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Opinion: After the Helsinki summit, we can be sure that… Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson are in love

Cameron Gorman July 18, 2018

Times sure are strange. The creeping vine of history wound around the podium at the Russia-U.S. summit in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16. President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin stood side...

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Opinion: Advice for incoming freshmen

Alexandra Tinline July 18, 2018

This was the last week of Destination Kent State (DKS), where all the incoming freshmen spend a couple of days in Kent, go through orientation and create their schedules.I attended it in May of 2014, with...

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Opinion: The Joy of Bad Movies

Cameron Gorman July 17, 2018

It seems a little silly to explain the virtue of so-called bad media to the internet as an audience, because, it seems, it’s finally been accepted into the realm of the sanctified. The Room (Oh hi, Mark,)...

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Opinion: World Cup review

Jake Adams July 17, 2018

France was crowned World Cup champions Sunday, marking the end of the greatest sporting event in the world. Other great tournaments and matches will be played over the next four years, but none of them...

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Opinion: Let’s remember that HIV is still here

Cameron Gorman July 14, 2018

When you think of the word HIV, what comes to mind? ACT UP in the ‘90s? Leather vests and pink triangles? Grainy protest footage and political funerals? You’d be right, in a way. That is the history...

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Opinion: Previewing the World Cup Final

Jake Adams July 14, 2018

Croatia and France will face off in the World Cup Final this Sunday. This tournament has been a fascinating one to say the least.France were frontrunners coming into the tournament, even with the second...

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OPINION: “Ant-Man & The Wasp” entertainingly soars into the MCU

Alex Novak July 13, 2018

 Marvel has continued their seemingly unending box office dominance with yet another perfectly placed film into their cinematic universe with their latest blockbuster entry “Ant-Man & The Wasp.”Following...

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OPINION: Plastic straw activism

Nicholas Hunter July 13, 2018

Recently, there has been a big movement to end the use of drinking straws. Starbucks recently unveiled lids reminiscent of toddler sippy cups to replace straws completely by 2020. Last week, Seattle,...

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Opinion: A message from your next, brand new local Starbucks

Cameron Gorman July 5, 2018

Well, hi there. I guess it might be kind of hard for me to explain who I am. Let’s see — well, you’ve seen ‘A Christmas Carol’, right? No, it doesn’t matter if it was the Jim Carrey version,...

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Hiding behind a smile

Brandon Bounds July 5, 2018

*Editor’s note: This story was previously told on Brandon's personal Medium page in May 2018. He describes his scenario as accurately as possible. Therefore, graphic language is used in the story.This...

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Opinion: Homeless people are more than just statistical data

Alexandra Tinline July 2, 2018

If someone asked you to close your eyes and picture an average household within the United States you would probably see your own neighborhood.You’d most likely picture that house at the end of the cul-de-sac...

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Opinion: Cyber beauty

Cameron Gorman July 2, 2018

You’ve probably seen Lil Miquela. She has brown hair, done up in two space buns, and a light dusting of freckles across the bridge of her nose. She can often be seen, in her copious Instagram posts,...