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Our View: Remembering those we’ve lost

DKS Editors December 7, 2011

Three students have come and gone this semester, each with a unique story, each with an important lesson.As the year ends, it’s important to reflect on those we’ve lost, remembering their contribution...

 

Opinion: Real talk

Mike Crissman December 7, 2011

Mike Crissman Mike Crissman is a junior newspaper journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. I wasn’t sure how to conclude my four-semester run as...

Opinion: I don’t care about your kid

Opinion: Scroogenomics

Anthony Russo December 6, 2011

Anthony Russo Anthony Russo is a Graduate Assistant and PhD student in the Department of Political Science. He can be reached at [email protected]. This week I bring you the studies of Joel Waldfogel,...

Our View: Higher standards

DKS Editors November 1, 2011

Testing student athletes for drugs has long been a controversial issue of privacy and fairness.Critics have considered the process unfair, asking why all students aren’t monitored in the same way.One...

Opinion: ‘X Factor’ is less than or equal to ‘American Idol’ (or one of those other singing shows)

Opinion: Spend time without your smartphone and other technological devices

Raytevia Evans October 31, 2011

So because I’ve noticed a trend in my sleeping habits — waking up around 1 a.m. to check my phone for breaking news and new emails — for the past few nights I have left my phone charging in another...

Opinion: I don’t care about your kid

Opinion: The sound of settling

Anthony Russo October 31, 2011

One can even see dating and marriage through an economic or mathematical lens. That may bother some of you — and don’t worry, it bothers me too — but it’s truth in a sense. The people we date...

Our View: Kim Kardashian single again

DKS Editorial Board October 31, 2011

It was a tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme. When Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries said their “I do’s” a mere 73 days ago, no one would have expected their marriage could fall apart so quickly...

Guest Column: Reflections on the Iraq War

Steven W. Hook October 30, 2011

Last week’s “Our View” editorial on the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq rightly declares that “we never forget those who lost their lives in Iraq, including the innocent civilians who were caught up...

Opinion: College for dummies

Opinion: College for dummies

Robert Thomas Young October 30, 2011

Overall, college is definitely getting easier in order to attract more students and more money. However, there is also a flip side to this argument. Are some classes really too hard? And, if so, how...

Our View: Misrepresentation at its worst

DKS Editors October 30, 2011

Shouting “Death to Israel” in a crowded room is normally an ill-advised idea. When the room in question was host to an Israeli speaker, it’s an even worse idea. When you’re a professional representative...

Guest Column: Option for colleges to give student athletes a $2,000 grant

John Testa October 30, 2011

As of Oct. 25, Mark Emmert, president of the NCAA, came out in favor of passing legislation that would give schools the option of offering student-athletes a $2,000 grant. Passing this legislation, Emmert...

 

Opinion: End of a sane America?

Jody Michael October 30, 2011

Buchanan acknowledges these prejudices again later in his column, writing that “those who hold the white race responsible for the mortal sins of mankind — slavery, racism, imperialism, genocide —...