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Their View: America needs to take charge in Haiti relief

Letters to the Editor January 25, 2010

The world has responded with tremendous generosity to the destruction in Haiti after last week’s earthquake, but the breakdown of security and order there threatens to multiply the already terrible death...

Obama’s State of the Union Pivotal

Carl Leubsdorf January 22, 2010

In the wake of the stunning loss of Edward Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts, next Wednesday’s State of the Union speech can’t come too soon for President Barack Obama.That annual, high-profile...

Kent State vs. Akron: your good old-fashioned rivalry and more

Randy Ziemnik January 22, 2010

Let’s face it: You’ll never hear Kent State-Akron mentioned in the same breath as Duke-North Carolina.Neither Kent State nor Akron can attract A-list prospects, neither school has the greatest facilities...

Thank you for God’s words, Pat Robertson

Rabab Al-Sharif January 22, 2010

I wish I could say Pat Robertson’s comment last week pegging the earthquake in Haiti as a punishment from God was bizarre even for him, but it seems to go right along with his twisted logic.In case you...

Our view: Kent State/Akron Rivalry Needs Turned up a Notch

DKS Editors January 22, 2010

Sure, sports rivalries can seem kind of silly (how different can we really be from the students who attend classes 11.8 miles away?), but as a chance to display school spirit, it’s hard to top a basketball...

Avatar Offers Hope for 3-D

Mike Crissman January 22, 2010

Unless you spent your winter break in a cave, you should have heard of the film “Avatar.”The plot is easy enough for a 5-year-old to understand, yet the movie is on the brink of surpassing “Titanic”...

Conservatism might not be what you think it is

Anastasia Spytsya January 21, 2010

I have gotten used to receiving puzzled looks from acquaintances after telling them I’m a conservative. Those looks are usually followed with the question, “Oh, so you like President Bush?”The questions...

Networking in times of crisis

Christopher Hook January 21, 2010

For college students, our use of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are merely extensions of our social lives. However, social networking has taken on a new meaning in how the world responds to crisis situations....

Our view: Take responsibility for yourself

DKS Editors January 21, 2010

Snow is a vicious cycle in Kent.Sometime during November or December, the first snow falls. It continues sporadically through the end of the year, and, by the time students return for the spring semester,...

Their View: A lesson of Massachusetts? Anger

Los Angeles Times/MCT Campus January 21, 2010

You can bet that political strategists in both parties will be parsing the meaning of the Massachusetts senatorial struggle for some time to come. If there was a slam dunk left in American politics, it...

Disconnecting to reconnect

David Busch January 20, 2010

 The flush of the toilet down the hall lifted the weight of sleep off my mind and my eyes slowly came to the present. My friend walked into the living room where I spent the night comfortably asleep on...

Humanitarianism should exist beyond tragedies

Marchaé Grair January 20, 2010

 The people of Haiti are not strangers to misfortune, but a tragedy demanded international attention to their suffering. A devastating earthquake rocked Haiti on Jan. 12, killing tens of thousands near...

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