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Our View: Job security sways prospective students

DKS Editors November 12, 2013

Economic recession and uncertainty explains the increase of men — and students overall — enrolled in Kent State’s nursing program. High school seniors have gravitated toward nursing and the health...

 

Opinion: I give thanks for the future

Shawn Mercer November 12, 2013

Shawn Mercer Shawn Mercer is a senior integrated life sciences major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected] As I looked outside Tuesday morning, I was surprised...

Guest Column: The NFL’s dirtiest player

Chicago Tribune November 12, 2013

In 2009, Richie Incognito’s peers voted him the “NFL’s dirtiest player” in a Sporting News poll. One former teammate told CNN that Incognito is “always top three” in that ballot.This year,...

Christina Bucciere is a senior journalism major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at cbuccier@kent.edu.

Opinion: We deserve warnings about campus violence

Christina Bucciere November 12, 2013

In a unanimous decision released on Oct. 31, the Virginia Supreme Court overturned a jury verdict in the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of two students who were killed in the 2007 Virginia...

 

Opinion: Fair-trade chocolate is a better solution

Kara Taylor November 12, 2013

Kara Taylor Kara Taylor is a freshman journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected] I am currently taking a speech course, Introduction to Human Communication....

 

Opinion: Will the tanning bed obsession ever come to an end?

Megan L. Brown November 12, 2013

Megan Brown Megan L. Brown is a sophomore news major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected] Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, according...

Guest Column: We need concerted action this World Diabetes Day

Gilbert Friedell and Issac Joyner November 12, 2013

World Diabetes Day is Nov. 14, and we urgently need to address this disease right here at home.Diabetes is a major public health problem — an epidemic — in the United States.One out of 10 people over...

 

Opinion: Sustainable energy or empty promises?

Rachel Godin November 8, 2013

Rachel Godin Rachel Godin is a columnist for The Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. On Oct. 28, in Harbin, China, schools were closed, and roads were blocked off as people awoke to...

Bruce Walton is a senior columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at bwalton4@kent.edu.

Opinion: When should politicians have to get help?

Bruce Walton November 8, 2013

For as long as there has been democracy, there have been political scandals. And when there is a scandal or speculation of a politician’s dirty laundry being revealed, they choose one of two options....

Our View: Celebrating our veterans

DKS Editors November 8, 2013

While all of us could use a day off at this point in the semester, the ones who truly deserve it are our veterans.It’s easy to forget the history of this important day, so here it is in a nutshell:Though...

Guest Column: In the real world, everyone spies on everyone else

Glenn Garvin November 8, 2013

I guess it’s not surprising that nobody in Berlin got the joke Barack Obama told on his visit in 2008 when he pledged to a wildly cheering crowd that his election would mean a new era of “allies who...

Our View: One police station, comin’ right up

DKS Editors November 6, 2013

Ah, democracy in action. Despite the fact that turnout is usually lower, local elections often bring more change to voters than more popular national races.It happened Tuesday at the polls when voters...

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