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BSR Baseball Broadcasts

BSR Baseball Broadcasts

Anchor Intro: Black Squirrel radio is the only station to broadcast live sports, we sent reporter Jamie Dillon out to see what exactly they do and are looking for. [bbrvideo]BBR_Dillon_S6_broadcast[/bbrvideo] Black Squirrel Radio is actively looking to help recruit students to help join their broadcast of live sports. Baseball season is here and they are looking to get anyone they can to help. “Boston Bob” as they call him at the station says that it is fun and relaxing to…

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What is Print Beat?

What is Print Beat?

Print Beat is a class offered at Kent State for journalism students. The Students write stories for the Kent State newspaper and work on becoming better writers. We sent Jamie Dillon to actually find out what goes on in Print beat. [bbrvideo]BBR_Dillon_S5_print[/bbrvideo] Each year, print journalist students have had to take Print Beat. It is a class that students have the opportunity to take to help fine tune their skills. Student media advisor and associate professor Mitch McKenny explained how…

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Kent Celebrates Haunts

Kent Celebrates Haunts

There’s more to the halloween weekend than students making their way down to the bars to drink. Kent, Ohio has a haunted past that is celebrated by many local business owners and haunted sites are in walking distance from Kent campus. Reporter Rachel Godin has the story… [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S4_GODIN_HAUNTS[/bbrvideo] As Halloween approaches, ghost stories of old are retold in the city of Kent, a place with a past…and present webbed with superstition. Some of these places include 131 Columbus Street, where a…

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Green Dot Awareness

Green Dot Awareness

[bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S2_GODIN_GREENDOT[/bbrvideo] According to the National Sexual Assault Research Center, it is estimated that the percentage of completed or attempted rape victimization among women in higher educational institutions may be between 20% and 25% over the course of a college career.  It is also estimated that for every 1,000 women attending a college or university, there are 35 incidents of rape each academic year. Director for Kent State University SRVSS Jenny O’Connell,  said that regardless of the security put in place…

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Women Lose Rights

Women Lose Rights

[/bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_P4_GODIN_WOMENLOSERIGHTS [bbrvideo]   While states in the American south are definitely doing their part to restrict women’s reproductive rights, some of the most radical attacks on reproductive rights are rolling our of the moderate, Midwestern state of Ohio. For more than a decade the state has quietly and aggressively advanced regulations that put women in harms way. Ohio legislature is currently considering a measure to ban insurance coverage of abortion care even in cases of incest, rape and life-threatening pregnancy….

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How it Works: Buildings, Grounds, and Sustainability

How it Works: Buildings, Grounds, and Sustainability

[bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_P3_Hodge_Facilities[/bbrvideo] Construction, bad traffic and road blocks. I’m Kayla Hodge, and right behind me is Harbourt Hall, also known the Department of Facilities Planning and Operations. My beat this semester is Buildings, Grounds and Sustainability. I sat down with Associate Vice President of Facilities, Planing and Operations Thomas Euclide, to talk about the $200 Million dollar construction happening all over campus. Not only is Mr. Euclide in charge of the facilities on Kent’s main campus, but he is also…

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Excellence in Action means Diversity & Equality

Excellence in Action means Diversity & Equality

[bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_P3_GODIN_DIVERSITY[/bbrvideo] When you step onto the Kent State University campus and see the familiar motto, “Excellence in Action”,  You may ask yourself, “What defines and facilitates Excellence in Action?” The division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion defines diversity as The presence of difference. That’s where Heather Adams and her teams come in. Heather Adams is the executive director of the Woman’s Center, LGBTQ Student Center and SERVS, The Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Service. These three centers…

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Kent business and the KACC

Kent business and the KACC

[bbrvideo]BBR_P3_STEPHAN_Business_1[/bbrvideo] Downtown Kent has seen a lot of changes in the past few years, most notably an influx of new businesses. This is exactly what the executive director of the Kent Area Chamber of Commerce likes to see.  Lori Wemhoff says that “increasing membership [in the Chamber] from a down period” has been her greatest challenge since becoming Executive Director in 2009. And the Chamber has grown. In fact, the Chamber has grown approximately 85% in the past five years,…

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KSU athletic department overview

KSU athletic department overview

[bbrvideo]BBR_P3_Ross_Overview1[/bbrvideo] Competing in a small market does not stop Kent State Athletics from success. Last year the flashes earned national rankings for men’s and women’s golf programs, eight MAC champions and won the Wagon Wheel. I spoke with Janet Kittell, Senior Associate Athletic Director, who advises 15 of 18 athletic teams at KSU. Kittell ensures smooth operation on a day to day basis. The athletic department’s biggest need? More money. “I think we are behind other MAC schools when it…

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