Kent State

May 4, 1970: National Guardsmen Kill Four Students At Kent State, 'The Most Popular Murders Ever Committed in America'

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Alan Canfora, Stills, National Guard, James Rhodes, University of California Davis, Ronald Reagan, Student Protest, Department of Justice, Kent May 4 Center, John Pike, Kent State University Massacre, Yale University Library, Neil Young, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Video, Vietnam War, Kent State Shooting, Kent State, Kent State University, Politics News
Jesse Kornbluth

Kent State is America's Tiananmen Square. The photo of a young girl kneeling over the body of a dead student is etched on our collective retinas. But all these years later, it is still hard to comprehend. There is no resolution of this tragedy.

Read Post

WATCH: SWAT Team Breaks Up Massive College Party With Teargas

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: College Fest, College Fest Videos, Kent State, College Fest Party, Kent State University, Craziest College Parties, Tear Gas, Video, Kent State College Fest Video, Kent State College Fest, Kent State Party, Crazy College Party, SWAT Team, Ohio College Students, Slidepollajax, College News

Have you ever attended a party so wild a SWAT team had to break it up? On April 21, 33 people were arrested after an annual block party to celebra...

Read Whole Story

Justice Department Responds To Victim Of 1970 Shootings

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Kent State, Justice Department, Kent State Shootings, Thomas Perez, Video, Politics News

CLEVELAND — The U.S. Justice Department, citing "insurmountable legal and evidentiary barriers," won't reopen its investigation into the deadly ...

Read Whole Story

No. 2 Alabama Downs Kent State

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 11.03.2011

Read More: NCAA Football, Alabama Kent St, Alabama, College Football, Ncaaf, Ncaa, Kent State, Alabama Football, Alabama Kent State, Alabama Crimson Tide, Sports News

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama put some smiles back on the faces of the people of Tuscaloosa and gave a city rebuilding from a devastating tornado a...

Read Whole Story

Duke Ellington's Lost 1957 Performance At Kent State

Kent, OH Patch | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Jazz, College, Ohio, Duke Ellington, Kent State, Kent State University, Music, Educaton, Perofmring Arts, Arts News

One of the great stories of Kent, OH is in fact a long series of tales spanning three different centuries dealing with the great icons and musicians w...

Read Whole Story

Three Printers Refuse LGBT Student Publication, Citing F-Word, Images of Cross-Dressing

| David Spett | Posted 06.27.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Fusion, Kent State, Campus Progress, The Midwest, Kent State LGBT Magazine, College News

Three printing companies have refused to publish the spring edition of Fusion, a Campus Progress-sponsored LGBT magazine at Kent State University, cit...

Read Whole Story

Want A Job In Academic Administration? Don't Quote Marx

Inside Higher Ed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marietta Daily Journal, Kennesaw State, Daniel S. Papp, Kent State, Karl Marx, Timothy J.L. Chandler, Kennesaw State University Provost, Kennesaw State University, Timothy Chandler Kennesaw, Kennesaw State Provost, Tim Chandler Kennesaw, Timothy J. L. Chandler, College News

"In the university, the higher up the hierarchical structure, the more one has decision-making power and the further one is from the actual 'work' (di...

Read Whole Story

When Campuses Were Alive With Activism: Remembering Kent State

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political Unrest, Viet Nam War Protests, Kent State, John Filo, Pulitzer Prize, Politics News
Kate Kelly

Today I was at work on a blog about political cartoonist Thomas Nast when my 21-year-old daughter sent me a link to a story she wrote after interviewi...

Read Post

Kent State Library Reduces Book Collection By 50%

kentwired.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kent State, Kent State Library, Daily Kent Stater, The Midwest, College News

The average book in an academic research library is only checked out once every 50 years. That is why Library Dean James Bracken is looking to redu...

Read Whole Story

Kent State: "They Can't Kill Us All"

Alan Grayson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq, Alan Grayson, Kent State, Afghanistan War, War, Politics News
Alan Grayson

Tuesday marked 40 years since the Kent State Massacre. It was one of the most important moments in American history. It was also one of the saddest moments in American history: our soldiers killing our children.

Read Post

Forty Years of Fear: Kent State in Retrospect

Rev. Dr. Cindi Love | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Activism, Kent State Anniversary, Fundamentalist Christianity, Christian Fundamentalism, Radical Christianity, Kent State, Faith-Based Universities, Faith-Based Colleges, Fear-Based Politics, Kent State Riots, Kent State Protests, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Cindi Love

Some sociologists now believe that Kent State may have triggered the next forty years of fear-based politics in the United States and catalyzed the growth of radical fundamentalism within Christianity.

Read Post

Kent State Graduates Get Their Commencement, 40 Years After Shootings

AP | DAN SEWELL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Graduation, Kent State Graduation, Kent State Commencement, College, Kent State University, Kent State, Commencement, College News

CINCINNATI — Forty years later, Gary Lownsdale is still haunted by what he felt and what he saw in the last days of his senior year. Shock and ...

Read Whole Story

Kent State Creates Walking Tour Of 1970 Shootings

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kent State University Massacre, Kent State Shooting, Kent State, Kent State University, Kent State Walking Tour, The Midwest, Ohio, College News

KENT, Ohio — Kent State University has created a walking tour to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Ohio National Guard shootings that kill...

Read Whole Story

Mindless Stars and the Glamour of the Gun

Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lindsay Lohan, Mlk, Rfk, Fergie, Uzi, Kent State, Sarai Givati, Khloe Kardashian, Gun Violence, Gang Warfare, Hayden Panettiere, Future Heretics, Columbine, Gerald Ford, Vietnam War, Gun Control, Walter Cronkite, Charles Manson, Jfk, Bullets, Guns, The Kardashians, Entertainment News
Tom Gregory

Across the pages of leading fashion magazines mindless stars with thin careers are being showcased wearing Future Heretics t-shirts glamorizing guns.

Read Post

Iran: "The Whole World is Watching"

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 60s, Iran, Gay Rights, Mlk, Womens' Rightts, Rfk, Obama, Neda, Jfk, Kent State, Viet Nam, Civil Rights, Stonewall, World News
Joan E. Dowlin

Seeing all the blogs on the Huffington Post made me realize that Americans of all political persuasions care deeply about this issue of oppression in Iran.

Read Post

Kent State Riot: Police Fire Pellets At Students (VIDEO)

AP | By MEGHAN BARR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Police Fire Pellets, Kent State Frat Party, Kent State, Frat Party Riot, Kent State Riots, Kent State Riot, Video, Home News

Scroll down for video COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- An end-of-year college block party spiraled out of control as police fired pellets and used pepper spray...

Read Whole Story