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Our View: Lady Margaret Thatcher transformed our world

DKS Editors April 8, 2013

The following editorial appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on Tuesday, April 9:If ever there was a transformational leader, it was Lady Margaret Thatcher.The only female prime minister of Great Britain...

 

Opinion: Africans ask us to ‘Stop the Pity’

Christina Bucciere April 8, 2013

Christina Bucciere Christina Bucciere is a junior journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. Editor's note, story updated: The writer referred to the...

Guest Column: Secret chemical tests deserve more scrutiny

Lewis W. Diuguid April 7, 2013

They went block by block, covering a lot of territory. My mother told us it was the government spraying for mosquitoes and to stay away from the mist.Other kids in the mostly black community ran behind...

Our View: Let’s talk about sex

DKS Editors April 7, 2013

A bill was introduced this year by Reps. Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.) and Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.) that would grant money to schools for abstinence-only sex education. The Abstinence Education Reallocation...

 

Opinion: All bark and no bite

Julie Selby April 7, 2013

Julie Selby Julie Selby is a freshman journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. Kim Jong Un seems just like a boy desperately trying to prove himself...

 

Opinion: Getting a little bit extra

Mark Oprea April 7, 2013

Mark Oprea Mark Oprea is a junior English major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. At a very thought-provoking graduate student presentation last week, I asked...

Our View: Are you afraid of student voters?

DKS Editors April 6, 2013

If you only know one thing about the Republican Party's political positions, it's probably the firm opposition to raising taxes. So any time a Republican legislator actually proposes raising taxes, it's...

Letter to the Editor: Concern in North Korea

Tim Bledsoe April 6, 2013

I would like to comment on this seemingly growing concern with North Korea.I agree 100 percent that the U.S. and allies must have some concern about the growing saber-rattling of North Korea. If this concern...

Guest Column: A ‘gray divorce’ boom

Susan L. Brown April 6, 2013

Until recently, it would have been fair to say that older people simply did not get divorced. Fewer than 10 percent of those who got divorced in 1990 were ages 50 or older. Today, one in four people getting...

 

Opinion: Leggings make you fat

Ryan Sampson April 6, 2013

Ryan Sampson Ryan Sampson is a senior architecture major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact Ryan Sampson at [email protected]. It’s finally starting to feel like spring, and the warm...

 

Opinion: Social activism, or just social media?

Mark Oprea April 2, 2013

Mark Oprea Mark Oprea is a junior English major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. On a cool day in February, four black university students sat in a dorm room...

Guest column: Reaching out to North Korea

Donald Gregg April 1, 2013

President Obama's recent Middle East trip showed what good things can result from thoughtful, direct presidential involvement. The president addressed young Israelis, reassured allies in the region and...