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Alley Mac is located in Acorn Alley in downtown Kent.

New mac and cheese focused restaurant opens in downtown Kent

Ana Julia Cechin Facco, Reporter September 6, 2024

Located next to Off the Wagon in Acorn Alley, Alley Mac offers mac and cheese, pierogies, salads and sandwiches all made with fresh ingredients.  The owners, Chuck Crawford and his wife Jessica, got...

The Student Accessibility Center offers a wide range of support for students with special accommodation needs, IEPS or 504 plans. The SAS office is located on the first floor of the library.

How to get class accommodations at Kent State

Lauren Cohen, Reporter September 5, 2024

Student Accessibility Services at Kent State University aims to provide all students with equal access to education. The office provides accommodations, advocates for students with disabilities and...

Freshman recession holds off at Kent State for now

Freshman recession holds off at Kent State for now

Andrew Bowie, Beat Reporter September 5, 2024

Last year Kent State admitted over 4,200 new students, and the numbers for this academic year are just as high. It is widely speculated that a college enrollment drop-off will occur in upcoming years,...

Located on 166 Currie Hall Pkwy, Kent, Ohio, Moonbase will be opened on Sept. 5, 2024.

‘Out of this world’: LGBTQ+ bar Moonbase reopens in Kent

Grace Claxon, Reporter September 5, 2024

As neon lights flicker back to life, Kent’s only 18+ LGBTQ+ bar, Moonbase, gears up for its grand reopening on Thursday. The bar will celebrate with a vibrant weekend of events: cosmic karaoke on Thursday,...

Students share dinner during a game night on Aug. 31 at International Navigators Collegiate's Fine Arts Studio.

International Navigators Collegiate at Kent provides a home away from home for international students

Priyanshi, Reporter September 5, 2024

Navigating the transition to life in a new country can be both exciting and challenging, especially for international students. At Kent State, the International Navigators Collegiate at Kent (INCK) stands...

Kent State places students in transitional housing, such as lounges, to house all incoming freshmen.

Students stuck in lounge limbo as Kent State uses transitional housing

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter September 4, 2024

Students all around campus walk to their dormitory halls, swipe their IDs to enter and find their hall’s lounge filled with furniture and window coverings, as this lounge is where some will temporarily...

Various disciplines of faculty research are displayed together in the College of Architecture & Environmental Design.

Gallery of published works celebrates faculty in College of Architecture & Environmental Design

Kayla Gleason, Reporter September 3, 2024

Students have an opportunity to learn from past faculty research in the “Printed Matter” exhibit at the College of Architecture & Environmental Design until Sept. 6.   Nick Fagan, one of two...

The new building on campus, The Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, has opened with new classrooms for students, including the "fish bowl" with live stock market updates scrolling across the top.

‘This building is something out of the future:’ Students visit finished Crawford Hall

Lauren Cohen, Reporter September 3, 2024

The newest building on campus has caught students’ attention. Since classes began last week, Crawford Hall has become home to the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, but...

The parking lot and sidewalk by White Hall are gated off on August 27, 2024.

Students battle congested parking lots at Kent State

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter September 3, 2024

Students with senior standing began purchasing parking permits for the 2024-2025 academic year on July 24, and many noticed changes made to the university’s Parking and Transit Services. Emma Boden,...

With the legalization of cannabis for recreational use, local licensed dispensaries have begun selling recreational cannabis.

Let’s be blunt: Weed is still prohibited on campus

Ari Collins, Reporter September 3, 2024

With the recent statewide legalization of marijuana, students have questioned what smoking guidelines on campus will look like. Last November, the citizen-petitioned Issue 2 was passed by a majority...

Community members gather to listen to poetry readings at the release of "Light Enters the Grove."

‘Light Enters the Grove’ poetry collection highlights Kent community writers

Lindsay Collier, Reporter August 29, 2024

A poetry collection from Kent State University Press highlighting students, alumni and community members titled “Light Enters the Grove: Exploring Cuyahoga Valley National Park through Poetry” launched...

Hulk Hogan visited Water Street Tavern on Tuesday to promote his "Real American Beer."

Hulk Hogan visits Water Street Tavern to promote new beer

Michael Neenan, Newscast reporter August 21, 2024

Hulk Hogan visited Water Street Tavern to promote his "Real American Beer" on Tuesday as part of his tour across Ohio. Tori Baliman, Water Street marketing manager, said she enjoyed watching fans show...