Whether you’re leaving home for the first time or haven’t been home since last semester ended, there’s always time to take in some good advice. Being a college student is the greatest combination...
I was on Facebook the other day and came across an old group I joined before coming to Kent in Fall 2007. It was called “KSU class of ’11.” I couldn’t help but look at it again and read some of...
CAMPUS CHEERS TO:• The sense of individualism permeating the campus. At other campuses, everyone dresses and acts the same, but at Kent State, everyone just does their own thing.• Being independent....
While it’s easy to think students already know who they are upon entering college, the fresh faces roaming around the university with campus maps tucked discreetly between textbooks and computer printouts...
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,...
