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JD Eicher recording “History”

JD Eicher is Living Through “History”

Ben Pagani October 23, 2020

 JD Eicher, a singer/songwriter from Youngstown, Ohio, is using his voice as a platform for social justice.The last seven months have seen one of the largest emotional showcases in American history. It...

Students host Brain Break event, encourage positive coping methods

Students were able to take a break and learn about healthy coping skills at the Take a Brain Break event in Taylor Hall on Thursday, Dec. 5. The idea behind this event was to help students find healthy...

Student leaders for TKS pose for a photo. 

Kent State offers opportunities for transfer students

For senior psychology major Sidney Fimiani, transferring to Kent State University made sense to her. “I came here and I just kind of fell in love with it. … They also have a very good psych program...

Tony Snyder has cerebral palsy and works in the Kent State University library as a Copyright and Interlibrary Loan Associate. He works on processing interlibrary loan requests that will eventually result in items from the libraries being sent across the country and worldwide. Snyder says, "Interlibrary loan is like having the world's libraries at your fingertips."

Becoming an ally of the disabled takes information, understanding

Dealing with misconceptions about his physical condition doesn’t stop Tony Snyder, a Kent State copyright and library loan associate, from excelling in life and his career.Snyder has cerebral palsy,...

Instagram is hiding likes in the United States.

Instagram is about to hide likes for some US users. Here’s what to expect.

By Kaya Yurieff, CNN Business November 13, 2019

Originally Published: 11 NOV 19 15:16 ET    (CNN) -- Instagram is about to take its biggest step yet toward removing likes from its platform.After months of testing an option to hide likes in select...

Facing increased scrutiny, Facebook is considering making some changes to how it handles political ads, a source told CNN Business.

Facebook mulls changes to how it handles political ads

By Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Business November 7, 2019

Originally Published: 07 NOV 19 09:35 ET    (CNN) -- Facing increased scrutiny, Facebook is considering making some changes to how it handles political ads, a source told CNN Business.The company, however,...

Technical malfunction causes Blackboard shutdown

A Blackboard malfunction occurred on Friday, Oct. 25 which caused the site to shut down for approximately 24 hours during the morning backup process.According to James Raber, the executive director of...

Griffin Allman, senior painting and art education double major, peels tape away from one of his canvases. Allman likes to use more abstract designs that way people can interpret it in their own personal ways.

Student artist finds his passion in abstraction

Senior painting and art education major Griffin Allman’s eyes lit up as he described the potential shapes in the support beams, the stairs and the floor around him and how he could piece them together...

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,”...

Kent Part-Time Faculty Alliance

Adjuncts discuss wages, job security

Editor's Note: Rick is an alias for an adjunct professor at Kent State who asked not to be identified by his real name. The name was created to protect his identity. Rick, an adjunct professor at Kent...

KSUVOICES May 4

@KSUVoices1970 social media pages bring students closer to May 4

In the wake of a technological revolution, students have a chance to see what social media would’ve been like during the times of May 4, 1970. Mindy Farmer, director of the May 4 Visitors Center, created...

Women’s Center hosts first Feminist Friday event

Kent State students learned how to maintain a positive body image through activities and discussion at the Women’s Center’s first Feminist Friday event.The discussion was led by junior psychology major...