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Every class syllabus contains a professor's e-mail address, granting students easy - and quick - communication with their professors. "I think it's a good form of communication," said Elizabeth Brenda, freshman integrated health studies major. "You don't have to see them one-on-one or call them on the phone. (0) comments
This "mite" be the worst spelling error of all. Marnie Sanders, director of advising for the College of Business Administration, said one student sent his business and professional writing professor an e-mail saying he couldn't purchase the textbook in time to do the first assignment. (3) comments
In front of a raucous crowd of over 3,000 supporters chanting "We will, we will Barack you!" to the tune of the classic Queen song, Barack Obama laid out his plan for bailing the middle class out of their economic woes and spoke about how the United States needs to follow Toledo's example in the field of solar powered energy. (0) comments
President Lester Lefton knows little about what his Task Force on Sustainability might recommend, but he said solar panel backpacks for every undergraduate isn't an option. Most everything else is. "While I don't think we will be establishing a nuclear power plant on campus," he said, "I do think that we will try to use our energy even more efficiently than we currently do. (1) comment
A police officer from the Kent State Police Department will speak at the Black United Students meeting tonight. Dwayne Yates, BUS public relations chair, said the officer will explain the differences between the Kent Police Department and Kent State Police Department. (0) comments
A Kent State author and former chair of the department of accounting died at home last Sunday. Dick Brown began his career at Kent State in 1984. He served as the Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs for the College of Business Administration from 1991 to 1994 and had held his most recent position since 2000. (0) comments
Those X's on the ground aren't paths to buried treasure. Instead, the city is repairing nine streets' sidewalks during the next few weeks. Pat Homan, city engineering technician, said the process is moving along quickly, with the construction company only spending two to three days on each street. (0) comments
Costly projects like the Crain Avenue bridge and unexpected occurrences like severe storms, have wreaked havoc with Kent Public Service Department's plans for street maintenance and repairs. Four weeks since remnants of Hurricane Ike wiped through Ohio, the work on its destruction in Kent is not over. (0) comments
Students now have the opportunity to advance their knowledge about leadership through a new program. The Center for Student Involvement is offering a program this year called Emerging Leader. According to the program's syllabus, its purpose is to "help students new to the concept of being a leader learn and develop/enhance their personal leadership skills. (0) comments
The Portage Animal Protective League has operated with animals at half capacity for about two years, and due to the continued economic struggles and the foreclosure crisis, it recently had to turn to the county in hopes of lightening its financial load. The Ohio Revised Code says that the board of county commissioners can pay a monthly salary to the county humane officer from the county's general revenue funds that the board deems just and reasonable. (0) comments
Election Day is nearing, and among a host of local issues that voters will see on the ballot is Issue 35, a 2-mill renewal levy for the Portage County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. If it passes, the levy will provide $3.2 million - one-sixth of the revenue MRDD gets from property taxes within the county. (0) comments
A new scholarship that targets students pursuing fields related to biotechnology and biomedicine is part of a larger goal for the university. The scholarship is supported by the Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program. Students majoring in biotechnology, biological sciences, biological chemistry or physics with the biological sciences option can apply for this new scholarship this semester to be applied as early as Spring 2009. (0) comments
The Faculty Senate approved the establishment of a new academic department and degree program in the College of Arts and Sciences yesterday. The department of applied social and behavioral research will focus on community health issues in Northeast Ohio, such as violence, aging and mental health. (0) comments
Whether area voters support candidates Barack Obama or John McCain, their levels of satisfaction regarding their chosen candidate's performance over the last few weeks is as varied as their political views. Kent resident Gearin Mrofka, who works as a senior technician at Valvoline Instant Oil Change on East Main Street, is satisfied with Obama's reactions during this crisis, including his response to the government bailout plan. (0) comments
In a city nicknamed for it abundance of trees, a committee on campus is trying to inaugurate Kent State into Tree Campus USA, an organization supported by the National Arbor Day Foundation. Tree Campus USA is designed to encourage environmental awareness, tree management and energy conservation. (0) comments