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...
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...
FIRST: Fake Paddy's Day
With partying starting as early as 7 a.m., students, friends and alumni filled the streets in celebration of Fake Paddy’s Day. The tradition took place March 11, the weekend...
Fake Paddy's Day was celebrated Saturday in Kent, Ohio. Many people attended parties on Main St. where front lawns were filled with people dressed in green. They played beer pong and listened to music...
The Party Begins
The Fake Paddy’s Day celebration kicked off early Saturday as students lined frat row with drinks in hand.
Jake Rankin, sophomore history major and member of Phi Delta Theta, said...
While Fake Paddy's Day is on Saturday, bars in Kent have been preparing for days for the expected crowds.
TV2's Jacob Brooks went to two bars in downtown Kent to see how they are getting ready.
Jacob...
Students dressing up head-to-toe in green each year to celebrate the Saturday before St. Patrick’s Day has become both a college tradition and a concern for public safety.
Fake Paddy’s Day is synonymous...
Kent State Police made one arrest on Fake Paddy’s Day—Paige O’Dell, a junior exercise science major, was charged with fourth-degree felony assault of a police officer and fifth-degree felony obstructing...
A blizzard that brought frigid temperatures well below 20 degrees was not enough to stop hundreds of Kent State students from descending onto downtown Kent for annual Fake Paddy’s Day celebrations.
“It’s...
Students woke up to a blanket of snow covering Kent on Fake Paddy’s Day.
At 10 a.m., downtown bar employees shoveled snow, preparing for the rush of students eager to fill themselves with food and...
“We started drinking at 8 a.m.” A former Kent student who identified himself as John waited patiently outside of Barflyy on Saturday night in downtown Kent. Fake Paddy’s Day 2021 had begun. Long...
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...
