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Guest Column: Your heart, your health, your choice

Dr. James R Grillot February 2, 2015

As a nation, we are conservative about health, but we are liberal when it comes to disease. Unfortunately, we need to be more aware of some scary statistics. Sixty-four percent of Americans are overweight...

AP: Brady rallies Patriots to 28-24 Super Bowl win over Seahawks

Associated Press February 1, 2015

GLENDALE, Arizona — Tom Brady and the Patriots made this Super Bowl all about football, not footballs.The record-setting Brady threw for four touchdowns, including a 3-yarder to wide receiver Julian...

Wrestling falls 19-13 in Sunday’s dual meet against Central Michigan

Zac Sommer February 1, 2015

The Kent State wrestling team continues to struggle in road duals this season as the Flashes fell 19-13 to Central Michigan on Sunday.The Flashes were off to another slow start after losing four straight...

Our View: Super Bowl advertising continues to contradict

KS Editors February 1, 2015

It’s no secret that the Super Bowl serves as a prime outlet for corporate advertising, as viewers often discuss commercials that air on social media almost as much as the game itself.It’s also well-known...

AnnMarie LeBlanc

Three candidates vie for the CCI Dean Position

Victoria Manenti, Jimmy Miller February 1, 2015

The search for the new College of Communication and Information dean was in full swing last week, as each candidate gave a presentation to the university body.Last March, Stanley Wearden announced his...

Black History Month: A time to reflect and celebrate the black experience

Sabrina Scott February 1, 2015

Despite racial tensions last year in Ferguson, Cleveland and New York City, Black History Month will continue to serve as a reminder to celebrate African-American history and the black experience in and...

Team Roame explains the prototype of its design at the finalist presentations of the Fashion/Tech Hackathon event hosted in Rockwell Hall on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. Roame won first place and a $1,500 award with the design of a backpack that also acts as a hands-free navigational device. The 36-hour event challenged students to combine fashion with technology using resources such as the textile lab available in Rockwell Hall as well as their imaginations.

Kent State hosts second annual Fashion/Tech Hackathon

Alexandria Valverde February 1, 2015

Fashion and technology came together for one the weekend as students crowded Rockwell Hall for the second annual Kent State Fashion/Tech Hackathon from Jan 30 to Feb 1.More than 200 students from more...

Former Brimfield Police Chief David Oliver

Brimfield plans to move on after police chief investigation

Katie Nix February 1, 2015

It took a little more than a week for the country — and a large Internet following — to see there were two sides to Brimfield Township’s longest-serving police chief.The first indicator that there...

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A bright idea: KSU professor combines 3-D and solar panel technologies in new project

Julianne Calapa February 1, 2015

With the advancement of architecture and 3-D printing technology, a Kent State professor created a solar-powered pavilion capable of capturing the sun’s path.Brian Peters, an assistant professor in the...

Our View: Deflategate about much more than 45-7 score

KS editors January 25, 2015

Ozzy, a grizzly bear at a Montana zoo, is assigned a difficult task that even gamblers in Las Vegas struggle to accomplish: accurately select a Super Bowl winner. Presented with two cakes designed to represent...

 Zeynep Ozgur, 16, explains to a group of her classmates how her smartphone can be used to transfer messages to an LED light board during the STEM Science Fair event in the Kent State Ballroom on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015.

NEOHSTEM hosts third annual science fair at Kent State

Jacob Runnels January 25, 2015

More than 250 participants attended the third annual Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Project Fair on Saturday Jan. 24 in the Student Center Ballroom.The Northeast Ohio STEM (NEOHSTEM)...

President Barack Obama speaks at Anschutz Sports Pavillion at the University of Kansas on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 in Lawrence, Kan. Obama was promoting his middle class economic agenda he outlined in his State of the State speech earlier this week. 

Free community college?

Kate Schwanke January 25, 2015

 President Barack Obama’s ambitious proposal to lower community college costs to zero could negatively affect Kent.Obama announced his tentative plan at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville,...

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