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The Student News Site of Grand Valley State University

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The Student News Site of Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Lanthorn
All content by Ysabela Golden
Children looking at Christmas cards in New York ,1910 (Courtesy / New York Times)

Consumerism vs. Religion: Christmas in the United States

Ysabela Golden, Staff Reporter
Nov 29, 2021
Presenter and GVSU alumni Allison Stephens Shook with a HFL program resident on a bus during a learning trip to Kigali. (Courtesy / Hope for Life)

GV alum gives philanthropy presentation

Ysabela Golden, Staff Reporter
Nov 22, 2021
Minnebo presents her paleoclimate research at GSA Connects 2021 (Courtesy / Lillian Minnebo)

GV STEM students present research across the country

Ysabela Golden, Staff Reporter
Nov 15, 2021
Students attend the "Graveyard Shift" gallery show. (GVL Xavier Golden)

SIGIL welcomes student creatives

Ysabela Golden, Staff Reporter
Nov 8, 2021
Courtesy / Office of Undergraduate Research

Why undergrads should pursue research

Ysabela Golden, Staff Reporter
Nov 1, 2021
Dr. Alice Chapman, the Chair of the student panel, and the three undergraduate presenters, Ysabela Golden, Chrystina Ochsankehl, and Isaac Hoekstra (Courtesy / History Department)

Great Lakes History Conference explores human sociability

Ysabela Golden, Staff Reporter
Oct 25, 2021
Courtesy / Ashten Duncan

Student Researchers tackle the pandemic

Ysabela Golden, Staff Writer
Oct 18, 2021
Courtesy / Seidman College of Business

Economics Club talks failure, disabilities, and reaching out for help

Ysabela Golden, Staff Writer
Oct 11, 2021
GVL / Bela Golden

Hauenstein Center to explore divide on Big Tech

Ysabela Golden, Staff Writer
Oct 4, 2021
(Courtesy / GVSU Promotions Office)

The bias behind student evaluations

Ysabela Golden, Staff Writer
Sep 27, 2021
“The Federal Pillars” drawing, first published in the Massachusetts Centinel, January 16, 1788. (Courtesy / Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)

GV celebrates Constitution Day

Ysabela Golden, Staff Writer
Sep 20, 2021
(Courtesy / Aspire: The National Alliance for Inclusivity & Diverse STEM Faculty)

GV “iChange” pursues diversity in STEM

Ysabela Golden, Staff Reporter
Sep 13, 2021
Darren Wahlof, chair of Grand Valley's political science department, left. led the panel discussion between Ethan Zuckerman, center, and Linda Chavez, right. (Courtesy / Hauenstein Center)

Hauenstein discusses: why don’t Americans trust their institutions?

Ysabela Golden, Staff Writer
Sep 7, 2021
One of Fustero-Lopez’s designs, incorporating themes learned from their research into an easily-shareable inforgraphic. (Courtesy Vaccinate West Michigan)

GV researchers tackle vaccine hesitancy

Ysabela Golden, Staff Writer
Aug 30, 2021
Every Tuesday and Thursday, OWS students do team-building activities on campus; every Saturday, they go to Grand Rapids for co-curricular workshops at Craig's Cruisers or Battle GR. (Photographer: Valerie Hendrickson)

Oliver Wilson Scholars adapt to campus early

Ysabela Golden, Staff Reporter
Aug 2, 2021
Trump's 2017 decision to end the DACA program led to mass protests across the country, including many universities. (Courtesy Kathryn S. Kuhar via The Harvard Crimson)

OMA hosts Michigan Network for Undocumented Immigrant Success

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Apr 12, 2021
The labor leader drew influence from the nonviolent tactics of Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, organizing picket strikes and boycotts. (Courtesy Associated Press)

OMA celebrates César Chávez, undocumented immigrants

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Apr 5, 2021
Sookkyung Cho plays Schubert's Sonata in A minor, D. 537, the first movement. (Courtesy Sookkyung Cho)

CLAS faculty present research on art, classical music, political origins of rap

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Mar 22, 2021
Kelsey Perdue is the Michigan project director of Kids Count, where she works to heal the larger community by advocating for better education policies (GVL Ysabela Golden)

Grand Rapids activist speaks on leadership

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Mar 15, 2021

CAB reflects on first Winterfest

Katherine Vasile and Ysabela Golden
Feb 22, 2021
Kayla Sosa (left) and Jamie Wilson (right) enjoying the titular beverage of the Tea Time discussion show. (GVL Ysabela Golden)

CSLC discusses Biden’s executive orders

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Feb 8, 2021
Many CLA fellow candidates find jobs and internships through their mentors. (Courtesy/ Cook Leadership Academy)

Cook Leadership Academy looks for new candidates

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Feb 1, 2021
Nixon leaving the White House for the last time on Aug. 9, 1974. (Photo courtesy Chick Harrity/Associated Press)

Hauenstein Center discusses the Nixon Post-Presidency

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Jan 19, 2021

Semester-in-Review: Laker Life

Katherine Arnold, Autumn Pitchure, and Ysabela Golden
Dec 14, 2020
The Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake was the main feature of the seminar "Reptile conservation in the Midwest using landscape ecology and genetics." (Courtesy/Eric McCluskey)

Species Stronghold: Reptile Conservation in Michigan

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Nov 16, 2020
Tim Curry stared in the 1975 film, which has since become an enduring cult classic. (Courtesy / 20th Century Fox)

CAB hosts the Rocky Horror Picture Show

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Nov 2, 2020
Dr. Eva Feldman gave her presentation over Zoom. (GVL / Ysabela Golden)

Hauenstein hosts talk from Michigan Neurology leader

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Oct 12, 2020
Representatives of the Community Service Learning Center discuss the importance of voting. (GVL / Ysabela Golden)

Student athletes encourage peers to vote

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Oct 5, 2020
Jillian Ashton, a Summer Scholar who researched water quality on the Grand River with her Faculty Mentor Peter Wampler. (Courtesy/Office of Undergraduate Research)

Undergraduate researchers present at Summer Scholars Showcase

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Sep 21, 2020
Courtesy / Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies

Hauenstein Center hosting Wheelhouse Talk on COVID leadership

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Sep 9, 2020
Courtesy/ Alexander Calder Art Center

Living on a closed campus: student housing during COVID-19

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Aug 31, 2020

A Look at Lifestyle 8/10/20

Mary Racette and Ysabela Golden
Aug 10, 2020

Art faculty adapts to remote instruction

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Aug 10, 2020

Laker Life Briefs

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Mar 16, 2020
GVL / Ysabela Golden

CLAS hosts semester’s second Research Colloquium

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Mar 9, 2020
Courtesy / John Golden

Teachers attend GV’s Math in Action

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Feb 24, 2020
GVL / Ysabela Golden

Black History Month speaker presents on AIDS awareness

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Feb 10, 2020

Ethical journalism and the Morris Berger story

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Feb 10, 2020
Temple Emanuel's garden. Courtesy / Cathrin Finney

Campus Interfaith plans visit to Temple Emanuel

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Feb 3, 2020
Design Thinking Director Dave Coffey watches table group discussions. GVL / Ysabela Golden

Students design university’s future at GVNext Workshop

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Jan 27, 2020

The Sovereign Grant, “Megxit” and the British Monarchy

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Jan 27, 2020
An information literacy visualization from students Devin Gordon and Max Geldhof

CLAS faculty host first Research Colloquium of 2020

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Jan 20, 2020

How students evaluate faculty performance

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Jan 13, 2020
Award recipient Heather Harrington-Minnebo with Graduate Dean Jeffrey Potteiger. Courtesy / Heather Harrington-Minnebo

Graduate art teacher awarded for academic excellence

Ysabela Golden, Laker Life Editor
Jan 6, 2020