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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...

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,...

Hipster economics?

Matthew Colwell November 16, 2010

As the latter half of the ‘00s came about, the term hipster rose to be feared by all the culturally inclined. As 2010 ends, it seems the word has been beaten to smithereens, too. It’s a word that no...

A case against shacking up

SaraBeth Caplin November 16, 2010

When statistics show that today’s marriages fail as often as they succeed, it seems logical to take every precaution you can to know every little detail of your significant other before tying a permanent...

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...

Failin’ Palin is back!

DKS Editors November 15, 2010

Sarah Palin’s new reality show is just about as good as her favorability ratings, which really isn’t saying much. Sarah Palin’s Alaska, which premiered last night on TLC, wastes the audience’s...

Facebook.com to offer e-mail

Molly Cahill November 14, 2010

The way most Internet sites make money is through advertising. It’s why Wikipedia comes scratching at your wallet around this time every year. They don’t have ad space on their site, so they are forced...

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