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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

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A sign outside of an elevator at the Kent's campus University Libraries indicates the elevator's closure on Feb. 15, 2024.

University community members spark elevator modernization discussions

Kayla Gleason, Beat Reporter February 21, 2024

Editor’s note: Alton Northup, an interviewee in the article, is a campus editor for The Kent Stater’s staff. He was included in this story because of the relevance of his experiences to the subject. Elevator...

CARES Act data

How Kent State spent CARES Act funding: technology and COVID-19 protections

Emma Andrus Reporter March 24, 2021

When Kent State received $19 million from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, in 2020, at least half of that money was distributed to aid students through the...

Student COVID Testing

Chris Ramos October 2, 2020

Students social distance as they wait in line for free COVID-19 tests at the Center for Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement on Friday, Oct. 2. Select dorms on campus were picked to receive the free testing.  

Sophomore accounting major Trevor Gorfido walks through the door to the seventh floor of College Towers on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. Gorfido walks up seven flights of stairs everyday because the elevators scarcely work in his building.

College Towers’ residents claim violate housing laws

Payton Moore February 28, 2016

A small piece of printed computer paper hangs on the front of a College Towers elevator door. “Out of Order,” it reads, and according to William Hannam, a professor in the Music department, it has...