Evangelist Pat Robertson’s recent comments about Haiti should not have surprised most people who have followed his career. More and more, these kinds of comments are losing their shock value. Whether...

Almost two years ago, Kent State first offered domestic partner benefits to faculty as part of their contract, a significant step in making Kent State more inclusive for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender...

Public education: Every single one of us understands this institution differently. Some of us think education is overrated, some of us go to school to get a diploma, and some still see it as a basic opportunity...

An inconsistent and out-of-place applause arose in the back of the Ratt. Though my Killian’s Red was satisfying, this incongruous applaud distracted my attention. I looked over and saw a student, overly...

Wednesday Cheers and Jeers This week's cheers and jeers. CHEERS TO• Cheers to the university for holding a session yesterday to discuss what to do when someone enters a classroom with a gun. Campus...

Yesterday, the Daily Kent Stater ran an article about the abandoned houses owned by Kent State located a block from the university’s north campus that sit unoccupied or vacant, and even more across the...

Welcome to America, home of the world’s finest medical treatment facilities that most of the citizenry can’t even afford. To your left, you will notice staggering unemployment. To your right, an embarrassing...

It’s women’s history month. And basketball season.I happen to be both a proud woman and a basketball fan, so I cannot ignore the accomplishments of the record-breaking Huskies.For those of you who...

At the beginning of this month, I read a most interesting news report in Time (“Homeschooling: German Family Gets Political Asylum in U.S”) . A German family with two children was granted political...

Today, students will have the opportunityto decide what next year’s student governmentwill look like.The Undergraduate Student Government isholding elections today for its 18 elected directorand senator...

Our country is in an energy crisis, and ithurts young people more than anyone. Oldand dirty power plants are polluting ourneighborhoods, our friends and neighbors arelosing their jobs, energy bills have...

It’s been two years and four months sincethe death of Norman Mailer. In honor of him,here are some excerpts from a discussionbetween Mailer and William F. Buckley on FiringLine in 1968.Buckley was interviewing...