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Spectators cheer on runners at the Run the World 5k on Saturday, September 7, 2019. 

Run the World 5k hosts its fifth annual run

Sydney Ford September 8, 2019

International and local students at Kent State participated in the fifth annual Run the World 5K and International Festival Saturday, Sept. 7 to raise money for study abroad programs.The 5K started approximately...

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Our View: Where does $20 get you?

Editorial Board September 4, 2019

In the near future, the university will take $20 out of your account to enhance mental health services on campus. No, it is not optional, and no, you don’t know what the money will be used for, neither...

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TEDx returns to Kent

Madeline Scalzi February 20, 2018

When senior magazine journalism major Ile-Ife Okantah learned Kent State would again be hosting a TEDx talk this spring, she had no idea that in a few short months she would be sharing her passion for...

Mumps confirmed at Kent State

Tyler Haughn April 29, 2017

Kent State and Portage County Health Services issued a statement Friday warning people on Kent State's campus of a confirmed case of mumps.Mumps, a viral disease spread by coughing or sneezing, includes...

Empowering students through recovery

Austin Farber February 9, 2016

University Health Services is hosting Empowering Students in Recovery, a program targeted at students suffering from addiction support and assistance. The group will meet every Thursday to offer a judgment...

Zachary Downes is a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact him at zdownes@kent.edu.

Opinion: Stop underappreciating the president

Zachary Downes October 1, 2015

Kent State has gone through many changes on campus while I have been here. The new esplanade went in behind Starbucks, a new building for aeronautics was built and many more. However, the change on campus...

The intersection of Summit Street and West Campus Center Drive on Wednesday Sept 16, 2015.

Future plans for Summit Street set to improve traffic flow

Carson Kleinman September 17, 2015

A $17.5 million street improvement project will begin this year to alter a one-mile stretch of Summit Street, from Loop Road to Lincoln Street.This construction, which is divided into two phases, is projected...

Faculty Senate proposes changes to Kent Core

Victoria Manenti February 9, 2015

Faculty senate approved the creation of two new majors and debated changing the Kent Core curriculum and requirements during its first meeting of the semester Monday.Senate members argued if making certain...

A student dresses for the cold as temperatures plunge below freezing in Kent.

Winter weather woes

Alicia Balog January 14, 2015

Instead of professors handing out syllabi, Kent State students were welcomed back to campus Monday with cancelled morning classes.“We had heavy snow coming in,” university spokesman Eric Mansfield...

Dean of the College of Architecture & Environmental Design, Douglas L. Steidl asks the design teams questions regarding the new Architecture building on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 in Cartwright Hall.

Four Stories Are Better Than Five

Justin Sheil January 16, 2014

Design architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi from the New York-based design firm Weiss/Manfredi presented an update on the design progress for Kent State’s new College of Architecture and Environmental...