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Tyler Small, Junior from Kent State, faces off with Zach Horan, sophomore from Central Michigan, during the match Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014.

Two Friday matches to be test for Kent State wrestling

Michael Mann February 20, 2014

The Kent State wrestling team will face stiff competition at home this Friday against Missouri and Edinboro in the final meet of the regular season.The Flashes, ranked 23rd in this week’s Intermat.com...

PHSA volunteers with Habitat for Humanity

Halie Rogers February 20, 2014

The College of Public Health’s student organization Public Health Student Alliance, or PHSA, is hosting a volunteer opportunity for Habitat for Humanity open to all Kent State students.Members of PHSA...

Kent State guard Mikell Chinn comes down with a rebound during a game against Buffalo Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. Kent State lost 53-61.

Flashes get torched from outside, fall to Buffalo

Taylor Rosen February 20, 2014

tball team gave up 27 points off 29 turnovers Wednesday night en route to a 61-53 loss to conference-rival Buffalo.“Turnovers were the deciding factor, quite honestly,” Kent State head coach Danielle...

Jodi Picoult to appear at KSU Stark

Julia Adkins February 20, 2014

Best-selling author’s Jodi Picoult will be a featured speaker at Kent State Stark’s 23rd season of Featured Speakers on Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Timken Great Hall in The University Center at KSU...

Neville Hardman is a sophomore magazine journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater.  Contact her at nhardma1@kent.edu.

Opinion: Redefining monsters

Neville Hardman February 20, 2014

Often when we scan newspapers, copious amounts of headlines flood the pages concerning death. It has become normal to graze past the numbers half-heartedly because our culture has become desensitized by...

Video: Watercolors helped wash away the pain

Katherine Nix February 19, 2014

Video by Brian Smith.Watercolors have been a source of solace for Henry Walker, former Kent State English professor, since surgery for throat cancer left him unable to teach. The hobby, that got him through...

Students rally to challenge Westboro protest tweets

Kara Taylor February 19, 2014

Kent State students banded together Wednesday night in a pro-LGBT rally to protest the Westboro Baptist Church’s tweets about picketing Kent State for the suspension of junior wrestler Sam Wheeler.Throughout...

Robert Carroll demonstrates how a TV2 weather cast voiceover is usually recorded, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in a Franklin Hall audio lab.

Predicting Play Days

Erin Zaranec February 19, 2014

One thing seems to make facing the bitter cold at the start of spring semester a little more bearable: The hope of snow days. Somehow, weeks of bundling up and trudging to class with bright red noses seem...

It's not you, it's your side of the room

Roommate break-ups

Blythe Alsbaugh February 19, 2014

Shantelle Rogers switched roommates during winter break because she and her former roommate simply didn’t mesh well.Rogers, a freshman communication studies major, described herself to be more laid back...

Author Parker J. Palmer speaks about democracy in the African Community Theatre at Oscar Ritchie Hall, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014.

Writer, activist takes democracy to heart

Drew Jones February 19, 2014

Parker J. Palmer, a world-renowned writer, speaker and activist, spoke Tuesday night in the African Community Theater in Ritchie Hall.“American democracy, is it dead, or alive?” Palmer asked at the...

Political science department hosts screening of ‘Inequality for All’

Blair Donald February 18, 2014

Kent State’s political science department is hosting a screening of “Inequality for All,” a film created by Robert Reich. Immediately following the screening, there will be a live webcast with Reich....

Parents Tiffany and Jake Der take their three children Katie, 3, and one year old twins Madeline and Emily sledding in the fresh snow Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014.

Snow day struggles

Marissa Barnhart February 18, 2014

Sophomore fashion design major Elizabeth Henrich was excited yet disappointed after finding out her morning class was canceled Tuesday.Although she was happy to sleep more, Henrich said the lost time could...

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