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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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I don’t believe in global warming

Garrison Ebie February 10, 2010

Ever since Al Gore’s triumphant PowerPoint presentation, “An Inconvenient Truth,” hit the screen, it seems like global warming has been at the tip of every tongue as the principle reason we should...

Our view: One small step for equality

DKS Editors February 10, 2010

In case you missed it, the United States took a small step in its ever-going march toward equality last week.Speaking before the Senate Armed Forces Committee last Tuesday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates...

No romance? No problem

Marchaè Grair February 10, 2010

“I found out I don’t work on Valentine’s Day, and I was disappointed because I know that means I’m going to sit at home alone all day and think about the fact that I don’t have anyone.”When...

An anachronistic figure in the 21st century

David Busch February 10, 2010

I didn’t like “The Catcher in the Rye” when I read it in high school. Everybody told me I should have. They told me that Holden Caulfield’s life was a metaphor of their own. Even my English teacher...

Hump day cheers and jeers | Feb. 10

DKS Editors February 10, 2010

Hump Day Hump Day cheers and jeers Hump day cheers and jeers CHEERS TO• Cheers to the Olympics, which begin this Friday in Vancouver, Canada. We always enjoy seeing the world come together for a few...

England as a cab driver sees it

Ben Wolford February 9, 2010

LEICESTER, United Kingdom — My friends and I called a cab Friday night to take us downtown, and because some of them don’t speak English as their first language, I put myself in the front seat next...

Well the weather outside is frightful

DKS Editors February 9, 2010

Just when you thought we were out of the clear…Well, don’t fool yourself. You’re not in the clear in terms of snow in Kent until about May. But while you’re waiting it out, Snuggie and all, be...

Toyota, another crack in the auto-manufacturing wall

Sonali Kudva February 9, 2010

Car companies have not been in the news for the right reasons in the last two years. First the recession hit them hard, then there were concerns regarding the fuel efficiency and overall efficiency of...

Our view: Three isn’t company

DKS Editors February 8, 2010

For the last few semesters, Residence Services has had problems with residence halls being over capacity, and a fair number of students have had to live in lounges or with resident assistants for the first...

Fox News is not real news

Frank Yonkof February 8, 2010

 A few months back, I wrote a column called “My (Republican) pet peeve list,” which was pretty much a pre-Christmas break rant against everything that annoyed me. As expected, a few people were not...

Facebook: Friend or foe?

Molly Cahill February 8, 2010

I love Facebook. Aside from the fact that I don’t know half of my “friends,” which as I understand it, is a common affliction, I doubt I would talk to half the people I do without it.You can meet...

For Shawn

Nick Baker February 8, 2010

When someone walks in your living room and says, “I have bad news,” it could range anywhere from LeBron James twisting his ankle to the death of a friend. “Bad news” is pretty vague. And something...