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EDITORIAL: Tuesday is election day. Go vote

Editoral board November 4, 2018

Despite the growing population of millennials who are eligible to vote, a Pew Research Center study shows people aged 20 to 35 continue to have the lowest voter turnout of any age group. About 46 percent...

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ANALYSIS: ‘Rebooting’ Browns struggle through injuries in loss to Chiefs

Jake Adams November 4, 2018

The dark clouds and storms in Pittsburgh last Sunday were in fact a omen for the Cleveland Browns coaching staff. General Manager John Dorsey decided to not choose sides but to just fire both the head...

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Diminishing the appearance ideal: The Peer Body Project

Lexi Marco November 4, 2018

Kent State is taking new measures to help women on-campus with body image insecurities. The Peer Body Project is a four week body image research program focused on body acceptance in young women. The project,...

Ryan Jones smokes his JUUL at his apartment on March 7.

Kent State and Residence Services contribute to making an epidemic-sized e-cigarette problem smaller

Vanessa Gresley November 4, 2018

E-cigarette use is now being called an epidemic among youth, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The devices that can help adults quit traditional cigarettes are getting young teenagers addicted...

Shawn Angell poses while smoking his vape pen in the morning before class on October 31, 2018.

Kent Roosevelt High School deals with tobacco use among students

Bryan Vohsing November 4, 2018

In Portage County, nearly 12 percent of those ages 12 to 17 use tobacco products, according to the Ohio Department of Health.Statistics like these are why the Food and Drug Administration called the recent...

Guitar Weekend brings together community and students

Allyson Nichols November 4, 2018

Kent State Stark campus was filled with different rhythms and sounds this weekend as they celebrated Guitar Weekend, a three-day festival celebrating all styles of guitar playing.The weekend event kicked...

Picture of a past Pan-African Theatre Ensemble performance.Photo courtesy of Sydney Sheets.

Acting out of stereotypes

Madison Brattoli November 4, 2018

Kent State’s Pan-African Theatre Ensemble strives to give minority students a place to express themselves through theater.Historically, minorities have not been given the same opportunities in theater...

Microsoft Office 365 receives an upgrade that will help staff and faculty collaborate

Jenna Langan November 4, 2018

The Division of Technology has expanded the university’s agreement with Microsoft to include more beneficial collaboration tools.The upgrade gives faculty and staff a convenient space to access chat...

Busy students take on learning new languages

Megan Shovestull November 4, 2018

According to a 2016 and 2017 Pew Research data, only 20 percent of U.S. primary and secondary school students are learning a foreign language. This data is almost completely opposite to the data in Europe...

A group of participants take part in a training exercise during the Green Dot Workshop on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018.

Green Dot has biggest turnout yet for last workshop of semester

Madeline Pigott November 4, 2018

Green Dot hosted its final violence prevention workshop in Studio A at Twin Towers Center Saturday. Full tables of 60 eager minds learned how to prevent violence on Kent State's campus.The six hour workshop...

Head shot of Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor. 

Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor speaks on Issue 1

Chris Ramos November 3, 2018

With elections around the corner on Nov. 6, voters will be presented with the only statewide issue on the ballot: Issue 1.Issue 1, the proposed constitutional amendment, is oriented around the opioid crisis...

Adriona Murphy

OPINION: It’s your thing (do what you wanna do)

Adriona Murphy November 3, 2018

Everyone has their “thing.”That one special thing that makes them so unbelievably happy that no one really, truly understands it. To someone on the outside, it might seem like a waste of time, kind...

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