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Matt Poe is a junior journalism major and columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact him at mpoe3@kent.edu

Opinion: As Poe puts it: I want this year’s Oscars to steer clear of politics

Matt Poe February 22, 2017

I look forward to the Oscars every year for a variety of reasons, mainly that I’ve grown fond of loving to hate them and vice versa. The Academy tends to screw up a lot of its nominations and winners...

Stephen D'Abreau

Opinion: PewDiePie and the press, Milo and the media

Stephen D'Abreau February 22, 2017

Milo Yiannopoulos, officially the former senior editor of Breitbart News, and Felix Kjellberg – also known as his YouTube name, PewDiePie – share something in common: They have both just suffered significant...

Opinion: Open letter to Betsy DeVos

Jessica Kukura February 22, 2017

Dear Betsy DeVos,Can you ever understand the needs of our students from a low socioeconomic background, when you grew up as a billionaire? Can you ensure the safety of our Muslim-American students, who...

Opinion: President of, for and by the people

Jeffrey King February 22, 2017

On Saturday, President Donald Trump held a rally in Florida to lay out some of his plans for the future of our country.This was a rally unlike no other, drawing a crowd of nearly 10,000 people. It was...

Nicholas Hunter

Opinion: New ban or old, Republicans must take a stand

Nicholas Hunter February 21, 2017

On Jan. 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that placed a travel ban on seven Muslim majority countries.The rollout of the order was, to put it kindly, hasty. It led to mass confusion,...

Our View: Trump’s pressing issue

February 21, 2017

This past Thursday, President Donald Trump claimed that his 306 electoral college votes lead to the largest electoral college victory since former President Ronald Reagan’s.That is false.Trump’s electoral...

Lucas Misera

Opinion: Wage gap presents a data interpretation problem

Lucas Misera February 21, 2017

Women get paid 79 cents on the dollar compared to men.The statistic permeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign last year, as she made closing the gender wage gap a crux...

Bobbie Szabo

Opinion: Kent State needs Affirmative Consent

Bobbie Szabo February 21, 2017

Kent State’s current consent policy can be summarized colloquially as “No means no,” but it needs to be “Yes means yes.”The distinction is important.The exact phrasing of the current policy is...

Matt Poe

Opinion: Does Donald Trump have a mental illness?

Matt Poe February 19, 2017

Yes, dear reader, I did just ask that.  I wish I could see the reactions of those who read that headline and what their faces convay. I imagine some of you may blatantly think "yes" to that question,...

Letter to the Editor: Where is our voice?

Alan Neff February 19, 2017

May 1970 was a time that witnessed this country during a war that divided us as a people.As citizens gathered in the nation’s capital to protest the Cambodian Incursion and the events at Kent State,...

Opinion: Feminism, the dirty word

Madison Newingham February 19, 2017

The fight for women’s rights has been ongoing since the latter half of the 1800s, constantly sidelined by other issues and drowned in misinformation.First, let’s clear these rumors of misandry.Feminism...

Nicholas Hunter

Opinion: Congress needs to compromise

Nicholas Hunter February 19, 2017

Congress works slowly.It has worked at varying speeds over the years with even more varying levels of success, but it has always gotten things done at a sluggish pace. This is, in part, by design; the...

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