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Christopher C. Krebs

Tasos Katopodis, Getty Images November 19, 2020

Christopher C. Krebs, director of the Homeland Security Department's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. In...

Ohio’s status as a swing state seems no longer

Kaitlyn Finchler Reporter November 17, 2020

With the results of the 2020 election still fresh in everyone’s mind, some have questioned if Ohio is still prevalent as a swing state or will still be a factor in future elections. No candidate has...

About 90K sex abuse claims filed in Boy Scouts bankruptcy

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer November 16, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Close to 90,000 sexual abuse claims have been filed against the Boy Scouts of America as the Monday deadline arrived for submitting claims in the organization’s bankruptcy case.The...

2nd virus vaccine shows striking success in US tests

A second experimental COVID-19 vaccine — this one from Moderna Inc. — yielded extraordinarily strong early results Monday, another badly needed dose of hope as the pandemic enters a terrible new phase.Moderna...

Over 1 million US children have been diagnosed with Covid-19, pediatricians say

Maggie Fox and Sandee LaMotte, CNN November 16, 2020

(CNN) -- Over a million children under 18 have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in the United States since the start of the pandemic, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association...

KSU students lining up to get tested

Mason Lawlor November 16, 2020

KSU students lined up for hours beginning at Manchester Field to enter the student center ballroom on Nov. 15. Photo by Mason Lawlor. 

Volunteers helping the university’s third testing clinic

Benjamin Weaver November 16, 2020

From left to right: Emily Sabo, Tristen Denyi, Elijah Voorhees.  Kent State students volunteered to help out with the university’s third COVID-19 testing clinic on Sunday, Nov. 15.   

Lines of students extended near Risman Dr. on Kent State’s campus. Photo by Mason Lawlor.

Kent State holds open COVID-19 testing Sunday before uncertain Thanksgiving holiday

Mason Lawlor Reporter November 16, 2020

Kent State University hosted free, on-site COVID-19 testing on Sunday in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. Both students and local residents waited hours to get tested, with lines stretching from the university’s...

Students walking on Kent State's campus. 

Walking for physical and mental wellness during COVID-19

Megan Medfisch Reporter November 14, 2020

As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, daily walks can be beneficial for students’ mental and physical wellness. More gyms may close for the winter months, so gym-goers may need to turn elsewhere to...

Faculty Senate sees switch from Blackboard to Canvas in Kent State’s future

The Faculty Senate discussed a potential switch to Canvas in the coming years and what the new year holds for the university at their monthly meeting Nov. 9.Shelley Marshall, a computer technology lecturer...

Immigration protest in DC

SAUL LOEB November 11, 2020

Immigration rights activists take part in a rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 12, 2019. - The US Supreme Court hears arguments on November 12, 2019 on the fate of the...

Kent State attempts to stifle any post-election negativity

Ben Vrobel Administration reporter November 9, 2020

In the aftermath of the 2016 election, many students at Kent State made it publicly known they were disappointed by the president-elect, Donald Trump. This year, Kent State’s administration is trying...