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The Murders of Brandywine Theater

Review: ‘Brandywine Theater’ is a funny, psychotic romp — villainous puppets included

Mark Oprea October 7, 2014

“Brandywine,” the hitch-hiking traveler tells us in the beginning of Larry Longstreth’s latest drama-horror-comedy, “doesn’t exist on a map, it only exists in the imagination.”“The Murders...

Elmer Bjerregaard

Kent State alumn, long-standing professor dies Sunday

Hanna Moore October 7, 2014

A time-honored faculty member of Kent State passed away Oct. 5.Elmer Bjerregaard, a 1957 graduate of Kent State, taught at the university for 44 years as an architecture professor for the College of Architecture...

The Kent State Womens Rugby Club Team practice in the rain in front of Taylor hall on September 7, 2014.

The rugby family that tackles together, stays together

Ellen Turk October 7, 2014

“Crouch, bind, set!”At practice, forward pack players of Kent State women’s rugby team interlock to practice a rugby scrum — a method of restarting play of the ball that pits competing teams in...

BSR Beats: Change in the season

Lincoln Griffin October 7, 2014

The fall season is all about change — from the changing leaves to your changing wardrobe. So check out these songs and change up your everyday playlist! They’re perfect to fit your changing fall mood....

Rachael Le Goubin / The Kent Stater PJ Camargo, sophomore human movement major, leads a practice session for the members of Authentik in the Student Center Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. From left to right Brandon Lazenko, PJ Camargo, Miriam Yohannes and Sarah Restifo.

“Authentik” potential

Joy TaMar Moorer October 7, 2014

Nemesio “PJ” Camargo, a sophomore human movement major, never thought he’d become a choreographer. He also said he never thought he’d be the founder of a dance organization — he never thought...

Contact Neville at nhardma1@kent.edu.

Kent musicians got game

Neville Hardman October 7, 2014

Tucked in the corner of a house on East Craine Ave., four artists performed Friday, Oct. 3.One of the singer-songwriters was Julia Kate Davis, a self-taught musician and senior at Kent State.Prior to her...

Super Seniors

Visual Kent

Chelsea Ketchum October 7, 2014

Soon the term “super-senior” is going to revert back to just “senior” because not many students, myself included, graduate in four years anymore. I used to think it was bad I didn’t graduate...

SuperMonkey

Alumnus turns marketing degree into rock’n’roll

Mark Oprea October 7, 2014

It was in the middle of a dinner rush, washing dishes at Rockne’s on Main Street when Christian Groblewski realized that he wanted to pursue a career in rock’n’roll. From that moment, it only took...

Robert Fowler

Graham Smith October 6, 2014

Robert Fowler, Ph.D., a Professor of Religion at Baldwin Wallace University, speaks in the Student Center on Monday, September 6, 2014 about media influence on reader's understanding of the bible throughout...

Carol Maier reads Nuria Amat's unfaithful translations of Emily Dickinson at the Last Exit Bookstore during the literary text reading Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 held by Kent State's translations studies program.

Literary text reading at Last Exit Books

Alyssa Schmitt September 30, 2014

The sound of foreign tongues bounced off the bookshelves at the Last Exit Bookstore in downtown Kent during a literary text reading in a variety of languages Tuesday night.Students, faculty and community...

Contact Neville Hardman at nhardma1@kent.edu.

Against Me! front woman launches new web series

Neville Hardman September 30, 2014

Punk band Against Me! has come a long way since 2012. First, Laura Jane Grace, formerly Tom Gabel, came out as a transgender woman. Second, the band lost two members, bassist Andrew Seward and drummer...

The Kent State Fashion School put on a small scale fashion show for the Ohio Newspaper Association Convention in the Kent State Hotel in Kent on Sunday night.

Visual Kent

Jake Byk September 30, 2014

The Kent State Fashion Program, headed by J.R Campbell, is nationally, and even internationally, renowned. From New York to Florence, Italy, the program continues to surprise and impress everyone — including...