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Letter to the Editor September 28

Dominic Gatti September 27, 2010

Dear Fellow Kent Staters:I was rightfully shocked and disturbed by last week's article on graffiti as a nuisance. For a minute there, I thought I was going to school in Oxford, Cambridge or Ole Miss. But...

Our View for Sept 27

DKS Editors September 26, 2010

We don’t care what your politics are: There are four of Ohio’s top politicians on campus today to speak and answer questions. So go hear them.They’re powerful, they represent you and they’ll be...

The virtue of tolerance

SaraBeth Caplin September 26, 2010

I have a friend who is involved in an anti-abortion ministry. Basically, she gives the women who enter the clinic some pamphlets that offer free counseling, sonograms and any other service they might need....

Pacifying the masses

Molly Cahill September 26, 2010

It is considered a mark of our society’s advancement how quickly and with such ease we are able to share information. The right of free speech is guaranteed to us in the constitution that forms the base...

He IS Superman

Patrick St. Pierre September 26, 2010

Well, maybe a better title would be “He is Clark Kent” as he has never officially donned the red, blue and yellow. Regardless, Tom Welling’s decade of portraying Clark Kent is nothing short of history-making....

Txt spk: not so gr8

Matthew Colwell September 26, 2010

You learn to write when you’re in kindergarten. You drew the shape of each letter over and over again until you wanted to cry. Then you learned about words and sentence structure; it was this wonderful...

Kraft, where do you get off?

Nicole Aikens September 26, 2010

A question of the day was posed in the newsroom: “Why do Jell-o pudding cups say ‘Frown is a four-letter word?’”Maybe saying something is a four-letter word implies it is profanity, and frowning...

What’s the state of our university?

DKS Staff September 23, 2010

President Lester Lefton delivered his annual State of the University yesterday, in which he outlined his goals for the future. So far he’s on the right track.Not going to lie: We’re really pleased...

Take the books out of the library

September 22, 2010

We may actually have to go to the library soon. The university is planning on removing half of the 2.9 million books over the next decade.We will admit that at first, the idea of removing books from the...

Changing Gender Stereotypes

Christen Mullet September 22, 2010

When we hear the term “sexism,” most of us immediately assume discrimination against women based on sex. However, sexism against men is also a relevant problem in today’s world. Sexism toward men...

No Greek: A response to online comments

Gregory Porter September 22, 2010

Many of those who commented on my guest column “No Greek” have complaints against my viewpoint, so I am writing this as a response to those objections.Let me first state that by getting angry and defensive...

Library needs more books, not less

George Anderson September 22, 2010

In response to Frank Yonkof's September 23 piece about the downsizing of the University Library's collection.To the Editor:After reading Mr. Yonkof's piece, I must question James Bracken's judgment and...