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Rockwell Hall is home to the fashion students at Kent State.

Students, professors await this year’s looks for the Met Gala

Destiny Torres, Reporter May 7, 2024

The Met Gala, one of the most anticipated and prestigious fashion and fundraising events of the year, is approaching May 6.  The Met Gala is a fundraising benefit for the Metropolitan Museum of Art...

The CARES Center is located in The Student Center.

Professors work to better understand student needs, resource accessibility with study

Lauren Bischof, Reporter May 7, 2024

More than four million students are food insecure across colleges and universities in the United States, according to the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study.  Professors Alyssa Anderson and Jennifer...

Exterior of Bowman Hall on April 24, 2024.

People reflect on Bowman Hall shooting 10 years later

Adriana Gasiewski, Beat Reporter May 7, 2024

On April 2, 2014, Quavaugntay Tyler fired a shot from his 9mm Ruger gun into his hand while two females who suspected him of cheating confronted him in Bowman Hall parking lot. Ten years later, those...

Student moms work to balance school, parenting

Savana Capp, Print Planner May 6, 2024

A blaring alarm sounds at 6:20 a.m. in a household of three. A mother begins her day by waking up her two young children. With some pushback, the three of them each get ready for school. After two long...

People watch a video during the May 4th commemoration on May 4, 2024.

May 4 Commemoration honors victims, speakers address student protests

Leah Shepard, Reporter May 5, 2024

Students and community-members flooded Blanket Hill Saturday to participate in the annual May 4 Commemoration, which honors the victims of the 1970 massacre. Speakers at the event stressed the importance...

Professor of Sociology Jerry Lewis speaks briefly during the lecture series on May 3, 2023.

Exploring May 4: Annual lecture highlights insights from historic day

Kayla Gleason, Beat Reporter May 4, 2024

Research and impressions about remembering May 4, 1970, and embracing the history it left behind were shared during the Jerry M. Lewis Lecture Series Friday afternoon.  To start the lecture, university...

Activists hold up signs calling for a ceasefire in Gaza on May 4, 2024.

Local activists hold weekly interfaith protest calling for permanent ceasefire in Gaza

Leah Shepard, Reporter May 4, 2024

During their first semester as a student at the university, music education major Benjamin Kronenberg walked past the Taylor Hall parking lot, the site where four students lost their lives, every single...

Community members gather for annual May 4 candlelight walk and vigil

Community members gather for annual May 4 candlelight walk and vigil

Adrianna Quinlan, Reporter May 4, 2024

Yellow lights shone brightly in the night as students and community members walked around campus for the May 4 annual candlelight walk and vigil.  The walk started at 11 p.m. at the Student Commons...

Kent State College Republicans painted The Rock with a message advocating for freedom of speech on May 1, 2023.

Rules, respect and The Rock: University members navigate painting free speech

Kayla Gleason, Beat Reporter May 4, 2024

Since coming to campus in 1922, The Rock that sits on Hilltop Drive has been a focal point of expression, activism and controversy as students paint messages and images on it.  Recently, discourse...

Author Lawrence Roberts explains the picture to the audience during the Voices of Democracy presentation on May 3, 2024.

Journalist reflects on May Day, civil disobedience

Adriana Gasiewski, Beat Reporter May 4, 2024

In 1971, a member of the riot squad (stationed in George Washington University) grabbed 19-year-old Lawrence Robert’s upper arm. Roberts responded by pulling his arm away, prompting the riot squad member...

People peruse the "Graphic Content" exhibit in the Reflections Gallery of the May 4th Visitors Center.

May 4 Visitors Center stresses impact of art, importance of May 4 legacy

Leah Shepard, Reporter May 4, 2024

As spring begins, the May 4 Visitors Center and museum prepares for more guests as the date of the 1970 massacre draws near. This year, the Visitors Center will show comics and graphic art related to May...

Graduates pose on stage Thursday at the Kent Student Center Ballroom for Lavender Graduation, an annual event honoring the accomplishments of LGBTQ+ graduates.

Lavender Graduation celebrates accomplishments of LGBTQ+ graduates

Aden Graves, Reporter May 3, 2024

Students, staff and families filled the Kent Student Center Ballroom Thursday for Lavender Graduation, an annual event honoring the accomplishments of LGBTQ+ graduates. The LGBTQ+ Center started the...

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