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Diacon promises review of emergency alert system following recent incident

Owen MacMillan, Digital Content Manager • March 11, 2022

Editor's Note: This story was updated to include information from Kent State University Police Department. Following a recent incident in which a social media post was interpreted as an active...

Kent State extends campus closure through Friday

Owen MacMillan, Digital Content Manager • February 3, 2022

ll Kent State University campuses will remain closed Friday due to winter storm Landon. The university announced in an email Wednesday night that campus would be closed Thursday, and an advisory sent...

Kent State cancels plans for a housing development on campus

Owen MacMillan, Reporter, The Portager • January 21, 2022

Kent State has canceled plans to develop a mixed housing project on the Kent campus near the REC center. “At this time, Kent State University will not be moving forward with the Intergenerational...

Kent State winter sports will have no fan attendance

Owen MacMillan • November 19, 2020

There will be no fan or family attendance at Kent State sporting events for the winter season during the 2020-21 season.Only participating athletes and coaches, gameday university personnel and members...

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Owen MacMillan • April 30, 2020

Members of Students for a Democratic Society, Black United Students and five other groups march up the stairs of the Kent State Student Center Feb. 11, 2020, before heading to the library to deliver a...

Scoring explosion overcomes slow start, Flashes top Hiram

Owen MacMillan • November 7, 2019

Early in the first half the Kent State men’s basketball team was in a much closer game than expected with Hiram College.Kent State is a young team and has lots of players in new roles, and with 6:54...

Behind ‘Pim’ and ‘Koko,’ women golfers rank highest of any team in KSU history

Owen MacMillan • September 25, 2019

Two fall tournament championships have boosted the Kent State’s women’s golf team to the No. 3 ranking in the country.This week’s ranking by Golfweek magazine is the highest for any KSU team in any...

OPINION: new lacrosse shot clock a necessary change

Owen MacMillan • February 28, 2019

A month into the 2019 NCAA men’s lacrosse season, fans have noticed a huge change in how the game is timed this season.This past off-season, the NCAA added an 80-second shot clock at the start of every...