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Friends dance together on April 1, 2015 at the Latin Festival held in the Kent State Ballroom. Friends got together to eat food and dance in celebration of their heritage.

SALSA’s Latin Festival celebrates culture

Samantha Ickes April 1, 2015

Latin music filled the Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday night as the Spanish and Latino Student Association hosted its inaugural Latin Festival. Those who attended were able to learn about Latino...

Members of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity play three hyenas in the thier version of "The Lion King" during the Delta Zeta lip sync on March 1, 2014.

Greek chapters will lip sync, fundraise for hearing impaired

Zabrina Hvostal February 25, 2015

Delta Zeta will host its fifth annual Lip Sync to raise awareness for speech and hearing impaired. Twenty-three sororities and fraternities will participate in the event Saturday in the Student Center...

Greek Music Awards to raise money for charity

Zabrina Hvostal February 11, 2015

Kappa Sigma’s 5th Annual Greek Music Awards will be held this Friday at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom.The GMAs are Kappa Sigma’s big philanthropy for the spring semester to raise money for...

Applied mathematics major Yuanyuan Peng and economics major Yiwei Hu discuss the insurance companies they learned about at the Insurance Fair in the Kent State Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday Feb. 11, 2015. Students of all majors learned about possible career opportunities from different insurance companies at tables.

Students explore career options at insurance industry career fair

Zabrina Hvostal February 11, 2015

Thirty-four employers set up booths at the Insurance Industry Career Fair on Wednesday afternoon, seeking interns and job candidates from various degree programs. The event was from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m....

Illusionist pulls the curtain behind reality

Skye McEowen February 11, 2015

Illusionist Jim Munroe used magic and storytelling as a way to talk about God with students in his show called “The Maze,” made possible through Cru in the Student Center Ballroom on Tuesday night.Through...

Courtesy of The American Heart Association

Alpha Phi to host 10th annual Red Dress Gala

Zabrina Hvostal February 4, 2015

Alpha Phi will be hosting their biggest philanthropy of the year Feb. 7 in the Student Center Ballroom from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m.Every year the sorority raises money for women’s heart health and cardiac...

‘I (Heart) Travel Week’ to encourage study abroad travels

Taylor Meade February 4, 2015

Kent State’s second annual “I (Heart) Travel Week” will take place in the Student Center and Nest Feb. 9 to 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.The week is filled with activities, food and raffles centered...

Modista to host interactive fashion show ‘Musée Du Modisa’

Felicia Ssempala December 4, 2014

Modista Minority Fashion Group will be hosting an interactive fashion show, “Musée Du Modista,” on Saturday, Dec. 6 in the Student Center Ballroom at 7 p.m.The show will be interactive in terms of...

Team Iran chef Mohammad Moasher Ziad and Team Iran member Mohsen Mohseni Moghadam interact with the judges during the fifth annual International Cook-Off hosted in the Kent State Ballroom on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014.

Thailand wins fifth annual International Cook-Off second year in a row

Kaitlin Siegel November 20, 2014

Hungry faculty and students gathered in the Student Center Ballroom on Thursday night, eager to sample a variety of international cuisine at the fifth annual International Cook-Off.Six teams representing...

KSU students to discuss stigmas toward disabled

Hannah Reed April 13, 2014

Students with differences will have a reason to come together at the U-Night to End Stigma event hosted by the Psi Chi International Honors Society Monday night in the Student Center ballroom.The event...