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....

I don’t like the Tea Party or agree with a lot of what they profess and support (ditto for the Libertarians). But I can applaud the fact that its members do what so few people in our country are willing...

The following are phrases I wrote for the Summer Kent Stater’s Orientation issue during the summer after my freshman year. I decided to reminisce while writing my senior column, so here’s what I thought...

It sure has been a fun ride, hasn’t it?For three semesters I’ve written this column, doing my best to entertain, inform, ramble and offend.And we’ll call this one my senior column, but I have very...

Over the past two semesters as a columnist, I have received a lot of criticism. Most of it came from either wing nuts or animal rights activists, so I really didn’t pay too much attention to it. But...

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...