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Conservatism might not be what you think it is

Anastasia Spytsya January 21, 2010

I have gotten used to receiving puzzled looks from acquaintances after telling them I’m a conservative. Those looks are usually followed with the question, “Oh, so you like President Bush?”The questions...

Networking in times of crisis

Christopher Hook January 21, 2010

For college students, our use of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are merely extensions of our social lives. However, social networking has taken on a new meaning in how the world responds to crisis situations....

Our view: Take responsibility for yourself

DKS Editors January 21, 2010

Snow is a vicious cycle in Kent.Sometime during November or December, the first snow falls. It continues sporadically through the end of the year, and, by the time students return for the spring semester,...

Their View: A lesson of Massachusetts? Anger

Los Angeles Times/MCT Campus January 21, 2010

You can bet that political strategists in both parties will be parsing the meaning of the Massachusetts senatorial struggle for some time to come. If there was a slam dunk left in American politics, it...

Disconnecting to reconnect

David Busch January 20, 2010

 The flush of the toilet down the hall lifted the weight of sleep off my mind and my eyes slowly came to the present. My friend walked into the living room where I spent the night comfortably asleep on...

Humanitarianism should exist beyond tragedies

Marchaé Grair January 20, 2010

 The people of Haiti are not strangers to misfortune, but a tragedy demanded international attention to their suffering. A devastating earthquake rocked Haiti on Jan. 12, killing tens of thousands near...

Closing thoughts on another decade

Garrison Ebie January 20, 2010

Finally, another decade over and done with. It was the turn of the millennium, a point in time that for the rest of history, people will look back at and compare with whatever future civilization they...

Our View: Every little bit helps

DKS Editors January 20, 2010

It’s been just over a week since an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 struck Haiti, devastating the country.A week later, the news coming out of Haiti remains disturbing. CNN reported last week that...

Mired in poverty, the Salvadoran experience

Ben Wolford January 19, 2010

If you are born in Tremedal, you probably won’t ever leave.It takes 45 minutes to drive there on coiled mountain roads from Agua Caliente, El Salvador. Google Maps hasn’t labeled Tremedal on its satellite...

We’re back!

January 19, 2010

Spring semester can be kind of a bummer. For starters, calling it “spring” is a pretty big joke when for the bulk of the semester Kent seems to be under a heavy, ugly blanket of snow. And you can hardly...

Help for Haiti

January 19, 2010

It’s been less than a year and a half since Haiti was ravaged by four devastating storms: Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike, back-to-back-to-back-to-back. The images beamed from the scene were searing. Bodies...

A stitch in time…

Sonali Kudva January 19, 2010

It was the season to be jolly, a time for family and friends, to reflect the year past and plan the year ahead, to make resolutions and to break them. I hope this column finds you in good cheer — or...

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