Seven miles into the grave “I feel like I’m simultaneously in a bad position in the game, but I’m also viewed as a big threat to win. This is the worst,” I admit in a confessional. There are...

Three weeks ago, I started playing Survivor: Kent State. I was placed on the Vuaka tribe, formed an alliance with my tribe members, Aiden, Kaden and Mason, and eliminated a potential threat in the game:...

In the last part of my “Surviving Kent State Diaries,” I, a then-sophomore English major, attended my first tribal council and pulled off my first blindside of a tribemate. With a battle-tested...

In the last part of my “Surviving Kent State Diaries,” I, Quinn Schafer, a then-sophomore English major, was “marooned on an island” with 13 fellow castaways to compete for the title of sole survivor....

When I pull open the door to Bowman Hall Feb. 9, 2025, I am both convinced I am going to be the most pathetic survivor to ever set foot on Kent State’s campus and that I have the wits to outwit, outplay...