My love affair with politics died a slow death this year, and though the midterm elections took place this week, I did not participate. The reason for this lack of participation is not actually related...

As a columnist, I have the luxury of writing about anything I want. I could talk about politics. I could talk about religion. I could talk about sports. I could talk about Kent State, etc. However, this...

Facebook has once again found new ways to open your private life to the world. With its new feature, “Friendship Pages,” virtually every interaction between two people is public. Photos, posts, events...

Negative articles about atheists in the Daily Kent Stater seem well on their way to becoming as much of a fixture of campus life as black squirrels and tuition hikes.The Oct. 25 issue featured an editorial...

Last weekend I spent my Halloween at Amnesty International USA’s Midwest Regional Conference in Detroit. When I told several friends and coworkers that I’d be in Detroit, many of them responded with...

CheersCheers to everyone who voted in this midterm election. People can argue that a single vote doesn’t make a difference, but every ballot can shape the future.Cheers to everyone voted into office....

Last week, I wrote a column about being an atheist. I never once tried to sway people into atheism, nor did I attack religious groups. I simply talked about atheists as a minority. However, after reading...

Last Saturday, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert held the first-ever “Rally to Restore Sanity/or Fear” on Washington D.C.’s National Mall. Billed as “a rally for those who have been too busy to go...

Like any spunky, imaginative little girl, I must have gone through about 50 different names as a kid, depending on who my fictional hero was at the time. I wanted to be called Ariel, Ramona, Matilda, Belle...

We are amidst an economic crisis that is two years old. Unemployment, which is worst in black and Latino communities, is nearly 10 percent nationally. Working people’s homes continue to foreclose at...

As an exorbitant amount of news hits the stands, er, Web browser, every second, there is a continually urgent agenda pushed on everyone with a pulse. Speak quickly, speak effectively and speak often —...

In this less-than-sexy mid-term election, student votes might be more important than ever. Our generation can shift the weight of the electorate, and we hope it will.Two years ago, we watched students...