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Former Ohio State Senator Nina Tuner welcomes Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to the stage of the Civic Theater in Akron Ohio on Monday March 14, 2016.

Bernie Sanders Visits Akron on eve of Ohio Primaries

Matt Poe March 14, 2016

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders held a rally at the Akron Civic Theatre Monday afternoon on the final day before the Ohio primary election on March 15. Large crowds gathered outside the...

Where the candidates stand on issues pertaining to students

Matt Poe March 9, 2016

Presidential candidates have a wide range of issues and policies to address. Many of them will have a great impact on millennials and college students. Jobs, student debt, gun rights and health care access...

Matt Poe

Opinion: What Peyton Manning left behind

Matt Poe March 8, 2016

The inevitable has finally arrived, served hot on a silver platter by Father Time. Peyton Manning has finally decided to call it a career, 18 long seasons in the NFL for number 18. Aside from hoisting...

Matt Poe

Opinion: Ruling in Apple’s favor a win for the public

Matt Poe March 1, 2016

A New York judge ruled in favor of Apple in its case against the U.S. Department of Justice, in what could turn out to be a landmark decision for the tech giant and the public. The Justice Department has...

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Opinion: Cam Newton criticism mostly generational, not racial

Matt Poe February 2, 2016

Old-school and new-school clash on all sorts of issues. Whether it’s movies, music or art, the old and the new tend to disagree on how something was and how something is. Sports certainly fall under...

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Opinion: Troubling social media reaction to Lamar Odom

Matt Poe October 20, 2015

Professional athletes can be idolized as larger than life. We often forget these athletes we love watching week in and week out live very different lives off the field. As a society, we have become hastily...

BUS announces new executive board members

Matt Poe April 16, 2015

The Kent State Black United Students, or BUS, concluded its elections and announced its new executive board members for the 2015-16 school year.Ten total positions were filled, including elected positions...

Students share concern about USG budget

Matt Poe March 19, 2015

A pair of students addressed concerns over Undergraduate Student Government’s operating budget Wednesday night at its biweekly public meeting.During the public contributions portion of the meeting, Bryan...

USG creates new student leadership program

Matt Poe February 12, 2015

Undergraduate Student Government has created a new internship to allow more inclusion and participation for students who want to become active in student government.The Student Leadership Internship Program,...

USG creates new committees, adds member at meeting

Matt Poe February 4, 2015

The Undergraduate Student Government passed two critical pieces of legislation and added a new officer at its biweekly public meeting on Wednesday night.Both pieces of legislation deal with the issue of...