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Iris scanners create dangerous precedent

Michael Kahn September 12, 2010

Imagine a world where all your credit cards, local, state, and national IDs, library and customer advantage cards are obsolete. Fraud is impossible: crimes are solved within minutes. Utopia, one might...

Don’t be a Zombie

Molly Cahill September 12, 2010

The stressed out college student is a curious creature, most often found in early May or December. They are made easy to spot by their dirty, rumpled clothing, bloodshot eyes and the breadcrumb trail of...

9/11 overshadowed by nut-jobs

DKS Editors September 12, 2010

When someone says they’re going to host a Quran burning, it’s worth some coverage. But this pastor took it to an excessive level by appearing on the Today Show.It’s pretty clear to everyone that...

What’s so special about Kent State?

Tianjun Shen September 12, 2010

As an international student here at Kent State, I have been asked many times by my friends why I chose Kent State for graduate studies. An easy answer would be Kent State is a partner university with Shanghai...

Comic book shops: Remnants of old America

Patrick St. Pierre September 12, 2010

I have forever been a fan of the superhero genre. My boyhood was full of action figures, cartoons and comic books. The action figures and cartoons may have been left behind, but comic books have always...

Grants for better classes is an A+ idea

DKS Editors September 9, 2010

Since the semester started, we’ve been pleased to see new renovations all over campus. But perhaps even better than the construction outside, students can now look forward to better classes thanks to...

Keep the moratorium on drilling indefinitely

Editorial Board September 8, 2010

Creating jobs has to be the biggest priority for the Obama administration.In Ohio, where whole cities have shriveled with the decline of industry, we know what it means to lose jobs.But when does creating,...

Who are we? I ask a long-time student

Ben Wolford September 8, 2010

I’ve been stalking the grounds of this campus for nearly four years now, first as a senior in high school, considering myself a cut above my classmates because I was visiting my then girlfriend, a Kent...

Exes ruin love songs

Patrick St. Pierre September 8, 2010

The moonlight filters through the leaves, the music flows with a tempo that stirs the hearts of two young lovers. He places his hand across the small of her back, his other in her palm. She inches closer,...

Forever a fool

Mike Crissman September 8, 2010

And the 2009 MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Music Video goes to . . . Taylor Swift.“Yo, Taylor,” Kanye West said after walking on stage and grabbing the microphone from Swift during her acceptance...

Love isn’t all you need

Nick Glunt September 7, 2010

The textbook resting in my hands had gone mostly unread through the two-hour drive to Erie, Pa. Though homework had piled up during the first week of classes, my Labor Day drive with two of my closest...

Animal rights movement running on empty words

DKS Editors September 7, 2010

Peta2’s campus appearance involved some interesting shock and awe tactics. Instead of comparing human suffering to animal suffering (or showing us bloody animal corpses for that matter), a little less...

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