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Confiscating East College Avenue properties

City takes properties near campus to build new police station

The Kent Stater Staff Report October 5, 2014

Kent City Council is poised to take the last four of 12 houses on East College Avenue, which the city needs to build the new police station, scheduled to be completed by spring 2017. Kent Mayor Jerry...

A group of student volunteers are hypnotized into a deep sleep during Chuck King's Culture Shock program in the Kiva Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. King hypnotized the students to act differently than their race or ethnicity and put them in different scenarios.

Culture Shock shakes up diversity conversations

Arbrion Chambliss October 1, 2014

As part of Wednesday evening’s Culture Shock event, 14 students sat on stage under hypnosis. The diversity awareness exercise involved participants, both black and white, being led to believe several...

Flashes look to get back on track at Northern Illinois

Taylor Rosen October 1, 2014

The Flashes will have to play a complete 60 minutes this Saturday if they want to defeat a conference powerhouse like the Northern Illinois Huskies on the road.“It doesn’t get any easier,” coach...

Mike Mandac, sophomore photo illustration major, stops by after class to view the The Legacy and Prospect exhibit on display in the art building Wednesday, Oct. 1 2014.

Artwork by former professors lives on at ‘Legacy and Prospect’ exhibit

Brittany Rees October 1, 2014

The School of Art surprised students with work from renowned artists during its faculty art exhibit: “Legacy and Prospect: Faculty Work in Context 1913-1963”, which is located of the main gallery in...

Brett Ellman leads a special program in the planetarium Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 describing the history of different constellations as well as the physical make-up of stars and galaxies.

Autumn night sky star of planetarium program

Alyssa Schmitt September 29, 2014

All the stars in the autumn night sky can be seen perfectly Oct. 3 in the Kent State University Planetarium during the program “Introduction to the Autumn Sky.”“It is the sky that you can see here,...

Flashes leave Virginia empty handed, drop 0-4 this season

Taylor Rosen September 27, 2014

Box ScoreA good start wasn’t enough for Flashes football Saturday, as the team struggled to take care of the football, committing five times turnovers and falling to the University of Virginia, 45-13.“I’m...

Kent State Junior Susanne Felder attempts to steal the ball at the field hockey game against the Univeristy of Michigan Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014. The Flashes lost the game 3-2.

Flashes look to turn things around in Philly

Ricky Salcer September 25, 2014

Although Kent State’s field hockey team has been on the wrong end of the scoreboard more than it would like to be, it hasn’t discouraged the team from working hard and continuing to improve in order...

Recruitment leads to record-breaking classes

Erica Batyko September 25, 2014

Kent State’s recruitment efforts led to the third largest class in university history.The class of 2018 has 4,245 students and the highest incoming GPA, according to the university census.The Admissions...

Our View: Apple decides to no longer sell the iPod Classic, taking a piece of our childhood with it

KS Editors September 24, 2014

With all of the talk about the new iPhone 6/6 Plus, Apple Watch and iOS8, Apple simply forgot to mention that they were no longer making the iPod Classic, the last iPod available with the click-wheel design.The...

Students consider housing options

Nathan Havenner September 24, 2014

One of the major decisions students face about college life has to do with the most basic of human needs: finding shelter.Whether friends are down the hall or down the street, housing on and off campus...

From left to right, sophomore communication studies major Corey Patterson, junior journalism major Ian Klein and junior electronic media major Zac Gundlach sing and dance to the Backstreet Boys at Rock the Quad on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014.

Rock the Quad connects students and community

Carolyn Pippin September 24, 2014

Kent State students came together to have fun and give back to the community at the Rock the Quad event Wednesday.“It’s normally known as Quad Fest, but every year we do a different theme,” said...

Opinion: Letter to the editor

Joan Marold September 24, 2014

I was distressed to read the article in the Monday, Sept. 15 issue of The Kent Stater, “Tenure protects professor’s employment.”  The article used Julio Pino as an example.The episode used by the...

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