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Cheers and Jeers

January 26, 2017

Cheers to … Bell Let’s Talk. The initiative - aimed at raising awareness regarding mental health issues - is set to raise over $100 million for mental health programs by 2020.Jeers to … excuses....

Kent State senior forward Chelsi Watson drives to the basket against Northern Illinois at the M.A.C. Center on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017.

Northern Illinois’ offense proves to be too much for Kent State

Henry Palattella January 25, 2017

The last time that the Kent State women’s basketball team took on Northern Illinois University there was no shortage of offense, as the two teams combined to score 195 points in the Huskies 98-97 win...

Faculty member receives annual diversity Trailblazer Award

Alec Slovenec January 25, 2017

The Diversity Trailblazer Award will be given out during the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Thursday, Jan. 26. This award is distributed every year to one faculty member who has gone out of their...

Bev Warren quote climate story

University climate survey results spark call for action on Kent campus

Caelin Mills January 25, 2017

Kent State held an event outlining the results of the Spring 2016 climate study Monday evening.The 104 question survey, conducted over a two-week period last March on the university's main campus, included...

Hidden Figures

Little-known story behind ‘Hidden Figures’ impacts audiences

Quaylyn Hairston January 25, 2017

When history is made, credit tends to go to the responsible figures. That's not the case for the true story behind "Hidden Figures," the new film that just scored three Oscar nominations and a hit box...

Bobbie Szabo

Opinion: DeVos pick an affront to U.S. education

Bobbie Szabo January 25, 2017

I am the daughter of a teacher. I am the granddaughter of a teacher. I am the niece of a teacher. I am a friend of many teachers.Teachers have been, without question, the most formative people in my life...

Opinion: The oppressed need gun rights and education

Timothy Henderson January 25, 2017

It is a terrifying time in the United States to be a part of a marginalized and oppressed group.President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign was one that centered around using xenophobia and racism to create...

Matt Poe

As Poe Puts It: Last national park closes, final polar bear dies amidst oil drilling

Matt Poe January 25, 2017

Yellowstone National Park, the last remaining national park in the United States, closed just a few weeks ago back in late March 2019. Located primarily in Wyoming, Yellowstone was established in 1872...

Stephen D'Abreau

Opinion: As liberalism subsides

Stephen D'Abreau January 25, 2017

By the time you are reading this, we are about to officially complete our first week living under the new presidential administration.I have to admit, I am actually afraid. It isn’t because I’m black...

McKenzie Jean-Philippe

Opinion: It’s about time

McKenzie Jean-Philippe January 25, 2017

It's about time that the “who's who” of the entertainment industry have acknowledged that people with a little more melanin have more to contribute than comedians in voluptuous grandma suits, that...

Diversity in Entertainment

#OscarsSoWhite may be resolved, but calls for diversity remain

Erin Zaranec January 25, 2017

On Jan. 24, the Oscar nominations once again took over social media and, for the first time in two years, the #OscarsSoWhite trending hashtag didn’t accompany the list of nominations.Following two years...

Jess Tanner, a graduate theatre studies major, as Irena Gut Opdyke in a rehersal for Kent State’s production of "Irena’s Vow" in Wright-Curtis Theatre on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016.

Theater groups address diversity on campus through art

Benjamin VanHoose January 25, 2017

Hollywood isn’t the only level of the entertainment industry working to broaden its inclusion. Locally, theatre organizations on campus commit to telling stories of varying backgrounds and offering equal...

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