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Maggie Wachtel is a sophomore public relations major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at mwachte2@kent.edu.

Opinion: Why ESPN was wrong in suspending Bill Simmons

Maggie Wachtel October 2, 2014

ESPN suspended sports columnist Bill Simmons in late September after making what were deemed inappropriate comments aimed at NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Simmons does a podcast for ESPN titled “The...

Our View: Town and Ow, not Town and Gown

DKS Editors October 1, 2014

In July, Kent City Council began the process of eminent domain on several houses on College Street. Eminent domain is the “right of the government to take private property for public use,” according...

Marvin Logan is a senior Pan-African studies major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact him at mlogan6@kent.edu.

Opinion: A Thank You to the Captain

Marvin Logan October 1, 2014

When I was 7 years old, I started watching sports with my father. We would watch Sunday football games and the Indians trying to get back to the World Series. There was always something I loved about sports....

Jennifer Hutchinson is a sophomore political science major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at jhutch12@kent.edu.

Opinion: Republicans make their way through Ohio

Jennifer Hutchinson October 1, 2014

Saturday was a great day for Republicans in Ohio. After spending some time in Wisconsin, Chairman of the Republican Governor’s Association, Chris Christie, spent his day campaigning and rallying support...

Guest column: Feminism not gender specific

Andrew Roger October 1, 2014

I’m a man in my early twenties, and I’m very familiar with both the fervent passion that drives people to identify as feminists and also the denial that plagues most men to denounce the term.Feminism...

Contact Albert Fisler at afisler@kent.edu.

Opinion: Hong Kong protest perspective

Albert Fisler September 30, 2014

Protests have been taking place in Hong Kong this week in hopes to paralyze Hong Kong’s financial district. These protests have begun in response to Hong Kong’s limited and predetermined list of candidates...

Contact Ryan at rmccart5@kent.edu.

Opinion: Do not forget Senate Bill 5 in 2014

Ryan McCarthy September 30, 2014

Ed FitzGerald has run a troubled gubernatorial campaign from the beginning, aided not in the slightest by his first bout of major name recognition stemming from media reports of his nearly a decade-long...

Ray Paoletta is a junior political science major. Contact him at rpaolet1@kent.edu.

Opinion: Kent State College Republicans celebrates 20 years

Ray Paoletta September 29, 2014

This past Saturday, the Kent State College Republicans celebrated 20 years as a campus organization. Alumni, current members and supporters of the club came together for an anniversary dinner where they...

Our View: Being informed during election season

KS Editors September 28, 2014

The Kent community is known for being green. We are a tree city and Kent State is a Tree Campus USA, the architects of the university’s new buildings are striving for Leadership in Energy & Environmental...

Guest column: Carbon producers can meet EPA’s limits as they have in the past

Past is prologue, and as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moves forward with new limits on carbon pollution from the nation’s electric power plants, familiar alarms are sounding that the limits...

Carley Hull is a senior magazine journalism major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at chull9@kent.edu.

Opinion: Finding purpose

Carley Hull September 28, 2014

Throughout our lives we are asked an important question: “What do you want to do?” The first time we were asked this question was possibly in the 1st grade when our teacher asked us what we wanted...

Opinion: Kent State College Republicans celebrates 20 years

Ray Paoletta September 28, 2014

This past Saturday the Kent State College Republicans celebrated 20 years as a club on campus. Alumni, current members and supporters of the club came together for an anniversary dinner where they reminisced...

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