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Zuckerberg highlights chatbots, live video at annual conference

Shopping for shoes will become as easy as sending a text on Facebook Messenger. Experiencing virtual reality might feel as simple as putting on a pair of glasses. And accessing the Web will become easier...

NFL denies Josh Gordon’s reinstatement application

The NFL has denied suspended Cleveland Browns receiver Josh Gordon's application for reinstatement.A league spokesman confirmed Tuesday that the application was denied and Gordon can apply again at a future...

Cardale Jones calls out NCAA’s ‘insane and unfair rules’

The Associated Press April 12, 2016

Former Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones says he is happy to be done with the NCAA and its "insane and unfair rule."Jones went on a short Twitter rant about how he feels the NCAA exploits athletes....

With new monument, Obama and Dems seize on Equal Pay Day

President Barack Obama and other Democrats on Tuesday seized on Equal Pay Day—a symbolic event dramatizing how much longer it takes a woman to earn as much as a man—to court women voters and call...

Bernard Branner, junior applied communications major, speaks at the KSU: True Life Luncheon held at the Kent Student Center Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2016. 

Luncheon fosters discussion on personal social justice

Hana Barkowitz April 12, 2016

When Mario Sracic, a Kent State mathematical science graduate student, came out to his parents about his bisexuality, his whole life changed. Disowned and ostracized, he had nowhere or nobody to turn to...

Nursing students receive real-world experience through disaster simulation

Lauryn Rosinski April 12, 2016

Students in the Community Health Nursing course participated in a disaster simulation at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Kent State collaborated on the event with the Portage County Health Department and the Emergency...

Dress to impress Deck: What you wear says a lot about yourself, especially during an interview and at work

Alexandria Kobryn - Jobs Reporter Email at [email protected] April 12, 2016

Interviews are a way to provide your possible future employer with a good first impression, and one of the best ways to do that is by dressing appropriately.Craig Wilkinson, the recruiting coordinator...

Sophomore pitcher Zach Willeman pitches during the the first game of a double header against the University of Toledo at Schoonover Stadium on Sunday, April 10, 2016. The Flashes lost 4-1 in the first game and won 2-1 in the second game.

Baseball splits double header against Toledo

Zach Harley April 10, 2016

Due to Saturday’s postponement, Kent State faced Toledo in a back-to-back double-header Sunday night in what turned out to be one of the weirder endings in recent memory.After a 4-1 loss in game one,...

3OH!3 to perform at FlashFest

Emily Mills April 10, 2016

Kent State's Undergraduate Student Government announced on Twitter Friday electronic band 3OH!3 will perform at FlashFest 2016, along with rapper Wiz Khalifa and country singer Chase Rice.The band will...

Lil Sibs Weekend

Deidre Pulley April 10, 2016

Keith Gisser walks around answering questions about his reptiles at the reptile show in the Kiva on Saturday, April 9, 2016. Kent State’s 'Sibs and Kids Weekend' held events all over Kent Campus for...

Willett wins the Masters after shocking Spieth collapse

Dough Ferguson, AP Golf Writer April 10, 2016

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Danny Willett in a green jacket was hard to believe considering he wasn't even sure he could play the Masters two weeks ago.Jordan Spieth was even more stunned.Nine holes away from...

Lil Sibs Weekend

Deidre Pulley April 10, 2016

Kids play in a bounce house at the Student Wellness and Recreation Center for 'Sibs and Kids Weekend,' April 9, 2016. Kent State University held events all over campus for students and their siblings to...