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CEBI Pitch competition announces finalists

Mikala Lugen March 24, 2017

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation announced six finalists for the first annual pitch competition, CEBIpitch.Colton Jones, a senior entrepreneurship major, received a spot as a finalist...

Provost, CCI faculty talk trolling and free speech at panel discussion

Nicholas Hunter March 23, 2017

The College of Communication and Information (CCI) held a panel discussion, titled “Free Speech in the Information Age," Thursday in the KIVA.The panel, moderated by Amoaba Gooden, chairperson of the...

Wick Poetry Center hosts reading for scholarship winners, students

Lyric Aquino March 22, 2017

The Wick Poetry Center held its annual "Celebrating Our Own" poetry' reading Wednesday, composed of poets currently active within the center and the 2016 poetry scholarship winners.Throughout the night,...

Study abroad to London will continue as planned despite terror threat

Addie Gall March 22, 2017

Editor's note: A previous version of the article misidentified the instructor of the study abroad course and mistakenly stated the recipient of an email sent out regarding the program's plans. Plans for...

Our View: Diversity: More than skin color

Editorial Staff March 22, 2017

During the production of Thursday’s Diversity Features Edition issue of The Kent Stater, uneasiness surfaced among staff members concerning the top half of this front page’s design.To some, the close-up...

A crowd awaits results of the 2017-18 Kent State Undergraduate Student Government election outside of the USG office in the university's Student Center on Thursday, March 16, 2017.

Low turnout plagues USG elections

Cameron Gorman March 22, 2017

This year, 6 percent of the student body, or 1,622 students, voted in the 2017-18 undergraduate student elections.During the campaign season, candidates touted the importance of outreach from Undergraduate...

Logan Pringle (left) and Daniel Oswald (right), both candidates for the USG presidency, hug after Oswald was announced as the new USG president on Thursday, March 16, 2017.

Greek life remains prominent in USG elections

Mitch Felan March 22, 2017

Editor's note: A previous version of this story cited a growth in Greek life involvement in USG elections. We have removed any mention of rising involvement because numbers did not support that claim.Results...

Nicholas Hunter

Opinion: The United States of the Internet

Nicholas Hunter March 22, 2017

The internet has a pretty bad reputation. Often times, things like “safe spaces” and ideological bubbles are blamed on the internet and, specifically, social media.To a degree, these are real issues;...

Jacob Tabler is a junior political science major and a member of the Kent State College Republicans. Contact him at jtabler2@kent.edu.

Opinion: Neil Gorsuch is a strong SCOTUS pick

Jacob Tabler March 22, 2017

On Monday, March 20, hearings began in the Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to fill the vacant seat of the United States Supreme Court.Judge Gorsuch is a judge...

Josh Cribbs

Former Flash Cribbs officially retires from NFL

Henry Palattella March 22, 2017

From 2001-2004, Josh Cribbs totaled 86 touchdowns as the Flashes' dual-threat quarterback. That still didn't get Cribbs an immediate spot on an NFL team as the 2005 NFL Draft came and went, Cribbs said.All...

Stephen D'Abreau

Opinion: Tomi ‘Turncoat’ Lahren

Stephen D'Abreau March 22, 2017

For those of you who don’t know, Tomi Lahren is a, 24-year-old conservative talk show host working for conservative outlet TheBlaze.She’s outspoken and attracts a large following for her firebrand...

Gates to be inducted into Mid-American Conference Hall of Fame

Henry Palattella March 22, 2017

San Diego Chargers tight end Antonio Gates never played a down of football in his time at Kent State, but that didn't stop him from making his mark in athletics as he spent two seasons on the Kent State...

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