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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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Black Friday/Cyber Monday

Students cutting Thanksgiving short to work Black Friday

Jenna Langan November 19, 2018

Black Friday begins earlier and earlier each year and continually cuts into the time of Thanksgiving.Kent State students are some of the many retail workers who will have to leave their families and holiday...

Women’s basketball chewed up at Thanksgiving tournament

Ben Orner November 29, 2014

The Kent State women’s basketball team came into Thanksgiving weekend with such high hopes, but instead was served a two-course meal of disappointment.After securing their first win of the season in...

Kent mayor Jerry Fiala gives a proclamation renaming what is known worldwide as "Black Friday" to Black Squirrel Friday in the city of Kent. The proclaimation stated Black Squirrel Friday will create an opportunity to show support for local business owners by spending the holiday dollars locally.

Shop small with local businesses

Kelsey Husnick November 24, 2014

Avoid the long lines and packed supermalls this weekend by using Black Friday and the following Saturday as an opportunity to shop local. Main Street Kent is sponsoring Black Squirrel Friday and Small...

BSR Beats: Black Friday Anthems

Alyssa Haberman November 24, 2014

All of the feels you will go through while Black Friday shopping, compiled into one playlist. Happy Black Friday, and as Effie Trinket would say, may the odds be ever in your favor! All Night Longer...

Our view: Managing consumer culture

KS Editors November 12, 2014

 are too. Holiday tunes have already been playing through the sound systems of America’s biggest department stores, and we haven’t even been given the chance to give thanks for what we already have.Along...