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Senior Meghan Shillington receives a rainbow stole at the Lavender Graduation, a pre-commencement celebration for LGBTQ and Ally Students Tuesday, April 29, 2014. The ceremony is an opportunity to for students to recognize their family, a partner or friends for their support.

Second annual Lavender Graduation celebrates Kent State LGBTQ

Jake Green April 29, 2014

Six students walked in the second annual Kent State LGBTQ Center Lavender Graduation ceremony Tuesday night in the Cohn Jewish Student Center.Kent State Advising Director Steven Antalvari gave the keynote...

Planting SEEDS for advanced degrees

Julia Sprowls April 29, 2014

The College of Education, Health and Human Services at Kent State will conduct its first Summer Experience for Emerging Diverse Scholars, or SEEDS, program June 16 to 18. This program aims to encourage...

Departments across campus to adopt online evaluations next year

Marissa Barnhart April 29, 2014

With the end of the semester approaching, students will fill out paper evaluations to rate their professor and overall experience in their courses, but some departments will permanently switch to electronic...

Patrick Markovich (left) and Sarah Holmes (right) work at the Performing Arts Library Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Markovich has been working at the library for the past year and Holmes has been a part of the team for eight months. The two are available at the desk to help answer any questions regarding the library.

Subject librarians assist students with research

Christopher Woods April 29, 2014

University Libraries has 20 workers who specialize in serving as resources to help students, faculty and staff with research and gathering information. These university employees are called subject librarians.Head...

Aerial image of Campus Center Drive and Summit Street taken April 28, 2014. Illustration by Ada Marcantonio.

Summit Street remodel will help improve congestion, safety

Katherine Schaeffer April 29, 2014

It’s Monday at 5 p.m. Vehicles cautiously pause at intersections along the mile-long section of East Summit Street bordering Kent State. Cars play follow the leader with PARTA buses' routine stops and...

Freshman pitcher Andy Ravel throws a fast ball during the baseball game against Penn State, April 22, 2014.

Flashes hope to get back on track as they face two struggling teams this week

Richie Mulhall April 28, 2014

After two devastating losses to Bowling Green this past Saturday and Sunday, the Kent State baseball team will look to snap its two-game weekend skid this week as the Flashes get set to face two familiar...

Chemistry research program receives record number of applicants

Haley Baker April 28, 2014

Kent State’s Research Experience for Undergraduates chemistry program received 315 applications, a record high, for this summer’s program.REU is a 10-week chemistry program that allows a select group...

Students catch the bus at the Student Center, April 28, 2014, headed toward Summit East/Stadium, two large lots where many commuters have to park for the first few years at Kent State.

Commuter students face difficulties on campus

Julia Adkins April 28, 2014

Commuting to Kent State is not an easy feat.  Struggling to get by in college is a problem that affects the majority of college students. As commuters make up 80 percent of the population at Kent State,...

The Kent State Student Recreation and Wellness Center offers many activities to promote a healthy lifestyle and physical fitness, seen here during a climbing competition, Feb. 23, 2013. FILE.

FlashLite promotes healthy lifestyles

Hannah Reed April 28, 2014

Students have the opportunity to spend a month learning how to develop a healthy lifestyle this summer with a new program called flashLITE.The program will run from July 6 to Aug. 1 and is open to all...

Eyes on Kent: Broadcasting, movies and Kent State

Leah Klafczynski April 27, 2014

Just three months ago, professor Bob West, 87, a Kent State alumnus, was driving to teach his film classes at Kent State. Due to a rapid progression of Parkinson’s disease, he now lives at Aurora...

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...