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Architecture instructor Charles Frederick weighed in on skate parks in surrounding cities like Stow, Streetsboro and Hudson. "Talk to any 12-year-old skater about those parks," Frederick said. "They'll tell you the parks suck." The city of Kent is hoping Frederick and his third-year studio design class won't let that happen here. (1) comment
Nate Ulrich Daily Kent Stater Gary Lane spent most of his adolescence in Kent running from the police because of his addiction to skateboarding. "I've never even had a speeding ticket," said Lane, 32, who is now a Kent firefighter. "But between 10th grade and 12th grade, I probably ran from the police or got yelled at 50 to 100 times. (0) comments
Kathe Davis handed President Lester Lefton a brochure about the Women's Studies program, telling him the university doesn't offer it as a major. "No major?" she said he asked. "Why not? It is the 21st century." Davis, director of Women's Studies, said it is likely that in the near future, with the efforts of she and the Women's Studies Coordinating Council, Women's Studies will become a major. (0) comments
Kali Price Daily Kent Stater President Lester Lefton is "really excited" about Undergraduate Student Senate's projects and plans for the semester, USS Executive Director Ross Miltner said. The senators had their first formal meeting of the semester with Lefton Monday and discussed how the meeting went at USS' public meeting yesterday. (0) comments
Nearly 20 residents spoke to Kent City Council on the safety and health issues stemming from house parties around the university area and the south side of the city. Residents voiced concerns for their children who are exposed to foul language and partiers who urinate, vomit and pass out on their property. (0) comments
Moving from cold to warm places may increase the risk for a heart attack. The third study in a series of student-run experiments will determine aspirin's effects on black males in the cold. "Blacks have the highest incidence of cardiovascular disease, even more than whites," said graduate assistant Greg Farnell of the School of Exercise, Leisure and Sport. (0) comments
Monica Plunkett knew it was time to leave her boyfriend when emotional abuse turned into physical abuse. "He slammed me against the door and cut off my airway," she said. "I left that night." After leaving, Plunkett read in a book that the average woman leaves an abusive relationship seven times before she leaves for good. (0) comments
Undergraduate Student Senate Executive Director Ross Miltner said he hopes when Kent State students wake up in the morning, "they check their Facebook, their FlashLine and What2DoAtKSU." The USS-sponsored Web site, What2DoAtKSU.com, was launched at the beginning of the semester and has already undergone changes. (0) comments
Riajo Loftin, Kent State's Feminist Union's vice president, led a group of about 15 protesters up the path near Blanket Hill. She held up her sign and yelled, "Take back the night!" at one female passing by. Near Koonce Hall, Nikki Hroncich, senior integrated language arts major, held up her sign and shouted, "Real men don't rape!" The protest was part of the Feminist Union's Take Back the Night event. (0) comments
Choosing bar soap over body wash could mean the difference between healthy skin and a staph infection. Raymond Leone, Kent State University chief physician, said there have been an unusual number of patients with abscesses at the DeWeese Health Center this year. (0) comments
Want to ask President Lester Lefton a question or just say hi? Undergraduate Student Senate is sponsoring Coffee with the President today at the Hub. Students will have the opportunity to meet with Lefton in an open forum setting. The event lasts from 1 p. (0) comments
Every year, the University Teaching Council honors full-time non-tenure track and part-time faculty with the Outstanding Teaching Award. The winners can be nominated by students, faculty, staff or alumni. This year's winners were chosen earlier in October through surprise visits to their classes. (0) comments
After being freed from slavery, many Africans returned to their homeland. Associate Professor Christopher Williams spoke to a group of about 35 people yesterday afternoon about this reverse diaspora as part of the department of Pan-African Studies Ebony Speakers Series, which is co-sponsored by the Institute for African-American Affairs. (0) comments