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Opinion: Leave contraception alone

Seth Cohen February 20, 2012

Seth Cohen Seth Cohen is a senior magazine journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. In our nation’s history of successes, this type of talk and discussion...

 

Opinion: The drinking age is 21 in America for a reason

Taylor Miksic February 20, 2012

Taylor Miksic Taylor Miksic is a freshman news major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. I’m 19 years old and I am able to vote. I am also able to get married...

Guest Column: Teach for America doesn’t meet expectations

Sunny Strader February 20, 2012

Teach for America is kind of like communism: It’s terrific in theory but problematic in practice.The government-funded program employs elite college graduates to work in low-income community schools...

Guest Column: A green economy

Chloe S. Maxmin February 20, 2012

Environmental rhetoric is riddled with fluffy promises about green jobs, green economies, and green governments. These issues may seem simply nebulous and unimportant concepts. Yet the Massachusetts state...

 

Opinion: Setting a standard for human rights

Fiza Shah February 20, 2012

Fiza Shah Fiza Shah is a freshman news major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. “If you read these teachings [of Qur’an, Sunnah, and Hadith] and then read the...

Guest Column: U.S. Labor Department should update its standards to protect unpaid interns

Kimberly Grano February 17, 2012

As spring quarter approaches, many students will be scrambling to apply for those coveted intern positions that require them to work all summer — for no paycheck.In many fields, paid employment is becoming...

 

Opinion: It’s the small liberating moments that matter

Melissa Schwachenwald February 17, 2012

Melissa Schwachenwald Melissa Schwachenwald is a senior fine arts major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater.Contact her at [email protected] As I dropped an unwanted class the other day, I had a...

 

Opinion: We need to talk about Hollywood

Hank Venetta February 17, 2012

Hank Venetta Hank Venetta is a senior English major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected] When I saw “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” a few years ago,...

Our View: What is private anymore?

DKS Editors February 17, 2012

Recently, Twitter admitted to “harvesting” smartphone contacts and storing the information on its servers — mostly without customers’ knowledge. Access to the contact list is activated when users...

 

Opinion: Politics may be a game, but it’s no football game

Bruce Walton February 16, 2012

Bruce Walton Bruce Walton is a freshman news major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. How as a nation could we sink so low? Last week, at this year’s Conservative...

Our View: The death of a celebrity and a soldier do not compare

DKS Editors February 16, 2012

Whitney Houston’s death on Saturday was a tragedy. But many people leapt at the opportunity to point out that a soldier’s death outweighs any celebrity’s.Correction: No one’s death outweighs another’s...

Guest Column: Together we must end dating violence

Joe Biden February 16, 2012

Vice President Biden op-ed for college paperMore than 20 years ago, I read a study of junior high school students in Rhode Island that included one finding I’ve never been able to get out of my head....

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