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Justice should never be cruel

SKS staff August 2, 2011

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...

News of the World for all the wrong reasons

Jody Michael July 26, 2011

To me, some of the most interesting stories in the news media are the stories that actually involve the media. An intriguing example is happening across the pond with former United Kingdom newspaper News...

A happier place

Megan Wilkinson July 26, 2011

Beep-beep-beep!My phone alarm went off while I was in the middle of a morning shift at my part-time job. I was not busy at the time, so I snuck to the back room to see who wanted to talk to me at 8 a.m....

Reports of rape fall on deaf ears

Robert Thomas Young July 26, 2011

Anthony Sowell was found guilty of multiple counts of aggravated murder on Friday, July 22. However, this case involves more than a serial killer murdering 11 women. It involves police officers systematically...

One is a tragedy, 76 is a massacre

SKS editorial staff July 26, 2011

This weekend was marked by two major news stories: the death of Amy Winehouse and the massacre in Oslo, Norway.While both stories were characterized by death, they are decidedly different.In Norway, the...

Summer Laziness

Seth Cohen July 26, 2011

Now, you might be thinking to yourself, “Summer is when I’m going to show everyone that I have changed for the better, but for now, True Blood is on, and I have to watch this new episode.”Summer...

Our View: Some things are better left unsaid

SKS staff July 20, 2011

Former Kent State linebacker James Harrison is causing quite a stir with his recent anti-gay comments about NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and discouraging words about his Steelers teammates. In the August...

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...

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...

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