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Lydia Sherman

‘Survivor’: The freshman edition

Valerie Royzman September 5, 2017

‘Tis the season for freshmen beginning their school experience all over again — this time, the college campus version.It means kissing mom’s cooking goodbye and parting ways with beloved high school...

Halim El-Dabh

Longtime professor, music pioneer dies at 96

Rachel Duthie September 5, 2017

Halim El-Dabh, a world-renowned composer and professor of Kent State for the past 48 years, died this weekend at the age of 96.His generosity and humility is what Denise Seachrist will remember the most...

Kent State of Wellness working with USG on smoke-free initiative on campus

Nya Coleman September 4, 2017

"Let’s clear the air." Those are the words that you can find on a few new signs around Kent State’s campus. Kent State is officially a smoke-free campus as of July 1, 2017.Kent State of Wellness has...

Natalie Frank, a senior art education major, smokes a cigarette off campus Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. Kent State banned smoking and tobacco use July 1.

Students push back on tobacco-free campus policy

September 4, 2017

Story by: Cameron GormanNatalie Frank remembers the first time she felt the effects of a cigarette.“I lit it right before I got on my bike, and I was like riding it and, just like, this like tingly,...

Numbers to Know

Lucas Misera September 4, 2017

6Nuclear tests by North KoreaNorth Korea reportedly tested its sixth nuclear explosive this Sunday, triggering a 6.3-magnitude earthquake while capturing the attention of the U.N. Security Council.1Passes...

Cheers and Jeers

Lucas Misera September 4, 2017

Cheers to … University of Southern California football player Jake Olsen, a long-snapper who’s been blind for most of his life, for his first play in regular season action with the team.Jeers to …...

Maddie Newingham

Opinion: Rejecting Hobbesian thought

Maddie Newingham September 4, 2017

In what is admittedly an untraditional lede, I have to apologize: My article this week takes a glass-half-empty approach, and I’m sorry for that.Thinking about the current condition of our nation, I...

Mica Pflug

Opinion: Stress is a silent killer

Mica Pflug September 4, 2017

Naming stress “the silent killer” may be a bit of an exaggeration, but it's not far off from reality.Stress is something every person experiences regardless of age, life experience or occupation. It...

Drew Taylor

Opinion: The government is failing Houston

Drew Taylor September 4, 2017

As the world watched the devastation Hurricane Harvey caused last week, another domestic news story may have gone under the radar: It was reported this week that Republicans in the House of Representatives...

Poetry reading to spotlight 2016 Wick Poetry Prize winner

Cameron Gorman September 3, 2017

A poetry reading featuring the evocative, imagery-rich work of the 2016 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize winner will be held Sept. 19. Baltimore-born poet Christine Gosnay, the winner of the Wick Poetry...

Ohio Gov. John Kasich

Ohio’s political roundup: The 2018 governor’s race heats up

Laina Yost September 3, 2017

Gov. John Kasich, Ohio’s longstanding Republican leader, will soon be out of office, clearing the path for a wide-open gubernatorial campaign in 2018.Without the challenge of taking on a well-known incumbent,...

Clemson running back Travis Etienne speeds past defenders and into the referee during the second half.

Full recap: Flashes outmatched by Tigers in opener

Scott Lendak September 2, 2017

The Kent State Flashes waited on the field with linked arms in preparation for the Clemson Tigers to run down The Hill.An overwhelming energy from the Clemson crowd took over the game before it even began.The...

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