Broadcast Reporting

Free Naloxone cabinets could be coming to Kent State University. Naloxone, also known as NARCAN, is a medication that can reverse a drug overdose caused by an opioid drug (heroin, fentanyl or prescription pain medications). Drug overdose can cause serious, harmful symptoms or death. On Feb. 15, a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted unanimously to recommend the agency allow the nasal version of Naloxone to be available over-the-counter. Feb. 21, a collaboration was announced between RecoveryOhio, the Ohio Department…

Read More Read More

Picture it, you are a first-year student in college, it is Sunday night, you are out with your friends relaxing after a stressful week of college, exams, homework, and new projects, etc. you look down at your phone and see that it is currently 11 pm. When suddenly you remember, you forgot that last test that you were supposed to take, it was worth 30% of your grade. Now the stress comes back, and you start to take deep and…

Read More Read More

Published March 2 2023 9:15am. By: Kennedy Webb-Glenn All over the world people in the U.S. need health care to live well. They need it to stay healthy when common colds, the flu, even pandemics such as COVID come about. From season to season the environment and culture within we reside changes. Due to high inflation and high cost of living people must spend more money that they may not have. According to Pew Research Center about 83% Americans believe…

Read More Read More

Imagine you are worried about your friend’s mental health and decide to call a hotline and ask for help. What do you anticipate as a response? Do you believe they will give you the necessary resources and equipment to help them? Or would you expect a police officer to force him into a mental health facility? “Consider the scenario in which you visit your mother and say, ‘I’m going to kill myself by slitting my wrists with a knife.’ you…

Read More Read More

“My wife and I were watching a movie at home, and then we heard some sirens,” finance/development committee chairman Robert Runnion said.  “We looked out the window, and the sky was orange.” That was the scene on Feb. 3 when a Norfolk train carrying hazardous material was traveling through East Palestine, Ohio, derailed.   Runnion left his house to head into the town to do whatever he could to help.  “I was talking to a few of the officers that were…

Read More Read More

The blackout rage gallon (BORG) rose to viral fame in 2020 and has since become the Gen Z drink of choice.  The BORG is a gallon jug filled with half water and half alcohol and flavored with electrolytes and caffeine mixers. Some say this is a safer approach to binge drinking, but many health and safety questions remain.  One Kent State student, who asked to remain anonymous to avoid being associated with binge drinking, explained how he prepares a BORG. …

Read More Read More

The transfer portal has burst onto the scene of college football. Coaches are taking advantage of this game-changing resource, as they choose to fill out their rosters with experienced players rather than take a chance on a graduating high school player.   The NCAA refers to the transfer portal as a “tool to systemically manage the transfer process from start to finish.” USA Today’s Tom Schad put it best by saying, “It’s a database.”  Players put their names into a website,…

Read More Read More