For a handful of nations, the World Cup is far from over. For the U.S. though, the deafening sound of vuvuzelas is drowning in the distance. Americans across the country, and a few in South Africa, watched...

I worked at Burger King for four years, and my job was customer service. I met a lot of people through the front-counter cash register. A lot of my friends refused to get a part-time job in the food...

On a Saturday night, standing in the empty parking lot of the Cleveland Bop Stop – a used to be, now sometimes jazz club – I wondered, is jazz dead? The subtle symphonies of passing cars and unidentifiable...

Inspiration can strike like a bolt of lightning. In my case for this, my first column of the summer, a literal bolt of lightning has provided the topic. Some of you many have seen news reports about...

When Adrian Barker was sentenced for the murder and felonious assault of Christopher Kernich, a 23-year-old Kent State student on May 26, he said he would think of his actions every day of his life.Kernich’s...

The Invisible Children Foundation (ICF) was started in the spring of 2003 inadvertently with three filmmakers travelling to Africa searching for some kind of story. What they found there was much more...

With summer break in full swing, a lot of students are fleeing Kent for a few months –whether it is to their parents’ house, an internship many miles away or vacationing.This can be an exciting time...

I lived in Altmann Hall my freshman year at Kent. Most of you probably haven’t heard of it because it doesn’t exist anymore. I’m sad that the first home I lived in Kent was demolished my sophomore...

The first issue of the Summer Stater sees us reporting on a very important matter close to student hearts and pockets: An increase in tuition fees. But along with this, we’re also looking at the plans...

May 4th, 2010, marked the 40th year since the National Guard opened fire on students at Kent State University, leaving 13 casualties. The May 4th Task Force, now in their 35th year, has historically had...

Two score years ago, an unthinkable event occurred on our campus — an event that shocked the world then and continues to shock to this day.Of course, I’m referring to the May 4 massacre, in which four...

When my friend Emily called me on Tuesday and commanded me to meet her by the small staircase between the M.A.C. Center and Bowman Hall, I was a little worried.We had just parted ways after our ballet...