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Contact Melissa Puppo at mpuppo@kent.edu

Fitness Diary: Week 9

Melissa Puppo March 12, 2014

I learned one major thing this past week: even when you think something is impossible at the time, if you believe in yourself and actually TRY, then you will complete it. That idea seems pretty easy to...

Contact Melissa Puppo at mpuppo@kent.edu

Ask Mel: Tinder Tips

Melissa Puppo March 12, 2014

Dear friends:I decided this week I want to give advice on an app that has been the topic of conversation with my friends and other people as of late —  Tinder.The name “Tinder” was just a word I’d...

Submitted photo from alternative spring break 2013 in Columbiana County.

Think outside the box when planning your spring break

Lindsay Miller March 12, 2014

It was a sunny 75 degrees in the woods of Hellbender Bluff where Hannah Yackley spent her 2012 spring break. As a participant of Kent State’s Alternate Spring Break program, Yackley had the opportunity...

Illustration by LaQuann Dawson

LifeShare rewards students for saving lives

Erin Zaranec March 12, 2014

LifeShare Community Blood Services, a nonprofit organization located in northeast Ohio, is one of two organizations that host blood drives on Kent State’s campus.There are 10 to 12 LifeShare blood drives...

Jessica Becker, freshman English as a second language major, helps to decorate a cake she and her friends baked in the Stopher Hall kitchen, Wednesday, March 12, 2014.

Oven Lovin’: Learn to utilize your campus kitchen

Melissa Puppo March 12, 2014

As the morning sun rises, the fourth floor of Centennial Court E is filled with the aroma of a delicious breakfast; sophomore Bret Frost begins to eat, not with food already prepared that he bought with...

Illustration by LaQuann Dawson

Decorative distractions: The icing on the cake

Erin Zaranec March 12, 2014

Walking into Eastway’s private dining room on Tuesday night, the smell of sugary icing and cake was immediately apparent. Twenty-six personalized cakes were created during a cake decorating class, hosted...

Illustration by LaQuann Dawson

The fine art of time management: Organize your time, organize your life

Blythe Alspaugh March 12, 2014

Holly Nelson sits in front of her laptop, InDesign open as she works on a project for her graphic design class. Papers are strewn across the table as her digital clock reads 2:07 a.m.Late nights aren’t...

BSR Beats: Week 9

Brenda Riepenhoff March 12, 2014

"A Little More" by Eric Hutchinson It’s your classic Eric Hutchinson with MUCH more pop and MUCH more cheese (the good, not moldy kind). This single following “Tell The World,” is a catchier...

Poster courtesy of Touchstone Pictures

Zac’s Flick Pick: ‘The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’

Zac Younkins March 12, 2014

Often, students discover a plethora of oddities during their college years.We’re exposed to thrift shops, international cuisine, experimental music, possibly an assortment of alcohol and drugs and, of...

Poster courtesy of Cinemarque Entertainment

Katherine’s Flick Pick: ‘Heathers’

Katherine Nix March 12, 2014

Popular girls who think they are better than everyone else make the lives of those less popular than them miserable.Sounds just like the plot of “Mean Girls,” or half of the population’s personal...

Submitted Photo

‘Rovers’ storm Kent one final time

Katherine Nix March 12, 2014

The Irish Rovers made a stop at the Kent Stage as part of the band’s farewell tour on Friday, March 7 and played to a sold out crowd.The Toronto-based, Irish-born band has been touring for more than...

Submitted Photo

Twitter brings in British fans for local band

Zac Younkins March 12, 2014

Most Kent-based bands have big dreams. Some want to be the underground local favorite, some want to be the next Devo, talked about by professors for years to come. Simply sharing Facebook band page and...