Spring Break
Tensions were often high at last night's Undergraduate Student Senate forum in the Rathskeller. All candidates were given the chance to state their platform and answer questions from both the Daily Kent Stater editorial board and the audience. Katie Hale and Preston Mitchum, candidates for executive director, began the forum. (0) comments
Students looking for a spring break getaway might want to check their bank accounts before ordering any plane tickets. According to representatives at AAA Travel in Ravenna and Coleman Travel Services in Kent, round-trip airfare to hotspots such as Mexico and Florida will be pricey all month due to cold Ohio weather and high ticket demand. (0) comments
Glory Days Water Street Tavern is ready to double in size. After purchasing 2,000 square feet of neighboring office space, Glory Days owner Mike Beder said he will expand his business to include a second bar, patio area, stage and small kitchen. Beder also plans to hire another full-time manager and 10 servers to help staff the additions, which should be open by the end of May. (0) comments
Michael Pfahl greeted every person at his meet-and-greet with a wide, gap-toothed smile and a warm hand shake. About 30 people showed up to the Kent Stage last night to meet the young man running for the Ward 5 city council seat. He looks like a Kent State student, but the 2000 graduate is 28. (0) comments
Commas, periods, MLA style, thesis statements and paper focuses. Every college student has to write papers for classes. But some just don't know where to begin. But that's where the Writing Center, which has been offering help to students for 40 years, steps in. (0) comments
No, it's not the latest "CSI" television spin-off, but rather a visit from Kent State's own Scott Lautanen. Lautanen is one of the main directors of the television hit series, "CSI: Miami," and is responsible for directing more episodes of the show than anyone else. (0) comments
Ross Miltner has a few perks attached to his job as the executive director of the Undergraduate Student Senate. He is the highest paid student leader on campus. He has a private office in the Student Center. He can buy a parking pass for the lot behind the library. (0) comments
Katie Hale, executive director candidate for the Undergraduate Student Senate, said she views the current student government as a pyramid — with students at the bottom. Hale said it is time to put student interests back at the top. In the past two years, Hale said the "power struggle between conflicting forces" in USS about issues, such as block funding and membership, has led to less of an initiative to cater to student interests. (0) comments
Preston Mitchum said, based on his loyalty to the Undergraduate Student Senate, he did not surprise anyone he knows by running for executive director — not even his mom. As a two-term senator, student advancement last year and now academic affairs, Mitchum said, in the figurative sense, he views USS as his "child. (0) comments