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Our View: Keep us out of your filibuster, Rand Paul

DKS Editors March 11, 2013

Last Wednesday, Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, filibustered President Obama's nomination for the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan, for 13 hours. Paul is the first...

Opinion: Filibusters do nothing

Julie Selby March 10, 2013

Julie Selby Julie Selby is a freshman journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. You come home from school, and Mom asks you about your day. Just as you...

 

Opinion: Keeping in touch is hard, but worth it

Christina Bucciere March 10, 2013

Christina Bucciere Christina Bucciere is a junior journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. There’s an amazingly awesome, judge-y picture of my nana...

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...

Guest Column: Terrorism and the war at home

Los Angeles Times March 10, 2013

The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Friday, March 8:Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., waged a 13-hour filibuster on the Senate floor this week in a futile effort to set clear limits on the...

 

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...

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