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Models wearing a collection by Braisha Owens walk the runway at the Modista Fall Fashion show on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013 in Rockwell Hall.

Modista fashion group to present annual fashion show

Felicia Guadagni December 1, 2015

Kent State’s Modista Fashion Group will host its annual fashion show "Modista High: School Dayz" this Saturday from 7-9 p.m. in the Kent State Student Center Ballroom.Modista has produced an annual fashion...

JB’s in downtown Kent to be turned into a nightclub

Carson Kleinman December 1, 2015

JB’s, located on N. Water Street next to Brewhouse in Downtown Kent, is undergoing changes over the holiday season and will reopen Jan. 21 as a nightclub.JB’s was recently revamped, adding a new sound...

The Wick Poetry Center on the night of Dec. 1, 2015.

Wick Poetry Center holds last poetry reading of semester

Bruno Beidacki December 1, 2015

The Wick Poetry Center plans to host a poetry reading with Ukrainian-born poet Ilya Kaminsky, presenting his works Thursday night in the Kent Student Center.The event is part of the Wick Poetry Center’s...

Jenna Watson, senior photojournalism major, inspects her wine for oxidation for Wines of Northeast Ohio class at Silver Run Vineyard and Winery in Norton, Ohio.

Ashtabula campus adds degrees in wine

Katie Rush December 1, 2015

Kent State’s Ashtabula campus offers two associate degrees in wine studies through the enology and viticulture tracks, both available as online classes.Danielle Weiser-Cline, an academic adviser at Ashtabula's...

KSU students perform in fall faculty dance concert

Megan Hermensky December 1, 2015

The Kent State School of Theatre and Dance will be hosting its fall faculty dance concert "Dance ’15: Moving Parts" this Friday through Sunday.According to the event's Facebook page, the show will feature...

Photo courtesy of Kent State VS Pink’s Twitter

PINK reps host fashion show watch party

Paige Verma December 1, 2015

Kent campus representatives will host a viewing of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show at Panini's Bar and Grill on Tuesday, Dec. 8.Students Victoria Manenti and Christy Lodder are the Kent State PINK...

Roy Owens

Rachael Le Goubin November 30, 2015

Roy, 89 and Nora Owens, 88, have been married 69 years this August. After serving in World War II, Roy had always found Nora beautiful and asked her to marry him. They have lived in Elkhorn City, Kentucky,...

Roy, 89 and Nora Owens, 88, have been married 69 years this August. After serving in World War II, Roy had always found Nora beautiful and asked her to marry him. They have lived in Elkhorn City, Kentucky, since the 1920s and Roy has spent his whole life on the railroad. Roy said it really bothers him that they're closing the railroad after 100 years, "I've grown up on this railroad, I've lived here all my life and they're taking away a part of my life."

A Passing Tradition: Annual Santa Train journeys through Appalachia

Rachael Le Goubin November 30, 2015

A Passing Tradition from Rachael Le Goubin on Vimeo.Before the sun has even risen on the frosty Saturday before Thanksgiving, families gather at the Shelby train station in Shelbiana, Ky., waiting for...

Art by Darius Steward.

Cleveland artist brings social issues to downtown Kent exhibit

Raeanna Hertz November 30, 2015

Surrounded in a room with empty white walls, stands a lonely tall gallery pedestal.The image makes Darius Steward’s mind flourish with new ideas for his gallery “BAC N 4th”.“I always think of the...

Cheers and Jeers

November 29, 2015

Cheers to ... the last Ebola patient in Guinea, a 1-month-old girl named Nubia, to leave the hospital.Jeers to ... the recall of a vegetable mix believed to be linked to the source of E. coli in a chicken...

Kent PD participates in Movember

Carson Kleinman November 29, 2015

Members of the Kent Police Department are participating in No Shave November to raise money and awareness for serious men’s health issues.Officers have joined the Movember Foundation, a global charity...

Kent State USG holds a public meeting in the Governance Chambers in the Kent State Student Center. Oct. 7, 2015. 

HOLD: All about USG: The Faces behind the student-run program

Alex Gray November 29, 2015

Kent State’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) was created to voice students' concerns and represent them, the university and the rest of the community.  USG’s website states, “The Undergraduate...