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Department of Pan-African Studies strives for holistic education

Daisha Overstreet March 9, 2015

Holistic education is defined as a philosophy of education based on the premise that each person finds identity, meaning and purpose in life through connections to the community, to the natural world and...

Sophomore Olivia Mullen discusses her position in running for Senator of the College of Arts and Sciences at the USG Public Forum in the Nest on Monday, March 2 2015.

USG forum provides opportunity to voice agenda

Matt Poe March 3, 2015

USG conducted a public forum for its election candidates Monday night in The Nest. The forum served as a platform for candidates to voice their agendas and it acted as a meet and greet to familiarize candidates...

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week event addresses body image issues

Keely Kennedy February 23, 2015

Aiming to promote positive body image across campus, the Body Acceptance Movement kicked off its annual National Eating Disorder Awareness Week in the Student Center on Monday. To begin the awareness...

Submitted photo from Colin Schalk.

Update: Mice found at Olson and Lake halls

Matthew Merchant February 23, 2015

Residents of Lake and Olson Halls found mice on several floors of the residence halls in February and took action to catch the rodents themselves.Colin Schalk, a junior communication studies major, said...

Photo from the Kent State University Libraries Daily Kent Stater digital archives. 

Department of Special Collections and Archives digitize 1970s Staters

Nick Boone February 23, 2015

The Department of Special Collections and Archives at Kent State’s University Library recently digitized the original 1970s Daily Kent Staters.This is the latest decade of newspapers to be available...

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

Opinion: Oscars 2015: A Year of Great Films Gone to Waste

Mike Richards February 23, 2015

I’m bitter. An understatement, but only certain words could express how I felt after watching the annual train-wreck celebrating the previous year of cinema. But I also like my job, so fill the words...

Junior Sawyer Polen tags out opponent Trent Pell before throwing the ball to first and making a double play during a doubleheader game against Oakland University at Schoonover Stadium on April 1, 2014.

Kent State baseball team drops series to Baylor

Andrew Bugel February 23, 2015

The Kent State baseball team (2-4) suffered back-to-back losses in doubleheader games on Saturday to 21st-ranked Baylor (5-2), which cost them a series victory.The team started off the series with a commanding...

Amanda Paniagua is a graduate art history major. Contact her at azabudsk@kent.edu

Opinion: An open letter to the marginalized student body

Amanda Paniagua February 23, 2015

I do not share my personal experience for myself, but for every single marginalized student or faculty member on campus who has been made to feel uncomfortable moving in public space because they too have...

Psychologist forecasts fashion for Kent State students

Kelsey Drumm February 23, 2015

New York City-based fashion psychologist Dawnn Karen will present her “Dear Dream Chasers” tour on Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Student Center in room 306AB. Karen will visit on behalf of the Modista...

Kent State softball outfielder Kim Kirkpatrick steals third base in first game against Toledo in a double-header Friday, April 18, 2014. The Flashes won 13-0 the first game and 1-0 the second game.

Softball proves to be inconsistent winners on opening weekend

Jimmy Miller February 17, 2015

Over the course of a six-game weekend in San Diego, Kent State managed to turn a series of unpolished performances into a 4-2 record in the first week of the season.After an eight-inning affair Friday...

Caskets are carried into a public funeral for Deah Barakat, 23, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, 21,and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19 on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 at the Islamic Association of Raleighs cemetery in Wendell, N.C. Barakat and his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were killed in a shooting Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015 in Chapel Hill, N.C. (Corey Lewenstein/News & Observer/TNS)

AP: Man indicted on 3 counts of murder in NC deaths of Muslims

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A grand jury in North Carolina indicted a man Monday on three counts of murder in the shootings of three young Muslims in what authorities have said was a dispute over parking spaces.Television...

Graduate Fair Program offers insights on advanced degrees

Victoria Manenti February 17, 2015

The Division of Graduate Studies will host the KSU Graduate Fair Program in the Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday, Feb. 18 from noon to 2:30 p.m.The event is open to the public and requires no registration...

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