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...

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...

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”...

Don't worry, stay calm, everyone. Those gallons of milk at the grocery store are safe ... for now.You'd think it was a matter of national security. Senate leaders negotiating the fiscal cliff deal went...

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...

Programmer, developer and Internet activist Aaron Swartz was found hanged in his Brooklyn apartment on Jan. 11. The 27-year-old has been a prominent figure in the digital world since the age of 14, when...