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Jean L. Druesedow, Director of the Kent State University Museum, gives a tour of the Katharine Hepburn exhibit in Rockwell Hall.

Katharine Hepburn: The actress, the icon, the exhibit

Abigail Miller February 2, 2018

The Katharine Hepburn: Dressed for Stage and Screen exhibit allowed visitors to have an intimate glimpse inside of her life and career.   Returning after its six year absence from the museum, the exhibit...

Kent State budgeting over $600,000 for Kesterson Title IX lawsuit

Ben Orner February 2, 2018

Kent State plans to spend more than half a million dollars to fight a lawsuit brought forth by former Flashes softball player Lauren Kesterson, who claims the university and her coach covered up her rape...

Performing Arts Library hosts interactive exhibit

Conor Battles February 2, 2018

Kent State students will have an opportunity to explore the latest trends in American theatre design through a newly opened interactive exhibit at the Performing Arts Library.“Vortex of our Dreams: American...

Students share meal plan concerns

Francesca Barrett February 2, 2018

Students who live on-campus are required to purchase a meal plan, usually first-year and second-year students living in residence halls. However, some students shared that Kent State’s meal plan makes...

ROTC Cadets participate in battle drill

Mariah Hicks February 2, 2018

While others might have been huddled under the covers Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 7 a.m., Kent State’s Army ROTC cadets were lying in the snow.The swift rumble of tires on asphalt filled the backstreet while...

Kent Stark hosts student resource fair

Brynn Penell February 1, 2018

Kent State Stark campus is hosting a student resource fair for students on Feb. 7 and Feb. 8 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The fair features student clubs, non-profit organizations and campus departments in the...

Mentalist Chris Carter creates illusions while being blind folded on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. The Center of Student Involvement hosted the event in the Kiva.

Mentalist performer wows students at Kiva

Rose Driehaus February 1, 2018

Mentalist Chris Carter surprised students with his illusions Wednesday, Jan. 31 at the Kiva.Hosted by the Center of Student Involvement, a small group of students were noticeably stunned as Carter did...

Commuters dealing with challenges of winter weather

Natalie Eusebio January 31, 2018

Commuter students have established their own set of tips and tricks for dealing with the snow and ice that plagues northeast Ohio this time of the year.Kent State students are forced to become accustomed...

Smoking Ban

Let’s clear the air: An update on KSU’s Smoking Ban

Sierra Allen and Julie Riedel January 31, 2018

The Ohio Board of Regents unanimously voted to recommend the University System of Ohio to adopt a smoke-free policy in 2012. Since then, a growing number of schools have agreed to go tobacco free, and...

Kent State center Adonis De La Rosa attempts a shot during the second half of the game against Cleveland State in the M.A.C Center Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017. 

Fueled by the past, De La Rosa embraces the future

Cameron Hoover January 31, 2018

On Jan. 14, 2011, Adonis De La Rosa, a 6-foot-9-inch freshman at Christ the King High School in the Bronx, New York, caught a pass from his point guard Jahshanti Allen and threw down his first career slam...

A car hit a young woman Tuesday night outside the Wick Poetry Center on South Lincoln Street in Kent.

Details emerge on South Lincoln Street accident

Cameron Gorman January 29, 2018

The victim of a pedestrian accident in which a car struck a young female pedestrian on South Lincoln Street Tuesday night, sustained “incapacitating” injuries, according to a five-page Traffic Crash...

Kelly Fiorentino in the airport before flying to Italy. 

Kent students pick up camera, make vlogs

Dylan Reynolds January 28, 2018

When Shawnize Burns uploads a YouTube video, she can expect anywhere from 60 to 6,000 views.These numbers are light-years away from the views earned by major vloggers, but Burns, a senior sociology major,...

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