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Junior Sawyer Polen tags out opponent Trent Pell before throwing the ball to first and making a double play during a doubleheader game against Oakland University at Schoonover Stadium on April 1, 2014.

Kent State baseball team drops series to Baylor

Andrew Bugel February 23, 2015

The Kent State baseball team (2-4) suffered back-to-back losses in doubleheader games on Saturday to 21st-ranked Baylor (5-2), which cost them a series victory.The team started off the series with a commanding...

Amanda Paniagua is a graduate art history major. Contact her at azabudsk@kent.edu

Opinion: An open letter to the marginalized student body

Amanda Paniagua February 23, 2015

I do not share my personal experience for myself, but for every single marginalized student or faculty member on campus who has been made to feel uncomfortable moving in public space because they too have...

Psychologist forecasts fashion for Kent State students

Kelsey Drumm February 23, 2015

New York City-based fashion psychologist Dawnn Karen will present her “Dear Dream Chasers” tour on Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Student Center in room 306AB. Karen will visit on behalf of the Modista...

Visitors walk past a passage of red lanterns during the annual temple fair at Badachu Park in Beijing on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015. The temple fair kicked off on Thursday, the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year. (Li Jundong/Xinhua/Zuma Press/TNS)

KSU international students share importance behind the Chinese New Year

Taylor Meade February 23, 2015

For international students from China, being away from home may be difficult as the Chinese New Year started Feb. 19.International Admissions Counselor Le Kang said the Chinese New Year, also known as...

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Update: $5,000 reward offered for suspects in ROTC van fires

Sky Fought February 23, 2015

Kent State University Police are currently investigating the suspected burning of two government vehicles on Kent State’s main campus. Both 15-passenger vans belonged to the ROTC program. Police received...

Cold Temps, Colder Beer: Despite the cold and heavy snowfall, students made time (and a table) to have fun outdoors

Rachael Le Goubin February 23, 2015

As snow pelted Northeast Ohio on Saturday, some college students got create with what they could do with the excess snow. Members of a fraternity house on College Avenue used the heavy snow to build a...

AP: ‘Birdman’ takes flight at Oscars

Jake Coyle (AP) February 23, 2015

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The long take of "Birdman" has stretched all the way to the Academy Awards, where the jazzy, surreal comedy about an actor fleeing his superhero past, took Hollywood's top honor in...

Our View: #Askhermore makes us think about the expectations of all women

KS Editors February 22, 2015

The Academy Awards is one of the biggest nights for celebrity actors, all of whom will be wearing their best outfits and bringing their most important guests and significant others down the red carpet...

The Kent State University fleet of cessnas prepares to take visitors to the Aviation Heritage festival at the Kent State Airfield on tours up into the sky on Sept 13, 2014.

CAEST seeks approval of first aerospace engineering major

Victoria Manenti February 22, 2015

Senior Brian Katona recently switched his major from aeronautical Systems engineering technology to mathematics. While interning at NASA, he found that his degree was not fully preparing him for his future...

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USG approves gender inclusive housing and restrooms

Matt Poe February 22, 2015

The Kent State University Undergraduate Student Government officially approved new legislation for gender inclusive housing and restrooms at its meeting Wednesday night.The initiative is expected to come...

Letter to the Editor: A Challenge of Acceptance

Daniel Grueber February 22, 2015

I had the pleasure of attending the recent candlelight vigil that was created to show solidarity with the victims of Chapel Hill. After the initial moment of silence, the gathering proceeded into the Student...

John Hess is a senior political science major. Contact him at jhess14@kent.edu.

OPINION: Against Fedora Politics

John Hess February 22, 2015

Fedoras are not cool. They are not hip, stylish, or even playfully ironic. You look silly in that thing. Take it off. Unless you’re a hard-boiled detective, a gangster from the '40s or remember the Great...

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