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Guest Column: Campuses must counter assaults on game days

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette February 2, 2016

Jason Lindo, an economics professor at Texas A&M University, had a hunch about campus sexual assaults at Division I football schools and whether their rates were affected by big-game days. So he and...

April Goss, ex-kicker for the Kent State football team, Wednesday Sept. 16, 2015. 

Former Kent State kicker April Goss awarded postgraduate scholarship

Dan Armelli January 26, 2016

Former Kent State football player April Goss will receive a postgraduate scholarship by the Northeastern Ohio Chapter of the National Football Foundation.Goss walked onto the football team as a kicker...

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The famous Jameis payout

Ty Sugick January 26, 2016

News broke on Monday afternoon that Florida State University agreed to pay out $950,000 to Erica Kinsman, the woman who accused former Seminoles football star Jameis Winston of sexual assault. Now why...

Richie Mulhall is a junior multimedia news major. Contact him at rmulhal1@kent.edu.

Opinion: Hiring Jackson is the smartest move made by the Browns in a long time

Richie Mulhall January 18, 2016

Much to the chagrin of desperate Cleveland sports fans everywhere, it’s safe to say the era of Johnny Manziel in Cleveland is officially over. As if it ever began in the first place.While Manziel’s...

“Granny,” 77, hands out licorice sticks to members of the Kent football team as they leave the field after practice on Oct. 7, 2015.

Pull, Peel, Play: ‘Licorice Lady’ inspires Flashes football team

Ian Flickinger December 8, 2015

College football is teeming with traditions that supposedly add to a team’s good fortune.  Folkloric rituals like Clemson’s run down “The Hill”; Ohio State’s recently-axed Mirror Lake jump;...

Jacob Ruffo is a junior journalism major and columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact him at jruffo@kent.edu

Opinion: Don’t feel bad for Browns fans

Jacob Ruffo December 2, 2015

The Cleveland Browns turned a tie game, with a chance to kick a game winning field goal, as time expired into a loss in regulation. The kick was blocked and returned for a touchdown.“Ugh, poor Browns...

Senior running back Trayion Durham leaps over a CMU defender during a game versus Central Michigan University on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015.

Flashes comeback comes up short, lose to CMU 27-13

Stephen Means November 18, 2015

Kent State (3-8, 2-5 Mid-American Conference) could not overcome a 17-0 deficit in the first quarter, falling to Central Michigan (6-5, 5-2 MAC), 27-13.The Flashes fought back in the second quarter to...

Football team faces CMU on Senior Night

Stephen Means II November 17, 2015

Kent State (3-7, 2-4 Mid-American Conference) will host its final home game of the year against Central Michigan University (5-5, 4-2 MAC) on Senior Night.“(They’re a) tough, hard-nosed football team,”...

Head coach Paul Haynes walks off the field with his players after losing to the University at Buffalo on Thursday Nov. 5, 2015. The Flashes lost 18-17.

Ohio University shuts out Flashes in 27-0 loss

Stephen Means II November 11, 2015

Kent State's football team (3-7, 2-4 Mid-American Conference) was held to only 191 yards of total offense in a 27-0 shutout loss to Ohio University (6-4, 3-3 MAC)."We have to be able to put points on the...

Flashes fall to Bulls on last-minute TD

Stephen Means II November 6, 2015

Kent State (3-6, 2-3 Mid-American Conference) fell to the University at Buffalo (5-4, 3-2 MAC) 18-17 after the Bulls scored a touchdown with 58 seconds remaining in the game.The Flashes defense allowed...

Quarterback George Bollas (#2), is sacked by the Bowling Green defense during the third quarter of the Kent State vs. Bowling Green football game on Oct. 24, 2015. The Golden Flashes lost 48-0.

Flashes ready for Thursday night matchup

Stephen Means II November 4, 2015

Kent State will return to the field for the first time since its shut out loss to Bowling Green on Oct. 24.The Flashes used the week off to clean up on offense, along with recover from nagging injuries...

Flashes battle BG for share of MAC East lead

Stephen Means II October 21, 2015

Kent State (3-4, 2-1 Mid-American Conference) returns home this week to take on Bowling Green (5-2, 3-0 MAC) in a battle that will have major implications in the MAC East standings. A win would put the...

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