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Opinion: Five things to do before you graduate

Abigail Miller August 8, 2019

Just like any phase in life, there are things you must experience while in college. Yes, we’re here to study and blah, blah, blah...but as a second-semester senior, I can tell you that if you don’t...

Public safety forces ready to help students

Alex Johnson August 8, 2019

Kent State University’s public safety measures provide students with multiple layers of security, including an on-campus police force, nighttime campus security and technologically-integrated safety...

These shops are the cream in our coffee

Rachel Karas August 8, 2019

When starting a new school year, students tend to focus on getting school supplies, setting up their new living arrangements and either making new friends or meeting up with old ones. The one thing many...

Jeff Duncan, Kent State’s award-winning head baseball coach, signed a three-year contract extension through the 2022 season.  

Update: Kent State hires two new coaches, renews two contracts

Brandon Justice August 8, 2019

Jeff Duncan and Mike Birkbeck, Kent State’s head and associate head baseball coaches, recently signed three-year extensions of their original contracts that will carry through the 2022 season. Duncan...

The ins and outs of meal plans

Maria McGinnis August 7, 2019

College students have busy schedules, and with those busy schedules comes the need for ease and convenience when it comes to simple tasks, like having dinner.Kent State University Dining Services offers...

Kent food: Oh, the places you’ll eat

David Williams August 7, 2019

Food plays an integral role in the life of a college student. It’s what enables us to go to class, crush our exams and make that 1:00 a.m. trek across campus for a milkshake from Rosie’s.Sometimes...

Going greek at KSU

Maria McGinnis August 6, 2019

The opportunities available on a college campus are seemingly endless, especially at Kent State, where there are over 400 student organizations and clubs to be a part of.Getting involved on campus is one...

Arno River in Florence, Italy

Kent students offered world of opportunities with study abroad programs

Simon Hannig August 26, 2018

Studying abroad gives students the chance to explore new cultures. There are several options for students to study abroad, based on if they choose a faculty-led trip.Alyssa Mazey is the assistant director...

Domestic and international graduate student enrollment

KSU anticipates decline in enrollment this fall

Valerie Royzman August 26, 2018

Kent State is expecting a 2 percent dip in enrollment this fall, which could mean a loss of anywhere from 300 to 600 students, said Kristin Anderson, the director of external media relations.The university...

Marijuana grower Basil McMahon with his crop in Grass Valley, Calif., on November 12, 2015. A sweeping new package of laws will reverse years of state silence by regulating and licensing every stage of the medical marijuana industry. “It means I’ll be able to do what I'm doing without fear of persecution for the first time in my life, for the first time in generations,” McMahon said. 

Weed prescriptions ignored on campus because of federal funding

Addie Gall August 26, 2018

Medical marijuana, usage on state college campuses remains prohibited because the drug is illegal under federal law.According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, marijuana continues to be considered...

Memorials displayed as a part of “Sandy’s Scrapbook,” a memorial dedicated to Sandy Scheuer.

May 4 Visitors Center displays new exhibit

Henry Palattella August 26, 2018

This fall, upward of 170 First Year Experience classes will visit the May 4 Visitors Center as part of their curriculum. It’s there that many of them will get their first true taste of the history of...

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OPINION: How I survived my first day in Kent

Nicholas Hunter August 26, 2018

Rolling up to campus, cutting around the back to avoid the standstill traffic in the heart of campus, I scramble out of my brother’s beat-down SUV, stack of freshly framed posters in hand (barely scratched...