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Junior Gabrielle Blake, an officer of Black United Students (BUS) at Kent State University, leads the protesters from Oscar Ritchie Hall to the rock while chanting on Sept. 11, 2020.

Students continue to protest for change within Kent State

Megan Becker Reporter September 11, 2020

Editor’s note: This article contains language that may be offensive to some readers.The second day of the Black Lives Matter peaceful protest took place Sept. 11 with hundreds of students protesting...

Protesters start to walk toward Oscar Richie Hall and then down to the rock during the Black Lives Matter protest on Sept. 10, 2020.

‘It is bigger than the rock’: Students call for change after racist messages

Owen MacMillan Sports editor September 10, 2020

Correction: In a previous version of this story, a quote was incorrectly attributed to Kamalenn Gillespie. This quote has been removed.Hundreds of Kent State students gathered in front of the Student Center...

Protesters congregate by the front campus rock on East Main Street to advocate for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Student-led protests support Black Lives Matter movement outside front campus rock

Troy Pierson Reporter September 5, 2020

In response to a series of incidents where “White Lives Matter” was painted on the front campus rock this past week, one student has organized two protests to advocate for the Black Lives Matter movement.Around...

Chad Payne of Akron holds up a sign as he stands in the middle of S. High St. in downtown Akron during a protest march to end police brutality on June 6, 2020.

Akron engages in weekend of peaceful protests in support of Black Lives Matter

KentWired Staff June 7, 2020

Editor’s note: Hundreds marched in Akron this weekend to protest police brutality and combat racism following the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. KentWired’s reporting team covered the...

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 1968 file photo, Chicago police officers wielding nightsticks confront a demonstrator on the ground in Grant Park after protesters against the Vietnam War climbed on the statue of Civil War Gen. John Logan. It was one of many protests during the tumultuous 1968 Democratic National Convention. (AP Photo)

Howie Emmer was one of the founders of SDS in 1968; Colt Hutchinson is the new president in 2020

Madison MacArthur April 30, 2020

When Howie Emmer came to Kent State University in 1965 from Cleveland, he remembers being asked by his roommate from rural Pennsylvania if Emmer would be wearing his rocketship pin each day. The pin was...

No bra movement (A MAG)

No bra movement serves as sign of protest and feminism (A MAG) (copy)

Emily Adorno Web writer February 12, 2020

Dating back to the late 1960s, women stopped wearing bras as an act of protest in a highly traditional feminine society. Women have burned their bras as a sign of feminism and a signal of how women...

A protestor holds up a sign on Risman Plaza on Jan. 25, 2020. The protest was peaceful and put together by Students for a Democratic Society.

Protest turns to lesson on Iran, Middle East conflict

Sara Crawford Assigning Editor January 25, 2020

For the Global Day of Protest, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) participated in the No War on Iran protest, starting on Risman Plaza. “Some groups have organized a global day protest and it’s...

Chic Canfora and Daniel Miller speak to students about activism in the May 4th Visitor Center on Wednesday. 

May 4th witnesses discuss activism with Kent State students

Sara Crawford February 21, 2019

Witnesses of May 4, 1970, when four Kent State students were shot and killed and nine others wounded, talked to students about the importance of being activists for what they believe in.The May 4th Visitors...

Dante Centofanti

OPINION: Kaepernick’s movement still stands strong

Dante Centofanti September 19, 2018

On Aug.  26, 2016, Colin Kaepernick was seen sitting during the national anthem before a preseason game against the Green Bay Packers. He would later explain his reasoning, saying, “I am not going to...

Protesters of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, protest while wearing costumes from the show "The Handmaid's Tale," during his confirmation hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, during the second day of the confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Shout, arrest, repeat: Inside the Kavanaugh hearing protests

By ASHRAF KHALIL, Associated Press September 5, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's sort of a coordinated dance, but the performers are an organized group of protesters and a dozen or so uniformed Capitol Police officers. And the stage is this week's Senate confirmation...

Hundreds of people marched in Akron for the March for Our Lives protest on Saturday, March 24.

‘We are done’: Students demand action on gun laws

Brandon Bounds March 24, 2018

Hundreds of thousands of people across the nation joined together to support gun reform; Akron was no exception.People gathered early Saturday morning in the parking lot of the Highland Square branch of...

Kent State students walk out in protest outside White Hall

David Williams March 15, 2018

Twenty-five students walked out of White Hall at 10:00 a.m. for 17 minutes to stand in solidarity with the 17 victims of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, yesterday.Elizabeth...