Samaria Rice calls for solidarity and social change in May 4 address
May 04, 2016
Samaria Rice, the mother of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was shot and killed by Cleveland police in November 2014, called for "white privilege" Americans to get involved in the Black Lives Matter movement during her keynote address as part of the annual May 4 commemoration ceremony.
Trump rallies in Columbus pushing jobs, immigration reform and making America great again
March 01, 2016
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump spoke to a crowd of about 2,000 supporters about immigration, job growth and the other candidates in the presidential race at the Signature Flight Hangar at Port-Columbus International Airport in Columbus in March 2016.
Former Kent State softball player files lawsuit against university for alleged rape cover-up
February 09, 2016
Former Kent State softball player Lauren Kesterson filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Kent State and former softball coach Karen Linder, alleging Kesterson was raped by Linder’s son, a then-varsity baseball player, and athletic department officials covered up the alleged incident.
Black United Students rally campus in protest of Ferguson decision
November 25, 2014
Four-and-a-half minutes of silence blanketed the HUB this afternoon to symbolize the four-and-a-half hours 18-year-old Michael Brown’s body laid in the street after he was shot by officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri.
Smoking ban talks remain in president’s cabinet
November 23, 2014
Kent State has been considering transitioning to a smoke-free campus since 2012, but the issue remains on the agenda of discussion topics in President Beverly Warren’s cabinet, where it awaits a vote from the vice presidents of the university.
More than 150 monitoring for symptoms after potential contact with Dallas nurse with Ebola
October 19, 2014
More than 150 people are being monitored for Ebola because they might have come in contact with Amber Vinson, the second Texas nurse diagnosed with Ebola after treating Thomas Duncan, the first Ebola death in the United States.
Government doesn’t monitor everyone, but citizens don’t buy it
September 18, 2014
The United States government has a reputation for monitoring every aspect of its citizens’ technological lives through emails, phone calls and text messages. A U.S. official National Counterterrorism Center says that's not true.
Pinball-playing professor brings competition to arcade classic
September 14, 2014
Jessie Carduner is a Kent State Spanish professor and undergraduate adviser who’s been playing pinball since 1980. She came in 30th at the Ohio State Pinball Championship in 2014 and is one of the loyal players bringing pinball back.
Second-largest freshmen class forces students to live in lounges
August 27, 2014
Kent State’s freshman class is the second largest in Kent State University history at around 4,200 students. Because there aren’t enough beds on campus to accommodate all of these new students, some students are living in the lounges of residence halls until rooms open up.
HUD charges KSU with housing discrimination over support animal
August 24, 2014
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development charged Kent State and four university employees with housing discrimination for refusing to allow a student with disabilities to keep an emotional support animal in her campus apartment.
The Final Measure: Ph.D. candidate becomes janitor as time runs out on dream
May 05, 2014
Wah-Chiu Lai, an ethnomusicology scholar and Kent State custodial services employee, has been working toward his doctoral degree for almost 15 years. As his dissertation deadline rapidly approaches, he tries to strike a balance between a grueling work schedule and academic achievement.