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Kent state students sorting food from a late night food recovery in the kitchen on the second floor of the rotunda.

Flashes Fighting Hunger makes food insecurity a little more secure

Zion Williams, Reporter October 21, 2025

Hunger is growing steadily in the United States, but Kent States’ Flashes Fighting Hunger food pantry is a growing local solution. A food security census taken by the Akron Canton Regional Food Bank...

Kent State University Museum prepares to 'Dazzle' the community with a celebration

Kent State University Museum prepares to ‘Dazzle’ the community with a celebration

Ava Drozd, Reporter October 21, 2025

In 1985, spectacular ice sculptures stood on display in the Kent Ballroom, colored lights lit up the room and fireworks bursted bright in the night sky, as people watched in awe during the magnificent...

A flyer for Chem-O-Ween on display in Franklin Hall.

Kent State prepares for its 5th annual Chem-O-Ween Celebration

Ava Dunn, Reporter October 19, 2025

The Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry is hosting its 5th Annual Chem-O-Ween celebration in Williams Hall and the Integrated Sciences Building from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 24. The...

FAB’s Fall Fest welcomes the new season, allows students to shop local

Melora Shue and Sofia Helena October 19, 2025

FAB hosted its Annual Fall Fest on the Centennial Green Thursday, Oct. 17. The festival featured a horse-drawn carriage, fall crafts and multiple local businesses for students to shop at.  Hundreds...

A male black swallowtail raised by Audra Florey since its caterpillar stage drying off on day lilies after hatching in the kitchen.

The butterflies that flutter through Kent State 

Audra Florey, Reporter October 18, 2025

Across Kent State University’s gardens and green spaces, various butterflies flutter through the air. From the tiny common buckeye and silver-spotted skipper to the striking red-spotted purples and swallowtails,...

Eric Hedin (left) and Rice Broocks (right) give a seminar on the existence of God in the KIVA on Oct. 14, 2025.

‘God’s Not Dead’ seminar explores existence of God through science, philosophy

Bianca Amoako, Reporter October 17, 2025

There is no such thing as absolute proof, and there will always be truths that you cannot prove, pastor and author of “God’s Not Dead” told the student audience on Tuesday. “You have two choices....

Seniors Alyssa Kosovan (left) and Riley Wolfe (right) come together for photos to celebrate their accomplishments and what’s to come

Senior year: Reaching the final stretch 

Sydney Eckert  , Reporter October 16, 2025

By the time spring semester rolls around, Kent State seniors are dealing with far more than just exams. Between capstone projects, graduate school applications and the never-ending job searches, those...

Teenagers open the social media app folder on their phone.

Harmless fun or harmful fads: How reckless challenges spread on TikTok and Instagram

Haley Reedy, Reporter October 15, 2025

The infamous Kent State University Pisser has been running wild all over TikTok. Other universities have similar-style videos in which students participate. The trend involves students going around their...

The Summit County Humane Society's Mobile Adoption Center visited students outside of Merrill Hall during its "Mid-term Destress Event" on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025.

Summit County Humane Society provides students with the ‘purrfect’ study break

Adriana Gasiewski, General Assignment Editor October 14, 2025

The Summit County Humane Society and its Mobile Adoption Center, full of cats and dogs, visited students outside of Merrill Hall, looking to alleviate their midterm stress.  Trinity Head, an adoption...

Political organizations reflect on Charlie Kirk’s death

Political organizations reflect on Charlie Kirk’s death

Ava Dunn, Reporter October 14, 2025

On Sept. 10, conservative political influencer Charlie Kirk was shot in Orem, Utah, at an event hosted by Turning Point USA, a conservative-leaning organization Kirk co-founded at the age of 18. Kirk...

Kent State's marching band walking in last year's homecoming on Sept. 28, 2024.

Legacy, The Marching Golden Flashes as one year anniversary of new Ice Arena addition approaches

Aryn Kauble, Reporter October 13, 2025

Since the opening of the new Ice Arena addition, the thumping beat of over 275 students creeps underneath doors and spills into the hallways as they come together for marching band practice.  Further...

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