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While on a campus tour last year, Copley High School senior Grant Hyne and his mom, Allayne, noticed there wasn’t a specific area where students could hang hammocks and just chill out. Their discovery opened the door to Hyne combining his desire to do an Eagle Scout service project with the need for an outdoor hangout space on Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University’s Kent Campus.Hyne developed the Hammock Hangout, a space located near the volleyball sand pit just adjacent to Tri Towers.While participating in Scouting America, formerly Boy Scouts of America, hanging out in hammocks has been one of Hyne’s favori...

Orange barrels will soon appear on a three-quarter-mile stretch of Ohio Route 59/East Main Street that runs through Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University’s Front Campus, marking the start of a three-year construction project to make the thoroughfare safer and more attractive.The $25.5 million rehabilitation project is a joint effort between Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University, the city of Kent, the Portage Regional Transit Authority, the Ohio Department of Transportation, the Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study and the project’s Citizen Advisory Committee.Two-way traffic, with a center turn lane, will be maintaine...