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KSU hosts journalist duo for Presidential Speaker Series

Matthew Merchant November 14, 2013

Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and human-rights activists, will be speaking at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom on Thursday as part of the fourth Presidential...

Native-American speaker discusses group’s cultural oppression

Matthew Merchant November 1, 2013

Idealized through American culture, Native-American traditions and artifacts have become oppressed and diluted by mainstream media and society. Featured speaker Georgi Hudson Smith said this has created...

Local Peace Corps volunteer to visit KSU Wednesday

Matthew Merchant October 30, 2013

Ohio native Sarah Finnegan, a Peace Corps volunteer in Ukraine, will be visiting Kent State on Wednesday to discuss her work with the Peace Corps, as well as how students can get involved and the benefits...

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 25, 2013

Instead of fighting among themselves, ethnic groups in West Africa use humor and jokes to avoid conflict and develop friendships based on a shared heritage. This process, according to Boston University...

Photo by Bob Christy.

Faculty exercise program fosters healthy lifestyles

Matthew Merchant October 21, 2013

A Kent State exercise program is back on the books after years without funding. The Faculty/Staff Exercise Program, overseen by professor Ellen Glickman, recently began its second session this year is...

Blurred Lines event debates topic of rape culture in America

Matthew Merchant October 18, 2013

Kent State students discussed rape culture and sexual violence Thursday at “Blurred Lines: pop culture, rape culture and the line between them,” sponsored by the Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence...

BUS Annual Homecoming Comedy Show tackles stereotypes with laughs

Matthew Merchant October 6, 2013

As 8 p.m. approached, Kent State students and alumni lined the hallway outside the Student Center Ballroom, waiting for the show to begin. The Annual Homecoming Comedy Show presented by Black United Students...

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

Matthew Merchant October 1, 2013

The Wick Poetry Center will host author and poet Daisy Hernandez Wednesday. Hernandez is a Latina advocate for feminism, racial equality and queer identity.According to her biography, growing up in New...

Kent community discusses racial issues

Matthew Merchant September 27, 2013

Kent State students, faculty and guests discussed race and social issues present in the nation at the Race on Trial symposium Thursday.Rhonda Williams, director of the Social Justice Institute at Case...

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

Matthew Merchant September 26, 2013

More than 900 people packed the Student Center Ballroom and another 400 watched live simulcast in the Kiva as Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and pop culture icon, spoke at Kent State on Wednesday...

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

Matthew Merchant September 25, 2013

Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will speak at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom Wednesday. Tyson is director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York...

Daughter of South African leader speaks about labels, diversity

Matthew Merchant September 19, 2013

Matthew MerchantThere is an expression in South Africa that translates to the phrase “I see you.” It is an expression that Naomi Tutu believes reflects the attitudes of those wishing to change lives...

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