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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

KentStater

Cheers and Jeers for September 15

DKS Editors September 14, 2010

CheersCheers to Bill Clinton and Barack Obama for stopping in Cleveland.Cheers to Kent Neighborhood Watch. It’s nice to know people are trying to make Kent a little safer.Cheers to the Exchange moving...

Sex and subliminal slavery in the city

SarahBeth Caplin September 14, 2010

When I think of feminism, I think of women deserving to have the same rights as men, and equal protection under the law. The feminist movement, despite its good intentions, unknowingly made it permissible...

Ourview September 15

DKS Editors September 14, 2010

Repeatedly, you’ve heard us address the issue of revamping Kent State’s image. We’ve said over and over again the different ways the university is moving up, how it’s making a name for itself and...

Anything but A Zero

Thisanjali Gangoda September 13, 2010

Plus-size women on the runway, you ask? Yes, please, and it's about time. This week during New York's semiannual Fashion Week, designers like Marc Jacobs, Prada and Alexander McQueen had female "plus-size"...

What an OSU student thinks about KSU

Ben Wolford September 13, 2010

Sometimes I wish law enforcement officers in Kent had more important things to worry about.After speeding all over Columbus this weekend, it wasn't until I returned late, weary, and homesick to Kent that...

Don’t be a Zombie

Molly Cahill September 12, 2010

The stressed out college student is a curious creature, most often found in early May or December. They are made easy to spot by their dirty, rumpled clothing, bloodshot eyes and the breadcrumb trail of...

9/11 overshadowed by nut-jobs

DKS Editors September 12, 2010

When someone says they’re going to host a Quran burning, it’s worth some coverage. But this pastor took it to an excessive level by appearing on the Today Show.It’s pretty clear to everyone that...

What’s so special about Kent State?

Tianjun Shen September 12, 2010

As an international student here at Kent State, I have been asked many times by my friends why I chose Kent State for graduate studies. An easy answer would be Kent State is a partner university with Shanghai...

Comic book shops: Remnants of old America

Patrick St. Pierre September 12, 2010

I have forever been a fan of the superhero genre. My boyhood was full of action figures, cartoons and comic books. The action figures and cartoons may have been left behind, but comic books have always...

Ground Zero through a camera lens

Nikolas Kolenich September 12, 2010

I could sense that tension was high on the streets of New York City as the ninth anniversary of the terrorist attacks were greeted with the protest of a potential mosque being built near ground zero. With...

Iris scanners create dangerous precedent

Michael Kahn September 12, 2010

Imagine a world where all your credit cards, local, state, and national IDs, library and customer advantage cards are obsolete. Fraud is impossible: crimes are solved within minutes. Utopia, one might...

Grants for better classes is an A+ idea

DKS Editors September 9, 2010

Since the semester started, we’ve been pleased to see new renovations all over campus. But perhaps even better than the construction outside, students can now look forward to better classes thanks to...