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Opinion: Happy Father’s Day, Mom

Nicholas Hunter June 19, 2017

As I write this, Father’s Day is coming to a close. Father’s Day is a strange day for me; my father was never part of my life. He only saw me a handful of times when I was much too young to form...

Death has a cold

Alex Kamczyc June 16, 2017

The following column contains satire. Events mentioned in this piece are fictitious.– Sometime in the near Republican future. –I found myself, sandwiched between two people much larger than I was,...

Matt Poe

Opinion: Jeff Sessions’ vendetta on marijuana isn’t going anywhere

Matt Poe June 14, 2017

Pack up some “loud” as the kids call it and prepare your favorite munchies for this column.U.S. Attorney General and Keebler Elf lookalike Jeff Sessions is ready to relight, uh, I mean, reignite his...

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Trump’s “Infrastructure Week” tour more of the same

Nicholas Hunter June 12, 2017

During his campaign, President Donald Trump promised to designate $1 trillion in spending on infrastructure in the United States once elected to office.In his fifth month in office, Trump began putting...

Alex Kamczyc

The drowning of ignorance

Alex Kamczyc June 9, 2017

My friend got me an under-the-table job working at a bar in Akron, checking IDs at the door.Most of the time I would sit and watch whatever was on the T.V. — usually sports. I was lucky if I caught a...

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Opinion: There are more than four sports

Lucas Misera June 8, 2017

The Super Bowl. The World Series. The Stanley Cup. The NBA Finals.The championship series in America’s “Big Four” of professional sports – football, basketball, hockey and basketball – tend to...

Matt Poe

Opinion: There is nothing worse in sports than NBA officiating

Matt Poe June 8, 2017

Put on your crotchety old man loafers and knee-high socks for this hot take.The Cleveland Cavaliers lost Game 3 of the NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors in stunning fashion, having led by six points...

Matt Poe

Opinion: What good lies in a movie about Joe Paterno?

Matt Poe June 6, 2017

Reports over the past several days have indicated that legendary actor Al Pacino signed on to play former college football coach Joe Paterno in a film about the scandal that engulfed Penn State University...

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Opinion: Are pro sports worth the cost?

Nicholas Hunter June 5, 2017

In the United States, sports are at the forefront of our culture. From pee-wee football to the spectacle that is the Super Bowl, people of all ages, genders, races and economic standing are connected through...

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Opinion: I rode the bus one day

Alex Kamczyc June 1, 2017

Editor’s Note: The following column contains satire. Events mentioned in the piece are fictitious.I was somewhere between sobriety and lunacy, sitting at a vacant bus stop, unsure if one would come.I...

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Opinion: Why the AHCA won’t go away

Nicholas Hunter June 1, 2017

The American Health Care Act, or AHCA, proposed by House Speaker Paul Ryan, is back in the news, as a new Congressional Budget Office report has come out to score the bill, which has undergone some tweaks...

Matt Poe

Opinion: I am going to stop making fun of Donald Trump

Matt Poe May 31, 2017

God, those are some of the toughest words I’ve ever had to utter.Never mind breaking up with a girlfriend or confronting a boss about some sensitive issue at the workplace; those words encapsulating...

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