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Guest Column: Reforms to No Child Left Behind are positive

Elena Kadvany October 3, 2011

President Barack Obama visited the students of Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Washington D.C. last Wednesday to deliver his annual back-to-school speech, with one definitive message: Keep going...

Our View: The Onion’s tweet causes chaos

DKS Editors October 2, 2011

The Onion is known for using satire to make a point, but when a tweet about a hostage situation at the capitol building surfaced on its follower’s feed, there didn’t seem to be much laughing.The controversy...

Opinion: College for dummies

Opinion: The rich get richer, and the rest of us get screwed

Robert Thomas Young October 2, 2011

Robert Thomas Young Robert Thomas Young is a senior philosophy and psychology major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. The political buzzword of the month is...

Guest Column: Embracing cellular angst

Louis René Beres October 2, 2011

Posted Sept. 30.We have all witnessed the visibly deep pleasure enjoyed by cell phone talkers. For unaccountable Americans, there is little that can compare to the ringing ecstasy of a message. Reciprocally,...

 

Opinion: NYPD blues

Jody Michael October 2, 2011

Jody Michael Jody Michael is a junior broadcast journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. On September 11, 2001, the New York Police Department helped...

Our View: Not all news is positive

DKS Editors September 29, 2011

A new publication recently sprung up across Northeast Ohio, and it raises some basic questions about newspaper standards. The Positive Times Newspaper’s central mission is to provide news that is positive...

Guest Column: Student body needs to step forward for Silver Oaks

Erik Clarke September 28, 2011

On July 21st of this year, Capstone Development Corp. — a student housingdeveloper notified the seniors of the Silver Oaks Place communitythat they would be evicted as of Oct. 1 and would need tofind...

Our view: Cause and effect

DKS Editors September 28, 2011

Late in July 2011, the residents of Silver Oaks place were informed that Capstone Development Corporation had purchased their homes, and they would need to find somewhere else to live.The senior citizens...

Opinion: So a guy and girl walk into a bar…

Courtney Kerrigan September 28, 2011

Courtney Kerrigan Courtney Kerrigan is a senior magazine journalism major and senior enterprise reporter for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. Why is it that young women always...

Opinion: Beating women at their own games

Kyle Lindemann September 28, 2011

Kyle Lindemann Kyle Lindemann is a senior communications major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. Let’s face it; women have a lot of bad rules. Getting the...

 

Opinion: Who needs Twitter?

Dylan Lusk September 28, 2011

Dylan Lusk Dylan Lusk is an electronic media production major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Internet is having an identity crisis.The Internet used to be a beloved...

 

Opinion: The hall of shame

Mike Crissman September 27, 2011

Mike Crissman Mike Crissman is a junior newspaper journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. Recent decisions by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and...