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Hatchett remembers segregated South MLK celebration speaker talks about King’s impact Mariana Silva

Daily Kent Stater Judge Glenda A. Hatchett told the audience what it was like to be a black girl growing up in a segregated world yesterday evening at the Student Center Ballroom. “I’m old enough to remember a seg-

regated South,” said Hatchett at the event initiating Martin Luther King Jr.’s Celebration at Kent State yesterday afternoon. The judge said she was curious to know whether the water had a different taste in the white’s only water fountains, and she recalled the first two words she learned: white and colored. Hatchett said she remembered being pushed over by two boys when she tried to drink from the white’s only fountain.

“They said, ‘n-----, get out of here.’” JESSICA KANALAS Hatchett said she initially thought her | DAILY KENT STATER grandmother was angry with her, but later realized “she was frightened to Judge Glenda Hatchett speaks to students and death.” community members After Brown v. Board of Education, in the Student Center Hatchett said she went to a separate, but not equal school. Ballroom yesterday to Hatchett remembered waiting commemorate Martin several weeks to receive a book from Luther King Day. "It's her teacher, only to find its pages torn not about you," she apart. The teacher told her colored said. "It's about what children didn’t get new books. See HATCHETT, Page 4

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Grappling with love Story By Lauren Vogel | Daily Kent Stater

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Eric Chine, a 2009 graduate and former Kent State wrestler, stars in the new Fox reality show “Seducing Cindy Margolis,” which premieres at 9 p.m. tomorrow on Fox Reality Channel. Visit www.foxreality.com for channel listings.

ent State graduate and former wrestler, Eric Chine, 23, will be watching his reality TV debut for the first time along with friends, family and co-workers at a viewing party held at the Water Street Tavern on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 9 p.m. ¶ Chine, and 23 other men, will have the chance to date supermodel Cindy Margolis on the new Fox Reality Channel show, “Seducing Cindy.” Chine did a casting call for VH1’s reality show, “Daisy of Love,” but didn’t make it. He kept in contact with the casting director, who showed him a Web site that has castings nationwide for TV shows. While looking through the Web site, Chine came across the opportunity to audition for the show. “I’ve always watched reality TV and I just felt like my character would be good for it,” Chine said. “I’m not as loony and nuts as

some of these people though.” He submitted basic information and a photo to the network and received a call from them two months later. Chine was then required to send them video footage and complete a considerable amount of physical and psychological tests. Chine had booked tickets in advance to fly out to California. The week he was scheduled to leave, Chine was informed he had been

Keep your nunchucks and butcher knives off campus KSU bans certain weapons Simon Husted

Daily Kent Stater Carrying weapons to keep the bad guys at bay can be a tricky situation on campus. Crime prevention specialist Alice Ickes of the Kent State Police Department said that although conventional self-defense weapons like pepper

spray and pocketknives are allowed on campus, any weapon that’s defined purpose is to inflict life-threatening injuries is banned. “You don’t need a machete here, you don’t need a bowing knife, you don’t need a six-inch hunters knife,” Ickes said. “Those are the kind of things that’d be a policy violation.” See WEAPONS, Page 4

selected for the show. He then called his sister and braced himself for the call to his mom. It was difficult for Chine to tell his 51-year-old mother that he was going on a reality show to date a woman who is 43 years old. “She was definitely a little upset about it at first, but I convinced her that it’s an experience that you can’t pass up,” Chine said. “Not a lot of people get this opportunity.” See GRAPPLING, Page 4

Can you bring these weapons on campus? BB gun Pocket knife Switch knife Butcher knife Meat cleaver Mace Pepper spray Taser Brass Knuckles Nunchucks

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Tech Spot service now includes commuters Former ResNet caters to more computer issues Kaylee Remington Daily Kent Stater

Off-campus students will no longer need to worry about finding a place to get their computers repaired. Tech Spot, formally known as ResNet, has changed its features so off-campus students are able to get their computers repaired on campus in the Tri-Towers Rotunda. ResNet was first started to help on-campus students with problems with the university’s network connection. “We went above and beyond that,” said Michael Carson, senior IT user support analyst for Tech Spot. Tech Spot employees are also contacting faculty and staff about the services they offer, but only personally owned computers can be repaired. Carson said Tech Spot was renamed over the summer to differentiate from ResNet, allowing students, faculty and staff to know its services extended beyond its former network-only assistance policy. In addition to serving those off campus, Tech Spot now offers more services besides the regular technical issues. Students can come in for virus and spyware removal, which costs $35 and is the most common service that students use, Carson said. Another service Tech Spot offers is hardware installation. Employees will direct the student to the hardware they should purchase. Carson said the old services of ResNet are still available. “We have the network problems that are still free,” he said. Tech Spot also works with Dell to make students’ computer problems less of a hassle. “We are able to order parts from Dell, but only if the computer is under warranty,” Carson said. Tech Spot is currently trying to get Apple parts shipped to them for those who have an Apple com-

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puter under warranty as well. Carson said business is going well, with students coming to them for hardware problems more than when it was ResNet. “There were times in the middle of the semester where we weren’t getting any business,” he said. To date, there have been over 3,000 customers who have come to Tech Spot for repairs, according to data provided by Wendy Shih, director of information technology.

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1. Kent State graduate student hospitalized after Sat. assault

A Kent State graduate student and Iraq War veteran was hospitalized after an assault early Saturday morning in downtown Kent. John T. White, 28, of Delaware, remained in critical condition at Akron City Hospital as of Wednesday, according to friends and family members. He suffered head injuries and brain swelling after the assault, which took place at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Main and Water streets. In connection with the assault, the Akron Police Department arrested John H. Ragin Jr., 21, of Akron, on Tuesday evening. The Kent Police Department is charging Ragin with felonious assault. The assault on White was the second in Kent since November. Christopher M. Kernich, 23, died Nov. 21 from injuries he suffered in an offcampus assault Nov. 15.

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Gov. Ted Strickland spent most of his fourth State of the State speech Tuesday afternoon talking about creating jobs for Ohioans in the field of renewable energy. Speaking from the Ohio Senate chamber in Columbus, Strickland said the state ranks No. 1 in new green jobs created and in renewable energy manufacturing projects. On the topic of higher education, Strickland said the state is nearing an agreement for its university system to research for Procter & Gamble. If the deal is completed, students and faculty would work to research and develop products for Procter & Gamble.

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The Kent State men’s basketball team continued its recent dominant play by thumping Akron 87-70 on Saturday and Toledo 69-49 on Tuesday. Sophomore Justin Greene scored 23 points and pulled down 13 rebounds in the win over Akron, the Flashes’ biggest rival. The game was witnessed by 6,204 fans in a sold-out M.A.C. Center. Tuesday, the Flashes went on a 20-0 run spanning halftime to take complete control in their game at Toledo. Greene and senior Tyree Evans each scored 14 points to lead the team to victory. Kent State will host Western RACHEL KILROY | DAILY KENT STATER Michigan at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Senior guard Chris Singletary celebrates during the second half of Sunday’s game against Akron. Kent State won 87-70. the M.A.C. Center.

A Honda Civic was stolen from the C-Science parking lot last week — the sixth such theft in Kent since November. Since Nov. 1, four Civics have been stolen on campus, and two have been stolen off-campus. An attempted theft of an Acura Integra also occurred off-campus. All of the thefts involved Civics from the model years 1998-2000. Lt. Christopher Jenkins from the Kent State Police Department said the same type of thefts have occurred throughout Northeast Ohio.

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SUMMARY: In his first State of the Union, President Barack Obama went after corporate influence in government. That’s a good thing because this country’s ideals should be aimed at the people, not the corporation.

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Keep the public good above the corporation’s

n Wednesday’s State of the Union address, President Barack Obama hit all of the expected points on topics like the need for expanded health care, clean energy, job creation and bipartisanship. And while his ideas in these areas were admirable, maybe his most important point was the need for increased control over the influence of corporations and lobbyists in the halls of power. “It’s time to require lobbyists to disclose each contact they make on behalf of a client with my administration or with Congress,” Obama said. “It’s time to put strict limits on the contributions that lobbyists give to candidates for federal office.” While opponents might decry this as an assault on the right to free speech, let’s remember our senators and representatives are elected to represent all of us, not just those rich enough to afford lackeys to endlessly intercede on their behalf. Maybe Obama’s difficulty achieving his vision of comprehensive health care reform led him to this reasonably hard-line stance on lobbyists. Or maybe it’s just a coincidence he spent a decent portion of his speech mentioning the corrosive influence of unchecked lobbyism after the health care industry

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“appeared” to have a great deal of control over how the bill eventually turned out. Obama was also harsh in response to the recent Supreme Court decision that allowed corporations to make unlimited funds to election campaigns. “With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit in our elections,” Obama said. “I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities.” Obama is right on the money again. The recent decision by the Supreme Court broke years of precedence in the name of free speech for powerful corporations. Somehow we think these corporations can defend themselves without unlimited political donations infinitely greater than the amount the average U.S. citizen can afford. Removing checks on lobbyists and corporate political spending can only increase the amount of sway the ultra-rich can have on American legislators. Let’s just say corporations won’t donate millions to campaigns and expect nothing in return.

Or, to put it more colloquially, there’s no such thing as a free meal. Politicians will increasingly look to corporations to provide money to keep them in power. And how can we trust them to act in the public’s best interest when corporate interests were heavily responsible for their election or re-election? Corporations can be responsible for staggering economic growth, but let’s not forget our country was founded based on equal freedoms for individuals, not expanded power and influence for the wealthy. Obama realizes our country was founded as a democracy, not a plutocracy. But if Congress does not take his advice “to pass a bill that helps to correct some of these problems,” maybe we will soon be living in an America where the richest few have even more sway than they do now. The above editorial is the consensus opinion of the Daily Kent Stater editorial board whose members are listed to the left. React to this story and more at KentWired.com

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A bitter pill for Democrats Democrats are in quite a pickle right now. After suffering three consecutive losses in statewide elections, the Democratic Party is starting to realize it cannot defeat Republican candidates simply by associating them with the former president anymore. The voters who sent President Barack Obama and a plethora of Democrats to Washington almost 15 months ago were drunk on hope and change. Many have sobered up since and see that the left’s policies aren’t all sunshine and rainbows. Last November, Virginia and New Jersey, states that Obama carried in the 2008 presidential election, had the distinct opportunity of being the first to make a judgment, in the form of an election, on how well the President and his allied Democratic Congress had done thus far in their first year. The verdict was guilty. Republican candidates Bob McDonnell and Chris Christie, from Virginia and New Jersey respectively, both won governor seats previously held by Democrats. More recently, and much more surprisingly, was the special election held last week in Massachusetts to fill the Senate seat left vacant after the passing of Ted Kennedy. “The Lion of the Senate” served as senator in Massachusetts, a state that has historically been a stronghold for liberalism, for 46 years until his untimely death last August. The same constituents who kept Kennedy in office nearly half a century and John Kerry for about half that time just elected a Republican. Senator-elect Scott Brown ran in direct opposition to the policies of Obama and company on Capitol Hill. He is the self-proclaimed “41st vote,” meaning he will be the vote that could potentially kill the current health care reform bill being rushed through Congress. The legislation that Democrats have been working tirelessly to pass in recent months has proved to be wildly unpopular with a majority of Americans. The elections of Brown, McDonnell and Christie can be viewed as a direct reflection on the people’s opinion of the president and Congress. Democrats have been extremely partisan recently. They have largely left the right out of the legislation process, especially with health care. Although not good for democracy, Democrats could afford to do so with a super majority of 60 members in the Senate. With the election of Brown, however, Republicans can now stop the runaway train that is healthcare reform through the use of the

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controversial filibuster. A common theme in each of the three recent statewide elections is the Democrats’ use of the “Bush card.” Much like the race card, the Bush card is a desperate attempt to associate someone with something that is unpopular. The Bush card was used against all three winning Republicans during the campaigns of each competing Democrat. Each of the three losing liberal candidates attempted to tie their conservative adversary to the unpopular George Bush and the failed policies of his administration. To their dismay, the strategy was unsuccessful. People have short memories. They don’t care anymore if a politician supported some of the things the last president stood for. All they care about is the current administration. They don’t want to hear Obama tell us for the thousandth time how he inherited a mess from Bush. They want to hear how we’re going to get out of it. People are sick and tired of bailouts and continuing to increase the already historic national debt. Whether these things were necessary to keep the recession from becoming another depression is a debate for another day. People will blame those in power when times are tough. Right now the Democrats are in power. As long as that is the case and as long as we remain in financial turmoil, they will continue to lose elections. Instead of continuing to play the Bush blame game, Democrats should focus more on creating jobs, turning our country around and listening to what the people of America actually want if they hope to turn their fortunes around. The same winning formula that helped Democrats take the White House and most of Congress a year ago has become a bitter pill that some may find hard to swallow. Mike Crissman is a freshman journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at mcrissm2@kent.edu. React to this story and more at

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Pandora shouldn’t overshadow Earth James Cameron’s “Avatar” has pulled in almost $2 billion in ticket sales worldwide, sending it well on its way to becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time. Even the mountain that inspired the floating mountains of Pandora, the Southern Sky Column in southern China, had its named changed to “Avatar Hallelujah Mountain” in hopes of cashing in on the movie’s success. Avatar is set in the undeniably beautiful alien world of Pandora inhabited by the blue, 10-foot-tall indigenous called Na’vi. The Na’vi live in harmony with nature until, go figure, humans come and screw everything up to mine their sacred land for a precious mineral. Throw a love story into the mix, and voila, you have “Avatar.” The movie was shown in traditional 2D as well as 3-D and IMAX. The effects were nothing short of amazing, pulling you into this breathtaking world. Apparently the utopian fantasy was a little too real for some people because somewhere along the way, the line between fiction and reality got a bit fuzzy. Depressed fans are using the Internet as a support group to talk about their feelings in a thread called “Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible,” on a fan forum site. Fans admitted to

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Rabab Al-Sharif feeling depressed and even suicidal because they will never be able to live in the cinematic world of Pandora. One fan discusses thoughts of suicide after seeing the movie. “Ever since I went to see ‘Avatar,’ I have been depressed. Watching the wonderful world of Pandora and all the Na’vi made me want to be one of them. I can’t stop thinking about all the things that happened in the film and all of the tears and shivers I got from it,” the fan posted. “I even contemplate suicide thinking that if I do it, I will be re-birthed in a world similar to Pandora and the everything is the same as in ‘Avatar.’ “ Others share the same feelings and expressed disgust in the human race and our own world. “It just seems so ... meaningless. I still don’t really see any reason to keep ... doing

things at all. I live in a dying world,” another fan said. I went to see “Avatar” the day it came out, and I thought the effects were absolutely mind-blowing. James Cameron created a world full of creatures that looked so realistic, but it didn’t make me appreciate the beauty of our own world any less. I mean, sure, Pandora was beautiful, and yeah, it would be awesome to pay the Na’vi a visit. I’d also love to be Willy Wonka and own a magical chocolate factory or go to Hogwarts, but the fact that I can’t doesn’t mean I lose my will to live. The bottom line is people always want what they don’t have and forget to appreciate what is right in front of them. Sure, the world of Avatar is captivating, but so is Earth. There are so many beautiful things to see in our so-called “dying world.” I find it far more depressing that people can’t see that. Rabab Al-Sharif is a sophomore magazine journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at ralshari@kent.edu. React to this story and more at Kentwired.com.

Lead, follow or get out of the way

The Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with plans to regulate greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. At the same time, Congress — a leading source of hot air — is debating a resolution that would strip the EPA of its authority to act. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Ala., says she wants to prevent “federal bureaucrats” from enacting regulations that would destroy jobs. She has introduced a “resolution of disapproval” that has the support of 35 other Republicans and three conservative Democrats. A landmark 2007 U.S. Supreme Court ruling gave the EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act and directed the agency to set standards that would limit those releases. Much of Murkowski’s rhetoric is just plain wrong. On one point, however, she is absolutely correct: Ideally, Congress, not the EPA, should write rules to limit emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and other heattrapping gases. Unfortunately, Congress continues to do nothing. It’s been unable to move forward even on bipartisan measures, including the McCain-Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act. That 2003 bill, sponsored by Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., who then was a Democrat, would have lim-

ited emissions beginning this year. Like climate change legislation approved last year in the House, the McCain-Lieberman bill would have established a cap-and-trade system in which pollution credits could be bought and sold. That’s the only realistic, market-based solution that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions and encourage the development of new, nonpolluting technologies. But even in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, opposition from congressional Republicans has hardened. They’ve taken to demonizing cap-and-trade as a “radical” approach to reducing emissions. Murkowski has said that her resolution “has nothing to do with the science of global climate change.” That’s disingenuous. Her measure draws its deepest support from those who deny the reality of climate change. It would overturn an EPA finding based on scientific analysis that climate change fueled by greenhouse gas emissions poses a health hazard to the public. That finding puts new pressure on Congress to act. For years, it dragged its feet and delayed addressing a serious issue. Opponents claim that the recession makes it too expensive to address climate change now. But the longer we wait, the more expensive it becomes and the less likely we will be successful in staving off the worst consequences of climate change.

By refusing to act, Murkowski and her congressional allies are placing an enormous bet, based on sophistry and denial, that the mountain of scientific evidence is wrong. That’s not a bet that we, or our children and grandchildren, can afford to lose. The decade that ended in 2009 was the warmest on record, NASA reported earlier this month. It displaced the decade of the 1990s as the warmest ever. The 1990s displaced the 1980s. Last year was the second-warmest since 1880, when modern temperature measurements began. The warmest year on record was 2005. All of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 1998. Perhaps you’re starting to see a pattern. Congress can choose to delay addressing global climate change, but it shouldn’t prevent the EPA from doing its job. The choice isn’t between the status quo or the cost of limiting greenhouse gas emissions. It’s between acting now or taking more drastic, expensive and uncertain action later.

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GRAPPLING Grappling with love Chine’s best friend Jermail Porter was happy for him when he found out he would be on the show because he knew his friend had been auditioning for a while. “I’m definitely looking forward to seeing it. It’s been a long time coming and the wait is over, so to speak,” Porter said. “I’m looking forward to seeing the whole series. The whole thing is very exciting.” Eric’s cousin, Aaron Chine, was also excited to hear about his cousin’s success of making it on “Seducing Cindy.” Aaron said he knows that Eric will carry himself with dignity and respect. He also has high hopes for his cousin after the show’s completion. “I just hope that people get to see what a good guy he is, and

Daily Kent Stater hopefully that will take him further in his career in whatever he decides to do,” Aaron said. Chine’s boss Mike Beder, owner of the Water Street Tavern, hopes this is not the last time they see Chine on the season and laughed as he left him with some well wishes. “I hope Joel McHale goofs on him on ‘The Soup,’” Beder said. The show has been completed for a while and Chine has been left to keep the secret of his experience to himself until the show’s premiere. “It’s been really hard to keep it a secret, especially when people know about it,” Chine said. He explained that feelings were involved on the show with Margolis, as well as with the other men in the house. He formed close friendships with several people and explained that you worry, not only that you could be eliminated, but that your friends could be, too. “I went into it as a blank can-

vas,” Chine said. “I thought if I did find love, then that’s great and if I didn’t, then it would just be a great experience.” He also was very pleased to see that Margolis was a genuine person. She is very involved with the organization Resolve, which supports infertility. Since she had all three of her children through in vitro fertilization, she agreed to finally pose for Playboy, if part of the profits from the issue went to the organization. “Cindy is gorgeous. She’s beautiful, and she is 100 percent a real person,” Chine said. “She’s not just your typical supermodel.” So did Chine find love on reality TV? “You’re going to have to watch and find out,” he said. Contact student life reporter Lauren Vogel at lvogel1@kent.edu. React to this story and more at

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HATCHETT Hatchett remembers segregated South Later, Hatchett said she found out the books they used at her school, as well as its chairs and desks, were picked from the trash by school janitors. The school couldn’t afford to buy new supplies. “Because of Dr. King,” Hatchett said, “my children will never know that story.” After an introduction by university officials, a video montage and performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” by Voices of Testimony, Hatchett told the audience: “This is going to be an unconventional Martin Luther King speech because I want to talk about him, but I want to talk about us. I

you believe,” Collingwood said, “and staying strong even though the majority groups might think different. As an American citizen, you can believe in anything you want.” Years after segregation ended, Hatchett said she came to understand her father’s words the day she came home from school, upset she couldn’t have a new book, only to find out her dad could not get her one either. He told her to go get her crayons and write her own story. “When the pages are torn, this is when we’ve got to reach deep and write a new story,” she said. “And we are going to write a new story.”

Residence hall residents disagree, however, if more should be done to promote awareness of the policy. Elizabeth Henderson, freshman health sciences major and resident of Olson Hall, said the banned weapons should be obvious enough to students. She added that the university, police department and Residence Services shouldn’t need to inform students more than what they already do. “It’s not the police responsibility to tell you not to carry a meat cleaver around your belt,” Henderson said. Daniel Gardner, freshman geology major and resident of Fletcher Hall, said resident advisers should try to include weapons when they go over banned appliances and drug and alcohol policies. He also suggested placing informational fliers around residence halls. “They’ve talked about drugs and alcohol before, but nothing about weapons,” he said. Another concern of carrying weapons is the risk of the offender turning it on you, Ickes said. “You have to remember,” she said. “If you pull out your pepper spray and you plan to spray the bad guy but he gets it and sprays you — you’ve endangered yourself more.” Not only have weapons been turned against defenders, Ickes said, but police have also experienced the same turnaround. “We just want people to kind of think it through — think of all aspects of it — not just, ‘Hey, I will buy this and I will be more safe than I used to be.’”

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WEAPONS Keep your nunchucks and butcher knives off campus Ickes added that any weapon firing a projectile, like a BB gun, is also in violation. “If I’m in fear for my life and I pick up this coffee mug and use it as a weapon, that’s OK,” Ickes said. “But if I have a lethal weapon, I’m in violation of university policy.” In the instance of a defender using a prohibited weapon, like a Taser, Ickes said the defender would likely be referred to Judicial Affairs. Prohibited weapons are confiscated and brought to the Kent State Police Department, she said. From there, they are either sent back home or kept at the department until the student leaves campus. Judicial Affairs may also get involved when suspicious weapons like handguns are found in residence halls, said Brian Hellwig, want to talk about now. I want to talk about our situation and what would Dr. King say.” She asked the audience what Dr. King would think of today’s elevated numbers of crime, dropouts and teen pregnancy among minorities. The judge talked about how Martin Luther King Jr. believed in a “beloved community” and “human beings.” She told students how he envisioned a community where all people regardless of color, race or religion would be treated the same. “He had a vision for his people,” said junior nursing major Lenetee Allen, 20. “He wanted us to do better as a people, not breaking each other down how they do now.” Sophomore nursing major Molly Collingwood, 19, said she always admired the way Dr. King talked about equality for all men. “It’s not giving up on what

security manager of Residence Services. However, he said most citations for weapon violations in residence halls usually lead to a meeting with the resident’s Residence Hall Director. “It’s more of an educational type of meeting,” Hellwig said. “Most of the time it’s just miscommunication with an international student or a student new to the university.” Ickes said the existing initiatives informing students of banned weapons are in no need of adjustment. “They do a pretty good job with that already because it’s present in the residence hall manual,” Ickes said, adding that the information is also included in the new orientation program for incoming freshmen, Destination Kent State. “Plus, Kent State is still a school, and I think it’s pretty commonly known that schools are ‘no-weapon zones.’” Students’ perception of what’s banned on campus varies as well.

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Despite two knee surgeries and his 6-foot-1 stature, Randal Holt is making an impact as a freshman for the Kent State men’s basketball team.

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reshman Randal Holt is the shortest player on the roster, and he’s had surgeries on both of his knees, which kept him from finishing the final games of his high school senior season. Normally that type of player wouldn’t be in a leadership position of a Division 1 basketball team. But Holt is doing just that without missing a step. “It’s not easy for a freshman to assume a leadership role, especially when you got upper-class guys playing with them,” Kent State coach Geno Ford said. “It’s a tough assignment anytime you’re a freshman playing the point. “Other guys just get to worry about what their assignment is, and he has to worry about what

everybody’s assignment is. And then you mix in the fact that most of our wings are seniors.” Holt suffered two knee injuries in the past two years, one of which kept him out of his last six high school career games. “At first it bothered me a lot — I always thought about it,” Holt said. “But at the end of the day I thought about it like, ‘High school is not going to be the last of me. I’m going to continue my game further and try to pick up where I left off at Kent State.’” During Holt’s senior season of basketball, he averaged 24.8 points per game, following his junior year, when he was ranked the 32nd best point guard in the country by Rivals.com. The recruiting staff at Kent State knew Holt had potential at the college level, which is why they jumped on the opportunity

to sign him in November before his senior year. The second surgery on his right knee occurred this season, but Holt said he wasn’t worried about losing his spot in the lineup. “I was kind of angry that it did happen to me again,” he said. “I’m not really worried about minutes right now. When we’re in practice I just play my game and show the coach what I’m capable of, and I know they have faith in me.” Holt said his knee is not at its complete strength yet, but he has noticed steady improvement. “I just try to strengthen it every day,” he said. “It’s getting there. I’m probably at 80-85 percent right now.” Adding to the list of things Holt had to overcome is his size. At 6-foot-1, Holt is the shortest player on the team. What he lacks in size, Holt said only drives him

THE GAME Kent State (13-7, 4-2 MAC) vs. Western Michigan (11-8, 3-3) Where: M.A.C. Center When: 2:00 p.m. tomorrow to be a more determined player on the court. “I have the type of mentality where I’m going to come in and do all the little things, do all the scrappy things, just to bring the intensity of the game up,” he said. Contact sports reporter Cody Erbacher at cerbache@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com.

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Sophomore guard Jena Stutzman dribbles down court during Wednesday’s game against Central Michigan. Stutzman scored 14 points against the Chippewas.

THE GAME Kent State (12-7, 5-2 MAC) vs.

Sitting at second in the Mid-American Conference East Division, the Kent State women’s basketball team is facing one problem: an inability to close out games. The Flashes (12-7, 5-2 MAC) are riding a three-game winning streak, but they have struggled with taking advantage of building early leads in each of the recent contests. “You’ve got to be able to put teams away, and this team has a problem putting teams away,” Kent State coach Bob Lindsay said. “They just let them get back in.” During that span, the team has rededicated itself to outworking its opponents. Junior guard Jamilah Humes’ performance during Wednesday night’s 82-76 win is a prime example of the blue-collar work ethic Lindsay is preaching. Humes secured her first career doubledouble scoring 13 points and tallying a careerhigh 11 assists. “She plays kind of by the seat of her pants and makes some good plays while sometimes making plays that hurt you,” Lindsay said. “When we were playing well, she was a big part of that.” Although the Flashes have struggled shooting from long range throughout the season, sophomore guard Jena Stutzman shot herself out of a slump during Wednesday’s victory

against Central Michigan. Stutzman shot 4-for-9 from behind the arc for 14 points. Stutzman shot 44 percent from 3-point range last season, but her production has dipped to 37 percent from long range. Stutzman said it was a relief to make the shots she is capable of but attributes her success to Humes’ ability to pass the ball efficiently. “I haven’t really been shooting that well, but again (Jamilah) does a really good job of finding me,” Stutzman. “I had a bunch of wide open shots that I better start hitting.” Humes and Stutzman will look to extend the Flashes’ winning streak to four games on Saturday when the Flashes travel to Dekalb, Ill., to face Northern Illinois. The Huskies (8-11, 2-5) are positioned at fifth in the MAC West Division and are coming off a disappointing 96-51 loss to Miami. Northern Illinois’ offense is led by junior guard Marke Freeman, who leads the team with 17.5 points per game. Following Wednesday’s win, Humes said the team made an adjustment to Central Michigan’s ability to drive the ball down low, but the result was the Chippewas’ ability to find open shooters. “We weren’t stopping penetration,” Humes said. “They kept driving the ball to the middle. They were penetrating and pitching. We couldn’t cover the shooters.” Contact sports reporter Lance Lysowski at llysowsk@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com.

Northern Illinois (8-11, 2-5) Where: DeKalb, Ill. When: 4:30 p.m. tomorrow

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Daily Kent Stater The Kent State gymnastics team will face off against the George Washington Colonials at 7 p.m. tonight in the M.A.C. Center. Led by junior Christina Lenny, the Flashes (2-1, 1-0 Mid-American Conference) hope to increase their winning streak at home to 19 consecutive victories. “Our goal is to be consistent every week,” Lenny said. Coach Brice Biggin said the Flashes will not be overlooking the 3-5 Colonials. “You can’t look at any team and take them for granted,” Biggin said. “They’ve done well here in the past, and as soon as you take someone for granted it will come back to bite you.” This week in practice, the gymnasts remained focused on their deductions from the previous meet against Eastern Michigan. Biggin said the team has diligently worked on improving their performances on the beam. “We take a lot of pride in difficulty and execution,” Biggin said. “You don’t just throw a skill, you perform it.” For Lenny, each meet is symbolic of the team’s overall goal to qualify through regionals and advance to the national competition. “We have to learn from our mistakes,” she said. “We need to do better at regionals. We never do as well as we should.” Last week against Eastern Michigan, Lenny completed a new bar routine with added difficulty. This added difficulty will be a challenge, but in the long run Biggin feels it will make her

routine much better. “In order for the team to be at their best, Lenny must be at hers,” Biggin said. “She needs to work consistently on bars. She sometimes misses handstands and gets a little loose, especially on her dismount combo.” Lenny plans to make adjustments to her routine and isolate problem areas where she knows she can improve. Time management in the gym is something Lenny has learned throughout her athletic career, and she hopes those skills will contribute to earning a successful career someday. The criminal justice major believes the sport of gymnastics has helped her prepare for her professional life. “Gymnastics has taught me a lot with time management,” she said. “Right now there’s practice, classes and studying. I think it will help me with any job. I know how to work hard, and I know things don’t come easy. Like competing, you have to work your way up.” The gymnast plans to focus on consistency and repetition in tonight’s competition. “Nothing makes you better than constant repetition,” Biggin said. “Focusing on quality over quantity everyday helps you to build confidence.” To the Kent State fans in the bleachers last Friday in the team’s home opener, Lenny extended gratitude. “I love when people cheer loud; it gets me really pumped up and really excited,” she said. “Knowing that those people are here for us, it makes me want to do that much better. We can show everybody what we have been working for.” Contact sports reporter Katie Corbut at kcorbut@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com.

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