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Cast and crew of the production pose during the "October Roses" at its premiere on Friday the 13th, October 2023.

Alumnus brings Stephen King’s work to the silver screen

Adriana Gasiewski, Staff Reporter October 28, 2023

Kent State graduate Brandon Lazenok’s short film “October Roses,” inspired by Stephen King’s short story “Nona,” premiered on campus in the Kiva Auditorium Oct. 13. “October Roses” follows...

Raleigh Flanagan with humane cat traps.  She rehomes the cats she traps. (Courtesy of Raleigh Flanagan)

Student traps and rehomes cats, saving over 180 cats so far

Josie Burkhart, Copy Editor October 16, 2023

Senior integrative studies major Raleigh Flanagan longed for direction and making a difference during the start of the pandemic, so she began humanely trapping and rehoming stray cats around towns including...

Merissa

Finding stability on the court

Henry Palattella November 5, 2017

It was a hazy afternoon in June 2007 when Merissa Barber-Smith’s mother sat her four children down in the living room of their house on the South Side of Chicago.“Kids,” she told them, “we’re...