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University administration, faculty union recommend acceptance of fact-finder’s report

The leadership of Kent State’s faculty union and university officials are recommending the adoption of a fact-finder’s report that proposes terms for a contract settlement between the two parties.The...

157 Lounge co-owner pleads guilty to misdemeanor assault charge

157 Lounge co-owner Matthew Guska pleaded guilty to a first-degree misdemeanor charge of assault Tuesday in Portage County Common Pleas Court in Ravenna.Guska was scheduled to stand trial Tuesday on two...

Michael Reiner

Opinion: One step at a time

Michael Reiner May 17, 2019

  My name is Michael Reiner, but my friends call me Iron Mike.  My family and friends know that I love sports, WWE, and a good cheeseburger. If you have a recliner close by after I’ve eaten a cheeseburger,...

Promotional picture from the VeoRide website that shows actors and model bikes. 

Flashfleet services switches to VeoRide bikeshares

Marissa Moore May 17, 2019

Chicago-based VeoRide will be the new bikeshare company used by Kent State for its Flashfleet service on campus.VeoRide describes itself as a “micromobility share company” that specializes in bikes,...

Former President Richard Nixon and his Chief of Staff, H.R. Haldeman, in the Oval Office. 

Woodward: Researcher finds Nixon audio related to May 4 shootings

Alexander Johnson May 15, 2019

“You know what stops them – stops them?” Nixon said in his office. “Kill a few.”“Sure,” Haldeman said.“Remember Kent State?” Nixon said. “Didn’t it have one hell of an effect, the...

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Jon Mills: From Canada to Kent State University’s newest head golf coach

Zachary McKnight May 13, 2019

Jon Mills grew up in Belleville, Ontario in a golfing family.His background led him to Kent State’s golf team, then the PGA Tour. Now, he is KSU’s first new golf head coach in 41 years.Mills started...

The minimum wage should be a living wage

Shreya Basu May 13, 2019

For some time, the prevailing narrative about the United States' poor population has been those who are poor are there by their own hand. It’s a nasty myth, one that’s enmeshed itself so tightly into...

Storytelling with Sound: Editor’s Note

KentWired May 12, 2019

Kent State students in the Storytelling with Sound class spent 16 weeks working on perfecting and crafting their audio skills. For one semester, each student had to come up with three stories of their...

Julian Edelman, wide receiver for the New England Patriots, poses with President Beverly Warren after accepting his degree in integrative studies on May 11, 2019.

#BevStrong, #13YearSenior, #GoldenFlashes highlight Kent State’s One University Commencement ceremony

Rachel Karas May 11, 2019

Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman skipped down the center aisle and high fived his fellow Kent State graduates after being the first to walk at Saturday’s One University Commencement ceremony.Edelman was...

Chelsea Manning released from Virginia jail after 62 days

May 9, 2019

(CNN) -- Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has been released from federal custody after spending about two months in jail for refusing to testify about her disclosure of military and diplomatic...

Board of Trustees names Student Recreation and Wellness Center for Warren; FedEx donates $6.5 million for aeronautics building

Sydney Purtee May 9, 2019

At its last meeting of the school year Thursday, the Kent State University Board of Trustees announced the renaming of the Student Recreation and Wellness Center in honor of retiring university President...

Digital media production program struggles to cope with student death, professor diagnosis

Stephanie Martzaklis May 9, 2019

Listen to "DMP struggles to cope" on Spreaker.Students in the Kent State digital media production (DMP) major were struck with two tragedies less than a week apart from each other.Students rush to and...

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