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Students share First-year Experience

Students share First-year Experience

Anchor Intro: Shower heads could make or break a day for some students at Kent State University. First-year students at KSU experience college life differently. From students having the most upgraded room in residence halls to a room that needs a lot of work. Reporter Amaka Uwagba spoke to a few students and they shared their first year experience in the residence halls. [bbrvideo]BBR_ONWUAMA_S8_FIRST-YEAR[/bbrvideo] “I really liked it and i think especially because in Prentice you have to share a…

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Room Rates Spiral

Room Rates Spiral

Anchor Intro: The Board of Trustees at Kent State University met March 11, 2015, to discuss the room rates in the Residence halls. [bbrvideo]BBR_ONWUAMA_S7_RATES[/bbrvideo] The average room rates went up about 3.9 percent, the basic rate, which is the university’s cost of attendance went up about 3.99 percent. A few reasons why they decided to raise the room rates will be due to cost of services, cost of staff, personnel utilities and major renovations in the halls. Director of Residence…

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A Sibs Getaway

A Sibs Getaway

Don’t just enjoy a single day of National Siblings Day. How about an entire weekend of entertainment with Kent State University. Kent State students and their Lil’ sibs were in full swing from 10th-12th of April celebrating with family. [bbrvideo]BBR_ONWUAMA_S6_SIBS_7[/bbrvideo] The weekend offers a full plan of programs and event.  Saturday presents a spa day at Eastway featuring  artists  face, and henna artists. In addition there will be inflatables at Eastway Center and a magician. Vice president of programming and…

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Magic within an RA

Magic within an RA

[bbrvideo]BBR_Onwuama_S5_RA[/bbrvideo] There are multiple benefits of living in residence halls but there is a particular benefit that 200 students would like to have, and that is cutting their tuition in half by getting free room and board, and a stipend. Randal Brown is one of the 200 students at Kent State University who is hoping to be a Residence Assistant for the year 2015-2016. ” I think working with people from all different walks of life will just better me as…

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Recyclemania Helps Students be Green

Recyclemania Helps Students be Green

Ancho Intro Kent State University encourages students, faculty and staff to recycle. Every year during the spring semester there is a competition that goes on between the residence halls on campus regarding how much each hall can recycle the most. The leading hall gets a grand prize of two-hundred dollars. This competition is called Recyclemania. But the main question is do students really know what Recyclemania means? [bbrvideo]BBR_ONWUAMA_S4_RECYCLEMANIA_1[/bbrvideo] Subjective Track “I just never have heard of it, I feel like…

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Mr. Bozeman speech

Mr. Bozeman speech

Anchor Intro Clarence Bozeman, former driver of Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech at Kent State University Wednesday evening. In 1958 as a college student in Alabama State University he won the job of been the personal driver of Martin Luther King. From 1958 to 1959 Bozeman drove Dr. King and his wife to speech engagements in Alabama. The retired Maple Heights school teacher shared his experience with students. [bbrvideo]BBR_Onwuama_S3_Bozeman[/bbrvideo] Standup As you can see behind me students are…

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Student housing renovations

Student housing renovations

Kiana Ford is a sophomore at Kent State studying Early Childhood Education. After living in Wright Hall that is well renovated with air conditioner and carpet last school year and then moving to Dunbar with no carpet and no air condition she did not think changing dorms will be a big deal, but she believes some of the student housing on campus need to be upgraded. [bbrvideo]BBR_Onwuama_S2_Renovation[/bbrvideo] In Prentice students will be able to control the room temperature by switching…

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Allerton close down

Allerton close down

Kent State student Liliana Rincon will not be cooking any more meals for her 10-year-old son Alvaro here at Allerton Apartment. The family will have to find a new place to call home when the apartments close in July. [bbrvideo]BBR_Uwagba_S1_Allerton[/bbrvideo] Director of Residence Services Jill Church is not too happy about the apartment shutting down, but she believes it needs to be done. “We know that the buildings over there are not in the condition that will serve students well.”…

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Allerton shuts down

Allerton shuts down

Kent State student Liliana Rincon will not be cooking anymore meals for her 10-year-old son Alvaro here at Allerton Apartment. The family will have to find a new place to call home when the apartments close in July. [bbrvideo]BBR_Onwuama_S1_Allerton[/bbrvideo] Sixty-five Kent State students will be losing their homes by July. The Allerton Apartment complex has been phased out for the past five years and this summer will be its last. The university decided it is best to tear down the…

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Allerton shuts down

Allerton shuts down

[bbrvideo]BRR_Onwuama_P4_Allerton[/bbrvideo] Sixty-five Kent State students will be losing their homes by July 2015. Lillian Rincon from Colombia currently lives in Allerton.She is a Kent State student studying English as a second language. She lives in Allerton with her husband and her 10 year old son Alvaro. She has been living in Allerton for 6 months but she will have to find a new home once Allerton shuts down. The university decided it is best to tear down the buildings because…

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