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New architecture building to connect students program

Chelsea Graff October 1, 2014

Kent State students will soon be able to see the modern and efficient benefits of the new architecture building as construction starts with the official ground breaking Friday.The university received 37...

Toshiki Nakamura, a freshman English as a Second Language major from Japan, laughs with friends in the Kent State International Mentors program before KSIM's India night in the Williamson Alumni Center on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014.

Crossing cultural borders

Danielle Hess October 1, 2014

Chinese exchange student Yiming Li began his junior year of college on the opposite side of the world from where he grew up. Li, an aeronautics major whose university in China partners with Kent State,...

Burglary rate drops, arson increases at Kent State

Carolyn Pippin October 1, 2014

Kent State University saw an increase in arson, but a decrease in burglaries for on-campus properties liquor and drug violations in 2013, according to its campus crime and security statistics report released...

T.A.G. Day shows appreciation for KSU donors

Gabrielle Martinez October 1, 2014

Annual Giving and Donor Services sponsored the first “Thank-A-Giver”, or T.A.G, Day, Oct. 1 in Risman Plaza giving current students, faculty and staff the opportunity to show their appreciation to...

Guest column: Feminism not gender specific

Andrew Roger October 1, 2014

I’m a man in my early twenties, and I’m very familiar with both the fervent passion that drives people to identify as feminists and also the denial that plagues most men to denounce the term.Feminism...

Performing Arts Library display talent with a twist

Olivia Young October 1, 2014

The first Open Mic Lunch of the semester will be held Friday, Oct. 3 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Performing Arts Library.The lunch is open for all Kent State students, faculty and members of the Kent community.Joe...

Students watch a presentation on the history and culture of Inda at KSIM's India Night in the Williamson Alumni Center on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014.

India Night promotes cultural awareness

Kaitlin Siegel October 1, 2014

The Kent State International Mentors celebrated India Night on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at the Williamson Alumni Center.The night featured presentations by Amulya Vanga, an applied mathematics graduate student,...

Kent State sophomore Madison Thompson tries to take the ball past Michigan State's Jenni Smith during a match Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. Kent State lost 3-4 in overtime.

Flashes come up short in Philly, still eager for conference play

Ricky Salcer September 28, 2014

Box Score — TempleBox Score — DrexelThe Kent State field hockey team battled hard Saturday afternoon against Temple University, but could not seem to find the back of the net, losing to the Owls, 5-0.Temple...

Kent State alumnus Adam Hirsh helps to assemble a sculpture on front campus Sunday, Sept 28, 2014, that was designed and created by architecture students as part of the MATr Project. This specific sculpture is compiled of 1,300 panels held together with 40,000 zipties.

KSU architecture students design plastic installation on front campus

Madeleine Winer September 28, 2014

Underneath a sprawling oak tree outside McGilvery Hall, a white plastic tube enclosed architecture graduate student Cathleen Matuzak.Matuzak tied together two of the roughly 1,300 plastic panels that support...

Forward Calli Rinicella receives a pass during the soccer game against the University at Buffalo on Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. The Flashes lost, 2-0.

KSU soccer dominates Akron on Senior Day

Ben Orner September 28, 2014

Box Score — University at BuffaloBox Score — AkronThe first Wagon Wheel point of the 2014-15 Akron and Kent State rivalry goes to the Flashes.After a tough loss to Buffalo on Friday, Kent State came...

Campus religious organizations experience participation increase

Haley Keding September 28, 2014

Kent State’s enrollment is at an all-time high and, with more than 4,000 freshmen on campus, religious organizations are experiencing a participation increase.Religious events filled the first week of...

New Marc’s location to open Wednesday

Alyssa Flynn September 28, 2014

Beginning Wednesday, Kent residents will have one more option for discount groceries. Marc’s, which will be replacing the former Top’s Market off of Route 261 at 1600 S. Water St., will open at 7 a.m.“Our...