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Final Presidential Debate 2020

5 questions as Trump and Biden prepare for final debate

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, meet on the debate stage for the second and final time Thursday night in Tennessee. The 90-minute prime-time meeting...

Sex Week: sex in the dark

Savannah Monks October 21, 2020

Students answered the poll question "What is your favorite sex position" during Sex in the dark on Oct. 21, 2020. Sex in the dark if a program during Sex Week where students can ask anonymous questions...

Bottles of Purdue Pharma L.P. OxyContin medication sit on a pharmacy shelf in Provo, Utah, on August 31, 2016. The drugmaker is expected to plead guilty to federal criminal charges related to the opioid crisis.

OxyContin maker to plead guilty to federal criminal charges, pay $8 billion, and will close the company

Chris Isidore, CNN Business October 21, 2020

(CNN) -- Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, has agreed to plead guilty to three federal criminal charges for its role in creating the nation's opioid crisis and will pay more than $8 billion and...

The Trump administration is expected to sue Google, according to two people familiar with the matter, in what is the largest antitrust case against a tech company in more than two decades.

The US government sues Google for alleged anticompetitive abuses in search

Brian Fung, CNN Business October 21, 2020

(CNN) -- The Trump administration on Tuesday sued Google in what is the largest antitrust case against a tech company in more than two decades.In its complaint, the Justice Department makes sweeping allegations...

OPINION: No rest for the wicked

As we noted previously, the Cleveland Presidential Debate was a disaster for both parties, but new information has made this even more problematic than we ever imagined. In a tweet barely three days later,...

Montse Fuentes

Former Iowa provost Montserrat Fuentes gives Kent State provost presentation

Montserrat Fuentes believes Kent State’s values fit well with her own, an issue she faced in her previous position at the University of Iowa.Fuentes is one of three final candidates for the position...

Sex Week Tie Dye & Testing

Elias Shingleton October 21, 2020

Sophomore economics major Hannah Balash receives a tie die kit and testing information from Adazia Wilkes, Director of Programming for Kent Interhall Council, during Tie Dye & Testing in the KIC office...

Sex Week Tie Dye & Testing

Elias Shingleton October 21, 2020

Freshman computer science major Jeridan Willey and freshman psychology major Audrey Sprouse follow social distancing guidelines while waiting to receive a tie dye kit outside the KIC office in Tri-Towers...

Leah Eberts poses with her “I Voted” sticker on Oct. 11, 2020. 

Kent State students talk absentee ballots, struggles with voting

Bronwyn Wain Reporter October 21, 2020

The 2018 midterm elections saw a massive surge in college student voting. Now, students are ensuring their voices will be heard in the 2020 presidential election by using absentee ballots. Senior nursing...

The post office located in the Kent State Student Center is temporarily closed, pictured on Tuesday, Oct. 20. 

Kent Student Center Post Office temporarily moves services on campus

The Kent Student Center Post Office has temporarily moved its services to the FLASHcard Office in the lower level of the Student Center and to Mail Services in the Administrative Services Building for...

Students painting pumpkins during an Honors College pumpkin decorating event.

Socially distanced events planned on campus for Halloween

Megan Becker Reporter October 20, 2020

Campus organizations are trying to keep students safe and COVID-19-free this Halloween with socially distanced events and activities.In the past, Kent State’s Halloween has been a celebration drawing...

Condoms on the K

Savannah Monks October 19, 2020

Sophomore architecture major Adazia Wilkes, sophomore biology major Allianna Hite, and senior Biology major RJ Mahoney stand under a pop up tent on the K to hand out condoms and t-shirts to fellow students...

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