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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 28, 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...

Kent State Orchestra and Choirs to collaborate in final concert

Lily Martis April 26, 2014

The sound of more than 200 musicians and singers will fill the University Auditorium at Cartwright Hall as the Kent State University Orchestra and choirs come together to collaborate in their final performance...

Case Western University's Shannon E. French mediates comments from the audience after the dramatic reading of the play "May 4th Voices: Kent State, 1970" in the Kiva, Wednesday, April 14, 2014. French read a CNN news update from her smartphone about 40 veterans that died in Phoenix just hours after her speech on the importance of paying attention to the needs of war veterans.

May 4 play shows different side of history

Heather Inglis April 24, 2014

Cleveland-area actors performed a dramatic reading of “May 4 Voices” Tuesday, April 23 in the Kiva and showed the audience different perspectives of what happened on May 4, 1970.The play, written by...

Senior Week celebrates KSU grads

Justin Graci April 24, 2014

Seniors will have the opportunity to celebrate their final week at Kent State with the Alumni Association from April 28 to May 2 for its first-annual Senior Week.The week includes events such as Monday’s...

Diane Davis-Sikora speaks about her film "Structure of Air" in the Schwartz Center, Wednesday, April 23, 2014.

Architecture professor explores innovation in inflatables

Justin Sheil April 23, 2014

Diane Davis-Sikora, associate architecture professor, presented a lecture on investigating the ways in which designers can use inflatable structures to address problems involving vacant structures.“The...

VIDEO: Warren brings enthusiasm for university life to KSU

Jimmy Miller April 23, 2014

As she walks into one of her final university council  meeting at Virginia Commonwealth University, Beverly Warren stops in the student commons to ask two girls about the henna tattoos they are selling.“Oh,...

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