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The end of the road: An overview of the 2024 election cycle

John Engoglia, Beat reporter November 5, 2024

We’re almost at the end of the line. The 2024 election is soon to be behind us as the hours tick away and votes are counted on Election Day.  While a winner likely won’t be decided until the coming...

Khori Davis, a sophomore sociology major, voted this morning.

Students express both anxiety and indifference as Election Day begins

Lauren Cohen, Reporter November 5, 2024

Today marks the first step into civil life for many students as they cast their ballots for the first time in a presidential election. With polls showing a tight race between Kamala Harris and Donald...

Not making it home to vote before Tuesday doesn’t mean a student missed their chance to vote, as long as they're registered to vote in Ohio.| File photo

Registered in Ohio but not in Kent? You can still vote

Alton Northup, News Director November 5, 2024

Many Kent State students may be registered in Ohio but are unable to travel home for Election Day. This doesn’t mean they've missed their chance to vote. If a student has not already voted in their...

Mars' moon Phobos creates a "googly eye" as it passes between Mars and the sun.

Rover captures peculiar ‘googly eye’ in the Martian sky

Ashley Strickland, CNN October 31, 2024

(CNN) —The Perseverance rover spotted a quick glimpse of a cosmic “googly eye” on Mars during a recent solar eclipse. As Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, passed in front of the sun, it cast a lumpy,...

Co-host Frustisha Punch delivers a speech during Kent State's Sex Week Drag Show on Oct. 23, 2024.

PHOTO GALLERY: Sex Week Drag Show

Alyson Garfield, Photographer October 24, 2024

Mike Jeffries, former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO, photographed in November 2005.

Former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch indicted on sex trafficking charges

New York (CNN) — Mike Jeffries, the former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, has been indicted on sixteen federal counts of sex trafficking and international prostitution in New York, and is accused of...

H2O Church offers fall camping retreat to Kent State students

H2O Church offers fall camping retreat to Kent State students

Joey LoCoco, Reporter October 18, 2024

H2O Church, a Kent State Christian student organization on campus, will throw a fall retreat at Camp Elkhorn in Bergholz, Ohio, Oct. 18 and 19. "It's a good way for students to get off campus and meet...

People arrive to cast their ballot during early voting in Minnesota on September 20, 2024

Five weeks to Election Day, pre-election voting looks set to decline from pandemic-era highs

Ethan Cohen, Molly English and Matt Holt, CNN October 1, 2024

CNN — While there are still five weeks until Election Day, voting is already underway across the country and a CNN review suggests pre-election voting this year will drop from the pandemic-era highs of...

Members of the men's basketball team serve food at the Coaches vs. Cancer event Sept. 11, 2024.

Men’s basketball all in for fight against cancer; visits American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge

Andrew Gold, Reporter October 1, 2024

To show support for cancer patients, their caregivers and the American Cancer Society’s mission to end cancer, the Kent State men’s basketball team visited the American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge...

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QUIZ: Build a fall playlist

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter September 19, 2024

The Kent Stater Illustration by Clare Rodgers

Experts warn misinformation may increase the need for media literacy this election season

Ari Collins, Reporter September 15, 2024

For years, campaigns have used AI to make robocalls and generate speech captions. But now, some are using it to create a new reality. “In some sense, that’s been a part of American elections since...