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Opinion: The radical notion of equity

Madison Newingham April 16, 2017

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly,”...

Bobbie Szabo

Opinion: LGBTQ torture in Russia is not isolated

Bobbie Szabo April 16, 2017

The Chechen Republic, or Chechnya, is a federal subject of Russia in which gay men are being rounded up, repeatedly beaten, forced to report their friends and loved ones, as well as "treated" with electric...

Nicholas Hunter

Opinion: Are Americans still struggling after the recession or just lazy?

Nicholas Hunter April 16, 2017

Last week, I saw a column that someone shared on Facebook with the headline “Americans have become lazy and it's hurting the economy.”Now, I’m used to seeing think pieces about how millennial apathy...

Opinion: As Poe puts it: Rae Sremmurd’s tour bus busted with 10 pounds of marijuana, cite USG tweet

Matt Poe April 14, 2017

Editor's note: The following piece contains satire. Some events mentioned in the piece are fictitious.Just when I thought I’d seen it all at our beloved Kent State.Hip-hop group Rae Sremmurd was scheduled...

Opinion: Corruption in the United States government

Jacob Davis April 12, 2017

Whether you’re liberal or conservative, each person in this country is affected by the blatant corruption of the U.S. government; 2016 marked a pivotal point in discovering the inner workings of our...

Opinion: The issue with dirty water

Harlee Rush and Christian Ward April 12, 2017

A lot of us take clean water for granted because, at the turn of a knob, clean running water comes out of the faucet, ready to drink.However, water isn't readily available for most of the world, and the...

Stephen D'Abreau

Opinion: Trump’s Tomahawks

Stephen D'Abreau April 12, 2017

Last Friday, the U.S. military launched 59 Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airbase that was reported to have been responsible for the prior chemical gas attacks against Syrian civilians, images of which...

Matt Poe

Opinion: A brief ode to Charlie Murphy

Matt Poe April 12, 2017

No satire today, my friends.I’m starting to realize that the crazier the world becomes in reality, the harder it is to write something that rivals its preposterous nature on paper.Actor and comedian...

"13 Reasons Why" (2017)

REVIEW: ’13 Reasons Why’ is unflinching look at complex relationships (SPOILERS)

Michael Nied April 12, 2017

(The following recap contains spoilers for season one of Netflix's "13 Reasons Why.") What would you do if you received a message from beyond the grave? What if that message implied you were somehow...

Opinion: Spicer’s misled comments render him unfit for position

Christine DiSabato April 11, 2017

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer took a hit Tuesday after saying in a press briefing that Adolf Hitler “didn’t even use chemical weapons” against his own people, comparing him to Syrian President...

Opinion: Human rights under attack in North Korea

Charlie Ronan and Kevin Zezlina April 11, 2017

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or North Korea, is one of the most repressive states in the world.Its current dictator, Kim Jong-Un, has intensified the repressive nature of this state over...

Opinion: A lesson in persistence from Sergio Garcia’s Masters victory

Matt Poe April 10, 2017

I got tonsillitis this past week, and I regret to inform you it is one of the most unbearable things you may ever experience. I’ve been bed ridden and reduced to nothing but a decaying shell of a man...

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