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Kent State President Beverly Warren talks to members of Kent State Student Media at the TV2 Studio in Franklin Hall on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. 

Warren takes on the topic of mental health

Lydia Taylor April 19, 2017

Editor's note: Once a month, editors and producers from The Kent Stater and TV2 interview Kent State President Beverly Warren about important issues to the university. The following is a Q&A of our...

Participants of the Walk a Mile in Their Shoes event pass the M.A.C. Center Tuesday, April 11, 2017.

Donning heels for awareness

Lydia Taylor April 11, 2017

Marchers clicked down the Esplanade in heels during the annual Walk a Mile in Their Shoes event Tuesday night in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.Kent State has hosted the event for more than six...

Screenshot of Adamini tweet

Michigan GOP official resigns over May 4 comments

Lydia Taylor February 9, 2017

The secretary of the Marquette Republican Party resigned Wednesday after receiving backlash for his social media posts referencing the May 4 Kent State shootings.Dan Adamini tweeted last Thursday that...

Lydia Taylor

Opinion: No longer a dying art

Lydia Taylor January 17, 2017

Put bluntly, award-winning musical "La La Land" was a masterpiece.It practically dominated the 74th Golden Globe Awards with seven wins and rave reviews, a bold piece elegantly choreographed with unique...

Information provided by the Ohio Attorneys General Office. 2016 Concealed Carry License Statistics. (Quarter four has not been released)

Recent bill could change weapon policies on college campuses

Lydia Taylor January 17, 2017

The Ohio Legislature announced last month that all universities and colleges in Ohio will be allowed to make their own policies concerning concealed weapon carry on campus beginning March 21.Ohio Gov....

A student passes through the Kent State May 4 Memorial on the evening of May 3, 2016.

May 4 named as National Historic Landmark

Lydia Taylor January 11, 2017

The site of May 4 on Kent State’s main campus is now registered as a National Historic Landmark, The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Wednesday.Laura Davis, a founder of the May 4 Visitors Center...

Portrait of Suzanne Holt at her home in Kent, Ohio on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016.

Professor behind Clinton course advocates for women’s rights

Lydia Taylor December 7, 2016

As a young girl, Kent State women's studies professor Suzanne Holt felt as though she had a mission in life — a wish to go out and save the world — but wasn’t quite sure what that mission was until...

Information from Energy Conservation Project Initiatives: 2009 - 2016 and beyond. Energy Cost and Building Improvements. 

Energy reduction methods create green milestone for Kent State

Lydia Taylor November 30, 2016

Kent State lowered the expenses of utilities used to power campus by as much as $1.8 million annually in the past five years by implementing more sustainable, energy conservative systems, according to...

New bill could degrade punishment for concealed weapon carry on college campuses

Lydia Taylor November 30, 2016

Ohio lawmakers decided to move forward with two hearings on House Bill 48 this week in wake of The Ohio State University attack. Jennifer Thorne, executive director of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence,...

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Students react to Warren’s election response

Lydia Taylor November 20, 2016

Kent State President Beverly Warren sent an email to the university community Nov. 14 addressing the post-election effects on the university.“As with any election, some members of our community have...

Hundreds of anti-Trump protesters gather for the “Trump is Not My President” protest in Cleveland Public Square on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016.

Hundreds protest Trump in Cleveland

Lydia Taylor November 19, 2016

A crowd of over 500 protesters stood in Cleveland Public Square Friday night for the “Trump is Not My President” protest to voice disapproval of President-elect Donald Trump.Holiday lights illuminated...

Opinion: No, it’s not ok

Lydia Taylor November 13, 2016

Two days after the election, I was walking with a friend of mine, talking about the election, when two men walked past us and said: “This is why women shouldn’t be in politics.”Of course, we confronted...

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