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Opinion: Three super short shows to binge watch over break

Rex Santus
December 29, 2013
The Kent City Fire Department will replace its 23-year-old fire truck with a new one set to be purchased in 2014. 

Kent retires 22-year-old fire engine

Megan Wilkinson
December 6, 2013
The Kent City Fire Departent will replace its 23-year-old fire truck with a new one set to be purchased in 2014. Photo by Rachael Le Goubin.

Kent retires 22-year-old fire engine

Megan Wilkinson
December 6, 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

City plans for less spending in 2014

Megan Wilkinson
November 21, 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

Video: Halloween event costs city tens of thousands of dollars

Megan Wilkinson
October 27, 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

Dunkin’ Donuts to begin hiring in Kent

Megan Wilkinson
September 16, 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

Board of Trustees approves a $1.2 million indoor practice facility for baseball and softball teams

Megan Wilkinson
August 21, 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

KSU hosts annual Lil’ Sibs Weekend

Megan Wilkinson
April 17, 2013
Photo by Robb King.

Kent State Trumbull raises money for 2011 Japanese tsunami and earthquake victims

Megan Wilkinson
April 17, 2013

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

Rex Santus
April 4, 2013

UCommute brings pets to the Nest

Megan Wilkinson
March 14, 2013

CCI hosts its first research colloquium

Megan Wilkinson
March 9, 2013
Alfred Shaker performs several songs on the electric guitar, including Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne, during Lyrics and Conversation on February 26. Lryics and Conversation was put on by the Kent State chapter of To Write Love on. Photo by Melanie Nesteruk.

Open mic night opens floor to discuss taboo topics

Megan Wilkinson
February 27, 2013

TWLOHA hosts Lyrics & Conversations to spark talks on depression

Megan Wilkinson
February 25, 2013

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

Rex Santus
February 22, 2013

KSU honored as ‘Tree Campus USA’

Megan Wilkinson
February 20, 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
 

Remembering Adrienne Ryba

Megan Wilkinson
January 14, 2013

KSU student falls to her death in accident

Megan Wilkinson
December 22, 2012
Christine Sweeny, senior hospitality management major and kitchen operations manager at Campus Kitchen. The Campus Kitchen is a volunteer program where students recover old but still good to use food and turn it into hot meals for Kent Social Services, a local soup kitchen. Photo by Jessica Yanesh.

Student safety nets available in community

Megan Wilkinson
December 3, 2012
 

Opinion: In defense of Anne Hathaway

Rex Santus
November 27, 2012
Photo by Hannah Potes

Kent State home to thousands of nontraditional students

Megan Wilkinson
November 14, 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

Employers share preparation tips for Kent State’s Job and Internship Fair

Megan Wilkinson
October 29, 2012
Photo courtesy of Jason Noble, Noble Images.

Haunted in Kent

Megan Wilkinson
October 24, 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
Kirsten Beverley, 28, was diagnosed with breast cancer during her junior year at Kent State. She received radiation and chemotherapy treatments while still enrolled at KSU and is now in remission. Beverley now teaches six physical education classes at Kent. Photo by Hannah Potes

Young KSU alumna, instructor celebrates survival during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Megan Wilkinson
October 15, 2012
Brayden Wadsworth, 13 from Twinsburg, wrote on an easel at the Portage county National Alliance for Mental Illness Walk for Recovery, which raised awareness about those who suffer from mental illness. Brayden's sister has bipolar disorder, and his younger brother is autistic. Photo by Jacob Byk

Raising Red Flags: National Depression Awareness Month

Megan Wilkinson
October 8, 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
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
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

Suspects charged in Acorn Alley vandalism

Rex Santus
September 9, 2012
Michael Work, Kent State architecture graduate, was the main designer for the Police and Fire All Patriots 9/11 Memorial in Tiffin, OH. The memorial features a steel beam that was part of one of the World Trade Center buildings, which is angled on a pentagon-shaped base at 9.11 degrees. The memorial, located at the intersection of N. Washington St. and Frost Pkwy, was dedicated on Sunday, Sept. 9 after a solemn progression by Tiffin police and firefighters from St. Joesph's Church. Photo by Matt Hafley.

Ohio communities honor victims of 9/11 with new memorial sites

Megan Wilkinson
September 9, 2012

Crain Avenue to partially close

Rex Santus
September 9, 2012
Fleet Services employees leave the University Facilities Management complex located on Summit Street August 31. Photo by Shane Flanigan.

Kent State’s street fleet

Megan Wilkinson
September 5, 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
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
Lorriane Odhiambo lights Katelynn Dearth's candle prior to the Take Back The Night march Thursday evening. Photo by Coty Giannelli.

Take Back the Night lets sexual assault victims vent and reflect in a candlelight vigil

Megan Wilkinson
April 26, 2012
Lorriane Odhiambo lights Katelynn Dearth's candle prior to the Take Back The Night march Thursday evening. Photo by Coty Giannelli.

Take Back the Night lets sexual assault victims vent and reflect in a candlelight vigil

Megan Wilkinson
April 26, 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

Chances of landing a job

Megan Wilkinson
April 14, 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
Lucy Merriman, freshman theatre design major, organized a 12 hour protest against the Ambition Penalty outside president Lester Lefton’s office in the Kent State University library. Photo by Sam Verbulecz.

Students protest for 12 hours outside the president’s office against the $440 credit hour fee

Megan Wilkinson
April 9, 2012
Lucy Merriman, freshman theatre design major, organized a 12 hour protest against the Ambition Penalty outside president Lester Lefton’s office in the Kent State University library. Photo by Sam Verbulecz.

Students protest for 12 hours outside the president’s office against the $440 credit hour fee

Megan Wilkinson
April 9, 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

Kent State Admissions Office finishes the recruitment process

Megan Wilkinson
April 3, 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
The M.A.C. Center sold out on March 4, 2011 for the Kent v. Akron game. File photo by Matt Hafley.

Kent State to review donation policies after Cope Court controversy

Megan Wilkinson
March 25, 2012

Board seeks new student trustee

Rex Santus
March 25, 2012

Students looking for summer financial aid encouraged to apply

Megan Wilkinson
March 14, 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

Who are the online professors at Kent State?

Megan Wilkinson
March 12, 2012

Funeral attendees in Chardon prepare for protests with human barricade

Megan Wilkinson
March 5, 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
Freshman Amanda Hill, a former Chardon High School student, keeps her commemorative candle lit awaiting a Chardon group photo at the vigil for victims of the Chardon High School shooting, Feb. 29. Photos by Chelsae Ketchum.

KSU students reflect on Chardon shooting in a candlelight vigil

Megan Wilkinson
March 1, 2012

Last day to sign up for Lunch with the Leaders series

Megan Wilkinson
February 22, 2012

KSU Summer course registration opens Monday

Megan Wilkinson
February 20, 2012

Give props to leaders on campus

Megan Wilkinson
February 17, 2012
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