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The role of May 4 in history

Christina Suttles May 3, 2013

There’s something about the air surrounding Kent State’s campus every May 4. It’s thicker, dense with solitude, reflection and heavy hearts. As hundreds of students, past and present, gather...

Members of the Kent State Invisible Children Organization discuss upcoming events on their agenda at the meeting on April 10. Events discussed included "Move Dance Party," which is took place at Bar 157 on April 12. . Photo by Zane Lutz.

Life after Kony 2012

Christina Suttles April 14, 2013

In March 2012, the virtual world was exposed to the phenomenon that was “Kony 2012.” The 30-minute video, which received more than 94 million views on YouTube by October of that year, was filmed and...

Junior Integrated Language Arts major Alex Simon studies for a Spanish exam on the fourth floor of the Kent State Library on April 7. Photo by Rachael Le Goubin.

Best Place to Study: University Library

Christina Suttles April 11, 2013

We asked you, the students and residents of Kent State and the city of Kent, Ohio, to pick your favorite places in Kent, and the results are in. 2nd place: Tree City Coffee & Pastry 135 E. Erie St....

Photo by Jacob Byk.

Best Pizza: Guy’s Pizza

Christina Suttles April 10, 2013

We asked you, the students and residents of Kent State and the city of Kent, Ohio, to pick your favorite places in Kent, and the results are in. 2nd place: Hungry Howie’s Pizza 1444 E. Main St. (330)...

Senior spanish major Tom Ream speaks to fellow members of Kent State organization FACE AIDS during a meeting on the third floor of the student center on Wednesday, April 3. Photo by Jenna Watson.

Breaking the taboo: Sexual health

Christina Suttles April 9, 2013

In 2007, graduate student Heather Pavlich surveyed 421 Kent State students from randomly selected classes to receive their input on matters related to sex and sexually transmitted diseases.Of the students...

Luis Garcia, visiting scholar from Spain, and Sophomore Communication Studies major Benjamin Capka practice "sitting;" a form of Zen Buddhist meditation. Photo by Rachael Le Goubin.

Students and residents find their inner Zen

Christina Suttles March 19, 2013

With a single chime, members of Kent Zendo took their cross-legged positions on the floor of Room 311 in the Student Center, readying themselves for 30 uninterrupted minutes of meditation.Barefoot and...

Gina Cortese sits in the pediatric cancer center with her nurse practitioner Kelly Laschinger and Dr. Duncan Stearns, at University Hospital in Cleveland on Feb. 27, waiting for her chemotherapy. Cortese purchased the tie that Dr. Stearns is wearing as a gift for the holidays. Photo by Jacob Byk.

A young woman rediscovers herself amidst an earth-shattering prognosis

Christina Suttles March 6, 2013

Gina Cortese sat on a hospital bed surrounded by minimal equipment while she, her mother, Sheila, and her nurse occasionally burst into spontaneous laughter as they evaluated the most attractive doctors...

Elizabeth James, a graduate student in public health, joins Body Acceptance movement to help Colleen Fitzgibbons, president of the group, with a practicum project. Photo by YOLANDA LI.

Students struggling with body image issues find refuge in student organization

Christina Suttles February 24, 2013

A few dozen students sat around an ample, rectangular table on the third floor of Moulton Hall Feb. 13 as giggles and small talk filled the room to capacity.“There are enough new faces here tonight,”...

Kent Books 4 Prisoners members assemble packages for prisoners at institutions in Ohio on Feb. 10. Photo by Jacob Byk.

Campus group works to give Ohio prisoners a second chance

Christina Suttles February 18, 2013

Emilio Vidal’s basement is a makeshift library that more closely resembles a wine cellar than it does your average groundwork. It’s brimming with shelving equipment and pillars of books in all varieties....

Beth Causey, 43, custodian at Kent State, operates a floor scrubber in Rockwell Hall Wednesday, Jan. 30. Causey has worked for the university's custodial services for five years. Photo by Shane Flanigan.

Getting to know your custodians

Christina Suttles February 4, 2013

As I walk through the first floor of Rockwell Hall, I approach Holly, an older member of the Kent State custodial staff, and ask her if she could direct me to the subject of my profile, Beth Causey.“She’ll...

Avery Bounds (far left), president of the student-run organization "Knitting for Those in Need", teaches Marteze Roper, a junior finance major, Brooklyn Hill, a sophmore psychology major, and Katrinka Stephens, a sophmore zoology major, how to knit a scarf. "Knitting for Those in Need" had its first meeting on January 23, 2012. Photo by MELANIE NESTERUK.

Students give back to community while learning valuable skills

Christina Suttles January 28, 2013

Fifteen minutes before her first meeting as president of Knitting for Those in Need (KTN) begins, Avery Bounds struts through the fourth floor of the student library, scavenging for extra knitting looms.“I...

Megan Gibbons, a sophomore pre-nursing major, in front of the Kent University Library on Jan. 8. Gibbons is currently undergoing chemotherapy for melanoma, and has transferred to the Stark satelite campus. Photo by Jacob Byk

How one student remained optimistic throughout her battle with cancer

Christina Suttles January 15, 2013

"It’s like someone’s smacking my head onto concrete,” sophomore pre-nursing major Megan Gibbons said, as she remembered the worst side effects of chemotherapy last year. “I've never had headaches...

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