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The three-week-long investigation into two complaints filed against Kent police officers has been resolved. According to the investigation report filed by Kent Police Capt. Michelle Lee, "I have reviewed Kent Police Department's Use of Force Policy in its entirety. (8) comments
It doesn't take much. "Winning Lip Sync just takes a few pairs of pink tights, two bottles of baby oil and a whole lot of heart," said Shane Clarke, Sigma Nu member. More than 1,300 people, most from 17 fraternities and sororities, filled a line that wrapped around the second floor of the Student Center for Saturday's 2007 Delta Zeta Lip Sync philanthropy event. (0) comments
Pints of donated blood can add up to $500 in free tuition. The LifeShare community blood drive, conducted by LifeShare Community Blood Services, will be held in the parking lot behind the DeWeese Health Center Feb. 20 and 21 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. "For every 35 units of blood donated, a $500 scholarship is created," said Sarah Hallsky, graduate assistant in the Office of Student Health Promotion. (0) comments
Children and adults stared in awe as teddy bears and birds emerged from solid blocks of ice. Nine members of the Kent State and University of Akron ice-carving teams created sculptures as part of the "Make Mine with Ice" Ice Carving Demonstration held Saturday afternoon downtown. (0) comments
Construction paper, stickers, scissors, markers and crayons lined two tables in the Honors College lobby Friday. All the utensils can be found in grade school classrooms. However, the purpose of the table was not to bring joy to kids, but to senior citizens. (0) comments
Kent State faculty members and students gathered at Eastway Friday to hear international scholar Robert G. Bringle speak about the benefits of community-based learning. Bringle, who specializes in teaching service-learning theory at Purdue University, spoke at the event sponsored by the Kent State Faculty Professional Development Center. (0) comments
The Kent State gymnastics team wanted to bounce back from its last performance, a third-place finish in a five-team meet last weekend. After the way the Flashes performed in their meet yesterday, it's safe to say they succeeded. The Flashes got back to their winning ways with a 193. (0) comments
Students discovered what goes on behind the scenes of a professional television studio Friday. Marianne Warzinski, College of Communication and Information Commons program coordinator, took a group of students in the CCI Commons to WKYC-TV Channel 3 in Cleveland as part of the organization's first field trip. (0) comments
In a small room in the Women's Resource Center, 12 women sat at a table waiting to learn about ways to overcome the anxiety in their lives. Angela Neal-Barnett, associate professor of psychology, and Bernadette Blount Salley, master musician and composer, gave a presentation Friday afternoon on the many anxiety-creating stressors in women's lives, especially in the workplace. (1) comment
(MCT) - In some ways, Randy Gutierrez is like a lot of other 19-year-olds. The former varsity athlete is struggling through his first college history course with hopes of earning a degree. The difference is that Gutierrez is behind bars at Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution near Plymouth, Wis. (0) comments
FARGO, N.D. (MCT) - Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. was sentenced to death Thursday for the kidnapping and death of University of North Dakota student Dru Sjodin. "Today is the most difficult day of my life," U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson said Thursday in handing down the sentence. (0) comments