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Art professor unexpectedly dies Tuesday

Megan Hermensky October 28, 2015

Gingr Vaughan, an assistant professor of art history, suddenly passed away Tuesday evening.According to LinkedIn, Vaughan began teaching at Kent State in 1984. One class she taught this semester was Art...

Flashes battle BG for share of MAC East lead

Stephen Means II October 21, 2015

Kent State (3-4, 2-1 Mid-American Conference) returns home this week to take on Bowling Green (5-2, 3-0 MAC) in a battle that will have major implications in the MAC East standings. A win would put the...

The Kent State Flashes play against the University of Akron Zips Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, at Cub Cadet Field. The Flashes won 3-1.

Soccer prepares for CMU, Toledo

Dan Armelli October 21, 2015

The Kent State women’s soccer team is in fifth place in the Mid-American Conference heading into its last three games of the season.If the MAC tournament started today, the Flashes would be one of the...

Guest column: Why Congress should reconsider the Perkins Loan program

Thomas J. Botzman October 20, 2015

Numbers have a way of revealing the real story beneath the rhetoric and misinformation around controversial topics.Take the ongoing Federal Perkins Loan debate, for example. More than 1,700 institutions...

Connie Schultz

Pulitzer Prize winner to join Kent State faculty this spring

Alexis Wohler October 20, 2015

Pulitzer Prize winner Connie Schultz is returning to Kent State’s College of Communication and Information to teach and mentor students in the spring of 2016.Schultz won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary...

Matt Poe

Opinion: Troubling social media reaction to Lamar Odom

Matt Poe October 20, 2015

Professional athletes can be idolized as larger than life. We often forget these athletes we love watching week in and week out live very different lives off the field. As a society, we have become hastily...

Letter to the Editor: Masculinity’s role in pop culture, history

Dr. Julio Cesar Pino October 20, 2015

Editor’s note: This is in response to Amanda Anastasia Paniagua's opinion piece titled "A rebuttal, toxic masculinity" published on Oct. 18, 2015.Dear Editor:First, permit me to send out mucho and macho...

Lucas Misera

Opinion: A call for help

Lucas Misera October 20, 2015

Recently in sports, two major names stepped away from their respective teams. CC Sabathia, a pitcher for the New York Yankees and ex-Cleveland Indian, and University of Southern California head football...

Women center to hold feminist friday

Carson Kleinman October 19, 2015

The Women’s Center will be meeting to discuss and understand feminism together during its monthly meeting this Friday from noon to 1 p.m. for Feminist Friday with its “Witches, B*tches & Hags:...

Sam Karam

Opinion: The trouble with parking services

Samantha Karam October 14, 2015

You’re trudging to your car after a long day of classes. Your stomach is growling and your shoulders ache from carrying a backpack for hours. You approach your car and the cherry on top of your exhausting...

Study Spaces

Students express favorite study areas and habits

Paige Verma October 13, 2015

Students face numerous challenges when studying, and one factor is finding a place to hit the books.From an article on USA Today, according to the National Survey of Student Engagement’s findings, the...

The scene after a fire broke out on Oct. 2, at 210 East College Avenue around 1 a.m.

College Avenue fire still under investigation

Bruce Walton October 5, 2015

A fire broke out last Friday at 210 East College Avenue around 1 a.m. and emergency officials arrived on the scene in minutes to combat the flames and smoke.The fire department answered a call on a private...

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