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KentWired

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...

Zachary Downes is a junior journalism major. Contact him at zdownes@kent.edu.

Opinion: Don’t bash veterans

Zachary Downes January 21, 2015

Since most of us were born in the early to late 1990s, I’m sure we all have heard about Michael Moore. Moore is probably one of the most controversial documentarians in America.Two of his more well known...

Opinion: Addressing Teenage Pregnancy

Lauren Gump January 20, 2015

Teenage pregnancy has been a hotplate issue for many years.In the past few months, I have scrolled through my Facebook and Twitter feeds, and all I have seen are pregnancy posts and pictures of pregnant...

Flash Alerts and an example of a student’s tweet from the event last April when a shot was fired on Kent State’s campus.

Kent State searches to find relations between social media and crisis

Melissa Puppo January 15, 2015

Three Kent State professors received a grant to study how people use social media during crises. “When there is a crisis, for example an earthquake, hurricane or wildfire, what people want to do first...

AP: Key US military command’s Twitter, YouTube sites hacked

Josh Lederman and Eric Tucker January 12, 2015

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers claiming to work on behalf of Islamic State militants seized control of the Twitter and YouTube sites of the military's U.S. Central Command on Monday. The Pentagon swiftly...

Richie Mulhall is a multimedia news major and the sports editor for The Kent Stater. Contact him at rmulhal1@kent.edu.

Commentary: #stayfocused

Richie Mulhall December 4, 2014

“There are 86,400 seconds in a day. Make sure you use one of those to thank god for everything you have #stayfocused.”Some people might have long forgotten this popular tweet that cropped up on Twitter...

This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion. See PHIL 1832 for a black and white version of this image.

Survey researches reaction to Ebola virus

Samantha Ickes November 17, 2014

Students received emails from the [email protected] requesting participation in a survey “on the use of social media as a source of communication about Ebola” within the past few weeks.The survey will gather...

False Vindicator tweet

Rush for Ebola information leads to false reports

Hanna Moore October 15, 2014

Several false news reports surfaced Wednesday regarding Amber Vinson, a Kent State graduate and Ebola patient who visited relatives in Tallmadge over the weekend. Tallmadge Mayor David Kline said at an...

Sam Wheeler

KSU wrestler dismissed from team after violations of conduct

Richie Mulhall September 24, 2014

Kent State junior Sam Wheeler has been dismissed from the wrestling team after facing multiple incidents in which he violated team and Student-Athlete Handbook rules.Wheeler, who was suspended from the...

ISIS Tweet

ISIS tweets at Kent State ethics workshop

Matt Merchant September 18, 2014

The Twitter handle @Islamic_State10 sent a tweet with the hashtag #ksuethics14 during the Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop hosted in Franklin Hall on Thursday. The hashtag, created specifically for the...

Kent State fashion world responds to bloody sweatshirt

Felicia Ssempala September 17, 2014

Urban Outfitters received social media backlash after stories broke about it selling a sweatshirt online referencing the May 4, 1970 shootings of four unarmed Kent State students by the Ohio National Guard.Urban...

Storify: Urban Outfitter’s red-stained KSU sweatshirt causes outrage on Twitter

September 15, 2014

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