![Kent States Verder Hall, located at 150 Midway Dr. As of the Fall 2023 semester, the dorm has been reopened as a housing option for students.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_8593-1200x800.jpg)
Verder Hall residents receive single rooms as consolation
Andrew Bowie, Reporter
• December 7, 2023
![Dylan Walker steps across a field in Appalachia, Ohio.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/image1-900x617.jpg)
OPINION: Growing up as an outsider (FUSION COLLAB)
Dylan Walker, Opinion Writer
• April 17, 2023
![The front of the Kent Natural Foods store found in downtown Kent, taken on Jan. 31, 2023.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_3501-900x600.jpg)
Kent Natural Foods brings a “small town feel” to the community
Aaron Cousin, Reporter
• February 5, 2023
![A group of people walking in the parade carry a giant LGBTQ+ flag down the middle of the street in a pride parade in Akron, Ohio on Aug. 24, 2019.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/1c1dc2285113e66abada064a92aff91c-1-900x648.jpg)
OPINION: We need more queer safe spaces
Reegan Saunders, Opinion Editor
• January 16, 2023
![Lamar Hylton delivers the featured speech at the annual Bowman Breakfast. He discussed the importance of partnership between the city of Kent and the University.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/BowmanBreakfast-900x675.jpg)
Lamar Hylton inspires power in partnership at annual Bowman Breakfast
Grace Springer, Reporter
• October 14, 2022
![US First Lady Jill Biden delivers remarks at Des Moines Area Community College, Ankeny Campus, in Ankeny, Iowa, on September 15, 2021. (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/b98ed9cad417682a769927ae1cacbdd0-900x600.jpg)
Jill Biden: ‘I was disappointed’ free community college cut from Build Back Better bill
Kate Bennett CNN
• February 7, 2022
Kent Police’s new community watch program works to reduce crime
Avery Savage Reporter
• February 4, 2022
![Danielle Hupp (far left) and Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement staff members pose with Flash for a photo to encourage people to participate in the Flashes Give Back Week. (File photo from 2019)](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/b2684cf73d58d85c62e95233476d019c-900x600.jpg)
Kent State alumni, community can “join in, give back and say thanks” during Flashes Give Back Week
Zoë Blank Reporter
• April 3, 2021
![Margaret McKinley delivered her director of athletics candidate presentation Thursday, April 1.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/3b4d2eeea6b1d3f39ec97e63e836933a.jpg)
Margaret McKinley delivers candidate presentation for Kent State Director of Athletics
Emma Andrus Reporter
• April 1, 2021
![Community Harvest donates chicken to Refuge of Hope a few times a month. Refuge of Hope’s kitchen staff cooks meals for dinner guests with the donated food items.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/0d6d45f6019e71498c3599d6f6481a81-900x601.jpg)
OPINION: What I’ve learned about community through my internship
Kelly Krabill Opinion Writer
• March 16, 2021
![Uncle Maddio’s Pizza banners put up in windows of old Pizza Fire location.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/fd550127819ccaebf448055ec63c9c5e-900x675.jpg)
New pizza restaurant moves into downtown Kent
Brynne Mann Reporter
• March 5, 2021
![Left: Moores senior photo in the 1973 Chestnut Burr yearbook. Middle: A headshot of Moore used in a 1994 edition of the Daily Kent Stater. At that point, he was 43 years old and the acting chairman of the Department of Pan-African Studies. Right: Moore’s most recent Kent State headshot.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/3cd6ff0644576f63f90375e1ba8196e4-900x421.png)
KSU community mourns E. Timothy Moore, leader who upheld tradition of empowering Black students
Lyndsey Brennan, The Kent Stater
Alex Gray, UHURU Magazine
• February 23, 2021
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