There are well over 30,000 members of the Kent State community.We have different ages, races, ethnicities, religions, cultures, sexual orientations, social scenes, majors, economic situations and hometowns. We have different life experiences.
But we all share something in common. We all have our own stories to tell.
Enter stater.you. Everyone has a story, and it can't hurt if we all get to know each other by sharing those stories. So every week, Web editor Ryan Loew and videographer Mike Wieclaw go out to different locations on campus with a video camera to talk with members of the Kent State community. Those videos are then posted here.
Have an idea for stater.you? Send Ryan an e-mail at loewryan@kent.edu. New videos will appear each week.
To watch the videos, click on each person's photo below.
"I'm a very open person about sex."
Brittany Parks, 21, senior health and physical education major
"People should take a little bit more time to realize how fortunate they are to be in college."
Corey "C-note" Thompson, 20, sophomore pre-med major
"It just seemed like that was the thing to do ... all my friends went to college too."
Alex Roberts, 19, freshman, no major
"Everyone has a point in their life where they're awkward."
Brittany Schmigel, 19, freshman fashion design major
"I'm like Mommy and Daddy."
Darcel McMillan, 22, junior integrated health studies major
"I got a phone call from a friend who mentioned to me that Tom had passed away suddenly in his sleep."
Michael Loderstedt, 48, associate professor in the School of Fine Arts
"I've often been the victim of misperceptions."
Karl Hopkins-Lutz, 24, senior German and TESL major
"I learned how to advocate for myself."
Andra Stover, 23, third year Spanish major
