COVID-19

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Photo caption: Tree City Coffee & Pastry in Kent, Ohio is one of many small businesses that has been harshly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The protocols the customers and employees have to follow include wearing face coverings and following social distancing guidelines. Photo credit: Julia Webb Rebekah Gillespie, owner of  Tree City Coffee & […]

Photo caption: The front doors of the Kent Stage. Theaters globally have either felt or seen the impact of COVID-19 and the Kent Stage is no exception. The theater was built in 1927 for silent films, but was repurposed as a venue for live shows in 2002. It has been closed since March 10, 2020. The […]

Photo caption: Carly Kruse, owner of Evelyn Dickerson Hair Design in Kent stands behind their new plexiglass screen at their front desk. She calls herself the “mask police” and ensures everyone inside the salon is properly masked. Sixteen years ago when Carley Kruse purchased the first hair salon she had ever worked at, she didn’t […]

Photo caption: Unused meters sit in front of two empty parking spaces outside of Kent State’s Engleman Hall. Just over a year ago, Kent State student Stephen DelCiappo was checking meters, handing out tickets and cycling through four to five parking lots a day for his job at Parking Services. Then, on March 10, President […]

Photo Credit: whnt.com On the one year anniversary of Kent State shutting down thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BSR Staff decided to reminisce about that day, and share their feelings about what they have learned during the last year. Click the embed below to listen to the podcast. Click here if the embed is […]

On March 10 around 2 p.m. Kent State announced all face-to-face classes would be suspended until April 13 due to the coronavirus. This is the first time I actually took COVID-19 seriously. Before March 10, I thought the virus was a hoax (yes, I really did!). I thought it would blow over like the Swine […]


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