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Nicholas Hunter

Opinion: Are Americans still struggling after the recession or just lazy?

Nicholas Hunter April 16, 2017

Last week, I saw a column that someone shared on Facebook with the headline “Americans have become lazy and it's hurting the economy.”Now, I’m used to seeing think pieces about how millennial apathy...

Nicholas Hunter

Opinion: How does Bill O’Reilly still have a job?

Nicholas Hunter April 9, 2017

An investigation by The New York Times found that Bill O’Reilly, a TV personality and the host of the No. 1 show on cable news in 2016, "The O’Reilly Factor," has been accused by seven different women...

Opinion: The world grieves for Syria

Nicholas Hunter April 8, 2017

Friday, President Donald Trump ordered and carried out a cruise missile strike on a Syrian airfield believed to be where a chemical weapons attack was launched from.The attack, which killed 84 people,...

Nicholas Hunter

Opinion: A week without politics: My spring break journal

Nicholas Hunter April 2, 2017

Editor's note: The following column contains satire. The events mentioned in the piece are fictitious.The following is a journal I kept over the past five days, documenting my personal thoughts as I embarked...

Provost, CCI faculty talk trolling and free speech at panel discussion

Nicholas Hunter March 23, 2017

The College of Communication and Information (CCI) held a panel discussion, titled “Free Speech in the Information Age," Thursday in the KIVA.The panel, moderated by Amoaba Gooden, chairperson of the...

A crowd awaits results of the 2017-18 Kent State Undergraduate Student Government election outside of the USG office in the university's Student Center on Thursday, March 16, 2017.

Low turnout plagues USG elections

Cameron Gorman March 22, 2017

This year, 6 percent of the student body, or 1,622 students, voted in the 2017-18 undergraduate student elections.During the campaign season, candidates touted the importance of outreach from Undergraduate...

Nicholas Hunter

Opinion: The United States of the Internet

Nicholas Hunter March 22, 2017

The internet has a pretty bad reputation. Often times, things like “safe spaces” and ideological bubbles are blamed on the internet and, specifically, social media.To a degree, these are real issues;...

Nicholas Hunter

Opinion: The AHCA could cost me more than health insurance

Nicholas Hunter March 19, 2017

House Speaker Paul Ryan introduced his Affordable Care Act replacement bill, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), to the public on March 8.Once it is approved by the House Budget Committee, it will be...

USG votes in a meeting in the Governance Chambers in the Kent Student Center on Wednesday, March 30, 2016.

USG elections extended due to inclement weather

Nicholas Hunter March 15, 2017

Kent State Undergraduate Student Government elections will be extended until 5 p.m. Thursday, due to the inclement weather that led to classes at the Kent campus being cancelled Wednesday.The extension...

USG president candidate Daniel Oswald speaks to students at the USG forum hosted by the College Deomcrats at Bowman Hall on Tuesday, March 14, 2017.

College Democrats host USG forum

Cameron Gorman March 14, 2017

The repeated banging of a gavel rang in a forum for Kent State's Undergraduate Student Government Tuesday night in Bowman Hall.“I think it’s really important for students to be informed on what’s...

Nicholas Hunter

Opinion: Defining success with Trump

Nicholas Hunter March 12, 2017

President Donald Trump has reached his 50th day in office. To some, it seems like those 50 days have taken years to pass.In his first 50 days, Trump has signed 34 executive orders, including 2 attempts...

Barkitecture members gather materials to begin designs for the Kitty City, an indoor habitat for cats at the Humane Society of Summit County.

Barkitecture members design ‘Kitty City’ for local shelter

Nicholas Hunter March 8, 2017

Kent State students with a love for both animals and environmental design have a new home: Barkitecture.Barkitecture is a new student organization that intends to work with local animal shelters and humane...

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