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Tim McCarthy, owner and founder of the Kent Zendo in Downtown Kent, focuses on practicing "minfulness meditation."

The art of mindfulness: a practice for some, study for others

Mark Oprea September 30, 2014

In a little pocket of the University Plaza, among vacated stores and former beauty parlors, sits the ever-so-humble Upaya Zen Center. Inside sit little Buddha statues dotted in between meditation pillows...

Weird names

7 things everyone with an unusual name deals with

Cheyenne Perry September 30, 2014

People with uncommon names face every day struggles a person with a more “normal” name may not understand. Three Kent State students, Ayobami Crawford, Ile-Ife Okantah and Aphdin Cadile, shared the...

Illustration by LaQuann Dawson

Relaxed Reads: A Hampstead Afternoon

Seth Murray September 30, 2014

I got off at the Hampstead exit. I couldn’t believe how far I’d come in the past week and a half since arriving in London. Taking the Tube from Enfield to Hampstead required multiple changes of trains,...

Kent Student Center Programming hosting craft time

Cheyenne Perry September 30, 2014

Kent Student Center Programming will be hosting craft time in The Nest on the second floor of the Student Center from noon to 2 p.m. each week, starting Wednesday, Oct. 1.KSCP, a sister organization to...

BSR Beats: Sick Chicks

Chelsey Milkovich September 30, 2014

Anyone who knows my taste of music knows it takes a lot for me to step out of my break-down infused comfort zone. Every once in a while I like to break away from the norm, dance around and sing along with...

Butte Sessions to help students secure internships

Julia Kerchenski September 30, 2014

John Butte, the coordinator for Career Services, will be holding his first “Butte Sessions” to help Journalism and Mass Communication students build their résumés and prepare for internships. The...

Changeling

Kelsey’s Flick Pick: ‘Changeling’

Kelsey Husnick September 30, 2014

Angelina Jolie stars in this drama, based on a true story and set during the late 1920s in Los Angeles. When Christine Collin’s son, Walter, goes missing the LAPD set up a search for the boy. Five months...

Oktoberfest

Main Street Kent brings back Oktoberfest

Mark Oprea September 30, 2014

October marks the 204th anniversary of the celebration of Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. Saturday also makes for the first downtown Kent Oktoberfest in almost two decades.The German-American festival,...

Drama

School of Theatre and Dance perform 1930s comedy

Mark Oprea September 30, 2014

The families in the 1930s play, “You Can’t Take It With You” are very much not our time. They precede the eras of smartphones, America Online and handheld video games. Other than a few loose ends,...

Michelle Guobadia asks Carmela Mostardi, junior finance major and a member of Chi Omega, what pledging is during her discussion on hazing to the Kent State Greek Community in the Student Center Ballroom Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014.

Kent State Greek life learning from mistakes

Erin Zaranec September 30, 2014

The first slide of Michelle Guobadia’s presentation read “Who is this woman and why is she so cool?”  Tuesday, Sept. 23 in the Student Center Ballroom. The Ballroom was filled with members of Kent...

Jell-O

Jell-O jiggling up controversy on college campuses

Erin Zaranec September 30, 2014

Kraft Foods Group Inc., the brand known for making “the cheesiest” macaroni and cheese, is now getting attention for creating a product for a more adult-friendly treat. Kraft has created custom Jell-O...

Looking back at a YouTube role model

Audrey Young September 30, 2014

Jenna Marbles — remember her? The hilarious YouTube sensation isn’t afraid to say exactly what’s on her mind. She exploded on the scene in 2010 with her video, “How to trick people into thinking...