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Our view: Not enough freshmen safety training

KS Editors September 1, 2015

Kent State's freshmen class has three different ways of learning about how to be safe on campus: an hour-long safety presentation at Destination Kent State from the Women's Center, DeWeese Health Center,...

Opinon: Why colleges should report sex crimes, pronto, to police and prosecutors

Chicago Tribune August 31, 2015

Sexual assault has doubtlessly occurred on college campuses at least as long as there have been coeducational institutions.But only in recent years have schools, students and parents begun to grasp just...

Hannah Armenta is a senior journalism major and the editor of The Kent Stater. Contact her at harmenta@kent.edu

Opinion: Colleges should get rid of higher out-of-state tuitions

Hannah Armenta August 30, 2015

To all of my out-of-state friends, I’m sorry. We drew the short end of the stick deciding to come to a college in a different state than we call our own. We pay more than $8,000 more per year in tuition...

Our view: A violent society requiring change

KS Editors August 30, 2015

Summary: Mass shootings have become commonplace in our society, and our generation has become numb to the shock and tragedy of an event like murders on live television. Our politicians need to make tough...

Guest column: How dry, how long?

William Debuys Los Angeles Times August 30, 2015

California, currently in the Great Drought, is a living diorama of how the future is going to look across much of the United States as climate change sets in.Now, the large dark bruise spreading across...

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

Opinion: Make some room for art this semester

Amanda Anastasia Paniagua August 30, 2015

It is one thing to study a work of art in a textbook, but it is another experience encountering a work of art in real life. For example, when I had the opportunity to visit the Musée d’Orsay in Paris,...

Austin Bennett

Opinion: Kent State shows optimism despite Akron’s recent cuts

Austin Bennett August 28, 2015

As the state continues to decrease funding for higher education, colleges and universities face difficult decisions to maintain affordability.In May, the University of Akron’s President Scott Scarborough...

Chiamaka Uwagba

Opinion: An international student at Kent State University

Chiamaka Uwagba August 28, 2015

As an international student from Nigeria, my first semester at Kent State was a little scary. Learning a new culture and how things work around campus was a little sketchy. There were times when I felt...

Toni Hunt

Opinion: Coming to college clueless, leaving with wisdom

Toni Hunt August 28, 2015

Your initial thoughts of college usually consists of class work, Greek life and college parties, but as the semester flies by, you begin to realize that those thoughts are minute compared to the many lessons...

Emily Mills

Opinion: What I wish I knew my freshman year

Emily Mills August 28, 2015

College is a completely different experience than high school, and it can be rough transitioning to this adult world, where you’re responsible for making sure you have a clean shirt to wear everyday...

Jimmy Miller

Opinion: Location doesn’t matter, but your attitude does

Jimmy Miller August 28, 2015

Perhaps my biggest frustration about interacting with people is unnecessary cynicism.Lately, it seems that a lot of my conversations with people revolve around how college is going. As a junior that went...

Jimmy Miller is a junior journalism major and the managing editor of The Kent Stater. Contact him at jmill231@kent.edu. 

Opinion: A change in how Christians approach gay marriage may be needed

Jimmy Miller June 30, 2015

For supporters and members of the LGBTQ community, last Friday’s Supreme Court ruling that gay couples can legally wed in all 50 states proved to be more than exciting.The 5-4 decision accompanied an...

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