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Cheers and Jeers for November 17

DKS Editors November 17, 2010

CheersCheers to a potentially easier transfer process. Transfer students have enough to adjust to. They don’t need to worry about making up credits they already completed.Cheers to the international...

Our view: Smoking scare tactics a waste of space

DKS Editors November 17, 2010

Smokers will soon see photographs of cancerous lungs and puffs of smoke billowing out of a tracheotomy hole glaring back at them from their pack of cigarettes.The Food and Drug Administration announced...

Letter to the editor: Stop throwing trash

People are throwing trash almost all over the earth. We feel sad. If people stop throwing trash, we will feel happy. When we go for walks, we notice that there is trash on the earth. When we go on bus...

Seamlessly it seems

Nicole Hennessy November 17, 2010

We are dreaming, sometimes soundly sleeping are our bodies as our minds revolt.Listening to Cat Power, staring at that first line, unable to think of subsequent sentences, my mind cowers and the muted...

There’s only room for one Potter in Hogwarts

Nick Glunt November 17, 2010

Like the rest of the Harry Potter fanatics of the world, this week is just seven days of complete anticipation. My week is just building and building in stress, but come Thursday at 11:55 p.m., everything...

True Altruism; For Real?

Thisanjali Gangoda November 17, 2010

When is the last time you consciously committed an act of random kindness? Perhaps it was elementary or middle school where you were most aware of the altruistic notion of doing something nice for someone...

Indonesia’s ‘boulder’

Andrew Hecht November 17, 2010

In July 2010, the United States resumed military ties with Kopassus, a secretive anti-terror unit in the Indonesian military after a 12-year hiatus. Ties were cut off amidst human rights violations in...

Federal intrusion can be checked by looking to the constitution, empowering

Bryan Warrick November 17, 2010

Even though it’s still a week away, Thanksgiving is a holiday of great importance to this nation and has a lot more history to it than people think. The day when Americans stuff their faces and get fat,...

Can the government force you to be healthy?

Christen Mullet November 17, 2010

Cigarette smokers represent more than 45 million Americans, which is about 15 percent of the population. That sizeable portion of the U.S. may soon be affected by a proposed law, which will require every...

Folk Fest worth fighting through hordes to visit

Ben Wolford November 16, 2010

It’s always that way: The Daily Kent Stater takes a couple days off, and the world starts spitting out news.There was an attempted robbery on campus, a death downtown and five citations from the Campus...

Our View: Four Loko a little too loco

DKS Editors November 16, 2010

It’s all over the front pages. It’s all over liquor stores across the nation. And odds are, there were cans all over your apartment last weekend.Four Loko, the alcoholic sensation kicking the pants...

‘Believe in the healing power of music’

Anthony Lumpp November 16, 2010

I came across this statement yesterday while logging onto Flashline. It is number three on a list that’s supposed to help students reduce stress during the holidays. Now, I’m not a psychology major,...