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The Haymaker Farmers' Market sign sits near the  entrance of the Campus Rec Lot.

University farmers’ market brings in local small businesses

Kylee Coles, Reporter October 17, 2023

The university’s farmers’ market, working with the Haymaker Farmers’ Market, brought local food and item vendors to the Campus Rec Lot Tuesday.  Some vendors in attendance at the farmers’ market...

FAB kicks off Homecoming week festivities with FlashBash

Andrew Bowie, Reporter October 17, 2023

A long line stretched throughout the entire second floor of the Student Center Tuesday evening, with eager students waiting for the Flash Activities Board’s FlashBash that featured food and activities...

President Todd Diacon addresses the virtual audience of "Talking With Todd"

President speaks on university’s budget situation, conflict in Israel and Palestine

Michael Neenan, Reporter October 17, 2023

The university is expected to face a $10 million budget deficit by 2027, President Todd Diacon said in his most recent session of “Talking with Todd” Tuesday.  “This amount would be $30...

Professors analyze ongoing conflict of Israel-Hamas war

Professors analyze ongoing conflict of Israel-Hamas war

Adriana Gasiewski, Staff Reporter October 17, 2023

With the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East, university professors discussed the impacts the war has on both Israelis and Palestinians and how they think a resolution can be reached. Militant...

Research from Slupek and Knauss translated into numerical visuals. (Courtesy of Zackery Knauss)

Doctoral student’s three minute presentation on addressing drug addiction wins her first place

MinJee Yoo, Reporter October 16, 2023

On Oct. 3, Mandalynn “Mandy” Slupek watched fellow competitors stand at the podium in front of a curious crowd at the KIVA Auditorium on-campus.  Slupek and fellow researchers attended the competition...

Raleigh Flanagan with humane cat traps.  She rehomes the cats she traps. (Courtesy of Raleigh Flanagan)

Student traps and rehomes cats, saving over 180 cats so far

Josie Burkhart, Copy Editor October 16, 2023

Senior integrative studies major Raleigh Flanagan longed for direction and making a difference during the start of the pandemic, so she began humanely trapping and rehoming stray cats around towns including...

‘Cabaret’ musical dances over to the Wright-Curtis stage

‘Cabaret’ musical dances over to the Wright-Curtis stage

Abigail Kinney, Reporter October 15, 2023

School of Theatre and Dance performers will take over the Wright-Curtis stage with the musical production “Cabaret” Oct. 27 through Nov. 9.  The musical “Cabaret” is set during the 1930s at the...

Kent State of Well-being works though the Well Hub inside the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.

Tobacco Cessation program aims to curb student smoking

Janson McNair, Photo Assistant October 15, 2023

Kent State of Well Being’s Tobacco Cessation program, “Freedom from Smoking,” returned in April 2022, allowing students to work towards a smoke-free lifestyle.  The “Freedom from Smoking”...

A poster from the October Roses premier on October, Friday the 13th, 2023.

“October Roses” gives campus audience a frightful scare at its premiere

Adriana Gasiewski, Staff Reporter October 14, 2023

Kent graduate Brandon Lazenko’s short film “October Roses” premiered Oct. 13 in the Kiva Auditorium as a part of the university’s Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement’s October event. Attendees...

SDS flier hung inside Franklin Hall

SDS starts petition to raise student worker wages

Chloe Wilson-Henline, Reporter October 14, 2023

Almost 600 students have signed a petition started by Students for a Democratic Society, calling on the university to raise student worker wages and increase the resident assistant stipend to help students...

Members of Phi Sigma Pi attend their retreat in the Spring of 2023.

Scholarship, leadership and fellowship: Honors fraternity Phi Sigma Pi plans service events

Chloe Harich, Reporter October 14, 2023

Phi Sigma Pi, an honors fraternity, is one of several gender-inclusive fraternities on campus, and it is based on the values of scholarship, leadership and fellowship.  According to its website, the...

PHOTO STORY: Eighth Annual Rainbow Run

PHOTO STORY: Eighth Annual Rainbow Run

Matthew Brown, Photo Editor October 13, 2023

As part of Kent's third-annual Rainbow Weekend, students, staff and community members gathered to participate in the eighth annual Rainbow Run.  Over 300 participants, adorned with glowsticks, strings...

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