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Students sit at the counter of Rosie’s Diner and Market in the Tri-Towers Rotunda on Sunday, April 10, 2016.

Rosie’s Diner temporarily stopping deliveries

Angelo Angel Entertainment April 10, 2016

Rosie’s Diner and Market is temporarily discontinuing its delivery services due to its delivery van having mechanical issues.According to Richard Roland, director of University Dining Services at Kent...

List of winners from the 2016 MTV Movie Awards

Associated Press April 10, 2016

Winners of the 25th annual MTV Movie Awards, presented Saturday at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, Calif.:Movie of the year: "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"Female performance: Charlize Theron, "Mad Max:...

Runners wait at the starting line for the Black Squirrel 5K Race to start on Saturday, April 9, 2016.

Snow and ice not enough to slow down Black Squirrel 5K runners

Brianna Figley April 10, 2016

Despite the cold weather and unexpected snowfall, more than 250 runners participated in the 6th Annual Black Squirrel 5K Race. Volunteers from Kent State’s club sports came together with the Student...

Opinion: Campus protests and Common Core

The Heritage Foundation April 10, 2016

It's bad enough that college students today have to juggle academic and social pressures while paying historically high tuition rates that often saddle them with years of debt. But now they're struggling...

Lucas Misera

Opinion: Superdelegates contradict democracy

Lucas Misera April 10, 2016

A quirk in the Democratic National Convention’s method of electing the party’s presidential candidate is proving to be a burden on democracy.The DNC features superdelegates—a lesser-known element...

TRIO programs support first-generation students

Zachary Ezzone April 10, 2016

College students whose parents never earned a bachelor's degree, or first-generation students, are one of the most vulnerable groups when it comes to graduation rates.According to a report completed by...

Shots that can save lives: Why students should get HPV vaccines

Lauryn Rosinski April 10, 2016

Cancer has run in Megan Fishburn’s family for generations. Liver and colon cancer were especially predominant in her family. Fishburn, a junior fashion merchandising major, could not change her family’s...

Ken Ditlevson, the director of the LGBTQ Student Center, speaks during the Lavender Graduation ceremony in the Kent State Student Center Ballroom on Friday, April 8, 2016. Lavender graduation is held to honor LGBTQ and Ally students who are graduating in 2016.

Kent State celebrates Lavender Graduation

Nick Garisto April 10, 2016

Kent State LGBTQ-identifying graduates were celebrated Friday night during Lavender Graduation at the Kent Student Center Ballroom.LGBTQ Student Center Director Ken Ditlevson, host for the night, emphasized...

Flashes finish seventh in Columbus

Eric Conway April 10, 2016

The Kent State men's golf team is tied for fifth after their first round of the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate tournament. Sophomore Chase Johnson is tied for ninth individually.Johnson leads the team,...

Life without social media: Homework, conversations – even reading the news

Amy Kessler April 9, 2016

 Like so many students, I spend way too much time on social media. It ate up my free time. I barely talked to any of my friends face-to-face. I barely finished any of my homework, because I kept logging...

Lauer pitches shut out against Toledo

Zach Harley April 9, 2016

It didn’t seem like the weather would allow the Kent State baseball team to play on Friday evening against the 6-23-1 Toledo Rockets but we should all be thankful that it did.Junior pitcher Eric Lauer...

Ninth annual YouToo Social Media Conference returned to Kent

Kent State held its ninth annual YouToo Social Media Conference in the First Energy auditorium of Franklin Hall on Friday, which included a presentation from Kyle Michael Miller, the social media producer...

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