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Opinion: Advertisements getting in your face

Bruce Walton February 2, 2012

Bruce Walton Bruce Walton is a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. Let me say first and foremost that I approve of ads. They’re perfect tools for corporations, they...

Our View: We care about the very poor

DKS Editors February 2, 2012

One day after decisively winning Florida — and coming one step closer to becoming the Republican Party’s nominee for president — Mitt Romney rocked the sound bite universe: “I’m not concerned...

 

Opinion: The Pro Bowl problem

Andrew Paulsen February 2, 2012

Andrew Paulsen Andrew Paulsen is a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]. 12.5 million people tuned into NBC’s broadcast of the 2012 NFL Pro Bowl Sunday night.Did you?Compared...


Pete Grapentien
Pete Grapentien is a senior English major and guest columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at pgrapent@kent.edu

Opinions: Convicted killer taunts legal system

Editor’s note: A North Carolina man was sentenced to death in 2011 for murder. He wrote a sensational letter from prison glamorizing the conditions in which he lived and asked to be killed. Here are...

 

Opinion: Universal law doesn’t include politicians

Elaina Sauber February 1, 2012

Elaina Sauber Elaina Sauber is a sophomore English major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected] There aren’t that many requirements to run for President of the United...

Our View: Starbucks starts boozin’ it up

DKS Editors February 1, 2012

In an attempt to muster up more sales in the afternoon hours, Starbucks has recently added beer, wine and cheese plates to its menu. Before you get too excited, don’t expect to find alcohol in any of...

Opinions: Convicted killer taunts legal system

Hannah Potes February 1, 2012

Pete GrapentienPete Grapentien is a senior English major and guest columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected]

Guest Column: Apple should lead the way to better work standards

Danielle Faipler January 31, 2012

Last May, an Apple factory in Chengdu, China exploded due to unsafe working conditions and hazardous materials. There were two blasts that year; four workers were killed and 77 were injured.Media attention...

Our View: Want something? Buy it.

DKS Editors January 31, 2012

File sharing certainly has its perks. However, free access to all sorts of media — music, movies and more — has created quite a dilemma for those who create it.Now the government is beginning to crack...

Guest Column: Pipeline cartoon remains offensive

Letter to the Editor January 30, 2012

Editors Note: We ran a political cartoon Friday, Jan. 20 in the opinion section that offended and angered some readers. In their complaints, they implied racism with linkage to lynching. We wrote an Our...

 

Opinion: Kids these days

Taylor Miksic January 30, 2012

Taylor Miksic Taylor Miksic is a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected]. I really don’t understand kids these days. When I say “kids” I’m referring to the ages...

Our View: D.C. Mayor chooses a birthday party over ‘Bama.

DKS editors January 30, 2012

For President Obama’s State of the Union address on Jan. 24, you were probably doing one of following: intently watching it, playing the drinking game (how many times DID he say “the state of the union...

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