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OPINION: Is the Gaming Industry in Trouble?

Gregory Hess Opinion Writer April 23, 2021

With all the noise that the once deferred and despised GameStop received in the stock market this past quarter of 2021, I thought a lot about how the state of the gaming industry is outside of a store...

Soccer season likely at an end following loss to OU

Gina Butkovich Editor In Chief April 8, 2021

The Kent State women’s soccer team’s short season appears to have ended on a disappointing note, with a 1-0 loss to Ohio University. The Mid-American Conference said it would reschedule the team’s...

Soccer goes scoreless in second match against Akron, loses 1-0

Owen MacMillan Sports Editor March 28, 2021

Just over 14 minutes into a Wagon Wheel matchup between Kent State women’s soccer and the University of Akron, the first shot of the game was taken by Akron’s Sydney Worthy.Worthy found the back of...

Soccer shut out at BG in third consecutive loss

Ignatius Ogbu Sports Reporter March 22, 2021

The Kent State women's soccer team lost its third straight match Sunday 5-0 to league-leading Bowling Green State University. It was the Kent's worst loss of the season and the first time this year the...

Soccer drops second game in a row at home against OU

Ignatius Ogbu Sports Reporter March 19, 2021

The Kent State women's soccer team lost 3-1 to Ohio University on Thursday at Dix Stadium. This was KSU’s second loss of the season and first at home.Kent State was down three goals when junior Tianna...

Soccer suffers first loss of the season at Miami

Ignatius Ogbu Sports Reporter March 15, 2021

The Kent State women’s soccer team suffered its first loss of the season, falling to Miami University 4-2 on Sunday. Kent State was two goals down when redshirt junior Karly Hellstrom scored her first...

Rudy Bachna instructing Kent State students, date unknown.

Rudy Bachna: a gymnastics pioneer

Sean Blevins Sports Reporter March 13, 2021

Rudy Bachna was a legend in the world of gymnastics and an icon in the Slovakian community in northeast Ohio. He died on Feb. 20, 2021, at the age of 92. He was born in Cleveland in 1928 and lived in...

Soccer shuts out Akron to open season 2-0

Ignatius Ogbu Sports Reporter March 8, 2021

Senior Yasmine Hall scored the winning goal for the second straight game as Kent State women’s soccer team beat Akron 1-0 at Dix Stadium Sunday.The win was also sophomore goalkeeper Sarah Melen's second...

Soccer starts season with win over Buffalo

Ignatius Ogbu Sports Reporter March 5, 2021

Senior Yasmine Hall scored the only goal of the game as the Kent State soccer team won its season opener 1-0 against the University at Buffalo on Thursday at Dix Stadium.Twenty-nine minutes into the game,...

Soccer to host Buffalo to open season today

Ignatius Ogbu Sports Reporter March 4, 2021

The Kent State women's soccer team is set to  host the University at Buffalo in its season opener at Dix Stadium today, after 490 days without action because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kent State...

Illustration by Miranda Sepulveda

A Step Forward

Shane McGinnis February 28, 2021

Here we are again. It’s two weeks after my initial declaration that I was going to become a better person. The big question is whether I did what I said I would. I started with a few essential things...

Rudy Bachna, co-founder of KSU gymnastics, passes away at 93

Owen MacMillan Sports Editor February 21, 2021

Rudy Bachna, one of the true legends of Kent State sports, passed away on Saturday at the age of 93.Along with his wife Janet and brother Joe, Bachna co-founded the Kent State men’s and women’s gymnastics...