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Can cell phones define you? New study suggests ‘yes’

Lydia Taylor January 12, 2015

Three Kent State professors and a graduate student questioned if excessive cell phone use during leisure time benefits college students in a November 2014 study. Assistant professor Jian Li and associate...

Thousands of people gather during a demonstration march in Lille, France, on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, in support of the victims of this week’s twin attacks in Paris. Hundreds of extra troops are being deployed around Paris after three days of terror in the French capital killed 17 people and left the nation in shock. (Patrick Delecroix/Maxppp/Zuma Press/TNS)

BGSU grad marches in unity rally for France

Jim Sielicki January 12, 2015

ANNECY, France — A recent Bowling Green State University student who arrived in southeast France earlier this month to work as an au pair, found herself marching in solidarity with thousands of people...

Ray Paoletta is a junior political science major. Contact him at rpaolet1@kent.edu

OPINION: Free community college is worth a discussion

Ray Paoletta January 12, 2015

President Barack Obama introduced an effort on Friday to give Americans of all ages free community college.The first thing that will come to most people’s minds is that free community college is another...

Lock Reynolds. Photo courtesy of Kent State University

Kent State economics professor recognized as one of top economists in world

Chelsea Graff January 12, 2015

A Kent State professor was ranked in December in the top 100 economists in the world whose first publication was five or fewer years ago.C. Lockwood Reynolds said he felt honored to be included on the...

Courtesy of MCT Campus.

Bucks, Ducks and Flashes: How Kent State fared against a national finalist

Jimmy Miller January 12, 2015

When Kent State’s football team traveled to Columbus to play the Ohio State Buckeyes in September, nobody expected the Flashes were playing a national finalist.Nobody could have predicted that after...

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Our View: Respecting expression after tragedy

KS Editors January 11, 2015

As student journalists at Kent State, we know how fortunate we are to have the freedom to report, express our opinions and tell stories that matter; that affect the Kent State community; and that sometimes...

 Over winter break, Downtown Kent spruced up its navigational system with newly designed road signs and street decorations.

Cutting-edge signs for a bustling downtown

Keely Kennedy January 11, 2015

As students departed for winter break this past month, the city of Kent engaged in a project to liven downtown.The new signs are part of the comprehensive Signage and Wayfinding Program, which has been...

Photo courtesy of Kent State University

Remembering Jason Bitsko

Richie Mulhall January 11, 2015

The Portage County Coroner’s Office ruled that Kent State football player Jason Bitsko died as a result of an enlarged heart, the Ravenna Record-Courier reported Tuesday afternoon.Bitsko’s death, which...

Ebola is gone, but not forgotten

Samantha Ickes January 11, 2015

News of the largest Ebola outbreak in history consumed the media last semester.Yet with no current cases of Ebola in the United States, Americans no longer see the virus in the daily news. However, the...

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

OPINION: Who is the real enemy?

John Hess January 11, 2015

I wish that I could find the time to mourn for those killed in Paris on Wednesday morning. I wish that the world were that simple and the nature of evil that straightforward. To western eyes, it may seem...

Kent State sophomore forward Marquiez Lawrence goes up for a basket during the MAC opener game against Bowling Green on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. The Flashes lost the game 64-66.

Basketball continues winning, learning over break

Jimmy Miller January 11, 2015

A new year can signify a clean slate for college students, but the men’s basketball team doesn’t need one as it carries a winning record, and perhaps more notably, experience, into 2015.“We’ve...

Molotov cocktail thrown under police cruiser

Katie Nix January 11, 2015

The Kent Police Department is looking for information about who threw a Molotov cocktail underneath a parked cruiser at 1:15 a.m. on Dec. 29.A sergeant stomped out the flames when he noticed them after...

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