After a long trial, where more than 100 young women testified, former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was convicted and sentenced to spend a minimum of 40 years in prison. Nassar sexually abused at...
If you follow Hollywood and the movie industry as a whole, you are probably aware that we are currently in the middle of another long and grueling award season. You will also know that Hollywood is in...
College campuses are ground zero for the inception of new social movements and the catalyst for societal change.College doesn’t have to be a place where you just take classes. It is your best opportunity...
Loosely inspired by the real-life phenomena of Anonymous and the Arab Spring, the fiction of “Fight Club” and “The Matrix” and a healthy dose of David Lynch, USA Network’s “Mr. Robot” is...
A white envelope appeared in my mailbox last week. It only had my name scribbled across the front in purple pen.Inside was a small card. The front was decorated with a picture of pink and purple tulips...
Every time I meet someone new at Kent State, they ask me: “Why did you leave the warmth of Brazil to come to school in Ohio?”While I wonder that myself on cold, snowy mornings, the answer is always...
Last June, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would relinquish its commitment to the Paris Agreement, a 2015 international effort to invest in green technology and reduce carbon emissions....
Kent State University is a campus of activists. We are reformers. We stand up for what we believe in.This conviction is undeniable when you look at our history and current demonstrations. That same conviction...
A simple Google query lets me know that St. Anthony is, indeed, the patron saint of lost things.“Tony, Tony, come on down — something’s lost, and I need it found.”That’s the prayer my grandma...
President Donald Trump ran on an “America First” platform, but the military budget he passed through a Republican-controlled Congress hardly reflects this.Today’s job market virtually requires Americans...
I arrived at the São Paulo International Airport Sunday at 10:41 p.m., Brazil time, as New Orleans Saints kicker Will Lutz had just kicked a field goal to put his team up one with 25 seconds remaining....
At a medical appointment in November, the chiropractor peered down at me, my head in his hands, and posed a question: “Do you pray, son?”“No, not really,” I answered, a little bit more than concerned.“Well,...
