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Guest column: Who should own DNA? All of us

Marcy Darnovsky, Karuna Jaggar April 14, 2013

Most court cases involving patent law are corporate battles, with one company suing another for infringing on its intellectual property rights and, therefore, profits. Big companies fighting over big money...

Our View: Expand background checks now

DKS Editors April 14, 2013

The U.S. Senate is about to begin debate on legislation that would expand background checks to all commercial gun sales. We hope the bill passes, and the reason is not difficult to understand.Currently,...

 

Opinion: Another rape, another suicide

Ryan Sampson April 14, 2013

Ryan Sampson Ryan Sampson is a senior architecture major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact Ron Burgandy at [email protected]. Lately, the news seems to be filled with stories about young...

Guest Column: Martin Luther King and the call to direct action on climate

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," wrote Martin Luther King Jr. from a Birmingham jail on April 16, 1963. "We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment...

Our View: Never lose hope

DKS Editors April 12, 2013

Elie Wiesel, a professor, writer and Nobel Peace Prize winner, spoke to the Kent State community and more than 100 Holocaust survivors Thursday in the M.A.C.C. Center for the Spring 2013 Presidential Speaker...

 

Opinion: Nude protesting, not always suitable

Bruce Walton April 12, 2013

Bruce Walton Bruce Walton is a sophomore news major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. I saw on the news earlier this week that, while Russian president Vladimir...

Our View: We need to worry about North Korea, but not because of nukes

DKS Editors April 10, 2013

If you haven’t been living under a rock lately, you’ve heard North Korea and its leader Kim Jong Un have been increasing their threats of nuclear war against the United States. The U.S. — everyone...

 

Opinion: Labels aren’t enough

Shawn Mercer April 9, 2013

Shawn Mercer Shawn Mercer is a sophomore integrated life sciences major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact Shawn Mercer at [email protected]. As time passes, I am beginning to realize...

Our View: Lady Margaret Thatcher transformed our world

DKS Editors April 9, 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 9, 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...

Our View: Let’s talk about sex

DKS Editors April 8, 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 8, 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...

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