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John Quiñones, ABC News correspondent and host of “What Would You Do?," speaks at the Kent State Stark campus as apart of the Featured Speakers Series on Thursday, April 20, 2017.

Television host John Quiñones speaks at 26th annual Featured Speakers Series

Kennedy Caldwell April 21, 2017

John Quiñones, ABC News correspondent and television host of “What Would You Do?," visited the Kent State Stark campus on Thursday for the 26th Annual Featured Speakers Series.During his visit, he spoke...

Modista organizes first ever conference

Paige Miller April 19, 2017

Modista is ready to bring the fashion industry to Kent State with their first ever MODIvation Conference.“(Modista) wanted to do something different that isn’t offered here,” Nazhary Jackson, vice...

Phi Mu hosting bracket style basketball fundraiser

Danielle Johnson April 18, 2017

Miracle Madness Raises Awareness with Akron Children's Hospital from KentWired.com on Vimeo.As part of an ongoing fundraising effort, Kent State’s Phi Mu will be hosting Miracle Madness this Sunday to...

Jimmy Bufalino is a senior flight technology major and is one of a dozen or so other pilots who are giving visitors rides in small aircraft at the 20th Kent State Aeronautics Fair Saturday Sept. 10, 2016.

Flight degrees delayed by instructor shortage

Lyric Aquino April 18, 2017

Kent State’s flight technology students are taking longer to graduate than expected due to a shortage of flight instructors and scheduling issues within the program.Kyle Cardwell, a 2015 flight technology...

Captain Julie Kassner is an instructor for ROTC cadets.

Female cadet serves as role model in ROTC

Troy Lee April 18, 2017

Captain Julie Kassner’s involvement in the Reserve Officer’s Training Corps (ROTC) means a lot to the 72 cadets involved in the Air Force ROTC program, but it means even more to the handful of women.“She...

Architecture enhances spirituality of churches

Megan Ferguson April 18, 2017

Present-day religious buildings follow traditions by adopting historic architecture into their design.Because historic architecture typically revolves around religious buildings, churches are at the center...

Kent State students reflect on spring break Poland trip

Megan Ferguson April 18, 2017

Kent State students reflect on what they learned during the third annual Poland spring break trip.“This is a trip you have to open your heart and soul to,” said Chaya Kessler Jewish studies professor.Kessler...

Kaitlin Bennett sits outside Franklin Hall in Kent on April 11, 2017.

Right-leaning students still feel unheard in wake of Trump presidency

Caelin Mills April 18, 2017

Senior zoology major Kaitlin Bennett remembers students wiping quotes off the white board outside of her dorm room, seeing screenshots of her Facebook posts circulating Twitter and being yelled at while...

Apartments struggle to fill leases due to Kent State housing policy

Kennedy Caldwell April 17, 2017

Handing out flyers, dropping rent prices and holding leasing events are some of the ways apartments in Kent are filling available units.Leasing season began in November, but several apartment complexes...

Illustration provided by Natalie Pillsbury, head of the fundraiser committee for the Child Development Center.

Child Development Center to host annual scholarship fundraiser

Hannah Wagner April 16, 2017

Families sometimes rely on scholarships to send their children to the Child Development Center at Kent State.“One value of the child development center is to have student diversity,” said Natalie Pillsbury,...

Kent State junior quarterback Nick Holley runs down field against Akron at Dix Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016. Kent State lost 31-27.

Spring practices bring changes for football

Scott Lendak April 15, 2017

The Kent State football team finished up their spring practice on March 24, and one of the main themes was competing at a high level.“The most important part of spring football is the competitiveness,”...

0415_ek_biologygrant_th Researcher earns five-year, $1.5 million grant to study Alzheimer’s

Tyler Haughn April 14, 2017

The National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health awarded a $1.5 million grant to a Kent State biology professor hoping to discover why Alzheimer's disease affects women more than it...