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Junior environmental conservation biology major Sean Nichols and junior German/French translation major Kyle Darrah smoke outside the Student Center on Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. Nichols said Kent State becoming smoke-free could potentially help him quit smoking, while Darrah said she thinks enforcing the policy would distract campus security from more pressing issues.

Smoking ban talks remain in president’s cabinet

Emily Mills November 23, 2014

Smokers — students, faculty and staff alike — huddled outside buildings or on the heated grates that line the sidewalks, sneaking a cigarette in between classes or during their lunch break, are a common...

Kent State Fashion School located at Rockwell Hall was vandalized with message reading "sweat-shop slave styles trending.”

Rockwell Hall vandalized with sweatshops message

Emily Mills November 14, 2014

Rockwell Hall was vandalized sometime late Thursday night or early Friday morning.The message, “sweat-shop slave styles trending,” was spray-painted on the back wall of the building in brown spray-paint.That...

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Pino resigns from editorial board of academic journal

Emily Mills November 9, 2014

A Kent State professor who made headlines earlier this semester for his August letter on conflict in Israel and Palestine resigned from the editorial board of Latin American Perspectives, an academic...

Democratic candidate Vicki A. Kline and her daughter, Lisa Kline, react to her lead in the race for Portage County Commisioner at The Italian American Society watch party in Ravenna on Tuesday, November 4, 2014.

Local recap: Portage County issues and candidate results announced Tuesday

Emily Mills November 5, 2014

While Republicans swept state elections, the majority of the Democratic ticket won Portage County executive seats. Election results also determined that the city of Kent will not add a Community Bill...

Kline wins County Commissioner

Emily Mills November 4, 2014

Vicki Kline, the Democratic candidate for Portage ­County commissioner, defeated opponents Sabrina Christian-Bennett, the Republican incumbent, and Richard Duncan, an Independent candidate.Kline won the...

John and Jean Jacobs are members of the Pioneer Cemetery Preservation Group for the Pioneer Cemetery on Stow Road in Kent. Jean Jacobs is a decendent of Joshua Woodard and her family have been Kent residents since the 1800s.

Pioneer Cemetery crumbling away due to lack of funds

Emily Mills October 29, 2014

Weatherworn gravestones cover the secluded one-acre cemetery, some of their inscriptions lost to the elements long ago. Many of the markers are broken in half, resting against the stones still in the ground...

More than 100 monitoring for symptoms after potential contact with Dallas nurse with Ebola

Emily Mills October 19, 2014

More than 150 people are being monitored for Ebola because they might have come in contact with Amber Vinson, the second Texas nurse diagnosed with Ebola after treating Thomas Duncan, the first Ebola death...

Architecture professor Charles Harker takes a look at senior architecture major Danielle Jones's project during her studio time Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014.

Students struggle to complete degrees in four years

Emily Mills October 8, 2014

Sara Harrington, a special education major, started at Kent State in the fall of 2010. She planned on graduating in spring 2014, the standard four-year time frame for a college student.“It was close...

Joseph Vealencis from the National Counterterrorism Center answers questions from the audience about countering the terrorist threat in the age of transparency during the 10th annual Poynter KSU Media Ethics Workshop on Thursday, Sept 18, 2014.

Government doesn’t monitor everyone, but citizens don’t buy it

Emily Mills September 18, 2014

The United States government has a reputation for monitoring every aspect of its citizens’ technological lives through emails, phone calls and text messages.However, Joseph Vealencis, who led a counterterrorism...

Jessie Carduner, associate professor of Spanish and French, plays pinball at Stonehedge Family Fun Center in Cuyahoga Falls Friday, Sept. 12, 2014.

Pinball-playing professor brings competition to arcade classic

Emily Mills September 14, 2014

Jessie Carduner inserts a dollar into the Indiana Jones pinball machine. She stands up to her full 4 feet 10 inches — plus a few inches with her chunky black heels she uses to see the game better —...

Julio Pino

Tenure protects Pino’s employment after controversial Israel/Palestine comments

Emily Mills September 14, 2014

A Kent State associate history professor’s recent comments about the conflict in Israel and Palestine were met with severe backlash from the public, but his tenure protects him from any repercussions...

Visitors to the Flight 93 Memorial participate in the annual presentation of the Flight 93 Flag in memory of those who lost their lives in the plane crash on September 11, 2001. This year marks the 13th anniversary of the attacks.

9/11: How our world has changed in 13 years

Emily Mills September 10, 2014

Remembering Sept. 11, 2001 "I remember I was in kindergarten. I remember all the teachers were a little bit tense after it happened that day. I remember going home and my mom and dad were also very nervous,...

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