After the election of Donald Trump, Grace Goodluck, a senior majoring in political science at Kent State and co-chair of Kent State’s Ohio Student Association (OSA), felt like she couldn’t sit around and feel bad about the results, she had to do something. Along with OSA, they organized an event at “the rock” with others…
Danielle Martin-Jensen | NASA
Every Wednesday, the Native American Student Association (NASA) meets at 5 p.m. in the basement of the Kent State Student Center. The small group consists of seven members – led by president Danielle Martin-Jensen. For such a tight-knit community, small talk is minimal. “We tend to pretty much just get down to business,” says Martin-Jensen,…
Jan Pluck | Haven of Rest
Among the brick façade of the chapel, women line up to check in for the afternoon service. They look over their shoulders to wave and say, “hi” to the spunky woman with wispy gray hair. Jan Pluck, the volunteer coordinator at Haven of Rest, smiles and waves back, looking up from paperwork she’s helping a…
Mark Trapp | Farming
Twice a day, every day, Mark Trapp does his chores. Dressed in a ragged green and brown flannel shirt, tattered knit hat, mud-stained pants and old galoshes, Trapp treks across his 30-acre plot of land for four hours of chores at 7:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Feed animals, clean coops, check crops. Repeat. In the…
Kyle Lutton | Air Force
Kyle Lutton, a sophomore at Kent State University, has moved more than a dozen times in his lifetime. When he graduates from the Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in 2019, four years in Kent will be the longest he’s stayed in one place, but even that’s temporary. “There are three constants in my life,”…
Mara Cash | Feminist Club
“It was just me and my dad growing up, I wasn’t a feminist then,” said Mara Cash, who grew up roughhousing with the boys, spending weekends hiking and playing sports. It wasn’t until she attended a Young Women’s poetry camp that she found out who she was. There, she was surrounded by young women like…
Chazz Ware | BUS
Chazz Ware has been involved in activism here at Kent State University for her entire three-year tenure as a student. She primarily focuses on two causes, Black Lives Matter and feminism. During her time here, she has discovered that a lack of inclusion has been quietly but steadily holding the causes back. “Traditionally the feminist…
The Flashettes
Lacy Talley thought of the idea for the Flashettes dance team with friends. After taking a look at the university cheerleading and dance teams, Talley decided there was a need for representation. “We went to one of the (basketball) games, and… we saw a lack of diversity at the game, and we just wanted to…
Nicki Wring | Healthy Lifestyle
For one mom, learning to eat healthy and work out was a matter of life or death. 5-feet- 4 inches and 325 pounds Nicki Wring began her road to recovery in 2010 after a doctor told her she’d die by the time was 40. As a mother of three children she knew she had to…