Tomorrow is College Fest.Last year, as you may remember, the festivities got more than a little out of hand, leading to fires, vandalism and arrests. That means people will be wary of the party this year,...

Kent State students living on campus with the university-mandated meal plan know all too well the outrageous prices the school charges for food.Our school requires all freshmen and sophomores to live on...

Rabab Al-Sharif is tying her shoe, putting on Chap Stick, updating her status, blinking and breathing. OMG. LOL. ROFL. BRB.This is a pretty good model of the status updates that flood my Facebook feed...

Exactly a year ago I was actually excited to wake up at 6:30 a.m. in Washington, D.C., because I had to dress up to meet Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court of the United States in person....

I was crying as I paced the driveway in my purple button-down shirt and orange Keds. I wouldn’t even look at my mom when she told me the black 1997 Chevy Cavalier was ours for good.I wanted a purple...

Do you know what this Saturday is? Besides College Fest? It’s also Portage County’s Earth Day Festival (this year themed “Who’s your mama?”). There will be a festival on Main Street in downtown...

I walked by the M.A.C. Center Tuesday to find that Hillel and Kent Students for Israel were celebrating “Israel Fest,” the student groups’ annual celebration of the creation of the state of Israel....

We first began with the potatoes. Next were the carrots. Then we chopped up onions, chives and opened a can of black beans. Each step was an act of meditation. We combined the ingredients, sprinkled some...

As I write this column on a late Tuesday night, I am inspired, or rather spurred on, by my cocker spaniel Toby who has, to my knowledge, lay unmoved from his doggie bed since I left the house at 9 a.m....

The education system in America is taking a turn for the worse in the handling of student insubordination and discipline. By enacting zero-tolerance policies in school districts all across the United States,...

While we were on spring break, President Obama and Congress did their part to alter the way college students pay for their education. And while health care reform currently occupies the political center...

We are still not done arguing over the health care reform. We still cannot get over either negative or positive euphoria. Republicans scream it’s too expensive and we cannot afford it. Democrats don’t...