With summer break in full swing, a lot of students are fleeing Kent for a few months –whether it is to their parents’ house, an internship many miles away or vacationing.This can be an exciting time...

I lived in Altmann Hall my freshman year at Kent. Most of you probably haven’t heard of it because it doesn’t exist anymore. I’m sad that the first home I lived in Kent was demolished my sophomore...

The first issue of the Summer Stater sees us reporting on a very important matter close to student hearts and pockets: An increase in tuition fees. But along with this, we’re also looking at the plans...

The Invisible Children Foundation (ICF) was started in the spring of 2003 inadvertently with three filmmakers travelling to Africa searching for some kind of story. What they found there was much more...

Four years ago, four of us arrived at Kent State ready to begin our freshman year alongside the rest of our classmates. We sat in the M.A.C. Center during Week of Welcome as the university’s new president,...

May 4th, 2010, marked the 40th year since the National Guard opened fire on students at Kent State University, leaving 13 casualties. The May 4th Task Force, now in their 35th year, has historically had...

Two score years ago, an unthinkable event occurred on our campus — an event that shocked the world then and continues to shock to this day.Of course, I’m referring to the May 4 massacre, in which four...

When my friend Emily called me on Tuesday and commanded me to meet her by the small staircase between the M.A.C. Center and Bowman Hall, I was a little worried.We had just parted ways after our ballet...

Dear Ben,As your older sister, I should probably tell you how flattered I am you chose my soon-to-be alma mater to attend for college. Or how glad I am that I now have an excuse to visit Kent State after...

It’s May 6, and just two days ago, the flower children came out of the woodwork and into Kent to take part in the memorial of the shooting deaths of four Kent State students by Ohio National Guardsmen,...

I started my series of columns with welcoming everybody to Kent State by stating that every student of this university is very lucky to be a part of our diverse community. I haven’t changed my mind....

May 4, 1970, will forever be engrained in the history of the people and students of Kent, Ohio. A nation watched as four students were shot dead during that day of protest, as war raged on and as the policing...