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Zac’s Flick Pick: ‘Freaks’

Zac Younkins February 12, 2014

What does it take to get a film banned? There’s certainly an aspect of controversy, but usually films that become banned are simply too ahead of their time for audiences. Take the 1932’s classic, “Freaks”...

Single shouldn’t mean you’re staying in

Katy Coduto February 12, 2014

If you’re single, you might look at Feb. 14 as a day to wallow and wonder what your life has come to. Or, you could stop being miserable about being single and join the 96 million other Americans who...

Cookies displaying messages like "Love Bites" and "MEH" were available for students at last year's Anti-Valentine's Dinner at Prentice Cafe, Feb. 14, 2013. Prentice Cafe will hold its Anti-Valentine's Day party again this Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. from 4:00 to 8:30 p.m.

Broken cookies and broken hearts

Patrick Williams February 12, 2014

In protest of Valentine’s Day, people will congregate at Prentice Café to eat black and broken heart-shaped cookies, and some of them will publicly share why they and their significant other broke up....

Contact Katy Coduto at kcoduto@kent.edu.  

Defining dating’s gray area

Katy Coduto February 12, 2014

It’s the middle of February, which means if you’re in a relationship, you’re caught in the thrall of Valentine’s Day; if you’re single, you’re probably just annoyed by it. No one casually enjoys...

Tricky Dick and the Cover-Ups

Local cover band to perform at Bar 145 this weekend

Endya Watson February 12, 2014

The cover band Tricky Dick and the Cover-Ups is, according to its website, “humbly trying to save the world, one previously-written song at a time.”The latest stop on this journey to save the world...

Zac Younkins

Patiently awaiting part two

Zac Younkins February 12, 2014

So far, 2014 is shaping up to be the year of long-awaited band reunions. Wu-Tang Clan released a song back in the latter half of 2013 aptly called “Family Reunion” and set the precedent for keeping...

Debunk digital dating

Katy Coduto February 12, 2014

With smartphones, laptops and tablets now an everyday fixture in the lives of 20-somethings, dating has gone to the Internet — for better or worse. We’ve picked out the best online platforms for you...

Online Dating

Online dating on the rise

Lindsay Miller February 12, 2014

For the first time ever, online dating has surpassed traditional means of dating, according to Singles in America’s 2013 survey.For the past four years, Match.com, an online dating website, conducted...

Struggling Flashes hope to find identity in Jekyll and Hyde season

February 10, 2014

A physically exhausted and mentally frustrated Kent State men’s basketball team (12-11, 3-7 Mid-American Conference) is back home this week and preparing to go head-to-head with Bowling Green (10-13,...

Opinion: Immigration Reform; now is the time

Jennifer Hutchinson February 10, 2014

It’s no secret that immigration reform has been an issue in the United States for at least the last fifteen years. It seems, however, that the Republicans are ready to tackle the issue. On Thursday,...

Opinion: China’s president Xi Jinping goes to Sochi

Haoran Li February 10, 2014

Chinese president, Xi Jinping, joined the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic games in Sochi, Russia, last week.  However, President Obama did not attend because of the current relations between the...

Opinion: Professors and students need to collaborate

Opinion: Professors and students need to collaborate

Joyce Ng February 9, 2014

Over the past two weeks, I’ve had the privilege of having two classes cancelled, and twice I was let out half an hour early in a 75-minute-long class. However, none of these cancellations had to do with...