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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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

Kent community thrives despite slow economic recovery

Jody Michael June 29, 2011

Last week, we received more evidence this economic recovery is going really, really, really, really, really slowly.The Federal Reserve forecasted our 2011 economic growth will be just 2.7 to 2.9 percent,...

Let robots do our jobs

Dominique Lyons June 29, 2011

My friends, the era of the machine has come!I began my Thursday as I do all Thursdays: I woke up. After doing my dailies, I learned that I would be spending my morning (called “the afternoon” by some)...

University should keep students informed about budget

Kent State students are currently in the dark about whether state budget cuts will cause a tuition increase in the future.Though talk about the budget has been ongoing for a while in anticipation of the...

Browns should sign Terrell Owens

Michael Moses June 28, 2011

Before reading on, let’s pretend that the NFL season is a lock for this fall – not locked out, but a guaranteed season.The Cleveland Browns’ upcoming season is perhaps the most promising in years....

“Mannequin man” proof that opposites attract

Dominique Lyons June 22, 2011

No greater proof of the phrase “opposites attract” exists than one New York man and his very special lady.Ned Nefer, 38, and his wife, Teagan, are travelling on foot from their home in Syracuse to...

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