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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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All content by Rachel Duthie

Best of Kent: Best cocktail

Rachel Duthie
April 18, 2018

Best of Kent: Best burger

Rachel Duthie
April 18, 2018
Devin Moore

College starts scholarship to remember Devin Moore

Rachel Duthie
January 31, 2018
Stephen Paulus at Military Aviation Preservation Society Air Museum earlier this year with Experimental Aircraft Association chapter member Homer Lucas (left). 

Community remembers Shalersville pilot as passionate airman, teacher

Rachel Duthie
December 4, 2017
A destroyed plane sits in the backyard of a Shalersville resident's home after the plane crash landed Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017. The unidentified pilot of the plane was killed in the crash.

One dead in Portage County plane crash

Rachel Duthie
December 3, 2017
Ralph Kletzien (right) of Kent, Ohio, turns in his ballot and receives an “I voted” sticker at the Kent United Church of Christ polling station Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017.

Kent voters have mixed reactions to election results

Rachel Duthie
November 8, 2017
A damaged Home Depot truck remains on the scene Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, after the driver mowed down people on a riverfront bike path near the World Trade Center on Tuesday in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Terror suspect accused of killing 8 in NYC has ties to Cuyahoga Falls area

Rachel Duthie
November 1, 2017
Students from Kent State come together at the Rock on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, to mourn and pray over a shooter attacked a country concert in Las Vegas earlier this week.

Students, community gather to mourn Las Vegas victims

Rachel Duthie
October 4, 2017
Treasure Tvaroch

Students weigh in on Constitution Day

Rachel Duthie
September 18, 2017
Connor Wright and his dog, Leo, pose for a portrait. 

Kent-fostered service dogs: A breed apart

Rachel Duthie
September 17, 2017
Halim El-Dabh

Longtime professor, music pioneer dies at 96

Rachel Duthie
September 5, 2017

Lil Uzi Vert to be fall headliner this October

Rachel Duthie
August 28, 2017
Emonte Wimbush (left), a junior fashion merchandising major, dances on stage while others join behind him during Kupita Transitiones' cultural orientation on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017. The four-day event was created to bring transfer and first-year multiracial students together, and help them acclimate to the cultural climate at Kent State. 

Kupita Transiciones’ day 2 orientation encourages students to find cultural groove on campus

Rachel Duthie
August 22, 2017
Annual May 4 candle light vigil on May 3, 2017.

Candlelight vigil march honors May 4 victims

Rachel Duthie
May 4, 2017
Members of Kent State's BUS show solidarity for Samaria Rice, keynote speaker of the 46th annual May 4 commemoration ceremony, on the university's Commons on Wednesday, May 4, 2016. 

Threat of rain moves May 4 Commemoration indoors

Rachel Duthie
May 2, 2017
illustration mental health

Kent State sees boost in mental health services

Rachel Duthie
April 30, 2017

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Rachel Duthie
April 30, 2017
Cassie Neiden, Kent State alum and managing editor at the Cannabis Business Times magazine, poses for a portrait in Valley View, Ohio on Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

Alumna dives into the cannabis industry through trade journalism

Rachel Duthie
April 19, 2017

Overcoming loneliness in new college settings

Rachel Duthie
April 12, 2017
Photo via @traciemariep instagram.

Students pose, post for payment as social media influencers

Rachel Duthie
April 5, 2017
The Kent Stater Students gather in Bowman Hall Sunday morning, Dec. 6, 2015, before service.

A new kind of worship: millennials redefine religion

Rachel Duthie
March 22, 2017
The selection of alcohol on tap at Ray's Place is featured on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. 

Students wrestle with binge-drinking dangers

Rachel Duthie
March 15, 2017

Hard work pays off as fashion alum finds success

Rachel Duthie
March 1, 2017
BDSM Illustration

KINK draws curious students, corrects misconceptions

Rachel Duthie
February 9, 2017
Birds and the Bees

Deflowered: the science behind plant sex

Rachel Duthie
February 9, 2017
Brothers Bob and Will Blair stand next to their bodybuilding championship trophy on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017.

Bodybuilder brothers reshape lives through challenging sport

Rachel Duthie
February 1, 2017

Combatting SAD on campus

Rachel Duthie
December 7, 2016
Andy Harkness, art director of "Moana." Photo by Alex Kang. ©2016 Disney. All Rights Reserved.

New Disney film ‘Moana’ promotes on-screen diversity

Rachel Duthie
November 22, 2016
Information from The Washington Post

Kent State organizations support Standing Rock

Rachel Duthie
November 16, 2016
Junior journalism major Adrian Leuthauser bares his arm tattoo on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016, that he got as a way to cope with thoughts of self-harm.

The elephants on our chests

Rachel Duthie
November 13, 2016
Clown masks sit idle on a shelf at Mr. Fun's Costume & Magic Emporium in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2016

Don’t fear the clowns

Rachel Duthie
October 26, 2016

Sex week drag show glitters the runway

Rachel Duthie
October 20, 2016
10/13/16 Tree City Coffee

Kent State ranks as top caffeinated college

Rachel Duthie
October 12, 2016

Petition seeks equality in coed intramural sports

Rachel Duthie
October 5, 2016
Kesha performs at Kent State's M.A.C. Center for a Homecoming concert on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016.

Kesha, PND rock out at KSU Homecoming concert

Rachel Duthie
September 29, 2016
Screenshot of Kent State graduate and three-NFL Pro Bowler Josh Cribbs announcing he will be the 2016 Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal set for Oct. 1 in a YouTube video posted by the Kent State University Alumni Association on Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. 

Josh Cribbs to reign as parade Grand Marshal

Rachel Duthie
September 28, 2016
Photo courtesy of Matt Baker Anthony Vander Horst, a sixth year criminology professor at Kent State University and co-owner of Dr. V & G’s Sauce shack, a hot sauce store in Kent, OH, Sep. 16, 2016.

Professor far from home, still close to war with Syrian roots

Rachel Duthie
September 21, 2016
Nate Manley / The Kent Stater The Black Squirrel Festival takes over Risman Plaza Friday, Sept. 11, 2015.

BlastOff cancellation causes minor changes for Black Squirrel Festival

Rachel Duthie
September 6, 2016

Vigil serves as awareness program for drug-related deaths

Rachel Duthie
August 31, 2016
(From left to right) Senior fine arts major Melissa Mendelson, Kent State Pokemon League director of tournaments Patrick Brett, junior computer sciences major Max Eisenloeffel and Kent State employee Gaylen Moore tour the main campus playing "Pokemon Go" on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016.

KSU Pokemon League thrives off mobile game success

Rachel Duthie
August 31, 2016

Contract with University Bookstore upsets faculty, students

Rachel Duthie
March 1, 2016

Kent State alumnus represents Ohio at national conference

Rachel Duthie
February 21, 2016

School of Digital Sciences enrollment grows by nearly 70 percent

Rachel Duthie
February 6, 2016

Improv Comedy Night brings laughs to the Kiva

Rachel Duthie
November 21, 2015
Senior Criminal Justice major Ariel Schaefer. Nov. 9, 2015.

Students of PARTA

Rachel Duthie
November 9, 2015
Sophomore Caleb Gannelli and other embers of the Kent State Hockey team run across the gym floor as participants in The Reaping attempt to stick colored tape to them on November 6, 2015.

Students defy the odds at The Reaping

Rachel Duthie
November 7, 2015
Hunter Hayes performs for the students at the MAC Center on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015.

Fans bring out their cowboy boots for Hunter Hayes

Rachel Duthie
October 23, 2015

Women’s Center begins ‘Masculinity Project’ with panel discussion

Rachel Duthie
October 13, 2015
Bartender and senior public communications major Jennifer Reihner puts the final touches on a spiked pink lemonade drink at Quaker Steak and Lube in the Student Center on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015. Quaker Steak and Lube is the only official location that serves alcohol on campus.

Rathskeller continues to tap the kegs

Rachel Duthie
October 6, 2015
Kent State Mid-fielder Mason Mamarello tosses a ball to himself while waiting for practice to start. Mason started playing for Kent State after Akron University shut down its baseball program earlier this summer.

Former Akron baseball transfers adjust to Kent State life

Rachel Duthie
September 27, 2015
Two visitors to the Visitor Center Complex at the Flight 93 National Memorial look at a wall with the pictures of the 40 victims of the crash. The center opened to the public Sept. 10, 2015.

14 years later, Visitor Center opens at Flight 93 National Memorial

Rachel Duthie
September 11, 2015
Brenda Vignault, a visitor to the Flight 93 crash sight, touches the Wall of Names, a feature at the Memorial that has the names of each of the victims of the crash. Sept. 9, 2015.

Visitors center to open at Flight 93 National Memorial

Rachel Duthie
September 9, 2015
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