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Kent State senior forward Chelsi Watson of the women's basketball team comes down with the offensive rebound against The University of Akron Zips at the James A. Rhodes Arena on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017.

Opinion: Women’s basketball deserves your attention

Henry Palattella March 1, 2017

This weekend will be the end of an era for Kent State women’s basketball.Saturday will be the final home game for the five seniors on the team’s roster. Coming into the season, their tenures on the...

Jacob Tabler is a junior political science major and a member of the Kent State College Republicans. Contact him at jtabler2@kent.edu.

Opinion: The real story of income inequality

Jacob Tabler March 1, 2017

Editor's Note: Per the author, data from the column is taken from Thomas Sowell's "Intellectuals and Society."Income inequality began gaining traction as a legitimate political issue during the 2016 elections,...

Stephen D'Abreau

Opinion: Repent of party pride

Stephen D'Abreau March 1, 2017

For a long time, this nation has grown more divided and our government more incapable of doing the one thing everyone should expect from democratically elected leaders: compromise.Over the last eight years,...

Matt Poe

Opinion: As Poe puts it: Trump uses Navy Seal’s widow for personal gain during speech

Matt Poe March 1, 2017

Let’s get the logistics out of the way before we begin.President Cheeto gave his first address to Congress Tuesday in a speech that delivered the same message from this administration, yet unequivocally...

Letter to the Editor: Tenure promotes discourse among students

Michael Tompkins February 28, 2017

For years, the debate on granting tenure to teachers has gone back and forth and is still unresolved. Opponents of tenure often suggest that tenure protects teachers with poor performance, and that alone...

Opinion: 2018 will make or break Ohio Democratic movement

Brian DiPaolo February 28, 2017

Ohio Democrats are in great danger of becoming a political minority until the year 2030 if swift grassroots changes do not occur within the party and community. I say this not to hyperbolize nor exaggerate,...

Matt Poe

Opinion: We gotta talk about the Oscars ending

Matt Poe February 27, 2017

I can’t believe it.I can’t believe those smug you-know-what’s over at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences coaxed this easily impressionable columnist into writing about that befuddling...

REVIEW: Ariana Grande sets Cleveland ablaze with ‘Dangerous Woman Tour’

Michael Nied February 27, 2017

2016 saw Ariana Grande emerging as a driving force in pop music.The youthful songstress moved in a new sonic direction with the release of her third studio album “Dangerous Woman,” transitioning into...

Bobbie Szabo

Opinion: Gavin Grimm case to set important precedent

Bobbie Szabo February 26, 2017

The rights of transgender students to use the bathroom corresponding to their gender is not a states’ rights issue — it is an equal rights issue, and no one should frame it differently.The United States’...

Opinion: Pro-life individuals can support Planned Parenthood

Madison Newingham February 26, 2017

Being pro-life and supporting Planned Parenthood are not mutually exclusive.Planned Parenthood is a health care center with the best interest of its patients’ safety and comfort in mind. Everything the...

Cheers and Jeers

February 26, 2017

Cheers to ... Oxford Dictionaries. Words and phrases such as "yas," "cat lady" and "drunk text" were officially added to the English language this weekend.Jeers to ... pesky rodents. A squirrel that...

Nicholas Hunter

Opinion: Unsurprisingly, Trump to skip Correspondents’ Dinner

Nicholas Hunter February 26, 2017

President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Sunday that he will not be attending the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner this year.Trump will be the first president since 1981 to miss the event;...

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