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Owner Steve Tannous prepares orders at Twisted Meltz, a new grilled cheese eatery in Acorn Alley, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. The restaurant serves a spectrum of sandwiches named and themed after 17 Kent State-based celebrities.

Grilled cheese with a twist

Patrick Williams February 5, 2014

The smell of toasted bread and cheese wafts into the spaces in Acorn Alley that used to be College Creamery and College Coneys. Kent State students will come in to eat where men at least 20 years older...

Zac Younkins

There will forever be a hole in Hollywood

Zac Younkins February 5, 2014

When a true visionary passes away, even someone you don’t know on a personal level, the entire world suffers. Ever since studying acting at a young age, I looked for individuals in Hollywood who were...

Photo courtesy of Lenny Pete Photography

Hard Day’s Night come together for Kent BeatleFest

Patrick Williams February 5, 2014

Frank Muratore has picked up on a thing or two since he started impersonating Paul McCartney in the mid-’90s. First, he learned a good chunk of McCartney’s vocal, bass, piano and guitar work with The...

BSR Beats: Week 4

Brenda Riepenhoff February 5, 2014

"Reflections" — MisterWives In the first part of this song, nothing in particular sticks out, but as soon as the music picks up with the chorus, you become addicted to this song. The upbeat music...

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February 5, 2014

Studies affected by online streaming?

Lindsay Miller February 5, 2014

Jessy Cooke had a productive weekend finishing a full season — 22 episodes — of “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” on Netflix. What Cooke wasn’t productive in finishing was her chemistry homework...

Kent State junior, Michael Fisher, holds a photo of him and his family from his high school graduation. Michael lives in Long Island, N.Y. which prevents him from making frequent travels home.

Beating the homesick blues

Blythe Alspaugh February 5, 2014

Seven hours, 432 miles.It’s a long way from home for Michael Fisher, a senior marketing major and Long Island native. Fisher makes up a small portion of the 11 percent of students who come from out-of-state.“It...

The best music festivals around the country

Katy Coduto February 5, 2014

Because the snow has yet to stop falling in northeast Ohio, now is the perfect time to daydream about warmer weather and everything that accompanies it. For a lot of people, starting in April, warm weather...

Contact Zac Younkins at zyounkin@kent.edu

The Boss is back

Zac Younkins February 5, 2014

Some artists truly stand the test of time. For decades following 1975‘s release of the breakthrough “Born to Run,” the music of The Boss was universally loved. Nearly 40 years later, one can still...

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Katherine’s Flick Pick: ‘The Parent Trap’

Katherine Nix February 5, 2014

I personally never went to summer camp, but this movie always made me want to because of all the cool stuff these kids get to do. They swim in a lake, go canoeing, play basketball, get into intense prank...

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Zac’s Flick Pick: ‘Leaving Las Vegas’

Zac Younkins February 5, 2014

Nicolas Cage is one of the most perplexing performers of modern day cinema. Many critics and fans praise him as one of the all-time greats of the craft of acting, while others are turned off by his intensity...

Opinion: The Winter Olympics are a hot mess — but is it worth it?

Tyler Kieslich February 4, 2014

The Winter Olympics begin in Sochi, Russia in just a few days, and it is already being widely reported as the most expensive in history. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government have put 51...