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  1. News Year in Review 2023-24. GR air quality plummets, climate change plays role Air pollution reached an all-time high for the city of Grand Rapids over the summer of 2023. Reaching a peak point in late June, the city held the worst air quality in the United States. Visible smog and haze blanketed the entire state for multiple days, caused by... #GrandRapids #gvsu lanthorn.com/105504/news/haile

  2. Religious-based pregnancy centers can cause confusion. With many changes to legislation about reproductive health in recent years, many people are left concerned and confused about what options are still left when they see a positive response to their pregnancy test. Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court was met with a case advocating for a nationwide ban on mifepristone, which was the first... #gvsu lanthorn.com/105062/news/relig

  3. CO2 “false alarms” in Kirkhof Center disrupt club meetings. Sam George, a member of the Chess Club at Grand Valley State University, was enjoying a normal Sunday meeting until he and the other members of the club were told they had to evacuate the building due to hazardous levels of carbon monoxide. As it turned out it was just another “false alarm.”  Many sources... #gvsu lanthorn.com/104912/news/eliz-

  4. Twitter to X: changes in the social media platform have shifted user engagement. Nearly 20 years following the release of the social media app known as X, formerly Twitter, the app is dropping in popularity among students. X as a platform has seen many shifts since its creation with major shifts over the two years when Elon Musk took over the app as CEO. NBC News reported that... #gvsu

    lanthorn.com/104927/news/twitt

  5. Boil water advisory causes conflict in Grand Rapids. On Sunday, March 17, many Grand Rapids residents were alerted their tap water was no longer safe to drink and were instructed to boil their water before consuming it.  The City of Grand Rapids posted the alert on X, formerly known as Twitter, urging downtown residents to boil their water while crews worked to flush... #GrandRapids #gvsu lanthorn.com/104678/news/boil-

  6. GV students react to 2024 Lollapalooza lineup. The 2024 lineup for Lollapalooza, a music festival that takes place from Aug. 1-4 in Chicago, has finally arrived. The list of performers was revealed on March 19 at 10 a.m. Central Time. Many festivalgoers were looking forward to the announcement, as the event will be celebrating its 20th anniversary. Many students waited in anticipation... #gvsu lanthorn.com/104705/news/gv-st

  7. Upcoming Student Senate race reflects new senate structure. The Student Senate organization at Grand Valley State University is a group of students from a wide range of majors who work together as the student government for the GVSU community. The student government is composed of 40 senators, each of which serves on one of five committees. Six senators from the body also sit... #gvsu lanthorn.com/104480/news/campu

  8. Grand Rapids named “Best Beer City” in the U.S. For the third consecutive year, USA Today has named Grand Rapids as the #1 city for beer in America. Since first receiving the title of America’s best “beer city” in a nationwide poll in 2013, Grand Rapids has been on a winning streak, securing an array of ale accolades.  “This is a strong testament to... #GrandRapids #michigan #gvsu lanthorn.com/104486/news/grand

  9. Vehicle, dumpster up in flames at off-campus housing. Two fires occurred on off-campus housing complexes near Grand Valley State University on Sunday, Feb. 25. Ottawa County’s police department responded to a dumpster fire near Campus West Apartments around 2:30 pm. Later that day, around 6 p.m., there was a vehicle fire in one of the Canvas Townhomes parking lots. Both fires were safely... #gvsu lanthorn.com/104188/news/polic

  10. Conference addresses public opinion on Middle Eastern issues. The 2024 Michigan Model Arab League (MMAL), a three-day conference that ran from Feb. 15 to 17, focused on modeling political discourse from leaders in the Middle East. The event was hosted for the last 27 years by Grand Valley State University and was held in the L.V. Eberhard Center on the GVSU Pew Campus.... #michigan #gvsu lanthorn.com/103687/news/campu

  11. How “Dry January” can lead to long-term impact, sobriety. For many, the start of a new year heralds a list of resolutions- goals for starting fresh and things you’d like to achieve. These goals can be actions, maybe eating healthier foods, starting exercising more, drinking less alcohol or no alcohol at all for a whole month. The trend “Dry January” has recently been a... #gvsu lanthorn.com/102527/news/how-d

  12. — United Auto Workers are on strike against the Big Three automakers. Workers contracts expired at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, and the strike began at ...

    It's a historic moment, as this is the first time in the history of the United Auto Workers (UAW) it has struck all three of the nation's unionized automakers at the same time.#FOX17 #FOX17News #GM #GVSU #GeneralMotors #GrandValleyStateUniversity #LaurenKummer #WXMI #businessasusual #picketlines
    Business as usual at Wyoming General Motors plant amid strike, but could see ripple effect

  13. — United Auto Workers are on strike against the Big Three automakers. Workers contracts expired at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, and the strike began at ...

    It's a historic moment, as this is the first time in the history of the United Auto Workers (UAW) it has struck all three of the nation's unionized automakers at the same time.#FOX17 #FOX17News #GM #GVSU #GeneralMotors #GrandValleyStateUniversity #LaurenKummer #WXMI #businessasusual #picketlines
    Business as usual at Wyoming General Motors plant amid strike, but could see ripple effect

  14. It's #WorldWetlandsDay! 🌎 💧 🌱
    Wetlands provide critical #EcosystemServices such as flood protection, pollution prevention, and habitat which have economic value.
    Our study of coastal restoration of Muskegon Lake showed that home sale prices increased by $7 million in areas where the shoreline was restored. The full report is available here 👇
    #Michigan #GVSU #sustainability #EcologicalEconomics
    glc.org/work/aocs/muskegon