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Geno to leave KSU Men’s basketball team in state of shock after Ford’s unexpected move

Remembering, missing Enrollment doubles in Computer and Kent State student killed Information Systems in spring break accident Department must It’s OK to be sad for now, but she would want us to be happy. We should just live the way she lived and treat people the way she treated people.

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rjones62@kent.edu Daily Kent Stater The Kent State athletic department named associate head coach Rob Senderoff the interim head coach of the men’s basketball team until a replacement for former head coach Geno Ford is found. “I’ve seen firsthand the relationships Rob has built with these young men,” said Joel Nielsen, the director of athletics at Kent State, during a press conference Monday. “It’s genuine. They’re not purely acting out of emotion saying, ‘We just want somebody who’s here right now.’” While it was critical to name Senderoff as soon as possible, Nielsen said the nation-wide search to permanently replace Ford will not be c o n c l u d e d a s FORD quickly. The athletic department is taking a few days to absorb the sudden change before narrowing down the dozens of candidates it is already considering to avoid any rash decisions. Although Ford’s decision to leave could be considered just that. After several conversations in the past few days, Ford made an indication to Nielsen on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. that he would be leaving the Flashes after serving as head coach for three years. Nielsen was “alerted to the Bradley University website” at 9:30 p.m. to see Ford accepted a head coach position there. “I would have hoped for better communication because there was excellent communication (earlier),” Nielsen said. “I would’ve liked to sit down and hear his thoughts and ideas.” And the players agreed. “I’m in a state of shock,” junior guard Carlton Guyton said. “It was very unexpected.” Guyton said he found out when a former coach called him Sunday at 9:55 p.m. and said he heard Ford was leaving. After an online search confirmed what Guyton thought was “a joke or something,” he attended a meeting with his teammates and several staff members at 10:15 p.m. Everyone there had mixed emotions, from surprise to sadness to anger. See FORD, Page 2

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deinsel@kent.edu Daily Kent Stater Some knew her as Rachael. Most people called her Carli. But to her father, Rachael Carlina Woodruff was just his energetic 19-year-old girl and best friend. “To me, it was just her,” Donald Woodruff said. “It was my daughter either way.” According to Delaware State Highway Patrol, on March 22, Rachael was headed home to Loveland, Ohio, to see friends and family for spring break. Around 2:30 p.m. she stopped at a rest area off of Interstate 71 in Delaware County. As she was leaving, Joshua Morris, 32, of Streetsboro, became distracted by his cell phone and lost control of his vehicle. He crossed the median, all three lanes of southbound traffic and the rest area exit ramp before striking Rachael’s car. She was taken by EMS to Grant Hospital where she died from her injuries. Friends and family gathered Monday in her hometown for funeral services. Those closest to her remember her for her sense of humor, her ability to connect with others and her spirit. Caitlin Parker, junior history and pre-law major, and Katie Thomas, junior speech pathology major, heard the news together. Both met Rachael at the beginning of the fall semester through mutual friends. “It was something that we didn’t realize could be real,” Parker said. “She was just such a vivacious, fun-loving girl, and this would be the last person that something like this could ever happen to.” Chelsey Ellis, junior nursing major, met Rachael two years ago when she was a sophomore and Rachael was a freshman. They became roommates this summer. “The most important thing that I want people to know is just that she always made people feel comfortable and welcome,” Ellis said. “She would go to a party with a few friends and leave with 20.” Her father said that Rachael came to Kent State looking for a big school without being in a big city. She was a sophomore intervention specialist major

and was recently hired at Hattie Larlham, which provides services for the developmentally disabled. She was scheduled to start next week. Donald Woodruff said that it was her big heart and love for people that made her perfect for her field. “I think that she understood that beauty is really something that comes from the inside,” he said. Rachael was also very athletic and a little competitive, involved in many sports throughout the years. Her father recalled her placing fifth in state for diving at a very young age. She went to the Junior Olympics twice for track and played soccer in high school. But he said that when she came to Kent State she wanted to focus on her studies. He said that what Rachael really enjoyed was the camaraderie that came along with being a part of a group. Pallbearers at her funeral were mostly former teammates. “She was the one that kept people laughing, and she had that really contagious personality that made you want to get to know her more,” Parker said. “She just really let you in.” The driver of the vehicle that struck Rachael was not injured and no charges have been filed as the accident remains under investigation. Since the incident, many friends have vowed to never use their cell phones while driving again and are telling Rachael’s story to others to inspire them to do the same. “There’s just nothing that important that it can’t wait a few minutes,” Parker said. “People don’t realize that a little distraction can have big consequences,” added Thomas. Even though she is gone, her smile remains in the memories of those who knew her. It will be a reminder to stay positive, just as Rachael always was. “It’s OK to be sad for now, but she would want us to be happy,” Ellis said. “We should just live the way she lived and treat people the way she treated people.” Dawn Einsel is a city reporter.

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On left, Kent State student Rachael Carlina Woodruff poses with her roommate, Chelsey Ellis. Woodruff died from injuries sustained in a car accident Tuesday, March 22.

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Enrollment in the computer and information systems program has nearly doubled in the last five years, from 62 students in Fall 2006 to 113 students this year. Computer information systems are “the software systems that are essential to the daily operation of organizations,” according to the CIS website. Examples include airline reservation systems, bank automated teller systems, trade systems for stock exchanges and accounting and auditing systems. The CIS major, which falls under the management and information systems department in the College of Business Administration, teaches students how to “design and manage such computer systems for a company and how to help people use the computer system effectively and efficiently,” according to the CIS website. Pratim Datta, a management and information systems assistant professor, said the increased enrollment is the result of teamwork between CIS industry members, students and faculty.

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“It is this engaged teamwork that is a recipe for higher enrollments,” Datta said. “Our CIS students are the worthiest ambassadors of our program and deserve the most credit. They manifest and promote Kent State’s ‘Excellence in Action.’” Felix Offodile, chairperson for management and information systems, said he attributes the recent growth to professional involvement in the program through the Center for Information Systems. “It’s a method for professionals in the industry who come here and actually help provide internships for our majors, and some of them are interested in hiring our majors,” Offodile said. “They help us with the curriculum, tell us what is current, what the average See CIS, Page 2

Kent State administration announces social event moratorium continuance A discussion between administrative staff and representatives from student organizations was not enough to lift the ban on social events. “When the final decision was recommended to Vice President (Greg) Jarvie, we took everything into consideration,” said Timeka Rashid, assistant dean of students and director of the Center for Student Involvement. “We took what we discussed in November, the feedback from our staff and student organizations and what other surrounding universities were moving to.” The Social Events Moratorium is an unwritten ban for on-campus parties. A letter sent to student organizations before spring break announced the moratorium’s continuance. A social event is defined as a gathering of on-campus and offcampus students, accompanied by a DJ, to have a party. The ban was a response to behavioral incidents in Fall 2009. Rashid said CSI is working with students to eliminate any

confusion about the policy. “Some people had ques tions like, ‘Well, does that mean we can’t have a reception after our event?’” Rashid said. “No, because a social event is when the main purpose of getting together is to have a party.” Rashid said the administration considered how other universities, like the University of Akron and Bowling Green State University, are moving away from allowing on-campus parties because of liability issues. Rashid said the shooting at Youngstown State University, which resulted in the death of a student, coincidently occurred around the same time of the January discussion. She said the incident was a factor in the decision. “We want to make sure students are safe,” Rashid said. “It may seem like an all or nothing, but for us, we are looking at the long-term well-being of students.” — Christine Morgan, student affairs reporter

Obama on Libya: ‘We have a responsibility to act’   WASHINGTON (AP) — Vigorously defending the first war launched on his watch, President Barack Obama declared Monday night that the United States intervened in Libya to prevent a slaughter of civilians that would have stained the world’s conscience and “been a betrayal of who we are” as Americans. Yet he ruled out targeting Moammar Gadhafi, warning that trying to oust him militarily would be a mistake as costly as the war in Iraq. Obama announced that NATO would take command over the entire Libya operation Wednesday, keeping his pledge to get the U.S. out of the lead fast — but offering no estimate on when the conflict might end and no details about its costs despite demands for those answers from

lawmakers. He declined to label the U.S.-led military campaign as a “war,” but made an expansive case for why he believed it was in the national interest of the United States and allies to use force. In blunt terms, Obama said the U.S.-led response had stopped Gadhafi’s advances and halted a slaughter that could have shaken the stability of an entire region. Obama cast the intervention in Libya as imperative to keep Gadhafi from killing those rebelling against him and to prevent a refugee crisis that would drive Libyans into Egypt and Tunisia, two countries emerging from their own uprisings. “To brush aside America’s responsibility as a leader and —

more profoundly — our responsibilities to our fellow human beings under such circumstances would have been a betrayal of who we are,” Obama said. He spoke in a televised address to the nation, delivered in front of a respectful audience of military members and diplomats. Obama spoke as, in Libya, rebel forces bore down Monday on Gadhafi with the help of airstrikes by the U.S.-led forces. His speech was his most aggressive attempt to answer the questions mounting from Republican critics, his own party and war-weary Americans — chiefly, why the U.S. was immersed in war in another Muslim nation. Amid protests and crackdowns across the Middle East and North Africa, Obama stated his case that Libya stands alone.

Obama said the United States had a unique ability to stop the violence, an international mandate and broad coalition, and the ability to stop Gadhafi’s forces without sending in American ground troops. The message to his country and the world: Libya is not a precedent for intervention anywhere else. Reaction to the speech in Congress tended to break along partisan lines, with Republicans faulting the president for what they said was his failure to define the mission clearly. “When our men and women in uniform are sent into harm’s way, Americans and troops deserve a clear mission from our commander in chief, not a speech nine days late,” said Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, a member of the Armed Services Com-

mittee and head of the Senate Republicans’ political arm. “President Obama failed to explain why he unilaterally took our nation to war without bothering to make the case to the U.S. Congress.” T h e p re s i d e n t s o u g h t t o address critics who have said the U.S. mission remains muddled. Indeed, he reiterated the White House position that Gadhafi should not remain in power, but the U.N. resolution that authorized power does not go that far. That gap in directives has left the White House to deal with the prospect that Gadhafi will remain indefinitely. Obama said the U.S. would try to isolate him other ways. He said that the tasks U.S. forces were carrying out — to protect Libyan civilians and establish a

no-fly zone — had international support. If the U.S. were to seek to overthrow Gadhafi by force, “our coalition would splinter,” the president said. Left unclear is what happens if Gadhafi stays. Domestic politics got a nod, too, in a nation saddled in debt and embroiled over how to cut spending. “The risk and cost of this operation — to our military and to American taxpayers — will be reduced significantly,” Obama said. The president said transferring the mission to NATO would leave the United States in a supporting role, providing intelligence, logistical support and search and rescue assistance. He said the U.S. would also use its capabilities to jam Gadhafi’s means of communication.

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Daily Kent Stater Four Kent State Honors College students will work to analyze and translate an ancient Greek document through the Green Scholars Initiative during Fall 2011. Other universities involved in the initiative received prominent works such as an original copy of “The Iliad” by Homer. But Kayla Zatezalo, freshman crafts major and one of the participating students, said they will have to wait until

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During the meeting, Carroll told the participating students, named junior Green scholars, they will perform a chemical analysis of the papyrus in the fall and translate it from Greek in the spring after taking Elementary Greek I and II. “To get to that point, there is a lot of preliminary work that has to go in,” Larson said. “People in ancient times didn’t use punctuation or word divisions, so you can imagine trying to read a document with no spaces between the words (and) no punctuation.” Zatezalo said considering the prominence of “The Iliad,” she is excited to uncover which document Kent State will be publishing. “I’m a big fan of mythology, so something by Homer would be great, but something by anybody prominent would be absolutely amazing,” she said. Heather Benya, freshman mathematics major and a junior Green scholar, also said she is interested to see what the

Walker named director of School of Digital Sciences

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FORD Geno to leave KSU “I think (getting a new head coach) is going to be difficult on student athletes already,” Nielsen said. “But in a situation like that, it’s tough.” Ford was not present at the meeting because he touched down in an Illinois airport at 7:15 p.m. then went to Bradley University to meet with his new team. “I was brought here to be what I am: passionate about Bradley University; passionate about the players,” Ford said at a press conference Monday. “We have a very rich basketball tradition.” After signing his most recent contract less than a year ago on April 1, Ford is the 23rd men’s basketball coach to depart

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decade are public health and info technology. And a year or so ago, Kent State created a College of Public Health; now we’re creating a School of Digital Sciences to focus on that information technology.” Kent State developed the School of Digital Sciences as an interdisciplinary unit in order to incorporate a broad range of programs into a single school. The school combines programs from the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Communication and Information, Technology and Education and Health and Human services, Walker said. Frank’s message stated that as the director, Walker will work with a fac-

ulty adviser committee, as well as chairs and deans of the participating programs, to appoint faculty within the school. Walker said students will be able to earn a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts or Master of Science in Digital Science from the school. Walker said he is excited to be a part of developing the new school. “I think it’s very exciting,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of people that are very interested in the school and what it’s doing.”

from the Flashes. But Nielsen said he does not want Kent State to be known as “a training ground” — a term he has heard before. Since 2000, the men’s basketball program has been a stepping-stone for coaches. Gary Waters left for Rutgers after the Flashes won a game in the 2001 NCAA Tournament. Stan Heath took off for Arkansas after Kent State’s Elite Eight run in 2002. And before Ford, Jim Christian accepted the coaching job at Texas Christian after a 28-7 season in 2008. “Last year, I thought we made some progress,” Nielsen said. “We hoped the changes we made and the buyout would have helped establish us some greater certainty and consistency.” Ford’s contract stated that if he decides to stop coaching before the contract expires on March 31, 2015, he or his

future employer must pay Kent State his salary plus his supplemental salary — for the basketball camps and other activities he does for the team outside of coaching — multiplied by the number of years left on his contract. Four years and $300,000 totals up to $1.2 million. Although this was not enough to keep Ford around, Guyton hopes Senderoff makes his time as the temporary head coach permanent. Having 10 new players finally mesh this season, the next-year senior said it would be better if the team did not have to readjust to a new coaching staff as well. “Hopefully, (the new coach) is someone we’re used to,” Guyton said. “Or if it’s a new coach, I hope things stay the same.”

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CITY March 16 n Antoine D. Kaiser, 25, of Cleveland, was

arrested for domestic violence in the 1300 block of Anita Court.

March 17 n Cory M. McCollum, 24, of Kent, was arrested for driving under suspension in the 400 block of South Francis Avenue.

Erik D. Frits, 20, of Erie, Pa., was arrested for underage drinking in the 200 block of North Water Street.

Samuel H. Ottinger, 19, of Middleburg

Heights, was arrested for disorderly conduct and underage drinking in the 100 block of University Avenue.

Robert F. Shymske, 19, of Middleburg Heights, was arrested for disorderly conduct and underage drinking in the 100 block of University Avenue.

Dylan C. Lusk, 20, of Saxonburg, Pa., was

arrested for underage drinking, open container, littering and falsification in the 100 block of North Lincoln Street. n

Paul M. Schill, 20, of Concord, was arrested

for underage drinking in the 100 block of

Colin P. Boyle, 24, of Kent, was arrested for

disorderly conduct and public intoxication in the 800 block of North Mantua Street.

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Ted D. Williams, 25, of Ravenna, was arrested for possession of controlled substances, disorderly conduct and public intoxication in the 100 block of North Depeyster Street.

March 18 n Michael T. Grassi, 21, of Hinckley, was

arrested for disorderly conduct and public intoxication in the 200 block of North Water Street. n Robert W. Pansmith, 22, of Hudson, was arrested for theft in the 100 block of East Main Street. n Michael A. Wolf II, 23, of North Royalton, was arrested for disorderly conduct and public intoxication in the 300 block of South Water Street. n

Alexander J. Somerville, 23, of Barberton,

was arrested for drunken driving in the intersection of Lake Street and Costley Court. n

Abdullah N. Aldabal, 21, of Dhahran, King-

dom of Saudi Arabia, was arrested for drunken driving in the 100 block of West Erie Street. n

Kyle R. Montgomery, 21, of Hudson, was

arrested for disorderly conduct and public intoxication in the 100 block of East Main Street. n

Brian C. Gehlbach, 21, of Hudson, was arrest-

ed for disorderly conduct and public intoxication in the 100 block of East Main Street.

Jared F. Sawczyszyn, 22, of Broadview Heights, was arrested for disorderly conduct and public intoxication in the 300 block of South Water Street.

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papyrus says. “We got to see the piece of papyri, and it was just a piece of paper with a bunch of scribbles on it; you don’t know what it says,” she said. Although they are not starting the actual analysis until fall, Benya said they are reading “The City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish” by Peter Parsons over the summer. The book is meant to introduce them to the Greek language and customs, Benya said. Zatezalo said she is grateful to be a part of a project that allows a wide range of majors to be included. “I’m a crafts major,” Zatezalo said. “My concentration is jewelry, so normally I wouldn’t get the chance to work with this high up in the classics department. This opportunity is really rare for somebody in my major, so I’m really glad to do this.” Kelly Tunney is the Arts and Sciences reporter.

Jack J. Metcalf, 22, of Kent, was arrested

for disorderly conduct and vandalism in the 200 block of South Water Street.

March 19 n Quortney A. Tolliver, 19, of Kent, was arrest-

ed for domestic violence in the 1300 block of Lawrence Street. n James Keir Padraig Strainer, 19, of Kent, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia at the intersection of East Williams Street and Vine Street. n

Vincentia D. Stewart, 31, of Kent, was

arrested on four counts of endangering children in the 1200 block of Anita Court. n

Nicole M. Hersman, 32, of Kent, was arrest-

ed for domestic violence and four counts of endangering children at Robinson Memorial Hospital. n

Nancy A. McDowell, 46, of Ravenna, was

arrested for driving under suspension and expired plates at the intersection of Fairchild Avenue and Adrian Street. n

Robert C. Wagoner III, 29, of Kent, was

arrested for driving under suspension in the 1300 block of Lawrence Court. n

Lisa M. Vegel, 23, of Kent, was arrested for

disorderly conduct and public intoxication in the 500 block of North Water Street.

March 20 n Randall L. Brooks Jr., 45, of Kent, was

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Enrollment doubles in Computer and Information Although Offodile is pleased with the increased interest in the CIS major, he said if enrollment continues to increase, the program would have to make some adjustments. “Obviously, we need to provide more faculty,” Offodile said. “In the next year or so, we hope to add more faculty, in particular those who have the expertise in the areas we’re trying to market.” Additionally, Offodile said he is looking into adding new courses and sections to accommodate the growing interest in the program. He also said the admissions process is becoming more selective. “We’re being more proactive, and we’re stressing the strengths of the program and what the advantages are for students,” Offodile said. “Therefore, more students are interested, so we can choose who we want to admit to make the program even stronger.” Catherine Bakes, management and information systems associate professor, said she attributes the growth to increased promotion, in particular during a recent Information Technology and Information Systems Career Expo. “More than 500 students attended this year’s Expo on March 3,” Bakes said. “These presentations emphasize that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts huge demand for IT graduates and that IT salaries are among the highest of all professions. This combination of activities has been very successful in attracting students to the major.” Leighann McGivern is the student finance and College of Business reporter. arrested for disorderly conduct and public intoxication at the intersection of Overbrook Road and Francis Street. n Aaron C. Harvey, 24, of Atwater, was arrested for disorderly conduct in the 100 block of West Main Street. n

Michael C. Detweiler, 21, of Hartville, was

arrested for disorderly conduct in the 100 block of West Main Street. n

Beth A. Savanich, 30, of Streetsboro, was

arrested for drunken driving and running a red light at the intersection of North Mantua Street and Cuyahoga Avenue. n Kevin D. Keough, 24, of Brooklyn, Ohio, was arrested for disorderly conduct and public intoxication at the intersection of North Mantua Street and Cuyahoga Avenue.

William M. Jones, 48, of Streetsboro, was arrested for disorderly conduct in the 1500 block of South Water Street.

March 22 n Darnell Hall Jr., 19, of Ravenna, was arrest-

ed for underage drinking, drunken driving, speeding and possession of marijuana in the 1500 block of South Water Street.

Steven P. Evans, 39, of Kent, was arrested

for driving under suspension at the intersection of North Water Street and Columbus Avenue.

March 24 n Justin J. Holley, 22, of Kent, was arrested

for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest in the 1800 block of Rhodes Road.

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fall to discover the text they will examine. The Green family, who owns the Hobby Lobby store chain, has a large collection of ancient documents including Greek papyri, medieval manuscripts and cuneiform tablets. They started the Green Scholars Initiative to get college undergraduates involved in publishing these documents, said Jennifer Larson, chair of modern and classical languages and coordinator for the project at Kent State. “It’s kind of different from the way it usually happens,” she said. “Usually texts like this are only accessible to professors and graduate students, so it’s great to have that different approach where we have undergraduates getting involved.” Scott Carroll, the director of the Green Collection and principle investigator for the project, met with Larson and the four students March 18 to give them a look at the papyrus they will be working with, Larson said.

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Former KSU student released from prison

One of the former students charged in an on-campus robbery in 2009 has been released from prison. Mykel Benson, convicted of robbery and receiving stolen property and sentenced to two years in prison, was released Feb. 17 from the Lorain Correctional Institution, according to court records. Benson, 19, of Cleveland, was involved in stealing a FlashCard from another student with three other individuals on Nov. 22, 2009. He was sentenced on Sept. 7, 2010 in the Portage County Court of Common Pleas. — Josh Johnston, city editor

Darrick D. Pou, 36, of Ravenna, was arrested for driving under suspension, running a red light and an open container in the 300 block of Silver Meadows Drive.

March 25 n Daniel R. Greenfield, 20, of Beachwood,

was arrested for drunken driving, underage drinking and speeding at the intersection of Gougler Avenue and West Main Street.

William Beach, 39, of Kent, was arrested for drunken driving at the 300 block of West Main Street. n

CAMPUS March 17 n Colin A. Pettry, 20, of Medina, was arrest-

ed for underage drinking at Centennial Court B.

Martin J. Sheets Jr., 19, of Pittsburgh, Pa., was arrested for underage drinking at Centennial Court B.

Thomas M. Pettry, 22, of Middleburg Heights, was arrested for furnishing alcohol to minors at Centennial Court B.

Matthew A. Pettry, 20, of Medina, was arrested for underage drinking at Centennial Court B.

n Maggie R. Columbus, 18, of Pittsburgh, Pa., was arrested for underage drinking at Dunbar Hall.

March 25 n Jarel A. Bruster, 23, of Akron, was arrested for possession of marijuana at White Hall.

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SUMMARY:Everyone knows there’s a risk being taken while driving and texting at the same time. Recent tragic events have hit us close to home and should hint that we should put the phone down for our drive

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hio Legislature is considering passing a bill targeting distracted drivers. If it becomes law, the penalty for texting behind the wheel could carry a $150 fine per offense. Nationally, there is no law against texting and driving. AAA East Central has said its legislative priorities for 2011 include teen driver safety and texting bans in Ohio. The recent death of a Kent State student, who was hit by a driver who was reaching for his cell phone charger, is a terrible incident, but an ever-increasing one. The ability to instantly talk to someone in a brief, typed message has become the norm for our generation. That, combined with a young sense of invincibility, puts us in a mindset where we think something as tragic as a car

accident couldn’t happen to us, especially from taking our eyes off the road for even just a few seconds. Newer technology is now making it possible for drivers to text and update Facebook hands-free in their vehicles. General Motors has a test car that uses an Onstar application that allows drivers to send and receive texts and Facebook updates while driving. Bluetooth headsets allow drivers to talk hands-free, but the distraction is still there. According to drivinglaws.org’s “Ohio Driving Laws and Cell-Phone Legislatior,” three Ohio cities currently have laws against texting and driving. In Brooklyn, Ohio, a driver cannot use a mobile telephone unless the driver maintains both hands on the wheel. If the law is broken, the fine can run from $35 to $100.

More than ever, there are many things in our lives that can distract us from paying attention to the road. Cell phones, iPods and GPS units are all tricky devices and usually need our full attention to operate. There is no safe way to handle one device while steering in a car without some distraction. Despite the ability to text and drive, we should take another look at the consequences of driving and texting. A life was taken this past week due to an avoidable distraction. Waiting to forward a text or to take a photo and upload it to Facebook can take a backseat while the car is in motion. Put the phone down and drive. The above editorial is the concensus opinion of the Daily Kent Stater editorial borad whose members are listed to the left.

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Kent, Kennesaw and the Red Scare Welcome back to Kent State, everyone. Hopefully your spring break was enjoyable. Did you travel anywhere? Did you make new friends? Did anyone accuse you of being a Marxist? The latter happened this month to Timothy Chandler, our senior associate provost. Perhaps you heard in February he accepted the provost’s position at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. This terrified executives at the Marietta Daily Journal so much that they began digging for old academic articles Chandler had written. Seriously, is that normal? Nonetheless, they found one of Chandler’s papers and proceeded to wet their pants, horrified that he — gasp — cited Karl Marx. They argued that he and co-author Walter Davis have an “obvious fondness for Marx and vehement dislike of capitalism.” That is difficult to argue when the 25,000-word, 22-page paper quotes Marx just five times, twice to refute him. Besides, does a criticism of capitalism now equal a “vehement dislike”? Capitalism is not a completely perfect system; neither is socialism. That is why America has a mixed economy. I have some questions to ask these Marietta Daily Journal writers: If Chandler is such an obvious Marxist and a massive threat to capitalism and to America as we know it, then what has he done in his 20 years at Kent State to turn us students into a bunch of Marxistloving America-haters? Their multiple columns focused only on one supposedly horrible academic paper from 13 years ago and provide zero evidence that Chandler has been even remotely involved in anything that spurred an implementation of Marxism at Kent State. Does that evidence even exist? If Chandler has a “vehement dislike of capitalism” as the MDJ states, why has he not stopped Kent State from improving to become the nation’s 159th best undergraduate business program out of 215 top-tier

Jody Michael schools according to U.S. News and World Report? What could he have done, anyway? The provost’s office is in charge of supervising and overseeing the university’s curriculum. Marxism seeks to implement socialism in society. How exactly is a senior associate provost equipped to make America socialist? Is the MDJ implicitly advocating for public universities to discriminate in its hiring on the basis of politics? Should we do this at all government agencies? Will a Marxist cashier at the DMV bring America to her knees? Are we supposed to never mention Marx and instead pretend he never existed? If this Marx-referencing column hinders my ability to get a job after graduating, will the MDJ consider that justifiable? Does Kennesaw State refuse to teach Marx in any of its classes? Remember, those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it. These MDJ writers have every right to criticize Chandler, of course, but their premise is flawed. They are more concerned with performing witch-hunts than analyzing actual results. Chandler has since chosen not to go to Kennesaw. He will continue to help our university improve and excel. Welcome back to Kent State, Dr. Chandler. Jody Michael is a sophomore broadcast journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at jmicha10@kent.edu.

Is nuclear power safe? The safety of nuclear power generation has been a hot topic since a magnitude 9.0 earthquake sent a 30-foot wall of water crashing into Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station March 11. Although the station’s workers acted quickly and courageously to prevent a total core meltdown, the catastrophe has made many people around the world question their support of nuclear energy production. In fact, a recent PEW Research Center poll reports that 52 percent of Americans oppose increasing the use of nuclear power (up from 47 percent last October), while only 39 percent say they favor it. An important factor underlying this shift in public opinion deals with the perception of safety in the nuclear industry. The same PEW poll revealed that only about a quarter of Americans (24 percent) believe American nuclear power plants are designed to be safer than those in Japan. But is this perceived threat warranted? Is nuclear power safe? My answer would have to be — compared to what? According to a report by the U.S. Energy Administration, the top three sources of energy in the United States are fossil fuels. A staggering 37 percent of our energy consumption comes in the form of oil, while natural gas and coal account for another 25 percent and 21 percent of our yearly consumption, respectively. That means about 9 percent of our energy

produce the equivalent amount of energy from oil. Even more shockingly, producing the equivalent amount of energy using coal results in an astounding 4,000 times more deaths worldwide. Fears of radiation poisoning have also been greatly exaggerated, and I think they stem largely from the average person’s Daniel Sprockett unfamiliarity with radiation exposure. For example, according to the U.S. Nuclear comes from America’s 104 nuclear power Regulatory Commission, the average person plants, and only around 8 percent comes is exposed to a radiation level of around 620 millirem every year, mainly from cosmic from renewable resources like wind, rays, the natural decay of earth’s elements, solar, hydrothermal and bio-fuels. and medical procedures. In comparison, If public opinion was dictated by living next to a normally operating nuclear rational, informed responses to danger, power plant for a year only increases that we would expect nuclear energy might exposure by 1 millirem. cause high levels of disease or even death The bottom line is this — there will to those living near production plants or always be dangers associated with harnessworking in that industry. However, the ing the power of the atom. But the world’s actual health and mortality data point to population will reach 9 billion by 2050, and the complete opposite. A recent analysis by The Lifeboat Foun- we must find better ways of powering our lives. Each new generation of technologidation has shown in terms of the number cal advancement only spurs on the need for of deaths per Terawatt hours, nuclear energy is one of the safest forms of energy more energy consumption, and our current modes of burning fossil fuels are inefficient, in use today. When taking into account unsustainable, and dangerous. Nuclear enerthe dangers of resource extraction, as well gy may not be the whole answer, but with as the health impact of air, soil and water reasonable foresight and strict safety regulapollution resulting from the burning of tions, it can be part of the solution. fossil fuels, you find nuclear energy production to be far safer than fossil fuels. In Daniel Sprockett is a researcher in the KSU fact, for every one person killed because Department of Anthropology and a columnist at the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at dsprocke@kent.edu. of nuclear energy production, 900 die to

New computer networks are no longer cute, sexy little revolutionaries BERKELEY, Calif. — A perennial problem with revolution is that revolutionaries are cute in the jungle before they’ve won, but quickly become decrepit and sadistic once in power. This is a familiar dilemma, and it is often said that the only response is constant revolution. Thomas Jefferson contemplated periodic American revolutions, though not of a violent nature. A joke that never seems far from the American standup comedy circuit goes, “Diapers and politicians should be changed often, and for the same reason.” So it is natural to have sympathy for WikiLeaks. We can easily see it as the sexy revolutionary in the digital jungle. In the back of our minds we might assure ourselves that if digital-openness revolutionaries storm the capital and then turn out to be jerks, some other band of rebels can always come along to overthrow them. But the digital jungle is different, and this is why I cannot be sympathetic to WikiLeaks. One problem is that people usually can’t see sudden digital revolutions coming. Facebook went from a cool novelty to a nearly global universal imperative in just a few years. Digital power is tenacious because of what are called “network effects.” It’s hard to leave Facebook because of all the connections that would have to be broken, all the data you’d lose access to. Digital structures tend to have an all-ornothing quality, just like a digital bit. A

design like Facebook will either fall by the wayside or become a universal standard, and if it’s a universal standard, it becomes harder to unseat than a government. Since WikiLeaks is relatively small, it is cute, still in its jungle phase. But what if it turns into Facebook? The scenario I fear for WikiLeaks is this: General communication in governments and companies will become phony and banal, as it is on Facebook, except when it’s pointlessly nasty and gossipy, as it also is on Facebook. But it will not be diplomatic. Meanwhile, genuinely consequential communication will take place hidden within a bunker, close to a powerful computer server that outsiders cannot penetrate. Digital technology has re-patterned human influence. Certain big computers on the Internet have become all-seeing eyes, gathering dossiers on the rest of the world. Some of these are called social-networking servers and some are called hedge-fund servers, and now we have the secret encrypted core of the WikiLeaks server to contend with as well. But in all cases, small groups of people gather close to these special servers and speak in secret. When this happens, wealth and power are determined by proximity to the right computer. Decent government seems to persist only when there is a strong middle class, and it is sadly the case that computer networks have been used to redistribute wealth and power away from the middle class, at least

Jaron Lanier The Free Lance-Star in the United States and Europe. It started with Wal-Mart, the giant retailer, using computer networks to finetune distribution systems so perfectly that it no longer mattered where something was manufactured. It’s hard to be too upset with this development, since it also funded the peaceful ascendance of China, a process that has gone more smoothly, at least so far, than anyone had dared to hope. But then the same principles were applied directly to finance, and that allowed financiers to create profits without risk to themselves, which is precisely the same thing as concentrating wealth in a new aristocracy. There are new aristocracies in finance, but also in culture. Publishers, music companies and movie studios have become subservient to the companies that run the central cultural computers, like Apple, Facebook and Amazon. (This is perhaps a good juncture to interrupt my warning about WikiLeaks to say that computer technology is essential for human survival, even if it is often being used badly. While it is not in the scope of this small warning to describe how things could be better, I do want to assure the reader that compassionate uses of information technology exist and are not occult or obscure.) If the systems promoted by WikiLeaks should bloom, then a similar

new kind of power will appear in politics. What are these aristocracies like? One word says it: nerdy. I am a nerd and I like nerds, so it’s tempting to entertain the thought that a world run by nerds would not be so bad. If only that were so. What actually happens when computers are used to concentrate power is that power becomes over-concentrated. The only braking mechanism on accumulation of wealth by financial computers was the imminent failures of the countries that support the currencies. So now one hears nerd financiers speaking among themselves of creating new extragovernmental currencies. Another thing that happens is that people who didn’t used to be nerds have to learn to act like nerds to get by. Teenagers learn to represent themselves as data on a social-networking site, and so to live their lives as to fit into the categories imbedded in the system. The term “advertising” is used to describe the process of access and influencebuying in a world of computerized power. While you arduously tend your fake self on Facebook, the company compiles a secret dossier about you and everyone else so that access to you can be sold to political campaigns, teeth-whiteners, or finance hucksters. You are the product, not the customer. Meanwhile, the things you might offer online — your creative work, your opinions, your advice — are all made worthless in terms of real money.

This is all to say that the WikiLeaks design, if it gets big, would not promote general openness, but a redistribution of where secrets would be kept. It would also make secrets more secret. In a world remade by WikiLeaks, the government and corporate activities you could see because of the celebrated openness would be similar to the openness in social dynamics you get to see on Facebook. Sometimes interesting, occasionally touching, useful and substantial, but overall banal. The real news, the real power, would be hidden in a descendant of Julian Assange’s encrypted server. Computers immunize people who use them for power. When financiers use computers to concentrate wealth without taking on risk, they don’t go to jail. Digital information is perfectly sterile, fungible, erasable and concealable. WikiLeaks as a small rebellious group is one thing, but as a prototype for larger events, it is creating the prototype for digital immunization in politics. The dictators of the world are watching WikiLeaks, and while they might not like the occasional Facebook-like embarrassments that emerge about them during these early stages, they are also learning new tricks. If someone like Assange can accumulate power with a digital strategy, what else might be done? I dread the answers to this question. Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist, composer, visual artist and the author of “You Are Not a Gadget.”

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Sophomore combines fashion with charity Luke 12:33 Project raises money through clothing sales Alison Ritchie

aritchi1@kent.edu Daily Kent Stater Kent State sophomore Anna Zajac knows that it is impossible to help everyone in need. But she also knows that every little bit helps. Zajac created the Luke 12:33 Project, an online blog, where she

is selling her clothing and donating 100 percent of the profits to charity. As a photo illustration major, the project combines her love of photography, her passion for design and her desire to help those in need. “It was really just on my heart,” Zajac said. “We live in a country where we have so much. I think a lot of times, including myself, people are just really blinded to what’s going on.” The Bible verse Luke 12:33 (in the new international version) states, “Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in Heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys.” Zajac said that verse and her

faith in God inspired her to create the website, which she launched on March 11. Within two weeks, she sold five dresses and raised $225 to donate. Part of that money went to a dishwasher in Kent who is in desperate financial need. Zajac said the woman was unable to afford car repairs, Internet connection or a telephone. Zajac raised $175 to donate to her. Currently, the money she generates is given to The Daughter Project, a Northwest Ohio organization that provides help to victims of sex trafficking. “It’s raising awareness,” Zajac said. “People are inspired to give. That’s a purpose of the project. My hope and my prayer is that people would be inspired to start giving and loving on others. It’s been inspirational to me, just seeing

how it’s at work.” Zajac has been promoting the project heavily on Facebook. That’s how Olivia Juneau, a student at the University of Tennessee and friend of Zajac, found out about the website. She purchased a casual, red button-down dress for $20. “I’m very impressed that she’s doing this,” Juneau said. “It’s great. It’s so important to help people who need it.” Suzanne Neforos , sophomore managerial marketing major at Kent State, also found out about the site through Facebook. After picking out what dress she wanted, Neforos sent Zajac a message requesting to purchase it. The two met up on campus, where Zajac gave her the dress and explained more about the cause. After learning more about

The Daughter Project, Neforos paid $20 for the dress, instead of the $10 that Zajac was asking for it. “(Zajac) is so knowledgeable about the cause,” Neforos said. “I learned so much about the whole thing. The whole purpose of it for me wasn’t to get the dress but to help her out with this.” Although Zajac has an abundance of dresses to sell, she said she knows eventually she’ll run out, so she hopes that others will be inspired to donate their clothing sell on her site. Those interested in donating can find contact information on the blog, luke1233project.tumblr.com. Zajac said it is important to her that the clothes be fairly new. She said the dresses must be stylish but also modest. She said any pro-

vocative clothing would send the wrong message. “Girls who are in commercial prostitution and sex slavery, those are the kinds of dresses they are forced to wear,” she said. “I don’t want to promote that.” Even though she is only selling dresses right now, Zajac said she would eventually like to sell other clothing items. Eventually, she would like to offer men’s clothing, too. For Neforos, the dress will be a reminder of her good deed. “I’m proud of it,” she said. “When I wear the dress, I’ll know the money went somewhere important, not just Forever 21.” Alison Ritchie is a features correspondent.

Kent State students shed light on sex trafficking in the United States Two students wear same dress every day to raise awareness Rachel Hagenbaugh

rhagenba@kent.edu Daily Kent Stater Two Kent State students put their time and effort to use by raising money and awareness for a nonprofit organization in Northwest Ohio called The Daughter Project. Kendra Sherbourne, senior human development and family studies major, said the main goal of The Daughter Project is to rescue and help girls and women involved in the world of sex trafficking. “As a future family professional, I think it’s important for families to realize that it’s happening here, too, not just in other countries,” Sherbourne said. Members of The Daughter Project built a recovery home for the rescued victims of sex trafficking, Sherbourne said. It is a “transition house” that provides teachers and counselors to help the victims, she said. The Daughter Project is based in Perrysburg, which is located outside of Toledo, the fourth-largest sex trafficking city in the United States, said

Caitlin Elmore, junior visual communication design major. She said Toledo is a huge target for sex trafficking because the city is so small but filled with so many people. “Pimps are using Craigslist, Facebook, truck stops and malls to lure children and young adults to them,” Elmore said. Elmore and Sherbourne said they were inspired to help raise awareness about sex trafficking from a middle-aged woman who lives in Toledo. This woman wore the same dress every day for six months. Sherbourne said putting on the dress every day is a metaphor. “These girls are trapped in that life,” Sherbourne said. “Just like we’re trapped in these dresses.” Sherbourne has followed suit and has started to wear the same dress every day, which she said helped her raise money and awareness for The Daughter Project and sex trafficking. She said she made announcements in her classes and church organizations that let people know what she was doing. The point is to get sponsors for each day, Sherbourne said. She has three sponsors who donate a certain amount of money for each day she wears the dress. Sherbourne has worn the dress for 24 days and posts pictures on Facebook of her outfit each day. She said she has worn the dress as a skirt,

shirt, scarf and even ties it around her back when she’s wearing jeans. Sherbourne said she will wear the dress for at least 30 days, but if her sponsors continue to donate money, she will style it each day until the end of the semester. If students are short on cash, they can help raise awareness for sex trafficking in other ways, Elmore said. Just letting people know this is happening and getting others to fight it helps a lot, she said. “In order for there to be a huge supply for something, there has to be a huge demand,” Sherbourne said. Girls are lured into a “false sense of love,” Elmore said. They depend on their “pimp” for food, shelter and clothes. These women are having sex to survive, and they can’t just leave, Sherbourne said. People need to realize these women are victims, not criminals, she said. Parents who teach their children and young adults to be aware of sex trafficking can also raise awareness and help stop sex trafficking, Sherbourne said. A lot of young girls are offered modeling or singing careers on the Internet. Once they inquire further, someone will offer to fly them to a location for free to meet with an agent. They don’t realize it’s a one-way ticket, Sherbourne said. Rachel Hagenbaugh is a features reporter.

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Kent State students Caitlin Elmore and Kendra Sherbourne are wearing the same dress every day for at least thirty days to spread awareness of the dangers and of sex trafficking and raise money for its victims. Sherbourne and Elmore are members of The Daughter Project, a nonprofit organization in Northwest Ohio.

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Empty fields are all that is left behind after the tsunami struck in Sendai, Japan. Almost nothing remains of the houses and buildings that used to stand.

Journey to Japan: Through a KSU lens Story and photos by Thomas Song tsong3@kent.edu

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Volunteers organize relief supplies for the victims of the tsunami at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Tokyo, Japan. All supplies for the victims of the tsunami in Sendai are gathered at relief stations throughout Japan before being sent off.

I began planning a trip to Japan when I heard about the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit the northern coast March 11. Having been to Japan before, I was confident I could safely photograph the aftermath. When I arrived, I immediately tried to head north, but I found the buses heading that direction were full, and the trains were stopped due to earthquake damage. Two days before I was scheduled to fly home, a seat opened up on a bus. After thousands of miles, hours of traveling and a little bit of luck, I found myself in Sendai, Japan. When I arrived, I had no place to stay for the night and only an acquaintance, Michael Tonge, to help me out. We found ourselves walking through a snowstorm for the next hour, stopping at more than a dozen hotels trying desperately to find a room. In the end, Michael graciously allowed me to stay at his apartment with him and his family.

Ultimately, my trip boiled down to a $100 taxi ride during the last hour of sunlight with a driver who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speak English. After trying to communicate through hand gestures, my taxi driver took me to the most damaged areas near the city. Downtown Sendai was not heavily battered by the earthquake and tsunami. The residents appeared to be going on with their daily lives, despite the lack of hot water, low food supplies and rolling blackouts. Conversely, the inhabited coastline areas, about 20-30 minutes away, were totally wiped out. I was amazed at the lack of chaos and that there were no signs of looting. Some of the debris was even organized into recyclable categories. The cleanup efforts by the Japanese people were and are truly remarkable. I hope the focus of the disaster eventually switches from the nuclear crisis in Fukushima to the thousands of people who are without homes and have lost everything. Even though there is a lot of work that needs to be done, I believe Japan will ultimately be stronger than before. The people of Japan have set a high standard for how citizens should act in the face of true loss and disaster.

A man cleans up the debris around his home Thursday. Thousands of people who escaped the tsunami returned to find their belongings and houses ruined.

A caravan of emergency vehicles heads to a location in Sendai, Japan, Thursday.

Roads in the damaged coastal area of Sendai, Japan, remain empty Thursday. The reconstruction efforts of Japan have been quick, but more work is needed to repair the damage caused by the tsunami.