Quit being your father’s newspaper.That’s what one design expert told us when he critiqued the Daily Kent Stater last spring. In the world of college journalism, it’s easy to lose sight of your audience....

Have you ever lived in a place where it was hot like summer all year long? Where you had more mangoes in your possession than you could eat in a day? Or where people chose to eat spicy fish (with hard...

Bryan Staul Bryan Staul is a junior political science major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. It’s been only a few months since my last column here at the Daily...

Jody Michael Jody Michael is a junior broadcast journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. In case you missed it, Jim Tressel, Ohio State football coach,...

With the downtown development well underway, our staff can’t help but be excited for the new changes coming to the City of Kent.That’s right, we’re a city; we finally seem to be acting like it. It...

What’s so bad about convicts? Other than the fact that they’re convicts, they aren’t any different from all the other people in society. Some convicts are better at their jobs than law-abiding citizens,...

An agreement was reached between Democrats and Republicans, effectively enabling the United States to raise the debt ceiling, which allows the country to borrow more money and would ideally retain the...

I love the Internet meme “first world problems,” which are complaints only the world’s most privileged people could ever have.Among the most popular first world problems submitted to a list on the...

Political satirist Stephen Colbert is taking part in the election process by forming a super PAC, a special political action committee that can raise unlimited money.“Making a better tomorrow, tomorrow”...

The Cleveland Indians took on the Kansas City Royals Friday night, and this was my first game of the season.The weather was perfect. The mugginess of the day had faded into a nice warm evening. The smell...

Football has lots of diehard fans. When the NFL lockout ended July 25 as the players approved the owners’ new collective bargaining agreement, I scoured social media and found feelings of relief from...

In April 2010, Raquel Nelson—a Georgia mother of three—crossed the street to her apartment after getting off of a bus with her children in tow. While crossing, her 4-year-old son got away from her...