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Kent State facilities workers clean up the snow near the Risen Plaza on Jan. 21, 2024.

Students petition to change university’s weather closure policy

Elaina Matricardi and Kay Steiner, Reporter February 1, 2024

Editor's note: This story has been updated to include the university's response to the petition and KentWired's questions. Over 800 students have signed an online petition in support of changing the...

Beneath Eastway Dining Hall, furniture and equipment sits within the bowling alley on Oct. 30, 2023.

Students start petition to reopen bowling alley underneath Eastway Dining Hall

Andrew Bowie, Reporter November 4, 2023

Though it is commonly missed, there is a bowling alley next to the Eastway Distribution Center underneath the dining hall.  The bowling alley was closed in the summer of 2019 for renovations, which...

SDS flier hung inside Franklin Hall

SDS starts petition to raise student worker wages

Chloe Wilson-Henline, Reporter October 14, 2023

Almost 600 students have signed a petition started by Students for a Democratic Society, calling on the university to raise student worker wages and increase the resident assistant stipend to help students...

An Instagram post made by Kent State Students for a Democratic Society in protest of the conditions in the dining halls.

Update on Change.org dining hall petition

Megan Becker Assigning Editor September 23, 2021

Dining hall representatives “refuse[d] to ‘wave a white flag’" after a meeting with the Undergraduate Student Government Sept. 15 and address the issues outlined in the dining hall petition on change.org.According...

Democrats working on legislation to provide $3,000 payments per child amid pandemic

(CNN) -- House Democrats are working on drafting legislation proposed by President Joe Biden that would direct the IRS to send recurring monthly payments to American families to expand the child tax credit,...

Jaye Jackson and the cast of Kent State University’s “Hair” take the stage in November 2019. Jermaine Jackson

Theatre students call for inclusion and representation in petition

Maddy Haberberger, Reporter June 6, 2020

Inspired by the recent surge in support for the Black Lives Matter movement, Kent State’s Black Theatre Association created a petition to ensure equal representation and opportunity for students of color...

Screen capture of Kent State student Jacob Karmia's Change.org petition that asks the university to allow students in good academic standing to be done with their classes.

Kent State student creates petition to pass students in good academic standing

Editor's note: A previous version of this story said the withdrawal date for the spring semester had been extended to April 13. It has been extended to the end of the semester. Kent State senior Jacob...

A Kent State student walks along Kent State's front campus on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019.

Ridiculously cold weather closes campus Wednesday

Valerie Royzman January 29, 2019

Kent State’s main campus will be closed Wednesday due to severe weather, the university announced in an email Tuesday afternoon."The Kent Campus will be closed, and all classes are canceled, for Wednesday,...

10/6/16 Tampons

Students petition to have tampons sold on-campus

Erin Zaranec October 5, 2016

For females living on campus with limited transportation options, having an extra $527 wouldn't mean anything else except spending it on feminine products.Two Kent State students started an online petition...

Petition seeks equality in coed intramural sports

Rachel Duthie October 5, 2016

After only two days, Kent State's Kent Interhall Council (KIC) has gathered the needed 100 signatures to submit a petition to Student Recreation Services to change the point system in coed intramural sports.Council...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the debate stage at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015.

SNL earns criticism for inviting Trump to host

Alexandra Gray October 25, 2015

Saturday Night Live (SNL) is being criticized for inviting presidential candidate Donald Trump to host the show for Nov. 7. According to CNN, the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts and the National...