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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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Todd Hawley, center with blue button, along with members of both AAUP_KSU and AFSCME, stands outside the M.A.C. Center picketing after the commencement ceremonies on Sat. Dec. 19, 2015.

Professors and union reps picket outside commencement

Matthew Merchant
December 19, 2015

Robbery reported in Wright Hall parking lot

Matthew Merchant
December 5, 2015
"If we want Kent State to be the best university it can be, we need to invest in the faculty," Patrick Coy (center), an applied conflict management professor of 2O years, said. "All administrators know that in their heart."

Provost’s message gives insight to negotiations, fact-finder selected

Matthew Merchant
December 1, 2015
KSU faculty, staff, and supporters silently protest outside of the Kiva center on November 19th, 2015.

Professors’ union authorized to strike after online vote

Matthew Merchant
November 23, 2015
"If we want Kent State to be the best university it can be, we need to invest in the faculty," Patrick Coy, an applied conflict management professor of 2O years, said. "All administrators know that in their heart."

What you need to know about a potential professors’ strike

Matthew Merchant
November 22, 2015

Issue 43 promises transparency if approved

Matthew Merchant
November 1, 2015
Data compiled and visualized by Matthew Merchant using data courtesy of Parking Services

Here’s the ticket: an analysis of Parking Services

Matthew Merchant
October 18, 2015
Kent Police officers, including Captain Jim Prusha (right) block traffic on East Main Street after a reported shooting at 2 a.m. on October 17 outside the Kent Stage.

Kent Police investigating reported shooting on East Main Street

Matthew Merchant
October 17, 2015
Members of the Kent Fire Department respond to a possible structure fire at the Star of the West Milling Co. on North Water Street on Monday, July 13 2015. A worker from the mill said the sprinkler system was activated on the fourth floor around 5:15 p.m. No injuries were reported.

Brief: Fire Dept. responds to Mill fire alarm, N. Water Street closed

Matthew Merchant
July 13, 2015

Campus workers strike avoided

Matthew Merchant
June 4, 2015
Provost Todd Diacon stands up and leaves after a question is directed at him during an open forum held by students to address the race issues at Kent State in the Governance Chambers on Wednesday, April 22, 2015.

Students challenge Provost to increase funding for Pan-African and LGBTQ programs, address discrimination in tenure process

Matthew Merchant
April 22, 2015
Submitted photo from Colin Schalk.

Update: Mice found at Olson and Lake halls

Matthew Merchant
February 23, 2015

Letter from the Editor: On covering diversity

Matthew Merchant
February 20, 2015
SnowPiercer

Matt’s flick pick: ‘Snowpiercer’

Matthew Merchant
December 2, 2014

The core issues of Ferguson

Matthew Merchant
November 30, 2014
Courtesy of IMBD

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘The Holiday’

Matthew Merchant
November 24, 2014
Hook

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘Hook’

Matthew Merchant
November 18, 2014
The Hundred-foot Journey

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘The Hundred-foot Journey’

Matthew Merchant
November 11, 2014
Governor John Kasich celebrates his re-election with a roaring crowd at the Ohio GOP watch party in Columbus on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014.

State recap: Republicans dominate Ohio

Matthew Merchant
November 5, 2014
Paramount Pictures

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘Black Sheep’

Matthew Merchant
November 4, 2014
Governor John Kasich celebrates his reelection with a roaring crowd at the Ohio GOP watch party in Columbus on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014.

Victory for John Kasich at the polls

Matthew Merchant
November 4, 2014
David Stover, a resident of Tallmadge, holds his Issue 21 sign out to the passing traffic on E. Main with other demonstrators from the Global Frackdown rally Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. Issue 2, on the Nov. 4 ballot, could create a community bill of rights for the city of Kent that would allow the community to have more of a say in the creation and location of fracking and drilling.

Local fracking ban, bill of rights opposition forms in Kent

Matthew Merchant
October 29, 2014
Blue Like Jazz

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘Blue like jazz’

Matthew Merchant
October 28, 2014
Spirited Away

Matt’s Flick Pick: ‘Spirited Away’

Matthew Merchant
October 14, 2014

Rallying for local fracking regulations

Matthew Merchant
October 12, 2014

First confirmed Ebola diagnosis in the US

Matthew Merchant
September 30, 2014
Members of the Kent Environmental Right Group, including Bonny Esparza, Kathy Schuman and Lee Brooker, attend a community event for speaker Gwen Fischer of Concerned Citizen Ohio on Sept. 15, 2014 at the Kent Free Library.

What the frack?! Ballot issue divides activists, city leaders

Matthew Merchant
September 24, 2014

[Video] Defining the black experience

September 21, 2014
Kenny Jenkins, a communication Studies major, stops to look at a wall in the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia that shows just a small sample of the thousands of Segregation laws from the Jim Crow Era on Friday, Sept 19, 2014. The list of laws was compiled by the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic site interpretive staff.

Defining the black experience

Matthew Merchant
September 21, 2014

UPDATE: Head trauma not cause in Bitsko’s death

Matthew Merchant
August 22, 2014

News on the go: Feb. 28, 2014

Matthew Merchant
February 27, 2014

News on the go: January 17, 2014

Matthew Merchant
January 16, 2014

Omani students celebrate culture and traditions at first Omani student event

Matthew Merchant
November 26, 2013

Racial slur stirs controversy around campus adaptation of play

Matthew Merchant
November 20, 2013
Members of the May 4th Task Force pose for a group photo after the event on Tuesday Nov. 19, 2013.

‘Flowers are better than bullets’ – Diverse panel of student organizations discusses how to achieve peace

Matthew Merchant
November 20, 2013
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Sheryl WuDunn speaks to students in the First Energy Auditorium at Franklin Hall on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 14, 2013. Photo by Kristi R. Garabrandt.

International journalists call students to action against women’s oppression

Matthew Merchant
November 15, 2013

KSU hosts journalist duo for Presidential Speaker Series

Matthew Merchant
November 14, 2013

Native-American speaker discusses group’s cultural oppression

Matthew Merchant
October 31, 2013

Local Peace Corps volunteer to visit KSU Wednesday

Matthew Merchant
October 29, 2013
Dr. Alphonse Ndiaye, a visiting Senegalese scholar, sings an original Senegalese song and plays guitar as part of a lecture in Oscar Ritchie Hall Thurs., Oct. 24. Photo by Jacob Byk.

African scholar explains how jokes, humor can be used to avoid conflict

Matthew Merchant
October 24, 2013
Photo by Bob Christy.

Faculty exercise program fosters healthy lifestyles

Matthew Merchant
October 20, 2013

Blurred Lines event debates topic of rape culture in America

Matthew Merchant
October 17, 2013

BUS Annual Homecoming Comedy Show tackles stereotypes with laughs

Matthew Merchant
October 5, 2013

Feminist and women’s rights activist to visit Kent State Wednesday

Matthew Merchant
September 30, 2013

Kent community discusses racial issues

Matthew Merchant
September 26, 2013

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson talks science knowledge, media literacy in speech at KSU

Matthew Merchant
September 25, 2013

Third Presidential Speaker Series featuring astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to be held Wednesday night

Matthew Merchant
September 24, 2013

Daughter of South African leader speaks about labels, diversity

Matthew Merchant
September 18, 2013

Hispanic Heritage Month facts and figures

Matthew Merchant
September 15, 2013
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