Before COVID-19, Kent State was ranked as the safest campus in Ohio – and the 25th safest college in the nation – according to Sgt. Tricia Knoles from the university’s police department.
Those...
Staring intently at the Student Center ceiling, freshman history major Lauren Katona said, “I would climb up there in the tile and hide if someone with a gun were to walk in right now.”
A stiff...
Winter is in full effect, which means snowfall and ice are on the way and commuting students are prepared to deal with these conditions when going to class.
Kent State has an average of 21,000 undergraduate...
Owen MacMillan Assistant Managing Editor
• October 12, 2021
in an elevator in the Mathematical Sciences Building on the Kent State campus according to a university advisory sent through email and Flash Alerts texts Tuesday.The suspect is described as a roughly...
On April 15, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Portage County. Kent State’s Emergency Alert System was quickly activated, and the tornado sirens blared. University Communications...
In an emergency, timing is everything.While they are rare, these situations require specific preparedness for a quick response. Imagine a fire starting, a tornado touching down or an active shooter revealing...
The recent terrorist attacks in Paris have put the whole world on edge about safety. The Emergency Management Plan at Kent State is designed to prepare all of Kent’s campuses for extreme crises.In the...
With all of the recent incidents that have occurred this semester, The Kent Stater looked into how much of an importance safety is for students in the dorms.“Security and safety always has been a priority...
The recent AT&T cell phone outage hit Kent State on Tuesday, Jan. 13, disabling 911 systems and creating an incident that Kent State officials had to handle. AT&T had a service outage that affected...
Instead of professors handing out syllabi, Kent State students were welcomed back to campus Monday with cancelled morning classes.“We had heavy snow coming in,” university spokesman Eric Mansfield...
Kent State’s Flash Alerts system sent out conflicting reports about the shooting incident in front of Bowman Hall Wednesday night.A “shelter in place” advisory for Kent’s main campus was put in...
