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Kent State airport seeks upgrades

Kent State airport seeks upgrades

The university is working on a plan to determine the future of the Kent State Airport A public meeting will be held at Stow-Munroe High School this Thursday evening at 6. TV2’s Lauren Blue has the story. [bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_S7_Blue_Airport[/bbrvideo] The Kent State airport needs to update airport facilities in order to meet new standards set by the Federal Aviation Administration. The required updates do not affect flight safety, however, the upgrades are needed to continue operating at FDA standards. In…

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Poetry has a home at Kent State

Poetry has a home at Kent State

The Wick Poetry Center is settling into their new home and reaching out to students and the community in the historical May Prentice house that was renovated and moved to the Esplanade. TV2’s Lauren Blue has the story. [bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_S6_Blue_Poetry[/bbrvideo] Poetry has a new home at Kent State. The Wick Poetry Center has grown from what was originally a poetry scholarship into one of the only university backed poetry centers in the country. The new space was the former home…

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Untold Kent Halloween Part 2

Untold Kent Halloween Part 2

Rumors are swirling about the activity that took place on College Street during this year’s Kent Halloween. Reporter Julie Selby investigates the claims of use of force on Kent Halloween. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S6_Selby_Redo2[/bbrvideo] It was a mass of drunken students that caused chaos on October 25th, Kent Halloween. Students massed on College Street during the annual festivities. The crowd turned rowdy as fights broke out and a few of the 100 plus police officers in Kent took action. Lieutenant Jim Prusha…

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MAC’s high usage

MAC’s high usage

The Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center may be one of the busiest building on Kent State’s campus. Open since 1952, the facility is home to five KSU varsity athletics. Heres Raymond Ross with more about the highly used venue. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S6_ROSS_MAC[/bbrvideo] The Memorial Athletic and Convocation center sits at the heart of Kent State’s campus and some would say is the heart of KSU athletics. The arena was built in 1952 and can seat 6,327 fans. The MAC was named in…

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CreateAthon provides experience

CreateAthon provides experience

One group of students at Kent State participated in a designing event on Friday to help out organizations in the community. The students showed how all it takes is one idea and a few creative minds to make something worthwhile. TV2’s Paige Katrinchak reports…creating a design can become a challenge when you put time on the clock. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S6_Katrinchak_CreateAthon[/bbrvideo] Visual communication design students had the fourth floor of the library all to themselves early on Friday morning. The students sat…

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Untold Kent Halloween Part 1

Untold Kent Halloween Part 1

As most students were downtown on Kent Halloween, one student finds some unusual visitors in a campus building late at night. Reporter Julie Selby has more. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S5_Selby_Access[/bbrvideo] Chances are that most Kent State students were downtown than in campus buildings in the late hours of October 25th and early morning hours of the 26th, Kent Halloween. Student Melinda Stephan was working on a project in Franklin Hall, Kent’s journalism building, around 1 a.m. on October 26th when Stephan says…

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Drag Show Brings Crowd

Drag Show Brings Crowd

Over the weekend Kent State held it’s annual drag show as a part of sex week. TV2’s Lauren Blue has the story… [bbrvideo width=“475”]BBR_S5_Blue_DragShow[/bbrvideo] Students embraced the energy of performers like Blair Vinova over the weekend in Kent State’s drag show. Singing, dancing and audience participation are just one part of the show that is put on yearly during sex week. Emily Nighswander is Vice President of Kent Interhall Council and was in charge of planning sex week; which includes…

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Kitchen Reaches Community

Kitchen Reaches Community

With the holidays drawing nearer, not everyone has holiday feasts to look forward to. But one campus organization at Kent State University is doing something to make sure no one in their community goes hungry. TV2’s Henna Thornberry has the story. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_Thornberry_S5_Kitchen[/bbrvideo] The holidays are a busy time for people with lots of good food to look forward to. However, not everyone in the Kent community have meals on their tables everyday. One Kent State University organization is doing…

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Occupants fear growth

Occupants fear growth

Kent State’s expansion of its campus has locals fearful that their house may be bought out. Tyler Trill has more. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S5_Trill_Lincoln[/bbrvideo] Fences are beginning to become a part of the neighborhood on South Lincoln Street in Kent. The fencing  marks off the future homes for the architecture building and an alumni relations headquarters. “They’re coming closer,” Judy Smith, Lincoln Street resident said. “I think there’s about four properties that they do not have.” Smith owns two houses on the…

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Kent Honors Veterans

Kent Honors Veterans

With Veterans day upon us, it is time to honor and remember those who fought for our freedom and for the past 40+ years Kent State has always done its part to honor those veterans. This year is no different, not only is Kent recognizing this special day by closing down the campus on Tuesday November 4, 2014 but they are also having their Annual Veterans Day Program. TV2’S Kayla Hodge is here with more details on this special event….

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