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Players rush to gather balls at the beginning of the the College Democrat and Republican Dodgeball game at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center on Feb. 20, 2017.

College Democrats and Republicans cross party lines in bipartisan dodgeball event

Nicholas Hunter February 21, 2017

The Kent State College Democrats and College Republicans held a bipartisan dodgeball event at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center Monday night.As both sides of the political spectrum lined up across...

Melissa Fabello, Managing Editor of Everyday Feminism, speaks at KSU on February 20, 2017. Fabello discusses self-care practices and eating disorders for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.

Body Acceptance Movement keynote speech kickstarts National Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Linda Stocum February 21, 2017

Body acceptance activist and sexuality scholar Melissa Fabello emphasized the importance of focusing on recovery in her keynote speech hosted in the Kiva on Monday for National Eating Disorders Awareness...

SWAT stands at the back door of building 5 at the villages at Franklin Crossings during a hostage situation on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017.

Silver Meadows hostage, suspect identified

Jenna Kuczkowski February 20, 2017

The deceased male suspect who held a female hostage within a laundry room in building five of The Villages at Franklin Crossings Sunday afternoon has been identified.Kent resident Christopher Carter, 27,...

"Going Global" student blog shows what it's really like to study abroad.

Experience a day-in-the-life abroad through new student blog

Eryn Gebacz February 20, 2017

Peer ambassadors from the College of Arts and Sciences launched “Going Global,” a new blog dealing with and citing peers’ perspectives on studying abroad this semester. The blog portrays what...

SWAT stands at the back door of building 5 at the villages at Franklin Crossings during a hostage situation on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017.

Suspect dead in Silver Meadows hostage situation

Jenna Kuczkowski February 20, 2017

Suspect dead after hostage situation from KentWired.com on Vimeo.After almost nine hours of negotiation, Kent City Police announced a suspect is now dead following a barricaded hostage situation.An unidentified...

The “Ode to My Body poem” was written by a 12th-grade class at the Maplewood Career Center in Ravenna as part of the “Traveling Stanzas” program. Designed by Kent State graduate Erin Stearns.

Kent State nursing students use poetry to help cope in nursing profession

Abigail Winternitz February 20, 2017

The Wick Poetry Center hosted “Healing Stanzas," a workshop hosted in celebration of the College of Nursing’s 50th anniversary.The workshop is a part of the Wick Poetry Center’s “Traveling Stanzas”...

New pitch competition funds student startups

Mikala Lugen February 19, 2017

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation will be hosting its first pitch competition, CEBIpitch.Students are able to bring a business idea for a chance to win cash prizes to help fund a...

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Police respond to barricaded hostage situation

Jenna Kuczkowski February 19, 2017

Kent City Police and the Metro SWAT team are negotiating with a male suspect who has barricaded himself in a laundry room in building five of the Villages at Franklin Crossing and has taken a female hostage.According...

Matt Poe

Opinion: Does Donald Trump have a mental illness?

Matt Poe February 19, 2017

Yes, dear reader, I did just ask that.  I wish I could see the reactions of those who read that headline and what their faces convay. I imagine some of you may blatantly think "yes" to that question,...

Letter to the Editor: Where is our voice?

Alan Neff February 19, 2017

May 1970 was a time that witnessed this country during a war that divided us as a people.As citizens gathered in the nation’s capital to protest the Cambodian Incursion and the events at Kent State,...

A tree in downtown Kent, Ohio shows its vibrant autumn colors on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015.

Kent State named Tree Campus for ninth straight year

Henry Palattella February 19, 2017

Kent State has once again been recognized for its foliage:  the university was recently named a Tree Campus USA school for the ninth straight year.The program — which was created in 2008 — honors...

Opinion: Feminism, the dirty word

Madison Newingham February 19, 2017

The fight for women’s rights has been ongoing since the latter half of the 1800s, constantly sidelined by other issues and drowned in misinformation.First, let’s clear these rumors of misandry.Feminism...

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