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Times Square Restaurant

Bloomberg April 23, 2020

Chairs and tables sit inside a closed restaurant in Times Square in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Treasury futures ended Tuesday mixed, with front-end yields slightly cheaper on the day and...

Closed business in Venice Beach, California

APU GOMES April 21, 2020

A framing art gallery is closed in Venice Beach, California during the COVID-19 novel coronavirus on April 01, 2020. Another 6.65 million U.S. workers filed for unemployment benefits last week, the most...

Alcohol Coronavirus

ANGELA WEISS April 1, 2020

A patron stands in front of a shelf full of wine bottles at The Liquor Store.Com on March 20, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. - Liquor sales have exploded in New York since a national emergency...

Coronavirus_New Rochelle2

Bloomberg March 12, 2020

A worker wears a protective mask and gloves at a deli in New Rochelle, New York, U.S., on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. The National Guard will be sent to New Rochelle to help close large, public gathering...

A "local" chip in the shape of Ohio at Taco Tonto's, located at 123 Franklin Ave. Taco Tonto's was voted second best gluten-free dining in Kent.

Best of Kent: Best gluten-free dining

Kaitlyn Finchler Photo Editor March 6, 2020

GRAZERSGRAZERS is one of the few locations that are health-oriented downtown, and offers an entire gluten-free menu, minus the wraps. In addition to gluten-free, their facilities both on campus and downtown,...

Why should students get the flu shot?

Shelby Reeves Reporter February 24, 2020

During class, the girl next to you sniffles and wipes her nose, the guy behind you coughs and someone on the other side of the room lets out a sneeze. Germs are all around us, especially while in college....

World AIDS Day gets LGBTQ+ students talking

Sydney Ford International reporter December 2, 2019

World AIDS Day sparked a round table discussion about raising awareness among LGBTQ+ students in the lower area of the Student Center on Dec. 2.    Robert Leahy and Katie Mattise, two employees at...

Kayla Marker looking at scenery in Gatlinburg, TN, her favorite place, “where I felt most calm and fell in love with the mountains,” July 2018. 

Active Minds president shares her story on struggles with mental health

Becca Sagaris Health reporter November 11, 2019

Editorial Note: The story below contains content that may be difficult for some readers, with topics of physical and emotional abuse.Kayla Marker, a junior psychology and criminal justice major, likes...

Active Minds scares away stigma of mental illness

Kent State’s Active Minds chapter taught students how Halloween can be triggering at its event, Scare Away Stigma, on Tuesday. Halloween can be a time of fun while dressing up with friends and going...

Junior visual communication design major Sarita Kumde and freshman architecture major Adryan Reyes (wearing the "Condom Fairy" costume) give free condoms to junior speech pathology major Breanna Lokken and sophomore early childhood education major Nick Miller during Kent Interhall Council's Condoms of the K at Risman Plaza on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. 

‘Condoms on the K’ kicks off Sex Week

Terry Lee III Diversity reporter October 21, 2019

Kent Interhall Council members and volunteers handed out free condoms and lube during Condoms on the K on Risman Plaza Monday to kick off Kent State’s Sex Week.“I think that it's promoting safe sex,”...

Career conversations session teaches students about a career in psychology

Aidan Coyne Tech reporter October 17, 2019

The Kent State Honors College held a Career Conversations event in the Honors College Library on Thursday. Kent State alumni came and shared information about their career field in a Q&A setting with...

Scott Dotterer, Office of Health Promotion Coordinator, speaks in front of a group of freshman during an Alcohol Awareness workshop on Monday.  

Alcohol-related arrests down on campus

Becca Sagaris September 13, 2019

There has been a 22.8% decrease in Liquor Law Violation arrests on Kent State’s campus; a major improvement just over the course of a year.Community Resource Officer Tricia Knoles explains that the reason...