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Northeast Ohio band stays true to themselves, their music

Northeast Ohio band stays true to themselves, their music

Destiny Torres, Reporter April 6, 2024

One thing about People in the Daytime, an "eclectic" Northeast Ohio band, is that they aren’t afraid to be who they are. After a month-long tour, Evan Shonauer, Owen Barba, John Polace and Anthony Liotta...

The Career Closet's welcoming sign sits on the bottom floor of the Women's Center in the Williamson House.

Career Closet to close in Women’s Center, still serve community in other buildings

Bristol Lily, Reporter April 6, 2024

After opening in 2017, the Career Closet in the university’s Women’s Center will be closing its doors in late April, but two locations will remain on campus.  Initially, the closet opened when...

Aeronautics and Engineering Graduate Research runs open house

Tyler Schlosser, TV2 Reporter April 5, 2024

Kent State’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering held its first Graduate Research Open House. This gave their graduate students the opportunity to expose their year’s work to the public and...

A look behind the lanes of the bowling alley located in the Eastway Dining Hall on Oct. 30, 2023.

Conversations to reopen Eastway bowling alley begin

Andrew Bowie, Reporter April 5, 2024

Work began to potentially reopen the Eastway bowling alley at the start of the spring semester. The Eastway bowling alley is located underneath the Eastway Dining Hall to the left of the mailroom.  The...

KentWired Illustration by Sydney Spickard

Have video game adaptations gotten better?

Joseph Dziak, Reporter April 5, 2024

When it comes to taking video games and putting them on the big screen, it would seem they’re leveling up. The 1993 “Super Mario Bros.” movie received a 28% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes out...

Spiritual Fair to celebrate the eclipse alignment

Dennis Farahani, TV2 Reporter April 5, 2024

Downtown Kent is embracing the cosmic event we've been waiting for, and businesses in Acorn Alley are collaborating to host a Spiritual Fair. The Spiritual Fair will be held from Saturday, April 6th,...

Jeff Richmond, a 1988 Kent State graduate and Emmy-award-winning musical composer, gave the commencement speech at the university's 2013 spring graduation.

From Ohio to Hollywood: Emmy-winning musical composer reflects on time at Kent

Michael Neenan, Beat Reporter April 5, 2024

Before composing for “SNL,” and for the Emmy-award-winning show “30 Rock” and for the new musical-adaptation of the “Mean Girls” film, Jeff Richmond was a theater kid at Kent State.  Richmond,...

The Governance Chambers located in the Student Center.

Mock Trial team finishes competition season, wins several awards

Kaitlyn Sanders, Reporter April 3, 2024

The Mock Trial team’s competition season started the first week of December and ended in February when team members took home individual awards at the Penn State Regional Competition.  “The team...

Wall scrolls hanging in the Center for Performing Arts.

Students embrace college as dance majors

Olivia Woods, Reporter April 3, 2024

Being a dance student may be a different, less traditional experience than what people think of when envisioning the typical college experience. Dance students are pursuing a career in a more niche area,...

Kent State’s SRVSS supports Sexual Assault Awareness Month with Teal Tuesdays 

Skylar Edington, TV2 Reporter April 3, 2024

Every two minutes, someone in the United States is sexually assaulted, according to RAINN.org. This April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Kent State's Center for Sexual and Relationship Violence...

Kent Organizations Prepare for Upcoming Eclipse

Elaina Matricardi, TV2 reporter April 3, 2024

With the 2024 total solar eclipse approaching, organizations around Kent have begun preparing for big events and even bigger crowds. Learn more about how to enjoy the eclipse here. Elaina Matricardi...

The Kent State Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, located at 475 Terrace Dr.

VITA program helps students, community members file taxes

Kayla Gleason, Beat Reporter April 3, 2024

Accounting students are helping the Kent community this tax season through the university’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA).    The program was started in 2011 by Paula DiVincenzo, manager...