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Mica Pflug

Opinion: Avoid stress this scheduling season

Mica Pflug October 15, 2017

Class scheduling: It’s the most exciting part of the semester, but sometimes it’s the biggest pain in the neck.We are at the time of year again where we begin preparing for the semester ahead and plan...

Nicholas Hunter

Opinion: Past transgressions continue to haunt Eminem

Nicholas Hunter October 11, 2017

Last night, during the BET Hip Hop Awards, a spot aired featuring rapper Eminem delivering a freestyle rap directed at President Donald Trump.Eminem’s message was clear: a fan of Trump he is not.“Any...

Opinion: What’s the point, Turning Point?

Matthew Olienechak October 11, 2017

I’ve decided to step back from the larger problems I’ve been trying to tackle lately and instead focus on a more local issue. Specifically, I’ve been itching to comment on one of our newest student...

Jack Kopanski

Opinion: Stress on campus isn’t a competition

Jack Kopanski October 11, 2017

Throughout four years on a college campus, a student will experience a fluctuating range of emotions. From indescribable elation to chest-tightening anxiety, college students feel it all. Sometimes all...

Mica Pflug

Opinion: Depression screening event lends helping hand

Mica Pflug October 8, 2017

Kent State held its annual community-wide series of depression screenings this past week, an opportunity for students, staff, faculty and members of the community to confront mental health issues in a...

Drew Taylor

Opinion: Connor McDavid usurps Crosby as NHL’s best

Drew Taylor October 8, 2017

It’s only the first week of the new NHL season, and I am going to already make the Pittsburgh Penguins fans that read The Kent Stater angry with what I am about to say.Sidney Crosby is no longer the...

Maddie Newingham

Opinion: Reframing the gun debate

Maddie Newingham October 8, 2017

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”Let’s dissect this, the phrasing of the Second Amendment,...

Nicholas Hunter

Opinion: NRA stands in the way of sensible gun policy

Nicholas Hunter October 4, 2017

The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution reads, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”The...

Jack Kopanski

Opinion: The conversation about Hue Jackson needs to start

Jack Kopanski October 4, 2017

On Oct. 16, it will be 11 years since the famous rant from late Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green, during which he declared, “The (Chicago) Bears are who we thought they were!” The tirade came...

Matthew Olienechak

Opinion: Puerto Rico is a territory ignored

Matthew Olienechak October 4, 2017

Puerto Rico still bleeds.More than two weeks after Hurricane Maria ravaged the already impoverished territory, the island still struggles to restore electricity to its populace. Food and medicine remain...

Mica Pflug

Opinion: Beware, overachievers

Mica Pflug October 1, 2017

School, social life and career choices.If you’re reading this, these three things are probably some of the most prominent aspects of your current life. The way these aspects unfold largely depends on...

Maddie Newingham

Opinion: Stop emboldening a bad president’s ego

Madison Newingham October 1, 2017

Regarding President Donald Trump’s talk on the NFL, he’s fabricated this problem for himself.Trump wants the easiest avenue to be the center of attention that requires no briefing, through which he...