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It’s autumn again, and some things still hurt

Valerie Royzman
October 30, 2019
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Ash-coated everything and me (A MAG) (DON’T ADD PUNCTUATION OR INDENTS)**

Valerie Royzman
October 2, 2019
Valerie and her mom, Irene

I am the daughter of immigrants

Valerie Royzman
September 4, 2019
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Words from the editor:

Valerie Royzman
May 1, 2019
Daffodils bursting with life outside Taylor Hall.

An essay on May 4: I just want to listen and be sad

Valerie Royzman
May 1, 2019
Chris Myers sits on his front porch. Known for being a prolific protester in the city of Kent, Myers said what city council members and university officials think of him. “I could care less what they think," he said. "It’s what other people think."

The ‘landlord who cares’

Valerie Royzman
April 21, 2019

Muslim Students’ Association to hold Christchurch vigil Monday

Valerie Royzman
March 17, 2019
Schultz listens as one of her students in her feature writing class pitches a profile story in class Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019.

Kent State’s Pulitzer Prize-winning professional-in-residence may be the next First Lady

Valerie Royzman
March 4, 2019
Sen. Sherrod Brown listens as people share their experiences as workers and veterans during a stop in Florence, South Carolina, on his "Dignity of Work" tour March 1, 2019.

Sen. Brown talks raising minimum wage, health care, aid for veterans

Valerie Royzman
March 2, 2019
Students walk across Risman Plaza on Kent State's main campus and battle the frigid cold on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019.

It’s still absurdly cold. Campus closes Thursday

Valerie Royzman
January 30, 2019
A Kent State student walks along Kent State's front campus on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019.

Ridiculously cold weather closes campus Wednesday

Valerie Royzman
January 29, 2019
Valerie Royzman headshot

Words from the editor

Valerie Royzman
January 13, 2019
Press release Rand al Dulaimi homicide

Ex-husband indicted in death of KSU Ashtabula student

Valerie Royzman
January 10, 2019
A coaster from Handcrafted

Holiday Gift Guide: Handcrafted

Valerie Royzman
December 5, 2018

Note from the features editor:

Valerie Royzman
December 5, 2018

At Work — Deshon Terrell

Crystal Smith
December 5, 2018

At Work — Mary Zieber

Valerie Royzman
December 5, 2018

County Community Center

December 3, 2018

California wildfires affecting Ohio

November 19, 2018
Police investigate a shooting outside the Pebblebrook Apartments in Franklin Township on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018. One male victim was shot in the shoulder, confirmed the Portage County Sheriff’s Office.

Still no suspects in Pebblebrook shooting; victim in intensive care

Valerie Royzman
November 8, 2018
Police investigate a shooting outside the Pebblebrook Apartments in Franklin Township on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018. One male victim was shot in the shoulder, confirmed the Portage County Sheriff’s Office.

Residents, employees surprised by shooting at Pebblebrook Apartments; no suspects

Valerie Royzman
November 5, 2018
Portage County Chief Deputy Dale Kelly speaks on the phone as police investigate a shooting outside the Pebblebrook Apartments in Franklin Township on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018. One male victim was shot in the shoulder and transported to the hospital. 

1 shot at Pebblebrook Apartments in Franklin Twp.

Valerie Royzman
November 4, 2018
Veteran Josh Vandygriff talks about his time in the Army and his struggles with opioid addiction at the Nonprofit Spotlight Speaker Series event held at Henderson Hall on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018.

Speaker series on opioids brings community closer through stories of addiction, hope for recovery

Valerie Royzman
October 19, 2018

Project Dawn in Portage County

October 1, 2018
Rand Hilal Al Dulaimi 

Coroner: Death of KSU Ashtabula student ruled a homicide

Valerie Royzman
September 17, 2018
Junior business management major Hannah Robinson (left) talks with junior marketing major Kelly Corey (bottom right) about the new meal plans in front of Rosie’s Diner in Tri-Towers on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018.

‘You talked, we listened.’ Meal plan changes come to campus

Valerie Royzman
September 7, 2018
Vice President Shay Little speaks on upcoming changes to meal plans at the Undergraduate Student Government meeting in the Governance Chambers on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018.

University hopes to remedy meal plan madness; USG weighs in

Valerie Royzman
August 29, 2018

Sidebar on May 4/Alumni

Valerie Royzman
August 26, 2018
Domestic and international graduate student enrollment

KSU anticipates decline in enrollment this fall

Valerie Royzman
August 26, 2018
Junior business management major Hannah Robinson (left) talks with junior marketing major Kelly Corey (bottom right) about the new meal plans in front of Rosie’s Diner in Tri-Towers on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018.

Students push back on dining changes; university stands firm

Valerie Royzman
August 26, 2018

How students can voice their concerns

Valerie Royzman
August 26, 2018

How we reported this story

Valerie Royzman
August 26, 2018
Junior business management major Hannah Robinson (left) talks with junior marketing major Kelly Corey (bottom right) about the new meal plans in front of Rosie’s Diner in Tri-Towers on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018.

Students in uproar over Kent State’s changes to meal plans this fall

Valerie Royzman
August 25, 2018
President of Kent State University Beverly J. Warren delivers her lecture "Kent State Beyond the Shootings: Journey of the Wounded Healer" during the Morning Lecture, Wednesday, August 15, 2018, in the Amphitheater. 

President Warren calls for May 4 remembrance during conference in Chautauqua

Valerie Royzman
August 19, 2018
Rand Hilal Al Dulaimi 

Friends, professors remember Rand Al Dulaimi as ‘soft-spoken’ student, loving mother

Valerie Royzman
August 3, 2018
Jeffrey Stanley

Ashtabula, Kent State communities reflect on missing student as search comes to close

Valerie Royzman
July 25, 2018
Rand Hilal Al Dulaimi 

Ashtabula police find body during search for missing Kent State student

Valerie Royzman
July 24, 2018
Press release from Ashtabula County Sheriff's Office

Kent State student, mother goes missing; Ashtabula authorities continue search

Valerie Royzman
July 19, 2018

Opioid seminar photo 2

Valerie Royzman
May 13, 2018

Opioid seminar photo 1

Valerie Royzman
May 13, 2018
On Friday, May 4, 2018, a team of Kent State students shares their campaign idea — centered on increasing the awareness of naloxone (also known as Narcan) — for the opioid crisis in Trumbull County. Students presented at the Trumbull campus to their client, the Alliance for Substance Abuse Prevention of Trumbull County.

Students devise campaigns to address Trumbull County’s alarming opioid epidemic

Valerie Royzman
May 13, 2018
Debby Thrasher Smith, 66, steps into her Ravenna home on Sunday. Her son, Joe, died here Oct. 29, 2014, of a heroin overdose — his third. He battled with substance abuse in the several years before his death.

A mother reveals what it’s like to live with a son addicted to heroin

Valerie Royzman
April 30, 2018
Anna Zsinko, 59, of Streetsboro, sits in her living room Sunday, holding her son’s writings. Matt died Aug. 29, 2015, of a heroin overdose after battling with the drug for six months, detailed in his writing.

A son’s sudden death opens a mother’s eyes to the raging heroin crisis

Valerie Royzman
April 30, 2018
Interior design proposal from Hemingway Development.

Kent gets first glimpse into designs for new College of Business Administration building

Valerie Royzman
April 13, 2018
President Beverly Warren presents a slideshow on the university's 10-year, $1.2 billion Master Plan to members of Faculty Senate at a meeting Monday, April 9, 2018.

Faculty Senate outlines new rules for relationships between students, professors

Valerie Royzman
April 10, 2018
Faculty Senate Chair Deb Smith opens the meeting Monday, April 9, 2018, and introduces the candidates running to take her place next semester. Member Pamela Grimm won.

Faculty Senate OKs shortening spring semester to allow fall break

Valerie Royzman
April 9, 2018
Faculty Senate chair Deb Smith speaks during the first meeting of the semester on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018.

Faculty Senate weighs options to implement official fall break

Valerie Royzman
March 13, 2018
Faculty Senate members settle into their seats as their monthly meeting kicks off in the Governance Chambers Monday, March 12, 2018.

Faculty Senate rejects proposal for new global-learning program

Valerie Royzman
March 13, 2018
Kent State University President Beverly Warren talks to the crowd attending the first home basketball game of the spring semester Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017.

President offers updates on ‘inclusive,’ community-driven Master Plan

Valerie Royzman
February 21, 2018
Faculty Senate chair Deb Smith speaks during the first meeting of the semester on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018.

Faculty Senate vents frustration on new fall break at first meeting of semester

Valerie Royzman
February 12, 2018
Todd Diacon, the provost and vice president of academic affairs, speaks during the Faculty Senate meeting Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.

Faculty Senate to vote on proposed electronic, face-to-face course evaluations

Valerie Royzman
February 12, 2018
10 year master plan map

Kent State considers front campus overhaul in 10-year, $1.2 billion Master Plan

Valerie Royzman
February 11, 2018
Lydia Sherman

‘Survivor’: The freshman edition

Valerie Royzman
September 5, 2017
John Kuhns, 48, of Kent, Ohio, inspects a water pipe as he removes a section of pavement near Franklin Hall Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017.

Construction season continues; South Lincoln Street to close

Valerie Royzman
August 29, 2017

Kent police spend more time on the streets

Crystal Smith
April 19, 2017

Health and Wellness Expo promotes healthy living on campus

Crystal Smith
April 12, 2017

New bill brings back cursive handwriting

Crystal Smith
April 5, 2017
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