Colleges and universities charge too much, deliver too little and channel too many students into a lifetime of debt. Genuine reform must be brought to bear to curb those abuses.College graduates still...

It’s tiring to hear the old “get your flu shot” message from the media, your doctors and your nurse every winter. As Kent State students finish the first week of class for the spring, getting a flu...

When I was 7 years old, my friends and I would play football in my backyard for hours, often with my mother watching through the kitchen window. One of the games we played was called “smear the queer.”...

Since 20 children and six adults were killed in an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 14, the gun control issue in the U.S. has reached a new level of urgency. Schools across the country...

Jake Crissman Jake Crissman is a sophomore English major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected] Something happened to me a few weeks ago that I’m still living with...

Accustomed to turning to the Daily Kent Stater for investigative articles about topics that matter to Kent State students, I was shocked to read Matthew Bertovich's column extolling the Kindle as a “green”...

In the wake of the massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., many conservatives have shown little inclination to consider new legislation on gun access. Those of us on the right who...

Facebook’s new technology, “Graph Search,” will allow users to search for people in more ways than ever before — and we think that’s just a little creepy.When you currently search for someone...

Shawn Mercer Shawn Mercer is a sophomore integrated life sciences major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. In response to the weak economy, I often hear people...