The most boring conversation starter is "how about this weather?" or other similar statements. I guess that makes sense when you think about it. What person, other than a meteorologist,...

Throughout my time writing for The Crimson White opinions page, I've focused quite a bit on the act of remembering and respecting. And while all of the issues I wrote about were and still are close to...

In the opening scenes of Kevin Emerson's novel “Carlos Is Gonna Get It,” he details the surrounding students of "weird" Carlos and the hatred that is felt towards his strange qualities. Carlos' classmates...

The other day I was checking Facebook when I came across a group called "No school on September 11." Now, being the non-addicted Facebook person that I am, I normally don't pay attention to the groups,...

To me, there’s nothing more satisfying than cracking open the binding of a fresh book. You have to use your physical senses and make the literature a part of you in order to read it. Naturally, you...

On Monday, I went to the viewing of a documentary titled “Vincent Who?” detailing the brutal murder of Vincent Chin in 1982. On a June evening, Chin and his friends were enjoying his bachelor party...

The night before my high school graduation, I sat in a friend’s car and talked to her about everything from the day we met to the trouble we were going to cause in our future nursing home. “College...

Viva Leroy Nash, the oldest death row inmate in the U.S., died last week at the Arizona Department of Corrections in Florence, Ariz. A death row inmate’s death isn’t that unusual except for the fact...

Thirty chick flicks in 30 days. One full month of sappy love songs, tearful breakups and corny, you-had-me-at-hello moments could drive any sane man crazy, no? Well, a happy husband named Nick Waters...

What are you doing for Valentine's Day? That's a question I've been hearing all week, directed toward both myself and others, as well. The answers ranged from "Well, [enter bubbly significant other name...

After his 2001 release, registered sex offender and child rapist William Barnason, 57, was hired as superintendent and rent collector for three apartment complexes in the Upper West Side of Manhattan....

On Feb. 7, Super Bowl XLIV will kick off and fans cheering on the team of their choice everywhere will gather around their televisions with friends and family. They’ll purchase their favorite chips and...