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Kent State students respond after university refuses to cancel classes

Gage Wellman, Reporter • January 21, 2025

Kent State students have found themselves in the clutches of cold temperatures and harsh winds. The National Weather Service issued a cold weather advisory for Portage County on Monday, which will...

Heating up: Controlled burn of grass by Rec Center allows for summer growth

Cadie Pierce, Photographer • April 15, 2024

With smoke clouding the air as students and community members walked in and out of the Beverly J. Warren Student Recreation and Wellness Center, members of the Kent Fire Department burned the tall grass...

Campus police identify three men following reports of masked men in residence halls

Alexandra Golden Reporter • October 21, 2021

Following days of social media reports and rumors of possibly armed, ski-masked men roaming the hallways of Kent State residence halls, banging on doors and shutting off hallway lights, police identified...

Students create petition demanding reimbursement for meal plans

Megan Becker Assigning Editor • September 17, 2021

Some Kent State students created a petition on Change.org that encourages the university to refund student meal plans due to “the recent decline in food quality, availability, and inclusivity.”The...

KSU fall sports adjust to altered schedule

Sean Blevins Sports reporter • November 7, 2020

The Kent State women’s soccer team has practiced with as little as six players recently due to players being in quarantine. The volleyball team has had to cancel several practices so far this offseason. Field...

Parking pass prices to increase

Griffin White Reporter • March 10, 2020

Student parking permit prices will be raised to $112.50 starting in the fall of 2020.For students, this will be a $12 increase from the previous $100. For faculty and staff rates are rising $0.76 per month...

Former field hockey coach files lawsuit against university for gender, pay discrimination

Amanda Levine Sports editor • March 6, 2020

Editor's Note: Kathleen Wiler resigned in February 2019, ahead of Kent State field hockey's 2019 season.Former Kent State field hockey coach Kathleen Wiler sued the university in federal court Tuesday...

Kent State plans to invite new presidents to serve as grand marshal

David Williams, general assignment reporter • September 18, 2019

Kent State intends to start a tradition of asking its new president to serve as grand marshal at their first homecoming, said Emily Vincent, director of university media relations. “We believe this...

Kent State, AFSCME reach collective bargaining agreement

Emily Mills • June 4, 2015

Kent State and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 153 reached an agreement Thursday, preventing a potential strike from campus workers, including custodians...

Students challenge Provost to increase funding for Pan-African and LGBTQ programs, address discrimination in tenure process

Matthew Merchant • April 22, 2015

Alleged racial discrimination in the faculty tenure process was one of three concerns raised in a student-led forum on Wednesday in the Student Center Governance Chambers.More than 100 students, faculty...

Update: $5,000 reward offered for suspects in ROTC van fires

Sky Fought • February 23, 2015

Kent State University Police are currently investigating the suspected burning of two government vehicles on Kent State’s main campus. Both 15-passenger vans belonged to the ROTC program. Police received...