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Is Kent’s campus getting too small for it’s number of students?

Is Kent’s campus getting too small for it’s number of students?

[bbrvideo width=”350″ float=”left” caption=”About 22,000 undergraduate students attended Kent State University this year. With 6,200 of those students living in the campus dorms, is Kent State planning to make more room for the students who live on campus?” “]BBR_07_Clemens_Oncampus[/bbrvideo] Kent State University is the largest University in Northeastern Ohio with 28,998 students on its main campus. Including all other seven campuses Kent has around Ohio Kent has a student body of 41,891 students. With record breaking numbers like that you…

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Adderall on Kent’s campus

Adderall on Kent’s campus

[bbrvideo width=”350″ float=”left” caption=”When you have three finals in one day and the night before you just need to get some studying done, but just can’t focus, what do you do? Most students would easily answer this with “take some Adderall.” “]BBR_06_Clemens_Adderall_1[/bbrvideo] College students are trying to find ways to focus on their school work all the time. Most students in this day and age now know that the number one helper when it comes to studying is the amphetamine…

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Is Skipping Class Worth It?

Is Skipping Class Worth It?

[bbrvideo width=”350″ float=”left” caption=”Students are not only on their own when they go to college, but they have to make their own decisions on whether to go to class for the day or not.”]BBR_5A_Clemens_Skippingclass[/bbrvideo] Previous generations will always complain about how the younger, newer generations of kids are getting lazier and lazier. Statistics of college students skipping class isn’t helping younger generations to fight their case. The percentage of students who skip class in college keeps rising. Student Lennon Hayes,…

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Is skipping class really worth it?

Is skipping class really worth it?

[bbrvideo width=”350″ float=”left” caption=”Students are not only on their own when they go to college, but they have to make their own decisions on whether to go to class for the day or not.”]BBR_05_Clemems_skippingclass_1[/bbrvideo] You always hear adults complain about how every generation under them is lazy and they just keep getting lazier. Well, they may be correct. A survey done by the Higher Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles asked incoming freshman students how often…

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Students save money by renting or buying textbooks online.

Students save money by renting or buying textbooks online.

[bbrvideo width=”350″ float=”left” caption=”21st century students have the luxury to buy or rent books online, saving them hudreds of dollars a semester.”]BBR_04_Clemens_booksonline_5[/bbrvideo] Seth Guy is a student at Kent State University who buys all of his textbooks for school online. Seth is definitely not the first or only student to use this method of book buying. In 2007-2008 the average cost of a hard back print textbook at a campus bookstore was around the 200-dollar range. Now, students can spend…

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Kent State University Main campus vs regional campuses

Kent State University Main campus vs regional campuses

[bbrvideo width=”350″ float=”left” caption=”Local students decide whether to go to Kent’s main campus or to stay close to home and attend one of Kent’s many regional campuses.”]BBR_03_Clemens_KSUCampuses[/bbrvideo] When choosing the college to attend there are many factors students need to consider. One of them is how close to home do you really want to be? Many universities, including Kent State University, have regional branches of their campus; community colleges. These branches are closer to many small town students’ homes which…

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Finding financial aid help

Finding financial aid help

Students will soon be visiting the Financial Aid office with questions about their financial aid. Students like Brooke Sell who just want to know where their money is. College students all over the United States are getting ready for the new year of filing for Financial Aid, which also means they are preparing for refund battles and much more. [bbrvideo width=”350″ float=”left” caption=”Finding Financial Aid help.”]BBR_01A_Clemmens_FinancialAid_1[/bbrvideo] Kent State University Students will be flowing through the Schwartz Center in a few…

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