I recently finished reading Erik Larson’s history Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania. I found the book while browsing non-fiction titles available from my local library, and decided to check it out since I’d enjoyed another one of Larson’s … Continue reading
Check out this picture of last year’s leftover Welcome Week Fliers (in forest green) and this year’s leftover Welcome Week Flier (in orange). I saved one of this year’s fliers purely for archival purposes. The other 4,999 have been given … Continue reading
It’s been 247 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Was that day the conception of the United States of America or its birth? I don’t know exactly how to reckon that. But it’s as close to a … Continue reading
The City of Kent, Ohio, has officially adopted a new flag! And it’s the one that I’ve been hoping for all along! Kent’s City Council voted to approve the Garster Flag on June 21st, and they’re using this weekend’s Kent … Continue reading
I recently finished reading Pekka Hämäläinen’s history, Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America. It’s a fascinating corollary to the last book of American history that I read, Evan S. Connell’s history, Son of the Morning Star. The author comes from Finland, … Continue reading
Do you remember the “Arab Spring” from a couple years back? It was a time when many Arabs across the Middle East and North Africa took to the streets in protest. Some countries deposed their authoritarian regimes. Others continue to … Continue reading
I recently finished reading Evan S. Connell’s history, Son of the Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn. It’s about the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn. In this battle, the 7th Cavalry of the United States Army was annihilated by a coalition … Continue reading
They just opened a new exhibit at the Kent Free Library, displaying the top three options for the new Kent City Flag. There were originally 68 different submissions, and I’ve been following the process for quite a while. In October, … Continue reading
I recently finished reading Jeff Chang’s book, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation. It was recommended to me by my friend Mark. Even though I’m a slow reader, I had some extra time off over Kent State University’s … Continue reading
I recently finished reading Khaled Hosseini’s novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns. A friend recommended the book to me a couple of months back, but I honestly can’t remember who it was! Part of that forgetfulness is because it took so long … Continue reading