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Deadline for voter registration for state primary Tuesday

Mitch Felan February 15, 2016

Tuesday marks 30 days before Ohio voters will take to the polls and pick their favorite presidential candidates for the state primary. That means Tuesday is the deadline to register to vote for the March...

Kent State track and field team members run the 5000 meters event at the dual-open Doug Raymond Invitational Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 in the field house.

Two Track athletes record records at Akron invitational.

Samantha Lough February 10, 2016

Two male track athletes performed at their personal best last weekend at the Akron Invitational. Both athletes’ personal records gave them a place in the Kent State indoor track record book. Senior...

Campus recognizes unusually warm winter

Ariel Reid February 9, 2016

Due to many shifting aspects of the climate, Ohio has experienced a winter that is mild in temperature and dry, quite unlike those of the past two years.Thomas Schmidlin is a meteorologist and professor...

Governor John Kasich celebrates his reelection with a roaring crowd at the Republican Parties watch party in Columbus on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014.

Why Ohio matters in the race to the White House

Ben Kindel January 31, 2016

Today’s Iowa caucus signifies a beginning to the election season. Any time from now until March 15, the crowd of candidates will focus their attention on what they can do for Ohio. Doing so may be more...

Executive Director of ResponsibleOhio speaks to students about voting yes on Issue 3

Alexandra Gray October 27, 2015

The Political Science Club hosted an event for ResponsibleOhio to speak to students about the organization's campaign to vote yes on Issue 3.On Monday evening, Executive Director of ResponsibleOhio Ian...

Ohio’s assessment standards influence KSU education curriculum

Megan Hermensky September 10, 2015

For Kent State education majors, learning how to teach reading, writing and other subjects that are standardized by Ohio, constantly evolves.Over the years, Ohio has used many different forms of standardized...

Bruno Beidacki is a sophomore journalism major. Contact him at bbeidack@kent.edu

Opinion: We don’t deserve nice weather

Bruno Beidacki September 8, 2015

Picture a beautiful campus. The sun shines like it never did, the grass is green and you cannot see a single cloud in the sky. There is a nice breeze, the birds are singing and you see black squirrels...

Brian Lewis has been through Ohio's foster care system.

State of Ohio to consider foster care age extension

Danielle Hess May 6, 2015

Ohio Fostering Connections, an organization committed to helping youth in foster care, has strong support from citizens when it comes to the legislation of Ohio House Bill 50.According to the Ohio Fostering...

Letter to the Editor

Grace Goodluck April 29, 2015

Dear Editor,Ohio has recently been falling behind in how much the state invests in higher education. From 2006 to 2012, the state appropriation for higher education per student has declined by 30.9 percent,...

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Opinion: The youth vote matters, get involved

Jennifer Hutchinson April 28, 2015

With this being my last column for the semester, I wanted to write a piece talking directly to my fellow students. For those of you who read my articles, you know I mainly focus on state and national politics....

Illustration from the Detroit Free Press 2012.

Ohio sees more human trafficking crimes in 2014 than previous years

Katie Nix and Rachel Smeaton April 27, 2015

The State of Ohio is dealing with human trafficking now more than ever according to a report from the Attorney General’s office.“It’s one of those things where I think we’re just becoming more...

On a single day in October, Miami-Dade police raided 13 marijuana grow houses, seizing 586 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $2 million. Police arrested 11 people -- all Cubans, said Lt. Jose Gonzalez of the Miami-Dade Police Department's narcotics unit. (Taimy Alvarez/Sun Sentinel/TNS)

Cannabis amendment a possibility for Ohio

Katie Nix April 19, 2015

The race is on for the Ohio Cannabis Rights Amendment to make it onto the ballot for 2015.With more than two months left until the July 1 filing deadline, the Ohio Rights Group has to get almost 200,000...