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Opinion: Josh’s addiction

Hannah Armenta May 4, 2016

I was sitting in Reagan National Airport, waiting for a flight back home to Cleveland last spring when my phone buzzed. The screen read "Joshie".It takes a certain amount of mental preparation to open...

Representative Tim Ryan speaks at the Hillary Clinton rally at Cuyahoga Community College on Tuesday, March 8, 2016.

Ryan seeks eighth term in House

Hannah Armenta March 9, 2016

Congressman Tim Ryan (D-OH), 43, is running for his eighth term in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 13th District of Ohio.Also on the primary ballot for the Democrats is John Stephen Luchansky,...

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Harrell still a fugitive, trial suspended

Hannah Armenta February 23, 2016

Willie J. Harrell, Jr., a former Kent State English professor who was arrested last year with a 15-year-old in his car, is still a fugitive, although his location remains unknown. Harrell was arrested...

Former Kent State professor attempted to flee the country

Hannah Armenta November 23, 2015

Former Kent State University professor, Willie Harrell, 44 — accused of meeting a teenage boy he met on the Internet — was stopped by Canadian authorities on Wednesday while attempting to flee the...

Cristal Christian (left) and Robert Branch (right) rehearse scenes from the play, The Mountaintop, on Wedneday, Sept. 23, 2015.  

Casting of white MLK in ‘The Mountaintop’ play sparks national outrage

Hannah Armenta November 11, 2015

Controversy over the casting of a white actor to play Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a Kent State production of “The Mountaintop” has been ignited in the national media after the playwright spoke out...

Issue 2 and 3: Marijuana legalization in Ohio

Hannah Armenta November 1, 2015

Issue 3 will legalize marijuana for both medicinal and personal use. The issue - a“citizen’s initiative” bill - was proposed by ResponsibleOhio and had to gain a certain amount of signatures before...

Hannah Armenta

Editorial: National Coming Out Day

Hannah Armenta October 11, 2015

For a long time, Oct. 11 was one of my least favorite days of the year. Not because it is my mom’s birthday, but because it was National Coming Out Day, and I was stuck hopelessly in the closet with...

A.L.I.C.E instructor Emily Ribnik teaches Kent State-Stark education majors distraction tactics to use against an active shooter, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2014. A.L.I.C.E, which stands for alert, lock down, inform, counter and evacuate, is a training program that teaches educators and students how to react if an active shooter is in the school.

Kent State provides safety training for freshmen

Hannah Armenta September 1, 2015

Kent State's Office of Student Success Programs has taken a three-pronged approach to teaching safety to incoming freshmen. This includes a safety session at Destination Kent State, residence hall meetings...

Hillary Clinton at the "Commit to Vote" rally at Case Western Reserve University on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015.

Clevelanders ‘Commit to Vote’ for Hillary Clinton

Hannah Armenta August 27, 2015

Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton rallied supporters together to “Commit to Vote" for her in the 2016 election Thursday at Case Western Reserve University, her first stop in Ohio since she announced...

Comedian Kevin Hart performs at the M.A.C. Center on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014. The show was sold out within the first 2 hours of ticket sales.

Students rally for racial justice before Kevin Hart performance

Hannah Armenta December 7, 2014

Students rallied together on Saturday night to raise awareness of racial justice and police brutality.  Several students stood in the cold in front of the M.A.C. Center holding signs and wearing duct...

BUS and USG debate racism resolutions

Hannah Armenta December 4, 2014

Two members of Kent State’s Undergraduate Student Government stormed out of the organization’s meeting after a heated debate with members of Black United Students Wednesday night.Kevin Otubu, the director...

St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch announces the grand jury's decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, at the Buzz Westfall Justice Center in Clayton, Mo. (Cristina Fletes-Boutte/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)

Riots break out in Ferguson after grand jury announces long-awaited verdict

Hannah Armenta November 25, 2014

A grand jury decided Monday night the police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9 would not be indicted. After two days of deliberation, Darren Wilson,...

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