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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & TV2

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Our view: Eight years. One night. Everything undone.

November 9, 2016

It was Nov. 8, 2016.It took one night to undo eight years of work put forth by President Barack Obama and his administration.It took one night to undo eight years of social progress, to jeopardize the...

A crowd watches the election results come in during the first ever WKSU election night watch party. The event was created as a way to get the community involved with broadcasting and politics. ​

WKSU holds its first ever election night watch party

Brooke Forrest November 8, 2016

On-campus NPR radio station WKSU held its first ever election night watch party Tuesday. WKSU described the non-partisan event as a “Democracy Celebration,” created as an effort to engage the neighboring...

How to win an election: Understanding the Electoral College

Skye McEowen November 8, 2016

As the election drew to be nearly neck and neck, Americans watched as electoral votes slowly ticked upwards to 270.Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2000. Voters around the country flocked to their precincts to cast their...

U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) speaks at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, Wednesday, August 29, 2012. (Harry E. Walker/MCT)

Portman wins Senate seat

Madeline Zupko November 8, 2016

Just 47 seconds after the polls closed, Republican candidate Rob Portman won the Ohio election for United States Senator. Brenna Gates, an intern on Portman's campaign, said, “It’s exciting. Like...

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks at Kent State University on Monday, Oct. 31, 2016.

Our view: We’re with her

November 8, 2016

America did it. Hillary Clinton is the 45th president of the United States.When threatened with four years of divisive language and toxicity from Republican nominee Donald Trump and his campaign's demagoguery,...

What shaped the path to the White House?

November 8, 2016

1) April 12, 2015 - Democrat Hillary Clinton formally announces her candidacy in a two-minute long YouTube video.2) April 30, 2015 - Democratic U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders formally announces his candidacy....

First vote of many sets the tone for future

McKenzie Jean-Philippe November 8, 2016

Today seems like a normal day. Students are going to their classes, people are going to work and Starbucks still has those delicious seasonal lattes. However — besides the fact that it’s unseasonably...

Damantae Graham is taken away after the jurors were sent to deliberate by Judge Laurie Pittman at the Portage County Common Pleas Court on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

Jurors seek death penalty for Ryan Place shooter

Angelo Angel November 8, 2016

Jurors recommended the death penalty for Damantae Graham, 19, at the Portage County Common Court of Pleas Tuesday for the murder trial of Kent State student Nicholas Massa. After hearing final arguments...

Matt Poe

Opinion: What it means to vote in America

Matt Poe November 8, 2016

I made the trek home to Columbus this past Monday to vote for the first time in my life.The Franklin County Board of Elections lost my absentee ballot in the mail, leaving me with no choice but to make...

New Yorkers sound off at polls

Alex Delaney-Gasing November 8, 2016

More than 100 people lined the street in front of the Estelle R. Newman Center on New York City’s West 65th Street. Toward the end of the line, a woman reading Tina Fey’s “Bossypants” novel waited...

Car Fire 2

Kassi Jackson November 8, 2016

Alex Dailey, a University of Akron student, makes a phone call outside of the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center after his car was involved in a one-car fire Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016. Dailey...

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