state – Broadcast Reporting

Anchor Intro: Today was a special event here at the university. It isn’t everyday that a new building opens and it certainly isn’t everyday that its opening was celebrated in this way. Reporter Chip Reid shares with us the grand opening. [bbrvideo]BBR_Reid_S8_Opening[/bbrvideo] Today at 12 o’clock, the Center for Undergraduate Excellence hosted their “B-B Cue” and everyone was welcome to attend. The party was a stop along Kent State president Beverly Warren during her inauguration week. “I think she’s a…

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A Place for Undergrads

April 15, 2015 Connor Reid

[bbrvideo]BBR_Reid_S6_Undergraduates[/bbrvideo] [Anchor Intro] A new student-friendly facility has been up and running for almost a month now? Many Kent State students are not aware of this resource that is available for them. [Story] The Center for Undergraduate Excellence was completed while many students were on Spring Break. The building interconnects the Olson and Lake Hall dormitories and serves as the headquarters for undergrad studies at Kent’s main and branch campuses. “All of the services that we offer are ones…

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Student Loans an Issue

April 8, 2015 Connor Reid

[bbrvideo]BBR_Reid_S5_Loans[/bbrvideo] Anchor Intro: One of the things most synonymous with a four year college are student loans. Reporter Chip Reid tells shows us how students and the office of financial aid are dealing with their loans. At Kent State, 3 out of 4 people will take out some sort of student loan before they graduate. However, the number of graduates who have either yet to pay or are unable to pay their loans is 12% at the university. If the…

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Demolition of Allerton

March 4, 2015 Connor Reid

[bbrvideo]BBR_Reid_S2_Allerton[/bbrvideo] [Anchor Intro] A place of residence that has been at the university for over fifty years is soon to be nothing but green grass. Reporter Chip Reid has more on the story. Hearing nothing but the wind and seeing few people is common at the Allerton Apartment Complex. The number of residents has been decreasing for years. The Allerton Apartments were constructed in the early 1960s and now primarily serves as a home for students with families and international…

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The Online Classroom Experience

March 2, 2015 Jacob Derwin

The number of Kent State students enrolled in online classrooms increases by the hundreds every year. What have been some of these students’ experiences? Jacob Derwin has the story. [bbrvideo]BBR_DERWIN_S2_ONLINE[/bbrvideo] According to the Office of Continuing and Distance Education, 40 percent of Kent State students are enrolled in at least one online class. Lauren Pankiw: “Analytic Geometry & Calculus 1” Garret Waugh: “Literature & English 1” Beau Kuhn: “I have one class that is not online.” But how do people…

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