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Rallying for local fracking regulations

Matthew Merchant October 12, 2014

With signs raised high and voices echoing, anti-fracking demonstrators rallied and marched from the streets of downtown Kent to Kent State’s campus Saturday to raise awareness for Issue 21, a...

First confirmed Ebola diagnosis in the US

Matthew Merchant September 30, 2014

The Center for Disease Control confirmed a case of ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas on Tuesday.An unidentified patient in the Dallas-area hospital was diagnosed with the deadly disease...

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

Come November, the city of Kent and Kent State University could begin a drastic social and environmental change in two possible ways.The first, in the eyes of city law director James Silver, would involve...

Defining the black experience

September 22, 2014

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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

At a Chinese restaurant in Big Rapids, Michigan, a group of Kent State students discussed the meaning of “the black experience.”Their waiter, who asked them questions about race and race relations,...

UPDATE: Head trauma not cause in Bitsko’s death

Matthew Merchant August 22, 2014

There is no indication of head trauma in the death of Kent State football player Jason Bitsko, Portage County Coroner Dean DePerro said Friday.“Sleep apnea is very difficult to see under a microscope,...

News on the go: Feb. 28, 2014

Matthew Merchant February 27, 2014

North Korea launched four short-range missiles Thursday, purportedly in response to U.S.—South Korean military exercises in South Korea. The launches come at a time when both North and South Korea are...

News on the go: January 17, 2014

Matthew Merchant January 16, 2014

The execution of a death-row inmate in Lucasville, Ohio is being called “a failed, agonizing experiment” after an untried method of lethal injection was used in the process. Officials said it took...

Omani students celebrate culture and traditions at first Omani student event

Matthew Merchant November 26, 2013

As students filtered in to the Student Center Ballroom on Monday to mark the 43rd National Day Celebration of Oman, the national anthem of Oman resounded through the hallways. A video projected onto...

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

Editor's note: This story has been corrected to accurately attribute a statement to Kornecki.A diverse group of student organizations came together Tuesday in the Kiva to discuss strategies for achieving...

Racial slur stirs controversy around campus adaptation of play

Matthew Merchant November 20, 2013

On Nov. 21, the African Community Theater will premier its production of “No Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs” in Oscar Ritchie Hall.The period piece was written by John Henry Redwood, is directed by Terrence...

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

Speaking at Kent State on Thursday, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and human rights activists called students to action against what President Lester Lefton called...

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