WKSU Fund Drive

WKSU Fund Drive

[bbrvideo]BBR_Dillon_S3_WKSU[/bbrvideo] WKSU’s Fund drive helps the station provide money to the station to help it running, here is Jamie Dillon with the story. Natural Sound: Host Telling the phone number to the listeners WKSU, a non-profit radio station held a fund drive this past weekend, to help get money to help keep the station running. Volunteers come in and take pledges from people in the community. Senior receptionist Maranda Shrewsberry told me what the Fund Drive meant to her. Interview…

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Free Blue Books

Free Blue Books

ANCHOR INTRO: It is midterms week on Kent State University’s campus, and that means students are neck deep in exams. Some students will be responsible for a small examination booklet called a Blue Book that is sold for 35 cents in the campus bookstore. Though these booklets cost little to nothing at all, Kent State USG saw an opportunity to help its students. Reporter Justin McKinney has the story. [bbrvideo]BBR_McKinney_S3_Blue[/bbrvideo] “That was the sound of someone buying a Blue Book…

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Design Team Wins Audience Choice Award

Design Team Wins Audience Choice Award

The audience at Rock the Runway participated in choosing the winner of the show. [bbrvideo]BBR_Booker_S3_RockRun[/bbrvideo] The 11th annual Rock the Runway Fashion Show took place this past Saturday at Kent State University. Seventeen design teams competed for the grand prize of a $2500 scholarship. One design team, The East Coast Dolls, had a design trio. According to Fashion Design student Melanie Martin, the name of the group is a combination of all the designers living on the east coast and one…

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Police Academy prepares students

Police Academy prepares students

[bbrvideo]BBR_Kilnapp_s3_hiring[/bbrvideo] “We can’t have liars here, so we’re not gonna hire you.” The Kent State Police Academy holds over one hundred and fifty students who hope to make it through and land a law enforcement job. Once they have graduated is when the hard part starts, the process to get hired in a city like Kent, is a long, difficult one. Potential candidates are weeded out through a written test, physical test, 17 page history packet, background investigation, polygraph and…

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Store Changes Location

Store Changes Location

The Fashion School Store in Downtown Kent will move to a new location. [bbrvideo]BBR_S2_Booker_FStore[/bbrvideo] Welcome to the Fashion School Store located in Downtown Kent. Run by faculty member, Karey Christie, the store not only houses student work, but also alumni and staff member products. According to Christie, the store will be getting more than just a change of location. “The space is shaped differently. Its long and narrow instead of much more square shaped. We are going to have a…

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Student helps foster children

Student helps foster children

[bbrvideo]BBR_Evangelist_S2_Fostercare[/bbrvideo] Anchor Intro: One Kent State student is looking to give back to children who are currently in foster care. TV2’s Jarrod Evangelist has the story. Meet Keri Richmond, a Sophomore Public Relations major at Kent State. As a young child, Keri was in foster care until she was 5 years old and knows the difficulties it brings. While looking for an internship this past November, Keri learned of an opportunity to become an advocate for kids who shared the problems…

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Cold Not Likely to Close Kent

Cold Not Likely to Close Kent

[bbrvideo]BBR_ALLAN_S2_CLOSING[/bbrvideo] Anchor Intro Objective:Kent has experienced a winter for the record books. In just February the city of Kent had ten days that reached sub zero temperature with countless inches of snow coming with it. For local school districts this weather meant many cancellations and delays but it wasn’t the same story for Kent State students. The campus only delayed twice in February and closed once. This made for a chilly walk for students headed to class and left junior…

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JMC New Curriculum

JMC New Curriculum

[bbrvideo]BBR_Young_S2_JMC[/bbrvideo]   Anchor Lead: As Kent State students prepare to register for Fall semester classes, there is a major shake-up within the school of Journalism and Mass Communication. Reporter Jake Young has more… Could a change in the JMC’s curriculum affect these students and their path to graduation? Starting in the fall 2015 semester, Kent State’s journalism program will undergo major curriculum changes. No longer will there be individual majors such as broadcast, photo and magazine journalism. Instead, students will…

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Tragedy to Triumph

Tragedy to Triumph

Anchor One: A Buckeye Legend turned felon turned family man visited Kent last night. Anchor Two: TV2 Reporter Max Fleck has his story and how he’s now affecting the people who listen to him.   [bbrvideo]BBR_Fleck_S2_TragedyToTriumph[/bbrvideo]   NAT SOUND of 2002 National Championship   In one play, Maurice Clarett was able to establish himself as a Buckeye legend, but when you achieve fame that young, you may not be mature enough to handle it.   Maurice Clarett: If I wanted to…

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Students in Departments Decisions

Students in Departments Decisions

Anchor Intro: Black or Pan-African Studies programs across the country share many of the same core values. What are those values and what makes Kent Sates so unique? Reporter Savanna McCarthy has the answer.   [bbrvideo]BBR_McCarthy_S2_Ritchie2[/bbrvideo]   The Pan African Studies Department of Kent State University is unique in many ways. One in particular being that its one of the only Pan African Studies programs in the US that has it own building, Oscar Ritchie Hall. Why you ask? Students…

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