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OPINION: Kent State is leaving a student organization behind

OPINION: Kent State is leaving a student organization behind

Dylan Walker, Opinion Writer January 21, 2023

A nearly 50-year tradition at Kent State University is in jeopardy due to the faculty and staff of the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship. In January 1975, the Beta-Pi chapter...

OPINION: Netflix needs to save “The Wilds”

OPINION: Netflix needs to save “The Wilds”

Rachel Chapuis, Opinion Writer January 20, 2023

Have you ever watched a show that is so well done in all aspects: the writing, the production, the casting, the plot twists? TV networks like Fox and streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime often...

OPINION: Here are the best and worst fashion trends of 2022

OPINION: Here are the best and worst fashion trends of 2022

Audrey Trevarthan, Opinion Writer January 19, 2023

In 2022, we saw a lot of platform shoes, mini-boots, maxi skirts, oversized pantsuits and chain belts. Each year, new trends are crazed over by consumers, causing other trends to be dropped. Personally,...

The 1975 performs live at the UPMC Events Center at Robert Morris University on Dec. 17, 2022.

OPINION: The 1975 is supposedly “at their very best,” but is this really the case?

Chloe Wilson-Henline, Opinion Writer January 18, 2023

The 1975’s front man, Matty Healy, has been the center of controversy since the beginning of their career. Whether it’s not crediting photographers, using the f-slur in songs or tweeting that there...

OPINION: We should all know less about each other

OPINION: We should all know less about each other

Grace Clarke, Opinion Writer January 17, 2023

With a combined total of 3,302 followers on all my social media platforms, all 3,302 of those have a preconceived notion of who I am, even if they’ve never met me in person. I portray myself a certain...

A group of people walking in the parade carry a giant LGBTQ+ flag down the middle of the street in a pride parade in Akron, Ohio on Aug. 24, 2019.

OPINION: We need more queer safe spaces

Reegan Saunders, Opinion Editor January 16, 2023

I spent the summer in San Francisco, a city known for its picturesque views and its trendy population. They have the Golden Gate Bridge, the Sushirrito, the historically hilly roads, the hippie revolution....

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: SDS demands accessible emergency contraception

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: SDS demands accessible emergency contraception

Students for a Democratic Society November 4, 2022

On the morning of June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, undoing nearly 50 years of precedent. Three days later, Kent State President Todd Diacon issued a statement on the decision to...

OPINION: I miss the old Kanye

Myles Arnott, Opinion Writer November 3, 2022

A couple of days after Kanye West was banned from Twitter, I decided to write an opinion piece about it. Not even a whole day after I finished writing, he doubled down on his new wild stances. West entered...

My keychain, featuring my wallet and a variety of self-defense tools: cat-shaped "brass knuckles," a self-defense alarm, a blunt object and pepper spray.

OPINION: Reducing students’ fears to a ‘Halloween prank’ certainly sends a message — albeit, the wrong one

Emma Andrus, Editor-in-Chief October 18, 2022

After a man wearing a baby mask in all black reportedly knocked on their doors, wiggled their doorknobs and chased them up stairwells in Centennial Court F, a group of frightened female students filed...

Kent State and Toledo fans come to Glass Bowl Stadium to watch the Flashes take on the Rockets. Toledo won the game 52-31.

OPINION: KentWired’s sports department takes on Toledo’s Glass Bowl Stadium with flair

Sports Department October 17, 2022

Saturday, a few reporters from the KentWired sports department took our first field trip together to the University of Toledo vs. Kent State football game at Glass Bowl Stadium. The drive was about...

OPINION: How “Tom and Jerry” affected the way Gen Z grew up

Abigail Kress, Opinion Writer October 3, 2022

Being born in 2003, I have always been around the television. Whether it was in the background as my grandpa watched me sleep as a little baby, or as I was an energetic 5-year-old and my mom sat me down...

OPINION: Social media put blatant misogyny in our faces, and it will happen again

Myles Arnott, Opinion Writer September 26, 2022

In today’s age where TikTok dominates social media, it’s hard not to see what’s popular on the app. You can go on TikTok for five minutes and see a dozen unique videos from different cultures, with...

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