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Kent State Ph.D. music student releases newest album after accident

Josie Burkhart, Reporter August 18, 2023

Marty Ryan, a Kent State music education graduate student, got the idea for his latest album after surviving a fall at a restaurant which led him to write down his memories in fear of forgetting them. Ryan,...

Catarina Tran conducts an ensemble in Cartwright Hall. Courtesy of Catarina Tran

Grad student experience: the making of a maestro

Grace Springer, Managing Editor August 14, 2023

Catarina Tran stepped onto the podium in front of a band for the first time. Her platform shoes and the small step of the podium added a few more inches to her five-foot-stature. She did not tower over...

Tornado Warning issued for Portage County

Erin Sullivan, Reporter August 12, 2023

The National Weather Service for Portage County issued a tornado warning in southern Portage County Saturday afternoon. The warning specifically highlights Kent, Ravenna and Brimfield Township as areas...

Kent State students come to the Student Recreation and Wellness Center to cast their votes on Nov. 8, 2022.

Students speak out about Issue One

Destiny Torres, Reporter August 9, 2023

On Tuesday, Ohioans will race to the polls to decide whether or not to vote for Issue One. According to the Ohio Secretary of State’s website, if passed, issue one would require that any amendment...

Emily Spencer, Kent State family studies student, hugs Pacifique goodbye on her way to the airport, leaving the trip a few days early for work.

Visiting Rwanda 30 years after Genocide: Week 3

Sophia Lucente, NewsL@b Photographer August 8, 2023

Beginning our last week in Rwanda, the class met with the Ministry of Education, the national police and private sectors, learning about how the government implements peace education, community policing...

The Office of Safety & Security celebrates 50th anniversary

Josie Burkhart, Reporter August 3, 2023

The Office of Safety & Security, established in 1973, is celebrating 50 years of student leaders patroling residence halls and escorting students that ask for assistance.  The initiative helps...

Jay Kozar and daughter Addison Kozar at their father-daughter art exhibit. (Courtesy of Jay Kozar)

Father-daughter art exhibit hosted at Kent State galleries inspires young artists

Kayla Gleason, Reporter August 3, 2023

An exhibit showing side-by-side artwork painted by a father and daughter was displayed July 11 through 22 in the Kent State art galleries.  Jay Kozar last exhibited his work at Kent State University...

Gay and lesbian issues class taught 30 years ago received nationwide publicity

Josie Burkhart, Reporter August 2, 2023

Thirty years ago, conservatives, politicians and ministers objected to a course proposed about gay and lesbian issues that would focus on a social science point-of-view on gay and lesbian issues, such...

Banner and games in Hometown Bank Plaza at the 2023 Wizardly Weekend.

Wizardly Weekend brings magic to Kent

Destiny Torres, Reporter July 31, 2023

Magic returned to Kent on Friday and Saturday as Wizardly Weekend made its annual appearance in the downtown area. “We’ve been doing this event for about eight years now,” Main Street Kent's executive...

Lane LaVonne (left), who plays Emma Nolan and Jocelyn Trimmer (right), who plays Alyssa Greene in the Porthouse Theatre's production of "The Prom." (Courtesy of Porthouse Theatre)

Porthouse Theatre’s ‘The Prom’ embraces love, sexuality

Aden Graves, Reporter July 30, 2023

Themes of acceptance and embracing each other’s differences are at the center of the hit Broadway musical “The Prom,” which opened at Porthouse Theatre July 21 and runs through Aug. 6. As the...

Primary school children stand outside the classrooms after school, waiting for their parents to pick them up.

Visiting Rwanda 30 years after Genocide: Week 2

Sophia Lucente, NewsLab Photographer July 29, 2023

The second week of the Kigali institute started with the Peace in an Era of Crisis conference, a collaboration of the Peace and Conflict school at Kent State and the Center for Conflict Management at the...