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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & TV2

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Gymnasts lose balance and meet

January 23, 2005

For the first time since 2002, the Kent State gymnastics team fell to Western Michigan with a close score of 192.650-191.425.The Broncos (2-2, 1-0 Mid-American Conference) won every event except the bars,...

First lady receives higher popularity rating than president

Breanne George January 23, 2005

Democrats and Republicans can agree on one thing - they both like first lady Laura Bush.According to a recent CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll, 73 percent of Americans have a positive opinion of the first lady....

Flashes run with, then over Bulls

Deanna Stevens January 23, 2005

Senior forward Lindsay Shearer scores a point for Kent State during Saturday's game against Buffalo at the M.A.C. Center. Shearer led the Flashes with 28 points to a 73-56 victory against the Bulls. AMANDA...

City of Kent kicks off 200th year with event

Katie Hilbert January 23, 2005

The city of Kent celebrated its 200th birthday Saturday at the United Methodist Church of Kent, and four artistically decorated cakes from local bakeries helped kick-off what will be a year of celebration...

Charter Review Commission appoints officers

Jessica Rothschuh January 21, 2005

Kent’s Charter Review Commission appointed three new officers last night.The commission appointed Nancy Hansford as chairperson, Ron Heineking as vice chairperson and William Tarver as secretary.The...

Africa is their classroom

Ryan Loew January 21, 2005

Professors travel to better understand heritage, cultureProfessor Mwatabu Okantah of the Pan-African Studies department went to Africa to study his heritage and poetry.Credit: Andrew popikMwatabu Okantah...

Terror suspect continues battle to get out of prison

Steven Harbaugh January 21, 2005

The Department of Homeland Security has decided to appeal the release of Ashraf Al-Jailani, a 39-year-old Yemeni geochemist and former resident of Kent, who has suspected terrorist ties.Al-Jailani has...

Graduate remembers his time spent at Kent State

B. (Hank) Gittings Guest columnist January 21, 2005

DANG, IT’S COLD OUT HERE!!This is what I exclaimed twenty years ago when I stepped outside into the cold, near-zero-degree air on the Kent State campus to start my Spring 1985 classes as a college sophomore.Oh...

My sincere promises to myself, my readers and Miss Lohan

Nick Moose view January 21, 2005

OK, I wasn’t really kidnapped by intergalactic cheerleaders. I was in my apartment the whole time. I did fantasize about being kidnapped by intergalactic cheerleaders quite a bit though, but I was also,...

We are the ones; the time is now

Greg Schwartz Columnist January 21, 2005

Greetings, Golden Flashes! The Stater aims to take more risks this semester and you can count on me to challenge your mindscape with an outside-the-box column each week.I’m probably the closest thing...

Foreign student numbers drop

Ryan Loew January 21, 2005

International enrollment levels off at KSU despite national declineInternational students are packing up their bags, and many are not coming back to the United States.Foreign student enrollment has dropped...

Film and video festival planned for Saturday

Jen Zemanek January 21, 2005

Standing Rock Cultural Arts will present the 2nd Annual Standing Rock International Short Film and Video Festival at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Kent Stage on Main Street.Tickets are $10 for general admission...

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