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The Kent Stater Flu shot vaccinations were given on the second floor of the Kent State library during the flu clinic event hosted by Kent State nursing students Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014.

Cost of the flu: How to protect health, finances during flu season

Alicia Balog
January 19, 2015
A student dresses for the cold as temperatures plunge below freezing in Kent.

Winter weather woes

Alicia Balog
January 14, 2015
Issue 15

Portage County District Library levy fails to pass

Alicia Balog
November 4, 2014

DeWine vows to work ‘to protect Ohio families’ in second term as attorney general

Alicia Balog
November 4, 2014
Courtney Caldwell, adult reference librarian at the Aurora Memorial Library, said if the Issue 15, a new tax levy for the Portage County District Library, passes, it can help the library buy new materials and offer more e-media and downloadable content for its users.

Portage County District Library wants to expand services with levy proposal

Alicia Balog
October 29, 2014
A map of the city of Kent with roads to be repaired highlighted in yellow.

City begins road repaving in residential areas

Alicia Balog
October 23, 2014
This undated file image made available by the CDC shows the Ebola Virus.

University shares update on Ebola risks

Alicia Balog
October 17, 2014

Ohio artists design bike racks inspired by downtown Kent’s college culture

Alicia Balog
October 9, 2014
The Kent Stater Kent City and Kent State Police respond to a car accident on S. Lincoln St. and Summit St. around 3p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014.

Two-car crash at Lincoln, Summit intersection

Alicia Balog
September 23, 2014
Steve Mileski, a property manager for several pieces of locations on Summit Street in Kent, talks with Kent City Council on Sept. 17 about possible emminent domain cases against him.

Kent City Council considers eminent domain on four College Avenue homes

Alicia Balog
September 18, 2014
RACHAEL LE GOUBIN / THE KENT STATER Ohio's Secretary of State Jon Husted speaks to members of Kent State's College Rebublicans Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 about his plans to make voting in Ohio more honest.

Ohio Secretary of State talks democracy with Kent State College Republicans

Alicia Balog
September 6, 2014

News on the go: Sept. 2

Alicia Balog
September 1, 2014
Andrew Meyer, former assistant news director at WBGO in Newark, New Jersey, was named the next news director for WKSU, the public radio station in Kent.

WKSU names new news director

Alicia Balog
August 28, 2014

News on the go: Aug. 25, 2014

Alicia Balog
August 24, 2014

Twitter reaction to Bitsko’s death

Alicia Balog
August 20, 2014
 

Retired professor passes away, leaves legacy of love

Alicia Balog
November 7, 2013
Isabella Trevino performs as a bachlorette in "The Dating Game" skit in the blackbox theater at the Music and Speech building on October 14, 2013. Photo by Leah Klafcznyski

Freshmen theatre majors showcase skills and characters

Alicia Balog
October 15, 2013

JMC honors alumni, friends at annual award ceremony

Alicia Balog
October 5, 2013
Photo courtesy of the Kent-Ravenna Record-Courier.

Local leader remembered for supporting Kent State

Alicia Balog
October 4, 2013
Nick Steger, 6, of Rootstown, examines a toy closely while exploring Off the Wagon toy shop Tuesday, Sept. 17. Photo by Brianna Neal.

Off the Wagon offers people a chance to not act their age

Alicia Balog
September 29, 2013
Kent State Provost Diacon met with officials from CommutAir to sign a contract agreement to hire graduate students from Kent State University's Aeronautics Division to work at places like Cleveland Airport and United Airways. Photo by Jacob Byk

University signs agreement with airline to hire grads

Alicia Balog
August 20, 2013
 

Cleveland Clinic flight crew lands at Kent State for demonstration

Alicia Balog
June 5, 2013

Board of Trustees announces presidential search committee chair and approves presidential house

Alicia Balog
May 15, 2013

May 4 speakers discuss the look of activism through the years

Alicia Balog
May 5, 2013

Board of Trustees to make decisions about the president at its May meeting

Alicia Balog
May 3, 2013

Fashion show honors anniversary and student work

Alicia Balog
April 27, 2013

Kent State Women’s Center hosted two events, giving sexual assault victims a voice

Alicia Balog
April 26, 2013
Billy Collins recites some of his poetry in the Ballroom of the Student Center on Thursday April 18, 2013. Collins has been named Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. Photo by Shane Flanigan.

U.S. Poet Laureate sparks laughter and thought at poetry reading

Alicia Balog
April 19, 2013

University leasing president’s house from Cleveland attorney

Alicia Balog
April 3, 2013

Family, friends and community remember JJ Marino

Alicia Balog
April 3, 2013

University leases Lefton’s house for potential official presidential home

Alicia Balog
April 2, 2013

Non-tenure faculty votes to accept tentative agreement

Alicia Balog
March 6, 2013
Morgan Rowe, freshman fashion merchandizing major, shows her shirt she recieved at Chardon High school after last year's shooting. Rowe was a senior at Chardon in February 2012, and was in the cafeteria when the shooting. Photo by Jessica Denton

‘It couldn’t happen at Chardon’

Alicia Balog
February 27, 2013

Proposed bill may mean extra work for professors

Alicia Balog
February 26, 2013

Non-tenure track faculty, university reach tentative agreement

Alicia Balog
February 21, 2013

Survey shows provosts, including Kent State’s, opinions

Alicia Balog
February 19, 2013

C–SPAN Bus to offer educational tours during visit

Alicia Balog
February 15, 2013
 

Academic-based scholarships help make college more affordable

Alicia Balog
January 16, 2013
 

Petro announces retirement

Alicia Balog
January 13, 2013

Portman views uses of liquid crystal in technology tour

Alicia Balog
January 13, 2013

Employees awarded for work in advancing university’s goals

Alicia Balog
January 4, 2013

Online discussion produces quality ideas

Alicia Balog
December 6, 2012
 

Dying and thriving majors at Kent State

Alicia Balog
December 4, 2012
Don-John Dugas

Professors win Distinguished Teaching Award

Alicia Balog
November 25, 2012
Submitted photo

Geology professor conducts monumental research into climate change

Alicia Balog
November 19, 2012
President Lefton speaks to faculty members at the November Faculty Senate meeting in the Governance Chambers on Nov. 5. Lefton encouraged members to vote in tomorrow's election and help others in the community vote as well. Photo by Grace Jelinek.

Faculty Senate discuss university policies, presidential election at meeting

Alicia Balog
November 6, 2012

Academic Affairs uses social media and public meetings to gather opinions

Alicia Balog
November 4, 2012

Students experience scheduling nightmares

Alicia Balog
November 2, 2012

Kent State to offer more three–year degree programs

Alicia Balog
October 30, 2012

Kent State to offer more three–year degree programs

Alicia Balog
October 30, 2012

‘Sex week’ strives to inform students

Alicia Balog
October 28, 2012
Ann Miller yells for joy after discovering that she is the Kent State 2012 Homecoming Queen. Miller was crowned during the Halftime of the Homecoming game on Oct. 20. Photo by BRIAN SMITH.

Homecoming king and queen honored despite rain

Alicia Balog
October 21, 2012

New scholarship for grads aims to increase diversity in some fields

Alicia Balog
October 11, 2012
University Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Todd Diacon, speaks at the semiannual Bowman breakfast in the Student Center on Wednesday Oct. 3. Diacon spoke about what he loves about Kent State and of northern Ohio. Photo by Brian Smith.

Provost shares reasons he chose Kent at Bowman Breakfast

Alicia Balog
October 4, 2012
 

Transition between online platforms is ‘learning’ process

Alicia Balog
October 1, 2012
 

Towson administrator: Chandler a ‘pleasure to work with’

Alicia Balog
October 1, 2012

From research to inventions to patents to products

Alicia Balog
September 19, 2012

KSU falls in national ranking

Alicia Balog
September 13, 2012
President Lefton spoke at the faculty senate meeting, the first of the year, on Sept. 10. "We are building a college town", Lefton said in regards to the recent expansion of downtown Kent and the University Esplanade. Photo by Jacob Byk.

Lefton touts freshmen, future at Senate

Alicia Balog
September 11, 2012

Faculty Senate to elect and nominate officers at first meeting

Alicia Balog
September 9, 2012

University enacts school of plagiarism

Alicia Balog
September 6, 2012

Allerton apartment demolition to start

Alicia Balog
August 27, 2012

Sights and sounds of College Fest

Alicia Balog
April 23, 2012
Robert Cargile and Maya Cargile walk at the Relay for Life walk, April 21. They walked in honor of Robert's father who lost his life last year to cancer. The walk was held at Kent State's running track. Photo by Emily Martin.

Participants went out in cold weather for Relay For Life

Alicia Balog
April 23, 2012
Sheryl Crow performs during the Sunoco Welcome America concert in Philadelphia, Pa. on July 4, 2009. (Laurence Kesterson/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)

Centennial Campaign to conclude with Sheryl Crow and Los Lonely Boys

Alicia Balog
April 19, 2012
Sam Kaufman stands with his son, Andrew, 17, at one of the booths set up for prospective students on Friday. Kaufman intends to major in business management and is from Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Photo by Jacob Byk.

Admitted Student Days offer information about Kent State University

Alicia Balog
April 4, 2012
Trey Ratcliff, 40, of Austin, TX spoke to Kent State students at Cartwright Auditorium on Thursday, March 29. Ratcliff came to Kent State University as part of the Presidential Speaker Series and spoke about emerging digital media and High Dynamic Range photography. Photo by Kristin Bauer.

Digital arts and Internet topic of first speaker series

Alicia Balog
March 30, 2012

KSU competes for a cause in Recyclemania

Alicia Balog
March 8, 2012

Kent State competes in recycling competition

Alicia Balog
March 8, 2012

Casting the vote

Alicia Balog
March 6, 2012

Who will students vote for this year?

Alicia Balog
March 5, 2012
Paisley Stovall, senior Music, Anthropology, and Pan-African studies major, sits in Oscar Ritchie Hall on Feb. 6. "The reason I picked three is because I couldn't decide and they all go together," Stovall said. Photo by Nancy Urchak.

Triple-majoring: Two students share their experiences

Alicia Balog
February 23, 2012

Students spend week learning and serving

Alicia Balog
February 10, 2012
Students walk on the Esplande by the Business & Administration on Wednesday afternoon. Photo by Brian Smith.

First mention of “Can’t State” dates back nearly 100 years

Alicia Balog
February 6, 2012
David Francko. Photo courtesy of Kent State University.

Provost candidate David Francko speaks to students

Alicia Balog
January 23, 2012
Adrienne Langan, 21-year-old fashion merchandising major, searches for a book at the campus book store in the Student Center on Tuesday. Students, with receipts, can return books for a full refund up until Jan. 17. Photo by Coty Giannelli.

Some students opt out of buying books

Alicia Balog
January 19, 2012
 

Kent State reaching out to students through social media

Alicia Balog
January 12, 2012
James Barnes. Submitted photo.

Portage County Coroner’s Office ruled student died of pneumonia

Alicia Balog
January 8, 2012

Students can stay productive to avoid the winter brain drain

Alicia Balog
December 9, 2011

Cinematheque to screen KSU professor’s 70s horror film

Alicia Balog
October 27, 2011

Campus joins in vigil to remember the life of James Barnes

Alicia Balog
October 21, 2011
Gabrielle Schura, Bridget Szabat, Kiera Walls, Jessica Husted, all senior human development and family studies majors, Lauren Rothenbusch, senior psychology major and Lauren Stites, senior applied conflict management are all members of a new non-profit group at Kent State called Stable Ground. The group seeks to work with families "experiencing crisis or hardship" to "foster an attitude of hope and possibility" according to their Facebook page. Photo by Valerie Brown.

Stable Ground provides stability for families in need

Alicia Balog
October 17, 2011

Student Success Series offers different programs for freshman

Alicia Balog
October 2, 2011
State Representative of the 68th House District Kathleen Clyde spoke to Kent State College Democrats Thursday, September 22. Photo by Elyse Claassen.

Kent State College Democrats welcome State Representative Clyde

Alicia Balog
September 23, 2011
Adam Ury is raffling off a playground installation in order to fund a study abroad trip to Florence, Italy during the Spring semester. Photo by Matt Hafley.

KSU student raffles off a swing set to fund study abroad

Alicia Balog
September 16, 2011
Why should students care? Students use RateMyProfessors.com as a way to learn more about their professors and classes they want to take in the future. Students need to consider that not all the ratings on RateMyProfessors.com are accurate. Some students write negative comments because of the grade they received or because they didn’t like the textbook used — not because of the professor’s teaching style.

KSU students and professors rate RateMyProfessors.com

Alicia Balog
September 7, 2011

Kent State included among 2011 “Great Colleges to Work For”

Alicia Balog
September 2, 2011
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