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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

KentStater

The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

KentStater

Richie Mulhall is a junior multimedia news major. Contact him at rmulhal1@kent.edu.

Guest Columnist: Take pride in your roots

Richie Mulhall April 8, 2015

Around this time of year, college juniors and seniors scramble to find internships and hunt for jobs. And around this time of year, it never ceases to amaze me how much people bash the Buckeye state —...

Ray Paoletta is a senior political science major. Contact him at rpaolet1@kent.edu.

Opinion: The other side of an extreme minimum wage

Ray Paoletta April 8, 2015

An hourly wage of $7.25 cannot support a family. Heck, an hourly wage of $10.10 would be difficult for someone to support a family with.However, raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour at places such...

Marvin Logan is a senior Pan-African Studies major. Contact him at mlogan6@kent.edu.

Opinion: Where’s the outrage?

Marvin Logan April 8, 2015

A tragedy befell the world last week. The young lives of 148 children who had futures are now lost. Just a few months prior, similar motives prompted another massacre in Paris. After the attack in France,...

Opinion: The Lord’s Passion and Easter

Alexis Wohler April 7, 2015

God’s passion is you. God longs to have a relationship with you and all people as His children. He loved every single one of us so much that he sent his only son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for...

Letter to the editor: May 4 author to donate e-books to KSU students

William A. Gordon April 7, 2015

I have two announcements to make. First, "Four Dead in Ohio," my book on the May 4, 1970 killings, is finally back in print. An updated e-book edition is now available and it includes a new preface that...

Our View: Focus on the true issue

KS Editors April 6, 2015

 Summary: In the midst of Rolling Stone magazine being discredited for not fully reporting the story of an alleged sexual assault, we must focus our attention more on the very real issue of sexual assaults...

Letter to the Editor: Kent Dance Ensemble

Geoff Broadhead April 6, 2015

Dear Editor,I join those who congratulate the KSU Dance Division's Kent Dance Ensemble for many years of performance excellence. Yet the Ensemble came into being 27 years ago, not 25.It was in 1988 when...

John Hess is a senior political science major. Contact him at jhess14@kent.edu. 

Opinion: Not lovin’ it: McExploitation and the minimum wage

John Hess April 6, 2015

Wal-Mart workers and their families were pleasantly surprised earlier this year when the corporation announced a plan to raise wages to $10 an hour by April of next year. This news was followed by similar...

Carley Hull is a senior news major. Contact her at chull9@kent.edu. 

Opinion: HBO’s new online streaming service a murky advertisement

Carley Hull April 6, 2015

It’s hard living in the spoiler age. Yes, it’s first world problem hard, but enough to make a seemingly sane person completely paranoid. Becoming a “Game of Thrones” fan without HBO, and after...

Mike Richards is a senior English major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact him at mricha51@kent.edu.

Opinion: Creativity: The Sane vs. the Insane

Mike Richards April 5, 2015

When it comes to celebrities, directors, artists, writers, musicians, or basically anyone else who may publicly deliver some sort of creative medium, how do you want them to present themselves? Would you...

Marvin Logan is a senior Pan-African Studies major. Contact him at mlogan6@kent.edu.

Opinion: What is important for students?

Marvin Logan April 2, 2015

What matters to you? That is the question. It comes up often in conversations when dealing with people who interact with or target college students. Sometimes, it seems that what should be important is...

Bruce Walton is the opinions editor. Contact him at bwalton4@kent.edu.

Opinion: A different approach to ignorance can make a world of a difference

Bruce Walton April 1, 2015

I have been writing about race, prejudice and racial insensitivity since I was a columnist in 2012. I have seen the racial climate in Kent State shift back and forth but it seems to have come to a boil...