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RecycleMania drives competition with Akron

Charleah Trombitas February 5, 2016

Kent State will be participating in a national recycling initiative, RecycleMania, which begins on Feb. 7 and runs through April 2.RecycleMania is a nationwide competition between college and universities...

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Phi Mu will make a home in Van Campen Hall

Erin Zaranec November 29, 2015

Kent State’s Phi Mu sorority plans to move into Van Campen Hall starting Fall 2017.The 60-bed dorm building, which is currently home to the International Village Experience Living Learning Community,...

Photo courtesy of Kent State University.

Energy conservation competition set to begin in residence halls

Ryan Landolph October 30, 2015

Kent State’s residence services will be hosting a two-week energy conservation competition, “Do it in the Dark 2015,” from Nov. 1 to Nov. 14.This two-week competition will take place in all residence...

Marquis Lao, senior fashion design major (left), lives with Resident Assistant Delinda Starks (right), who is also a senior fashion design major.

Resident assistants receive pay raises

Ryan Landolph October 14, 2015

Residence Services is attempting to solve the issue of overcrowded residence halls by assigning roommates to Resident Assistants — who previously had a single room — for the second year in a row.If...

Freshmen lead increase in on-campus living

Ryan Landolph October 4, 2015

The number of first-year students are on the rise at Kent State, leading to a higher number of students living on campus.“There is an increase,” said Jill Church, director of residence services....

Photo by Michael Bratton

Overcrowded dorms pose reoccurring issue for university

Ryan Landolph September 8, 2015

Some students are currently living in overcrowded dorm spaces until ideal space is available, due to the increase in the number of housing contracts that were accepted prior to this school year.“Approximately...

Carolina Saguero, 18, left, of South Los Angeles, a freshman at Cal State Northridge, is photographed inside her dorm room that she shares with Marlissa Frey, 18, right, of Santa Clarita, also a freshman, on August 26, 2013. Next to Frey is her friend Ricky Escalante, 18, who was visiting. 

How to deal with roommate conflicts

Dara Sander August 27, 2015

For all incoming freshmen and returning students living in the residence halls, learning how to get along and resolve conflicts with roommates is an important part of the college dorm experience.Jill Church,...

Two workers ontop of the Institutional Advancement Center being constructed along S. Lincoln St on March 11, 2015.

Students say construction work on campus is annoying, affects their daily routine

Lauren Biertempfel March 29, 2015

Construction on the Center for Undergraduate Excellence, located between Olson and Lake halls, had affected students’ lives in the residence halls.“When it first started, they were doing work on the...

Residence Services provides housing for students over spring break

Lauren Biertempfel March 11, 2015

Many students leave campus for spring break, but for some students, leaving is not an option.For students who have to stay on campus during spring break, Residence Services has a set of procedures to follow.“The...

RA workshop trains students for leadership roles

Lauren Biertempfel February 2, 2015

New changes have been made to the Leadership for Dynamic Communities workshop, which aims to better train resident assistant applicants as community leaders.Changes to the program include shortening the...

Photo illustration by Graham Smith

Gender-neutral housing becomes an option for 2015-2016 school year

Sabrina Scott January 28, 2015

Kent State’s PR!DE organization and Residence Services are working together to make gender-neutral housing an option for the 2015-2016 housing application. Brandon Stephens, president of PR!DE, said...

The Student Center has several gender-neutral restrooms, seen here on the third floor. The university will soon add more questions about gender to its on-campus housing application to accommodate students' needs.

University housing application to be more gender-inclusive

Alexandria Valverde January 23, 2015

For many students, living in the residence halls and going to the bathroom is an easy task.It’s a different story for transgender students and those of a different sexual or gender orientation, but Kent...