Christine Gosnay, the 2016 winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, stood at a wooden podium in front of a quiet room of spectators. The lights were dimmed, and the atmosphere was heavy with anticipation...
Scholars, students, and those interested in philosopher Edmund Husserl and his ideas — namely his movement, “phenomenology” — gathered Sunday for the last day of “Husserl in a New Generation,”...
If you could choose your best death, what would it be? Would you want to be treated until the bitter end in attempts to save you, or to drift away naturally?It may be a difficult question, but for Kim...
Hurricane Irma, which has devastated Florida and portions of surrounding areas, is also affecting the Kent State alumni who now call the state home.“During the worst part, you couldn’t see, you know,...
On most days, the streets of downtown Kent are a hub for the community. Students mill about the entrances to bars and coffee shops, chatting with their friends. The occasional skateboarder or cyclist whizzes...
A poetry reading featuring the evocative, imagery-rich work of the 2016 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize winner will be held Sept. 19. Baltimore-born poet Christine Gosnay, the winner of the Wick Poetry...
Tony and Emmy Award-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell will speak at Kent State’s E. Turner Stump Theatre on Sept. 25 at 7 p.m.Tazewell, an Akron native who designed costumes for “Hamilton” and...
Across clear, open areas on Kent’s campus, small clusters of people and solo viewers had their eyes turned skyward to witness the 2017 solar eclipse on Monday — the first of its kind in the country...
Throughout the summer, and the school year, the sound of construction in Kent is often little more than white noise — part of the regular thrum of the city’s soundscape.The new sections of downtown...
Driving through Downtown Kent, you might be struck by the sheer amount of bars — one seeming to perch at the intersection of every street in the heart of the city. What’s an underage student to do...
The landscape of Downtown Kent has been shifting for years, metamorphosing dive bars into empty lots and other streets into blocky retail strips. Its identity, to those who have watched it change, however,...
Kent State enrolled 3,045 international students in the Spring 2016 semester, according to statistics from University Communications and Marketing. For the Spring 2017 semester, that number sunk to 2,489.Overseas...
