Spring Break
Inside the Giant Eagle at University Plaza, a dozen people are doing some early morning shopping. The shelves in the fresh fruit section are bare, the milk is gone and the bread is sold out. By next Friday, the store will be closed, leaving Kent without a supermarket. (0) comments
After reviewing the feedback from the Kent State community, the provost search committee gave President Lester Lefton its recommendation for three of the four candidates for vice president for academic affairs and provost. Walter Harris Jr. of Loyola University wasn't included in the board's review. (0) comments
Members of Queer Liberation Front met with Kent State President Lester Lefton yesterday to discuss issues concerning the group and the progress made on the issues since their last meeting in December. It was the group's second meeting with Lefton, and April Templeman, president of Queer Liberation Front, said it was successful. (0) comments
The School of Theatre and Dance will perform the play "Hair" at 8 p.m. tonight in the E. Turner Stump Theatre in the Music and Speech Center. Directed by Victoria Bussert, the play features a group of hippies fighting against the Vietnam War in New York City's East Village in the late 1960s. (0) comments
"Lose Yourself" by Eminem was the song playing before John Irby began his lecture on the First Amendment and how it was at risk. Irby said he played the song not because he liked Eminem, but because the message makes him feel like the First Amendment is worth fighting for. (0) comments
In addition to hearing the music and the dialogue, sight impaired students can enjoy the musical "Hair" by listening to someone vocally describe what's happening on stage. "It is a live description for the sight impaired. Special headphones are brought by the Cleveland Sight Center and as the performance proceeds, the describer (a representative from Cleveland Sight Center) explains what actions are going on, on the stage," said Effie Tsengas, director of public relations and marketing for the School of Theatre and Dance. (0) comments
Trevor Ivan Daily Kent Stater The Kent Fire Department is meeting with fire departments across Portage County to study possible collaboration in their operations with the goal of improving their service. James Williams, chief of the Kent City Fire Department, said the idea has been informally discussed since last July when Ravenna Mayor Kevin Poland invited representatives from the various cities and townships in Portage County to meet and gauge interest about the idea. (0) comments
Signing the words "sodomy," "fellatio" and "cunnilingus" is not something seen everyday. Professional theater sign language interpreters translate these words for the deaf in the song "Sodomy" in the musical "Hair." "The movements are just hysterical," said Merry Beth Pietila, one of the original founders of the HeArd. (1) comment
"You can buy both of them for less than the price of a pitcher of beer," said Maggie Anderson, director of the Wick Poetry Center. "And they will enlighten you far more." Benjamin Scott Grossberg's The Auctioneer Bangs his Gavel and F. Daniel Rzicznek's Cloud Tablets were the winning chapbooks in the 2005 Wick Chapbook Competition. (0) comments
Tim Jacobs Daily Kent Stater Freshman visual communication design majors wishing to see a glimpse of their futures now have the opportunity to do so. The Cleveland chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Artists, through its Kent State student group, is holding an exhibition of student visual designs in the Music Listening Center on the second floor of the Student Center through today. (0) comments
Usually students have to wait until after college to start making $15 an hour, but for some it was already a reality - though a little short-lived. KentLink, the Kent State library system's Web catalog, will soon be going through its first significant redesign, and yesterday the library hosted the first of two focus group sessions, giving participants $15 on their FlashCards. (0) comments
Police departments are notorious for their expensive tickets. Recreational services in cities usually charge fees for at least some of their events. Fire departments, however, are a different story. "Most fire departments are relatively expensive operations to have," said Chief William Shaw of the Solon Fire Department. (0) comments
The Unfulfilled Promises of Brown v. Board event scheduled for last night was canceled due to an illness in the speaker's family. Shanelle Smith, president of the Kent State NAACP, said the speaker planned to cover racial and economic issues in Ohio's public schools, specifically in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Toledo. (0) comments