This letter is in response to the article written by Ronald Stolle of The Columbus Dispatch regarding the elimination of academic tenure as a means of reducing the cost of education for students.In a word:...
It has been linked to murders. It is rebellious. It is promiscuous. It contains excessive swearing, drinking and smoking.It is "The Catcher in the Rye."The 1951 novel written by J.D. Salinger follows a...
Disbelief and indignation swept across my social network late last week, as news spread of a change in the zodiac. Earlier in the week,The Star Tribune reported that, due to a “wobble” in the earth’s...
Kent State needs to shift its focus from recruiting new students to providing for current students, particularly in the art departmentThe Art Building is, hands down, the most confusing building on campus....
Usually classes don’t start until the Tuesday after Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But this semester, for whatever reason, we’ve started a week earlier. Which means we don’t have classes Monday.No class...
In China, and many East Asian cultures, "filial piety" is a term used to describe the way children take care of their elders. This is done as a way to give back for the upbringing of children along with...
By now we all know about the tragedy in Tucson, Arizona. We have seen the faces of the victims: a youngCongresswoman cut down, a man who was killed while shielding his wife from the hail of gunfire, a...
Residents of the Allerton Apartments on campus, which include families and international students, will have to find a new home by 2015 at the latest. The university has decided to tear down the apartment...
The new Republican-led House of Representatives has me concerned for the future of science research funding in the United States. While funding comes from many sources, 20 percent of all scientific research...
Ladies and gentlemen, online free speech is on the brink of becoming censored. Last year, a bill was introduced to the House, which, had it been passed, would have allowed the Department of Justice to...
There has to be one, right? It just so happens the worst commercial in the world isn’t one particular commercial, but a series of commercials from Toyota. If you have watched a fraction of the amount...
Over break, President Lester Lefton announced a university-wide hiring freeze to prepare for expected cuts facing higher education. In an e-mail sent to faculty and staff on Dec. 15, Lefton pointed to...
