A quick look at recent happenings in the sports world1.) Geno Ford: I say Kent State did the right thing by extending head basketball coach Geno Ford’s contract. Ford is a rising star in the coaching...
Anyone who frequently travels along Route 43 North has no doubt taken note of the ongoing construction near the Crain Avenue Bridge. According to a Kent city brochure, the intersection surrounding the...
OK, so I’m sure you’ve at least heard of them as the raving lunatics who spit on congressmen and watch Fox News after church on Sunday. One of the more popular notions is that they march around carrying...
Throughout history the youth of this nation have rarely shied away from the opportunity to lead progressive cultural movements. Ten years after D.C. voters approved the use of medical marijuana by a substantial...
I went to Chicago for a couple of days over spring break. It was my first time in the Windy City, and despite its acclaim as such, I wasn’t prepared for the biting cold.Chicago has many ethnic neighborhoods,...
Lucky stars have just seared my shoulders and made my hair frizzy again. In one of my last classes at Kent State, a teacher gave me a break when I got depressed thinking I was in too much of a point deficit...
It’s become a yearly problem at Kent State: Ever-increasing enrollment has caused a lack of available on-campus housing for students.To deal with this issue the past two years, the university has tripled...
GRENOBLE, FRANCE — I’ve been doing nothing but traveling this week and dropping euros for 15 minutes at Internet cafés once a day — far from my usual compulsive e-mail checking.So I don’t have...
A love of music is something that, in this age where people are behaving increasingly like free agents, still ties us together. No one seems to be able to agree on the origin of music, just like the beginning...
For the past several weeks, we’ve watched as the political commentators on cable news declare that the cover-up scandal in the Vatican is “much worse than it seems.” And for the most part, they are...
Catholicism’s largest religious celebration occurred yesterday, and we hope everyone out there enjoyed the day very much. We also hope it wasn’t overshadowed by the recent sexual abuse scandals.Every...
Nope. That’s not a typo.And it’s a good thing because words need to be chosen carefully, and any confusion on their meaning can lead to unnecessarily exaggerated consequences.Language has the power...
