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Our View: It shouldn’t take a public relations crisis for Kent State to investigate itself

Editorial Board November 17, 2019

A little more than two weeks have passed since the Kent Stater published a story about the Colin Miller Title IX investigation at Kent State. According to the Title IX investigation documents, Miller...

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OPINION: The media isn’t to blame for gun violence

Madison Patterson November 17, 2019

The room was dark. An audience waited in suspended anticipation for the moment they knew would approach. Through the barrel of a gun, they got their first glimpse of him: sharply dressed, suave in spades,...

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OPINION: Why you shouldn’t be afraid of life after graduation

Jarett Theberge Guest columnist November 13, 2019

126,144,000 seconds. That’s how long a college student has endured the endless onslaught of papers, study sessions, adviser meetings, preparing presentations and every other task that makes them question...

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OPINION: Projecting hopes onto Polaroids

Madison Patterson November 11, 2019

My great-grandma Alberta died in the winter of 2009 and although I didn’t know her all that well, she most certainly knew me less. Dementia had rooted itself in her memory several years before and at...

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One step at a time: My crutch

Michael Reiner November 11, 2019

People stare at me whenever I'm out in public. It’s basically expected that a child will stand beside me in line somewhere and ask their mom and dad this pressing question: “What’s wrong with his...

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Burn after reading: The best fall candles ranked

Emily Day November 5, 2019

What is it about fall candles that sends everyone into a frenzy? Do their flames spark the start to the best times of the year? When we can finally dig out our sweaters and start ordering hot drinks from...

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OPINION: Taking shots and getting shots

Madison Patterson Fusion editor November 4, 2019

It was a cool 55 degrees outside, but as I sat in the CVS clinic waiting area, sweat threatened to seep through my sweater. I was desperate for water, but I was fighting the urge to vomit. Everything vaguely...

Peter Knab on the sideline before the Browns/Patriots game Sunday, October, 27 2019.

One Step At A Time- On The Field

Michael Reiner November 3, 2019

My friend and cerebral palsy warrior, Peter Knab, loves to travel. He’s an avid Cleveland sports fan and he’s on cloud nine when he gets the opportunity to travel to a new ballpark or stadium.On October...

OPINION: Autumn changes more than the leaves

Madison Patterson Editor of Fusion October 29, 2019

F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall,” and that’s how it used to feel."Fall used to mark beginnings— specifically, school beginnings. First,...

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REVIEW: “Jesus is King” Kanye West’s divine inspiration

Domenic Cregan Guest Column October 28, 2019

To be a Christian artist is to be in good company: Dante, Bach, Dostoevsky, Botticelli, Mozart, Michelangelo, Tolstoy, Tolkien, Da Vinci, Vivaldi, Raphael and Caravaggio. But, to be a Christian musical...

OPINION: After Halloween, another consideration

E. Timothy Moore, Emeritus Professor Guest Columnist October 28, 2019

In America, Halloween celebrations have always involved children going door to door in neighborhoods asking the words “trick or treat” while wearing costumes of ghosts, goblins, monsters, witches,...

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Our View: Happy Halloween

Editorial Board October 27, 2019

The Kent Stater editors took shifts throughout the night Saturday to get a full picture of what people were experiencing in downtown Kent. The hour-long shifts started at 8 p.m. and went until 2 a.m.,...

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