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REFLECTION: An anxious start to a bittersweet finish: My college journey

Lyric Aquino
May 1, 2019
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REFLECTION: This is our Endgame

Brandon Bounds
May 1, 2019
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REFLECTION: The hard truth about reporting on suicide

Brandon Bounds
April 24, 2019
First responders look for the remains of a person who died near the railroad tracks next to the Cuyahoga River in downtown Kent on Wednesday, April 17, 2019.

Police investigating apparent suicide by train in downtown Kent

Brandon Bounds
April 18, 2019
Franklin Square Deli employees Danielle Schwat and Adam Van Heyde wait behind the counter for customers on Friday, April 15, 2016.

Best Sandwich

Lyric Aquino
April 17, 2019
Kayla Sellers and her son, Lennon, 6 months, shop inside the Off the Wagon toy section in downtown Kent on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Sellers is from Rootstown.

Best Shopping

Lyric Aquino
April 17, 2019
The main lobby of The Province apartments in Kent on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. FILE.

Best Off-Campus Housing

Brandon Bounds
April 17, 2019
Beckwith Orchards in Kent on Tuesday, April 16, 2019.

Best Recreational Places

Brandon Bounds
April 17, 2019
The interior of EuroGyro on Tuesday, April 16, 2019.

Best Drunk Food

Lyric Aquino
April 17, 2019
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REFLECTION: Greek life is a different world

Brandon Bounds
April 14, 2019
Bob Woodward speaks during An Evening with Bob Woodward discussing his new book FEAR Trump in the White House at Coral Springs Center for the Arts on October 15, 2018 in Coral Springs, Florida. 

Bob Woodward to speak at May 4

Brandon Bounds
March 22, 2019
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OPINION: Women work just as hard as men

Lyric Aquino
March 20, 2019
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REFLECTION: Looking for heritage

Lyric Aquino
February 20, 2019
Students gather on campus to listen to university administration in 1970.

Black History Month: A Kent State legacy

Lyric Aquino
February 20, 2019
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OPINION: Sex, a societal taboo that shouldn’t exist

Lyric Aquino
February 13, 2019
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REFLECTION: All I ever wanted to be was a shining star

Lyric Aquino
February 3, 2019
Hardaway

Police: Kent man shoots brother with rifle

Brandon Bounds
January 25, 2019
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STORY TIME: A blizzard, squirrel and a pizza delivery

Brandon Bounds
January 21, 2019
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OPINION: Natives, news, and nuisances: A look at the Indigenous Peoples’ March at a larger scale

Lyric Aquino
January 21, 2019
Dakota Wilkinson, lead singer of rock band Flight 619, cheers on the crowd.

Akron band soars the airwaves with their music

Brandon Bounds
January 13, 2019
The remnants of a candy wrapper and a glue stick sit inside a microwave in Satterfield Hall on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018.

Two suspects identified in Satterfield vandalism; names not released

Brandon Bounds
January 13, 2019

OPINION: Minority hypersexualization: It’s not us, it’s you

Lyric Aquino
January 12, 2019
The remnants of a candy wrapper and a glue stick sit inside a microwave in Satterfield Hall on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018.

Kent State community responds to vandalism act in Satterfield Hall

Brandon Bounds
December 22, 2018
The remnants of a candy wrapper and a glue stick sit inside a microwave in Satterfield Hall on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018.

BREAKING: Kent State police investigate swastika, feces in vandalism incident at Satterfield

Brandon Bounds
December 18, 2018
Pedestrians walk past 157 Lounge on South Water Street in downtown Kent on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2018.

157 Lounge co-owner faces two felony assault charges

Brandon Bounds
December 11, 2018
Kaitlin Bennett, the organizer of an open-carry walk on Kent State's main campus, walks back to her car with her personal security detail at the end of the walk on Sept. 29, 2018.

Federal judge blocks Kent State from charging conservative student group

Brandon Bounds
November 14, 2018

Election things (needs headline)

Brandon Bounds
October 31, 2018
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Hiding behind a smile

Brandon Bounds
July 5, 2018

The tide has changed. What now?

Brandon Bounds
April 4, 2018

So you come to me for forgiveness again?

Brandon Bounds
April 1, 2018
Hundreds of people marched in Akron for the March for Our Lives protest on Saturday, March 24.

‘We are done’: Students demand action on gun laws

Brandon Bounds
March 24, 2018
157 Lounge on S. Water Street in downtown Kent on Oct. 18, 2017.

157 Lounge bar co-owner files lawsuit against Kent State

Brandon Bounds
January 19, 2018
Kevin Lacz explains physical risk-taking at his book signing event at the Student Center Ballroom Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017. "I wanted to be better at the position than when I showed up," Lacz said, referring to his prior work ethic. 

Former SEAL Kevin Lacz discusses life before war in Veterans Day speech

Lyric Aquino
November 9, 2017
Joshua Budd, a sophomore integrated social studies major, asks a question to the panelists at the KENTtalks panel on free speech in the Tri-Towers Rotunda Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017.

KENTtalks series breaks down free speech

Brandon Bounds
October 18, 2017
157 Lounge on S. Water Street in downtown Kent on Oct. 18, 2017.

157 Lounge co-owner in court dispute with Kent State graduate

Brandon Bounds
October 18, 2017
Members of OutSupport Inc. march during the Akron Pride parade on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017.

Akron bursts with color during inaugural LGBTQ Pride festival

Lyric Aquino
August 26, 2017

Opinion: Heroin Anonymous is set to save lives

Brandon Bounds
July 17, 2017
Hal Walker and David Hassler perform a song at the 16th annual Giving Voice poetry event, hosted by the Wick Poetry Center. Third through 12th-grade students attended the poetry reading, and shared the work they created in collaboration with Kent State students in the Wick Outreach Program.

Wick Poetry Center encourages young poets at annual Giving Voice event

Lyric Aquino
May 3, 2017
Jimmy Bufalino is a senior flight technology major and is one of a dozen or so other pilots who are giving visitors rides in small aircraft at the 20th Kent State Aeronautics Fair Saturday Sept. 10, 2016.

Flight degrees delayed by instructor shortage

Lyric Aquino
April 18, 2017
The crowd watches as awards are given to women who have had the role of a mother, a mentor or a muse. The event in the KSU ballroom on April 4, 2017, Mothers, Mentors and Muses, is the eighth annual fundraiser that honors and recognizes females who have made a positive difference in the community.

Mothers, Mentors and Muses reception honors 46 women

Lyric Aquino
April 4, 2017

Wick Poetry Center hosts reading for scholarship winners, students

Lyric Aquino
March 22, 2017
Kent State Women’s Empowerment Conference participants “squirrel squat” for a group photo on Saturday, March 18, 2017.

Women’s Empowerment Conference sparks discussion, inspires women

Lyric Aquino
March 18, 2017
Poet Lesley Jenike reads selected works from her collection as part of the Wick Poetry Center's Reading Series in the Student Center on Thursday, March 9, 2017.

Prize-winning poet brings eeriness to KSU

Lyric Aquino
March 9, 2017
Lyric Aquino Scientista advisor Robin Sellinger presenting an award with Parastoo Maleki , the Scientista president to one out of three winners, Zeinab Parsouzi at the Scientista Symposium on March 8th, 2017.

Scientista orgnization hosts research symposium, empowers women

Lyric Aquino
March 8, 2017
Turning Green co-founder Erin Schrode speaks in the Kent Governance Chambers on Thursday, March 2, 2017. 

Speaker inspires students to be active in environment, politics

Lyric Aquino
March 2, 2017
Kent State alumna, Cassie Phillips, stands next to one of her pieces that she showcased at the Women's Symposium on Wednesday, March 1, 2017.

Kent State Library Hosts 4th Annual Women’s Leadership Symposium

Lyric Aquino
March 1, 2017
Jan Radar and Diana Ryman, attendees of the Women's Center's Quilling Workshop, put their skills to work during the event on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. 

Women’s Center holds quilling workshop and Native American discussion

Lyric Aquino
February 8, 2017

Kent Conference Center showcases artwork from Kent State alumni, artist and CEO Laurence Armstrong

Lyric Aquino
February 4, 2017

Opinion: Acceptance is not easy

Brandon Bounds
January 24, 2017

National Depression Screening Day

Brandon Bounds
October 6, 2016

Water park closure sparks reaction on campus

Brandon Bounds
September 22, 2016
0911 Safe Spaces

Questioning the future of Kent State’s ‘safe spaces’

Brandon Bounds
September 10, 2016

Pokemon Go updates cause frustration among users

Brandon Bounds
August 31, 2016

Simple Plan is back

Brandon Bounds
March 2, 2016
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