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Four decades before Geena Davis donned a catcher鈥檚 mask as Dottie Hinson in the iconic 1992 film 鈥淎 League of Their Own,鈥 Kent State alumna Lois Youngen, 鈥55, was earning her college tuition playing in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL).Lois started her baseball career in 1951 as a 17-year-old, playing catcher for the Fort Wayne Daisies before being loaned to the Kenosha Comets. She played another two seasons with the Daisies and two seasons with the South Bend Blue Sox. From 1951 until 1954, Lois was behind the plate or in left field from June through August, wi...
Join us to explore the lasting impact of the Vietnam War through the perspectives of adoptee Mahli Xuan Mechenbier, J.D., and retired Maj. Gen. Ed Mechenbier, a Vietnam prisoner of war, connecting the war鈥檚 humanitarian and historical consequences to Kent State鈥檚 legacy.
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Join author David Paul Kuhn for a discussion of his book "The Hardhat Riot: Nixon, New York City, and the Dawn of the White Working-Class Revolution."
Kuhn will be joined by historians Thomas Grace, Ph.D., Mary Ann Heiss, Ph.D., and Gregory Wilson, Ph.D., for a moderated panel exploring the significance of the 1970 Hardhat Riot and its lasting impact. Together, the panel will examine the intersection of protest, politics, and class conflict鈥攖hen and now鈥攄rawing connections between historical events and present-day divisions in American society.
5X社区 men's basketball coach Rob Senderoff has reaffirmed his commitment to the Golden Flashes program he has led for 14 seasons.饾棖饾棦饾棓饾棖饾棝 饾棪饾棙饾棥饾棗饾棳 饾棞饾棪 饾棪饾棫饾棓饾棳饾棞饾棥饾棜 饾棝饾棦饾棤饾棙!#GoFlashes鈿★笍 pic.twitter.com/hSU4SBAj3n鈥 Kent State Men's Basketball (@KentStMBB) March 28, 2025Senderoff, who took over the program in April 2011, has transformed Kent State basketball through sustained success and community engagement. After the 2024-2025 campaign, he has totaled 288 wins, and has guided the program to nine 20-win seasons, the most by any coach in school history.Kent State Sports announced Senderoff's ext...
Jeremy Umansky gets funky in his modern-day delicatessen, Larder in Cleveland, Ohio, where he serves up koji-aged pastrami sandwiches and much more. His work with innovative aging techniques and stellar bites earned him the 2019 Culinary Innovator award at the Certified Angus Beef 庐 Annual Conference, hosted in Asheville, N.C. In this video, Jeremy shares how mold (yes, mold!) became his secret weapon for making unforgettable dishes like koji-aged pastrami. It鈥檚 a fun peek into the mind of a chef who鈥檚 turning science into seriously tasty bites.
