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Freshman class boasts historic incoming GPA

Hallie Saculla September 25, 2016

As Kent State welcomed its largest, most diverse and academically talented freshmen class this year, faculty members shared their insight on the recruitment of this unique group.With an average ACT score...

Field hockey wins first MAC contest

Brandon Busby September 24, 2016

The Kent State field hockey team (5-4) ended its three-game losing streak and won its first matchup in MAC play Friday in a decisive 3-1 victory over Ball State University (4-5).Kent State looked well-organized...

The selection of alcohol on tap at Ray's Place is featured on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. 

Alcohol cap lifted in Ohio

Keely Kennedy September 21, 2016

Ohio’s 12-percent cap on alcohol in beer has been lifted.In May 2016, Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed House Bill 37, which did away with the 12 percent alcohol by volume cap, allowed open container districts...

Professor turns African fables into fashion

Dominique Pishotti September 21, 2016

Tameka Ellington, an assistant professor of fashion design and merchandising at Kent State, opened a new exhibition on campus this week.The exhibit, "Retold: African Culture and Fables Reinterpreted into...

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SNL welcomes first Latina cast member

Lauren Rathmell September 21, 2016

After 41 years, "Saturday Night Live" will have its first Latina comedian join the show.Melissa Villaseñor is set to join the cast for the premier of SNL’s 42nd season Oct. 1.Viewers may remember Villaseñor...

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Wonder Woman: 75 years of female representation

Erin Zaranec September 21, 2016

Wonder Woman will be celebrating her 75th birthday, but certain parts of the goddess’s history aren’t necessarily worth celebrating.“(In the '50s) Wonder Woman suffered (because) the comic book industry...

Photo courtesy of Matt Baker Anthony Vander Horst, a sixth year criminology professor at Kent State University and co-owner of Dr. V & G’s Sauce shack, a hot sauce store in Kent, OH, Sep. 16, 2016.

Professor far from home, still close to war with Syrian roots

Rachel Duthie September 21, 2016

In 1976, a young Anthony Vander Horst was helping his aunt and uncle at his grandfather's orphanage in Syria when a missile came through a window, just three floors below him.Astonishingly, it didn't explode."We...

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Dining like Mike: Mike’s Place owner builds eclectic establishment in Kent

Samantha Ickes September 21, 2016

Twenty-nine years ago, Mike Kostensky walked through the doors of what is known today as Mike’s Place.When he opened the doors for the first time, the old building smelled of must due to being left empty...

US NEWS NEWYORK-EXPLOSION 2 HK

Tariq Zehawi September 20, 2016

A man fitting the description of Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, is loaded into the ambulance on E Elizabeth Ave Monday morning, Sept. 19, 2015 in Linden, N.J. (2016 Tariq Zehawi/northjersey.com/TNS) THIS IMAGE...

AfricaPerspectives7

Aaron Self September 20, 2016

Nine month old lion cub Liuwa is play fighting her brother Lekker inside their enclousure at Lion Encounter in Victoria Falls Zimbabwe, Monday July 18, 2016. These cubs help the program as animal ambassadors,...

SpecialNeeds

Alyssa Keown September 20, 2016

Matt Altieri, a teacher at Ravenna High School, shows Marlene Maneage, the manager at Prentice Café, a career project he’s looking over on September 20, 2016. Matt brings his students with special needs...

Exploring the richness of Africa

Aaron Self September 20, 2016

Volunteering in Africa is a life-changing experience for anyone willing and able to take themselves away from their familiar surroundings and thrust themselves into an entirely setting with new ideas,...