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KSU faculty breaks down Valentine’s Day using psychology, biology applied conflict

Katherine Schaeffer February 13, 2014

Red roses, candy hearts and teddy bears: all symbols of the idealized version of romance associated with Valentine’s Day. The holiday represents a common perception of what love should be but fails to...

Students fall in love with Europe during ‘I (Heart) Travel’ week

Chelsey Milkovich February 13, 2014

Attendance reached its highest point during "I (Heart) Travel" week when students showed up on Wednesday for a day-long session on exploring Europe.  The event filled the fourth floor of the library with...

Opinion: Reversing roles

Neville Hardman February 13, 2014

On Valentine’s Day, it’s easy to want to get close to your significant other and watch a movie, but consider your selection carefully. Every romantic movie ever has a tired plot line: girl and guy...

Struggling Flashes hope to find identity in Jekyll and Hyde season

February 10, 2014

A physically exhausted and mentally frustrated Kent State men’s basketball team (12-11, 3-7 Mid-American Conference) is back home this week and preparing to go head-to-head with Bowling Green (10-13,...

Opinion: Immigration Reform; now is the time

Jennifer Hutchinson February 10, 2014

It’s no secret that immigration reform has been an issue in the United States for at least the last fifteen years. It seems, however, that the Republicans are ready to tackle the issue. On Thursday,...

Opinion: China’s president Xi Jinping goes to Sochi

Haoran Li February 10, 2014

Chinese president, Xi Jinping, joined the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic games in Sochi, Russia, last week.  However, President Obama did not attend because of the current relations between the...

Opinion: Professors and students need to collaborate

Opinion: Professors and students need to collaborate

Joyce Ng February 9, 2014

Over the past two weeks, I’ve had the privilege of having two classes cancelled, and twice I was let out half an hour early in a 75-minute-long class. However, none of these cancellations had to do with...

Kent State College of Nursing program welcomes 100 students for Spring 2014 semester

Halie Rogers February 6, 2014

Kent State University’s College of Nursing is one of the most competitive programs on campus. Every semester, hundreds of students apply, but only 100 students get accepted into the Kent State College...

Health Center spreads awareness of HIV/AIDS in African-Americans

Michael Lopick February 6, 2014

The Deweese Health Center, in partnership with Black United Students, promoted HIV/AIDS awareness in the African-American campus community Thursday in an effort to begin to lowering the high percentage...

Opinion: The dangers of information overload

Opinion: The dangers of information overload

Albert Fisler February 6, 2014

Smartphones seem to be the icon of the decade as their popularity and complexity grow with each coming year. It’s easy to understand their fame, as they put so many things such as email, texting, calls,...

The Boss is back

Zac Younkins February 5, 2014

Some artists truly stand the test of time. For decades following 1975‘s release of the breakthrough “Born to Run,” the music of The Boss was universally loved. Nearly 40 years later, one can still...

Grilled cheese with a twist

February 5, 2014

Newly open in Acorn Alley in what used to be College Creamery and College Coneys, Twisted Meltz, Tannous is serving what they call “grilled cheese with a twist.” Whether that twist is Korean barbecue,...