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Kent Stark Celebrates End of Semester With Kentiki

Kent Stark campus offers students a stress-free conclusion to the semester with the two-day Kentiki event

It's nearly May and the semester at is coming to an end. Research papers, last-minute homework and final exams are the only things on the mind of most students.

Kristi Yerian, the Student Life Coordinator at the campus, is trying to give students a chance to escape all that with the Kentiki, an event that runs Wednesday and Thursday in front of the Campus Center (or inside depending on the weather).

“Students are starting to get stressed out because of finals approaching, so they can take some time to lay on a beach towel, listen to some music and not have to worry," she said.

Kentiki is a time for students to relax a bit during two days of festivities, including live music, an obstacle course, spin-art Frisbees, a movie on the lawn and a whole lot more. One of the more popular activities is the faculty dunk tank, where students can pay a few bucks and have a chance to sink their favorite professor.

“We get a lot of faculty to come out of their offices and help do small things like run the cookout, be a greeter or collect money at the dunk tank table,” she said.

Though the event is primarily geared toward students, anyone can come out and have some fun. A cookout and free cotton candy will be provided with a watermelon-eating contest even on the agenda. Yerian said the film screening on the lawn Thursday evening usually draws the largest crowd. This year the selected film will be Due Date, the comedy blockbuster starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis.

Collaborating with the students to make this possible each and every year, however, is what Yerian enjoys the most.

"I love working with the students all semester long, talking about their ideas and seeing what interesting twists we can put on it,” she said. “The students do everything from design T-shirts to help with publicity by making posters to put around campus.”

All proceeds collected during Kentiki will be donated to the Stark County Hunger Task Force, which will also be on hand during the two-day event.

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