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City of Kent inflates resources to get ahead of Winter Storm Landon

Kelly Krabill, Managing Editor February 3, 2022

The city of Kent prepared for Winter Storm Landon by beefing up staff, enforcing a parking ban and enduring longer shifts. Kent’s Fire Department expects more emergency-related calls so some employees...

Art Without Limits moves to virtual platform following winter weather conditions

Benjamin Weaver, Reporter February 3, 2022

The massive snow storm hitting campus has caused The College of the Arts’ art entrepreneurs panel to be fully virtual Feb 4. Art Without Limits was originally taking place in the DI Hub from 9 a.m....

Snowfall presents issues for Kent State students navigating on and off campus

Hannah Keil, Isabella Schreck, and Morgan McGrath February 3, 2022

Not many people were walking around campus Thursday afternoon as frigid winds started to pick up and snow continued to fall. In preparation for the impending storm, the university canceled classes...

Freshman Alyssa Guns, with highest score on floor exercise in 4 years, leads gymnastics to 3rd straight win

Isabella Schreck, Reporter January 29, 2022

Competing in the first meet of her college career, Kent State freshman Alyssa Guns was nearly perfect. Guns took first place in the floor routine with a 9.975, the highest floor score from the Kent State...

Helena Richardson, a graduate student at Kent State, stands in front of one of the tapestries featured at the Line by Line exhibit.

New Kent State gallery focuses on textiles as an art form

Benjamin Weaver Reporter January 29, 2022

Weaving is an art technique that is centuries old, but the new art gallery, Line by Line on display at the Center for Visual Arts at Kent State, displays weaving being modernized in innovative ways.The...

Redshirt sophomore Louis Newell wrestles during the Kent State wrestling team's meet against Buffalo in Kent, Ohio on Sunday, Jan. 23.

In a match full of overtime, wrestlers fall to Buffalo 27-9

Noah Keeney, Reporter January 23, 2022

In a meet that saw four of 10 individual matches go to overtime, Kent State’s wrestling team lost to Buffalo 27-9 Sunday. Coach Jim Andrassy sounded frustrated as he talked about the Flashes’ losing...

Kent State Safety COVID Coalition moved its protest virtually Jan. 18 after Winter Storm Izzy hit. The student-led coalition calls on the university for better COVID protocol with "Students Safe Six."

COVID-Coalition leads virtual “die-in” protest for stricter COVID-19 guidelines

Alton Northup, Reporter January 23, 2022

More than a dozen Kent State University students and faculty members attended a virtual protest Tuesday evening pushing for stricter COVID-19 guidelines known as the “Students Safe Six,” which was...

Groups could previously schedule campus tours anytime, but admissions changed the parameters to limit the tours for certain days when more guides work. The university schedules about 46 monthly tours for individuals and groups, including high school seniors and prospective students and families.

Tour guides threat to strike for higher pay and better treatment results in resolution with university admissions

Kelly Krabill, Managing Editor January 23, 2022

What started out as a list of concerns turned into demands from student tour guides ready to strike. A call to change communication issues, inequitable student wages and what escalated the situation -...

Intel to build $20B Ohio chip facility amid global shortage

January 22, 2022

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Chipmaker Intel said Friday it will invest $20 billion to build a new factory in Ohio, an attempt to help alleviate a global shortage of chips powering everything from phones to...

Redshirt junior guard Sincere Carry makes a move to the basket during the Kent State men's basketball team's loss to Buffalo in Buffalo, New York on Friday, Jan. 21.

Kent State’s offensive struggles end two-game winning streak

Jacob Hansen, Reporter January 22, 2022

The short-handed Kent State men’s basketball team was shut down by Buffalo in a 64-51 loss. Redshirt sophomore guard Giovanni Santiago and graduate student guard Andrew Garcia both did not play in this...

Terry Schwarz, director of the Cleveland Urban Design Coalition; Doug Pearson, Associate Vice President of Facilities Planning and Operations and Co-Chair of the Intergenerational Village (IGV) Committee; and Bridget Susel, Community Development Director and Co-Chair of the Committee.

Kent State cancels plans for a housing development on campus

Owen MacMillan, Reporter, The Portager January 21, 2022

Kent State has canceled plans to develop a mixed housing project on the Kent campus near the REC center. “At this time, Kent State University will not be moving forward with the Intergenerational...

Redshirt freshman forward VonCameron Davis celebrates during the Kent State men's basketball team's victory of Eastern Michigan in Ypsilanti, Michigan on Tuesday, Jan. 18.

Kent State’s defense shuts down Eastern Michigan for a second straight win

Jacob Hansen, Reporter January 18, 2022

Defense led to offense as Kent State’s basketball team shut down Eastern Michigan University in a 56-47 victory. Kent State gets back to a winning record overall and in the Mid-American Conference,...

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