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Our View: Students shouldn’t pay for what they don’t use

DKS Editors April 19, 2011

The plan was to borrow $210 million in low-interest bonds and pin on a $7-per-credit-hour fee to students’ tuition starting in 2012. That fee would increase to $24 per credit hour by 2017. President...

 

Senior Column: Popping the bubble

Kelly Petryszyn April 19, 2011

Kelly Petryszyn Kelly Petryszyn is a senior magazine journalism major and an assigning editor for the Daily Kent Stater. Kent State is a bubble. It is a microcosm of society that exists within the 866...

 

Opinion: A patent on human genes

Daniel Sprockett April 18, 2011

You might think it’s strange to be granted patents on genes in the first place, considering they already exist inside every one your cells. Human genes are clearly discovered, not invented. However,...

 

Opinion: Reader comments

Jody Michael April 18, 2011

Jody Michael Jody Michael is a sophomore broadcast journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. Earlier this semester, I wrote a column criticizing students...

 

Opinion: Major League beatdown

Dylan Lusk April 17, 2011

The entire league has showed great support for Stow and his family through this struggle, but it doesn’t change the clear problem here. Major League Baseball is slowly becoming crime infested. For...

 

Opinion: Immortality: a possibility?

Mike Crissman April 17, 2011

He says the exponential incline of our technology will get extremely steep pretty soon, altering our lives more quickly than any other generation in the history of the world. That certainly is exciting....

Did you eat your vegetables today? Photo courtesy of MCT.

Guest Opinion: Agricultural subsidies tax our health

Neal Barnard April 17, 2011

As we wrap up tax season with federal spending under scrutiny, Americans should consider this: Congress continues to spend billions of federal dollars on food policies that contribute to bad health.This...

 

Our View: We should continue to stand against assault

DKS Editors April 15, 2011

DKS Editors Wednesday afternoon, students from several Greek organizations took a stance against sexual assault by walking across campus in shoes of the opposite gender. A group organizer said about...

Letter to the Editor, April 14, 2011

Brian C. Hellwig April 14, 2011

Dear Editor, I was glad to see your editorial titled “Blood donation constraint should be evaluated.” However, it contained a pretty significant factual error. You stated that there is “a 12-month...


"Prostitution is distasteful to many people, of course, but that is no justification for laws against it, since on that basis Brussels sprouts and loud neckties might also be banned."

Guest Opinion: Illegal prostitution puts women at risk

Daniel Akst April 14, 2011

It's time to extend this perspective to prostitution, which is not going away anytime soon no matter how many laws we adopt or how draconian the punishment. It is simply nobody else's business if consenting...

Guest Opinion: Illegal prostitution puts women at risk

April 14, 2011

"Prostitution is distasteful to many people, of course, but that is no justification for laws against it, since on that basis Brussels sprouts and loud neckties might also be banned."

Our View: Donation constraint should be valuated

DKS Editors April 14, 2011

According to the American Red Cross, more than 38,000 blood donations are needed each day.That’s 13,870,000 donations needed per year.But while hospitals and relief efforts wait for donors to contribute...

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