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Jared Strubel is a junior political science major and columnist for the Kent Stater. Contact him at jstrubel@kent.edu

Opinion: “Speak softly and carry a big stick”

Jared Strubel Kent State College Democrats February 24, 2016

Ever since 40,000 American servicemen died on the Korean Peninsula during the Korean War from 1950-1953, relations between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the United States...

Our View: Worry about campaigns, not kitchens

February 23, 2016

At a town hall meeting Monday in Fairfax, Virginia, Ohio Gov. John Kasich told attendees about an early Ohio statehouse campaign he mentioned that “many women, who left their kitchens to go out and go...

Matt Poe

Opinion: Scalia’s death further divides liberals and conservatives

Matt Poe February 16, 2016

Most of our political issues today, sadly, revolve around the battle of Republicans vs. Democrats; the right and left battling for a position to gain the upper hand on one another. It’s also an election...

Hillary Clinton on the debate stage on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, in Las Vegas.

Students weigh in on fashion in politics

Ile-Ife Okantah February 10, 2016

From news articles to Facebook rants, the media has extensively covered the 2016 race to the presidency while Kent State students added in their own perspective of visual representation in politics.One...

Lucas Misera

America never stopped being great

Lucas Misera January 24, 2016

After watching Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Donald Trump while he maintains GOP-leading numbers across the nation, it’s evident that many Republicans trust the wily businessman to “make America great...

Sciences meets politics in new honors course

Gabrielle Woodard November 18, 2015

Politics of science in the 20th century is a new course being offered to honors students this spring. The course covers the paradox of recent history and implications on science.Alana Biles, a junior economics...

Hyungshok Kim and Jeesoo Kim work on a project in the Franklin media lab on Now. 3, 2015.

Korean students come to Kent State for a look at politics, journalism

Alexis Wohler November 3, 2015

Students from Dankook University in South Korea came to Kent State to visit and work as reporters from Oct. 30 to Nov. 7. The six students are part of a class called “International Storytelling”. DanKook...

Our View: No fair winner of Democratic debate

KS Editors October 14, 2015

Despite what various political pundits, candidates and anybody on social media may say, declaring a winner in Tuesday’s Democratic debate isn’t possible because all candidates weren’t given equal...

Our view: Still a violent society requiring change

KS Editors October 4, 2015

Editor’s Note: This is the same Our View we ran in the Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, edition of The Kent Stater. The only difference we made is changing the lead from the shooting in Roanoke, Virginia, to Roseburg,...

Guest column: Pope Francis, from the bottom up

Adri Montes September 27, 2015

Pope Francis ended his tour of the United States, stepping into a collective debate to address issues like climate change, poverty and immigration, hoping to re-center the wellbeing of marginalized groups...

Lucas Misera is a sophomore economics major and columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact him at lmisera@kent.edu

Opinion: Gun control, the political game

Lucas Misera September 15, 2015

On Monday, CNN released a poll revealing voters expect gun control to be a critical issue in the upcoming 2016 election; news that came as no surprise.Undoubtedly, as the presidential race heats up, gun...

Amanda Paniagua is a graduate art history major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at azabudsk@kent.edu.

Opinion: The use of art for political posturing

Amanda Anastasia Paniagua September 13, 2015

Art is political and politics inform art. This is most recently exhibited in statements made by band members of the ‘80s rock group Survivor against Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to...