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Coco Montrese performs to a mashup of Ariana Grande songs at Kent State's 2022 Sex Week drag show Oct. 26, 2022.

Former “RuPaul’s Drag Race” contestant headlines Kent State Drag Show

Clara Wicinski, Reporter October 27, 2022

With one dollar bills clutched in hands, students gathered at the Kent State Ballroom on Wednesday night to watch Sex Week’s annual drag show. On stage, dressed head to toe in flashy attire, was Coco...

Sex Week 2022 brings frights and fun to sexual education

Olivia Sharp October 25, 2022

Sex Week 2022 is here, and it will make you scream. The week-long festivities kicked off yesterday with a visit from the condom fairy. KIC gives out condoms and dental dams as well as educate students...

A flyer of the 2022 Sex Week events.

It’ll make you scream: Sex Week is back at Kent State

Clara Wicinski, Reporter October 25, 2022

Kent Interhall Council revealed this year’s Sex Week events dedicated to the sex education of students. Condoms on the K, an event where students can receive free condoms and a schedule of events,...

Junior history major Charissa Gilbert (left) and Cara Carson (right) put condoms on fruit as part of KSU’s Sextober Fest event.

Sex week ends with a bang at Sextoberfest

Natalia Hernandez Maceira Reporter October 22, 2021

Students at Sextoberfest enjoyed educational booths and interactive games like ring toss on dildos and blindfold condom challenges.Sextoberfest is an annual event hosted by Kent State Interhall Council...

Trevor, known as Theta Lite, poses in the blue light on the stage before the Sex Week Drag Show on Oct. 20, 2021. 

Kent drag queens shine at Sex Week performance

Reegan Saunders Reporter October 21, 2021

There are not many places in Portage County where you can listen to a Black drag queen discuss consent while dressed in a sparkly blue jumpsuit, but for Kent State, it’s another Wednesday night. As...

Marshall Miller, Co-founder of Sex Discussed Here!, answers students anonymous question about sex during Sex in the Dark on Oct. 18, 2021.

Sex in the Dark kicks off KSU Sex Week

Sophie Young Reporter October 19, 2021

The Kent State Interhall Council’s annual Sex Week kicked off Monday night as a line of students packed the KIVA for “Sex in the Dark.”The event was an anonymous question-and-answer information session...

How Kent State sports became among the most ‘LGBTQ+ friendly’ in the country

Jimmy Oswald Sports Editor September 20, 2021

When senior basketball player Monique Smith was looking for a college to continue her career, she looked for a strong program and good academics.But what was equally important to her was whether KSU had...

Chazzlyn Jackson is the candidate for the Student Body President for USG in the ’21-’22 school year. 

Meet the Candidates: Meet the Directors

Blake Westover, Reporter Ashley Blood, Reporter Lindsey Vlasic, Reporter March 15, 2021

Student Body President Candidate: Chazzlyn JacksonQ: What is your platform? A: “I am dedicated to a climate of inclusivity, advocacy and wellness. I want to enhance the student life experience through...

The “Big O” brings all genders together during sex week

“Orgasms for people with penises are like spotting a black squirrel on campus: they’re everywhere,” said Lindsay Fram, professional sex educator from Sex Discussed Here! “But orgasms for people...

Junior visual communication design major Sarita Kumde and freshman architecture major Adryan Reyes (wearing the "Condom Fairy" costume) give free condoms to junior speech pathology major Breanna Lokken and sophomore early childhood education major Nick Miller during Kent Interhall Council's Condoms of the K at Risman Plaza on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. 

‘Condoms on the K’ kicks off Sex Week

Terry Lee III Diversity reporter October 21, 2019

Kent Interhall Council members and volunteers handed out free condoms and lube during Condoms on the K on Risman Plaza Monday to kick off Kent State’s Sex Week.“I think that it's promoting safe sex,”...

Sven Rundman, the project coordinator of Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services, discusses the Green Dot program with students at an event in the Twin Towers Friday, Oct. 27, 2017.

Green Dot event spurs ideas on preventing sexual abuse

Natalie Meek October 28, 2017

To conclude Sex Week, the introduction to Green Dot event encouraged attendees to become active preventers of sexual abuse Friday in Studio A of the Twin Towers.Sexual and Relationship Violence Support...

T-shirts line the second floor of the Student Center as part of the Clothesline Project, which addresses the issue of violence against women and men on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017.

Got consent?

Zoe Swartz October 25, 2017

In the midst of Sex Week 2017, Kent Interhall Council hoped to raise awareness on sexual assault with their Clothesline Project.The project displayed shirts with personal messages made by student survivors,...