Dear Ben,As your older sister, I should probably tell you how flattered I am you chose my soon-to-be alma mater to attend for college. Or how glad I am that I now have an excuse to visit Kent State after...

I started my series of columns with welcoming everybody to Kent State by stating that every student of this university is very lucky to be a part of our diverse community. I haven’t changed my mind....

May 4, 1970, will forever be engrained in the history of the people and students of Kent, Ohio. A nation watched as four students were shot dead during that day of protest, as war raged on and as the policing...

We’ve all heard it. Some of us have probably felt it: Inflation is on the rise. While college students are trying to cut back on expenses, they’re not the only ones cutting corners.As tuition prices...

Back in Fall 2008, when I was just the lowly assistant sports editor of the Stater, my boss, Joe “Brock” Harrington, gave me a nickname:The Sports Boy.The nickname had two inspirations. One, it was...

It’s May 6, and just two days ago, the flower children came out of the woodwork and into Kent to take part in the memorial of the shooting deaths of four Kent State students by Ohio National Guardsmen,...

Sometimes, I forget why I came to college, and more specifically, why I came to Kent State.Pursuing a degree during times of a tough economy is not always encouraging, and it is easy to get a defeatist...

A FINAL TOAST: Senior columnsIt was April of my junior year, and I was going on at least three days without any sleep. I was tired, scared and sick of being like this. People had been telling me for months...

This week and next, Kent State students will begin selling back their textbooks. For some, it may be for the last time, and not just because they are graduating.The university recently announced that it...

A FINAL TOAST: Senior columnsLadies and gentlemen, that’s a wrap. Many columns this week discuss either life as a columnist or things learned while being one. Last week I spent one paragraph doing so,...

The conversation was innocent. She told me where she was from and what she was studying. She didn’t seem that interested in our conversation, though. I felt as if I was intruding in on her presence....

Quick, what are you doing tomorrow?Going to the May 4 commemoration in your few hours out of class? That’s good. What else?If you forgot May 4 is an election, you’re forgiven. It’s not one of the...