It seems popular today to attack labor unions. You name it – they have been blamed for it.The recent financial struggles in the American automobile industry were blamed on United Auto Workers. The mass...
Since January 2009, Kent State has implemented a series of reforms in the hopes of enhancing the educational experience of its undergraduate students. Among the changes are the comprehensive revision of...
I’m sure everyone has seen a million YouTube videos of people going into public places and starting a synchronized dance or singing Christmas carols. These flash mobs have been everywhere lately, and...
I hope by now that all of you have had a chance to read Bryan Staul's column on the Tucson shootings, "What 'sane' Americans can learn from the shooting in Tucson." It’s a very well-written piece, and...
Disbelief and indignation swept across my social network late last week, as news spread of a change in the zodiac. Earlier in the week,The Star Tribune reported that, due to a “wobble” in the earth’s...
Kent State needs to shift its focus from recruiting new students to providing for current students, particularly in the art departmentThe Art Building is, hands down, the most confusing building on campus....
While I was at a hostel in Ireland, I found out about the Arizona shootings from a link someone posted on Facebook. Almost as shocking as the event itself were some of the comments that readers left on...
So the campus dining carousel keeps spinning at a rising speed.Pete’s Arena Pizza is now Damon’s Grill. Quiznos is now Subway. But don’t get comfortable with any of the dining spots because they...
As college students, we are often quick to claim our status as adults. While striving for independence, we begin taking the first steps towards becoming productive members of society. As budding citizens,...
This letter is in response to the article written by Ronald Stolle of The Columbus Dispatch regarding the elimination of academic tenure as a means of reducing the cost of education for students.In a word:...
It has been linked to murders. It is rebellious. It is promiscuous. It contains excessive swearing, drinking and smoking.It is "The Catcher in the Rye."The 1951 novel written by J.D. Salinger follows a...
Usually classes don’t start until the Tuesday after Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But this semester, for whatever reason, we’ve started a week earlier. Which means we don’t have classes Monday.No class...
