Mental Health: A World of Stigma

Mental Health: A World of Stigma

Mental health is a highly talked about topic. From personal conversation, to a media takeover. Mental health contributes to how we feel, act, and socialize. It controls how we make decisions, and relate to others. More than 50% of people will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder at some point in their life.  There are a lot of stereotypes around each mental illness or disorder. Depression has been associated with laziness. Anxiety has been called cowardly. Personality disorders…

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Pets Need Homes Too

Pets Need Homes Too

By: Skylar Edington An increase in abandoned animals has become very common after the 2020 Covid pandemic. With many families and workers being laid off from work, inflation, and even employees going back to work, it has become a widespread problem. During the 2020 pandemic many families had a desire to have a pet because they were home for almost an entire year. Many people find comfort in animals and being alone for so long made people purchase pets. With…

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NEW HOME

NEW HOME

As we all know, college can be very stressful for students. Adjusting to a new place, new people, and new experiences can prove to be very challenging. Now imagine you having to face these same changes in a completely new country. Laura Lee, a student here at Kent state, doesn’t have to imagine it, it’s her reality.

First Generation Sophomore business management student Kenderick Xongmixay has found a way to make Kent State a home. He might have grown up close to Kent, but his roots are from much farther. Kenderick was born and raised in Akron, Ohio where he shared his passion for soccer with his highschool teammates. He grew up with three half siblings on his dad’s side and two half siblings on his moms side.  Kendericks parents gave birth to him in Akron but…

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Who is Kent State? Greenhouse turned Conservation Club

Who is Kent State? Greenhouse turned Conservation Club

Kent, Ohio – Third semester senior Megan Homison is a botany major at Kent State who has been interested in plants and conservation since she was a kid. When she first came to campus as a freshman, she was focused on finding a safe comfortable place where she felt she belonged. Thanks to a successful tour she found a home in the greenhouse that was on campus. She immediately wanted to get involved in any way that she could. One…

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Unapologetically Jewish

Unapologetically Jewish

Helen Gaffney, 22, a proud Jewish woman and a deep feminist, finds a community that reenforces her activism and belief in her faith at Kent State. Most days Helen can be found on Summit Street at the Cohn Jewish Student Center, working late nights at the reception desk or relaxing in the lounge with two or three close friends. Helen is a minority on campus, because she is Jewish and a woman. Approximately 1,500 students make up the Jewish community…

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Playing in the states but in her international ways

Playing in the states but in her international ways

February 9, 2023 Kyle Kuchta People from foreign countries even know about Kent State. One of those people was an athlete from the Netherlands. A golfer who is on the women’s team, plays here at Kent State University. Her name in Mayka Hoogeboom who is in her senior year at KSU who is majoring in mass communications. She has come a long way from her hometown which is located in Voorschoten Netherlands where she started competing for the Dutch National…

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From Big City New York to Rural Ohio: The Style That Never Changed

From Big City New York to Rural Ohio: The Style That Never Changed

Being his own person has never been a problem for Adison Colin. Colin, who was born and raised just outside of Brooklyn, took the big steps his freshman year of college when he decided to name Kent his home. A senior in the entrepreneurship program, Colin has always stood out among his peers whether it be for the better or worse. “I think that there’s a lot less diversity here and because I have such a unique look, everybody always…

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First year, first gen and the weight of the world

First year, first gen and the weight of the world

Shakur Cistrunk started college last semester with high expectations for himself. Being a first-generation college student, he feels “the weight of the world” to achieve.  Cistrunk grew up in Akron, Ohio with five siblings. Throughout his life, he found his community through music. He learned to play the trumpet in fifth grade. He first found a passion for the instrument when he discovered jazz. “Originally when I first started to play the trumpet, I really didn’t like it. It just…

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