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Photo courtesy of Jeff Siner / Tribune News Service Debris from a destroyed home in the Town of Edisto Beach, S.C., lays strewn across Palmetto Boulevard into a neighbors yard on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, following Hurricane Matthew and damaging winds.

Rescues and worry after Matthew inundates North Carolina

Martha Waggoner, Associated Press Allen Breed, Associated Press October 9, 2016

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — When Hurricane Matthew dumped torrential rains on North Carolina, thousands of people found themselves suddenly trapped in homes and cars. Rescuers in Coast Guard helicopters...

Matt Poe

Opinion: College basketball has been revived—for now

Matt Poe April 5, 2016

For anyone who followed college basketball this season, it was one of the more forgettable regular seasons in a long time. There was no team searching for a perfect record heading into tournament time,...

Our View: Change the stereotype, change the discussion

KS Editors February 19, 2015

We believe Kent State students can learn from the terrible event that took place in North Carolina last week. It’s time to talk about changing the way we talk about labels.Three people died last week....

Caskets are carried into a public funeral for Deah Barakat, 23, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, 21,and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19 on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 at the Islamic Association of Raleigh's cemetery in Wendell, N.C. Barakat and his wife Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha were killed in a shooting Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015 in Chapel Hill, N.C. (Corey Lewenstein/News & Observer/TNS)

AP: Man indicted on 3 counts of murder in NC deaths of Muslims

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — A grand jury in North Carolina indicted a man Monday on three counts of murder in the shootings of three young Muslims in what authorities have said was a dispute over parking spaces.Television...

Amanda Paniagua is a graduate art history major. Contact her at azabudsk@kent.edu

Opinion: Muslim students’ deaths spark conversation about culture in media

Amanda Paniagua February 16, 2015

Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha, and Razan Abu-Salha were shot to death in Chapel Hill, North Carolina last week. Their deaths were incredibly tragic and are a testament to the complicated world of identity...