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A college student’s guide to long-term investments

Virginia Doherty, Columnist October 2, 2024

It’s not easy to plan for long-term financial security — especially as a student who probably doesn’t have a lot of financial security to begin with. You might think it’s too early to be thinking...

Illustration by Clare Rodgers.

A college student’s guide to low-risk investments

Virginia Doherty, Columnist September 20, 2024

If all you know about investing comes from “The Wolf of Wall Street” or your eighth-grade home economics class, then this is for you. Investing doesn’t have to be picking stocks and putting huge...

Illustration by Emily Riebe.

The dangers of an unbridled Supreme Court

Virginia Doherty, Columnist September 6, 2024

There’s a lot resting on this upcoming election. That’s far from breaking news, but there might be even more at stake than you knew.   Reproductive rights, adequate K-12 funding, racial literacy...

Students gather on Risman Plaza April 16 to listen to a speaker holding a sign about religion and sin who came to campus.

OPINION: Hatefulness: The folly of fighting back

Virginia Doherty, Opinion Writer May 6, 2024

Red letters, brightly emblazoned against an ominous black background:  “Hell awaits you! Rev 21:8.” “Sin is slavery.” In white letters, it condemns all manner of sinners: “Justifiers...

KentWired Illustration by Sydney Spickard

OPINION: The Republican party is failing – say your goodbyes

Virginia Doherty, Opinion Writer April 30, 2024

Many liberals have long wished for the death of the Republican party, and that day is quickly approaching. It will not, as many of us may picture it, be a day of rejoicing, angels singing, trumpets blowing...

Canva illustration by Virginia Doherty.

OPINION: They won’t stop at abortion

Virginia Doherty, Opinion Writer April 15, 2024

Access to abortion has always been a hot topic in the U.S., and it’s in more danger than it has been since 1973 with the overturn of Roe v. Wade nearly two years ago. Unfortunately, abortion is no longer...

The "future home” of Evelyn Dickerson Hair Design, located at 175 E. Erie Street.

BOK ’24: Best salon (second and third place)

Virginia Doherty, Opinion Writer April 4, 2024

SECOND: Evelyn Dickerson Hair Design Evelyn Dickerson Hair Design has been in Kent for 70 years, and its owner intends to keep it that way. Carley Kruse has owned the salon for 20 years and has seen...

Savannah Guastaferri cuts and styles Lauren Westfall’s hair at Skullz Salon, Kent Ohio on March 22, 2024.

BOK ’24: Best salon (winner feature)

Virginia Doherty, Opinion Writer April 4, 2024

FIRST: Skullz Salon Everyone is cool enough for Skullz Salon, according to owner Angelique Manns.  The spot, which opened its doors in 2007 at 113 Cherry St. in Kent, offers a range of services from...

OPINION: Ohio’s March election: the messiest (and most important) Senate primary of 2024

OPINION: Ohio’s March election: the messiest (and most important) Senate primary of 2024

Virginia Doherty, Opinion Writer March 12, 2024

On March 19, Ohio voters will determine which Republican candidate will face Sherrod Brown, the incumbent Democrat, in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. This is an important election, as Democrats...

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OPINION: Super Tuesday: Why you should care

Virginia Doherty, Opinion Writer March 11, 2024

Voters in 16 U.S. states cast their ballots March 5 for the presidential primaries, as news outlets and anxious voters followed the results of Super Tuesday this year. Super Tuesday is the day the largest...

Canva illustration by Virginia Doherty

OPINION: Profitable nonprofits: the scarcity of charitable hospitals

Virginia Doherty, Opinion Writer February 12, 2024

Over one-third of the American population is currently in medical debt. 15% of Americans have overdue medical debt — the majority of which is owed directly to hospitals. There’s an estimated minimum...

OPINION: Trendy sustainability: not so sustainable

OPINION: Trendy sustainability: not so sustainable

Virginia Doherty, Opinion Writer February 2, 2024

Sustainability has become a huge part of our daily lives. While that generally has less to do with long-held respect for the Earth and is more of a result of necessity as climate change worsens, it remains...