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Maya Nordeen, Photographer

Maya is a freshman journalism major with minors in photography and photojournalism. She loves to have the ability to capture the stories of the general public, because they can often be so ignored. Outside of school, she loves to rock climb and watch Formula 1 races!

Contact her at [email protected].

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Bell Tower Brewery is named after the still-functioning bell that hangs at the top of the building. Additionally, smaller bells are kept on display in the lobby, March 27, 2025.

Patrons sit at the bar enjoying beer and other beverages at Bell Tower Brewery, March 27, 2025.

[Photo] BOK ’25: Best brewery

Audrey Trevarthan, Managing Editor
April 1, 2025
Bell Tower Brewery offers beer tasting services for $13 for five tastes. Bell Tower Brewery is located at 310 Park Avenue, Kent, OH.

Noah Gfell washes his hands behind the bar at North Water Brewery, Match 27, 2025.

Games are available for patrons to enjoy with their food and drinks at North Water Brewery, March 27, 2025.

Pam Espenschied prepares a serving of quinoa at GRAZERS, March 27, 2025.

Sarah Handford washes dishes at GRAZERS, March 27, 2025.

A pot of rice is prepared at GRAZERS for the next day, March 27, 2025.

Belinda Espenschied wipes down a food processor as GRAZERS prepares to close for the day, March 27, 2025.

[Photo] BOK ’25: Best vegan/gluten-free eats

Ari Collins, Beat Reporter
April 1, 2025
Banana peppers are one of many fresh fruits and vegetables GRAZERS offers.

GRAZERS, like many businesses in Kent, prides itself on staying local, while also serving quality food. GRAZERS is located at 123 N Water Street, Kent, OH.

A gluten-free english muffin is one of the several gluten-free options offered at Wild Goats Cafe. Wild Goats Cafe is located at 319 W Main Street, Kent, OH.

A Build-Your-Own cookie with peanut butter buttercream, buckeye candies, and Reeses Pieces can be found at Wild Goats Cafe at 319 W Main Street, Kent, OH.

The reigning champion of the "Buck Buck Brinner" challenge is displayed at Wild Goats Cafe, March 27, 2025. The title is granted to whoever can finish a series of assorted dishes and drinks.

Taco Tontos serves an order of street corner tacos, among other Mexican dishes, March 26, 2025.

[Photo] BOK ’25: Best Mexican food

Grace Claxon, Campus Editor
April 1, 2025
A sticker decorates a drink dispenser at Taco Tontos, March 26, 2025.

Art hangs on the wall of Taco Tontos, March 26, 2025. Taco Tontos is located at 123 Franklin Avenue.

Lance Batton from “The Head Trips” performs at the Stage Zero concert hosted by Launch Net in the DI Hub Reactor, March 20, 2025.

“Bracelet Box” drummer Grayson Jones performs at Stage Zero in the DI Hub Reactor, March 20, 2025.

“The Bracelet Box” frontman Drew McDowell performs for the Stage Zero crowd in the DI Hub Reactor, March 20, 2025.

[Photo] LaunchNET’s Stage Zero concert showcases student bands, small businesses

April 2, 2025
Launch Net staff Alizeh Khalifa prepares signed t-shirts at the Stage Zero concert in the Design Innovation Hub Reactor, March 20, 2025.

The Career Closet sits outside the Spring Career and Exploration Fair in the Student Center Ballroom on Feb. 25, 2025.

Samyuktha Ananthan, a business analytics student studying for her masters, takes a business card from a vendor at the Spring Career and Exploration Fair In the Student Center Ballroom on Feb. 25, 2025.

Junior finance major Jacob Stacks (right) shares information with Oliver Southerin (left), CFO of Young & Associates, a financing consultation firm, at the Spring Career and Exploration Fair in the Student Center Ballroom on Feb. 25, 2025.

Sophomore finance major Grant Hitchcock (right) talks about job opportunities with Adam Wilson, a sales representative for Sherwin Williams, and his coworker, Abbey Strauss, a recruiter (left), at the Spring Career and Exploration Fair in the Student Center Ballroom on Feb. 25, 2025.

[Photo] Kent State career fairs offer students key opportunities for job success

March 23, 2025
Kent sophomore Ashley Morgan performs a vault at the meet against Central Michigan on Feb. 23, 2025.

Senior Alyssa Guns dances during her floor routine at the meet against Central Michigan on Feb. 23, 2025.

Kent freshman Isabella Marques performs her uneven bars routine at the meet against Central Michigan on Feb. 23, 2025.

Kent freshman Jersey Bingman throws a T-shirt into the crowd after the meet against Central Michigan on Feb. 23, 2025.

Ice covers much of the sidewalks outside of Olson Hall, Feb. 18, 2025, after temperatures drop.

Footprints are left in the snow outside of the Design Innovation Hub, Feb. 18, 2025.

Footprints in the snow can be seen heading towards the Design Innovation Hub, Feb. 18, 2025.

An SOS Storage Bin filled with salt sits outside of Olson Hall, Feb. 18, 2025. The salt inside is used to keep roads and sidewalks ice-free in the winter.

At the Oct. 12, 2024 football game, redshirt senior running back Ky Thomas dodges a Ball State University defender.

[Photo] Preview: Football attempts to create bright spot in rivalry game against Akron

November 18, 2024
Wide receiver Chrishon McCray (2) tries to avoid getting tackled by Ball State players at the football game Oct. 12, 2024.

[Photo] Transfer portal hits football hard with seven departures

December 2, 2024
Freshman linebacker Rocco Nicholl (44) and freshman offensive lineman Josh Prusinowski (63) congratulate senior safety Dean Clark (3) on his touchdown at the Oct. 12, 2024 football game against Ball State University.

[Photo] Preview: Football looks to make third time the charm in conference play

October 17, 2024
A member of the Marching Golden Flashes Color Guard performs during the halftime show at the football game against Ball State University, Oct. 12, 2024.

Freshman quarterback Tommy Ulatowski (14) makes a handoff to senior safety Dean Clark (3) at the Oct. 12, 2024 football game against Ball State University.

[Photo] 38-7 first-half score drops football to 0-8

October 26, 2024
On the sidelines at the football game against Ball State University, a cheerleader performs a backflip.

Wide receiver Chrishon McCray (2) tries to avoid getting tackled by Ball State players at the football game Oct. 12, 2024.

[Photo] Transfer portal hits football hard with seven departures

Demetri Manousos, Reporter
December 2, 2024
A student participates in a moment of silence in honor of victims of sexual and domestic violence at the Take Back the Night march, Oct. 8, 2024.

Oct. 8, 2024, a student lights a candle for a moment of silence at the Take Back the Night march.

Graduate student intern Autumn Jacobs shares her experiences with sexual violence in her speech at the Tale Back the Night march, Oct. 8, 2024.

A student listens to speakers at the Oct. 3, 2024, Take Back the Night March.

At the Take Back the Night march, Associate Director of Safer Futures, Anne Face, shares various resources for victims of sexual and domestic violence, Oct. 8, 2024.

Oct. 8, 2024, interim Dean of Students Todd Kamenash shows his support at the Take Back the Night march.

Bracelets are offered to marchers to show their support for various aspects of sexual and domestic violence at the Take Back the Night march, Oct. 8, 2024.

[Photo] Annual SRVSS event ‘takes back the night from perpetrators’

October 10, 2024
A student decorates a sign before the Take Back the Night march, Oct. 8, 2024.

The front sign of the DeWeese Health Center, Oct. 6, 2024.

The front entrance of the DeWeese Health Center, Oct. 6, 2024.

[Photo] Cold and flu season: Tips to avoid the flu

March 7, 2025
A Kent State dancer entertains the crowd at the Sept. 28, 2024 Homecoming football game against Eastern Michigan.

Freshman running back Ayden Harris (33) lands in the endzone at the Sept. 28, 2024 Homecoming football game against Eastern Michigan.

Sept. 28, 2024, graduate student wide receiver Luke Floriea (0) holds off Eastern Michigan junior defensive back Dramarian McNulty (7) as KSU attempts to catch the ball.

Graduate tight end Conner Muldowney (89) runs around the action at the Homecoming football game against Eastern Michigan, Sept. 28, 2024.

[Photo] Football drops 15th straight, falls to 0-2 in conference play

October 13, 2024
Kent State cheerleader waves to the crowd at the Homecoming football game against Eastern Michigan, Sept. 28, 2024.

Graduate linebacker Matt Harmon (7), junior quarterback Devin Kargman (15) and freshman linebacker Jayden Studio (32) charges at Eastern Michigan junior defensive back Dramarian McNulty (7) at the Homecoming football game against Eastern Michigan, Sept. 28, 2024.

At the Sept. 28, 2024 Homecoming football game against Eastern Michigan, freshman wide receiver Dashawn Martin (22) runs onto the field.

[Photo] Preview: Football returns to MACtion after bye week

October 10, 2024
Two Kent State cheerleaders charge the field at the Homecoming football game against Eastern Michigan, Sept. 28, 2024.

At the Homecoming football game against Eastern Michigan, Sept. 28, 2024, Flash the Golden Eagle waves a flag for the crowd.

[Photo] College football week 6 preview

October 4, 2024
Members of the Kent State ROTC participate in the changing of the colors at the Homecoming football game against Eastern Michigan, Sept. 28, 2024.

A member of the Marching Golden Flashes Homecoming football game against Eastern Michigan, Sept. 28, 2024.

A member of the Marching Golden FlashesHomecoming football game against Eastern Michigan, Sept. 28, 2024.

Marching Golden Flashes drum major conducts the marching band’s pregame show at the Homecoming football game against Eastern Michigan, Sept. 28, 2024.

Ambassador Edward F. Crawford takes a photo with two attendees at the Sept. 27, 2024 grand opening of Crawford Hall.

Ambassador Edward F. Crawford applauds his granddaughter’s speech at the grand opening of Crawford Hall, Sept. 27, 2024.

On behalf of her grandfather, Claire Crawford delivers a speech at the Crawford Hall grand opening, Sept. 27, 2024.

Matt Likens, member of the Kent State Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship National Advisory Board, applauds at President Todd Diacon’s speech at the Sept. 27, 2024 Crawford Hall grand opening.

Kent State President Todd Diacon delivers a speech at the Sept. 27, 2024 grand opening of Crawford Hall.

Sept. 27, 2024, Kent State Board of Trustees member Ann Womer Benjamin delivers a speech at Crawford Hall’s grand opening.

At the Sept. 27, 2024 grand opening, Deborah Spake, Dean of the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship rings the bell signifying the opening of Crawford Hall.

Deborah Spake, Dean of the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship delivers the opening remarks at Crawford Hall’s grand opening, Sept. 27, 2024.

Kent State Board of Trustees member Ann Womer Benjamin greets another attendee of the Crawford Hall grand opening, Sept. 27, 2024.

Prior to his performance at the Sept. 27, 2024 Crawford Hall grand opening, a member of the Kent State symphony warms up his instrument.

Members of the Golden Flashes Marching Band perform outside Crawford Hall, Sept. 27, 2024.

Akron attorney Eddie Sipplen shares how the citizens of Portage County can take action against sheriff Bruce Zuchowski at the NAACP emergency meeting, Sept. 19, 2024.

A member of the audience calls for sheriff Bruce Zuchowski’s removal from office at the Portage County NAACP emergency meeting, Sept. 19, 2024.

An Indigenous woman of Portage County shares her fears of the aftermath of sheriff Bruce Zuchowski’s recent Facebook posts at the Portage County NAACP emergency meeting, Sept. 19, 2024.

Portage County NAACP Vice-President Dr. Geraldine Nelson speaks at the emergency meeting addressing sheriff Bruce Zuchowski’s recent Facebook posts, Sept. 19, 2024.

Sept. 19, 2024, a citizen of Portage County shares her thoughts with her table at the emergency NAACP meeting.

A citizen of Portage County records notes on her table’s concerns at the NAACP emergency meeting, Sept. 19, 2024.

A citizen of Portage County listens to his table at the emergency NAACP meeting, Sept. 19, 2024.

Sept. 19, 2024, Portage County NAACP President Renee Romine addresses the crowd at the emergency meeting regarding sheriff Bruce Zuchowski’s recent Facebook posts.

A student eats a cookie after the PRSSA Kent and Kent AAF Icons and Influencers event, Sept. 18, 2024.

A student makes a friendship bracelet after the Sept. 18, 2024 PRSSA Kent and Kent AAF Icons and Influencers event.

Sept. 18, 2024, a student collects beads for a friendship bracelet after the PRSSA Kent and Kent AAF Icons and Influencers event.

Students share their thoughts about the PRSSA Kent and Kent AAF Icons and Influencers panelists over cookies and lemonade, Sept. 18. 2024.

Students listen to the panelists discuss how popstars have influenced public relations and advertising at the PRSSA Kent and Kent AAF Icons and Influencers event, Sept. 18, 2024.

[Photo] PRSSA and AAF’s ‘Icons and Influence’ event shares celebrity public relations insights

Savannah Carroll, Reporter
September 24, 2024
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