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Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota, appears at the town hall in Youngstown, Ohio on Monday, April 7th, 2025.

Tim Walz speaks to community at Youngstown People’s Town Hall

Ari Collins, Beat Reporter April 8, 2025

Over 2,500 people filled Powers Auditorium in Downtown Youngstown Monday night for Minnesota Governor and former vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s People’s Town Hall meeting.  Walz said he...

Locals hold up signs protesting the DEI and Social Security law changes on April 5th, 2025.

‘Hands Off!’: Hundreds in downtown Kent protest Trump administration

Ari Collins, Beat Reporter April 6, 2025

Hundreds of community members took over downtown Kent Saturday afternoon to express their thoughts on the current presidential administration in a peaceful gathering.  Kent’s protest was part of...

Future Kent student Sgt. Benjamin Kovacic talks to reporter Aryn Kauble before the start of the rifle section of the Ohio National Guard Best Warrior Competition on Friday, April 4, 2025. Sergeant Kovacic will be enrolled in Kent in the summer of 2025.

Kent State student showcases skills at State Best Warrior Competition

Aryn Kauble, Reporter April 4, 2025

Editor’s note: Sgt. Benjamin Kovacic won the state competition on April 6, earning the Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year title. Kovacic will compete in the regional competition at Fort McCoy, WI. This...

Federal authorities revoke visas for Kent State student, recent graduates

Federal authorities revoke visas for Kent State student, recent graduates

Audrey Trevarthan, Managing Editor April 4, 2025

A current Kent State international student and three recent graduates with post-graduate work permits had their visas revoked by federal authorities, according to an email Todd Diacon sent to the university...

Bailey Fair (left), Saida Lewis (center) and Stella Naymik (right) posing for a picture at the premiere of "A Positive Outcome."

Kent State student wins national film award

Joi Sims, Reporter April 4, 2025

This semester, the Broadcast Education Association awarded a Kent State junior an award of excellence for the quality of her film, making her the first member of the Female Filmmakers Initiative to win.  Bailey...

Dressed in preppy clothes and wig caps, students lined up on Risman Plaza Thursday to compete in the Todd Diacon look-alike contest organized by Her Campus.

Diacon doppelgängers: Students suit up for presidential look-alike contest

Sydney Craig, Reporter April 4, 2025

A small but enthusiastic crowd of students gathered on the K at Risman Plaza to show off their costumes during a Todd Diacon look-alike contest hosted by Her Campus Kent State. While some students didn’t...

With empty classrooms and extra equipment and supplies, the old business building is now a temporary surplus store.

Former business building becomes surplus store

John Engoglia, Beat Reporter April 3, 2025

With the building currently vacant, the old Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship building has transformed into the new university surplus store, offering classroom items and goods...

Kent Social Services at 1066 S. Water St.

Kent Social Services fights food insecurity in the community

Will Jernigan, Reporter April 3, 2025

During this cold winter in Kent, a shivering man walks into Kent Social Services on South Water Street on a Thursday afternoon, quickly relieved by the warmth and scent of chili he’s grown familiar with. James...

“The Bracelet Box” frontman Drew McDowell performs for the Stage Zero crowd in the DI Hub Reactor, March 20, 2025.

LaunchNET’s Stage Zero concert showcases student bands, small businesses

Olivia Weber, Reporter April 2, 2025

The Head Trips and Bracelet Box enhanced Kent’s local music scene during Stage Zero at the DI Hub Reactor Thursday March 20, showing the success that can come from student ingenuity.   Both bands...

Tom Neal restocks a vending machine at Kent State.

Meet the man keeping campus vending machines stocked

Jonathan Beard, Reporter April 2, 2025

Prentice Hall sits quietly at 6:30 a.m., with most students sleeping or getting ready for class. Tom Neal is one of the first people active in the building, but he’s neither a student nor a faculty member—he’s...

Amazon truck driver overturns vehicle on State Route 43

Amazon truck driver overturns vehicle on State Route 43

Adriana Gasiewski, Campus Editor April 2, 2025

An Amazon truck driver overturned his truck on I-76 westbound at State Route 43 in Brimfield Township around 6:45 a.m., causing the route to be closed for four hours for cleanup on April 1. Ohio State...

Pravallika Ramachandrapurapu, master of science in emerging media and technology (right) and Saumi Chatterjee, master of science in communication studies (left), having a conversation in the library.

Kent State’s international students maintain ties to family

Joi Sims, Reporter April 2, 2025

A Kent State student FaceTimes his family as they gather around the phone in Kerala, India. One by one, family members pop in to say hello. While most of his relatives are in India, his brothers also live...

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