Lauren Cohen is a senior journalism student at Kent State University, graduating in the spring of 2026. As a student and freelance reporter, she has covered everything from controversies on campus to reactions to public policy decisions. She believes in lending a listening ear to people whose stories would not be heard otherwise.
When Cleveland poet Philip Metres was a senior in AP English at Wilmette, Illinois’ Loyola Academy in 1987, he was assigned a poem that would change the course of his life.
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