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Our View: Starbucks starts boozin’ it up

DKS Editors February 1, 2012

In an attempt to muster up more sales in the afternoon hours, Starbucks has recently added beer, wine and cheese plates to its menu. Before you get too excited, don’t expect to find alcohol in any of...

Guest Column: Apple should lead the way to better work standards

Danielle Faipler January 31, 2012

Last May, an Apple factory in Chengdu, China exploded due to unsafe working conditions and hazardous materials. There were two blasts that year; four workers were killed and 77 were injured.Media attention...

Our View: Want something? Buy it.

DKS Editors January 31, 2012

File sharing certainly has its perks. However, free access to all sorts of media — music, movies and more — has created quite a dilemma for those who create it.Now the government is beginning to crack...

 

Opinion: Show me the money, Romney!

Seth Cohen January 30, 2012

Seth Cohen Seth Cohen is a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. On Jan. 24, the former Massachusetts Governor released his tax returns to the public eye with many people...

 

Opinion: The hijab – Freedom or oppression?

Fiza Shah January 30, 2012

Fiza Shah Fiza Shah is a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. Question: Do you find it unfair that Muslim women have to cover so much of their bodies, which seems to...

 

Opinion: All about roundabouts

Jody Michael January 30, 2012

Jody Michael Jody Michael is a junior broadcast journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. Plans to improve the campus section of Summit Street are moving...

Guest Column: Pipeline cartoon remains offensive

Letter to the Editor January 30, 2012

Editors Note: We ran a political cartoon Friday, Jan. 20 in the opinion section that offended and angered some readers. In their complaints, they implied racism with linkage to lynching. We wrote an Our...

 

Opinion: Kids these days

Taylor Miksic January 30, 2012

Taylor Miksic Taylor Miksic is a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. I really don’t understand kids these days. When I say “kids” I’m referring to the ages...

Our View: D.C. Mayor chooses a birthday party over ‘Bama.

DKS editors January 30, 2012

For President Obama’s State of the Union address on Jan. 24, you were probably doing one of following: intently watching it, playing the drinking game (how many times DID he say “the state of the union...

 

Opinion: Clothing line rises out of Last Place

Melissa Schwachenwald January 27, 2012

Melissa Schwachenwald Melissa Schwachenwald is a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. It’s simple to think about doing what you want in life, whether it’s going...

 

Opinion: Reasons for the U.S. decline in marriage

Hank Venetta January 27, 2012

Hank Venetta Hank Venetta is an english major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. We’re not living in the 1950s anymore. The conservative white picket fence...

Our view: Other advising fixes necessary

DKS Editors January 27, 2012

<!--SummarySummary: As freshmen, students should be assigned an adviser who will guide them through their college careers.-->In Thursday’s paper, we published a story about advising becoming a...