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Carley Hull is a senior news major and columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at chull9@kent.edu.

Opinion: Intuition is key

Carley Hull March 4, 2015

We all have gut feelings. You experience that immediate feeling that choice A is correct on a midterm, but your head tells you B seems more plausible. So against your gut feeling you choose B — only...

Carley Hull is a senior news major and columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at chull9@kent.edu.

Opinion: Are we ready for a journey to Mars?

Carley Hull February 18, 2015

As if we don’t have enough to worry about on our own planet, some people are prepping to go to Mars. And by some people, I mean 24 people who will be divided into six crews of four to be sent to Mars...

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

Opinion: New host for ‘The Daily Show?’ It’s time for a woman

Carley Hull February 11, 2015

Another king of political satire is moving on, but this time we don’t know where he’s going next or who is coming in.Jon Stewart of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” announced on Tuesday he would...

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

Opinion: The new social media: Snapchat brings creative content beyond Friday’s party

Carley Hull January 28, 2015

You might have noticed while you were going through your friends’ Snap stories of hooliganism and first world problems that a new feature has been added. It is called Discover, and it has the potential...

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

Opinion: Visting SeaWorld in a post ‘Blackfish’ society

Carley Hull January 14, 2015

On New Year’s Eve, I didn’t go to a fancy party or drink bottles of champagne. I went to SeaWorld Orlando.I had completely forgotten SeaWorld until I saw the documentary “Blackfish” that outlined...

Sgt. Jason Short demonstrates how to work the Intoxilyzer 8000 Breathalyzer on Monday. Dec. 1, 2014 in the Kent City Police Station. The station does not use the machine, but in order to keep their permit they must test it on a weekly basis.

Kent area police discontinue use of controversial Breathalyzer device

Carley Hull December 4, 2014

The City of Kent Police and Kent State University Police departments have stopped using a Breathalyzer device called the Intoxilyzer 8000 in response to defense attorneys disputing the device’s reliability...

Carley Hull is a senior magazine journalism major and columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at chull9@kent.edu.

Opinion: GOP staffer not thankful for the Obama daughters this Thanksgiving

Carley Hull November 30, 2014

While most of us were celebrating Thanksgiving break and enjoying time with our families, others were publicly picking on teenage girls.To be more exact, Elizabeth Lauten, communications director for Tennessee...

Carley Hull is a senior magazine journalism major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at chull9@kent.edu.

Opinion: Dolls are not the problem

Carley Hull November 24, 2014

After more than 50 years on the market, the Barbie doll is getting a new competitor with a fresh look she has never achieved. In March, Nickolay Lamm, a graphic designer out of Pittsburgh, launched a...

Carley Hull is a senior magazine journalism major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at chull9@kent.edu.

Opinion: What I’d like to see from Governor Kasich: Keep the focus on public schools

Carley Hull November 6, 2014

The midterm elections finally came to a close on Tuesday, giving the Republicans the majority control over Ohio’s government. Like any political party, you have the good and the bad. Sometimes you have...

Bartender Chelsea Gehring makes a drink at the The Dusty Armadillo in Rootstown, Ohio on Oct. 29, 2014.

Sunday liquor licenses up for vote

Carley Hull October 29, 2014

The Dusty Armadillo, Chuggers Bar & Grille and Haylett & Sons Corner Store in Portage County may be able to sell liquor on Sundays.                         The three businesses...

Carley Hull is a senior magazine journalism major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at chull9@kent.edu.

Opinion: Potty-mouthed princesses let FCKH8 cash-in, but message still resonates

Carley Hull October 29, 2014

Society has a new viral feminist voice in FCKH8.com’s “F-Bombs for Feminism: Potty-mouthed princesses use bad words for a good cause,” video by FCKH8.com. Featuring girls around the ages of 6 to...

Carley Hull is a senior magazine journalism major and columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at chull9@kent.edu.

Opinion: You can have your coffee and drink it too

Carley Hull October 22, 2014

I drink too much coffee. I know this by the three travel mugs I took home from work the other day, the significant dent in my K-cups and my recognition of various Starbuck’s baristas when they aren’t...