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

Opinion: College Republicans bring electoral candidates to Kent State

Jennifer Hutchinson September 8, 2014

Election season is in the air. What better way to learn more about the upcoming elections and those who are running than speaking with the candidates themselves? Well Kent Staters, the Kent State College...

Guest column: For schoolchildren, eating well is learning well

Urban School Food Alliance September 7, 2014

Serving food to students is what we do. As the Urban School Food Alliance, we represent six of the largest school districts in the nation (New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, Dallas and Orlando),...

Our view: A Sign of the Times

KS Editors September 7, 2014

Atlanta Hawks owner Bruce Levenson publically announced Sunday he is selling his ownership of the Hawks and no longer the owner. This was because of Levenson coming out about an email he sent in 2012 to...

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

Opinion: 101 ways to get involved

Marvin Logan September 7, 2014

In the past couple of weeks, students have been flooded with opportunities to enhance their undergraduate experience. From pep rallies and Blastoff to Student Center tabling and the Black Squirrel Festival,...

Albert J. Fisler is a junior English major and a  columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact him at afisler@kent.edu.

Opinion: The hopeful/hopeless value of degrees

Albert J. Fisler September 7, 2014

As you are reading this, being a university newspaper, I can safely assume you either attend, teach or are somehow involved or associated with Kent State University. Thus, being a school of higher education,...

Ray Paoletta is a junior political science major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact him at rpaolet1@kent.edu.

Opinion: Easy to vote, hard to cheat

Ray Paoletta September 4, 2014

Voting regulation has become one of the main issues in the 2014 Ohio Secretary of State race. Incumbent Secretary of State Jon Husted has implemented various voting regulations during his term, including...

Carley Hull is a senior magazine journalism major. Contact her at chull9@kent.edu.

Opinion: The power of fiction

Carley Hull September 4, 2014

About 21 years ago the late David Foster Wallace said in an interview, “I had a teacher I liked who used to say good fiction’s job was to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”In Wallace’s...

Opinion: Facebook experiment illustrates need for online users’ bill of rights

San Hose Mercury News September 3, 2014

The following editorial appeared in the San Jose Mercury News on Wednesday, July 2:———Creepy doesn’t begin to describe Facebook’s 2012 psychological experiment on 700,000 of its unwitting users....

Katie Smith is a senior public relations major and columnist for the Kent Stater. Contact her at ksmit138@kent.edu.

Opinion: Drug stores take note

Katie Smith September 3, 2014

CVS Caremark has changed its name to CVS Health and ended its sale of cigarettes and tobacco products on Sept. 3, which sets a precedent that other drug stores will hopefully follow.CVS Health’s retail...

Opinion: Beauty is only skin deep

Skyler Chill September 3, 2014

Skinnier, faster, prettier, tighter, smarter, wealthier, sexier, funnier; all things women strive to be. As we all know, the beauty/fashion industry is at an all time high for body image distortion. Why...

Our View: Addressing the real issues

KS Editors September 3, 2014

The sight of a body lying on the ground, in any context, is unsettling. From the body of an ebola victim lying forgotten in the street of Sierra Leone, to an elementary school child huddled during crisis...

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

Opinion: Miley Cyrus is changing her image yet again, and it’s for the better

Maggie Wachtel September 2, 2014

Last year’s Video Music Awards was essentially the Miley Cyrus show. She sang her hit song “We Can’t Stop,” while wearing nude colored spandex under a teddy bear leotard. She then sang a duet of...

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