Thursday, October 30, 2008

Kent Halloween, Best in Ohio

Guest post by Dave Ruller:

Halloween isn't just a holiday in downtown Kent, it's an event. And like much of the best parts of Kent, the Halloween event isn't a pre-packaged choreographed scripted city thing, it's a grass roots bubbling up from the primordial soup kind of thing. The City doesn't plan it, promote it or run it -- it just happens on its own.

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Kent360.com

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Kent State Alumnus pitching in World Series!

Courtesy: Kent State Athletic Communications
Release: 10/22/2008

KENT, Ohio - The Water Street Tavern is hosting a special viewing party on
Sunday (Oct. 26) to cheer on Kent State University alum Andy Sonnanstine as
he takes the hill in Game 4 of the World Series for the Tampa Bay Rays.
First pitch is scheduled for 8:07 p.m.

Water Street Tavern will have complimantary hot dogs and popcorn for fans to
enjoy while watching the game on the tavern's 14 HD flatscreens in their
newly renovated space.

For the 2008 season, Sonnanstine went 13-9 with a 4.38 ERA, allowing only 94
earned runs in 193.1 innings pitched. In his first postseason, Sonnanstine
is 2-0 with a 3.46 ERA. Against both the Chicago White Sox in the division
series and the Boston Red Sox American League Championship Series,
Sonnanstine was the winning pitcher of game four in dominating fashion.

At Kent State, Sonnastine went 13-4 with a 2.74 ERA in 26 appearances over
two seasons. In 2004, the Wadsworth native set single-season records for
innings pitched (125), wins (11) and strikeouts (117).

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Alpha Epsilon Pi at Kent State wins Greek Competition

Alpha Epsilon Pi won Xi Man on Friday, October 17, 2008. It was a great performance and you can watch it here.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Who2Know - Kevin Minster - Acoustic Pop Rock

Acoustic Pop Rock by solo artist Kevin Minster. Born in Akron, Ohio, this young musician developed into a performer through years of giging around Kent where he attends school. His music may remind you of John Mayer with the classic tone of James Taylor. Check out Kevinminster.com and buy his music at CdBaby.com or on iTunes

Sunday, October 5, 2008