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Kent State comes back to beat Wright State 72-71

Owen MacMillan, sports reporter November 17, 2019

With ten seconds to go, junior forward Danny Pippen hit a corner three.After being down by 16 points early, the three completed a 72-71 comeback win against Wright State.Senior guard Antonio Williams found...

Defensive specialist Kaeleigh Stang, 18, serves the ball into play during the women's volleyball game on Nov. 15, 2019. The Golden Flashes won 3-0 against University of Akron.

Kent State volleyball beats Akron, secures MAC tournament bid

Nicholas Pedone, sports reporter November 17, 2019

Kent State’s volleyball team hosted the Zips of Akron University on Friday evening and secured their bid to appear in the MAC Volleyball Championship this week.It was a quick three-set affair in which...

President Diacon shares financial update

Kent State President Todd Diacon is starting a new practice of releasing updates on the university’s budget and financial health. In an email sent to the Kent State community on Oct. 29, Diacon wrote...

Volleyball beats Western Michigan in five-set thriller

Nicholas Pedone Sports reporter October 27, 2019

On Friday night in Illinois, Kent State volleyball lost a four-set match to the Northern Illinois University Huskies.Not even 24 hours later, the Flashes travelled to Kalamazoo, Michigan on Saturday evening...

May 4th Exhibit

October 18, 2019

President Todd Diacon speaks with homecoming court candidate Pri Frazier at the EHHS homecoming preparation on Sept. 21, 2019. 

EHHS tailgating tent brings together past and future of Kent State

Linden Miller EHHS Reporter September 21, 2019

The College of Education, Health and Human Services (EHHS) hosted its EHHS Tailgate Homecoming Tent near the rock on front campus Saturday. EHHS faculty set up the homecoming tent to get students connected...

Kent State President Todd Diacon runs onto the field prior to the football home opener against Kennesaw State on September 7, 2019.

Kent State launches investigation into stopped field hockey game

Gina Butkovich, Sports editor September 12, 2019

Kent State President Todd Diacon announced the university will launch an investigation into the handling of a double-overtime field hockey game stopped for the football pregame fireworks Sept. 7. The...

Students are stressed, so are the faculty

Katie Thompson September 10, 2019

As fall semester starts, students know the amount of stress they are going to go through, but they may not realize the stress their professors will face. One-fourth of full time faculty that participated...

The Board of Trustees passed a proposal in June 2019 to add a $20 fee to students' bursar bills in an effort to improve mental health services on campus. 

Kent State yet to determine specifics of mental health fee

Abigail Mack August 31, 2019

Parking tickets, textbooks and difficult roommates occupy the minds of many college students. However, a 2018 survey conducted by the World Health Organization shows mental health is becoming a bigger...

During a town hall Friday afternoon, former Vice President Joe Biden asked a New Hampshire audience to imagine what it would have been like if Barack Obama had been assassinated when he became the Democratic nominee for president in 2008 and how it would've affected the country. (AP file photo)

Biden misstates Kent State May 4 numbers at town hall appearance

Arlette Saenz, CNN August 24, 2019

(CNN) -- During a town hall Friday afternoon, former Vice President Joe Biden briefly discussed the May 4, 1970 shootings at Kent State University, misstating the number of people shot by the National...

Journalist Bob Woodward spoke at Kent State University on May 4, 2019.

WKSU: Bob Woodward shares ‘chilling’ words from former President Richard Nixon about May 4 shootings

Kabir Bhatia, WKSU May 6, 2019

Kent State University marked the 49th anniversary of the May 4 shootings with keynote speaker Bob Woodward.The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist discussed his career at The Washington Post starting...

Chris Myers sits on his front porch. Known for being a prolific protester in the city of Kent, Myers said what city council members and university officials think of him. “I could care less what they think," he said. "It’s what other people think."

The ‘landlord who cares’

Valerie Royzman April 21, 2019

Chris Myers' feud with the city of Kent and Kent State may finally be overWithin three minutes and nine seconds of meeting Christopher Myers, he interrupted me, and with a smug look on his wrinkled face...

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