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Opinion: NFL salaries beat out the work of soldiers

Taylor Miksic February 14, 2012

Taylor Miksic Taylor Miksic is a freshman news major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. Ten: the number of NFL players who have died either while playing the game...

Guest Column: The importance of the Tea Party

Calvin via UWIRE February 14, 2012

Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina opened CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) with an analogy. He compared Republicans and Democrats not to allies with differences fighting together for a...

Guest Column: The politics of treasure

Gabriel Rosen February 13, 2012

Harvard Political Review, Harvard U. via UWIREIn 2007, the treasure-hunting company Odyssey made a spectacular discovery, locating the wreck of the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, a Spanish frigate laced...

 

Opinion: Newt Gingrich mimicking Ronald Reagan

Seth Cohen February 13, 2012

Seth Cohen Seth Cohen is a senior magazine journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. As the primaries get underway from Minnesota to Maine, Newt Gingrich...

Our View: We don’t condone these condoms

DKS editors February 13, 2012

Remember the quick and expensive transition in high school when the purse your mom bought you at Kohl’s was replaced by a splurge on purses from Coach, Dooney & Bourke and Louis Vuitton?It’s arguable...

 

Opinion: Equating sports with war

Jody Michel February 13, 2012

Jody Michael Jody Michael is a junior broadcast journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. “The Office” ran an episode this season in which Andy,...

 

Opinion: College does not indoctrinate students

Hank Venetta February 10, 2012

Hank Venetta Hank Venetta is a senior English major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater.Contact him at [email protected]. When I want my mind to heal, I’ll read useless news tidbits on sites like...

 

Opinion: International movies to get your mind off of V-Day

Melissa Schwachenwald February 10, 2012

Melissa Schwachenwald Melissa Schwachenwald is a senior fine arts major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. Instead of yelling “love is dead” at the bar this...

Our View: Women who serve deserve more

DKS Editors February 10, 2012

The Pentagon is slowly but surely catching up with the rest of society — at least when it comes to women’s rights.The Defense Department recommended to Congress Thursday that women be allowed to serve...

Guest Column: Not forgetting about Alzheimer’s

David Goldberg February 10, 2012

Imagine it is the year 2030. Your parents are two of the 7.7 million Americans who have Alzheimer’s disease. You have two kids to take care of and a demanding job. You want to take care of your parents,...

Letter to the Editor: Feb. 9

Laurie Wagner February 9, 2012

Letter to the editor:On my way to breakfast Saturday morning I was disappointed to find the Rock on front campus displaying the message “Mark Follen is gay.” While my first thought was that perhaps...

 

Opinion: Peace sells, but who’s buying?

Andrew Paulsen February 9, 2012

Andrew Paulsen Andrew Paulsen is a senior electronic media production major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. I imagine that as a college student, you’ve walked...