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Shelbie Goulding

REFLECTION: A thank you

Shelbie Goulding May 1, 2019

As my last column ever for The Kent Stater, I just wanted to say thank you. It’s been a long four years, but I somehow made it and I’m set to graduate just over a week from now. Looking back at these...

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Merissa Barber-Smith, Connor Strassburg and their son Micah Strassburg walk at the M.A.C. Center on Kent State's senior night on March 9. 

Kent State former president Beverly Warren hugs Merissa Barber-Smith after Kent State's 86-62 over the Falcons on March 11 in the first round of the MAC Tournament. 

Four years after almost leaving Kent, Merissa Barber-Smith prepares to graduate

Gina Butkovich May 1, 2019

Many didn’t think Merissa Barber-Smith would make it through her freshman year of college basketball.Now, as a senior, Barber-Smith has had a busy few months.At the end of March, she helped lead the...

Protesters crowd the edge of the Commons below Taylor Hall as they shout and gesture at National Guardsmen during the disturbances on the Kent State campus May 4, 1970. At left, in a cowboy-style shirt and wearing a headband, is Jeffrey Miller, who was killed later that day. Photo by Kent State University News Service.

#Hashtag May 4: Misappropriation in the social media era

Faith Riggs May 1, 2019

How does May 4 fit into the social media-saturated world of our culture today?Have you ever sat and thought ... what would the hashtag be?We’re immersed in a social-driven age, and it seems as if every...

Maddie Camp

Profiles: The voices of the May 4th Task Force members

Henry Palattella May 1, 2019

A look at some of the members of the abiding May 4th Task Force at Kent State.The May 4th Task Force was started in 1975 to help plan the annual commemoration on Kent State’s campus for the shootings...

Daffodils bursting with life outside Taylor Hall.

An essay on May 4: I just want to listen and be sad

Valerie Royzman May 1, 2019

How can today’s students connect to the tragedy that occurred nearly 50 years ago?In May 1971 — a year after members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed Kent State students protesting...

Behind the desk: meet the heart and soul of the fashion library

Madison Patterson May 1, 2019

Edith Serkownek is the indoor Indiana Jones of the Kent State fashion world.Lumpy beige mugs from Niagara Falls, relics of her predecessor, sit on her desk at the fashion library. Today she wears a sweater...

Sidebar info for Hookup Culture: Design and Psychology behind Dating Apps

Kody Elsayed May 1, 2019

Swipe right, swipe left, red X, green heart, more likes, more views, profile edits and messaging too. A whirlwind of options fill the page; messages pop up to excite and draw the user closer.Some features...

Hookup culture on Kent State campus

Kody Elsayed May 1, 2019

Click. The phone lights up. Click. A picture of an underwhelming person appears. Swipe left. They disappear. Click. The next picture shows an attractive person sitting and smiling on a beach. Swipe right....

Family members and friends wait for their loved ones after the shooting.

‘Why UNC Charlotte? Why my classroom?’: All-too-familiar shooting scene plays out on last day of classes

By Faith Karimi, CNN May 1, 2019

    (CNN) -- A man armed with a pistol opened fire on the final day of classes at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, killing two people and leaving four others wounded -- three of them...

The "Jeopardy!" host was upbeat in an interview with "Good Morning America" during which he talked about how he's dealing with stage 4 pancreatic cancer with rounds of chemotherapy and support from fans. He announced on March 6 he had been diagnosed with cancer.

Alex Trebek: I have ‘surges of deep, deep sadness’ but I’m optimistic about the future

    (CNN) -- Alex Trebek is hanging in there.The "Jeopardy!" host was upbeat in an interview with "Good Morning America" on Wednesday during which he talked about how he's dealing with stage 4 pancreatic...

No injuries after shots fired near Kent State Ashtabula campus

Dylan Reynolds May 1, 2019

Kent State Ashtabula was placed on lockdown Wednesday morning as a precaution after a gunman fired shots near campus. Nobody was injured in the incident, and it does not appear the suspect entered campus.Ashtabula...

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