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Mediageddon

Jody Michael July 19, 2011

It all began so quickly that it’s just a blur in my memory. I don’t remember what started it, but all of a sudden the dominant national news headline was about widening a part of Interstate 405 in...

A’s have become typical on college campuses

Robert Thomas Young July 19, 2011

A new study published in Teachers College Record finds that 43 percent of college grades at four-year institutions are A’s.When compared to the fact that only 15 percent of grades were A’s in 1960,...

Religion itself is not the problem

Dominique Lyons July 19, 2011

During a very intellectual conversation with one of my close buddies, the controversial issue of religion arose. Most (read here as “smart”) people drop the conversation right there, but not us. We...

Mediageddon

Jody Michael July 19, 2011

It all began so quickly that it’s just a blur in my memory. I don’t remember what started it, but all of a sudden the dominant national news headline was about widening a part of Interstate 405 in...

KSU students are here to stay

SKS staff July 13, 2011

As reported in a separate story this issue, Marc Kirby and Cassandra Pegg-Kirby of High Street are filing a suit against the city because the housing complex Edwards Communities is building on South Lincoln...

Wacky videos vs. newsworthy reporting

Dominique Lyons July 12, 2011

I love cute, little things as much as the next manly man — and as a Kent State student I’m particularly partial to squirrels (especially evil, little black ones). But as I was combing through my CNN...

Summer session pricing is unfair to students

Anna Staver July 12, 2011

Kent State is offering a really interesting class during the Summer III session. It’s called “Take Back the Media,” and I really want to enroll. The only problem is the price tag, because Kent State...

Universities recruit athletes with shoe bribes

Jody Michael July 12, 2011

Why did I choose to attend Kent State? It’s a simple 15-minute drive from my house; I can live at home and not waste money on room and board. The university offered me some generous renewable scholarships....

Abortion policy doesn’t belong in state budget

SKS staff July 6, 2011

The state budget is no longer a spending plan; it’s a platform for political policy. More and more, the biennial budget has become one big political agenda that sneaks in legislation that may otherwise...

Why do today…

Dominique Lyons July 5, 2011

The really cool thing about a new day is that it has the ability to be completely different from the day that came before it. If today is rainy, dark and dank, tomorrow has the power to be sunny, bright...

The trouble with media trying Casey Anthony

Anna Staver July 5, 2011

When I was a kid I learned that our justice system was the best because it presumed all those accused of a crime are innocent until proven guilty. Then I grew up, and I realized that while the law may...

How to tell a lie

Jody Michael July 5, 2011

Do you know what the National Endowment for the Arts is? It’s a federal agency that funds artistic projects - but not just any and all art. With a mostly fixed amount of funding each year, the NEA can...

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