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STORY TIME: I almost killed my cancer-survivor best friend

McKenna Corson
April 7, 2019
Illustration by Cameron Gorman

No stranger to the sweet life

McKenna Corson
February 13, 2019
Kent Cheesemonger's wine and cheese pairings

Holiday Gift Guide: Kent Cheesemonger

McKenna Corson
December 5, 2018
Off the Wagon's jumbo bacon flavored candy cane

Holiday Gift Guide: Off the Wagon

McKenna Corson
December 5, 2018
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PERSPECTIVE: No price on family

McKenna Corson
November 18, 2018
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PERSPECTIVE: Keeping focus on the sunsets

McKenna Corson
November 14, 2018
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PERSPECTIVE: The Price of Words

McKenna Corson
November 4, 2018
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OPINION: Observer first, journalist second

McKenna Corson
September 30, 2018
Freshman Kennedy Matty enjoys a game of bubble soccer with friends on Manchester Field on August 22, 2018. 

BlastOff brings organizations and departments to students with new extended hours

McKenna Corson
August 23, 2018
Knitting

Knitting

McKenna Corson
September 30, 2017

Kent State to receive $1.5 million grant for science research

McKenna Corson
September 14, 2017
Zach Morris sprints the last few feet to cross the finish line and conclude his “voyage around the world,” achieving third place with a time of 18:01.

Run the World 5K raises over $10,000

McKenna Corson
September 11, 2017
As part of Islam Awareness Week, the Muslim Students' Association hosts an event on Risman Plaza on April 17, 2017, with the opportunity for students to try on a hijab.

Muslim Students’ Association hosts hijab try-on

McKenna Corson
April 17, 2017
Participants of the Holi "festival of colors" event cover each other in powdered color on Manchester Field on Saturday, April 8, 2017.

Holi ‘festival of colors’ celebrates spring

McKenna Corson
April 8, 2017

Kent Indian Association brings Holi festival to campus

McKenna Corson
April 5, 2017
Freshman journalism major Madison MacArthur ties a ribbon to the fence as a sign of solidarity for Shadi Farah for the Israeli Apartheid Week in Risman Plaza on Monday, March 20, 2017. Farah is a 13-year-old boy serving a three-year prison sentence by the Israeli government. MacArthur was not aware about Shadi’s situation. “It’s just stuff that you don’t learn about, like I didn’t know about any of this," MacArthur said. 

SJP holds Israeli Apartheid Week, informs students

McKenna Corson
March 20, 2017

Students for Justice in Palestine to celebrate Israeli Apartheid Week

McKenna Corson
March 19, 2017
Racial Profiling

Hoodie. Male. Black: A university alert sparks racial profiling debate

McKenna Corson
March 14, 2017
Former Kent State student Martins Krebs walks with the women of the International Women’s Day March in Cleveland, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 8, 2017. Krebs helped organize the march that met at Willard Park.

Cleveland’s ‘A Day Without a Woman’ march urges fight for equality

McKenna Corson
March 8, 2017
Vice President of Kent's International Justice Mission student organization Delaney Cordova and architecture sophomore Nathaniel Williams spread red sand into the cracks of the K in the middle of Risman Plaza Wednesday March 1. The Red Sand Project was started by artist Molly Goochman to bring awareness to the human trafficking epidemic.

IJM ensures human trafficking won’t fall through the cracks

McKenna Corson
March 1, 2017

Faculty work to finalize universal restroom policy, ensure comfort for all

McKenna Corson
February 28, 2017
Kent on Climate hosts their action meeting “Dump Trump,” at the Standing Rock Cultural Arts Center on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. The discussion addressed issues involving the state of the EPA, the DAPL and Keystone XL Pipeline and Trump’s administration.

Kent on Climate discusses environmental fears, plans

McKenna Corson
February 22, 2017
Ken Ditlevson, director of the LGBTQ Student Center, and Cierra Williams, then graduate assistant, work in the LGBTQ Office on Wednesday Feb. 3, 2016. 

The importance of a name

McKenna Corson
February 12, 2017

University named one of top LGBTQ-friendly online schools

McKenna Corson
January 31, 2017
David Anderson, Founder and President of BridgeLeader Network, speaks at the at the 15th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in the Kent State Student Center Ballroom Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.

Kent State rises to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

McKenna Corson
January 26, 2017
Prashanthi Jeevan, a digital sciences graduate student, performs the a southern Indian dance at Kent State's first-ever India Fest Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017

Growing Indian student population at KSU broken by visa denials

Mckenna Corson
December 6, 2016

Annual thanksgiving dinner spreads holiday cheer to international students

Mckenna Corson
November 23, 2016

International Cook-Off teaches culture through food and competition

Mckenna Corson
November 18, 2016

International Education Week doubles in amount of events

McKenna Corson
November 15, 2016
Clint Datchuk / The Kent StaterRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump addresses supporters at the IX Center in Cleveland on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016.

International students and the 2016 election

McKenna Corson
November 2, 2016

16th annual Bowman Cup 5K kicks off Homecoming Saturday

Mckenna Corson
October 1, 2016
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Second International Homecoming features festivities and culture

McKenna Corson
September 30, 2016
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College of Arts and Sciences offers two new Cuba programs

Mckenna Corson
September 18, 2016

Second soccer Global Cup stopped by storm

Mckenna Corson
September 17, 2016
Kayla McMillen / The Kent Stater Kristin Stasiowski, Fabrizio Ricciardelli, and Nicoletta Peluffo pose with the black squirrel mascot after the Run The World 5k Sep. 10 2016. Fabrizio and Nicoletta came to the race representing Florence and the study abroad program in Italy.

Second Run the World 5K a growing success

Mckenna Corson
September 11, 2016
Participants in the Run the World 5k on Saturday Sept. 12, 2015.

Run for your money

Mckenna Corson
September 6, 2016
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