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Second-largest freshmen class forces students to live in lounges

Emily Mills August 27, 2014

Kent State’s freshman class is the second largest in Kent State University history at around 4,200 students. Because there aren’t enough beds on campus to accommodate all of these new students, some...

HUD charges KSU with housing discrimination over support animal

Emily Mills August 24, 2014

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday it has charged Kent State and four university employees with housing discrimination for refusing to allow a student with...

A demonstrator waves an upside down American flag in front of a boarded up store on West Florissant Avenue on Wednesday, August 20, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo.

National Guard one of only similarities between Ferguson and May 4

Emily Mills August 24, 2014

When the National Guard was brought in to quell rioting in Ferguson, Missouri, some critics began to compare the turbulence there to Kent State’s May 4, 1970 shooting.The city of Ferguson, Missouri has...

Special topics courses offer variety at KSU

Emily Mills August 20, 2014

Kent State requires all students to take classes as part of the Kent Core — classes in math, science and writing. However, Kent State offers several special topics courses for students who are looking...

Who’s who at Kent State

Emily Mills August 19, 2014

As a new student at Kent State, you most likely don’t know very much about the people who make the decisions that will directly affect you on campus — the university president and her cabinet....

Rootstown woman charged in July hit-and-run

Emily Mills August 8, 2014

Felony charges have been filed against a Rootstown woman in the July hit-and-run death of a Ravenna man in Kent.A Portage County grand jury on Friday, Aug. 1 indicted Allison E. Barton, 22, of 7468 Tallmadge...

Information Services offers KSU students free Microsoft Office

Emily Mills August 7, 2014

Kent State’s Division of Information Services is providing free Microsoft Office to all Kent State students.A Flashline email distributed Aug. 6 said students could get free access to Microsoft programs...

Governor appoints two members to Board of Trustees

Emily Mills August 6, 2014

Gov. John Kasich appointed two new members to Kent State’s Board of Trustees, the governing body of the university.Stephen A. Perry, former president and executive director of the Pro Football Hall of...

Former Kent economic development director dies at 45

Emily Mills July 25, 2014

Dan Smith, 45, Kent’s economic development director who shaped the downtown transformation, died Wednesday after a yearlong battle with glioblastoma brain cancer.“Dan was inspirational about helping...

KSU named “Great College to Work for”

Emily Mills July 21, 2014

Kent State was named one of this year’s “Great Colleges to Work For” by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a national publication for college and university faculty members and administrators.The...

Water St. hit-and-run kills Ravenna man

Emily Mills July 18, 2014

Editor's Note: This story was updated on Monday, July 21.A hit-and-run accident in the 100 block of North Water Street killed a Ravenna man Thursday morning.A vehicle struck Richard Schoepe, 37, at 9:53...

President Beverly Warren reaches to shake the hand of a Flash Guide outside the Kent State Student Center on July 1, 2014. Warren spent her first day focusing on university students. 

“Together We’ll Stand Tall”

Emily Mills July 2, 2014

Kent State’s 12th president hopes her legacy can be summed up in two words: engaged and caring.Beverly Warren, who began her term Tuesday, said she is excited to meet with and get to know students, colleagues...

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