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OPINION: What is an expert nowadays?

Gregory Hess Opinion Writer February 23, 2021

What’s the best case for what makes someone an expert and someone not an expert in something? We could say that physically Lebron James is a basketball expert or Bennet Omalu is an expert in neurology...

Isaac Vance emphasizes mental health in a strange season

Nicholas Pedone October 16, 2020

Kent State football is finally gearing up for their delayed 2020 season. This season is anything normal, with the players getting tested for COVID-19 four times per week. Isaac Vance, a junior receiver,...

Amber Vinson released from hospital

Samantha Ickes October 28, 2014

Amber Vinson, the Kent State graduate and Dallas nurse who contracted the Ebola virus, released a statement after being discharged from Emory University Hospital on Tuesday, Oct. 28.“I’m so grateful...

Family of Amber Vinson says she is free of the virus

Samantha Ickes October 22, 2014

The family of Amber Vinson, the nurse and Kent State graduate who contracted Ebola after treating an Ebola patient, said Vinson is free of the virus in a statement released Wednesday, Oct. 22.Officials...

KSU releases more details about three employees self-monitoring for Ebola

Audrey Fletcher October 16, 2014

The three Kent State employees who are self-monitoring at home after potential Ebola virus exposure are not faculty members and do not work in food service. While not naming them, Kent State spokesman...

Ebola precautions close 3 Ohio school buildings

Associated Press October 16, 2014

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Another Ohio school district is closing one of its school buildings after learning that the parent of a student had contact with a nurse diagnosed with Ebola.Akron's school superintendent...

This undated file image made available by the CDC shows the Ebola Virus.

Visit by Ebola victim shocks northeast Ohio

Katherine Schaeffer October 15, 2014

A nurse who cared for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan at a Dallas Hospital was diagnosed with the virus after visiting relatives in Tallmadge over the weekend, three of whom are Kent State staff members....

Ebola virus creates concern for students

Samantha Ickes September 10, 2014

A virus known as Ebola has been sweeping through Western Africa and slowly creeping across the globe, causing alarm for students and citizens in local areas.The Ebola virus is a hemorrhagic fever with...