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Cheers and Jeers

April 2, 2017

Cheers to ... Opening Day. The MLB started its season on Sunday with a game between the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays.Jeers to ... public humiliation. A Houston man needed help from police after...

Majority of students take on loans to learn

Caelin Mills April 2, 2017

According to the Climate Survey conducted at Kent State last spring, more than half of the 4,754 student respondents used loans to pay their tuition.Additionally, of the 50 percent who reported experiencing...

Opinion: Protecting the press

Madison Newingham April 2, 2017

The press is experiencing a very unusual time; President Donald Trump’s tweets have become news, and he's made strides to tailor the news in his favor. Trump calls the media liars, and his constituents...

AP: Creator of rainbow flag, a symbol of gay rights, dies at 65

Gilbert Baker, the creator of the rainbow flag that has become a widely recognized symbol of gay rights has died. He was 65.Baker was found dead Friday at his New York City home. The city medical examiner's...

Nicholas Hunter

Opinion: A week without politics: My spring break journal

Nicholas Hunter April 2, 2017

Editor's note: The following column contains satire. The events mentioned in the piece are fictitious.The following is a journal I kept over the past five days, documenting my personal thoughts as I embarked...

Bobbie Szabo

Opinion: The dangers of relative deprivation

Bobbie Szabo April 2, 2017

I have recently been reading a fair amount of texts written by heterosexual, cisgender, white men who feel frustrated by our current political climate. They feel they are being shunned from the left and...

Special education conference coming to KSU

Caelin Mills April 1, 2017

Kent State will host the first Badar-Kauffman Conference on Contemporary Issues in Special Education this April.The conference lasts from April 13 to 14 and will feature experts in special education from...

Faculty and students work together in SURE

Alec Slovenec April 1, 2017

Kent State's Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) is an eight-week program where students work closely with faculty on research in their respective area of study.Students of all majors from...

Matt Poe

Opinion: I may win my bracket pool, and I’m freaking out

Matt Poe March 29, 2017

Get in here and shut the door behind you. Hurry up, dammit!OK, have a seat — I’ve got something I need to disclose.Dear reader, I am in unprecedented territory during this year’s March Madness. Every...

FlashChats offer alumni chance to stay connected

Miranda Kiner March 29, 2017

Kent State University Alumni Association (KSUAA) will host “FlashChat" on April 11 and 25 from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m.These events will be conducted through Facebook Live, which is a feature on Facebook that...

Spring break travel comes at a cost for students

Kennedy Caldwell March 29, 2017

While some Kent State students travel out of state for spring break vacations, others struggle to afford a way home.According to Kent State’s Institutional Research website, about 4,000 Kent State students...

Purdue snaps Kent State’s winning streak in walk-off fashion

Nick Buzzelli March 28, 2017

Clinging to a one run lead with one out in the bottom of the ninth, Kent State closer Zach Spangler struck out Purdue’s Jacson McGowan for what would have setup the games’ final out.However, the dropped...

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