Katherine Schaeffer

Since its founding in 1805, generations of colorful characters have called the City of Kent home. While some left tangible legacies, marking city streets and buildings with their names, others...

It’s Monday at 5 p.m. Vehicles cautiously pause at intersections along the mile-long section of East Summit Street bordering Kent State. Cars play follow the leader with PARTA buses’ routine...

Perched on Hilltop Drive is a row of Kent State’s most historic buildings — elegant century-old structures, separated by hilly expanses of lawn and shaded by trees older than the...

On Wednesday, April 2, Kent State ordered a campus-wide lockdown when a shot was fired in front of Bowman Hall. At first, the origin of the gunshot — fired during...

A nurse who cared for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan at a Dallas Hospital was diagnosed with the virus after visiting relatives in Tallmadge over the weekend, three of whom...

Upcoming A.L.I.C.E. workshops During the lockdown Wednesday after a student fired a shot that caused 10 police departments to respond to campus, Kent State officials cited officials, students and professors’...

With rumors swirling that College Fest, the annual block party thrown by College Ave. residents, might be making a comeback this Saturday after last year’s hiatus, Kent Police are preparing to keep...

The arraignment for the suspect involved in Wednesday night’s shooting incident has been cancelled for the second time because of medical concerns. Quavaugntay Tyler, a freshman criminology and justice studies...

From the controversy surrounding the Steubenville rape case to the public outcry when three young women escaped years of captivity on Cleveland’s west side, Ohio became the center of national...

Two months of polar vortices interspersed with seemingly unending snowstorms have taxed the United States’ cold weather resources, causing a sweeping salt shortage across the nation. As snowstorms continue into...

Red roses, candy hearts and teddy bears: all symbols of the idealized version of romance associated with Valentine’s Day. The holiday represents a common perception of what love should be,...

When sophomore fashion merchandising major Ashleigh Lentz exited a friend’s Eagles Landing apartment to find a tow truck idling in front of her car, she panicked. Lentz confronted the driver,...

Kent State cancelled classes on the Kent campus today after temperatures, forecasted to plunge below zero, got the attention of university officials. Officials made the announcement Monday afternoon with a...

A dark-colored Scion car crashed into the median at the intersection of Main and University streets at about 9:20 Tuesday morning.  Kent Police ushered traffic around the accident for about...

Mary Beth Tinker, lead plaintiff in a 1969 Supreme Court case which resulted in a decision on students’ free speech rights, will speak in the Student Center Ballroom at 9...

Victoria Humphreys attended her first funeral in the Arizona desert when she was in fourth grade. A traditional Pima burial, family and friends dug the grave, lowered the casket into...

The Oscar Ritchie Scholars Guild is already up and running, and it will eventually provide members with access to a variety of academic and career-advising services, as well as social...

Members of the LGBTQ community expressed themselves through painting, photography, spoken-word poetry and music at the “Queer Voices” art show Wednesday. The event, which took place in the Student Multicultural...

Karla Anhalt, while speaking to students, said minority identities often overlap. Anhalt, associate professor of lifespan development and education sciences, discussed multiple minority identities from a psychological perspective and shared...

Latin rhythms wafted from the upstairs of the Student Center Wednesday as a diverse group of students learned Latin dancing. About 30 students of all ethnic backgrounds partnered up, moving...