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Car-Rental Service Coming To Kent

Anthony Hill January 13, 2014

Kent State will enter a partnership with car-sharing service Zipcar, Inc., on Jan. 15, which will give Kent State students and staff 18 and older a convenient new transportation option. The service will...

Alex Evans

Student trustees may gain right to vote on board issues

Jimmy Miller January 13, 2014

Kent State’s pair of student trustees, senior biology major Alex Evans and graduate higher education major Monique Menefee, might soon have the opportunity to vote on Board of Trustees issues.Ohio’s...

Joyce Ng is senior English major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. She can be reached at jng2@kent.edu.

Opinion: Rethinking our standards of beauty

Joyce Ng January 13, 2014

While spending some time with family friends this winter break, their thirteen and fifteen-year-old teenage daughters bombarded me with music videos from “Frozen.” “Anna is so cute,” they both...

Partisans divided about scandal fallout for N.J. governor

TRENTON, N.J. — Prominent Republicans leapt to GOP Gov. Chris Christie's defense on Sunday, insisting that an ongoing traffic scandal wouldn't ruin any presidential ambitions, while Democrats say it's...

News on the go: Jan. 13, 2014

Carrie Blazina January 13, 2014

West Virginia continued Sunday to deal with the aftermath of Thursday’s chemical spill, which rendered the Charleston area’s water supply. Gov. Earl Tomblin said Sunday he does not know when people...

Our View: Warren for a day

DKS Editors January 12, 2014

The announcement last week of Beverly Warren as the next KSU president might have been sudden and surprising to many in the university community. About a hundred flocked to Rockwell Hall for the announcement,...

Elaina Sauber is a senior English major and opinion editor for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at esauber@kent.edu.

Opinion: Honesty best policy with new president

Elaina Sauber January 12, 2014

When I began attending Kent State, it was apparent from week one that President Lefton had significant plans over the next few years.  Indeed, he has been responsible for several remarkable improvements...

President Lester Lefton declines to comment when asked about his post-retirement plans, which include LeftonGroup, at a meet-and-greet event for president-elect Beverly Warren on Jan. 8 in the Schwebel Room.

LeftonGroup to offer higher-education consulting

Madeleine Winer January 12, 2014

Six months before retirement, Kent State President Lester Lefton is set to offer his expertise elsewhere.As the presidential search committee has narrowed down candidates for the top job at Kent State,...

Men's basketball

Men’s basketball looks to avoid stumbles as MAC play starts

Tyler Kieslich January 12, 2014

It was a rollicking start to the season for the Kent State Flashes, who won eight of their first ten games and only failed to top 70 points twice.But the law of averages is in basketball more like dogma;...

Kent State track team in form at Doug Raymond Invitational

Ian Flickinger January 12, 2014

In their first action of the new year, the Kent State track team took first in eight events in the Doug Raymond Invitational on Saturday at the Field House in Kent.With the team having only a few...

Kent State Gymnastics has a strong showing in Missouri

Tyler Kieslich January 12, 2014

In the first meet of the season, the Kent State gymnastics team won for the fifth consecutive time against Southeast Missouri State at the Houck Field House in Cape Grardeau, Missouri.The Flashes defeated...

W.Va. water tests encouraging after chemical spill

Mitch Weiss & Brendan Farrington; Associated Press January 12, 2014

DRY BRANCH, W.Va. — For Bonnie Wireman, the white plastic bag covering her kitchen faucet is a reminder that she can't drink the water.The 81-year-old woman placed it there after forgetting several times...