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Kent State gymnastics looks forward to home meet

Elise Kogelnik February 3, 2016

Fans travel all over the country to see the Kent State gymnastics team (2-1, 1-0 Mid-American Conference) compete, but the gymnasts say nothing compares to a home crowd.With gymnasts from several states,...

Current junior Skyelee Lamano during her floor routine at a home meet against Central Michigan State. The Flashes lost the meet 195.325 to 196.400. Feb. 15, 2015.

Gymnastics edges Western Michigan on the road

Elise Kogelnik January 31, 2016

Kent State's gymnastics team (2-1, 1-0 Mid-American Conference) found victory in Kalamazoo on Sunday against Western Michigan University, bringing them one step closer to consistency both home and away....

Erica Sibinga and her husband, Ken Hilker, take a tour around Baltimore's Inner Harbor on cross country skis on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, during a powerful weekend storm blanketing the East Coast in snow.

After wild winter weekend, a difficult commute awaits

MICHAEL R. SISAK and VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press January 24, 2016

After a weekend of sledding, snowboarding and staying put, the blizzard-blanketed Eastern U.S. will confront a Monday commute slowed by slick roads, damaged transit lines and endless mounds of snow.Authorities...

Gymnastics team prepares for first conference meet

Elise Kogelnik January 24, 2016

After a disappointing loss to Utah State on Jan. 15, the Kent State (1-1) gymnastics team is hungry for a win.According to assistant coach Craig Ballard, the team got off to a slow start at Utah and, despite...

Sophomore Rachel Stypinski.

Rachel Stypinski sees early gymnastics success

Dan Armelli December 11, 2015

A quarter of a tenth of a point separated Kent State freshman gymnast Rachel Stypinski from UCLA’s fifth-year senior Samantha Peszek in the floor exercise at the 2015 NCAA Gymnastics Columbus Regional.Peszek...

Redshirt junior wrestler and economics major Chance Driscoll.

Wrestling and gymnastics: Balancing team and the individual

Dan Armelli December 9, 2015

At the Ohio Duals, dawn of the wrestling season in November, Chance Driscoll sat in one of the coaches’ chairs, calling out instructions to Kent State wrestlers. Driscoll isn’t a coach, he’s a member...

Kent State USG holds a public meeting in the Governance Chambers in the Kent State Student Center. Oct. 7, 2015. 

Behind the scenes event planning with USG

Bruno Beidacki November 29, 2015

The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) outlined their process of organizing concerts and other student-engaging events with the promise of efficiency and satisfaction for students.The USG Director...

Fans hold up a Kent Stater issue which reads, "Bash the Bulls! Go Flashes!" at the Kent State men's basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015.

How to be a good KSU fan

Jimmy Miller August 28, 2015

When the Ohio State Buckeyes won the College Football Playoff National Championship in January, national media outlets picked up stories about students setting fires and tearing down a goal post in Columbus. I...

Sophomore forward Marquiez Lawrence goes for the net during a game against Toledo in the M.A.C. Center on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. The Flashes beat the Rockets, 67-60.

Most successful Kent State teams throughout the past 15 years

Shayla Pierce August 28, 2015

Men’s Basketball: The Kent State basketball team recorded six conference championships and four conference tournament championships within the last 15 years. In 2002, the team, a No. 10 seed, made it...

Overcoming Obstacles: Gymnasts battle injuries

Megan McEldowney April 26, 2015

Kent State gymnast Whitnee Johnson shows off her ability to perform through an injury while on the uneven bars.Gymnastics may look graceful up close, but behind the scenes, it is a brutal and demanding...

Kent State freshman Michaela Romito looks for the bar during her uneven bars routine on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, at the M.A.C. Center. Kent State lost to Central Michigan, 195.325-196.400.

Freshman gymnast ends season at NCAA Gymnastics Regionals

Megan McEldowney April 6, 2015

Kent State freshman Rachel Stypinski ended her season with two performances at the NCAA Gymnastics Regionals competition in Columbus on Saturday.She competed individually at Ohio State University’s St....

Our View: Offer support for Kent State athletics

KS Editors April 1, 2015

Summary: While NCAA March Madness is one of the most exciting sporting spectacles of the year, ignoring our school’s athletics program isn’t fair.Over the last month, millions of people have watched...