Bruce Walton Bruce Walton is a sophomore news major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. I have always been for gun control, but since the Newtown shootings, it’s...
The mass killing at Sandy Hook Elementary School has occasioned systemic reviews of school security procedures, and that's appropriate. Parents are clamoring for reassurances that their kids are safe....
Let’s be brutally honest: it’s fun to go out, drink and act goofier than usual with friends on the weekend. It’s a way to let loose and get energized after a draining week of classes or work. A lot...
One-hundred-thousand. That is the number of children and teenagers estimated to be exploited in the commercial sex trade here in the United States.Fourteen-year-old "Grace" was one of those teens. One...
Matthew Bertovich Matthew Bertovich is a junior psychology major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. Football is the best sport. Here’s why:It fits our schedule....
Jake Crissman Contact Jake Crissman at [email protected]. Are you ready for some football? This Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers will clash with the Baltimore Ravens to see who will take home the championship...
Shawn Mercer Shawn Mercer is a sophomore integrated life sciences major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact Shawn Mercer at [email protected]. Often we describe our society as individualistic...
Energy company TransCanada is planning a massive new pipeline, called Keystone XL, that would transport oil from Canadian tar sands into the United States. President Obama and new Secretary of State John...
In the United States, more than 85 people are killed at the hands of gun violence every day. More than twice as many people are injured. Over the past few years, we’ve seen mass shooting after mass shooting....
The United States is leading a revolution in higher education. With the advent of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, U.S. universities will be increasingly exporting hundreds of college-level classes...
Eight senators are proving that, yes, Congress can play well with others in a proposal aimed at solving the U.S. illegal immigration issue.The proposal was conceived from four Democratic senators (Charles...
Christina Bucciere Christina Bucciere is a junior journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. I’ll admit it: Seeing my friends’ latest photo album...
