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Kobe Bryant

AFP Contributor February 24, 2020

Former NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant attends a promotional event organized by the sports brand Nike, for the inauguration of the infrastructure improvements of a local basketball playground at the...

Former NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant attends a promotional event organized by the sports brand Nike, for the inauguration of the infrastructure improvements of a local basketball playground at the Jean-Jaures sports hall "Le Quartier", in Paris on October 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE LOPEZ (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

What you should know about Kobe Bryant’s memorial

Dakin Andone, CNN February 24, 2020

(CNN) -- Crowds of mourners will gather in Los Angeles on Monday to honor the lives of Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna.Numerous tributes have taken place since the Bryant, Gianna and...

Paltrinieri, Kurtz late performance not enough for men’s golf

Amanda Levine Sports editor February 23, 2020

Kent State men’s golf competed against seven top 50 universities and finished ahead of two ranked schools, No. 47 West Virginia and No. 32 North Florida, who tied for seventh.A strong final performance...

BURR COLLAB: Evaluating productivity to promote meaningful study habits

Emma Andrus, [email protected] February 23, 2020

I’ve never been one to exercise the most consistent study habits. I don’t create calendars reminding me to keep to a particular schedule. I don’t have any “tried and true” methods, and I don’t...

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Man accused of pulling down women’s pants at Kent State sentenced, pre-trial hearing set for alleged sorority stalker

The man accused of pulling down two different women’s pants on Kent State’s campus last fall was sentenced to one year in the Portage County Jail Thursday. Christopher Eugene Clark pleaded guilty...

Letter to the editor: ‘Hanoi Jane’ Fonda is coming to speak at Kent State, again, 48 years later.

Paul Keane February 23, 2020

Paul Keane is a retired English teacher living in Vermont. He was a graduate student and dorm counselor at Kent State on May 4, 1970 the day of the shootings. One of the dead lived in his dorm complex....

Kent State reacts to calls to cancel Jane Fonda’s May 4 commemoration speech

The May 4 50th Commemoration Advisory Committee released a statement on Feb. 18 that addressed the controversy around its decision to have actress and activist Jane Fonda speak during the commemoration...

Taylor Rae Fox as Mary Phagan and Matthew Hommel as Leo Frank in the musical, "Parade" on Feb. 21 in the Center for Performing Arts. The musical revolved around a rape case and the lynching of a Jewish man.

Social justice comes to the stage in Kent State’s production of “Parade”

Lindsey Sellman Reporter February 23, 2020

Theatre students challenged audience members to think about social justice during the opening night of their production of “Parade,” a musical that covers issues such as media sensationalism and antisemitism.“It...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Black History Month began at Kent State

Kofi Khemet, [email protected] February 23, 2020

Black History Month is the longest and most celebrated African American holiday, in the U.S. More people celebrate it than any other African American holiday. It’s so widely accepted that nobody’s...

BURR COLLAB: In defense of boy bands

Grace-Marie Burton Writer for the Burr February 23, 2020

The boy band has been a staple of defining an era, just as much as slang or regrettable fashion trends. Often, these groups are put together by a batch of industry producers to perform songs mainly targeted...

Senior Megan Carter [31] scores a basket making the score 18-12 against Miami University on Sat. Feb. 22, 2020. Kent State University won 80-75 against Miami University.

Women’s basketball hangs on to beat Miami at home

Kathryn Rajnicek Sports reporter February 22, 2020

With 4:58 to go, redshirt senior guard Megan Carter grabbed her 10th rebound, achieving her first career double-double in Kent State’s 80-75 win over Miami on Senior Day.“I actually surprised myself...

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