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DeWine rejects legislation to criminalize abortion

Matt Poe September 16, 2016

An amendment seeking to criminalize abortion in Ohio was rejected after failing to receive the required number of signatures.Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine rejected the petition after it received a...

National Public Radio’s Tom Ashbrook, Black United Students' President Chynna Baldwin and Kent Stater Editor-in-Chief Jimmy Miller conduct a panel at NPR’s On Point show at the Kent State KIVA. Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016.

NPR’s ‘On Point’ records live political panel at Kent State

Brooke Forrest September 16, 2016

The National Public Radio show "On Point with Tom Ashbrook" recorded a live discussion panel of Kent State students and faculty Thursday night in the Kiva.The radio program, presented by local NPR affiliate...

NextGen Climate kicks off Kent State campaign

Brooke Forrest September 15, 2016

NextGen Climate Ohio held a kickoff party to introduce their organization on Tuesday in the Student Center.NextGen Climate is a political action committee that does work nationally for climate causes and...

SRVSS to launch a pilot peer education program

Adriona Murphy September 15, 2016

Kent State's Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services will be launching the pilot peer educator program later this week.The goal of the program is to educate students about power-based...

Crankdat Live Performance

Kent State students moonlight as EDM DJs

William Kovach September 14, 2016

Many know Kent for its excessive black squirrel population, but not its music scene. Fortunately, Kent has some local Electronic Dance Music (EDM) musicians and entrepreneurs that are making waves in Cleveland...

Cheers and Jeers

September 14, 2016

Cheers to ... Strasburg, Virginia, for allowing residents to pay for parking tickets with canned food items, which is then donated to a local food pantry.Jeers to ... misophonia, or noise-induced irritation....

RG3’s season with Browns paused by injury

Tim Withers Associated Press September 14, 2016

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Robert Griffin III's left arm is cradled in a black sling, restrained. Same as his career.And as RG3 walked around the practice field Wednesday, still wearing his orange No. 10 jersey,...

Northeast Ohio’s own Stipe Miocic provides inspiration with UFC 203 victory

September 14, 2016

Last Saturday night, I witnessed something special. Something inspirational.I spent the night at the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in downtown Kent watching the Independence, Ohio, born and Croatian heavyweight...

Things to do

Erin Zaranec September 14, 2016

Events from Sept.15-18Sept. 15Mona Lisa x4 Opening Exhibit - View four different perspectives on the famous Mona Lisa, hosted in the University Library’s Muse Lab from 5:30-7:30 pm.Sept. 16Kent ‘Round...

Weekend Buzz

Erin Zaranec September 14, 2016

Events from Sept. 15-18Thursday, Sept. 15Mona Lisa x4 Opening Exhibit Reception - View four different perspectives on the famous Mona Lisa, hosted in the School of Library and Information Science's MuseLab...

Running with purpose

Samantha Ickes September 13, 2016

In the classrooms of a small school in Kirotshe, a village in the southern province of Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the hands of enthusiastic students shoot up in the air, each child eagerly...

Cheers & Jeers

September 13, 2016

Cheers to ... Sri Lanka after the World Health Organization declared the nation malaria-free. Sri Lanka's battle with malaria has lasted nearly 80 years.Jeers to ... poor planning. A marathon in Pennsylvania...