Shawn Mercer Shawn Mercer is a senior integrated life sciences major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater.Contact Shawn Mercer at [email protected]. Today, like any other day, we wake up, get ready,...
Summary: During a tricky period, we struggle with how to frame tragedy.When brainstorming story ideas in a meeting earlier this week, The Stater editors stalled when faced with what to do with Wednesday’s...
Over the next few days, the largest national group of unions, the AFL-CIO, meets in Los Angeles to look at ways to stem the long-term decline of American unions. African-Americans and other people of color...
Los Angeles Times(MCT)The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Friday, Sept. 6:Before the advent of the Internet, it made sense for schools to discipline students only for what they...
Megan Brown Megan Brown is a sophomore news major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. She can be reached at [email protected]. During my very first trip to Kent in the summer of 2010, I explored...
Summary: A new scouting group has broken off from the Boy Scouts of America in opposition to this year’s decision to admit openly gay scouts. While this group has every right to secede, we can’t help...
Elaina Sauber Elaina Sauber is a senior English major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. She can be reached at [email protected]. As the 12th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, Washington D.C. holds...
Lucky students walk on campus knowing exactly what path they want to take, and what degree they will graduate with. Others have absolutely no idea — and that’s OK.The answer to “What’s your major?”...
Like just about everyone else who has access to what’s going on in the world, I too have been following the issue of what to do about the current crisis in Syria. My guess is that, with all of the best...
Kara Taylor Kara Taylor is a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected] During college we all experience some type of dating, but is it beneficial to date while in college?...
— The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, Sept. 5:The battle over federal “net neutrality” rules resumes Monday when a federal appeals court takes up the challenge...
As an aspiring journalist, I rely on my interpersonal and observational skills to formulate my constant pool of story ideas. So, when I stood outside class the other day with my peers waiting for the professor...
