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Guest Column: Pink buckets and bacon ribbons won’t beat breast cancer

Heather Moore October 6, 2013

There’s nothing wrong with your vision. Everything has a pink hue because it’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and many companies are going overboard with pink products. Most of them mean well,...

 

Opinion: Don’t let illegal interview questions stump you

Elaina Sauber October 6, 2013

Elaina Sauber Elaina Sauber is a senior English major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected] I’m standing in the noisy kitchen of a well-known pizza and sports...

Our View: Remembering a Kent leader, her legacy

DKS Editors October 6, 2013

Following years of civic duty and dedication to Kent State, Helen Westcott Dix, 96, died Wednesday night after years of diminishing health. Helen’s late husband Robert C. Dix was the publisher of the...

Guest Column: No life on Mars? Aw, heck

Chicago Tribune October 6, 2013

The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, Oct. 3:In 1996, scientists thrillingly theorized that a potato-size meteorite from Mars, discovered in Antarctica, could contain evidence...

 

Opinion: Unhealthy campus food fuels the ‘Freshman 15’

Kara Taylor October 6, 2013

Kara Taylor Kara Taylor is a freshman journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. Many freshmen enter college with a number of myths buzzing around in...

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

Opinion: Saying no is the best (and worst) thing you can do

Christina Bucciere October 6, 2013

When put together, the letters “n” and “o” create one of the most powerful words we have in our arsenal. That tiny word separates the acceptable from the unacceptable, what we will and will not...

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

Opinion: Refusing the sale of Hanukkah decorations is not part of ‘Christian Values’

Bruce Walton October 3, 2013

I’ve never been denied goods or services from a vendor or company. Luckily, I’ve been privileged enough to not have someone tell me that I’m not wanted, but I would imagine it would feel insulting...

 

Opinion: Issue of Forced Chinese Organ Harvesting Desperately Needs Media Attention

Rachel Godin October 3, 2013

Rachel Godin Rachel Godin is a sophomore journalism major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. She can be reached at [email protected]. Healthy Human Cornea: upward of $60,000; Healthy human liver:...

Our View: Summary: The government shutdown feels like “politics as usual” as our elected officials fail to compromise due to their ideologies and lack of pressure from the American electorate.

DKS Editors October 3, 2013

As we finished up Tuesday’s edition of the Daily Kent Stater, we anxiously awaited the clock to strike midnight. Various countdown clocks ran on the different cable news networks on our televisions....

Guest Column: Fiery rhetoric inflames climate debate

Cathy Young, Newsday October 2, 2013

This article appeared in Newsday Sept. 30:The new report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, stating that there is a 95 percent probability that human impact is the main cause of rising...

Guest Column: Europe’s consumer confidence up, U.S. consumers down

Chicago Tribune October 1, 2013

The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Monday, Sept. 30:Here's a troubling indicator: U.S. consumer confidence is sagging just as European consumer confidence is surging. We're losing...

 

Opinion: Food insecurity and the holiday season

Kara Taylor September 30, 2013

Kara Taylor Kara Taylor is a freshman journalism major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. In America, we have many fast-food chains, high-end restaurants, low-end...