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President Lester Lefton announced that his plan for a single yearly commencement will no longer be taking place. Lefton made the announcement at Monday's Faculty Senate meeting, citing a recent outpouring of negative responses and concerns. "Maybe (we will) take it up in a couple of years, but right now it is a distraction," Lefton told the Senate. (0) comments
Excited children ran around with pink and blue mouths from the cotton candy. They talked rapidly to their friends about what they saw and what they planned to do next. Kent Interhall Council had their second annual Blizzard Bash Friday in Eastway's Lower Lounge. (0) comments
The Undergraduate Student Senate Allocations Committee only has 2 percent of its budget left for next semester. Of the $215,748 the committee received from student activities fees, it has allocated a total of $211,265, leaving only $4,483 remaining. Before the committee's last meeting Friday, Sean Groves, USS senator for business and finance and Allocations Committee chairman, said he thought the committee would run out of money. (0) comments
So far this year, Undergraduate Student Senate has met many of its goals and even added several more projects to its agenda. "I feel like everyone is pulling their weight," USS Executive Director Ross Miltner said. Some of the senators have achieved their platform goals, which ranged from connecting the city of Kent to the campus to finding new ways to reach students for polls and surveys. (0) comments
As a group of about 25 students marched through the Hub Friday night, students looked up from their A&W hamburgers and Quizno's subs to see what was happening. The marchers, huddled together with a large red ribbon wrapped around them, walked through the Hub with signs that read, "A red ribbon is never enough" and "Abstinence is not a cure. (0) comments
As Kent State students round the corner at Hattie Larlham, a center for children and young adults with severe disabilities, they enter Pod H, where those with the most severe handicaps reside. Here the nurses sit around a table, enjoying their lunch with a resident named A. (0) comments
Benjamin Franklin once said those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety. And while Franklin did not attend Paul Haridakis' speech Friday in Lowry Hall, Haridakis quoted Franklin after the speech to show that since the beginning of our nation, civil liberties and national security have butted heads during times of war. (0) comments
As the fall semester ends and Kent State moves toward spring, students who are thinking about residence hall contracts for the 2007-2008 academic year may want to know about a few changes. CCI Commons, the learning community in Verder Hall, will move to Olson Hall in Fall 2007. (0) comments
Even after waiting for days camped out in a long line, it was difficult to get a hold of Sony's latest gaming system. Only about half of the consoles promised for the PlayStation 3's Nov. 17 launch were shipped to the United States. Plus, the $600 price tag is out of the range of most people's budget. (0) comments
As winter looms toward Kent State, the grounds department readies itself the way it does every year - one task at a time. Grounds manager Heather White said that as far back as September the grounds department had already fixed plows onto tractors, placed 70 salt bins on campus and ordered 1,200 tons of salt. (0) comments
In preparation for flu season, vaccinations will be offered to Kent State students, staff, faculty and dependents tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the lower level of the DeWeese Health Center. Shelly Verba, assistant nursing manager at DeWeese, said online registration is available at www. (0) comments
A new student group supporting the advancement of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues on campus is taking an initiative today in its call for a safer campus. The Queer Liberation Front will distribute a 13-question survey asking students' opinions on safety-related issues. (0) comments