When I first came to Kent State, I thought I had everything figured out. I knew what I wanted to do, what my future had in store, and most of all, I thought I knew who I was. I prided myself on being...
Jeffrey Miller, Allison Krause, William Schroeder and Sandra Scheuer.These are the four names every Kent State student hears during their “First Year Experience” course. Every freshman hears the story...
This is it — I can’t believe it’s here. After May 11, I will officially be a Kent State graduate.It’s crazy; I remember walking into Olson Hall my freshman year and thinking to myself, “Wow,...
The Kent State killings are about to pass into history. May 4 will be the 49th anniversary of that shocking 1970 event.If you live long enough, you watch time do its “thing”— and its thing is to...
When tragedy strikes, music is often a place where it is immortalized. The aftermath of the tragedy at Kent State University on May 4, 1970, caused national outrage and continued the ever- growing sentiment...
As my last column ever for The Kent Stater, I just wanted to say thank you. It’s been a long four years, but I somehow made it and I’m set to graduate just over a week from now. Looking back at these...
At this time last year I was wrapping up my freshman year of college at Kent State Trumbull. I was very excited for the start of the summer because I knew it would be the start of the rest of my life....
It’s time to graduate. Our entire lives up to this point have revolved around school. All of our friends came from either school or work, but even work has been shoehorned into our schedules, finding...
As I’ve started to look for a job, my hair has become a source of concern and discomfort in interviews. I never thought that my dreadlocks were considered normal or professional, but I kept them for...
I’ve never yet had my own apartment. It doesn’t upset me, and after living at home for a year (something chronicled in a previous column), I almost forgot it was something I’d soon have to be hunting...
Make no mistake: “Avengers: Endgame”, released Friday as the most anticipated film of 2019, is the definitive conclusion of what is described as “The Infinity Saga”, the first 22 films of the MCU...
As a kid, most of my memories are with my dad, and I’m glad they are because he taught me a lot growing up. An example of our relationship would be the song “Watching You” by Rodney Atkins. Everything...
