Shawn Mercer Shawn Mercer is a sophomore integrated life sciences major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater.Contact Shawn Mercer at [email protected]. There are dozens of delicious foods that are...
The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday, March 6:In February 2007, the Dow Jones industrial average signaled the tumult to come. After closing at a record high of 12,767 on...
House Bill 99, which prohibits using a handheld-electronic wireless communication device to write, send or read a text while driving in Ohio, became fully enforceable on March 1. The bill was initially...
Mark Oprea Mark Oprea is a junior English major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. “When am I going to use this?” I sometimes hear from fellow students about...
Matthew Bertovich Matthew Bertovich is a junior psychology major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. Remember when it took a solid two minutes to boot up the Internet?...
I never knew one simple, insignificant question from a First Year Experience class could impact my decisions in such a great way. We talked about our names in the class — what they mean; where we come...
What does peace truly mean? Peace, as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is as follows: “freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions.” But peace is more than that. Peace is...
It feels like just yesterday that we were inundated with last year’s Undergraduate Student Government candidates, and here we are again with the same posters and Facebook pages (although with considerably...
Google announced last month that it plans to release its highly publicized Google Glass by the end of 2013. With a series of eye-catching promotional videos and runway models sporting the product, Google...
Washington and many international corporations have long suspected that the Chinese government is largely behind the chronic cyberattacks that have bedeviled many companies. A recent report by a private...
Ryan Sampson Ryan Sampson is a senior architecture major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. I’ve read the Daily Kent Stater since my freshman year. Admittedly,...
The Nation magazine recently published a piece titled “University Presidents — Speak Out!” in which writer Scott Sherman discusses how university presidents aren’t outspoken about major issues...
