When my friend Emily called me on Tuesday and commanded me to meet her by the small staircase between the M.A.C. Center and Bowman Hall, I was a little worried.We had just parted ways after our ballet...
Dear Ben,As your older sister, I should probably tell you how flattered I am you chose my soon-to-be alma mater to attend for college. Or how glad I am that I now have an excuse to visit Kent State after...
Four years ago, four of us arrived at Kent State ready to begin our freshman year alongside the rest of our classmates. We sat in the M.A.C. Center during Week of Welcome as the university’s new president,...
May 4, 1970, will forever be engrained in the history of the people and students of Kent, Ohio. A nation watched as four students were shot dead during that day of protest, as war raged on and as the policing...
We’ve all heard it. Some of us have probably felt it: Inflation is on the rise. While college students are trying to cut back on expenses, they’re not the only ones cutting corners.As tuition prices...
Back in Fall 2008, when I was just the lowly assistant sports editor of the Stater, my boss, Joe “Brock” Harrington, gave me a nickname:The Sports Boy.The nickname had two inspirations. One, it was...
It’s May 6, and just two days ago, the flower children came out of the woodwork and into Kent to take part in the memorial of the shooting deaths of four Kent State students by Ohio National Guardsmen,...
I started my series of columns with welcoming everybody to Kent State by stating that every student of this university is very lucky to be a part of our diverse community. I haven’t changed my mind....
This week and next, Kent State students will begin selling back their textbooks. For some, it may be for the last time, and not just because they are graduating.The university recently announced that it...
A FINAL TOAST: Senior columnsLadies and gentlemen, that’s a wrap. Many columns this week discuss either life as a columnist or things learned while being one. Last week I spent one paragraph doing so,...
The conversation was innocent. She told me where she was from and what she was studying. She didn’t seem that interested in our conversation, though. I felt as if I was intruding in on her presence....
Sometimes, I forget why I came to college, and more specifically, why I came to Kent State.Pursuing a degree during times of a tough economy is not always encouraging, and it is easy to get a defeatist...
