When someone walks in your living room and says, “I have bad news,” it could range anywhere from LeBron James twisting his ankle to the death of a friend. “Bad news” is pretty vague. And something...
For the last few semesters, Residence Services has had problems with residence halls being over capacity, and a fair number of students have had to live in lounges or with resident assistants for the first...
A few months back, I wrote a column called “My (Republican) pet peeve list,” which was pretty much a pre-Christmas break rant against everything that annoyed me. As expected, a few people were not...
The recent incident involving Washington Wizards basketball player Gilbert Arenas and teammate Javaris Crittenton is yet another example of how deeply ingrained the “gangsta” culture is in the world...
Lately I’ve been skimming through the news, aggravated by nearly everything I’ve half-read. If it isn’t bad news, then it isn’t news at all. I feel like a broken record, constantly relaying in...
On Wednesday night, Kent City Council members voted unanimously to move forward on efforts to team up with Kent State to help develop downtown, as well as allow the university to extend the Esplanade.We’ve...
You probably haven’t heard of it yet, but the SarcMark might just be the next big thing.The symbol, a spiral with a dot inside of it, was created by Sarcasm Inc. to be used at the end of a sentence signifying...
Probably a lot.Well, that’s how much of a bonus President Lester Lefton received in May 2009. That’s 25 percent, one quarter, of his total pay.Before you choke on your pencils, we’d like to note...
While I was attempting to get through the crush of economics readings assigned to me last semester, I came across a quote that has serious implications for the state of politics today. The quote, attributed...
“Don’t ask, don’t tell” is not only patently unfair, it’s also self-defeating. Since the policy was put into effect in 1993, U.S. military forces have discharged some 13,500 gay men and lesbians.Among...
I never believed that Black History Month was needed, just like Valentine’s Day, because such things need to be remembered every day a whole year round.Yet, against my own will, I am writing a column...
Skilled health provider. Sympathetic caregiver. Trusted dispenser of medicines. Capable interpreter of complicated medical instructions. Coordinator of care. Triage expert.All those phrases describe the...
