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Love Lottery

BUS to host third annual ‘Love Lottery’

Austin Mariasy February 12, 2018

Black United Students hosts its third annual Love Lottery this Saturday, an annual event hosted by BUS to raise money for a charity. Contestants from the black community perform on stage and afterward,...

Chynna Baldwin, the newly sworn in president of Black United Students, speaks to organization members during an emergency BUS meeting in Oscar Ritchie Hall Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017.

Black United Students announces new president, other changes

Tierra Thomas October 27, 2017

Changes in leadership, lack of anticipated funding and miscommunication put Black United Students in a tight bind this semester.The organization held an emergency mass meeting on Wednesday night to discuss...

Ride a bus illustration

Opinion: I rode the bus one day

Alex Kamczyc June 1, 2017

Editor’s Note: The following column contains satire. Events mentioned in the piece are fictitious.I was somewhere between sobriety and lunacy, sitting at a vacant bus stop, unsure if one would come.I...

Letter to the Editor: ‘Right-leaning students still feel unheard in wake of Trump presidency’

Samantha Durr April 19, 2017

On behalf of Black United Students, I am writing this letter to show our solidarity with PRIDE! Kent (People Respecting Identity, Diversity and Equality), as well as address the misrepresentation of various...

A PARTA bus pulls into the Kent State Student Center stop on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017. 

PARTA announces route changes, plans for construction

Hannah Coleman February 8, 2017

Bus riders can now travel easier and farther with PARTA's route changes. The alterations went into effect at the start of the semester, expanding services in the Portage County Area.On Jan. 16, PARTA released...

Black United Students present 40th annual Ebony Achievement Awards

Lauren Rathmell April 22, 2016

Kent State’s Black United Students hosted its 40th annual Ebony Achievement Awards Friday night.This year's event entitled “Remembering the past, honoring the present and encouraging the future,”...

PRSSA Kent and BUS discuss Social Movements on Social Media

Latisha Ellison March 30, 2016

Kent State’s Black United Students (BUS) and Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA Kent) collaborated on Wednesday night to hold the Social Movements on Social Media (SMOSM) discussion panel...

PRSSA and BUS collaborate for Social Movements on Social Media

Latisha Ellison March 25, 2016

The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA Kent) and Black United Students (BUS) are collaborating to put on Social Movements on Social Media (SMOSM) at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday in room 340 of...

Students gather around at the Cincinnati table during the Rep Your City BUS Community Dinner March 14.

BUS Rep Your City Community Dinner Collects Goods for those in need

Hana Barkowitz March 15, 2016

Black United Students’ (BUS) biannual community dinner allowed students to get a home-cooked meal at the low cost of donating to those in need Mar. 14 at the Multipurpose room in Oscar Ritchie Hall.In...

Kent State graduate Jennifer Cline and her 3 year-old son, Kwadwo Cline, attend Timothy Moore’s picture exhibition, “Get on the BUS: A Pictorial of Black Student Protest at KSU,” at the Uumbaji Gallery of Oscar Ritchie Hall on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016.

Get on the BUS: A new photo gallery open at Oscar Ritchie Hall

Hana Barkowitz February 23, 2016

Get On The Bus: A Pictorial of Black Student Protest is available for viewing at the Uumbaji Art Gallery in Oscar Ritchie Hall until March 3. The exhibit features pictures from recent BUS protests, such...

Students protest outside of the student center during the State of the University address on Nov. 19, 2015.

Students protest for Mizzou during State of the University address

Daria Gaither November 19, 2015

Kent State’s Black United Students (BUS), Ohio Student Association (OSA) and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) organized a protest outside of the State of University...

BUS to host 47th annual Renaissance Ball

Daria Gaither November 11, 2015

Black United Students will be hosting its 47th annual Renaissance Ball on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Kent State Center's Ballroom. The theme of this year’s ball is “Redefining Our Royalty.”The Renaissance...

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