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Jewish musicians and music enthusiasts gathered under a white tent for an afternoon of food and music yesterday in Centennial Field. This was the first event hosted by ChaiPod, a group created to bring together Jewish students who share a love for music. (0) comments
Veterans will soon have a new place to hang their hats because Freedom House is getting a new facility. The Freedom House, a facility for homeless veterans, will still be located in Kent, but the new facility, which will have 14 beds, will be larger than the old and have five beds more than the current shelter. (1) comment
Tina Mann had a home. She could provide for her kids. She was getting by. Why would she - a young woman with a husband who earned not a lot, but enough - qualify for a home built by Habitat for Humanity? Partnering with the organization seemed like an impossibility, and Mann had to be assured she fit the criteria. (0) comments
Security during Halloween weekend is a major priority for Kent State and the city of Kent, and extra security measures will be taken to ensure students' safety. Kent State Police Chief John Peach said an increased number of officers will focus their efforts on campus throughout the weekend. (0) comments
Eventually, students may find it easier to graduate on time. Although still in the discussion stages, the provost's office is looking into what is tentatively named the Graduation Planning System, which would be a software program that would merge information from the course catalog, registration and KAPS reports. (0) comments
A Kent State professor hopes to return to Iraq, even after experiencing life-threatening difficulties there. Faiz Al-Alawy, associate professor of electronics and computer engineering and visiting scholar from Iraq, was forced to leave his home country in late 2005 because, he said, "many bad things started happening. (2) comments
The commander shouts, "What do you want?" The trainees respond, "More PT (physical training)!" The Commander says, "Why?" They respond, "I want the badge!" This is the start to a typical day of training at the Kent State Police Academy. The academy is in its first semester at the university, which is the result of a collaboration among the department of justice studies, the Office of Continuing Studies and the Brimfield Police Department. (0) comments
More than 100 years ago, an important debate was taking place in Kent. Merchants were suffering. At times, they couldn't get goods to their stores over the muddy and rutted roads. Customers, too, were having trouble making it to the shops. Kent was falling behind the times. (0) comments
Members of Undergraduate Student Senate expressed dissatisfaction with FlashFAST scheduling during yesterday's meeting. "The best thing about (FlashFAST) is you can use the back button," said Michael Hammond, senator for research and development. Kali Price, senator for academic affairs, who has also been working with the registrar's office and the new system, said she thinks FlashFAST is better than the previous system, Web For Students. (0) comments
BEIJING - China's first lunar probe streaked into an overcast sky Wednesday, joining a race to the moon that's swept up three Asian powers and posed a serious challenge to NASA five decades after the first space race began. A Long March 3-A rocket carrying the probe blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 6:05 p. (0) comments
The Center for Student Involvement is accepting applications for Week of Welcome 2008 coordinators through Nov. 2. Applications are available in the Center for Student Involvement, Room 226 in the Student Center. They can also be downloaded online at http://dept. (0) comments
How much is 321 liters of blood worth? $9,500 to LifeShare Community Blood Services. The non-profit organization that organizes on-campus blood drives, in coordination with the Office of Health Promotion and University Health Services, celebrated 11 of 19 recipients of $500 LifeShare scholarships yesterday with a presentation at DeWeese Health Center. (0) comments
Architectural structures such as eco-friendly "supertrees" and cone-shaped apartment buildings that exist only in the imagination are starting to become a reality, according to one London-based film and media production studio. Martin Hampton and Fooch Sung, members of the Squint/Opera design studio, spoke last night about their film projects to a packed Cartwright Hall last night. (0) comments
The Center for Student Involvement will hold a time management workshop at 2 p.m. in Room 318 of the Student Center. Janessa Imdorf, First Year Experience and Undergraduate Studies graduate assistant, said the workshop is catered toward freshmen who may be struggling to budget their time. (0) comments
Saturday is the 17th annual Make A Difference Day, the nation's largest day of volunteering to make communities stronger. Kent State is taking part in the event by holding a campus-wide food drive that started Oct. 10 and ends today. Kent State's goal is to collect 1,500 pounds of food to contribute to Portage County's goal of 15,000 pounds. (0) comments
Moving services supervisor Jeff Brewster is no stranger to moving a large desk from one lecture hall to another, or to the thrill of a race and the taste of victory. Brewster is a nationally recognized hydroplane racer at the pinnacle of his nearly 35-year career. (0) comments