When I was a freshman, I wrote my first article for the Daily Kent Stater. It was a Sunday in January, just before the first day of the spring semester. My mother and boyfriend at the time had just unpacked...
About two weeks ago, a California judge overturned Proposition 8, a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, on the grounds that it violated the civil rights of gays and lesbians. As someone who found...
In a world of last names, who are we?In the world of Facebook and beer pong, which I’ve just found myself in, I’m lost. Still, I thought I knew where I was. The last time I checked, I was playing a...
Just under three years ago, the President of the Greek fraternity Delta Upsilon, Robert Lewis, was arrested on charges of felonious assault. He was sentenced on Monday.The prosecution maintains that his...
The freshman class pours onto campus each year, flooding the crowded residence halls and readying themselves on their first journey in freedom. They are kids who were once at the top of the social food...
We’ve been talking a lot about the changes here at Kent State University this summer and this time, on the eve of the new semester, students may have reason to applaud Kent State administrators.This...
I was driving home from my internship about a week ago listening to the “John Tesh Radio Show.” It’s a pretty interesting show if you want to learn a lot of new facts you didn’t know before....
Two weeks ago I could have written an angry column about an incident I witnessed at Tower City Mall in Cleveland. I struggled with finding a connection to Kent State and tried to pretend it never happened,...
Well, it’s almost that time of year again: back to school — at least for those who haven’t spent their summer in one of Kent State’s classrooms.For the college set, the end of summer typically...
“Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.” I don’t know who said these words, but I love them. They hang on the wall of my living room and I look at them every day.Why the talk about...
Responding to detractors of her new “sexed-up” self in her latest video, Miley Cyrus said, “They can think what they want. Those are people who are just close-minded and don’t understand art.”So...
I haven’t really done much this summer except work. I didn’t plan any big vacations because frankly I don’t have the money to go on “summer” break. But my friend Melisa and I decided to do...
