Skip to Main Content
The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

KentStater

The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

KentStater

The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

KentStater

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, right, and his wife Jill attend a primary election night rally Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

5 takeaways as Joe Biden scores stunning wins on Super Tuesday

(CNN) -- Joe Biden dominated across the South on Tuesday and scored a dramatic upset victory in Texas while surprising in Minnesota and Massachusetts, roaring into contention in a Democratic presidential...

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab. 

Kent State cancels spring break trips to Italy, Vietnam

Kent State announced on Tuesday the cancellation of all scheduled spring break trips to Italy and Vietnam in light of the coronavirus outbreak. In an email to the Kent State community, the university...

Text of the Kent State student coronavirus update email

March 3, 2020

Dear Golden Flashes,While always keeping the best interests of our students, staff and faculty in mind, as an institution of higher education we strive to separate fear from fact. As we make decisions...

Text of the Kent State faculty and staff coronavirus update email

March 3, 2020

Dear Faculty and Staff,While always keeping the best interests of our students, staff and faculty in mind, as an institution of higher education we strive to separate fear from fact. As we make decisions...

Arian Sajjady, Director of Programming candidate for USG. 

Arian Sajjady

Director of Programming CandidateQ: What is your platform?A: “Kent State’s Undergraduate Student Government has always been the home of the most influential and prominent artists throughout time. From...

Twinsburg Campus celebrates name change

Krista DeFini March 3, 2020

The Twinsburg Academic Center is 14 miles north of Kent State’s main campus. It opened up as the “Old School” in 1985 and in 2012 was rebuilt and remodeled into Regional Academic Center. In 2019...

Debris scattered across an intersection Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in downtown Nashville, Tenn. The National Weather Service in Nashville confirmed a tornado touched down in the area. (Celia Darrough via AP)

19 people are dead and numerous homes are destroyed after a tornado tore through Tennessee overnight

(CNN) -- Nineteen people have died across central Tennessee as a result of severe storms and at least one tornado that raked Nashville and the region late Monday and early Tuesday, officials said.The...

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' political revolution goes head-to-head against former Vice President Joe Biden's swelling support from moderates Tuesday in a series of primaries that will set the course for the Democratic presidential race.

4 things to watch as Biden and Sanders face off on Super Tuesday

(CNN) -- Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' political revolution goes head-to-head against former Vice President Joe Biden's swelling support from moderates Tuesday in a series of primaries that will set...

Apple iPhone 6

Pablo Blazquez Dominguez March 3, 2020

Customers hold their new and old iPhones to get them set up at Puerta del Sol Apple Store as Apple launches iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus on September 26, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. Customers started to queue...

Customers hold their new and old iPhones to get them set up at Puerta del Sol Apple Store as Apple launches iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus on September 26, 2014 in Madrid, Spain. Customers started to queue 20 hours prior to the opening of the store for the launch of Apple's new smartphones. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

Apple will pay up to $500 million to settle lawsuit over slowing down older iPhones

Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business March 3, 2020

(CNN) -- Apple will pay up to half a billion dollars to settle a class action lawsuit accusing it of slowing down older iPhone models to compel users to buy new ones.The proposed settlement agreement...

Aerial footage shows home damage in Tennessee's Mt. Juliet area on March 3, 2020.

9 people are dead and numerous homes are destroyed after a tornado tore through Tennessee overnight

(CNN) -- At least one tornado and strong storms tore through Nashville and a swath of Middle Tennessee late Monday and early Tuesday, killing at least nine people, injuring many others and leaving...

Apoorva Jain, senator of the College of Arts candidate for USG. 

Apoorva Jain

Senator of the College of Arts Candidate Q: What is your platform?       A: “My platform is serving as a worthy vessel for all the students of the College of the Arts and making sure that their...