new candidate to fill Provost Gayle Davis' position. Since then, the university has been through five potential provost candidates, and none of them seem to...

The art of learning

Jake Keeley Feb 23, 2017

Ultimately, every student at Grand Valley State University opted to continue schooling in order to achieve higher education. Whether the motivation stemmed from the ability to get a better job, receive higher pay, or simply to gain more knowledge, earning...

Is it really a wonder we don’t all get along?

Shae Slaughter Feb 23, 2017

We’ve all heard it before ‘why can’t we just get along?’ This simple question has existed for a long time, forever some might say. It exists on playgrounds, in the workplace and in social issues like politics. While ‘getting along’ sounds...

Taking responsibility

Taking responsibility

Lanthorn Editorial Board Feb 23, 2017

The idea of climate change has been a topic of contention for decades. Whether it's the vast majority of scientists proving through data and facts that climate change is happening, or if it's people who oppose it and insist it isn't real, the talk of...

Learning a second language

Kelly Smith Feb 20, 2017

Think back to a time when you were walking down the sidewalk or standing in line for something, and heard someone near you start speaking another language. How do you react? Were you interested in their language? Did it irritate you at all? Did you wish...

Healthy snacking on campus

Danielle Zukowski Feb 20, 2017

In Lake Ontario Hall, there’s a line of vending machines loaded with varieties of delicious sweet and salty processed junk food. Last year, my fingers seemed to code in their numbers all too often as I was running late from class to work on an empty...

The dangers of fake news

The dangers of fake news

Lanthorn Editorial Board Feb 20, 2017

Since the election, the political climate at Grand Valley State University has mirrored that of the nation: split, divisive and covered by a general cloud of uneasiness. Whether you love or hate Donald Trump, he will definitely be a president to...

Calm down, millennials aren’t that bad

Shae Slaughter Feb 16, 2017

Over the past couple of years, I’ve noticed that the term ‘millennial’ has gathered a negative connotation. Somehow, a generation that has barely begun its time as leaders has already been blamed as the cause of America’s downfall. Even though...

NBA vs. NHL

Jake Keeley Feb 16, 2017

In the midst of one of the most historic and memorable stretches in the history of the NBA, there seems to continually be a feeling of unhappiness from, shall I say, one of the less fortunate sports leagues. No matter what the NBA does, there will undoubtedly...

Frustrated by funding

Frustrated by funding

Lanthorn Editorial Board Feb 16, 2017

It's no secret that, for the most part, Lakers like Grand Valley State University. We brag about our location, we love our campus and we are somewhat oddly obsessed with our university president. It's only natural that we want everyone else to love...