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Adriana Gasiewski, General Assignment Editor August 16, 2025

  Adriana Gasiewski is the general assignment editor. Contact her at [email protected].

Mathematical Sciences Building remains closed following fire

Mathematical Sciences Building remains closed following fire

Adriana Gasiewski, Digital Content Manager August 1, 2025

Following a transformer catching fire in the basement of the Mathematical Sciences Building on July 29, it will remain closed until Aug. 6. In a Kent State Today article, the university shared that...

Last Exit hosted a book signing by the author Kenneth Strange on June 21, 2025.

Ken Strange honors former Kent resident at book signing

Adriana Gasiewski, Digital Content Manager June 23, 2025

The sun shone through the windows of Last Exit Books and Coffeehouse as a small crowd gathered to listen and laugh with author Ken Strange during his book signing on June 21. In 2022, Strange and his...

Air quality levels on June 4, 2025, from the National Weather Service's website

National Weather Service issues air quality advisory after Canadian wildfires

Adriana Gasiewski, Digital Content Manager June 4, 2025

The National Weather Service issued an air quality advisory for Portage and other Northeast Ohio counties following smoke from Canadian wildfires passing over midwestern states on June 3. The advisory...

‘Try to love one another’: Kent community commemorates 55th anniversary of May 4

Adriana Gasiewski and Nikki Gasiewski May 4, 2025

Over a hundred members of the Kent community gathered on Blanket Hill to listen to speakers reflect on the legacy of the 1970 May 4 shootings, which left four students dead and nine others injured. This...

A senior art thesis was coming down after controversy over its violent depictions Thursday, April 17, 2025, at Kent State's Center for the Visual Arts. A university spokesperson said the student, Rorke McCullough, agreed to remove the display.

Kent State student removes controversial art exhibit

Adriana Gasiewski, Campus Editor April 17, 2025

A controversial art exhibit came down Thursday hours after Kent State University constructed scaffolding to obstruct windows displaying the piece in the Center for the Visual Arts. The exhibit featured...

Amazon truck driver overturns vehicle on State Route 43

Amazon truck driver overturns vehicle on State Route 43

Adriana Gasiewski, Campus Editor April 2, 2025

An Amazon truck driver overturned his truck on I-76 westbound at State Route 43 in Brimfield Township around 6:45 a.m., causing the route to be closed for four hours for cleanup on April 1. Ohio State...

Outside of Bent Tree Coffee located on 313 N Water St.

BOK ’25: Best coffee

Adriana Gasiewski, Campus Editor April 1, 2025

FIRST: Bent Tree Coffee The smell and sound of coffee beans being ground by a larger roaster greet customers when they enter Bent Tree Coffee at 313 N. Water St. Bent Tree’s grounded coffee, specialty...

In the fall of 2024, KSTV began using its new name. The Kent Stater and KSTV plan to continue to provide the Kent and Kent State communities with quality stories as the organization moves forward.

‘Your community, your stories’: The Kent Stater, KSTV continue to serve Kent after rebrand

Adriana Gasiewski, Campus Editor January 25, 2025

From Kent Stater TV anchors welcoming viewers with “This is TV2” to now “This is Kent Stater TV News” and from searching KentWired.com to now being redirected to KentStater.com, The Kent Stater...

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‘We can’t live without women’: Students weigh in on 4B movement

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter November 26, 2024

After the 2024 Presidential Election, Molly Acquard, a senior fashion design major, said she felt the seven stages of grief, but once her anger settled, she wanted to create change. “There’s anger,...

The LGBTQ+ Center, PRIDEKent and Trans*Fusion co-hosted a Trans Day of Remembrance Monday at The Rock. The event followed the recent defacing of a transgender pride flag on the campus monument.

Kent State students, community remember lives lost to anti-trans violence

Adriana Gasiewski, Reporter November 19, 2024

Students and members of the Kent community held hands and tea lights as the names of 60 individuals who lost their lives to anti-transgender violence this year were read aloud. The LGBTQ+ Center, PRIDEKent...

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