From breast implants to pipelines. From the housing market bubbles to America’s higher education. Why are so many things bursting these days?The envy of most other nations and the fuel for the economy...

Here’s a good financial rule for anybody: Don’t spend money you don’t have.Kent State, however, is on track to spend a whole bunch of money it doesn’t have on campus renovations at a time when...

It’s 2010. Actually, it’s the latter half of 2010. That means that we are about two years away — give or take a few months — from the end of the world, as predicted by the Mayan Long Count calendar.Or...

The debate over which version of a drink is better, diet or regular, has been ongoing since manufacturers began to produce the lower calorie alternative.The assumption a lot of people make is that if you...

Have you ever stepped into the movie theatre, expecting two hours of entertainment that was worth your $8.50, and instead, you find that the movie was not quite what you’d expected? I’m sure you have;...

What would you do if you knew you would get away with it?The rise of the unnamed and anonymous in our generation’s pop culture provides some pretty disturbing answers to that question.It seems a day...

A beautiful woman can make men do stupid things.Such was the case this past week at a New York Jets football practice when players and coaches allegedly harassed reporter Ines Sainz of TV Azteca, a Mexican...

So far my columns have all been serious, so I thought it was just about time to inject a little silly into your day.First, let me start with a question: What does the average college student do more than...

Internships are great — most of the time. Internships can provide college students with valuable experiences you can’t find in the classroom.Many programs at Kent State either require an internship...

The publisher of The New York Times has said that at some point in the future, the organization would cease its printed edition. If that happens, the revenue model for nytimes.com would necessarily change....

We all watched at the beginning this semester as students were bombarded with advertisements trying to get freshmen (and perhaps some unknowing transfers or upper classmen) to “rush” a fraternity or...

Thrashing goose bumps infest the porous external organ, which wraps itself wholeheartedly around my entirety. The knots in my stomach lunge outward, finding themselves trapped, as I stare at the packed...