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Virtual Tour

Tour campus in the comfort of your home

Erin Zaranec August 26, 2014

When preparing for a campus tour, everyone is expecting one thing: lots of walking. Parents dread it, students dread it and tour guides are guaranteed an all-day workout, rain or shine. But now, needing...

The director of the May 4 Visitors Center

New Visitor Center director’s goal: teach about May 4

Bruce Walton August 25, 2014

Mindy Farmer, the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center, started work July 1. Farmer is the former education specialist of the federal Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum and will begin as...

Kent State Baseball

Phenom freshman Eric Lauer powers Flashes

The cool breeze accompanying the 85-degree weather in Tucson, Ariz., makes it the perfect night for a baseball game. It’s Feb. 16, and the collegiate baseball season has just begun.The crowd leaps to...

Submitted photo.

Vietnam Veterans Against the War coming to Kent State

Blair Donald May 2, 2014

Each year at the Kent State May 4th Commemoration, a group of Vietnam veterans gathers at the bottom of Blanket Hill. Vietnam Veterans Against the War is a group that serves to raise awareness about the...

Co-creator of May 4 Visitors Center dies

DKS Staff May 2, 2014

Carole Barbato, a Kent State professor emeritus who was active in the creation of the May 4 Visitors Center on campus, died Wednesday at 64, the Record-Courier reported.Barbato was a junior on May 4, 1970,...

Stater to emphasize digital content

This summer and fall, the Daily Kent Stater will be emphasizing its web and app presence to better reach the student body. We will be printing less often and focusing more on KentWired.com.This summer,...

An aerial shot of the May 4 Memorial, with Taylor Hall on the right, and Blanket Hill center, taken April 28, 2014.

Campus unites to remember, educate about May 4

Mary Booth, Julia Adkins May 1, 2014

Kent State is preparing to commemorate the events and remember the effects of May 4, 1970.Kent State will host its annual commemoration of the events on May 3 and 4, said Ashley Manning, sophomore English...

Top 10 news stories this school year

DKS Editors May 1, 2014

This school year, Kent State saw a new president, a polar vortex, an extended Esplanade, a gunshot incident, a wrestler’s controversial tweets and a secretive presidential search. Editors at the Daily...

Guest column: Presidential search committee’s privacy is inexcusable

Jody Michael April 27, 2014

In the Stater’s April 21 editorial, “The worst public transparency crisis since the last time around,” one particular quote deserves further response.Presidential search committee member Owen Lovejoy...

Capital Cities headlines FlashFest

Katy Coduto April 24, 2014

To celebrate 20 years of Flashfest, Kent State’s Undergraduate Student Government brought Capital Cities to the new Student Green to cap off a day full of music and sunshine. This year, FlashFest...

Lil' Sibs Weekend

KSU readies campus for Lil’ Sibs Weekend

Martin Harp April 24, 2014

Lil' Sibs Weekend will start this Friday and last until Sunday, April 27.Christine Francisco, Kent Interhall Council president and senior technology major, encourages all students to attend and said the...

Senior Information Technology Support Analyst Thomas Clark gives a student instructions on the use of Adobe Premiere, Thursday, April 24, 2014.

Information sciences teaches software to KSU community

Elizabeth Randolph April 24, 2014

Kent State students, faculty and staff are able to learn new features in technology through workshops offered in the library.Information Services started the workshops after a survey of the graduating...