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Lucy McRae

Public Lecture by visiting artist Lucy McRae

Jake Green February 13, 2014

Electronic tattoos. Swallowable perfume. A dress that can sense and react to the wearer’s emotions. These different, and almost unbelievable, ideas have one thing in common: their creator, “body architect”...

Dr. Steve Perry, principal of Capital Preparatory Magnet School, spoke at the "See you @ College" conference in the ballroom Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. Perry, along with many other guest speakers, gave advice regarding first generation college students and improving college enrollment numbers.

See You @ College explores routes to success for low-income students

Breyanna Tripp February 13, 2014

Kent State hosted area professionals at its See You @ College conference Thursday to discuss the challenges that low-income, first-generation college students face.Community leaders and organizations gathered...

Campus jobs are very convenient for students

Devin Hennessy February 13, 2014

“I only work seven hours a week,” said Elyse Homan, a sophomore nutrition student, “I have to take a lot of science classes and I struggle with them so I can’t work a lot of hours since I need...

Employee for the Office of Global Education Nick Vasiloff holds up his sign saying his dream place to travel would be Israel at the "I (Heart) Travel Week" event in the Kent State library Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014.

Students fall in love with Europe during ‘I (Heart) Travel’ week

Chelsey Milkovich February 13, 2014

Attendance reached its highest point during "I (Heart) Travel" week when students showed up on Wednesday for a day-long session on exploring Europe.  The event filled the fourth floor of the library with...

Valentine’s day came early to the Nest

Julia Adkins February 13, 2014

The Nest on the second floor of the Student Center was full of love Thursday. The Commuter and Off-Campus Services held a Valentine’s Day Cookie Decorating event for students.  Not only were students...

Allan M. Boike

New Dean of College of Podiatric Medicine Selected

Nick Sewell February 13, 2014

The Kent State College of Podiatric Medicine has selected Allan M. Boike as its new dean.Boike is currently the director of the Podiatric Medical and Surgical Residency Training Programs at the Cleveland...

LGBTQ Community Smoking Increase

LGBTQ smokers more common than heterosexual smokers

Kara Taylor February 13, 2014

Members of the LGBTQ community smoke more, than their heterosexual peers possibly because of the stresses of discrimination associated with their lifestyle, according to the 2014 Surgeon General's report.However,...

Shannon McDonald (left) and Christina Napier, financial aid counselor at Kent State, assist student Alex Evans at Kent State’s College Goal Sunday in Franklin Hall, Sunday Feb. 9, 2014.

College Goal Sunday assists freshmen with FAFSA woes

Breyanna Tripp February 9, 2014

Ninety-nine percent of freshman received financial aid for the 2013-2014 school year at Kent State, according to college planning organization College Board.             Kent State held it’s...

Flashes avoid being put down by consecutive pins, win through tiebreaker

Michael Mann February 9, 2014

The rulebook had to be brought out to hand the Kent State Flashes a tiebreaking win over Northern Illinois Saturday afternoon.The rule to decide an even score broke down the match by overall class wins....

Joyce Ng is a senior English major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater.  Contact her at jng2@kent.edu.

Opinion: Professors and students need to collaborate

Joyce Ng February 9, 2014

Over the past two weeks, I’ve had the privilege of having two classes cancelled, and twice I was let out half an hour early in a 75-minute-long class. However, none of these cancellations had to do with...

I (Heart) Travel Week hosted on fourth floor of the library

Christopher Woods February 9, 2014

The Office of Global Education will host its first “I (Heart) Travel” Week on the fourth floor of the University Library in hopes to excite students to study abroad or travel the world.Starting Feb....