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PARTA is offering free rides on Valentine's Day

PARTA is offering free rides on Valentine’s Day

Makenna Brumbaugh February 13, 2019

PARTA BUS RIDES from KentWired.com on Vimeo.PARTA is offering free bus rides on Feb. 14, Valentine's Day, on certain routes to thank their riders for riding.As well as contests to win free bus passes on...

Acorn & Evergreen employee Karen has been a florist for 50 years. "You see a lot of reds and purples around this time of the year, and not as many yellows," she said. 

Roses and more: Local flower shop prepares for first Valentine’s Day

Sara Donato February 13, 2019

Linda Boardman became the owner of Acorn & Evergreen Floral Studio (formerly known as Kent Floral Co.) just two weeks before every florist’s biggest day of the year: Valentine’s Day.“It’s like...

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ADVICE: Men, you’re doing ‘it’ wrong

Shelbie Goulding February 13, 2019

Before assuming I’m a “sexpert,” know I’m writing this for the sake of giving simple advice from a woman’s perspective in the bedroom. Men can’t read the female mind, so here’s a mind giving...

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OPINION: Sex, a societal taboo that shouldn’t exist

Lyric Aquino February 13, 2019

Sex — we all know what it is. We hear about it and see it all day through film, music, movies, books, magazines etc. Most of us crave it, yet it seems as though we tend to focus on the act itself rather...

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OPINION: Love in the time of PrEP

Cameron Gorman February 13, 2019

While we were sitting in the newsroom and brainstorming column ideas for this paper, Editor-in-Chief Valerie Royzman brought up an interesting topic for a Valentine’s Day edition. “You guys could write...

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The Kent Stater Valentine’s Day Special

KentWired Staff February 13, 2019

 OUR VIEW: We're feeling sexual.You may have noticed there's a lot of sex in the Stater Wednesday, Feb. 14.We feel it's important to talk about sex because, well, people are always having it. And even...

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Consent, communication and sense of community — K.I.N.K. Kent State relationship ground rules

Kody Elsayed February 13, 2019

Rope, leather, swings, leashes, collars, daddies, handcuffs and toys.For many, this list may seem random. But for some, this list represents the most intimate moments in the bedroom.“One of the things...

Republicans back Senate rule change to speed confirmations of Trump nominees

Republicans back Senate rule change to speed confirmations of Trump nominees

Ted Barrett, CNN February 13, 2019

(CNN) -- A bitterly divided Senate committee Wednesday approved on a party line vote changes to Senate rules that will allow the Republican majority to speed confirmations of most of President Donald Trump's...

Valentine's cards made for patients, at Akron Children's Hospital. 

Students craft cards for patients at Akron Children’s Hospital

Molly Heideman February 13, 2019

Students in the Quad area have been making Valentine’s Day cards for the last two weeks for patients at Akron Children’s Hospital.Emma Rader, a sophomore psychology major, put on the activity so residents...

Ashley Miller and her boyfriend Nicholas Truesdale whom she met on Bumble.

Students find love, friendship by swiping right

Maria McGinnis February 13, 2019

Tinder matches people left and right every day since its launch in 2012 as the first swipe dating app. Tinder has accumulated 57 million active swipers worldwide, according to research conducted by the...

Members of Ocean Motion, a conservation group on campus. 

KSU marine conservation club works to diminish plastic use on campus

Sydney Ford February 13, 2019

Kent State conservation club Ocean Motion puts its efforts into reducing plastic use on campus by spreading awareness and supplying reusable containers, silverware and straws.The organization focuses on...

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It’s not all about sex: For abstinent students, intimacy comes in other forms

Abigail Miller February 13, 2019

Sex. We see it in our favorite TV shows. We rely on apps like Tinder and Grindr to find it. We jam out to songs in the car that romanticize it. In a society as sex-focused as ours, some people aren’t...

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