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Amanda Paniagua is a graduate art history major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at azabudsk@kent.edu.

Opinion: Put down the sugar skull makeup kit

Amanda Anastasia Paniagua October 25, 2015

I know it’s tempting to dress up like La Calavera Catrina this weekend because it looks “cool” or is “spooky and edgy,” but I’m here to tell you to please close the tutorial on how to do “sugar...

Opinion: Johnny Manziel is done in Cleveland and likely the NFL

Ray Strickland October 22, 2015

Johnny being Johnny.How many times have we heard that?  Johnny Manziel made headlines for the wrong reasons over the weekend, after an alleged domestic violence incident with his girlfriend Colleen Crowley...

Guest column: Exxon’s missed opportunity to address climate change

The Dallas Morning News October 21, 2015

What did Exxon executives know about global warming and when did they know it? A report by InsideClimate News published Sunday suggests the company's own scientists gave warning as far back as the 1970s...

Sam Karam

Opinion: So much hatred, too much time

Samantha Karam October 21, 2015

Albert Einstein defines insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. That’s exactly how I would describe the religious activists frequenting the Kent State campus.Time...

Our View: No-go for Joe Biden

KS Editors October 21, 2015

Vice President Joe Biden is no longer looking to take Obama’s seat in the White House. While the former Delaware senator ran for the Democratic nomination in 1988 and 2008, he made the announcement Wednesday...

Jacob Ruffo is a junior journalism major and columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact him at jruffo@kent.edu

Opinion: Lil B is the most likable celebrity

Jacob Ruffo October 21, 2015

Rapper and social media icon Lil B, “The BasedGod,” was recently in the news. Again. Toronto councilman Norm Kelly tweeted at the almighty BasedGod when the Toronto Blue Jays were playing the American...

Speaker offers financial aid tips

Maggie Wachtel October 20, 2015

Associate Director of Student Financial Aid Sylvia Bustard spoke to Kent State students Tuesday night in the Schwartz Center about student loans and borrowing.Bustard said Kent State students borrows around...

Our View: Hollywood is more than white males

KS Editors October 20, 2015

British actor John Boyega plays Stormtrooper Finn in the sure-to-be-smash movie "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," which hits theaters Dec. 18. Although not at all relevant to his acting ability, Boyega...

Guest column: Why Congress should reconsider the Perkins Loan program

Thomas J. Botzman October 20, 2015

Numbers have a way of revealing the real story beneath the rhetoric and misinformation around controversial topics.Take the ongoing Federal Perkins Loan debate, for example. More than 1,700 institutions...

Matt Poe

Opinion: Troubling social media reaction to Lamar Odom

Matt Poe October 20, 2015

Professional athletes can be idolized as larger than life. We often forget these athletes we love watching week in and week out live very different lives off the field. As a society, we have become hastily...

Letter to the Editor: Masculinity’s role in pop culture, history

Dr. Julio Cesar Pino October 20, 2015

Editor’s note: This is in response to Amanda Anastasia Paniagua's opinion piece titled "A rebuttal, toxic masculinity" published on Oct. 18, 2015.Dear Editor:First, permit me to send out mucho and macho...

Lucas Misera

Opinion: A call for help

Lucas Misera October 20, 2015

Recently in sports, two major names stepped away from their respective teams. CC Sabathia, a pitcher for the New York Yankees and ex-Cleveland Indian, and University of Southern California head football...

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