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Four storefronts away from Woodsy's Music in downtown Kent, Jerry Park is selling everything - computers, coffee makers, tables and chairs. However, Park isn't in the retail business. "The only thing people come downtown for is Woodsy's and the bars," Park said. (0) comments
After much studying and paperwork, Mary Gilbert is finally ready to pick up the scalpel and slice open her first patient. She hopes it will come out with a much younger, vibrant appearance, replacing the old, haggard one it has now. (0) comments
PRIDE!Kent will elect three new board members and a new position for Amanda Boyd, its current president, on Thursday. The election comes after the weekend resignations of three board members, which preceded Boyd's decision to step down as president. As of yesterday afternoon, there was no one contesting those nominated to fill the new positions: Chris Taylor for president, Carrie Wicks for vice president, Colleen Eltibi for secretary and Boyd for programming director. (0) comments
After examining different budgeting models for Kent State, David Creamer, senior vice president of administration, said Responsibility Centered Management "deserves further consideration." At the 2007 annual Faculty Senate Spring Forum yesterday, Creamer and RCM Committee members Betsy Boze, Dean of Stark Campus, and Mark Kretovics, associate professor of educational administration, fielded questions from more than 70 faculty members. (0) comments
President Lester Lefton announced yesterday who will fill the new vice president for institutional advancement position, which will head the university's fundraising efforts. Eugene J. Finn, currently associate vice president of advancement at George Washington University in Washington, D. (1) comment
Students are excited about protecting human rights. This was the reason many gave for coming to the semester's first meeting of Amnesty International, a student organization that had been inactive since last spring. More than 15 students showed up to the meeting, many of them freshmen. (0) comments
While Kent city leaders explore downtown revitalization options, Tom Clapper, Kent State transportation manager, continues to pursue the Campus Link concept with outside inspiration. Returning from a recent conference in Boulder, Colo., Clapper said he was "floored" at how the University of Colorado linked students and campus life with a historic downtown - even though it took them 18 years. (0) comments
It's not every day the general public gets the chance to see human organs strewn across a table, and on another a cadaver sliced from head to groin displaying its insides. These will be some of the "attractions" at the American Medical Student Association's Health Fair Feb. (0) comments