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Dabbling in the irrelevant

Thisanjali Gangoda September 22, 2010

President Barack Obama has smoked weed, former President Bill Clinton had an affair, former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey’s gay and Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell has “dabbled in witchcraft.”...

I think my personality is still in Detroit

Nicole Hennessy September 22, 2010

It’s Friday. I just posted WCBE’s morning news broadcast online. It’s a slow news day. The stories bore their headlines to death: a funnel cloud, another corrupt politician, safer mines and other...

Music and its motive

Matthew Colwell September 22, 2010

Matthew Colwell's take on a world obsessed with criticizing music. Older than language itself, I’m sure cavemen pissed each other off talking about which bongo sounded better. Since then, we’ve...

Every cause has its Village Idiot

SarahBeth Caplin September 21, 2010

This semester, I decided to do something a little different and take three courses on religion and how it relates to our modern world. Needless to say, the discussions have been interesting and, at times,...

The view of Kent State from China

Ben Wolford September 21, 2010

A couple weeks ago I received an e-mail from a Chinese graduate student asking if I’d be willing to meet him to talk about Lester Lefton.Tianjun Shen had read my column in which I mentioned that Lefton...

Cheers and Jeers for September 21, 2010

September 21, 2010

CheersCheers to Pinwheels for Peace. Not only are they a pretty addition to campus, but they also send a powerful message.Cheers to the bookstore and its new book rental program. The more options students...

Education means debt

Wade Lafever September 20, 2010

From breast implants to pipelines. From the housing market bubbles to America’s higher education. Why are so many things bursting these days?The envy of most other nations and the fuel for the economy...

Stop asking students to sacrifice

DKS Editors September 20, 2010

Here’s a good financial rule for anybody: Don’t spend money you don’t have.Kent State, however, is on track to spend a whole bunch of money it doesn’t have on campus renovations at a time when...

Apocalypse shouldn’t be feared

Ian Everett September 20, 2010

It’s 2010. Actually, it’s the latter half of 2010. That means that we are about two years away — give or take a few months — from the end of the world, as predicted by the Mayan Long Count calendar.Or...

Diet vs. Regular

Molly Cahill September 19, 2010

The debate over which version of a drink is better, diet or regular, has been ongoing since manufacturers began to produce the lower calorie alternative.The assumption a lot of people make is that if you...

Shock value isn’t an excuse

Patrick St. Pierre September 19, 2010

Have you ever stepped into the movie theatre, expecting two hours of entertainment that was worth your $8.50, and instead, you find that the movie was not quite what you’d expected? I’m sure you have;...

Anonymous web comments should have signatures

Kelly Hotard September 19, 2010

What would you do if you knew you would get away with it?The rise of the unnamed and anonymous in our generation’s pop culture provides some pretty disturbing answers to that question.It seems a day...

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