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 A group of Kent State students discuss possible mantras and ideas for the new Student Mediation Services, which had its opening day on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 in the Twin Towers residence halls.

Student Mediation Services builds social media, relationships

McKenzie Jean-Philippe January 27, 2015

Seated around a conference table, guests at the grand opening of Kent State’s Student Mediation Services on Tuesday, Jan. 27 brainstormed hashtags and mottos that will be use to build its social media...

Jason Noble, owner of Groove-E-Juice in Downtown Kent

A snapshot of an e-cig seller’s double life

Mark Oprea January 27, 2015

Walking into electronic cigarette shop Groove-E-Juice is akin to stepping into a lava lamp. Mugshots of famous rockers are plastered on a Day-Glo-colored wall under a giant Jimi Hendrix mural. Led Zeppelin’s...

How social media can help you lose weight

Katie Leyton January 27, 2015

Social media, without a doubt, controls everything in our generation. It is how people communicate, how distant friends keep in touch and even how people challenge and support each other to reach their...

Illustration by Amanda Lang

What does your facial hair say about you?

Ellen Turk January 27, 2015

On the faces of men across the country, a revolution is being cultivated.  Charity movements like Movemeber, and marketing tactics have all contributed to the movement. Facial hair in all forms, ranging...

Music artists on the rise in 2015

Megan Brown January 27, 2015

With a new year comes new music. Being almost one month into 2015, I must say it’s looking promising so far. Here are some artists across a few genres you should already be listening to:Benjamin BookerThe...

AP: Drone crashes at White House; hobbyist says it’s his

WASHINGTON (AP) — A two-foot-long drone apparently flown by a hobbyist crashed on the White House grounds Monday in an extraordinary, if unintended, breach that raised fresh questions about the...

Weather affects KSU commuter students

Kylie Jarosinski January 26, 2015

Weather Affects KSU Commuter Students from KentWired.com on Vimeo.As more than one foot of snow storms the East Coast, some Kent State commuters said a school delay would have made their trek to class...

A bright idea: KSU professor combines 3-D and solar panel technologies in new project

Julianne Calapa January 26, 2015

With the advancement of architecture and 3-D printing technology, a Kent State professor created a solar-powered pavilion capable of capturing the sun’s path.Brian Peters, an assistant professor in the...

AP PHOTO People visit John F. Kennedy Plaza, also known as Love Park during a winter snowstorm Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Philadelphia. A storm is sweeping across the Mid-Atlantic and New England. The National Weather Service said the storm could bring 8 to 12 inches of snow to Philadelphia and New York City, and more than a foot in Boston.

AP: Snowstorm threatens to paralyze the crowded Northeast US

Meghan Barr, Associated Press January 26, 2015

NEW YORK — More than 35 million people along the Philadelphia-to-Boston corridor rushed to get home and settle in Monday as a fearsome storm swirled in with the potential for hurricane-force winds and...

Courtesy of Kent State University.

JMC names new Director of Student Media

Jessica Darling January 26, 2015

The School of Journalism and Mass Communication selected its new Director of Student Media.Thor Wasbotten, director of the school, said he made the announcement that Kevin Dilley, the student media outlet...

Joanne Kilgour Dowdy, Kent State professor of adolescent/adult literacy, recently wrote and published a book about her father, a 1952 Oympic bronze medal winner.

KSU professor donates children’s book to Kent State collection

Nick Boone January 26, 2015

A Kent State professor recently donated her first children’s book, the first full original book of its type, to Kent State's Marantz Picturebook Collection for the Study of Picturebook Art.    Joanne...

Mike Richards is a senior English major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact him at mricha51@kent.edu.

Opinion: ‘American Sniper’ takes aim at controversy

Mike Richards January 26, 2015

During the past week, I’ve been weighing in and reading about the controversy surrounding “American Sniper.” I haven’t had a thorough opinion and was recently called out on it, though it became...

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