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Anti-war activists send letter to President Diacon, demand revision of May 4 plans

Over 50 anti-war activists sent a letter to President Todd Diacon demanding a revision of the May 4 50th commemoration plans due to a lack of attention given to the Vietnam War and hundreds of anti-war...

Map of Camp James

Missile defense site to possibly be built near KSU main campus

Jill Golden February 2, 2019

A missile defense site may be built 20 miles east of Kent State after the U.S. Department of Defense announced it is looking to add a third location to the country’s missile defenses.A missile defense...

Remembering May 4

Addie Gall May 4, 2018

At the 48th annual commemoration of the death of four Kent State students killed by the National Guard, the keynote speaker, William C. Hine, addressed that we can not forget what happened almost fifty...

Faces of ROTC: Cadets aim to find balance

Mariah Hicks February 28, 2018

Seth McNutt, then a college freshman, sat at his desk in his “Seven Ideas that Shook the Universe “class when his phone began to ring. Trying to keep up with taking notes, he forwarded the call to...

Kent State Army and Air Force ROTC students salute the raising of the United States, Ohio and POW/MIA flags during the annual KSU Veteran's Day observance ceremony held Wednesday, Nov. 7 at Risman Plaza. Photo by Shane Flanigan.

Kent State named Military Friendly School for seventh year

Lauren Phillips November 23, 2015

Victory Media, the publisher of G.I. Jobs, STEM Job and Military Spouse, has named Kent State a Military Friendly School for the seventh consecutive year.Kent State is in the top 20 percent of schools...

Cadet Brittney Martin, Cadet Keeley Augsburger (sitting) and Cadet Ashlee Schirripa

Combining love for theater and military

Lauren Phillips November 9, 2015

Devotion, intensity and spirit sum up the word passion. Senior Army ROTC cadet and theater major, Keeley Augsburger, sees passion in both her Army ROTC and theater life.“I think the most memorable thing...

May 4 Task Force helps students gain historic perspective on current events

Matt Merchant August 28, 2015

The events of May 4, 1970 are engrained in the history of Kent State. Five years after the four students were killed on campus by members of the National Guard, the May 4 Task Force was created.“The...

705/4-1 (34)... The National Guard fire tear gas to disperse the crowd of students gathered on the commons, May 4, 1970.

Military members reflect on experience, significance of May 4

Samantha Ickes May 3, 2015

Captain J. Ronald Snyder of the 145th Infantry, Company C of the Ohio National Guard, started toward Kent on the Akron Expressway after being called in due to riots downtown. He vividly remembers the sky...

Training program offered for veterans, service members and dependents

Sky Fought January 25, 2015

There is one suicide every 18 hours among all active duty, reserve and National Guard members, according to NBC News in April of 2013. The military and veteran suicide rate continues to rise despite prevention...

St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch announces the grand jury's decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, at the Buzz Westfall Justice Center in Clayton, Mo. (Cristina Fletes-Boutte/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)

Riots break out in Ferguson after grand jury announces long-awaited verdict

Hannah Armenta November 25, 2014

A grand jury decided Monday night the police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 9 would not be indicted. After two days of deliberation, Darren Wilson,...

A demonstrator waves an upside down American flag in front of a boarded up store on West Florissant Avenue on Wednesday, August 20, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo.

National Guard one of only similarities between Ferguson and May 4

Emily Mills August 24, 2014

When the National Guard was brought in to quell rioting in Ferguson, Missouri, some critics began to compare the turbulence there to Kent State’s May 4, 1970 shooting.The city of Ferguson, Missouri has...

Jarret and Josh Guysinger are twin brothers who signed up for the Army National Guard together in 2007. After returning from Afghanistan the brothers enrolled and started at Kent State in the Fall of 2013 as criminology and justice majors. Photo submitted by Jarret and Josh Guysinger.

Twin brothers take on Afghanistan together

Mary Booth April 23, 2014

Jarrett Guysinger was born on Dec. 3, 1988. No more than two minutes later, his brother Josh was also born.As twin brothers, Jarrett and Josh are mirror images of one another: With their dark hair, light...