Spring Break
No one was hurt when a fire badly damaged an East College Avenue home last night. Sgt. Sam Todd of the Kent Police Department said the cause of the fire at 241 E. College Ave. is unknown, and the investigation will continue today. (0) comments
Summer — a time to slow down, sit by the ocean and sip a drink from a glass with an umbrella in it. Maybe. It could also be a time to push yourself to new limits, tackle difficult challenges and learn leadership skills that will stay with you for a lifetime. (0) comments
Kent State is saturated throughout the surrounding city as much as any other feature of Kent, and that heritage is very obvious to local high school students at Kent Roosevelt High School. More than half of its seniors apply to Kent State and it's one of the university's top 10 feeder schools. (0) comments
Imagine a world in which people can constantly charge cell phones, iPods and computers simply by walking. Thanks to new technology called the bent-core liquid crystal, this world is not far away. "Imagine harvesting your legs' energy during walking to charge your cell phone," said James Gleeson, professor and assistant chair of the physics department. (0) comments
Move over Miss America, Kent State residence hall students have taken over the world of beauty pageants. Last night the Kent Interhall Council hosted its annual King and Queen of KIC where students showed how much talent and grace they really have in a beauty pageant-style competition. (0) comments
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and others affect more than 20 million people worldwide. Researchers at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine and Pharmacy in Rootstown, have been conducting research to develop a drug that could stop the processes that cause such diseases. (0) comments