Credit hour cap impacts music students

Credit hour cap impacts music students

[bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_S3_Blue_Music[/bbrvideo] Music majors at Kent State University are encouraged to take as many ensembles as possible for experience, and they often need to take anywhere from 17 – 20 credit hours a semester just to graduate on time. However, the credit cap can make this difficult. Kent State charges $440 for every credit hour registered over 16 hours. “I think it forces students to be pre-packaged…it doesn’t allow for a divergent way of going about their education. It gives…

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Construction Is Needed

Construction Is Needed

Summit Street is one of the most congested roadways in Portage county. The flow of traffic is a constant problem on a day to day basis. As the road’s level of service is terrible, the city has found a way to renovate the road to help the flow of traffic. Zach Downes reports.   [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S3_DOWNES_SUMMITSTREET[/bbrvideo]   Summit Street in Kent, Ohio sees a lot of heavy traffic on a normal day. The road is up for reconstruction and will…

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Study Abroad Impacts Future?

Study Abroad Impacts Future?

Students at Kent State University recently returned from their summers abroad, but are students just having a good time or are their experiences impacting their futures? TV2’s Henna Thornberry has the story. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S3_Thornberry_Education[/bbrvideo] Hundreds of students go abroad every semester at Kent State University. Kent State sponsors over 150 programs and 820 students participate every year. Some of the programs range from 10 days to a summer session to a full semester or year abroad. Head of Education Abroad…

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Arena relies on ice

Arena relies on ice

With hockey gaining momentum in Northeast Ohio, the Kent State ice arena is one on of the few facilities that can support the high demand. For more on the Kent State ice arena and it’s operations, we go to Raymond Ross. [bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_S3_ROSS_ICE[/bbrvideo] Most students at Kent State University walk past the ice arena and don’t think twice. In fact, the majority of students won’t step inside the facility during their time on the Kent State campus. If you’re one of…

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University calms fears

University calms fears

Fear of the Ebola virus hit close to home this week when we learned the second Ebola patient, Amber Vinson, visited family in Tallmadge over the weekend. This visit included three Kent State employees. TV2’s Paige Katrinchak has the details on who they could’ve come into contact with and how the university is responding. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S3_Katrinchak_EBOLA[/bbrvideo] Fear of the Ebola virus struck close to home for those in Northeast Ohio this week. The second person to contract the virus in…

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Greenhouse Starts Initiatives

Greenhouse Starts Initiatives

According to a new poll,  76% of Millennials say they are more environmentally focused  than 24% of their parents’ generation who said the same thing. Kent State University’s environmental programs are increasing their sustainability objectives so students learn in a new way. Reporter Rachel Godin has the story. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S3_GODIN_SUSTAINABILITY[/bbrvideo] Inconspicuously situated between Kent State University’s Cunningham hall and library is the foggy-paned Herrick Conservatory. Not only is the facility home to an international diversity of cacti and carnivorous and tropical plants;…

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Cruisers regulate temperature

Cruisers regulate temperature

A Medina township police department grabbed headlines last month, but for all the wrong reasons. Tyler Trill has more on how Kent State Police won’t make the same mistake. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S3_Trill_Canines[/bbrvideo] Police canines made headlines throughout the last five months, but for all the wrong reasons. Four canines died in the back of a police cruiser, suffering from heat stroke. In June, a canine died in Arizona. Another police dog died in Wyoming in august, and another in North Carolina…

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Environmental rights bill causes debate

Environmental rights bill causes debate

ANCHOR LEAD: One of the most notable topics of this year’s election is Kent’s Issue 21, an environmental rights bill that has led to a great deal of debate and could have major ramifications for the city. TV2’s Tyler Carey has the story. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S2_CAREY_KERG[/bbrvideo] A ballot initiative in Kent known formally as Issue 21 is causing quite a stir. The issue deals with what is known as the Kent Community Bill of Rights, a set of rules and regulations…

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Students Discover Disc Golf Course

Students Discover Disc Golf Course

In Kent, Ohio a recent addition to Kent State University’s campus is helping students get active in a new, unique way. Michael Lopick is here to tell us how disc golf is giving students a fun method to blow off steam between classes. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S2_LOPICK_DISC[/bbrvideo]     Kent State University grew again with the addition of Flash Drive, a new disc golf course open to students and the surrounding community. The course, which had its grand opening on Sunday, Sept….

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Visual Arts Under One Roof

Visual Arts Under One Roof

Students get their fill of inconvenient construction these days on Kent’s Campus, but one construction site has Visual Arts students jumping for joy. TV2’S Kayla Hodge is here with more details…. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S2_HODGE_ARTS[/bbrvideo]   On Thursday October 9, 2014 Kent State University welcomed members of the community to come and celebrate the ground breaking of the new Center for the Visual Arts. This Event which was free and open to the public, was held on the second floor Cartwright Hall…

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