The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

KentStater
The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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All content by Leighann McGivern

Video: Healthcare in the younger generation

Matt Jarchow
November 15, 2013

Video: Battle for the wagon wheel continues

Matt Jarchow
October 31, 2013

Video: Super Service Saturdays

Matt Jarchow
October 10, 2013

Opinion: Four years down, one week to go

Leighann McGivern
April 30, 2013

May 4 Calendar

Leighann McGivern
April 28, 2013

News on the Go: April 29, 2013

Leighann McGivern
April 27, 2013
A friend of J.J. Marino expresses sorrow while listening to fellow friends give testimonies at the candlelight vigil held in Marino's honor on April 2, 2013 at his former residence. Photo by Jacob Byk.

Truck driver in Alabama crash didn’t know he hit vehicle

Leighann McGivern
April 22, 2013
Medical workers aid injured people at the 2013 Boston Marathon following an explosion in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, David L Ryan)

Kent State professor, students witness Boston Marathon bombings

Leighann McGivern
April 14, 2013

News on the Go: March 21, 2013

Leighann McGivern
March 20, 2013

Board approves increased room and board rate, faculty contract

Leighann McGivern
March 13, 2013

News On The Go: March 4, 2013

Leighann McGivern
March 4, 2013

Kent State will receive funding from Ohio based on retention and graduation rates

Leighann McGivern
February 8, 2013
 

Historic Wells Sherman House relocation deadline postponed

Leighann McGivern
December 4, 2012

Kent resident charged with five counts of burglary

Leighann McGivern
November 29, 2012
 

Guest column: From the headquarters of the winner

Leighann McGivern
November 27, 2012

Kilgore Looks to Claim Third Tournament Title of the 2012 Season

Matt Jarchow
November 15, 2012

Obama wins key battleground states, seals re-election

Leighann McGivern
November 7, 2012

OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA

Leighann McGivern
November 7, 2012

Obama for America staff confident in final hours of polling

Leighann McGivern
November 7, 2012
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Why experts say Ohio will decide the presidential race

Leighann McGivern
November 6, 2012
Police distributed this still image captured from surveillance video recorded inside College Towers. Photo courtesy of Kent City Police.

Police asking for help indentifying alleged assailant

Leighann McGivern
October 18, 2012
U.S. President Barack Obama interacts with students and member so the community after his campaign speech in the M.A.C. Center Wednesday. Obama's speech covered topics like keeping jobs in American and taking care of veterans. Photo by Laura Fong.

Kent welcomes first president in 100 years

Leighann McGivern
September 26, 2012
 

Standing Rock Cultural Arts still fighting to save green space

Leighann McGivern
September 20, 2012
Submitted photo.

MinuteClinic offers Kent residents a new option for medical care

Leighann McGivern
September 6, 2012

Downtown redevelopment pushes forward

Leighann McGivern
September 4, 2012
The Stein Movers company pulls the Wells Sherman house over the curb onto a lot next to the Haymarker Parkway and Depyster St. intersection. The house now sits on a gravel lot at the west . Photo by Matt Hafley.

Council votes to move Kent Wells Sherman House

Leighann McGivern
September 4, 2012

Kent State awarded $3 million for polymer-liquid crystal research

Leighann McGivern
July 31, 2012
William Koberna

Student arrested after allegedly threatening to “shoot up” campus

Leighann McGivern
July 28, 2012

Faculty Union to vote on new contract

Leighann McGivern
July 17, 2012

Funky Ladles closes temporarily due to road construction

Leighann McGivern
July 10, 2012

Kent State officially acquires Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine

Leighann McGivern
July 10, 2012
 

Police identify Kent State student killed by train

Leighann McGivern
June 4, 2012
Rose Gelbart was 4-years-old when the Holocaust began. She and her mother were the only survivors of her family. Photo by Jacob Byk.

Honoring the ‘Children of the Holocaust’

Leighann McGivern
March 9, 2012
Sol Factor taught a class at Cleveland Heights High School, where he met a German exchange student who helped him trace his mother. Factor has taught Jewish studies classes at Kent State since 2006. Photo by Matt Halfey.

KSU professor searches for his mother, a Holocaust survivor

Leighann McGivern
January 20, 2012

Lefton responds to professor’s offensive outburst

Leighann McGivern
October 27, 2011

College of Business drops pre-majors

Leighann McGivern
April 26, 2011

Students required to pay for internship credit

Leighann McGivern
April 20, 2011
Jeff Hoffman--founder of Priceline.com--speaks on entreprenuership in the Kiva on Monday. Hoffman highlighted several key qualities every self-starter must have including the drive to "get off the couch" and no fear of potential failures. Photo by Valerie Brown.

Priceline.com founder encourages students to pursue their ideas

Leighann McGivern
April 18, 2011
Photo courtesy of MCT.

Founder of Priceline.com to speak in Kiva

Leighann McGivern
April 17, 2011
Submitted photo.

Precision flight team presented with championship trophy

Leighann McGivern
April 16, 2011

NEOUCOM seeks name and image change

Leighann McGivern
April 13, 2011

Student group proposes new dining location

Leighann McGivern
April 4, 2011

Employers check credit scores in application process

Leighann McGivern
April 4, 2011

Employers screen students’ social networking sites

Leighann McGivern
March 30, 2011

CIS enrollment increase influences expansion

Leighann McGivern
March 27, 2011

KSU architecture major wins Business Concepts Competition, moves on to regional

Leighann McGivern
March 16, 2011
Daniel Page, junior pre-business management major, is starting a beer delivery service in Kent. The service will start next fall. Photo by Philip Botta.

Beer delivery service coming to Kent

Leighann McGivern
March 14, 2011
Lisa Clarke, a Kent State alumna, speaks to more than 150 women in the ballroom on Thursday. Clarke is currently president and chief executive officer of Rally Marketing Group, a leading Seattle-based integrated marketing and promotions agency. Photo by Nikolas Kolenich.

Kent State alumna speaks about rise to success

Leighann McGivern
March 11, 2011
Soledad O'Brien, CNN News correspondent, gives a speech in the Kent State Student Center Ballroom about diversity and overcoming its challenges on Thursday. Photo by Lindsay Frumker.

CNN reporter Soledad O’Brien speaks about importance of diversity

Leighann McGivern
March 11, 2011

Disney College Program offers job and internship opportunities

Leighann McGivern
March 8, 2011

Students struggle to find financial aid for college

Leighann McGivern
March 7, 2011

MBA students receive grants for non-profit work with Akron Community Foundation

Leighann McGivern
March 7, 2011

College of Business collaborates with United Way

Leighann McGivern
February 22, 2011

Update: Police investigate knifepoint robbery behind university library

Leighann McGivern
February 21, 2011

Information Services centralizes staff in Stewart Hall

Leighann McGivern
February 18, 2011

Police advise students to report incidents of credit card theft

Leighann McGivern
February 17, 2011

Center for Entrepreneurship hosts fiesta

Leighann McGivern
February 15, 2011
Photo by Jessica Yanesh.

Flat rate laundry proposal rejected by Residence Services

Leighann McGivern
February 14, 2011
Sophomore fashion design major Anna McCann loads a laundry machine in Centennial Court E on Wednesday. She is pleased that students will have to pay a $40 laundry fee per semester instead of having laundry cards. "That would be so nice because I know I have spent way over 40 bucks," McCann said. Photo by Jessica Yanesh.

Residence Services rejects laundry proposal

Leighann McGivern
February 11, 2011

Associate dean for faculty leaves Kent State for Northern Kentucky business school

Leighann McGivern
February 11, 2011

Alumnus donates $500,000 grant to fund College of Business internships

Leighann McGivern
February 10, 2011
Photo by Leighann McGivern

Sales lab gives marketing students hands-on experience

Leighann McGivern
February 8, 2011

Pi Sigma Epsilon holds information nights

Leighann McGivern
February 6, 2011

State budget cuts could impact student financial aid for Ohio

Leighann McGivern
February 6, 2011

Study abroad programs offer scholarships to students

Leighann McGivern
February 1, 2011

Students finance education through plasma donation

Leighann McGivern
January 26, 2011
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