Growing up, I wasn’t allowed to watch Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network or the Disney Channel. My parents envisioned that their first child would be free of the world of “crap TV” (as my Dad so gracefully...

President Barack Obama’s interest in nuclear power has kicked off a new national debate on the industry, and it’s about time. The last U.S. nuclear power plant to be built came on line decades ago,...

Hump Day A special St. Patrick's Day version of Cheers and Jeers Daily Kent Stater editors pick their top three moments of the week thus far, as well as the three worst moments through Tuesday. CHEERS...

Elyas came over with a shot of Harak for me. I noticed he dumps his shot right into his Goldstar beer and I wondered why. “The alcohol here is weak compared to the drinks we have back in Sudan,” he...

The sunshine state of Florida is the primary source of tomatoes for the United States during the winter months, and January’s prolonged cold snap destroyed the crop by as much as 70 percent in some regions...

Many of us entered college a few years back full of piss and vinegar, ready to do our best to enjoy ourselves at Kent State while still earning a degree. For some, that day of entering college isn’t...

If you aren’t wearing green today, I hope I see you so I can pinch you.It’s that time of year again where people pretend to honor a culture by binge drinking and pinching people.Happy Saint Patrick’s...

As I sat watching the senior dance recital this past weekend, I suddenly had the urge to write about the passion behind the dancers’ moves. I watched the intense emotion they were expressing through...

LEICESTER, United Kingdom — I was on a train in the London Underground a couple weeks ago when a man bounded into my car just before it left the station.He stood at the front of a cluster of passengers...

President Barack Obama’s visit to Strongsville yesterday gives us the perfect opportunity to talk about a little-talked-about topic: health care.Now we don’t know if you’ve heard anything about the...

In an era where we increasingly rely on the various social media, occasionally the phone and especially e-mail to communicate with each other, it seems like the tendency to lie has dramatically increased....

Every so often, I like to log onto RockyMountainNews.com to view the remnants of what used to be a great Web site. A little over a year ago, the Rocky went out of business, weeks shy of its 150th birthday.Even...