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Isaac Halaszi, sophomore double major in peace and conflict studies and Spanish. Courtesy of Isaac Halaszi.

The isolation experience: Kent State students reflect on quarantine

Morgan McGrath Feature writer October 26, 2020

“I forgot people existed.”Isaac Halaszi, a sophomore at Kent State, spent two weeks indoors with no face-to-face contact with others (besides random hallway happenings) and no physical connection with...

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How students are curing boredom while being stuck at home

Shelby Reeves Reporter April 5, 2020

College is a time of freedom, a time of independence, a time where students are out on their own and get to explore life by themselves. That wasn’t the case this year when COVID-19 led to the shutdown...

Bauer draping the dresses for Netflix's "The Dark Crystal."

Kent State theatre and fashion professor drapes costumes for new Netflix series

Gershon Harrell Fashion reporter November 13, 2019

Assistant theatre professor Kerry Jo Bauer’s passion for fashion design started the moment she received her first sewing machine at five years old. Bauer went on to become the costume designer on the...

Netflix raises standard prices — again

Maria McGinnis February 17, 2019

The cost of entertainment just got a little higher: Netflix announced it will be increasing its standard plan price by $2.This price change will increase the monthly subscription fee to $13, as opposed...

Serial killer Ted Bundy, center, is escorted out of court at the Pitkin County courthouse, Aspen, Colorado, in 1977. 

Try to remember Ted Bundy was a serial killer first

Aaron Hluch January 30, 2019

In the span of just three days, Netflix released "Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes," a four-part documentary series, and Sundance premiered a trailer for "Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil...

The Three Stooges Movie Podcast #15 — Alien

The Three Stooges Movie Podcast #15 — Alien

Thank you for tuning into the Three Stooges Movie Podcast on KentWired! Join the guys this week as they battle their jet lag to talk about Superman, yell about what constitutes sci-fi and geek out over...

Hana Barkowitz canvasses door-to-door in Kent before Election Day Nov. 8, 2016. 

KSU student appears in Netflix documentary about 2016 election

Ben Orner November 8, 2017

One year ago, Donald Trump won the controversial 2016 U.S. presidential election against Hillary Clinton. The events that took place on Election Day Nov. 8, 2016, are the focus of a new documentary,...

Katherine Langford in "13 Reasons Why."

Danger in fiction: How Netflix’s ’13 Reasons Why’ raised alarms with a single scene

Benjamin VanHoose May 9, 2017

Normally, this is where a spoiler alert would be, but that type of warning would imply that the reader should watch the show at hand.Some professionals in Kent would urge otherwise when it comes to one...

"13 Reasons Why" (2017)

REVIEW: ’13 Reasons Why’ is unflinching look at complex relationships (SPOILERS)

Michael Nied April 12, 2017

(The following recap contains spoilers for season one of Netflix's "13 Reasons Why.") What would you do if you received a message from beyond the grave? What if that message implied you were somehow...

Students binge-watch in spare time

Amy Kessler April 24, 2016

Every Tuesday, Britnie Badanjek opens up Funimation—a TV streaming website—and watches nine episodes of “Karneval.”Two days later, she watches seven episodes of “Black Butler: Book of Circus.”Badanjek,...

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

Opinion: Floating upstream: Netflix and friends’ TV dominance

Mike Richards March 29, 2015

As we speak, even before we spoke, while you’re thinking about speaking, thinking about thinking, breathing probably, Netflix owns your soul. And that’s OK, bow to your digital streaming service overlords...

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

Opinion: Floating Upstream: Netflix and friends’ TV dominance

Mike Richards March 29, 2015

As we speak, even before we spoke, while you’re thinking about speaking, thinking about thinking, breathing probably, Netflix owns your soul. And that’s OK, bow to your digital streaming service overlords...