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>> It wasn’t a perfect win, but the KSU football team was happy to get any kind of victory. The Flashes defeated Delaware State 24-3 Saturday at Dix Stadium. SECTION B
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WEATHER
Mostly cloudy and cooler with a slight chance of rain. HI 66, LO 49 Extended forecast, PAGE A2
Branches fly in tree city
INSIDE SPORTS
Volleyball wins Air Force tourney Despite three straight wins and tournament victory, coach Glen Conley is still not happy with his team’s performance. PAGE B4
OUR VIEW
Hurricane relief, aide knows no end Three years after Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ike’s landfall reminded us that even though affected areas are no longer in the headlines, assistance is still needed to rebuild. PAGE A4
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A large tree branch fell in the commuter parking lot near Engleman Hall yesterday afternoon due to high wind and gusts of up to 50 mph.
City, campus wrecked by Ike remnants’ high winds; thousands left without power Kelly Byer Brock Harrington Kiera Manion-Fischer Daily Kent Stater
Strong winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ike crossed the Northeast Ohio area last night, knocking
out power lines and downing trees. Early yesterday evening at about 6:30 p.m., about 5,500 people lost power in Kent out of a total of 24,000 in Portage County, said Robin Patton, area manager for Ohio Edison in Portage and North Summit Counties.
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Officer Jeff Futo stands guard by a section of Powdermill Road, next to the Kent State University Golf Course, after a power line was downed by a fallen tree branch. Ohio Edison was called in to repair the power line. There were multiple reports of downed power lines due to tree branches falling as a result of high winds. RECITAL HALL
Kent State police still investigating weekend robbery
ELECTION 2008
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KSU prof makes the front page Associate professor Kristie Pretti-Frontczak appeared on the cover of Advance magazine for her work on how to assess the educational needs of children from birth to age 8. PAGE A3
DAILY POLL What did you think of the new landscaping around campus? Log on and vote at KentNewsNet.com. >> On Friday, we asked
you what you thought about Obama and McCain’s visit to Ground Zero. Out of the 59 people who voted, 32 percent said it was completely orchestrated, 29 percent said it was a refreshing human moment, 27 percent said they were sick of all the campaigning and 12 percent said it made them want to vomit.
CONTENTS For Your Information PAGE A2 Police blotter PAGE A3 Forum PAGE A4 Classifieds PAGE B3 Sports SECTION B
PHOTOS BY SAM TWAREK | DAILY KENT STATER
Kent State custodians descend the steps of the student section at Dix Stadium Saturday after the game against Delaware State. Custodians spend up to eight hours cleaning up after football games.
The end was the beginning Custodians work through the night to clean up stadium Jinae West
Daily Kent Stater After the crowd dispersed and all that was left of a once roaring Dix Stadium were empty plastic cups and strewn ticket stubs, the custodial crew’s night was just getting started. Carol Boyle and Terri Burrell were two of the workers for Saturday’s graveyard shift, which is considered overtime and typically begins at 5 p.m. and ends around 1 a.m. “But if we’re not done until then, we’re here until we finish,” said Boyle, custodial crew leader. Between the four of them, their duties include cleaning the ticket booth areas, press boxes, locker rooms, conference rooms, hallways and bathrooms. Boyle said she thinks students clean the bleachers the following day. “There’s a lot to be done in a little amount of time,” Boyle said. Burrell, who has worked as a custodian at Kent State for 18 years, said
Kent State custodian Terri Burrell vacuums the carpet in the visitors section press box at Dix Stadium after the game against Delaware State Saturday. Burrell is usually stationed to clean the M.A.C. but was working overtime cleaning up after the game. she doesn’t consider cleaning the stadium to be an overwhelming task. “It’s not that bad once you get used to it,” she said. “Nothing really surprises me anymore. I just go with flow, you know what I mean? Some-
times I do have my own opinions on things, and I’m very vocal, but I like working with the athletes.” But Burrell said the men’s basketball games are the exception, as the M.A.C. Center is not especially fun to clean up. “It be some work up in there,” she said, laughing. “You know, at the Kent vs. Akron game, it drew over 6,000 people, and you have to clean that place top to bottom. You’ve got to sweep floors, mop floors, mop seats, the bleachers and the gym floor. All that has to be finished before you can do anything else.” But the keys to getting the job done seem to be staying busy and having a good group of people who know what they’re doing. All four custodians have been at Kent State for more than 10 years and, at this point, work in sync with each other. In the women’s restroom, which felt more like a sauna due to the lack of air movement and muggy weather conditions, Boyle wiped down countertops and mirrors while Burrell grabbed a mop and started cleaning individual stalls. Another mopped the floor with the hall machine that looks like a miniature version of a driverless Zamboni.
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MUSIC & SPEECH
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The senator rallied for Barack Obama and ‘the tough road ahead of’ the Democratic party yesterday at Ellet High School during a campaign stop that brought out 1,600 supporters. PAGE A5
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OLSON No arrestsSATTERFIELD have been made as of yesterday after report BOWMAN of a robbery to Kent State police Saturday morning. The two victims told police they were assaulted by a group of MICHAEL SCHWARTZ about 12 males at 2 a.m. Saturday near the R-6 lot behind the University Library, according to a Kent State FlashLine message. One of the victims reported having personal property forcibly taken. No further information about the victims or what was stolen has yet been released. The message described the incident as “a strong arm robbery.” Sgt. Joe Hendry of Kent State police said a strong arm robbery is a “robbery in which there is no weapons employed, but physical violence is.”
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One of the victims was taken toS MATERIAL the hospital after the incident, but the victim has since recovered and POWER been released, PLANT Hendry said. Anyone with further information on the incident is encouraged to contact Kent State police at 330672-3070. STUDENT RECREATION &
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Hispanic Heritage month recognizes culture, society ALLERTON APARTMENT
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FLAGS OF HISPANIC COUNTRIES
This year’s observance urges Hispanics to get involved, everyone to help build bridges Regina Garcia Cano Daily Kent Stater
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“Getting involved: our family, our community and our nation” — the theme for this year’s National Hispanic Heritage month that begins today — conveys different meanings to Hispanics. For senior nursing major Yessica Flores, the message calls for Hispanics to seek a higher education. “If we all get education ... we can be better in our society, and that way we can make an impact on the Latino community,” she said. In recognition of the cultural, social and economic contributions of Hispanics to the American society, the United States celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. “This is our nation, our new country, so we need to get involved,” Flores said.
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