FIRST: Fake Paddy's Day
With partying starting as early as 7 a.m., students, friends and alumni filled the streets in celebration of Fake Paddy’s Day. The tradition took place March 11, the weekend...
Fake Paddy's Day was celebrated Saturday in Kent, Ohio. Many people attended parties on Main St. where front lawns were filled with people dressed in green. They played beer pong and listened to music...
The Party Begins
The Fake Paddy’s Day celebration kicked off early Saturday as students lined frat row with drinks in hand.
Jake Rankin, sophomore history major and member of Phi Delta Theta, said...
While Fake Paddy's Day is on Saturday, bars in Kent have been preparing for days for the expected crowds.
TV2's Jacob Brooks went to two bars in downtown Kent to see how they are getting ready.
Jacob...
Students dressing up head-to-toe in green each year to celebrate the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day has become both a college tradition and a concern for public safety.
Fake Paddy’s Day is synonymous...
Kent State Police made one arrest on Fake Paddy’s Day—Paige O’Dell, a junior exercise science major, was charged with fourth-degree felony assault of a police officer and fifth-degree felony obstructing...
A blizzard that brought frigid temperatures well below 20 degrees was not enough to stop hundreds of Kent State students from descending onto downtown Kent for annual Fake Paddy’s Day celebrations.
“It’s...
Students woke up to a blanket of snow covering Kent on Fake Paddy’s Day.
At 10 a.m., downtown bar employees shoveled snow, preparing for the rush of students eager to fill themselves with food and...
“We started drinking at 8 a.m.” A former Kent student who identified himself as John waited patiently outside of Barflyy on Saturday night in downtown Kent. Fake Paddy’s Day 2021 had begun. Long...
Rachel Karas, Assigning Editor
Zaria Johnson, General Assignment Editor
• March 13, 2021
A gray house on the street corner of East College Avenue was vibrant with people in St. Patrick’s-themed garb filling the yard, the porch and the neighboring house’s balcony, but the festivities were...
Rachel Karas, General assignment reporter
Amanda Levine, Sports editor
• March 28, 2020
County LevelThere are currently 19 confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Portage County. Three people are hospitalized; one is in their 30s and a second is over 80, according to an article written...
Every year, Kent State celebrates Fake Paddy’s Day, a big event for the university students the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day. Despite classes being moved online for the rest of the semester and...
