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Improper Benefits #3 — Does Machado deserve $300 million?

Improper Benefits is back after a brief hiatus to discuss the NBA's all-star festivities, Manny Machado's new deal and then make predictions about the Duke-UNC game while blissfully unaware of Zion Williamson's...

Chic Canfora and Daniel Miller speak to students about activism in the May 4th Visitor Center on Wednesday. 

May 4th witnesses discuss activism with Kent State students

Sara Crawford February 21, 2019

Witnesses of May 4, 1970, when four Kent State students were shot and killed and nine others wounded, talked to students about the importance of being activists for what they believe in.The May 4th Visitors...

Terrace Hall will be torn down in Summer 2019 in order for the College of Business Administration to construct its new building.  

Terrace Hall to be torn down

Jill Golden February 21, 2019

The ROTC building will be demolished this summer so the new College of Business Administration has room for its new building.The ROTC building, or Terrace Hall, is where Kent State’s Army and Air Force...

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KENT-repreneur Episode 3: Angel Kisses Blankets

Anna Huntsman February 21, 2019

The third episode of KENT-repreneur focuses on Angel Kisses Blankets, a non-profit started by Kent State sophomore Kenzie Carlson that is helping sick kids and their families one blanket at a time. Listen...

Junior Megan Carter makes a shot during Wednesdays game against Western MI. Kent State won the game 55-51.

Carter keys Flashes’ win over WMU

Gina Butkovich February 21, 2019

Junior guard Megan Carter was the only Kent State player to make more than half of her shots, helping lead the Flashes to their second over Western Michigan this season by a score of 56-52.“We found...

Banner with artifacts in the Student Multicultural Center.

Student Multicultural Center, BUS celebrate 50th anniversary with museum

Kimberly Fisher and Jada Miles February 20, 2019

The Student Multicultural Center and Black United Students celebrated their 50th anniversaries by setting up a one-day museum showcasing important historical moments for both groups Feb. 20.The museum,...

Kent State’s Black United Students raise their fists to symbolize black power during the ceremonies held in the Commons on Wednesday, May 4, 2016.

Black United Students celebrates 50 years

Tyler Haughn February 20, 2019

Black United Students at Kent State is preparing for its 50th anniversary. As it approaches, past and present members remember the past and look to the future. Since its start in May 1968, BUS developed...

Katie Mattise (left), the assistant manager of the LGBTQ Student Center, and Patrick Ferguson, the vice president of BUS, share their perspectives on people of color in the LGBTQ community on Wednesday. 

Students discuss being black within the LGBTQ community

Autumn Rietzel February 20, 2019

Students tackled the struggles and differences of being a member of the LGBTQ community while also being a person of color during a discussion hosted by the LGBTQ Student Center Wednesday. Through looking...

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REFLECTION: Looking for heritage

Lyric Aquino February 20, 2019

When I look into the mirror I see a wide nose, rounded cheeks, large lips and dark brown eyes that look like puddles of melted dark chocolate. My skin, brown like toasted almonds, is the first thing most...

Broadway actors Jeantique Oriol (front) and Drew Drake perform as James Herman Banning and Thomas Allen Cox, the first African-Americans to fly across the county, in the KIVA on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019.

‘The Flying Hobos’ interactive play lands on campus

Allyson Nichols February 20, 2019

The story of the first African-Americans to fly across the United States came to Kent State’s KIVA on Wednesday.Sponsored by the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, “The Flying Hobos,” a living...

Freshmen Rafiat Koiki poses during the “54 Shades of Africa” on Friday night at the Kent Student Center Ballroom.

Kent African Students Association honors half century on campus

Jalen Sephus February 20, 2019

The Kent African Student Association (KASA) reached its 50-year milestone of existence at Kent State this semester. The student-led organization has pursued the goals of teaching cultural and traditional...

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