The idea behind “R U KSU?!” is respectable and has the best of intentions behind it.My only problem with the whole thing is the title. There’s something incredibly ironic about a university promoting...

As a quick note, I never use "txt spk" in either text messaging or Internet communications. I am also the guy that is scorned and labeled as a grammar Nazi. That being said, I respectfully disagree with...

Like most people on campus yesterday, we were shocked by the news that the university is constructing a college green with a large clock tower in front of the library.First off, there is not enough parking...

The free market did not cause the financial crisis, and the tape and glue our wise leaders have applied to the economy are only prolonging the agony. That’s the thesis of my 2009 New York Times bestseller,...

The phrase “going green” is starting to get really, really old. Commercial companies throw the term around left and right, claiming that their products are environmentally friendly and efficient. Politicians...

CheersCheers to the six Democratic candidates who spoke at Kent State on Monday morning. We’re glad they’re considering the needs of students and the power we hold in the voting ring.Cheers to the...

Our front yards are swarmed with a slowly approaching undead menace wearing rags, football uniforms and disco gear. In desperation, we place aggressive botanical weapons like mushrooms and sunflowers in...

For those of you that haven't already received 48 e-mails, 12 fliers and 16 pamphlets on the Campaign for Change, let me briefly explain what it is. Students (nearly 500 last year) donate money to the...

It’s already the fifth week of school, and things are starting to settle into their usual steady tempo. Sometimes it seems like the days just start to blend together once that pace is set, and a few...

Some people easily make friends. I’m not one of those people. I’m weird and awkward and honest and real and suspicious and damaged by past relationships gone bad, and when I meet new people I want...

When I heard about the “R U KSU?!” event the university put on yesterday, it immediately caught my attention as something I should attend for the sake of this column.I dropped by for about an hour....

When we heard the Sigma Nu fraternity was dropping their pants for breast cancer, we were a bit worried. But considering the great cause, we think we can handle a week of pantless fraternity brothers.The...