As the semester and year draw to an end, the opportunity presents itself to reflect on accomplishments achieved and on the challenges that are ahead. This past spring, Kent State opened an LGBTQ center...

President Lester Lefton has a difficult job. He needs to cut costs while preserving the academic integrity of the university.So in an effort to do that, he has encouraged the development of a new model...

Tomorrow I’ll be back in Kent. Leaving Columbus is going to be so hard. I feel like I make more sense here. The fashion is better, the people are friendlier and the music scene is amazing. There are...

First, I would like to thank the authors of the article in response to my own titled “Can the government force you to be healthy?” They wrote a very thorough, fair and civil article, proving that dissenters...

In response to Seth Stern’s guest column that appeared in the paper yesterday, my demeanor as I forced myself to read through it only ever sank. Stern attempts to use “history” to showcase all the...

Narcissism is no longer considered a psychological disorder.One must wonder what is going on in a society when a physiological disorder is removed from the handbook of mental disorders because the current...

When it comes to the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, I’ve always thought it was the overly conservative who were supportive of its existence. I was wrong.?According to a recent poll...

Brian Pizor is starting a new student organization.When he told me about it, I was surprised it didn’t already exist. This is a university, after all.The name of the group, initially the Kent State Philosophical...

Last year’s winter break was Dec. 19 (when exams officially ended) to Jan. 19.It was a blissful month of relaxation and holiday celebration, and it gave students more than two weeks to recover from New...

Instead of writing one last cynical criticism of something that annoys me, I just want to take a second to be thankful for this semester as a writer. It was an enlightening experience — from opening...

I’m one of those annoying people who will start playing Christmas music (the good kind!) immediately after Thanksgiving. I’ll decorate my room, wear my goofy Santa hat and go caroling at a local nursing...

Recent events both home and abroad present us with an opportunity to analyze what the future holds for the U.S. What I find truly tragic is how poorly prepared the populace is to apply past lessons to...