united students against sweatshops

‘Hey ho, Rittenhouse has got to go’: Students protest on the K

Adriana Gasiewski, Kayla Gleason, and Erin Sullivan • April 16, 2024

Editors note: The name of a source, Acieno Leipply-Caban, was updated to reflect their identity accurately, Aciano Rosales. A list of hate crime victims’ names were written in chalk and photos of...

USAS accepting submissions for May 4 Memorial art show

Tessa Poulain, Reporter • February 16, 2024

United Students Against Sweatshops, formerly known as Students for a Democratic Society, is calling all artists to submit art for its May 4 memorial art show. The theme for the May 1, 2024, show is...

Students protest in honor of May Day

May 1, 2018

Unity in Diversity event encourages discussion of world events

Devon Recktenwald • October 25, 2017

Students celebrated diversity with music, food and discussion at the Unity in Diversity event, hosted by a coalition of student organizations Tuesday in Oscar Ritchie Hall.Students for Justice in Palestine...

The beginning of the movement: My experience with the USAS

Dylan Webb • March 2, 2016

This weekend I embarked with the Kent State chapter of USAS (United Students Against Sweatshops) to Pittsburgh for the 2016 United Students Against Sweatshops National Conference. In a small amount of...

Kent State, AFSCME reach collective bargaining agreement

Emily Mills • June 4, 2015

Kent State and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 153 reached an agreement Thursday, preventing a potential strike from campus workers, including custodians...