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Kent students celebrating Fake Patty's outside Kent State fraternity Kappa Sigma.

Kent gears up for iconic Fake Patty’s Day

Jewels Cydrus, Reporter March 21, 2025

Each spring, Fake Patty’s Day floods Kent in a sea of green. This year, Fake Patty’s Day will be celebrated March 22, the Saturday after St. Patrick’s Day, because the holiday falls during spring...

Safety reminders from police and bars ahead of Fake Patty’s Day

Dennis Farahani, TV2 Reporter March 8, 2024

Fake Patty's Day is one of the biggest anticipated party weekends at Kent State. Kent Police and Kent State University Police urge party-goers to look out for one another. But the Downtown Kent bars...

Partygoers stand outside a house on University Drive during this year's annual Fake Paddy's Day celebration in Kent.

City of Kent prepares to celebrate Fake Paddy’s safely

Alton Northup, Senior Reporter March 10, 2022

As Kent State’s annual Fake Paddy’s Day celebration makes a return, the city and university remind students to put safety and responsibility first. While the forecast for the weekend predicts...

Sophia Fricioni poses with her roommate on their front porch. 

Fake Paddy’s Day celebrations not stopped by COVID-19

Rachel Karas, Assigning Editor Zaria Johnson, General Assignment Editor March 13, 2021

A gray house on the street corner of East College Avenue was vibrant with people in St. Patrick’s-themed garb filling the yard, the porch and the neighboring house’s balcony, but the festivities were...

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