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KentWired

Matthew Brown, Photo Editor

Matthew is a junior photography major. He has a passion for photography and traveling.

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Kent State Cross Country Head Coach Laura Rybka.

Kent Cross Country Head Coach Laura Rybka stands for portrait on the outdoor track, Nov. 7, 2024.

[Photo] Cross country coach Laura Rybka is first woman to lead a men’s athletic team at Kent State

Kailyn Tibolla, Reporter
November 13, 2024
Name Lastname sits for a portrait at the DI Hub, Nov. 6, 2024.

Grace Dugan sits for a portrait at the DI Hub, Nov. 6, 2024.

[Photo] Students wake up to election results

November 6, 2024
Grace Dugan sits for a portrait at the DI Hub, Nov. 6, 2024.

[Photo] Students wake up to election results

Audrey Trevarthan, Digital managing editor
November 6, 2024
Name Lastname sits for a portrait at Bowman Hall, Nov. 6, 2024.

Cathy Tatulinski is the voting manager of Ravenna Elk Lodge, a voting location. She enters the building early on election day Nov. 5th, 2024.

PHOTO GALLERY: Portage County 2024 Election Day

Yasmeen Matthews, Sara House, Alyson Garfield, and Matthew Brown
November 5, 2024
Kent State Votes' shuttle provides transportation for students to on-campus voting locations, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

[Photo] Shuttle up and vote: Bus transports students to polling locations

Gage Wellman, Reporter
November 5, 2024
Junior Katie Moore sits for a portrait at Bowman Hall, Nov. 5, 2024. She voted for Kamala Harris.

[Photo] Kent State students voice how they’re voting

Audrey Trevarthan, Digital managing editor
November 5, 2024
The Clothesline Project created by SRVSS features shirts created by power-based violence survivors, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024.

The Clothesline Project is an exhibit organized by SRVSS, in association with several campus departments, featuring shirts designed by survivors of power-based personal violence or friends and family to raise awareness of the impact of violence, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024.

[Photo] The Clothesline Project ‘shows survivors they are not alone’

Lauren Bischof, Reporter
October 24, 2024
The Clothesline Project created by SRVSS features shirts created by power-based violence survivors, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024.

After the conclusion of the candlelight vigil, attendees chalked messages across Riseman Plaza, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2024.

Attendees of Student's for Justice in Palestine's candlelight vigil gather at Riseman Plaza for the reading of names of those lost in the conflict, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2024.

Kent freshman Sarah Rizk chalkes messages on Riseman Plaza after the conclusion of the candlelight vigil, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2024. Half Palestinian in descent, Rizk attended the event to be a voice for her ancestors and help support the cause.

[Photo] Students honor lives lost since Oct. 7, 2023, at candlelight vigil

Ari Collins, Reporter
October 14, 2024
Students for Justice in Palestine event organizer Ahmad Jijakli reads off names of names of Gazan citizens who've been killed during the conflict in the middle east at the candlelight vigil, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2024.

Kent political science junior Katey Berry, a member of the Jewish Voices for Peace, speaks during the Students for Justice in Palestine's candelight vigil, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2024.

Kent senior musical theator major Ariel Brinker squats at Kent Barbell Club, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. Brinker says she enjoys lifting because it helps keep her body strong for dancing and gives her a fun fact to discuss during interviews.

Kent senior biochemistry major Maria Sargent squats at Kent Barbell Club, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

Kent senior musical theator major Ariel Brinker squats at Kent Barbell Club, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

Kent senior biochemistry major Maria Sargent perfroms sets of bench presses at Kent Barbell Club, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024.

Theadore Roosevelt High School underwent a lockdown on the morning of Sept. 19 in response to reports of a social media post of student in possession of a firearm.

Social media post puts Kent school under lockdown

Matthew Brown, Visuals editor
September 19, 2024
Equiped with multiple projectors along a concave segment of the ceiling, the James R. Unger Global Forum offers a 360 degree projection designed to facilitate a lecture hall with the professor at the center of the room.

[Photo] Kent State celebrates grand opening of Crawford Hall

October 1, 2024
Equiped with multiple projectors along a concave segment of the ceiling, the James R. Unger Global Forum offers a 360 degree projection designed to facilitate a lecture hall with the professor at the center of the room.

With the legalization of cannabis for recreational use, local licensed dispensaries have begun selling recreational cannabis.

[Photo] Let's be blunt: Weed is still prohibited on campus

September 3, 2024
Attendees of the annual Candlelight Walk and Vigil place candles in a ring around the tree in the Taylor Hall parking lot at the end of the walk and the start of the vigil May 3, 2024.

PHOTO GALLERY: 54th-annual candlelight vigil lights campus in memory of fallen students

Matthew Brown, Photo Editor
May 4, 2024
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Lit candles in hand, attendees of the Candlelight Walk and Vigil move down the Student Commons toward the Victory Bell to commence the walk across campus May 3, 2024.

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[Photo] Community members gather for annual May 4 candlelight walk and vigil

May 4, 2024
The path of the Candlelight Walk and Vigil takes participants along East Main Street as the travel a circuit of campus with candles in hand May 3, 2024.

Participants of the Candlelight Vigil and Walk crest the hill of Midway Drive as they return to Taylor Hall in the last stretch of the circuit around campus May 3, 2024.

Participants of the Candlelight Walk and Vigil pass between the DI Hub and Oscar Ritchie Hall as they begin a circuit across campus May 3, 2024.

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Candles and signs bearing the names of the students who lost their lives on May 4th mark there memorials for attendees of the Candlelight Walk and Vigil May 3, 2024.

After the walk, participants place their candles in a ring lining the tree in the Taylor Hall parking lot May 3, 2024.

The baseball team celebrates after a victory over Bowling Green on April 28, 2024. The Golden Flashes won with a final score of 12-2.

[Photo] Baseball walks off, run-rules MAC leader in back-and-forth series win

John Hilber, Assistant Sports Editor
April 29, 2024
Redshirt freshman Ripken Reese slides into third base at the bottom of the third inning during the game against Bowling Green on April 28, 2024.

Redshirt senior Josh Johnson watches the ball fly out of the park during the game against Bowling Green on April 28, 2024.

Protestors gather by the KIVA after "The Rittenhouse Recap" ends April 16, 2024.

PHOTO GALLERY: With mixed reactions from community, Kyle Rittenhouse visits campus

Yinxi Li, Sara House, Emma Van Winkle, Abigail Kress, Matthew Brown, and Yasmeen Matthews
April 17, 2024
A protester bearing a sign joins a crowd gathered on the K to protest Kyle Rittenhouse's speech April 16, 2024.

Protesters gather along the barricades set up in front of The Student Center arch to speak out against Kyle Rittenhouse's speech April 16, 2024.

Ticket holders for Kyle Rittenhouse's speech form a line stretching from The Student Center to the CUE April 16, 2024.

Protesters gather on the K while Kyle Rittenhouse speaks inside the KIVA April 16, 2024.

Paul Prediger, formerly known as Gaige Grosskreutz, speaks during a press conference outside Oscar Ritchie Hall April 16, 2024. Prediger was shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020.

[Photo] Shooting survivor joins students to protest Kyle Rittenhouse’s campus visit

Adriana Gasiewski, Beat Reporter
April 16, 2024
Junior A'Kyra Holley, co-director of Sister Circle, speaks during the press conference outside Oscar Ritchie Hall April 16, 2024.

Julian Grimes, a junior and president of BUS, speaks during the press conference about the need for voter participation April 16, 2024.

Aimee Flores, president of SALSA, speaks during a press conference regarding Kyle Rittenhouse's visit to campus April 16, 2024.

Using red paint, participants of the protest on April 15, 2024, leave handprints behind on the Rock after painting it.

Participants of the protest on April 15, 2024, use paint to leave red handprints on the Rock.

With lit candles in hand, participants of the protest against Kyle Rittenhouse's campus visit hold a candlelight vigil for those who've lost their lives to acts of injustice April 15, 2024.

Junior anthropology major Nica-Emmanuel Delgado speaks at the Rock before the lighting of the candles for a candlelight vigil during the protest April 15, 2024.

Christian Heller, a member of USAS, leads the protest speaking out against Kyle Rittenhouse coming to Kent State on a march to the Rock April 15, 2024.

[Photo] ‘Hey ho, Rittenhouse has got to go’: Students protest on the K

Adriana Gasiewski, Kayla Gleason, and Erin Sullivan
April 16, 2024
Participants of the protest speaking out against Kyle Rittenhouse's campus visit paint the Rock April 15, 2024.

Sunshine, a member of Serve The People Akron, uses chalk to write down the names of people of color who also their lives due to hate crimes and police brutality during the protest April 15, 2024.

Junior anthropology major Nica-Emmanuel Delgado, vice-president of SALSA, uses chalk to write down the names people of color who have lost their lives to hate crimes during the protest April 15, 2024.

PHOTO GALLERY: Solar eclipse dims sky over Kent

Matthew Brown, Photo Editor
April 8, 2024
In memory of Nex Benedict, a non-binary teen who died in February, participants of the KSURGE Candlelight Vigil hold candles and observe a moment of silence on March 21, 2024.

[Photo] ‘How many more?’: Candlelight vigil honors LGBTQ+ hate crime victims

Aden Graves, Reporter
March 22, 2024
Kent student Jackson Richardson receives a candle from KSURGE Vice President Sohaela Rojas at the vigil held on March 21, 2024.

Kent student Harley Hill and other attendees of the KSURGE Candlelight Vigil paint the transgender flag on The Rock on March 21, 2024.

Kent student Harley Hill paints the rock during the KSURGE Candlelight Vigil on March 21, 2024. The vigil was held in memory of Nex Benedict, who died in February.

KSURGE President Riley Hudson (right) and Vice President Sohaela Rojas (left) lead the candlelight vigil held in honor of Nex Benedict on March 21, 2024.

The 'River Eclipse', a work by Danny Likar is on display on the side of Grazers in Downtown Kent on March 20, 2024. The work is meant to depict a view of the Cuyahoga River from above during the eclipse.

[Photo] Downtown eclipse artwork gives artists full circle moments

April 1, 2024
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