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Our View: What is private anymore?

DKS Editors February 17, 2012

Recently, Twitter admitted to “harvesting” smartphone contacts and storing the information on its servers — mostly without customers’ knowledge. Access to the contact list is activated when users...

Guest Column: U.S. Labor Department should update its standards to protect unpaid interns

Kimberly Grano February 17, 2012

As spring quarter approaches, many students will be scrambling to apply for those coveted intern positions that require them to work all summer — for no paycheck.In many fields, paid employment is becoming...

 

Opinion: It’s the small liberating moments that matter

Melissa Schwachenwald February 17, 2012

Melissa Schwachenwald Melissa Schwachenwald is a senior fine arts major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater.Contact her at [email protected] As I dropped an unwanted class the other day, I had a...

Guest Column: Together we must end dating violence

Joe Biden February 16, 2012

Vice President Biden op-ed for college paperMore than 20 years ago, I read a study of junior high school students in Rhode Island that included one finding I’ve never been able to get out of my head....

 

Opinion: Max out at the M.A.C.C.

Andrew Paulsen February 16, 2012

Andrew Paulsen Andrew Paulsen is a senior electronic media production major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. If you are a sports fan, when do you decide NOT...

 

Opinion: Politics may be a game, but it’s no football game

Bruce Walton February 16, 2012

Bruce Walton Bruce Walton is a freshman news major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. How as a nation could we sink so low? Last week, at this year’s Conservative...

Our View: The death of a celebrity and a soldier do not compare

DKS Editors February 16, 2012

Whitney Houston’s death on Saturday was a tragedy. But many people leapt at the opportunity to point out that a soldier’s death outweighs any celebrity’s.Correction: No one’s death outweighs another’s...

 

Opinion: Kent is more than just a college town

Elaina Sauber February 15, 2012

Elaina Sauber Elaina Sauber is a sophomore English major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. My hometown of Perrysburg is about a 20-minute drive from Bowling...

Guest Column: Tenure breeds lazy lectures, stagnancy

Tara Verderosa February 15, 2012

With the Nevada State budget in a perpetual downward spiral, education has been under attack. Nevada’s talking heads have proposed everything from eliminating extracurricular activities [such as sports...

Our View: Valentine’s Day is the worst day, but not really

DKS Editors February 15, 2012

Maybe you spent last night playing footsie [or whatever] with your significant other after a blissful dinner downtown and a late showing of “The Vow.” [We know you secretly loved it, guys.]Or perhaps...

 

Opinion: Astronauts talk about UFOs and aliens

Robert Thomas Young February 15, 2012

Robert Thomas Young Robert Thomas Young is a senior philosophy major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. We’ve all seen the guys who make crop circles for fun,...

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...

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