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...

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...

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....

There was a party at my house on Sunday. No, not a five-keg, barbecue outside, slip-and-slide party, but a family party. It was a celebration of Easter for my mother. It was a remembrance (though belated)...

A quick look at recent happenings in the sports world1.) Geno Ford: I say Kent State did the right thing by extending head basketball coach Geno Ford’s contract. Ford is a rising star in the coaching...

Anyone who frequently travels along Route 43 North has no doubt taken note of the ongoing construction near the Crain Avenue Bridge. According to a Kent city brochure, the intersection surrounding the...

OK, so I’m sure you’ve at least heard of them as the raving lunatics who spit on congressmen and watch Fox News after church on Sunday. One of the more popular notions is that they march around carrying...

Throughout history the youth of this nation have rarely shied away from the opportunity to lead progressive cultural movements. Ten years after D.C. voters approved the use of medical marijuana by a substantial...

HUMP DAY DKS Editors give this week's cheers and jeers There's only two jeers this week...and the Indians still made their way on the list. CHEERS TO• Cheers to the Kent State students who traveled...

Lucky stars have just seared my shoulders and made my hair frizzy again. In one of my last classes at Kent State, a teacher gave me a break when I got depressed thinking I was in too much of a point deficit...