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Campus police identify three men following reports of masked men in residence halls

Alexandra Golden, Reporter October 21, 2021

Following days of social media reports and rumors of possibly armed, ski-masked men roaming the hallways of Kent State residence halls, banging on doors and shutting off hallway lights, police identified...

Trevor, known as Theta Lite, poses in the blue light on the stage before the Sex Week Drag Show on Oct. 20, 2021. 

Kent drag queens shine at Sex Week performance

Reegan Saunders Reporter October 21, 2021

There are not many places in Portage County where you can listen to a Black drag queen discuss consent while dressed in a sparkly blue jumpsuit, but for Kent State, it’s another Wednesday night. As...

Kent State announces outstanding teaching award finalists

Kaitlyn Finchler, Assigning Editor October 11, 2021

Candidates selected for the Outstanding Teaching Award are among the most dedicated, highly effective and motivated professors at Kent State. According to the university press release, ten full-time...

The Students for a Democratic Society marched from Taylor Hall to the K to protest the food service conditions for students dining and working on campus on Tuesday, October 5.

SDS leads protest for higher student worker wages, improved dining options

Alton Northup Reporter Sophia Lucente Reporter, Photographer October 7, 2021

Kent State students and employees continued to air their grievances surrounding dining services on Tuesday, this time in the form of a protest organized by Students for a Democratic Society. The protest...

Melody Tankersley is the senior vice president and provost at Kent State University.

University suspends interim Pass/Fail policy, updates academic resources for students

Annie Zwisler Managing Editor September 23, 2021

The interim Pass/Fail policy the university enacted to support students during remote learning is no longer in effect, according to an email statement sent Wednesday by Senior Vice President and Provost...

WKSU is Kent State University's NPR-affiliated radio station. The Board of Trustees is expected to vote on the merger of WKSU with Cleveland's Ideastream following its upcoming meeting Wednesday. 

Kent State trustees expected to vote on WKSU ‘merger’ with Ideastream next week

Emma Andrus Reporter Lyndsey Brennan Reporter, The Portager September 9, 2021

UPDATE: The agenda for tomorrow’s Kent State Board of Trustees meeting confirms the board will vote on whether to transfer management of WKSU, Kent State’s NPR-affiliated station, to Cleveland’s...

Shannon Welsh stands in front of her BFA exhibit in the Center for Visual Arts. 

Kent State student recognized in national undergraduate art exhibit

Kelsey Paulus Reporter June 9, 2021

Out of 200 submissions total, one Kent State student earned an opportunity to display her artwork in the 5th annual National Undergraduate Juried Exhibition at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in Missouri. Shannon...

Four candles, representing the four students that died, sit on the Victory Bell, along with a black flag for recently passed Alan Canfora. 

51 years and counting: People gather to commemorate May 4, 1970

For the past 51 years, people have continued to gather to remember those who were killed and wounded during the Kent State shootings on May 4, 1970. Although the official commemoration was hosted virtually,...

“The perfect storm” – why eating disorders thrive on college campuses

Maddy Haberberger, TV2 reporter December 17, 2020

College is a time of transition - for many students, it’s the first time they’re living on their own, and they’re now responsible for taking care of themselves. Mental health is becoming a larger...

Haymaker Farmers’ Market thrives amid pandemic

Maddy Haberberger TV2 reporter October 15, 2020

The Haymaker Farmers’ Market has been a staple of the Kent community since 1992 — housed under the Haymaker Parkway bridge, it’s grown from a few tables to over 50 vendors across its year-long...

College students move out of dorms amid COVID-19 pandemic

Maddy Haberberger, TV2 Reporter March 13, 2020

Thousands of college students across the country are being asked to move out of their dorms and return home to finish their semester through online classes. As the number of COVID-19 cases reported...

Student protesters block Homeland Security table at Spring Internship, Co-op and Career Fair

Sara Crawford and Gershon Harrell February 20, 2020

With arms linked, backs to the Department of Homeland Security’s table, student protesters held up signs saying “no human is illegal” and “abolish ICE.” In the Beverly J. Warren Student Recreation...

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