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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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Toni Hunt

Opinion: Coming to college clueless, leaving with wisdom

Toni Hunt August 28, 2015

Your initial thoughts of college usually consists of class work, Greek life and college parties, but as the semester flies by, you begin to realize that those thoughts are minute compared to the many lessons...

Emily Mills

Opinion: What I wish I knew my freshman year

Emily Mills August 28, 2015

College is a completely different experience than high school, and it can be rough transitioning to this adult world, where you’re responsible for making sure you have a clean shirt to wear everyday...

Jimmy Miller

Opinion: Location doesn’t matter, but your attitude does

Jimmy Miller August 28, 2015

Perhaps my biggest frustration about interacting with people is unnecessary cynicism.Lately, it seems that a lot of my conversations with people revolve around how college is going. As a junior that went...

Jimmy Miller is a junior journalism major and the managing editor of The Kent Stater. Contact him at jmill231@kent.edu. 

Opinion: A change in how Christians approach gay marriage may be needed

Jimmy Miller June 30, 2015

For supporters and members of the LGBTQ community, last Friday’s Supreme Court ruling that gay couples can legally wed in all 50 states proved to be more than exciting.The 5-4 decision accompanied an...

Emily Mills is a senior journalism major and the editor of The Kent Stater. Contact her at emills11@kent.edu. 

Opinion: Confederate flag should have been removed long ago

Emily Mills June 30, 2015

A 21-year-old white man walked into the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, around 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 18, and sat through the historic black church’s Bible...

Opinion: Last chance for the Cavs in Game 6

Jimmy Miller June 16, 2015

Well, that was quick.As I wrote in my column prior to Sunday's NBA Finals game, momentum shifts quickly in a series. Although I also wrote the Golden State Warriors carried the momentum into Game 5, their...

Our View: Historic identity and perspective

Editorial Board May 4, 2015

Summary: The history of May 4 and how it relates to Kent State is well-known to both current and former students, as well as people outside the university community. It is part of our history and we must...

Letter to the Editor: In response to articles covering the Strubbe audio tape recording of 1970 Kent State shootings

Joe Bialek May 1, 2015

Listening to the Strubbe audio tape recording of what transpired that fatal day (May 4, 1970), one can fairly easily trace the sequence of events.What prompted the guardsmen to fire appears to be their...

Letter to the editor: FlashFest

Dustin Lee April 30, 2015

Dear Editor,I covered FlashFest last Thursday as a videographer for the university, and was disappointed with the total lack of variety in the lineup. Out of the five music acts, only one artist actually...

Our View: Not #upforwhatever

KS Editors April 29, 2015

Summary: We are not up for whatever. We should be up for making real change and helping to prevent sexual assault, not encouraging it with catchy slogans. In 2013, we had Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines,”...

Letter to the Editor

Grace Goodluck April 29, 2015

Dear Editor,Ohio has recently been falling behind in how much the state invests in higher education. From 2006 to 2012, the state appropriation for higher education per student has declined by 30.9 percent,...

Zachary Downes is a junior journalism major. Contact him at zdownes@kent.edu.

Opinion: Summer advice

Zachary Downes April 29, 2015

Well, finals week is coming up and that means summer vacation is just around the bend. You know what that means? Being lazy, late nights with friends and summer jobs. However, summer may be all fun and...