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The service dog in training, Flora, sits with trainer and vice president of Paws for a Cause Kaitlyn Rice for a photo.

Kent State’s Paws for a Cause helps train future service dogs

Sydney Craig, Reporter March 6, 2025

At Kent State, students can help train future service dogs on campus by exposing them to different scenarios to prepare them for assisting children and veterans with disabilities. Paws for a Cause is...

The workbench inside the Advanced Medical Robot Lab located on the lower level of the College of Aeronautics and Engineering. Feb. 21, 2025.

Kent State’s Advanced Medical Robot Lab leads healthcare research

Will Jernigan March 6, 2025

Researchers at Kent State’s Advanced Medical Robot Lab are working on a small, square device for hospitals to change health care for the better, after the proper testing. This device is one of many...

Kent State's College of Communication and Information is extending their applications for scholarships to March 1, 2025.

CCI students concern on scholarship applications lead to deadline extension

Keegan Berzonski, Reporter March 5, 2025

Low application numbers have led to an extension of the scholarship application deadline in the College of Communication and Information. The original deadline of Feb. 1 was extended to March 1 after...

Kent State alumna Isabella Lang stands in Florence before the news of COVID-19 hit.

Kent State remembers hurried exodus from Florence five years later

Olivia Scott, Reporter March 5, 2025

This Saturday marks the fifth anniversary of when students in Florence abruptly returned home due to COVID-19. Kent State, along with thousands of universities worldwide, faced the impact of the pandemic,...

Illustration by Meaghan Miller

Kent State faculty to protest SB1 in Columbus

John Engoglia, Beat Reporter March 4, 2025

As the potential passing of Senate Bill 1 looms over public universities in Ohio, some members of Kent State’s faculty are doing all they can to stop it.  On Tuesday, members of the Kent State United...

An inside look of Sarah Lawrence’s collage spread.

Art therapy helps college students cope with mental woes

Carlina Krajnik, Reporter March 3, 2025

As college students navigate academic pressures, social expectations and personal struggles, art therapy can help. Art therapy, which uses creative expression to enhance mental well-being, has been...

A Universal Restroom is located on the first floor in Franklin Hall.

Students and Kent State respond to the ‘Bathroom Bill’

Aryn Kauble, Reporter March 2, 2025

Editor’s note: The student taking down bathroom gender signs was granted anonymity for their concerns about disciplinary action. The Protect All Students Act included in SB 104, widely known as the...

Armaan Chugh attends the CEO Club on Jan. 30, 2025.

Kent State releases new semester enrollment numbers

Abigail Kress, Reporter March 2, 2025

Kent State University’s enrollment is up this spring semester at both its Kent and regional campuses, while graduate and international program enrollment continues to decline. The university's 15th-day...

The Fashion Student Organization's current logo is pea green with lowercased lettering.

Kent State’s Fashion Student Organization plans on changing its logo

Mallory Hughes, Reporter March 2, 2025

The Fashion Student Organization plans to change its logo in hopes to spark community engagement within the organization. The current pea green logo with an abbreviation of the organization’s name has...

Stock market numbers are displayed in the new Crawford Hall building.

Problem gambling: How sports betting affects young adults

Audra Florey, Reporter March 2, 2025

In 2023, Ohio made one billion dollars in tax revenue off of sports betting, a figure Steven Dennis, Chair of the Department of Finance and Firestone Chair of Corporate Finance at Kent State, expects to...

Pictured is Kent State student and president of MSA, Ramah Kassis.

From sunrise to sunset: How Muslims practice Ramadan on and off campus

Julia Greco, Reporter March 2, 2025

Starting on Feb. 28, Muslims begin their practice of Ramadan through stages of fasting, praying and feasting. Ramah Kassis, a senior in public health at Kent State University and president of the Muslim...

During Black United Students' celebration of Black History Month, director Rodney Hubbard leads the Kent State Gospel Choir in a hymn about unity on Feb. 28, 2025.

BUS, Black Alumni chapter host empowering final event for Black History Month

Makayla Jones, Reporter March 2, 2025

As people stepped into Oscar Ritchie Hall on Feb. 28, the warm hum of gospel music wrapped around them, filling the space with a sense of history and marking the final celebration for Black History Month.  The...

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