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Our View: It’s time to ditch the penny

DKS Editors March 10, 2013

During a Google+ Hangout on Feb. 14, when asked why the U.S. hasn’t gotten rid of the penny yet, President Barack Obama admitted that the only reason he can think of why the penny is still around is...

Guest Column: Low USG voter turnout not result of apathy

Bengt George March 10, 2013

Voting for the Undergraduate Student Government elections ended on Tuesday, and more talked about than the prospective winners is the meager (and declining) voter turnout. Fewer than 7 percent of the undergraduate...

 

Opinion: There’s a better word than ‘gay’

Ryan Sampson March 10, 2013

Ryan Sampson Ryan Sampson is a senior architecture major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. My aunt has lived in Colorado for as long as I could remember, and...

 

Opinion: Music evolution (featuring Kid Cudi)

Jake Crissman March 8, 2013

Jake Crissman Jake Crissman is a sophomore English major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. We live in an age when music is readily accessible. Not only are people...

Our View: Honor women worldwide

DKS Editors March 8, 2013

Malala Yousafzai, a 15-year-old girl from Pakistan, has a passion for education and women’s rights. However for the past couple years, the Taliban has blown up hundreds of schools for girls while boys’...

Guest column: On International Women’s Day, let us pledge to end female poverty

Candace C. Coffman March 8, 2013

March 8 marks International Women's Day, and activists have celebrated it for 100 years now. Through the decades, women have campaigned not only for equal access to the political realm but also better...

Letter to the Editor: March 7, 2013

Julio Pino March 7, 2013

Mr. Bobby Weitzner's letter of March 6, "Peace: the ultimate goal,"dealing with peace in the Middle East, is that rare document of which every word is a fabrication, including "and" and "the." Weitzner...

 

Opinion: Underappreciated foods

Shawn Mercer March 7, 2013

Shawn Mercer Shawn Mercer is a sophomore integrated life sciences major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater.Contact Shawn Mercer at [email protected]. There are dozens of delicious foods that are...

Guest Column: Where now, bullish Dow?

Chicago Tribune March 7, 2013

The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday, March 6:In February 2007, the Dow Jones industrial average signaled the tumult to come. After closing at a record high of 12,767 on...

Our View: Don’t text and drive, it’s that simple

DKS Editors March 7, 2013

House Bill 99, which prohibits using a handheld-electronic wireless communication device to write, send or read a text while driving in Ohio, became fully enforceable on March 1. The bill was initially...

 

Opinion: Finding the ‘human’ in the humanities

Mark Oprea March 5, 2013

Mark Oprea Mark Oprea is a junior English major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. “When am I going to use this?” I sometimes hear from fellow students about...

 

Opinion: The digital distribution future

Matthew Bertovich March 5, 2013

Matthew Bertovich Matthew Bertovich is a junior psychology major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. Remember when it took a solid two minutes to boot up the Internet?...

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