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Opinion: Is the media responsible for our criminal obession?

Elaina Sauber August 24, 2013

Elania Sauber This has been a year of numerous high-profile court cases and shocking verdicts. The media often face public outrage for looking in-depth into these cases and criminals to the point of...

 

Opinion: My goal – be present

Christina Bucciere August 24, 2013

Earlier this summer, I was very happy to learn about Kent State sophomore Zoe Burch’s quick response to a potential threat made in an online chat room against a Pennsylvania high school. Her decision...

Movies in Review: Frances Ha

Rex Santus May 31, 2013

There’s a sequence in “Frances Ha” in which Greta Gerwig, an actress who has spent the last few years on the fringes of recognizability, runs through the crosswalks of Brooklyn, pirouetting and leaping...

Guest column: Another anniversary: business as usual at Kent State

William A. Gordon May 2, 2013

Although I probably know more than anyone else about the historical significance of May 4, I will not be attending tomorrow night's panel discussion. For the 23rd year since my book on May 4 was published,...

Letter to the Editor: Ayers an inappropriate voice for May 4

This evening, Bill Ayers will be speaking at a May 4 lecture panel. For those of you who do not know him, Ayers is a radical activist from the 1960s and 1970s, and the ringleader of the Weather Underground,...

 

Opinion: Parting words: Lefton is not the problem

Jody Michael May 2, 2013

Jody Michael Jody Michael is a senior news major and opinion editor for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at Jody Michael. Today is my last column for the Daily Kent Stater, as I will be graduating...

Our View: Spring 2013 in review

DKS Editors May 2, 2013

It’s been a semester of ups and downs at Kent State, and we at the Daily Kent Stater have followed and reported the news every day. We’re looking back on the semester and reflecting on some of the...

Our View: Remembering May 4, 1970

DKS Editors April 30, 2013

Each year marks another anniversary of the May 4 shootings at Kent State. From alumni to incoming freshmen, everyone has heard the story of that tragic day in 1970.As time passes, students are likely more...

Opinion: Four years down, one week to go

Leighann McGivern April 30, 2013

It didn’t really hit me that I would be graduating until Tuesday of this week. Sure, I’d registered for graduation at the beginning of the fall semester, scheduled for the final time and even picked...

Guest Column: Fiscal fundamentalism is a flight path to disaster

Philadelphia Daily News April 30, 2013

The following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News on Tuesday, April 30:We keep waiting for our National Voices of Reason — a/k/a Andy Borowitz and/or the Onion — to weigh in on the sequester...

 

Opinion: Good for Jason Collins

Bruce Walton April 30, 2013

Bruce Walton Bruce Walton is a sophomore news major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. When I heard about Jason Collins coming out as gay, I just said to myself,...

Our View: Making friends with humans and zombies

DKS Editors April 29, 2013

Students bore bandanas, Nerf guns and war paint last week as students participated in the campus-wide “Humans vs. Zombies” game. Students had the chance to be either a human or a zombie in the game;...