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Students Looking to Vote

Students Looking to Vote

Anchor Intro: We are just one year away from having a new president and the faces of the candidates are starting to show. Many candidates are looking to the newest generation of voters to get them to Pennsylvania Avenue [bbrvideo]BBR_ALLAN_S6_President[/bbrvideo] The 2016 election season is upon us and candidates are out rallying for the millennial vote. millennial are people born between 1981 and 1997. They are the largest growing voting population according to Beneson Strategy group making them the focus…

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Dangers of Distracted Walking

Dangers of Distracted Walking

[bbrvideo]BBR_ALLAN_S5_TEXTING[/bbrvideo] Texting while driving isn’t the only dangerous activity involving a cellphone . A new study done by the pew charitable trust says distracted walking is one of the biggest causes with pedestrian injuries. Distracted walking is walking while texting, web browsing or listening to music. According to the study this could cause you to run into poles, fall off curbs and twist ankles. Kent state sophomore Jenna Myler knows first hands how distracted driving can cause injury. Myler said,“I’ve…

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Bus service headache for students

Bus service headache for students

[bbrvideo]BBR_ALLAN_S4_BUSPARTA[/bbrvideo] PARTA bus Service lets Kent State students zip around campus to get from class to class, building to building and parking lot to parking lot. It’s the University way of giving the students on and off campus transportation to over 50 bus stops and destinations. However, the promise that these buses come every 6-12 minutes isn’t always true. Just ask Kent State student David Nix.   Stand Up: You can catch the bus here here at the campus center…

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Keycards Lockout Students

Keycards Lockout Students

[bbrvideo]BBR_ALLAN_LOCKOUT[/bbrvideo] (Intro Objective) Kent State University prides itself on its campus safety. In the residence halls like Koonce Hall in Tri Tower students use Key cards to access their dorms letting only those who belong their in. However, for students like Zachary Kozyk these keys can become a burden if forgotten. (Sub. Track) “I am constantly locked out of my room and have been lost my keys 5 different times since being here for 3 and a half semesters.” (Stand Up) Students…

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Cold Not Likely to Close Kent

Cold Not Likely to Close Kent

[bbrvideo]BBR_ALLAN_S2_CLOSING[/bbrvideo] Anchor Intro Objective:Kent has experienced a winter for the record books. In just February the city of Kent had ten days that reached sub zero temperature with countless inches of snow coming with it. For local school districts this weather meant many cancellations and delays but it wasn’t the same story for Kent State students. The campus only delayed twice in February and closed once. This made for a chilly walk for students headed to class and left junior…

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Weather Dangerous for Students

Weather Dangerous for Students

[bbrvideo]BBR_Allan_S1_Sidewalk[/bbrvideo] Anchor Intro: Jack Frosts clutch is on Kent State. The university has been experiencing a winter for the record books with extreme snowfall and record low temperatures. this has caused a headache for students who rely on the constant icy sidewalks to get to class and for junior Kim Zimmerman this headache has become slippery and dangerous. Kim Zimmerman: I just fell on the ice and I scratched my leg and my hand and a bruise on my other hand and scratched…

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Cold Weather Making Sidewalks Hazardous for Students

Cold Weather Making Sidewalks Hazardous for Students

[bbrvideo]BBR_Allan_P4_SidewalkSlug[/bbrvideo] Snow is great for building snowmen and ice is great to skate on, but neither are good for students. Students around Kent State have been slipping and sliding their way to class on the campuses sidewalks. The university uses 10 trucks and 20 groundskeepers to clear these 22 miles of sidewalk after a winter storm . But their efforts don’t seem enough to satisfy students around campus as there are still large amounts ice on the sidewalks long after…

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Ombuds Know Student Issues

Ombuds Know Student Issues

Where do you go when you have a student issue on campus but don’t know where to go? Dr. Jennifer Kulics, Student Ombuds, is the person for you. She is an authority on my beat, student issues. I sat down with her to get a scope of the issues students are facing here at Kent State. “I advocate for a fair process for student issues,” Dr. Kulic said,” but not advocate for an outcome” Dr. Kulic’s office gives students a…

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Students finding time to eat healthy on a busy schedule

Students finding time to eat healthy on a busy schedule

With more than a dozen dining locations on campus, students are finding themselves with barely enough time to eat between a full day of classes. Worse than that,  they’re faced with long lines to get food at almost every dining location as well. TV-2 reporter Kourtney Burns decided to get in line and see for herself how long it actually takes. [bbrvideo width=”350″ float=”left” caption=”Busy students at Kent State with jam-packed schedules try to find time to eat healthy throughout…

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