Health

Health

Health effects everyone, whether that means physically, mentally or emotionally. The DeWeese Health Center on Kent State University campus specifically caters to students with health issues. I met with Angela Dejulius, the director of University Health Services, and she shared with me many of the issues they deal with at the health center. Dejulius advised me to speak with Scott Dotterer, the office of Health Promotion and Dr. Pam Faser-Singleton,the Chief Psychologist, in addition to speaking with her. In speaking…

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The Beat of Theatre

The Beat of Theatre

My beat for Broadcast Beat Reporting is the Kent State University Theatre. The beat will focus on the students, faculty, performances, and the creation that makes up the Kent State theatre. There are multiple stories within the theatre. The first story coming up is the musical My Heart is the Drum. Directed by Terri Kent, the Director of Musical Theatre. The musical is brand new to the National Alliance for Musical Theatre and has a mostly African American cast. The…

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Getting the executive treatment

Getting the executive treatment

If you have ever wondered who is in charge of running Kent State University you need only look to the executive offices. The executive offices here at Kent State consist of the President and her cabinet. Beverly Warren is the President of Kent State University and a few of her cabinet members are Todd Diacon, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, Alfreda Brown, Vice President for Diversity, Equality and Inclusion, and Greg Jarvie Vice President For Enrollment Management…

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TV2’s Continued Growth

TV2’s Continued Growth

By: Jamie Dillon What if I told you the General Manager Kent’s TV2 has a major of Criminology to go along with Broadcast Journalism? Junior at Kent State, Vivian Feke, is the current General Manager at TV2 and has numerous tasks at the station. Feke sat down in an interview with me detailing all her jobs and responsibilities she does, while helping me further my understanding of my beat. My beat is the media at Kent State and I thought…

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Parking and Transportation

Parking and Transportation

Parking and Transportation is a beat that deals with almost every single student that attends Kent State.  Everyone commutes, has a car on campus, rides the bus, rides a bike, or walks.  It is a beat that will definitely not have a shortage of stories. I have already spoken to and met with a few of my contacts in the beat and plan to search for more.  I met with the manager at Parking Services, Larry Emling, who was very…

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Student Debt and Consumer

Student Debt and Consumer

My beat for the course Broadcast Beat Reporting is “Student Debt and Consumer”, and I will mainly focus on the financial side of things here at Kent State as far as students go. I will look into topics such as financial aid, overall debt numbers, as well as affording life away from campus. My Key Decision Maker is Greg Jarvie, the Vice President of College Enrollment and Student Affairs at Kent State University. He oversees day-to-day operations of everything from…

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Women Don’t Rule Fashion

Women Don’t Rule Fashion

Women are not the only queens of fashion. There has been a stronger thrust into the fashion industry from the opposite gender. According to Kasia Gibbs, President of Modista Fashion Club at Kent State, there are a few men that see “fashion as their passion”. Women may cover the Fashion School at Kent State, but men have also invaded the school as well. Project Runway winner, Suede, is one of the most prominent men in fashion. The Kent State Alumni…

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Greek Lifestyle

Greek Lifestyle

-Greek Lifestyle Greek Life has many connotations to it, some positive some negative. Most people who are not affiliated with Greek Life assume that all the guys are only looking to sleep with girls, and all the girls are stuck up. It is assumed that if you’re apart of Greek life that you’re rich and are paying for friendship. Members of the Greek community beg to differ when it comes to the negativity shed upon their chapters. Often lashing out…

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University Expansion May Lead to Community Conflict

University Expansion May Lead to Community Conflict

In Kent, Ohio business has never been better for Kent State University, with two new multi-million dollar buildings in the works to accommodate growing academic needs. While this expansion may be positive for the university, some students and surrounding community members are less than happy with the construction’s consequences. Michael Lopick is here to tell us more…   [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S8_LOPICK_HOUSES[/bbrvideo]   To some, the constant construction just outside Kent State University’s campus is the sound of progress, but for others…

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Study finds nationwide students are not graduating in four years

Study finds nationwide students are not graduating in four years

A new study finds students are taking more than four years to complete their undergraduate degrees. TV2’s Lauren Blue has the story. [bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_S8_Blue_Graduation[/bbrvideo] Kent State’s graduation is December 13th, but students nationwide are taking more than four years to complete their bachelor’s degree. A new report from the nonprofit group Complete College America estimates that nationwide only 36% of full time students at major US public universities are graduating in four years. In Ohio it is only slightly higher…

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