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Opinion: Evolution should not be a controversial issue

Hank Venetta April 18, 2012

Hank Venetta Hank Venetta is a senior English major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. When ignorance and arrogance are pitted against each other, nobody wins....

An open letter from Evan Gildenblatt

Evan Gildenblatt April 18, 2012

When I was campaigning for Undergraduate Student Government, I made a promise to represent the best interests of the students of Kent State University. I intend to keep that promise, and I’m here today...

 

Opinion: Defining (and disregarding) ‘crazy’ for the mentally unstable

Melissa Schwachenwald April 18, 2012

Melissa Schwachenwald Melissa Schwachenwald is a senior fine arts major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. Crazy captains…paranoid passengers…flight attendant...

Letter to the editor for April 19

Beth Wills April 18, 2012

So let me get this straight.We’re spending more than $7 million dollars to buy houses just off the western edge of campus and tear them down, making way for an extra-wide sidewalk leading to downtown...

 

Opinion: Take it easy

Andrew Paulsen April 17, 2012

Andrew Paulsen Andrew Paulsen is a senior electronic media production major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. We’re almost done, Class of 2012.I know that...

Letter to the editor, April 19

Ashley Sroka April 17, 2012

I am writing in regards to your two front-page features from Tuesday’s Daily Kent Stater, specifically the two articles written about historic preservation.Of every article I have read in four years...

 

Opinion: The future of energy production

Robert Thomas Young April 16, 2012

Robert Thomas Young Robert Thomas Young is a senior philosophy major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater.Contact him at [email protected] Today, more than 75 percent of the United States’ energy...

Our View: No award and no reason

DKS Editors April 16, 2012

Monday was a big day for writers, photographers and musicians across the country.The Pulitzer Prize Board announced its 2012 winners — a group of people who will go down in history as some of the very...

 

Opinion: Where is the students’ say in the new credit fee?

Elaina Sauber April 16, 2012

Elaina Sauber Elaina Sauber is a sophomore English major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected] The voting rights of citizens living in Washington, D.C., are not the...

Letter to the editor: April 16, 2012

Timothy (Tim) Monroe Bledsoe April 15, 2012

The Afghan War has been going on entirely too long.  For more than 10 years now, the combination of the Iraq War and the Afghan War is taking more and more of a greatly negative effect on the U.S. Troops,...

Guest Column: This Earth Day, eat as if the environment matters

Heather Moore April 15, 2012

MCT FORUMPeople for the Ethical Treatment of AnimalsHow do you plan to commemorate Earth Day, April 22? I’m going to pick up litter at a nearby river, recycle, use cloth shopping bags and, most important,...

 

Opinion: Don’t overlook suicide

Taylor Miksic April 15, 2012

Taylor Miksic Taylor Miksic is a freshman news major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. More than one million people commit suicide every year. That is equal to...