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Monday, November 24, 2008 • The independent student newspaper of Kent State University
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CCI dean to leave for Wash. position
ONLINE CHECK OUT A PHOTO SLIDESHOW FROM THURSDAY’S ACCIDENT AND ITS CLEANUP AT KENTNEWSNET.COM.
Crain Avenue bridge OK, but still closed until Wednesday
Gaudino to be new president of Central Washington U.
Concern over damaged storm, sanitary sewer lines remains
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The Crain Avenue bridge will remain closed until at least Wednesday due to damaged sewer lines caused by the train accident at the location Thursday afternoon. Portage County engineer Michael Marozzi said the bridge was OK to open following an inspection Saturday. The bridge, however, remains closed because the damaged storm and sanitary sewer lines are located underneath the top of the bridge. “We were surprised that there was very little damage to the structure,” Marozzi said. “There was some scraping underneath the bridge, and there was some sandstone debris, but we didn’t see any significant damage.” Workers will begin repairing the sewer lines tomorrow now that the trains have been cleared beneath the bridge. City workers are currently collecting the sewage into a pump and transferring it into a nearby sanitary manhole on Water Street.
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California state senate Leland Yee addressed educators and students Friday about his work to guarantee rights for student journalists. PAGE A6
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After a long and thorough process involving visits by officials from both universities, James L. Gaudino, dean of College of Communication and Information, has officially been named as the new president of Central Washington University. “I thought it was a possibility but a somewhat distant one,” Gaudino said when he applied for the presidency of Central Washington in Ellensburg, Wash., about 10 GAUDINO weeks ago. As the process progressed, though, Gaudino said he began to see his chances differently. “For me, Central Washington was a good fit with what I want to do and what I am able to do,” he said. Gaudino will begin the transition today. He will be officially named the 14th president on Jan. 1, 2009. “The feeling is bittersweet,” he said. “I’m excited in going out there and starting a new life and career, but there’s regret in leaving Kent State and CCI.” Gaudino was chosen as the first dean of the new College of Communication and Information in 2003, a year after CCI began. “I am most proud of the very strong team of leaders we have in CCI,” Gaudino said about his accomplishments as dean. “I certainly can’t take credit for them,” Gaudino added, “but together we have established a culture within CCI that looks for and creates opportunities rather than obstacles.” Before becoming dean of CCI, Gaudino was the executive director of the National Communication Association in Washington, D.C. Now, he will move to Central Washington by Jan. 5. The university is a four-year public institution that focuses on four academic colleges: arts and humanities, business, education and professional studies and sciences. Central Washington had been searching for a new president since Jerilyn S. McIntyre announced her retirement in January 2008. The search formally began in July.
Contact College of Communications and Information reporter Amy Szabo at aszabo5@kent.edu.
DAILY POLL Did you contribute to the Campaign for Change this year?
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A Kent firefighter walks the tracks next to the 13 rail car derailment Thursday afternoon that shut down the Crain Avenue bridge.
Wreckage from Thursday’s 13 rail car derailment under the Crain Avenue bridge has been moved to the side of the tracks. Mountains of coal, twisted metal and a few rail cars remain near the tracks that are now open.
Despite illness, Nadine’s art lives on
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Grad student’s work is on exhibit though tumor prevented her from finishing it
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sor of fine art in sculpture and Nadine’s advisor. One piece in the exhibition showed photographs of her feet at places she has visited arranged on separate tiles, creating a central mosaic piece on the floor.
As of Friday, more students donated money to the Campaign for Change than in the 2007 campaign. The program, which is in its second year, raised more money, as well, totaling $1,248.17 to date. “You can see the great response we’ve had so far this year,” said Kelly Brant, senior associate in institutional advancement. “So what we wanted to do was build on that excitement and give out a scholarship early.” Whitney Aquino, sophomore Spanish major, won one of the eight $500 awards that eventually will be announced. Brant said she will tell the other seven recipients the week of Dec. 8. So far this semester, 261 students donated. That’s up 29 from the total in 2007, when $892.11 was collected. The last day to participate is Dec. 5. Campaign for Change accepts donations of at least a dollar from students and turns the money into scholarships for those who donated. Winners are selected at random, and anyone who donates has an equal chance of winning. When student donations reach $25,000, it will become an endowed scholarship, and the interest accrued from the fund will supply future awards. Brant said one reason for increased participation is that the program is in its “second year of branding and getting the word out.”
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Editor’s note: Nadine Schreyer’s brain tumor impairs her speech, and she could not provide comment for this story.
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Daily Kent Stater Doctors diagnosed 36-yearold graduate student Nadine Schreyer with a brain tumor in April. Because the tumor was so advanced, doctors were unable to remove it. “It just shocked everyone,” said Mary Schreyer, Nadine’s mother, “but you just do what you can do.” Nadine had been working on her thesis art exhibition, but because of her illness, she was unable to continue. But professors, family members and fellow students worked with Nadine to help put the show together. “We all felt blessed to have an opportunity to make her show
Campaign for Change tops last year’s donations
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Several of Nadine’s art work consisted of pieces found in nature around Kent or during her travels to Ecuador and Honduras. happen and letting her family see such a positive and passionate part of her life,” said Kelly Wells, a sixth-year sculpture major who helped put the show together. “She’s been working so hard to get to this point.” Her exhibition, titled “Space, Place and Self: The Art of How Environment Shapes Us,” took
place Saturday night at Gallery 425 in downtown Kent. Many of her pieces reflect the places she has been and different environments she has seen. “All of her work is about the body and a sort of sensuous geography idea about place and space and self,” said Isabel Farnsworth, an associate profes-