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The Student News Site of Grand Valley State University

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Ysabela Golden

Ysabela Golden, Reporter

Ysabela Golden is a columnist, reporter, and the Lanthorn's Laker Life Editor from 2019-2021.

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Children looking at Christmas cards in New York ,1910 (Courtesy / New York Times)

Consumerism vs. Religion: Christmas in the United States

November 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

November 22, 2021
Minnebo presents her paleoclimate research at GSA Connects 2021 (Courtesy / Lillian Minnebo)

GV STEM students present research across the country

November 15, 2021
Students attend the Graveyard Shift gallery show. (GVL Xavier Golden)

SIGIL welcomes student creatives

November 8, 2021
Courtesy / Office of Undergraduate Research

Why undergrads should pursue research

November 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

October 25, 2021
Courtesy / Ashten Duncan

Student Researchers tackle the pandemic

October 18, 2021
Courtesy / Seidman College of Business

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

October 11, 2021
GVL / Bela Golden

Hauenstein Center to explore divide on Big Tech

October 4, 2021
(Courtesy / GVSU Promotions Office)

The bias behind student evaluations

September 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

September 20, 2021
(Courtesy / Aspire: The National Alliance for Inclusivity & Diverse STEM Faculty)

GV “iChange” pursues diversity in STEM

September 13, 2021
Darren Wahlof, chair of Grand Valleys 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?

September 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

August 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 Craigs Cruisers or Battle GR. (Photographer: Valerie Hendrickson)

Oliver Wilson Scholars adapt to campus early

August 2, 2021
Trumps 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

April 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

April 5, 2021
Sookkyung Cho plays Schuberts Sonata in A minor, D. 537, the first movement. (Courtesy Sookkyung Cho)

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

March 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

March 15, 2021

CAB reflects on first Winterfest

February 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

February 8, 2021
Many CLA fellow candidates find jobs and internships through their mentors. (Courtesy/ Cook Leadership Academy)

Cook Leadership Academy looks for new candidates

February 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

January 19, 2021

Semester-in-Review: Laker Life

December 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

November 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

November 2, 2020
Dr. Eva Feldman gave her presentation over Zoom. (GVL / Ysabela Golden)

Hauenstein hosts talk from Michigan Neurology leader

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

Student athletes encourage peers to vote

October 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

September 21, 2020
Courtesy / Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies

Hauenstein Center hosting Wheelhouse Talk on COVID leadership

September 9, 2020
Courtesy/ Alexander Calder Art Center

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

August 31, 2020

A Look at Lifestyle 8/10/20

August 10, 2020

Art faculty adapts to remote instruction

August 10, 2020

Laker Life Briefs

March 16, 2020
GVL / Ysabela Golden

CLAS hosts semester’s second Research Colloquium

March 9, 2020
Courtesy / John Golden

Teachers attend GV’s Math in Action

February 24, 2020
GVL / Ysabela Golden

Black History Month speaker presents on AIDS awareness

February 10, 2020

Ethical journalism and the Morris Berger story

February 10, 2020
Temple Emanuels garden. Courtesy / Cathrin Finney

Campus Interfaith plans visit to Temple Emanuel

February 3, 2020
Design Thinking Director Dave Coffey watches table group discussions. GVL / Ysabela Golden

Students design university’s future at GVNext Workshop

January 27, 2020

The Sovereign Grant, “Megxit” and the British Monarchy

January 27, 2020
An information literacy visualization from students Devin Gordon and Max Geldhof

CLAS faculty host first Research Colloquium of 2020

January 20, 2020

How students evaluate faculty performance

January 13, 2020
Award recipient Heather Harrington-Minnebo with Graduate Dean Jeffrey Potteiger. Courtesy / Heather Harrington-Minnebo

Graduate art teacher awarded for academic excellence

January 6, 2020
Lex Tsakiris (above) and Alexa Andary (below). Courtesy / Kenzie Cain.

Cleats, community and competition: GVSU’s Women’s Rugby Club

December 2, 2019
GVL / Sheila Babbitt

Antisemitism on the college campus

November 25, 2019

Learn about Vietnamese culture with VCA

November 18, 2019
The anti-corruption protests that featured heavily in the Teach-In session ¡Ave Maria! Puerto Rico as a Case Study in Disaster Capitalism. Courtesy / Joe Raedle, Getty Images

Puerto Rico as a Case Study: Student/faculty collaboration for GV’s seventh annual Teach-In

November 11, 2019
Photo Courtesy/Professor Cáel M. Keegan

Teacher Feature: Award-winning professor Cáel Keegan

November 4, 2019

Original Joker victim of murder in new film, replaced with pitiful clown

October 28, 2019
Serena Fuegatati (Huy Do) with Chardonnay White (Courtney Dam) after the show.

Drag 101

October 28, 2019
Alissa Lane Representatives from GVSUs partner university in Ghana, University of Cape Coast, talk to students at the Study Abroad Fair (2015) COURTESY \ GVSU

Tour the world at the Study Abroad Fair

October 14, 2019
COURTESY \ Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center

“Queer the Air” with the LGBT Resource Center

October 7, 2019
GVL \ Marc Green

GV conducting sixth Climate Survey

September 30, 2019
COURTESY / Breann Barge

USPOC welcomes creatives of color

September 23, 2019
Grand Valley student works with cheetahs

Grand Valley student works with cheetahs

September 16, 2019
COURTESY / Padnos International Center

Padnos International Center reached out with ice cream

September 9, 2019
The Peanut Butter Falcon breaks the mold

“The Peanut Butter Falcon” breaks the mold

September 9, 2019
Lifelong Learning for Grand Valley Faculty

Lifelong Learning for Grand Valley Faculty

September 3, 2019
CAB prepared activites galore for the Laker Kickoff Party. GVL | KATHERINE VASILE

Campus Activities Board kicks off new semester

August 26, 2019
Architectural design: Goldsmith Company, Photography: Ruben Dario Kleimeer

Students tour floating dairy farm in Netherlands

August 19, 2019
Photo courtesy of David Clark

Grand Valley hosts MathPath middle schoolers

August 19, 2019
Professors Melba and Chad Vélez Ortiz. Photo courtesy Melba Vélez Ortiz.

Teacher Feature: Professor Vélez Ortiz

July 15, 2019
Keri Becker, Grand Valley’s Athletic Director since 2011. Photo courtesy of Keri Becker.

Athletic Director Keri Becker joins governor’s task force

July 15, 2019
courtesy / Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Students Work Cannes Film Festival

June 9, 2019
courtesy / John Golden

Teaching in Tanzania

June 9, 2019
courtesy / Ed Aboufadel via Twitter

History conference puts spotlight on the Midwest

May 13, 2019

Grand Rapids group holding town hall on Green New Deal

May 13, 2019
Free speech and censorship on college campuses

Free speech and censorship on college campuses

April 15, 2019
Meet the Real Einstein Bros

Meet the Real “Einstein Bros”

April 1, 2019

Admissions Scam: Affirmative Action for the rich?

March 18, 2019

The 2020 Democratic ballot is getting crowded, fast

February 25, 2019

LBGT representation: is it changing?

February 4, 2019

MLK Day: Injustice anywhere

January 21, 2019

The longest shutdown in United States history

January 14, 2019

A long wall and a longer shutdown

January 7, 2019

2018: The Year of Foodborne Illness

December 3, 2018

Bad news and good ratings

November 19, 2018

The issues on the table for the Nov. 6 election

October 28, 2018

Kavanaugh: A year after Weinstein

October 9, 2018

Concerns from the Kavanaugh trial go further than sexual misconduct

October 9, 2018

Who’s profiting from America’s opioid crisis?

September 16, 2018

Trump official generous enough to tell us we should be thanking them

September 9, 2018

Frida Kahlo Barbie no more feminist than previous versions

April 2, 2018

Who has to buy your personal data for selling it to be wrong?

March 29, 2018

Review: ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ waters down book’s complexity

March 12, 2018

‘Black Panther’: Not your average superhero movie

March 1, 2018

The Dumbledore problem

February 15, 2018

Trump’s ‘mere allegation’ tweet reflects complexity of #MeToo movement

February 12, 2018

Nunes memo is bad news for everyone involved

February 5, 2018

Why ‘The Shape of Water’ is a better version of ‘Beauty and the Beast’

February 4, 2018

The dangerous myth of chain migration

February 1, 2018

Government shutdown shorter than 2013’s but just as troubling

February 1, 2018

Review: ‘Welcome to the Jungle’ stands on its own from ‘Jumanji’

January 25, 2018

Review: ‘The Post’ is all too relevant

January 22, 2018

Review: It isn’t called ‘The Most Honest Showman’ for a reason

January 22, 2018

The timely demise of Steve Bannon

January 11, 2018

A good movie with a great mustache

December 4, 2017

Better than ‘Batman v Superman’: ‘Justice League’ is lighter, funnier than its predecessor

December 4, 2017

Political commentary in GVSU’s production of ‘Cabaret’ hits a little too close to home

November 30, 2017
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