Skip to Main Content
Your Community. Your Stories.

KentStater

World and Nation:
Your Community. Your Stories.

KentStater

Your Community. Your Stories.

KentStater

Women receive new uniforms in ROTC

Patricia Battle September 19, 2018

Kent State’s ROTC program received new uniforms for women that are tailored to fit the female body. Research for this uniform started in 2009, which was funded and approved by The Army Uniform Board.According...

Cuyahoga Falls band Grim Republic revives pop punk sound

Maria McGinnis September 16, 2018

For some, the idea of starting a band with friends and playing music for a living sounds like a dream. Fortunately, for the Cuyahoga Falls-based group Grim Republic, it has become a reality.Band members...

While speaking at a 9/11 anniversary event at Franklin Hall on Sept. 11, 2018, Chuck Banks informed Kent State students that 8 miles away from the CIA Directors location was the Pentagon. "We knew it was a terrorist attack, but it happened so quick... I called my wife... I called my sons... I even called my mother in Maryland... I felt I needed to hear everyone's voice before I could get back to work."

CCI event reflects on American response to 9/11, urges students to carry on remembrance

Maria McGinnis September 12, 2018

Seventeen years ago, the nation experienced a sudden tragedy that changed the course of American history forever.For some, 9/11 remains so vivid it’s hard to believe it happened nearly two decades ago....

Redhouse studios

Rebuilding Cleveland one fungi at a time

Maria McGinnis July 18, 2018

In today's ever-changing world, it’s crucial to develop new and innovative methods for changing and reconstructing the world around us.The city of Cleveland is littered with abandoned and deteriorated...

Recent Kent State graduate poses with rifle, makes national headlines

Maria McGinnis May 22, 2018

Former Kent State graduate Kaitlin Bennett has caused quite the stir with her recent graduation photos, gaining national news coverage.Bennett posed in Risman Plaza on Kent Campus with a semi-automatic...

Best of Kent: Best organization

Maria McGinnis April 18, 2018

First Place - PRIDE! KentPRIDE! Kent strives to create a safe space for all walks of life.The organization was founded in 1971 and has been serving as a hub for equality and liberation since it’s starting...

Best of Kent: Best tattoo/piercing parlor

Maria McGinnis April 18, 2018

First Place - DefianceDefiance has been tattooing members of the Kent community for over 10 years.The shop offers custom tattooing and piercings every day of the week, and they’re conveniently located...

Best of Kent: Best Delivery

Maria McGinnis April 18, 2018

First Place - Insomnia CookiesIt’s 2 a.m. and you want a dozen chocolate chip cookies? Insomnia Cookies has you covered.Conveniently located in downtown Kent, this unique bakery is open until 3 a.m....

A Quiet Place

REVIEW: ‘A Quiet Place’ is an original must-see

Maria McGinnis April 8, 2018

It’s aggressively suspenseful, original, “genre-bending” and captivating from start to finish.The nearly silent film “A Quiet Place” has stirred up a whole new type of horror movie. And it’s...

Cast members pose for a photo.

Behind the Stage: Volunteer group breaks barriers to perform “Rocky Horror Picture Show”

Maria McGinnis March 21, 2018

The cult classic “Rocky Horror Picture Show” has been performed at the Kent Stage for years, yet little is known of its origins.The School of Rocky is an independent troupe of volunteer actors that...

Nick Robinson and Katherine Langford in Love, Simon (2018).

REVIEW: ‘Love, Simon’ is the love story we needed

Maria McGinnis March 17, 2018

“Love, Simon” may be one of the biggest milestones in the coming-of-age film genre that we have seen yet.Simon Spier (Nick Robinson), describes himself as the typical high school senior marching through...

"The strangers: prey at night"

REVIEW: ‘The Strangers: Prey at Night’ is the sequel we needed

Maria McGinnis March 11, 2018

It took a decade, but fans finally received the sequel they had been waiting for with the recent slasher movie, “The Strangers: Prey at Night.”This sequel follows the same premise as the 2008 “The...

Activate Search
Your Community. Your Stories.