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Opinion: Three super short shows to binge watch over break

Rex Santus
December 29, 2013
Early last month, Ohio implemented new restrictions that forbid patient-transfer agreements between abortion clinics such as Akron Women's Medical Group seen here, the Akron-Kent area's abortion provider. “Since they haven’t succeeded in making abortion illegal, they want to make it as inconvenient and distasteful as possible," said a medical employee at the Akron Women’s Medical Group who wasn’t authorized to speak to the media on the topic. Photo by Jenna Watson.

Ohio women face new obstacles before abortion

Rex Santus
November 26, 2013
 

FlashCard Fraud: Counterfeit scheme funneled thousands in fake checks to university debit accounts

Rex Santus
November 20, 2013

Former Kent State employee indicted for pandering sexual material involving a minor

Rex Santus
November 16, 2013
Chalk messages covered Risman Plaza as a protest to a demonstration outside University Library condemning homosexuality and abortion on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. The chalkings were a combination of facts about abortion and the LGBT community, as well as rebuttles to the demonstration's messages. Photo by Jenna Watson.

Students gather to protest anti-gay, anti-abortion demonstrators

Rex Santus
October 29, 2013
Richard Stanislaw, a former assistant professor of political science at Kent State, was not renewed as faculty member this school year. Officials cited a “pattern of misrepresentation” regarding Stanislaw’s credentials, as well as a “lack of learning outcomes” in his classes when making the decision to not renew his employment. Stanislaw disputes these allegations. Photo by Brian Smith.

Stanislaw dismissed, disputes university’s claim he ‘actively misrepresented’ credentials

Rex Santus
October 22, 2013
 

Reported burglary at College Towers causes ‘panic’ on social media

Rex Santus
October 21, 2013
Photo courtesy of Kent State University.

Judge orders coach orders former coach to pay KSU $1.2 million

Rex Santus
October 14, 2013

Kent State drops lawsuit against Bradley

Rex Santus
October 7, 2013
Jennifer Ray-Tomasek is a part-time faculty member at Kent State. Photo by Brian Smith.

Part-time faculty face cuts before new health care law

Rex Santus
October 1, 2013

KSU researchers seek funding

Rex Santus
September 26, 2013
Graphic by Audrey Fletcher.

Kent campus’ enrollment continues to climb despite slight decline in regional students

Rex Santus
September 10, 2013

KSU back on U.S. News rankings

Rex Santus
September 9, 2013
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Kent State’s credit-hour fee makes less money than anticipated

Rex Santus
September 3, 2013

Missing KSU student investigation at a standstill

Rex Santus
August 27, 2013
William Considine, President of Akron Children's Hospital. Photo courtesy of kent.edu

Two distinguished Ohioans to speak at summer commencement

Rex Santus
August 13, 2013
Psychic Stephanie Allison looks for spirit activity in the Kent Stage on Friday, August 2, 2013. Photo by Katharine Edwards

The haunting in Kent: Local psychic conducts paranormal investigation at the Kent Stage

Rex Santus
August 6, 2013

Movies in Review: Frances Ha

Rex Santus
May 31, 2013
Photoillustration by Jenna Watson.

Cyber-harassment: Bullying online affects students of all ages

Kirsten Bowers
April 15, 2013

Guest column: A love letter to Roger Ebert: my hero

Rex Santus
April 4, 2013
Kent State students eat at the on campus Quaker Steak and Lube on Tuesday, March 19. Quaker Steak, on the first floor of the student center, is one of the several different options students have for on campus dining. Photo by Melanie nesteruk.

Kent State’s dining services program

Kirsten Bowers
April 1, 2013

Tree Campus USA

Kirsten Bowers
March 11, 2013

Guest column: ‘Argo’ should not win best picture, but it will

Rex Santus
February 22, 2013
Jade Synder, senior fashion design major, laughs with her friend while lining a top in Rockwell Hall on Feb. 19, well after midnight. Photo by Jacob Byk.

Stressful majors across campus

Kirsten Bowers
February 21, 2013
Graphic by Allison Struck.

Uncovering relationship myths

Kirsten Bowers
February 14, 2013
Josh Cribbs, Cleveland Browns wide receiver, starred in one of Kent State's advertisements.

Kent State advertising campaigns target different audiences

Kirsten Bowers
February 6, 2013
Under a proposal from the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Ohio motorists would have to pay $10 every seven years and replace their license plates.

State contemplates forcing motorists to replace license plates for $10 fee

Rex Santus
February 1, 2013

What’s a Flash? The history of KSU’s mascot

Kirsten Bowers
January 24, 2013
Kelly Matera, a senior chemistry major, works out at the recreational center on Jan 10. Photo by Chloe Hackathorn.

Kent State students make resolutions for the New Year

Kirsten Bowers
January 14, 2013
A workshop titled "Organized Crime" was held for students, faculty and alumni of the architecture department recently, where participants created 3D designs. The designs and step by step process posters are hanging in the architecture library in Taylor Hall. Photo by Jenna Watson.

Unique design process offers challenges for architecture students

Kirsten Bowers
November 29, 2012
 

Opinion: In defense of Anne Hathaway

Rex Santus
November 27, 2012
Donny Berger (Adam Sandler) and Todd Peterson (Andy Samberg) in Columbia Pictures' comedy THAT'S MY BOY. Photo courtesy of MCT Campus.

Adam Sandler sends message to Kent State students

Kirsten Bowers
November 16, 2012
 

Students tell secrets with postcards

Kirsten Bowers
November 15, 2012

Fire burns abandoned house on S. Lincoln

Rex Santus
November 10, 2012
 

Senator Sherrod Brown defeats Treasurer Josh Mandel in Ohio Senate race

Rex Santus
November 7, 2012
Sherrod Brown and actress Aisha Tyler speak to voters in Akron. Photo by Rex Santus.

Sherrod Brown talks what’s at stake for KSU this election

Rex Santus
November 5, 2012
Pedro Rojas, 1st place. Photo by Kirsten Bowers.

Halloween fun in Taylor Hall

Kirsten Bowers
October 31, 2012
Krista Tucker, Autumn Marks and Audience Choice Winners Kalene Capilongo and Paige Meacham wait as the audience votes at the first ever Condom Couture Fashion Show in the KSU Ballroom on Monday, Oct. 29. The show was presented by FACE AIDS and the Kent Interhall Council to kick off Sex Week 2012. Photo by Jenna Watson.

Condom fashion show kicks off Sex Week, raises awareness

Kirsten Bowers
October 29, 2012
Students stop to take a look at the FagBug in front of the M.A.C. Center on the Kent State campus on Tuesday afternoon. The owner, Erin Davies, was inspired after her own VW Beetle was vandalized in Albany, NY, and she drove the car around for a year and made a documentary about her experience and to help raise awareness about hate crimes and homophobia. Photo by Jessica Denton

‘Fagbug’ promotes awareness about hate crimes

Kirsten Bowers
October 23, 2012
Police distributed this still image captured from surveillance video recorded inside College Towers. Photo courtesy of Kent City Police.

Kent State student arrested for burglary, sexual imposition at College Towers

Rex Santus
October 19, 2012

Architecture building competition narrowed down to eight designers

Kirsten Bowers
October 17, 2012
Interior design students tour construction at the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center. Photo by Kirsten Bowers.

Interior design students tour Kent State Hotel and Conference Center

Kirsten Bowers
October 9, 2012
"Embrace," the new sculpture behind Lake Hall and winning design in the 2012 MATr Project. Photo by Shane Flanigan.

MATr Project winning sculpture erected behind Lake

Kirsten Bowers
October 6, 2012
Photo courtesy of Jordan Williams.

Interior Design seniors chosen to send chair designs to NYC

Kirsten Bowers
October 4, 2012

KSU to host grand opening of student entrepreneur center

Rex Santus
September 27, 2012
Kent State alumnus Dean Khaler, who was shot on May 4th, 1970, was in attendance at Wednesday's campaign rally at Kent State. Photo by Laura Fong.

May 4 victim attends Obama’s speech

Rex Santus
September 26, 2012

New interior design class to teach students about human psyche

Kirsten Bowers
September 25, 2012
Obama supporters hold up four fingers and chant 'four more years!' at the John S. Knight Center Wednesday. Photo by Laura Fong.

Why Obama? Why now?

Rex Santus
September 23, 2012
"You don't forget that smell," said Mike Kiss, pointing at an electricity distribution room in the Tri-Towers rotunda where an electrical fire broke out around noon on Friday. "The stuff is so old in there," Kiss said, who is a contractor with Bruwer Garrett Company, where they are doing energy management for Tri-Towers. Photo by Matt Hafley.

Electrical fire reported at Tri-Towers

Rex Santus
September 20, 2012

Professors find unique way to teach interior design

Kirsten Bowers
September 16, 2012
Workers wade through damage at the Family & Community Services building Wednesday. Photo by Rex Santus.

Fire burns part of Kent Family & Community Services building

Rex Santus
September 11, 2012

Crain Avenue to partially close

Rex Santus
September 9, 2012

Suspects charged in Acorn Alley vandalism

Rex Santus
September 9, 2012

Local business donates desks to architecture department

Kirsten Bowers
September 8, 2012

First lady stresses voting importance in a teleconference

Rex Santus
September 4, 2012

Engleman Hall residents displaced from flooding

Rex Santus
September 2, 2012
Sophomore dance team member, Liam Rogers dances at his first football game on Thursday, August 30 at the Kent State vs. Towson football game. Rogers is the first male member of the Kent State dance team. Photo courtesy of the Record-Courier.

Dance team welcomes male dancer, the team’s first

Kirsten Bowers
August 29, 2012
President Barack Obama arrives to speak to the media about preparations for Tropical Storm Isaac from the White House Diplomatic Room in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, August 28, 2012. Photo courtesy of MCT Campus.

Obama talks education, manufacturing, jobs to students

Rex Santus
August 28, 2012

Board to vote Sept. 12 on $170M bond projects

Rex Santus
August 21, 2012
An excavator run by Pat McCorkle, who works for Butcher & Son Excavating in Akron, knocks down the front facade of the house at 132 S. Lincoln St. in Kent. The house was the first of several to come down as construction began Wednesday, Aug. 8, along the path of the Kent State Esplanade extension. The extension will connect front campus with downtown Kent. Photo by Susan Kirkman Zake.

Demolitions and Esplanade construction scheduled for Wednesday

Rex Santus
August 7, 2012

State senator to introduce bill to cap overload fees

Rex Santus
July 24, 2012

Governor appoints new Kent State University trustee

Rex Santus
July 17, 2012
Psychology and pre-denistry major Mohammad Al Khuzamia smokes a cigarette outside of Kent Hall on Saturday. Photo by Coty Giannelli.

Regents expected to recommend campus-wide smoking ban for Ohio colleges

Rex Santus
July 10, 2012
Lefton

Lefton awarded full performance bonus for sixth consecutive year

Rex Santus
June 5, 2012
Graphic by Allison Struck

Board of Trustees to discuss parts of bond projects

Rex Santus
June 5, 2012
.38 caliber shells I found at the Yale archive. Photo submitted by Alan Canfora.

Justice Department refuses to reopen May 4 shootings investigation

Rex Santus
April 24, 2012

Student interest in protests drops

Rex Santus
April 19, 2012
Graphics by Rachael Chillcott.

How KSU’s new course overload fee stacks up across Ohio

Rex Santus
April 18, 2012

$440 per-credit-hour fee instituted to pay back Kent State’s $170 million debt

Rex Santus
April 15, 2012

Students protest $440 per-credit-hour fee outside University Library

Rex Santus
April 12, 2012
Provost Todd Diacon speaks at the Honors College on April 11. Diacon talked about his background and answered students' questions about the raised tuition rates. Photo by Adrianne Bastas.

Provost Diacon discusses new $440-credit-hour fee

Rex Santus
April 11, 2012
Melanie Rayk, senior double majoring in English and psychology, signed the online petition protesting an additional charge on credit hours dubbed the Ambition Penalty by students. “It’s unfair,” said Rayk. “I don’t know why they’re punishing these students.” Photo by Sam Verbulecz.

Students schedule credit-hour-fee protest, sit-in at University Library for Thursday

Rex Santus
April 10, 2012

Students plan to protest credit-hour fee increase

Rex Santus
April 8, 2012
This burger made from the garden begins with a pretzel roll, beef patty and goat cheese. It features crisp spinach, tomato, caramelized onion, tomato vinaigrette, basil pesto and vinegar relish.

Students protest $440-credit-hour charge with petition

Rex Santus
April 5, 2012

University begins construction of Student Green Project near Student Center

Rex Santus
April 4, 2012

Those with hefty course loads now forced to pay more

Rex Santus
April 3, 2012
Eric Mansfield is the assistant vice president of university communications and marketing.

News anchor hired into new media relations position

Rex Santus
April 1, 2012
RC Concepcion.

Travel blogger to visit Kent State

Rex Santus
March 26, 2012

Board seeks new student trustee

Rex Santus
March 25, 2012
Textile-arts professor Janice Lessman-Moss said she's delighted that the art building is receiving some attention during the Board of Trustees meeting on March 14. Lessman-Moss said she uses a computer lab in the art building for one of her classes. Photo by Matt Hafley.

Board of Trustees votes to raise tuition, room and board rates

Rex Santus
March 14, 2012

Board could approve 3.5 percent tuition increase at Wednesday’s meeting

Rex Santus
March 13, 2012

Board of Trustees approves 3.5 percent tuition increase

Rex Santus
March 13, 2012

Lefton hopes to bring big-name speakers to campus

Rex Santus
March 5, 2012

Kent announces partnership with Podiatric college

Rex Santus
March 4, 2012

Campus building improvements could total $20 million

Rex Santus
March 2, 2012

Kent State recommended for more than $20 million in capital funding

Rex Santus
February 16, 2012
U.S. President Barack Obama gives the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress, Tuesday, January 24, 2012, in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT)

Kent State risks losing federal aid

Rex Santus
February 13, 2012

Kent State hopes to get state money

Rex Santus
February 10, 2012
Said Sewell. Photo courtesy of Kent State University.

Dean of undergraduate studies position filled

Rex Santus
January 31, 2012
Photo illustration by Coty Giannelli.

Busted for booze: Students get caught on campus

Rex Santus
January 24, 2012

Lefton announces 2011 President’s Excellence Awards

Rex Santus
January 11, 2012

Board of Trustees votes to raise staff salaries by 1.5 percent

Rex Santus
December 13, 2011

Students face problems with distance, academics living off campus

Rex Santus
December 8, 2011

Flash Flix DVDs to be sold at Kent State Student Center

Rex Santus
October 31, 2011
Percent of 2011 KSU undergraduates with alcohol related problems since the beginning of the academic year.

Kent State students considered average binge drinkers

Rex Santus
October 30, 2011

Rape survivors tell their stories through T-shirts

Rex Santus
October 30, 2011

College groups use outside organizations to travel abroad

Rex Santus
October 25, 2011

Late night is not the best for study time

Rex Santus
October 18, 2011
Godrey Opiyo speaks to students for Invisible Children Presents: The Frontline Tour. Photo by Elyse Claassen

Invisible Children mentor speaks at the Kiva

Rex Santus
October 11, 2011

Invisible Children hosts film screening in the Kiva

Rex Santus
October 10, 2011
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