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Me and Seth "Bad Mamma-Jamma" Bradford after a big playoff win over Leetonia. Good times!

OPINION: One Step At A Time: The Big Orange Machine

Michael Reiner columnist March 8, 2020

My years at Wellsville High School were some of the best years of my life. I did many things in high school, but nothing quite like when I was the “Voice Of The Tigers” for WHS athletic events. I...

Norm is the best barber around!

One step at a time: Norm

I will never forget the first time my brother Mitchell and I walked into Jason’s Barber Shop in Acorn Alley in Kent. Jason’s is a one of a kind establishment. Tons of sports apparel fill the walls...

We had a wonderful time with Bruce (right) and Conrad (left) at Something To Wrestle With live in Columbus. 

OPINION: One step at a time: Happy Birthday, Mitchell

Michael Reiner, [email protected] February 19, 2020

People ask me all the time about what it is like to have a twin. My response is that having a twin brother is 100% fun. My fondest memories are when Mitchell and I first got into pro wrestling when we...

Letter to the Editor: Demands for the University

February 16, 2020

An extract from a letter delivered to University administration on Feb. 11, 2020:We represent a coalition of Kent State University student activists and organizations, which includes Black United Students,...

John Sikora has always been a great friend of mine. 

OPINION: One step at a time: HOPE Network

Michael Reiner, [email protected] February 15, 2020

 When I think about the word “hope” I think about people who give others an opportunity to do something that they wouldn’t otherwise be able to do.HOPE Network of Pittsburgh, is a non-profit organization...

Anthony Winston hard at work. Photo Credit: OVCT

One Step At A Time: My friend Anthony

Michael Reiner Columnist February 9, 2020

When I wake up in the morning I always check my Facebook feed to see what’s going on with my friends. It never takes long for me to find a post from my great friend Anthony M. Winston. The M in his...

Is Valentine’s Day just a Hallmark holiday?

Every year, from the start of the new year to the middle of February, stores are flooded with red and pink, urging consumers to buy mass-produced gifts to make their special someone feel, well, special. Valentine’s...

Amanda Levine

OPINION: Girls and Women in Sports Day

Amanda Levine Sports editor February 4, 2020

When I was growing up, I watched the Mets play religiously. David Wright and Carlos Delgado were my favorite players. Each night during the spring and summer, I watched Wright, Delgado and the Mets compete....

I had an awesome experience at the Kent/Akron game. 

OPINION: One Step At A Time: Going Live

There’s this cliche’ that gets thrown around and says “you can do anything that you put your mind to.”Personally, I think this comment is inaccurate. As a person with a disability, I know from...

Kent State librarian Tony Snyder in his Holly Park apartment unit Friday, January 24, 2020. 

OPINION: One Step At A Time: Holly Park the perfect fit for Snyder

Kent State University librarian Tony Snyder calls his Holly Park apartment unit home. Tony has the same disability as me; cerebral palsy. He does not let it slow him down. He has lived in Holly Park, an...

OPINION: Trump and Iran

Shams Mustafa Columnist January 23, 2020

Like most Republicans, Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times that justifies President Donald Trump’s action in terminating the Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani....

OPINION: Letter to the editor MLK

Over the years, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has become one of the most revered and lionized figures in American history. In fact, according to a 1999 Gallup poll, Dr. King was the second most admired figure...

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