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Students and members of the Kent State College Democrats watch the first Democratic Debate between Bernie Sanders, Hilary Clinton, Martin O’Malley, Jim Webb and Lincoln Chafee on a projector in Bowman Hall. Oct. 13, 2015.

Pizza and politics: Kent State Democrats talk debate

Samantha Nonno October 13, 2015

The Kent State College Democrats gathered in Bowman Hall to share their thoughts on the candidates for the first Democratic presidential debate that aired Tuesday night.The student organization held a...

‘Step Up to the Mic’ to discuss social action, activism

Dara Sander March 18, 2015

“Step Up to the Mic Poetry Slam” will allow students to hear creative spoken poetry about social action on Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m. in Bowman Hall Room 133.Kent State’s chapter of Delta Sigma...

Campuses around the world unite in day of prayer Thursday

Skye McEowen February 24, 2015

College students around the world and at Kent State are preparing for National Collegiate Day of Prayer Thursday, Feb. 26.The National Collegiate Day of Prayer, originating in the 19th century, is a day...

A.L.I.C.E. Training

A.L.I.C.E. training tactics help in Florida library shooting

Hilary Crisan and Joanna Kamvouris November 20, 2014

Kelly Kalich was on the third floor of Strozier Library at Florida State University about midnight Thursday studying why school shootings happen when someone ran up the stairs and yelled out, "There's...

Ashley Schafer, co-founder of PRAXIS, an architectural journal of writing and building, speaks as part of the Col lege of Architecture and Environmental Design lecture series, Oct. 8, 2014.

Architecture Professional Speaks about the Familiar and Foreign in CAED speaking series.

Chelsea Graff October 8, 2014

During the College of Archtecture and Environmental Design lecture series, Ashley Schafer addressed architecture students in her “Familiar and Foreign” presenation in Bowman Hall on Oct. 9.Encouraging...

Quavaugntay Tyler Mugshot

Tyler’s bond raised; pretrial date set

Madeleine Winer April 14, 2014

Laurie Pittman, Portage County Common Pleas Judge raised freshman Quavaugntay Tyler’s bond to $50,000 from $40,000 and set his pretrial date for June.If Tyler can pay $5,000 — 10 percent of the bond...

Political Science adds two special topic classes

Blair Donald April 14, 2014

Starting in the fall 2014 semester, Kent State’s department of political science will add two new special topics courses: Social Media and Government Change, taught by term instructor James McQuiston,...

University spokesman Eric Mansfield prepares to give a press conference in Franklin Hall on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. The press conference was held to update the media on the events unfolding on campus during the night of the campus lockdown.

KSU police, community reflect on emergency response

Katherine Schaeffer April 10, 2014

On Wednesday, April 2, Kent State ordered a campus-wide lockdown when a shot was fired in front of Bowman Hall. At first, the origin of the gunshot — fired during a heated domestic dispute — was unclear....

Los Angeles architect presents on urban design

Justin Sheil April 7, 2014

Dana Cuff, Los Angeles-based architect, professor and founder of CityLab, a think tank concerned with contemporary urban issues, asked architecture students to contemplate the ways in which they formulate...

Our View: When descriptions aren’t descriptive enough

DKS Editors April 6, 2014

Students in Thursday’s Black Images class discussed the description police gave Wednesday of the suspect who turned out to be Quavaugntay Tyler, 24, a freshman criminology and justice studies student...

See the full timeline in Timeline: Shot fired on Kent Campus, Wednesday, April 2, 2014.

Campus officials, witnesses detail lockdown events after student fires shot

Madeleine Winer April 4, 2014

Nicole Lozier was 5 feet away from the domestic dispute in the parking lot of Bowman Hall that sent campus into a three-hour lockdown on Wednesday.Quavaugntay Tyler, a 24-year-old freshman criminology...

Flash Alerts System Text Messages Sent Out During the Lockdown

Flash Alerts misinformation causes confusion during gun incident

Emily Mills April 3, 2014

Kent State’s Flash Alerts system sent out conflicting reports about the shooting incident in front of Bowman Hall Wednesday night.A “shelter in place” advisory for Kent’s main campus was put in...