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(From left to right) Junior fashion merchandising major Olivia Humer, junior education major Greta Schuster and senior advertising major Ariana Zingale laugh and talk in their shared home in Kent on Wednesday, September 4, 2019.

Breaking up is hard to do, roommate edition

Andriana Ruscitto September 8, 2019

Sam Zezena, a senior fashion merchandising major, moved into the dorm with a friend from high school in August 2016. The two got along great in high school, but Zezena had a small amount of doubt moving...

Sophomore entrepreneurship major Charles Marin (right) listens to students ask questions about his experience as an RA at the Information Session in Tri Towers on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018.

RAs will work fewer hours and apply sooner for next year’s position, opening up opportunities for students

Vanessa Gresley October 27, 2018

Residence Services is making changes to the Resident Assistant program for the 2019-20 school year. Next year, RAs will be required to work 20 hours a week, compared to 28 in prior years, and the application...

Keondra Wright, a freshman theater studies major, packs clothes in preparation for winter break.

Residents prepare to move out over winter break

Ryan Landolph December 6, 2015

As the end of the semester nears, residents have less than two weeks to prepare to move out for winter break.According to Kent State’s winter break housing website, students will be unable to enter their...

7 1/2 things you missed this summer

August 24, 2014

1. Kent State’s Board of Trustees raises tuitionKent State’s Board of Trustees raised tuition by 2 percent this semester. The increase will tack on $98 onto undergraduate tuition and $104 for graduates....

Photo by Matt Merchant

Resident Services to begin enforcing roommate policy

Josh Yager August 8, 2014

To accommodate a larger than usual incoming freshman class, Residence Services will be enforcing an existing policy that requires most resident assistants to have a roommate.Jill Church, director of Residence...