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Kent State Provost Todd Diacon, Joe Walsh of The Eagles and Jason Prufer looking at a manuscript of "Small Town, Big Music" on the 12th floor of the KSU library.

Q&A with KSU alumnus, author Jason Prufer

Lauren Crenshaw February 9, 2019

 The following is an interview with Jason Prufer, a senior library associate at Kent State and the author of “Small Town, Big Music: The Outsized Influence of Kent, Ohio, on the History of Rock and...

SuperMonkey

Alumnus turns marketing degree into rock’n’roll

Mark Oprea October 7, 2014

It was in the middle of a dinner rush, washing dishes at Rockne’s on Main Street when Christian Groblewski realized that he wanted to pursue a career in rock’n’roll. From that moment, it only took...

Megan L. Brown is a junior magazine journalism major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at mbrow121@kent.edu.

Opinion: Jack White is at it again

Megan L. Brown April 1, 2014

We’ve seen rock ‘n’ roller Jack White with a variety of bands: The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather, and his solo music and other small, musical masterpieces.On Tuesday, White released...

Neville Hardman is a sophomore magazine journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater.  Contact her at nhardma1@kent.edu.

Opinion: Rock ‘n’ roll isn’t dead

Neville Hardman March 13, 2014

Monday evening, adding a plethora of musicians to my collection of pop-punk, alternative and classic rock, I realized that Lenny Kravitz was wrong.In his 1995 album Circus, Kravitz came out with a song...