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Couponing: Do students do it?

Couponing: Do students do it?

Kate Schwanke March 29, 2015

Couponing is one of many small ways to save money, but why isn’t it very popular with college students?With TV shows such as “Extreme Couponing”on TLC, cutting coupons has become a popular way for...

Alexis Wohler is a junior journalism major. Contact her at awohler@kent.edu.

Opinion: Risks of temptation

Alexis Wohler March 29, 2015

As a kid, temptation could mean having the urge to tell someone a little white lie in order to avoid getting in trouble, lying to your friends in order to keep another person’s secrets under the radar,...

Baseball wins first home series of season against Rider University

Andrew Bugel March 15, 2015

The Kent State baseball team won games on Friday and Sunday to take the series win against Rider University over the weekend. Backed by impressive pitching from the starters, Kent State allowed...

Alexis Wohler is a junior journalism major. Contact her at awohler@kent.edu.

Opinion: Overcoming fear

Alexis Wohler March 15, 2015

What do you fear in your life? Maybe you fear college exams, assignments, not fitting in or finding your way or purpose in life.Many people may have the exact same fears that you have. Sometimes the hardest...

A drone being examined at Camp Atterbury in Indiana, one of the test ranges of the Uunmanned Aircraft Systems Center. Photo courtesy of Ohio/Indiana UAS Center program manager Brittany Peterson.

New CAEST minor explores applications, misconceptions of unmanned aeronautics

Julianne Calapa March 1, 2015

The introduction of the unmanned aircraft systems minor opened the door to a whole new category of aeronautic education at Kent State.The College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology first...

Zachary Downes

Opinion: Self-reliability is key

Zachary Downes February 10, 2015

Some people go through life feeling like things should be or just are handed to them. That mentality really needs to stop. This is one major thing I have noticed with our generation. Everyone feels entitled...

Living in residences halls provides academic and social benefits to students

Lauren Biertempfel February 8, 2015

Kent State University’s Residence Services offers many programs and services to help students’ transition into life on a college campus.  Students have the option to request to live in communities...

Letter to the editor: Academia’s Outsiders: Dreaming Between Practicalities

February 8, 2015

It is difficult exactly to explain what a university is. The closest approximation might be to see it as a cross between a bee hive and a temple. The hallways throng with students and faculty, busily buzzing...

AnnMarie LeBlanc

Three candidates vie for the CCI Dean Position

Victoria Manenti, Jimmy Miller February 1, 2015

The search for the new College of Communication and Information dean was in full swing last week, as each candidate gave a presentation to the university body.Last March, Stanley Wearden announced his...

Photo courtesy of Bruce Walton

International (mis)understandings: What happens to international students if they break the law?

Bruce Walton January 28, 2015

For many students, college is a place of freedom from authority, to let loose and be reckless is a cultural rite of passage for Americans. International students, in fear of facing consequences of the...

 Zeynep Ozgur, 16, explains to a group of her classmates how her smartphone can be used to transfer messages to an LED light board during the STEM Science Fair event in the Kent State Ballroom on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015.

NEOHSTEM hosts third annual science fair at Kent State

Jacob Runnels January 25, 2015

More than 250 participants attended the third annual Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Project Fair on Saturday Jan. 24 in the Student Center Ballroom.The Northeast Ohio STEM (NEOHSTEM)...

President Barack Obama speaks at Anschutz Sports Pavillion at the University of Kansas on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 in Lawrence, Kan. Obama was promoting his middle class economic agenda he outlined in his State of the State speech earlier this week. 

Free community college?

Kate Schwanke January 25, 2015

 President Barack Obama’s ambitious proposal to lower community college costs to zero could negatively affect Kent.Obama announced his tentative plan at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville,...