Grand Valley Lanthorn

Get out and vote

Lanthorn Editorial Board • Sep 22, 2016

People have a lot of things to say about millennials. We're addicted to our phones, we're entitled and we want trophies just for showing up. While a lot of these stereotypes are not exactly accurate, there is one that is: we don't vote.In the 2012 presidential...

Finding the true purpose of higher education

Kelly Smith • Sep 20, 2016

We all need to get good grades in order to get through school make a successful living in the world. That’s obvious. What’s less discussed among many students and teachers is why people need to be educated to function properly in society. So, the...

Falling in love with autumn

Jake Keeley • Sep 19, 2016

The beginning of fall brings four of my favorite things: professional football, college football, high school football and football tailgating. While these things by themselves should be enough to classify fall as the best season, it also brings joy in...

Student safety should be top priority on 48th Avenue

Lanthorn Editorial Board • Sep 19, 2016

Phase one of construction on 48th Avenue is finally done. Roads are open, the dust has cleared and travel in this high-traffic area is easier than ever. But there is still something missing.Allendale Township is currently in the process of finalizing...

Consolidated concerts will serve GVSU community well

Lanthorn Editorial Board • Sep 15, 2016

One unique factor about Grand Valley State University is its sense of community. Rather than having separate departments and functions, we prefer to work in a collaborative way, an idea that is very different from the majority of public universities....

Beyond business

Claire Fisher • Sep 15, 2016

Professors. We love their corny jokes and we hate when they keep us late after class. We attend their classes sometimes and pray they don’t give us quizzes on last night’s reading. We contact them to ask about grades and due dates and to triple...

Israeli-Palestinian conflict needs power equity, not discussion

David Alvarez • Sep 15, 2016

Editor's note: This letter to the editor is in response to the “Trying to reach common ground,” article published in the Monday, Sept. 12 issue of the Grand Valley Lanthorn.Kudos to the Kaufman Interfaith Institute and to the Hauenstein Center for...

Making the case for self defense

Kelly Smith • Sep 12, 2016

With all the acts of violence that occur on a college campus, I've been thinking a lot about self defense.I'm not just talking about using defensive moves with the body, because I know Grand Valley State University does offer instruction in this area....

Let’s keep talking

Lanthorn Editorial Board • Sep 12, 2016

As college students make the transition from adolescence to adulthood, it becomes clear that life is full of complicated, difficult conversations. What used to be plainly black and white meld into a vast gray area that didn't exist before. This messy...

Lamenting the length of baseball games

Jake Keeley • Sep 12, 2016

After a long-awaited arrival, football has finally returned. But unlike baseball, I hear no one complaining about how long the games take. Unsurprisingly, no one has argued that the play clock is too long, and furthermore there hasn’t been a campaign...

Taking a deeper look at sustainability

Danielle Zukowski • Sep 12, 2016

Grand Valley State University is the grandest and greenest of the valleys, right? Our university has been strongly associated with the environmental sustainability movement.GVSU is recognized “locally, regionally, nationally, and globally for applied...

‘The one man ban’

Jake Keeley • Sep 8, 2016

It is important to stick to your convictions. The personal protest, or "one man ban," as I like to call it, is a very noble, and under-appreciated approach to protesting. If you don’t like something, don’t support it. I’ve been protesting...