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Managing teen stress one app at a time

Julianne Calapa April 6, 2015

Researchers and developers from Kent State created an app to assist teenagers with handling stress and anxiety.The app, called Build Your Own Theme Song, allows teens to record their own theme song using...

Faking confidence in the gym can turn a fitness newbie into expert

Katie Leyton March 31, 2015

The gym can be a very intimidating place, especially for people who don’t really know what they’re doing. I’ll admit that my first couple months as a gym-goer, I had no idea what half of the machines...

Members of the Kappa Epsilon fraternity perform in the Delta Zeta lip sync on March 1, 2014.

Watch your mouth: Artists who lip-sync shouldn’t sing

Megan Brown March 31, 2015

When it comes to lip-syncing, I would prefer it if artists refrained from the act. Either sing live or don’t sing at all, that’s my motto.The only argument I can make for lip-syncing is for entertainment...

Robert Selvaggio, Director of Jazz Studies at Kent State University.

Playing it by ear: A blossoming musician’s call to practice, practice, practice

Mark Oprea March 10, 2015

When once asked about training budding jazz players, legendary pianist and bandleader Duke Ellington once said, “The most important thing I look for when looking for a musician is if they know how to...

Mike Richards is a senior English major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact him at mricha51@kent.edu.

Opinion: “So Help Me God”: Kanye’s relevant domination

Mike Richards March 9, 2015

Want to breathe the same air as our king, Kanye? Have $60,000 lying around? Are you willing to take out a loan for the brief moment to bathe in the same air of a genius? You could be that one lucky bastard…or...

The hills are alive with the sound of Gaga

Megan Brown February 24, 2015

Only a few performances caught my eye at the 87th Annual Academy Awards. After host Neil Patrick Harris’ great, theatrical opening featuring Anna Kendrick and Jack Black, the majority of the performances...

Concerto competition winners to perform with Kent State Orchestra on Sunday

Dara Sander February 14, 2015

Two Kent State soloists will perform concertos with the Kent State Hugh A. Glauser School of Music Orchestra on Sunday, Feb. 15 in the University Auditorium at Cartwright Hall at 3 p.m.Matthew Watkins,...

Rock band Harmonic Minors

Shedding hardcore pasts, local group finds solidarity in just rocking out

Mark Oprea February 10, 2015

Take Bruce Springsteen and Layne Staley, the lead singer from Alice in Chains, mesh them together, and out comes gritty rock band Harmonic Minors.Or so they claim.“I guess it’s almost blasphemous to...

Marina Strah, Kent State Alumna, performs at the Ohio's Got Talent competition Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. Strah won the competition and was awarded with the opportunity to record her first music video through Humble Heroz Productions company.

Recent KSU graduate Marina Strah combines degree with music

Megan Brown January 13, 2015

After winning Ohio’s Got Talent and RyanSeacrest.com’s web contest, recent Kent State graduate, Marina Strah, finds herself overjoyed by her success and future in music. She was also named one of Cleveland...

BSR Beats: Baby, It’s Cold Outside

Kaylee Peterson December 2, 2014

Thanksgiving is over and winter is about to sneak up on us quick. Beat any snowy day with these heart-warming tunes.  “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” - Sleeping At Last Sleeping At Last’s cover...

Shows to see over the holiday break

Neville Hardman December 2, 2014

As final exams approach and personal anxiety escalates, think about one thing to get you through the stress: No classes means there’s no excuse not to see at least one show over the holiday break. Start...

Contact Neville Hardman at nhardma1@kent.edu.

The weight of debt

Neville Hardman December 2, 2014

Pomplamoose is a two-piece indie band that just came off a 28-day tour across the United States. Consisting of only two members, Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn, the band met with success as they completed...