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Fall

Visual Kent

Chelsae Ketchum October 21, 2014

This is the time of year a lot of people, myself included, look forward to. The leaves change from green to vibrant oranges, reds and golds. Halloween and Thanksgiving are right around the corner. Scarves...

Kent State Homecoming 2014 in photos

KS Photo Staff October 19, 2014

This year, some rain visited Kent during Kent State’s Homecoming celebrations. Though wet, the Homecoming parade was still packed full of Kent State pride. Kisses were shared on the K and fans cheered...

Kent State wide receiver Chris Humphrey looks up after missing the last chance for a touchdown during the game against The University of Massachusetts Saturday, Oct. 12, 2014.

Visual Kent

Jacob Byk October 14, 2014

Kent State football has had a rough time this semester. From losing Jason Bitsko to the devastating defeat against The Ohio State University, Kent State is struggling. But even after the last touchdown...

Super Seniors

Visual Kent

Chelsea Ketchum October 7, 2014

Soon the term “super-senior” is going to revert back to just “senior” because not many students, myself included, graduate in four years anymore. I used to think it was bad I didn’t graduate...

The Kent State Fashion School put on a small scale fashion show for the Ohio Newspaper Association Convention in the Kent State Hotel in Kent on Sunday night.

Visual Kent

Jake Byk September 30, 2014

The Kent State Fashion Program, headed by J.R Campbell, is nationally, and even internationally, renowned. From New York to Florence, Italy, the program continues to surprise and impress everyone — including...

Akron, Ohio

Visual Kent

Chelsae Ketchum September 23, 2014

If someone asks me where I am from, the answer is always “all over.” I moved around a lot while growing up because I was a military brat. Not a brat as in a badly behaved child, but one who has a parent...

Ryan Bitsko (middle), the father of deceased Jason Bitsko, laughs with friends at the memorial service held in his honor on September 10, 2014. Bitsko drove three and a half hours to come for the hour long service from his home town of Huber Heights.

Visual Kent

Jacob Byk September 16, 2014

I’ve covered only a few funerals of people who were near my age when they died. Memorial services though, like the one pictured here, are usually what upset me the most. By the time a service comes around,...

CVS/pharmacy

Visual Kent

Chelsae Ketchum September 9, 2014

If you usually go to CVS/pharmacy to buy cigarettes, you’re going to have to walk across the street to Walgreens now. CVS/pharmacy stopped selling tobacco products and changed its corporate name from...

Students walk to classes in the rain Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014.

Visual Kent

Jacob Byk September 2, 2014

For those unfamiliar with Kent, Ohio – or Northeast Ohio in general – rain is a common and anticipated variable. It comes and goes like classes, with the unpredictability of a pop quiz. Moments before...

Senior visual communication design major Lynsey Simonette grabs her lunch order from Fork in the Road, a new food truck on campus. Lynsey bought an order of loaded fries topped with cheese, pulled pork and green onions.

Visual Kent

Chelsae Ketchum August 26, 2014

As I trekked across campus Monday, I came across something other than the mass of students in their first-day outfits. Parked on the Esplanade near Bowman Hall was a state-of-the-art food truck called...

Kent Pride Games

Pride Games Kent State Edition

A group of people pose for a group photo after the dodgeballl event at the Pride Games in Kent State's Recreation Center. Photo by MaKayla Brown.Ben Gero jumps to throw a dodgeball during the dodgeball...