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Local homeless shelter seeking volunteers during extreme winter weather

Chrissy Suttles January 27, 2014

The Center of Hope, a homeless shelter and food bank in Ravenna, is looking for volunteers to work shifts during the shelter’s most demanding time. The shelter is staying open 24 hours until Thursday...

Screenshot Courtesy of Flashline

Phishing scam targets KSU Flashline

Elizabeth Randolph January 27, 2014

A fake mass email was sent to students, faculty and staff Friday via Flashline that ended up being a scam that captured users’ credentials.The email said that Kent State’s email system was being upgraded...

Our View: Creating a safe space for all

DKS Editors January 24, 2014

Transgender people are those who do not identify with the sex they were born as, and the transgender community is one that has long been misunderstood by officials, the media and other Americans alike....

Abysmal shooting performance costs Flashes in 75-59 loss to WMU

Richie Mulhall January 23, 2014

It has been said time and time again that the Kent State men’s basketball team is a three-point shooting team. They live and die by it.Unfortunately for the Flashes (11-7, 2-3 Mid-American Conference),...

Guest Column: Do sexual assaults on college campuses require a federal response?

RedBlueAmerica January 23, 2014

President Barack Obama this week signed an executive memorandum setting up a special task force focused on sexual assault on U.S. college campuses. The president’s order followed the release of a new...

(From left) Assistant air traffic control professor Jason Boergerhoff and assistant flight and air traffic control professor Robert Priestley speak to students of the Kent State aeronautics program about the recent changes made by the Federal Aviation Administration to the air traffic control hiring process, in Van Deusen Hall, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014. The new process will no longer take applicants' job location preference into account when hiring, announced Jan. 10, 2014.

FAA changes hiring requirements for new grads

Elizabeth Randolph January 23, 2014

The Federal Aviation Administration recently announced its new hiring process for air traffic controllers, a decision that affects 36 Collegiate Training Initiative schools, including Kent State.A newsletter...

Some students seeking careers find racial discrimination affects employment

Michael Lopick January 23, 2014

Alena Burroughs, adult services librarian at the Kent Free Library and 2010 Kent State graduate, said she experienced discriminatory attitudes when applying for her first job out of college.“When I sat...

KSU Florence director brings myth of Renaissance city back to life

Jason Meek January 23, 2014

Fabrizio Ricciardelli, head of Kent State’s Florence program, gave a lecture Thursday entitled “The Myth of Renaissance Florence” in Satterfield Hall to explain the significance of Florence’s history...

Silent March commemorates King’s legacy

Kara Taylor January 23, 2014

Silent March. Photo by Rachael Le Goubin. Richard Serpe,  chairperson of the department of sociology, recalled how in 1963, more than a quarter of a million people gathered in front of the Lincoln memorial...

Cuddy to deliver TED talk at KSU

Alexis Cummins January 23, 2014

The Kent State College of Business Administration will feature professor Amy Cuddy, as the opening keynote speaker for the annual Spirit of Women in Business Conference on Wednesday March 5.Cuddy is giving...

"They Led the Way", an exhibit created by Journalism and Mass Communication professors Ann Schierhorn and David LaBelle, is on display in Franklin Hall with an opening reception to be held Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. The exhibit is about eight students who took part in the desegregation of schools in Leon Country, Fla., 50 years ago.

‘They Led The Way’ exhibit set to open at Kent State

Heather Inglis January 23, 2014

An opening reception of the photo exhibit titled “They Led The Way,” the story of the desegregation of schools in Leon County, Fla., will be held on Monday in Franklin Hall. The exhibit is the result...

Ukraine opposition urges continued cease-fire

Maria Danilova & Yuras Karmanu; Associated Press January 23, 2014

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A top opposition leader on Thursday urged protesters to maintain a shaky cease-fire with police after at least two demonstrators were killed in clashes this week, but some in the...