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The first full week of fall is the most spirited week at �Ը������� University. The week of Sept. 26 to Oct. 1 is Spirit Week and includes homecoming weekend. The week will be full of events celebrating �Ը������� spirit. On Monday, the Flash Advisory Board (FAB) is hosting FlashBash from 5 to 7 p.m. at Risman Plaza. FlashBash includes musc, free roller skating and �Ը������� bucket hat giveaways. Wednesday is Mid-Day Crafting day with FAB, which will provide �Ը�������-themed crafts for students. Crafting activities will be on the second floor of the Kent Student Center from 12 to 2 p....

It may surprise you to learn that “Captain Underpants,” “Frankenstein,” “The Great Gatsby,” “Hunger Games” and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” are all popular books that have been banned, along with many others. In honor of Banned Books Week, the Second Annual Banned Books Read-In was held Wednesday night in Taylor Hall. Participants read passages from their favorite banned books and were encouraged to dress as literary characters from those books. Several characters from "The Handmaid's Tale," Mothman and even Batman showed up. The importance of Banned Books Week was not lost on Stephan...

Owning a pet can tell marketers all they need to know about your buying tendencies. In a new study, Lei Jia, assistant professor of marketing and entrepreneurship at �Ը�������, found that pet ownership can influence and predict consumer behavior.  Jia joined �Ը������� in fall 2022 to teach consumer behavior. His research background focuses on understanding how social and situational factors influence consumers' judgment and decision making.  In his most recent endeavor, Jia set out to understand how pet ownership could influence a consumer’s actions.  “Pets play such i...