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Guest column: Climate conference at odds with reality

The Orange County Register December 9, 2015

On the opening day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, President Barack Obama said the event was "a turning point ... the moment we finally determined we would save our planet."French...

Guest column: Stopping climate change can begin at breakfast

Dozens and dozens of world leaders are meeting this month at the critical world climate change conference in Paris, in the hope of reaching a legally binding, universal agreement to curb carbon emissions...

Guest column: Empty promises in Paris?

As more than 190 nations continue to meet this week to negotiate an agreement to limit greenhouse gases, President Barack Obama finds himself in a terrible bind.On one side is international pressure to...

French authorities during Wednesday's raid in Saint-Denis, during which Abdelhamid Abaaoud was killed

FlashCast – November 20, 2015

Julie Norton, Pearline Young, TV2 November 20, 2015

TV2's Julie Norton and Pearline Young recap Clarissa Ward's interview with a woman who lives in the building where the ringleader of the Paris attacks was killed.  Norton and Young also discuss Friday's...

French President François Hollande delivers a speech Thursday morning at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris

FlashCast – November 19, 2015

Brianne Kocher, Mariel Zambelli, TV2 November 19, 2015

TV2's Brianne Kocher and Mariel Zambelli discuss the death of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected mastermind behind the Paris attacks Friday.  Abaaoud was killed in a police raid in the Paris suburb of...

U.S. fighter jets prepare for airstrikes in Raqqa, Syria

FlashCast – November 18, 2015

Dartalia Alati, John Kost, TV2 November 18, 2015

TV2's Dartalia Alati and John Kost discuss raids conducted by French authorities on terror suspects in the northern Paris suburb of Saint-Denis early Wednesday morning.Contact Joe Finley at: [email protected]

Guest column: We shouldn’t slam the door to refugees

Alex Delaney-Gesing November 18, 2015

Since the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 18, 26 Republican governors in the United States issued statements of their refusal to allow Syrian refugees to settle in their states. The reasoning? In the name...

Our View: U.S. federal government should accept Syrian refugees

Stater Editors November 17, 2015

The world was shocked by the recent Islamic State attacks in Paris, Beirut and Iraq that left hundreds dead and hundreds more injured. After the attacks, at least 31 U.S. governors said they would not...

Ashley Atherton is a junior political science major and columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at aatherto@kent.edu

Opinion: Our hearts beat as one

Ashley Atherton November 16, 2015

I came home Friday expecting a long and difficult weekend because of the three exams I have next week and a paper to finish for the following week. I was selfishly complaining about that most of the day...

CSULB President Jane Cose Conoley speaks during vigil for Nomehi Gonzalez, killed Friday in Paris terrorist attacks

FlashCast – November 16, 2015

Angelo Angel, Meghan Costantino, TV2 November 16, 2015

TV2's Meghan Costantino and Angelo Angel describe the vigil held Saturday on the campus of Cal State University, Long Beach, for 23-year-old Nohemi Gonzalez, who was killed Friday during the terrorist...

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More than 140 dead in Paris terrorist attacks

Associated Press November 13, 2015

More than 140 were killed in apparently coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris late Friday night. French police believe all the attackers are dead, but they are continuing to look for accomplices throughout...

An inside look at the Hong Kong fashion program with Paige Meacham

An inside look at the Hong Kong fashion program with Paige Meacham

Ellen Freeborn March 10, 2015

We all have friends or know people who have studied at Kent State’s New York City or Florence campuses. I had the pleasure of studying in Florence last spring (further solidifying my jealousy and angst...