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An unfair advantage

David Busch January 27, 2010

At the corner of East Capitol Street and First Street in Washington D.C., John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Ginsburg, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, John Stevens and Clarence...

State of the gay American

Marchaè Grair January 27, 2010

One year ago, the American people elected President Obama supporting the notion of change. That November election was a public referendum rejecting Republican policies about the economy, social justice...

The musical identity crisis

Garrison Ebie January 27, 2010

Every time you meet someone new, you eventually must answer that inevitable, wretched question: “What kind of music do you listen to?”I suppose this is a fair thing to ask someone. Everyone has at...

Our view: Tangible hope for the troubled economy

DKS Editors January 27, 2010

Last year in his annual State of the State address, Gov. Ted Strickland told Ohioans that through the troubled economy, the state of our state was steadfast.At that time, the state’s most recently recorded...

Collectively guilty for crimes in a democracy? I don’t know.

Ben Wolford January 26, 2010

My roommate in Olson Hall freshman year was from Tokyo, and once I asked him what the Japanese thought about Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was only beginning to learn English, and my Japanese is limited to...

He ruined it for all of us

Sonali Kudva January 26, 2010

If I ever meet Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the guy with the explosives sewn into his underwear, I definitely have a few things to say to him.Recent events from Christmas Day have violated one of the last...

White people don’t blow up planes?

Frank Yonkof January 25, 2010

To be honest, most of us had seen this coming.The first terrorist incident in the Obama presidency was sure to spark a massive wave of criticism from the right, and the attempted Christmas Day attack by...

Procrastinators Anonymous

Molly Cahill January 25, 2010

Procrastination. We all do it at one time or another. College students, as a breed, have it down to such a well-practiced art form that it sometimes seems to be the natural order of things rather than...

Our View: We Can Help the Region Too

DKS Editors January 25, 2010

L ast week, President Lester Lefton released the findings of a university study that sought to measure how much money Kent State adds to the local economy.The results said the university brings $1.96 billion...

Their View: America needs to take charge in Haiti relief

Letters to the Editor January 25, 2010

The world has responded with tremendous generosity to the destruction in Haiti after last week’s earthquake, but the breakdown of security and order there threatens to multiply the already terrible death...

Obama’s State of the Union Pivotal

Carl Leubsdorf January 22, 2010

In the wake of the stunning loss of Edward Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, next Wednesday’s State of the Union speech can’t come too soon for President Barack Obama.That annual, high-profile...

Kent State vs. Akron: your good old-fashioned rivalry and more

Randy Ziemnik January 22, 2010

Let’s face it: You’ll never hear Kent State-Akron mentioned in the same breath as Duke-North Carolina.Neither Kent State nor Akron can attract A-list prospects, neither school has the greatest facilities...

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