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Cleveland Urban Plunge allows students to be homeless for a weekend

Davy Vargo September 28, 2016

When she was 17 years old, Theresa Medrano was lying on the hard floor of an apartment hallway, covered with her coat, trying to sleep.After a domestic violence incident that left her voiceless for two...

09/29/16 Spirit Day

Spirit Days welcome students back

Hayley Dillow September 28, 2016

Kent State's School of Communication Studies and the School of Visual Communication Design hosted Spirit Days on Tuesday and Wednesday to welcome students back to the fall semester.“We are hosting this...

Kent State celebrates local authors with book festival

Keely Kennedy September 28, 2016

The Kent State bookstore will celebrate local authors, including Kent State faculty, staff, alumni and the Kent State University Press on Sept. 30.Authors will be available from 3 to 7 p.m. to meet patrons...

DO NOT PUBLISH: Stop and Frisk policies divide politicians, students

Nicholas Hunter September 28, 2016

The Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has spent much of this election cycle focusing on American safety, both domestic and foreign. One of his biggest and most polarizing proposals is his wish...

Former Kent State president dies at 96

Alex Delaney-Gesing September 28, 2016

Kent State’s eighth president, Brage Golding, passed away at his home in California on Aug. 24. “On behalf of the Kent State University worldwide community, I express sympathy to the family and friends...

09/29/16 Kiss on the K 51 years

‘Kiss on the K’ honorary couple met 51 years ago on campus

Mallory Cox September 28, 2016

Rick and Francine "Cini" Anstey met 51 years ago on a double blind date in Verder Hall.The couple hit it off immediately and a lot of their Kent State memories include each other. They would sit in The...

Screenshot of Kent State graduate and three-NFL Pro Bowler Josh Cribbs announcing he will be the 2016 Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal set for Oct. 1 in a YouTube video posted by the Kent State University Alumni Association on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. 

Josh Cribbs to reign as parade Grand Marshal

Rachel Duthie September 28, 2016

This is Josh Cribbs' first homecoming.Despite the Kent State alum and three-time NFL Pro Bowler playing in Homecoming football games throughout his high school and college career, Cribbs has never felt...

Flash, the official Kent State mascot, poses for a portrait on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016 at the M.A.C. Center.

The man behind the Flash

Erin Zaranec September 28, 2016

In 2011, T.M. rode along with the Kent State football team to a game at Kansas State University when he asked a simple question to a staff member of the school's athletic department.“Hey, are you guys...

USG Contracts

USG spends student fees on performers

Matt Poe September 28, 2016

Kent State charged students about $360,000 in student activity fees for bringing various artists and performers to campus for the 2016-2017 academic year.Each student paid a $205 activity fee for the academic...

Cheers and Jeers

September 28, 2016

Cheers to ... Ohio State Highway Patrol Sgt. David Robison, who, upon learning that a man who was just pulled over and had an outstanding warrant, had lost his sister that morning, drove the man 100 miles...

Count on USG for top-notch entertainment

Israel Galarza III September 28, 2016

Stitching together a list of just a few of the entertainers who have graced the grounds of Kent State in the past several years results in the following: Wiz Khalifa, Jeremih, Future, Kevin Hart, Rae Sremmurd,...

Kent State professor pleads guilty to OVI

Angelo Angel September 28, 2016

KSU Professor Pleads Guilty to OVI charge from KentWired.com on Vimeo.Correction: The story has been changed to reflect that Anokhin pleaded guilty to vehicular assault, a fourth-degree felony, rather...

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