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DAILY KENT STATER Monday, April 4, 2011 • The independent student newspaper of Kent State University • Weather: Rain, HI 62, LO 36

Two Kent students charged Thursday in fake ID scheme

STUDENTS TRAVEL OVERSEAS

MICHAEL MOSES | DAILY KENT STATER

Ben Wolford, senior newspaper journalism major, stands on 100th floor of the Shanghai World Financial Center and looks down through a glass floor.

REPORTING FROM CHINA

International Storytelling class takes journalism students overseas to China

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Public Health Week begins Monday National Public Health Week is April 4-10, and Kent State’s Public Health Student Alliance is sponsoring events to educate the community on the importance of public health. The week kicks off with the Public Health Fair on Monday and events continue to Thursday. Frank Henry-Ala, member of the Public Health Student Alliance and health policy and management major in Kent State’s master’s program, said a lot of people have helped to organize this week’s calendar of events. “Mainly the Public Health Fair is to bring the understanding that public health is a collaborative effort,” Henry-Ala said. “A lot of different businesses and organizations are involved in doing it and put effort into donating money.” The American Public Health Association held the first National Public Health Week in 1995. It falls on the first week of April each year, according to the association’s website. — Michaela Write, religion reporter

HEALTH WEEK EVENTS MONDAY

Public Health Fair When: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Where: 2nd floor KSC “Reforming Health Reform” When: 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Where: Kiva Heart to Heart Talk with Candice Monroe When: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Where: Kiva

TUESDAY

National Alcohol Screening When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: 2nd floor KSC

Movie Night featuring “And the Band Played On” When: 7 p.m. Where: Lowry Auditorium (Free Food)

THURSDAY

WEDNESDAY

Non-Traditional Emerging Issues in Environmental Health When: Noon to 1 p.m. Where: Moulton Hall Ballroom

Alabama Field Experience When: 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Where: Room 309 KSC Careers in Public Health (Open to High School Students) When: 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Where: Room 317 KSC Send Silence Packing When: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Student Recreation and Wellness Center

Community Partner Open House When: 5:30 to 7 p.m. Where: Moulton Hall Ballroom

Bi Safety Training Laboratory Tour When: 2:15 p.m. Where: Cunningham Hall Room 316 Go to http://www.nphw.org/ nphw11/first1.htm for more information on National Public Health Week.

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The thing about China I’ll never forget is the size of its cities, such as Shanghai and Beijing. There are clumps of skyscrapers scattered about a three-hour radius, and that is considered one city. The closest thing in the U.S. would be the scene of New York City and New Jersey, with people confusing which is which. Newark, New Jersey, is right across the river with skyscrapers of its own. In a city like Shanghai, this is the norm. Clumps of skyscrapers and 50-story apartment buildings were everywhere I looked. China and America are definitely different, but I still felt safe and welcomed. If Kent State offers this course again, students should jump on the chance to be part of this experience. It has opened my eyes to not only a different approach to journalism, but also a different side of the world.

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Robert Morson, owner of Riverside Wine and Imports, hustled back and forth in shirt and tie from 1 to 4 p.m., serving his selection of beer and wine to a packed house of customers Saturday during a wine tasting event. Days this busy have become rare since the Crain Street bridge construction project began in 2009. Morson said having Fairchild Avenue and some parallel-running streets blocked off for so long caused clientele from Stow to not come in for months. Business was bad until recently when Fairchild Avenue reopened and barrels and cones were removed from North Mantua. “We’ve had customers come in

and say, ‘It was tough to get here, and there were barrels in front of your place. And we’re just now coming back,’” Morson said. But starting today, business owners on North Mantua might experience the same decline in business for three additional weeks while the four-lane street is reduced to two 10-foot lanes running in opposite directions. The lane reduction is just one of a few changes happening. The entrances to Cuyahoga Street and Fairchild Avenue from state Route 43 will be closed for three weeks. Traffic on Lake Street will be shifted onto temporary pavement while the street is transformed into a 10-foot eastbound lane and an 11-foot westbound lane with no turning lanes. From Brady Street to the Lake Street and Crain Avenue intersection, North Water Street will be closed 138 days, or sometime in August. And Crain Avenue will also be closed between North Water Street and North Depeyster Street for 138 days.

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— yeah, right! They’ve got symbols. Not only is the language different, so is the food. In America, we think of Chinese food as General Tso’s chicken, egg rolls and fortune cookies. Newsflash: None of those menu items actually exist in China. But we weren’t missing out one bit. The rice, the dumplings, the pork, the chicken — everything was so fresh and well-prepared. I was one of the more adventurous eaters in the clan. A few of us planned to do a Food Channel-esque “Food Diaries” story where “we” would go around eating different foods. “We” would film our live reactions to dishes unknown to America. I became the experimenter. I started off with easy things like snake, fried seahorse and ostrich (the ostrich was very good, I’d actually order that for a meal), jellyfish, worms the size of my thumb and frog. Not frog legs, I’m talking skin and all. All of these items were nothing compared to the grand finale. I needed something to truly make viewers say, “What the…” The most outrageous meal of the trip was eating a sheep’s penis. Yes, you read that correctly. I don’t want to talk about it.

— Julie Sickel, public affairs reporter.

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Sun shines on the Shanghai skyline.

Bucca has been released on a recognizance bond of $4,000 and a preliminary hearing is set for April 8. K e v i n T . PATENAUDE Poland, Portage County municipal court judge, arraigned Patenaude on Friday morning and a preliminary hearing is set for April 8. BUCCA Patenaude has been released on a recognizance bond of $2,500. The ongoing investigation, which began Feb. 26, may yield more arrests in the future.

More road closings begin downtown Cuyahoga Street and Fairchild Ave. closed again at Route 43

Michael Moses

During the 14-hour flight to Shanghai, I remember thinking to myself, “How would the Chinese students receive us?” I didn’t know how big of a role the language barrier would play. Fast-forward three weeks, and I left Shanghai with new friends and more life experiences than any professor or lecture could teach at Kent State. I went as part of a class, International Storytelling, which is basically a journalism project centered on the city of Shanghai. Sixteen students and three faculty members, all affiliated with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, traveled to a city that more than 20 million people call home. There, we worked on multiple stories ranging from food and culture to politics and street art. A range of journalism students went on the trip, including photojournalism, broadcast and newspaper majors. Thanks to the group’s collective skills, we are designing a website to showcase our finished stories. While there, we were paired up with Chinese journalism students from the Shanghai International Studies University. They acted as our assistants (think a mix between liaison and interpreter). Without these students — our new friends — as our partners, the project simply would not have been possible. The majority of the students and faculty members knew and understood a great portion of our language, while we only knew small words such as “ni hao” (hello) and could maybe, maybe count to five in Mandarin (I still can’t). I’ve traveled throughout Europe, and it was fairly easy to get around. I could pick up some words because they were spelled similarly to the English translation. But in China

Kent Police arrested two Kent State students Thursday in connection with a fake ID scheme. Drew H. Patenaude, 20, and Antonino G. Bucca, 20, both of Kent, were charged with identity fraud, forgery and telecommunications fraud. The investigation began after United States Customs and Border Protection agents seized a package en route to Kent that contained multiple counterfeit driver licenses, according to a Kent Police Department news release issued Friday morning. The licenses were going to be distributed to Kent State students. Patenaude, a junior business management major, and Bucca, a junior accounting major, are members of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. Chapter President Joey Manilla declined to comment on the case. The Delta Upsilon national office was unavailable for comment Friday evening.

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Entrance to Fairchild Ave. and Cuyahoga Street from state Route 43 will be closed for three weeks. State Route 43 will also be down to two lanes instead of four.

Work begins on new transit facility in Kent A portion of South Depeyster Street will be closed today for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kent Central Gateway facility. The stretch of Depeyster between East Main Street and Haymaker Parkway will be shut down between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. for the ceremony that begins at 11 a.m. The multi-modal facility is part of the Kent downtown redevelop-

ment project. In addition to serving as a PARTA transfer stop, the $26 million proposed building will also have a two-level parking deck, bike storage areas and retail spaces. Last spring, the city was awarded a $20 million federal grant to build the facility. The Kent Central Gateway is slated for completion in the fall of 2012. — Josh Johnston, city editor

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as I Pictured with John Kaplan When: 7 p.m. Where: Franklin Hall, First Energy Auditorium

n Zumba

When: 7 – 10 p.m. Where: Student Center Room 204

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and Women’s Chorus Concert When: 8 – 9:30 p.m. Where: Cartwright Hall Room 306 n Jock

Jams When: 7 – 9:30 p.m. Where: Student Center Ballroom

Taste of Us When: 7 – 9:30 p.m. Where: Oscar Ritchie Hall Room 250

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2 Heart Talk with Candice Monroe When: 6 – 7 p.m. Where: Kiva

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Republicans meeting When: 9 – 11 p.m. Where: Student Center Room 321

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Anti-Racist Action meeting When: 8 – 11 p.m. Where: Student Center Room 318

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the Band Played On When: 7 p.m. Where: Lowry Hall Room 143

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Interhall Council meeting When: 6 – 10 p.m. Where: Governance Chambers

n Zoology-

Conservation Club When: 7 – 8 p.m. Where: Student Center Room 310C

n Focus

on the Future When: 7 – 11 p.m. Where: Student Center Room 312

n Campus

Sex

Discussion When: 7 – 9 p.m. Where: Oscar Ritchie Hall Room 250

n Pilates

When: 7:15 – 8:30 p.m. Where: Student Center Room 204

n Habitat

for Humanity meeting When: 8 – 10 p.m. Where: Bowman Room 137

wednesday

Suicide Prevention Tour When: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Where: Student Recreation and Wellness Center

Public Health meeting When: 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Where: Student Center Room 317

Dodge Ball When: 7 – 8:30 p.m. Where: Gym Annex Room 153

Inside Out Youth Ministry meeting When: 7:15 – 9:15 p.m. Where: Student center Room 304

Red, Black and Going Green When: 7 – 9 p.m. Where: Oscar Ritchie Hall Room 214

Invisible Children meeting When: 8:30 – 9:30 p.m Where: Student Center Room 307

Face Aids meeting When: 9 – 9:45 p.m. Where: Student center Room 322

thursday

Crusade for Christ meeting When: 7 – 11 p.m. Where: Bowman Room 137

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Night Christian Fellowship meeting When: 7 – 11 p.m. Where: Student Center Room 206

n Focus

on the Future meeting When: 7 – 11 p.m. Where: Student Center Room 302

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Kent State Film Society meeting When: 5 – 8 p.m. Where: Student Center Room 316

n Campus

Democrats

meeting When: 7 – 8:30 p.m. Where: Student Center Room 314

n PRIDE!

Kent meeting When: 8 – 10 p.m. Where: Governance Chambers

n USG

Comedy Night When: 8 – 11 p.m. Where: Rathskeller

n KSU

Anime meeting When: 5 - 10 p.m. Where: Music and Speech Building Room 228

n Habitat

for Humanity Fashion Show When: 6 p.m. Where: Student Center Ballroom

n USO

Talent Show When: 7:30 – 9:30 Where: Kiva

n “Tangled”

showing When: 8 p.m. Where: Kiva

n KIC

Magic Show When: 8 – 10:30 Where: Bowman Room 137

n Poetry

African Festival

BBQ When: noon – 5 p.m. Where: Oscar Ritchie Hall Room 250

n “The

Sandlot” showing When: 11 p.m. Where: Kiva

Slam/Open

Mic When: 8 – 10 p.m. Where: Oscar Ritchie Hall Room 250

sunday n C.A.F.E.

meeting When: 3 – 5:30 p.m. Where: Student Center Room 311

n “Tangled”

showing When: 11 p.m. Where: Kiva

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Church meeting When: 8 – 10 p.m. Where: Student Center Room 313

Liberty Alliance meeting When: 9 – 11 p.m. Where: Student Center Room 320

Daily Kent Stater Until she received an e-mail from the Alumni Association about an upcoming free wine tasting event for Kent State seniors, Allison Less didn’t even know the organization existed. “I’ve never heard of them, let alone known that they do fun stuff like this,” said Less, senior nutrition and food major. About 25 graduating seniors attended the Alumni Associationsponsored Graduating to Wine event Friday. They were given transportation to and from Viking Vineyards & Winery in Kent, along with samplings of six different types of wines. Carrie Circosta, assistant director of student and recent grad programs, said there are countless students who know very little about what the Alumni Association has to offer. “I go to different resource fairs, and I have my alumni sign, and students just walk by like, ‘Oh, that’s not me yet,’” Circosta said.

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DOWNTOWN More road closings begin downtown Across the street, business at Digger’s Bar and Grill has also been affected. Owner Sue Helmling said fewer people have been coming in, and traffic disruptions have caused people to disrespect her property. “All last year they were working right in front of my building,” Helmling said. “The street was cut off, so everybody was using my driveway as a road.” Danita Flaningan, owner of Hutch Pet Shop, which sits on the corner of Crain Avenue and Lake Street, worries people will not know they can still access her store even with the construction. “It’s supposed to be open to residents

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MEMORIAL ‘Prince of a pilot’ honored... “Dick did some of the most dangerous flying in the world during World War II,” Esparza said. “Because of the war and because of the draft he was a gruff prick, but he deserved a lot of respect, and I’m here to pay that respect.” Albert Beckwith, a longtime friend of Schwabe and president of Commercial Aviation Corporation in Stow, has known Schwabe since 1966. He said they flew

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Weeklong art celebration This year ’s theme of Soundfest is “Recess” and there will be foursquare, dodgeball, chalking, jump ropes and

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planes together many times. “He was a prince of a pilot,” Beckwith said. “I’ve lost a dear friend of mine, but this flyover is a way to keep his legacy alive.” After the planes landed back at the airport, they stayed on the runway a little while longer. Those who stayed gathered in a group photo with all 20 planes in the background. Before a photo was taken, Esparza set up his camera and said, “Come on everyone, quiet down and smile for the camera. I gotta send this photo to heaven.” Seth Cohen is the college of technology reporter. other schoolyard activities. Most of the events will take place in the gallery and lounge areas of Verder Hall. Soundfest will be outside, but in case of bad weather, the events will happen inside the building. Kasey Fahey is the College of the Arts reporter.

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Zane Powell, marketing major, and Megan Cerne, Spanish and psychology major, taste wine at Viking Vineyards Winery Friday during an event for graduating seniors.

Pan-African Festival to highlight department, showcase students Daniel Moore

dmoore63@kent.edu Daily Kent Stater The month of April is a time for education and student involvement to take a different form in the Department of Pan-African Studies. The Department of Pan-African Studies will host a series of events during the annual Pan-African Festival. “The festival was created to have cultural events that, in essence, would supplement our curriculum,” said Mwatabu Okantah, director for the Center of Pan-African Culture (CPAC). “It’s one things to teach about African culture, it’s another thing to give people events that would introduce them to speakers, events and artworks that would showcase different aspects (of the culture).” Along with promoting CPAC, Okantah said, the festival’s events are centered around getting students of all backgrounds active and educated in

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African history and culture. The festivities kick off at 7 p.m. tonight in Oscar Ritchie Hall with “A Taste of Us,” a brief introduction to the department. The festival features a wide variety of events organized by different people, Okantah said. Lectures, such as Dr. Paul Finkelman’s “The Ohio Slave Fugitive Law and the Oberlin Case” April 13, mix with performances like the “African Cultural Expressions Class Performance” April 20, he said. The African Community Theatre will also be performing its spring production, “Wine in the Wilderness,” on several dates throughout the month, according to an event list for the festival. “All education doesn’t just take place in the classroom,” Okantah said. “It’s an opportunity for students and community stakeholders to get access to this information and the kinds of people who provide this information and to see how talented our students are as well.” Daniel Moore is the diversity reporter.

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“A Taste of Us” When: 7 p.m. Where: Oscar Ritchie Hall

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“Campus Sex: The Truth Revealed” When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Lecture Hall, Oscar Ritchie Hall

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attended Graduating to Wine on Friday, said the event was especially beneficial to her. “Any knowledge about food or beverage helps for my major,” said Krebs, nutrition and food major. “I think it’s a really neat idea that the Alumni Association put on something like this,” Krebs said. “It does get their name out there more.” Circosta said learning the basics of wine is something any student could find useful in the professional world. “It’s not only fun but it’s educational for our students, if they’re in that setting with their job,” Circosta said. “If they get to that point, they’ll have some kind of background about wine that they can use.” Less said she will immediately be able to use what she learned at Graduating to Wine at her current job. “At my work,” Less said, “they’ll actually hold wine tasting events for the employees so that we can then sell the wine to our guests.”

and businesses, and my biggest concern is that they’re not going to let people know well enough that they’re allowed to come through (the barriers) to come here,” Flaningan said. City engineer James Bowling and city manager Dave Ruller failed to respond to e-mails over the weekend inquiring about the new construction. But although the construction is inconvenient for business, Morson has a positive outlook on the project. “I think it’s a great thing for Kent,” Morson said. “It looks phenomenal. I like what they’ve done, but it’s definitely impacted our business in a negative way.” The entire project is expected to be finished Dec. 2012.

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“No. That’s a perception we’re trying to change. We do have resources for them before they graduate. Not just after.” One of the most important things the Alumni Association does is help prepare students for life after graduation, Circosta said. Their E-Mentoring program pairs a student with a Kent State graduate who is a professional in their industry. The alumni mentor their students, critique their resume and help build their network before they graduate. “When you come to Kent State, you become part of a family,” Circosta said. “We’re going to take care of each other — that’s the message we’re trying to send to students. If you need help with something, one way or another, the alumni office should be able to help you.” Most of the Alumni Association’s student programming is aimed at seniors, like the pre-graduation celebration called Salute to Seniors in downtown Kent on April 29. However, Circosta said more events will be geared toward lower classmen beginning next fall. Senior Kelley Krebs, who

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“80s/90s Game Night” When: 7 p.m. Where: Oscar Ritchie Hall

Friday

“Poetry Slam” When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Multi-Purpose Room, Oscar Ritchie Hall

Saturday

A family Reunion: Pan-African Festival BBQ When: noon - 5 p.m. Where: Oscar Ritchie Hall

Portage County and city officials will hold a public forum at 6 p.m. tonight at the Maplewood Career Center in Ravenna to discuss the future location of the new Portage County Municipal Court. At a commissioner ’s meeting on March 15, Commissioner Tommie Jo Marsilio suggested, in order to save money, to ask legislators to change the Ohio Revised Code to allow the court to be built outside of Kent. State law currently requires the court to exist in Kent. Kevin Poland, Portage County municipal court judge, said it would require a bill passed by legislators and signed by the governor. He said Kent city officials and county officials might be at war over the proposal. At the March 16 Kent City Council meeting, council members voted on a motion to send a letter to the county commissioners expressing their displeasure with the proposition. Robin Turner, council-at-large, said he thinks the courthouse location is ideal because it is beneficial to the county and also because Kent is the largest political subdivision. He said the council should wait to rally against the decision because it isn’t official and was just one commissioner’s suggestion. “Let’s not put the cart before the horse, indicating that the commission has made a decision which they, quite frankly, haven’t made yet,” he said. City Council officials did agree to show concern by making an effort to appear at the public forum. — Allison Smith, public affairs reporter

Special meeting yields no results Kent City Council assembled for a special meeting Friday evening to discuss the acquisition of land by the city. Council members went into executive session for private discussion following a 5:30 p.m. call to order by Mayor Jerry T. Fiala. Linda Copley, the city council clerk, said the meeting was not to discuss the land occupied by the old Kent hotel or land owned by the university. Council members fidgeted in their seats and took trips to the restroom as discussion continued in depth for close to an hour and a half. The meeting adjourned at 7 p.m. with a declaration of no action on the land acquisition. Council members would not reveal which land the city is interested in acquiring. The next city council meeting is planned for April 20 at 7:30 p.m. — Julie Sickel, public affairs reporter

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SUMMARY: The modern and classical languages department is restricting ASL courses at Kent’s main campus. Students have responded to this change by forming a petition group called Silent Standoff.

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Thumbs down to ASL restrictions The Department of Modern and Classical Language announced that starting Fall 2011, the university plans to restrict all American Sign Language courses on the main campus to students enrolled in an ASL major or minor, a deaf education major or an educational interpreting major. Since then, there has been a lot of debate. Students formed a group called Silent Standoff, which created an online petition against the restriction. The petition has more than 1,600 signatures of students who think this change will negatively affect the university. “This is a grave injustice to both the students and to the deaf community. American Sign Language is one of the most common languages spoken in this country, second only to English and Spanish. By closing the program off to students that are not studying for a career in ASL, Kent State University is barring students from learning a valuable language that is desired throughout the country

in many different fields, not just deaf education,” a statement on the petition site said. Kudos to the students who organized Silent Standoff for taking action on something they believe to be unjust. Timothy Moerland, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, responded in a statement regarding the ASL program changes. “This change is being made for budgetary, staffing, and programmatic reasons. It will allow us to raise the instructional standards in the sections offered at the Kent campus and strengthen the program, so that majors emerge from Intermediate II with a stronger foundation.” ASL classes will still be open to all students on the rest of the Kent branches, and Elementary and Intermediate ASL courses will still fulfill the College of Arts and Sciences foreign language requirement. To fulfill the foreign language requirement on main campus, students have two options: enroll in a section at one of

the regional campuses or take a minor. This isn’t really an option. How many students on main campus will realistically travel to a regional campus just to take one class? The number would be very low. If they want to take the class that badly, they may as well take the minor. It is agreed that knowing ASL can benefit students studying many fields. According to the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, it is said to be the fourth most popular language nationwide. It is sad that a program that is so highly esteemed and popular has seen such dramatic cuts. If the student demand for these classes is high enough, then the university must find a way to make it available. The above editorial is the consensus opinion of the Daily Kent Stater editorial board whose members are listed to the left.

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James Franco takes it to the next level

DID YOU KNOW? Just after 6 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. is fatally shot while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. — History.com

NATE BEELER’S VIEW

Mike Crissman pital,” painting, giving speeches, adapting screenplays and directing films. It actually hurts your brain to imagine doing half of those things. Franco has more extracurricular activities than the small Catholic high school I went to. Any college student who complains about a heavy workload should take a deep breath and re-read the last couple paragraphs. Despite the A-list actor’s impressively extensive resume, there is some concern that he might be a little too prolific. When you are a jack-of-all-trades, you are likely a master of none. Franco showed signs of fatigue when he hosted the Academy Awards with actress Anne Hathaway last month. The overburdened actor appeared detached, aloof and super duper high. Many critics have described this year’s Oscars as

one of the worst ever, largely because of Franco’s lackluster performance. While I’m inclined to jump on that hater bandwagon, I do think the actor was a victim of his own success. He just has too much going on. It’s a widely accepted belief that James Franco is a big pot smoker. While his mannerisms and movie choices encourage such an opinion, there’s no way he’s actually getting high all the time and can still find a way to do all the things he does. He would be the first stoner in history to accomplish anywhere near that much. Never content, Franco continues to add to his plate. He recently accepted a temporary position teaching a course in the fall at NYU’s prestigious film program. (That’s right. Now he’s a professor.) He is also slated to star in a remake of “Planet of the Apes” and a prequel to “The Wizard of Oz,” among a slew of other projects. We can learn a lot from this guy’s work ethic. Some people remember the Alamo. Some people remember the Sabbath. I remember James Franco. Mike Crissman is a sophomore newspaper journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at mcrissm2@kent.edu

People for the ethical treatment of GoDaddy

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Gentlefolk: I write to applaud you on your editorial in Friday’s Stater: Show your support for a fellow student. But I also have a question: You write that the student “was tormented so much by other residents in his hall that he left the university fearing [for] his safety.” How was this allowed to happen in a university residence hall? Are there no residents in the dorms here to watch out for such things and bring a stop to

For whatever reason, going to college encourages an excessive amount of sleep. Whether a student has a little to do or a lot to do, they almost always feel tired. This can be a problem. Luckily for us, we have actor James Franco to learn from. Franco is without a doubt one of the great multi-taskers of our time. In addition to maintaining a busy acting schedule with Hollywood, starring in such movies as “127 Hours,” the “Spiderman” trilogy and “Pineapple Express,” the 32 year old stays productive almost every waking hour of the day. The ambitious Franco enrolled at UCLA in 2006 majoring in creative writing. He took as many as 62 credit hours per quarter (the normal limit is 19) while still continuing to act. He received his bachelor’s degree in 2008 with a GPA higher than 3.5. He then moved to New York and simultaneously began attending graduate school at Columbia University, New York University and Brooklyn College. He earned a master’s degree last year and is well on his way to earning a doctorate in English from Yale University. All of this while writing a book of short stories, having a recurring guest role as a serial killer on the soap opera “General Hos-

them, either by themselves or by bringing in university officials? Are students just allowed to run wild in the dorms here? Are you folk investigating this? What happened is already sad enough. But what it seems to imply about lack of oversight in the dorms is even worse. Aren’t students protected there? Respectfully yours, Richard M. Berrong, Prof of French, KSU

For those of you who don’t know, GoDaddy is a web hosting company that manages more than 40 million dollars. You may have seen its racy advertisements over the years and questioned the company yourself. It has faced a lot of controversy over its time, for things ranging from fining its customers to finding Danica Patrick attractive. But the company is facing a new controversy. On March 14, GoDaddy’s CEO Bob Parsons posted a hunting video on his Twitter account of him shooting an elephant that had been troubling a village in Zimbabwe. A quick glance through Parsons’ previous tweets shows that he does not typically post anything offensive. They are usually goodnatured tweets such as ”At the Lady GaGa concert in Phoenix. Awesome!!!!” But Parsons couldn’t resist showing off how he had helped this Zimbabwe village, which caught the attention of everyone’s favorite activist group, PETA. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, is an animal rights group based out of Norfolk, Virginia. It is the largest animal rights group in the world. PETA has always been known for its offensive approach to protests and ads. The group has been known to compare animal treat-

Dylan Lusk ment to slavery, cannibalism and the holocaust. These comparisons have been graphically displayed in their ads. They are also known for childishly throwing paint and pies at people who “mistreat” animals. As I’m sure you’ve guessed, the pie throwing is not very successful. Parsons has publically explained his elephant hunting video. A village in Zimbabwe had its crops destroyed by roaming elephants and was at threat of starvation. Parsons had killed a mature bull elephant in order to help out the local famers and give the village food to live off of. This was the fifth occasion that he had done this in Zimbabwe. However, PETA reacted how it usually does, by not listening and insulting Parsons. PETA said Parsons was “acting like a little

boy with a gun.” PETA then gave Parsons the prestigious award of “Scummiest CEO of the Year.” That’s a pretty impressive award to receive this early in the year. PETA is also boycotting GoDaddy, a move that the company has stated to have no major change in business. So should Parsons even listen to PETA? Any little bit of research will show you that PETA treats animals worse than Parsons did, as well as many groups they have targeted. They are a very corrupt and hypocritical group that thrives on shock value. They focus on the less important issues in animal treatment. Being an avid hunter doesn’t make me biased against PETA, I just think they’re idiots. What Parsons did was perfectly justified; PETA just loves the controversy. They can’t change anything about the situation now other than raise awareness, which they aren’t doing. If a group’s true concern were animal treatment, they would take a different approach than childish name-calling to Parson’s situation. Dylan Lusk is a sophomore electronic media production major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. You can contact him at dlusk2@kent.edu.

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‘Prince of a pilot’ honored at memorial Retired Kent State professor dies at 89

Weeklong art celebration Verder Hall offers programs, activities Kasey Fahey

Seth Cohen

kfahey@kent.edu

scohen12@kent.edu

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Art is alive in Verder Hall’s annual Living Arts Week. “We want to take this opportunity to celebrate everything that is art,” said Matt Musgrave, resident hall director for Verder and Engleman halls. Living Arts Week has been an annual Verder Hall tradition for at least the past 10 years. The celebration includes performing arts, drawing, sculpting, knitting, tie-dyeing, a fashion show, poetry readings and concert. There is also a gallery show of student work. Verder Hall, a fine arts community-themed residence hall, has a visual communication design, fine arts and fashion design studio mentors. The three studio mentors and eight resident assistants began planning the event in January. “It’s like a weeklong series of community builder activities,” said Emma Pavlik, Verder Hall’s fine arts studio mentor and senior fine arts major. “Soundfest is the main thing, and everything else happens during the week building up to it.” All events are free and open to anyone. All of the events are sponsored by Kent Interhall Council and student housing fees. In the past, about 30 people show up to each event during the week, but Musgrave said they can support a larger crowd. Verder Hall Council designed a logo for T-shirts that will be sold

At the Kent State Airport, 20 planes lined the runway Friday, waiting to be flown by faculty and alumni in memory of professor Richard “Dick” Schwabe’s life. “This is a very special moment for me as well as all of us,” said Tim Palcho, lecturer for the College of Technology. “I know this will honor Dick’s memory, and we’ll never forget it.” On March 23, retired professor Richard Schwabe, 89, passed away of natural causes. To honor his life, people gathered at the airport for his memorial flyover. Faculty and alumni flew in four groups of five planes in a triangular form over the Sheraton Hotel i n C u y a h o g a F a l l s w h e re Schwabe’s family and friends were gathered. “When I saw the planes flying over the hotel, I felt it was very emotional for me and my family to watch,” said Ric Schwabe, Richard Schwabe’s son. “But in the end, I saw there was a reputation that he made in the school, and this was a symbol of that reputation.” One plane trailed behind the flight formation, as is tra-

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Several planes fly in “V” formation over the Kent State airport in memorium of Richard Schwabe on Friday. Pilots, faculty, staff and students -- both former and current -- gathered to mourn the loss of the aviation professor who died on March 23. ditional for a memorial flyover, said Isaac Nettey, associate dean at the College of Technology. “The missing man formation is where one of the five planes is missing a plane to make an even formation symbolizing the fall and loss of a very important person,” Nettey said. “We’ve definitely lost someone very dear to this university.” Schwabe and his wife, Jean, were married for 65 years. She said her husband had a great sense of humor, sometimes throwing cookies at students

and faculty. She was worried, though, that a storm would prevent Friday’s flyover. “We had about 25 to 30 family members at the hotel all worried,” she said. “But it all cleared up, and we were able to see all the planes passing by. It left me breathless. It was absolutely beautiful, and I’m so proud of those who flew the planes.” Palcho, the flyover ’s chief instructor, knew Schwabe since 1984. Palcho was then a student in the flight program, and 14 years later became a professor at Kent

State working with Schwabe. “He was a tough guy,” Palcho said. “But if not for him, I wouldn’t be able to fly a plane like I do now.” Andreas Esparza, 1986 Kent State alumnus, made a photo album of everyone at the airport flyover and recorded thoughts and prayers. He said he wanted to preserve Schwabe’s legacy and thought the album and the flyover were the best ways to express it. See MEMORIAL, Page 2

upcoming events Sunday: n Exquisite

Corpse, 8 – 9 p.m.

Monday: n Photo

booth and picture frame decorating, 7 – 9 p.m.

n Beginning

guitar lessons, 9 – 10 p.m.

Tuesday: n Architecture

bingo, 7 – 8 p.m.

n Recycled

fashion show, 8 – 10 p.m.

Wednesday: n Poetry/literature

7– 8 p.m.

n Harry

reading,

Potter night, 8 – 10 p.m.

Thursday: n Gallery

show, 6 – 9 p.m.

Friday:

n Impromptu

art, 6 -8 p.m. “Listening to Rian” Art Gallery

saturday: n Soundfest,

noon – 9 p.m.

for tie-dyeing, but students are welcome to bring their own shirt. The celebration’s final event is Soundfest, a performing arts concert with local talent. The event begins at noon and ends at 9 p.m. Saturday. Soundfest will be a part of Lil Sibs Weekend with face painting and games from noon to 5 p.m. See ART, Page 2

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SPORTS Sports editor: Cody Erbacher • cerbache@kent.edu

Sorry baseball fans, your sport will never be the same Baseball seawas astonished. son has officially “How could they do such a started, and this thing?” country could not People acted be less interested. like they had Please, don’t no idea why hold back your Bonds’ biceps excitement at once. Lance Lysowski were bigger It’s safe to say than his head, that Major League and how McGBaseball has lost wire’s veins of his arms looked its luster. like a garden hose. The “glory days” of the Fans, as well as the MLB, game are over. turned the other cheek. Ask your dad, and he’ll Why fix something that isn’t probably rant and rave about broken? Ratings were through Pete Rose and Hank Aaron. the roof and baseball was But in my opinion, nothing America’s top sport. beats the excitement that Mark Well, MLB CommisMcGwire and Barry Bonds sioner Bud Selig was forced to brought to the game in the late reshape the game that made 1990s and early 2000s. him a millionaire. Anytime the “supposThe result was not to edly” steroid-induced sluggers Selig’s liking. stepped up to the plate, it was Ratings have plummeted a good bet they would hit the and the World Series features ball 500 feet. Yes, steroids are small-market teams that attract bad for you. Yes, they arguably a handful of viewers. tainted the game. But God was The game does not have a it fun to watch. “poster boy” like Bonds. Fans Players were knocking the are no longer flocking to the cover off the ball at an alarming stadiums to watch scrawny rate, and who complained? shortstops like Jose Reyes hit The analysts on ESPN loved bloop singles. every second of it. The storyCan you blame them? lines were great for the game. It I remember watching McGmade the team owners billions wire hit the ball off the scoreof dollars. board at Jacob’s Field. Bonds was the face of baseball. Now that was baseball. Then Congress changed In no way am I condoning everything with “The Trial of steroids, but I am telling the the Century.” truth as a baseball fan. The I remember being glued to game was more exciting with the television, watching players that clear liquid pumping who looked like body buildthrough the players’ bodies. ers plead to the grand jury that Now, the game has three they never even thought of no-hitters and a perfect game using steroids. each season. Former Texas Rangers slugSelig can act like the game ger Rafael Palmeiro is famous is the same, but without Bonds for pointing his finger at the and his “meat head” buddies, congressman and said, “I have baseball is worse than golf. never used steroids. Period.” Well, it didn’t take long for Lance Lysowski is assistant sports editor. Contact him at the truth to come out. llysowsk@kent.edu Every fan across the country

Baseball sweeps Western Michigan A.J. Atkinson

aatkins2@kent.edu Daily Kent Stater The Kent State baseball team earned its first three-game sweep this weekend over conference opponent Western Michigan after winning every close-scoring game. Sophomore Andrew Chafin started on the mound for the Flashes on Wednesday. The southpaw threw seven and twothirds innings, struck out seven, walked three and allowed one run on seven hits. Kent State coach Scott Stricklin pulled Chafin in the bottom of the eighth with the Flashes leading 2-1. Senior closing pitcher Justin Gill entered the game with the bases loaded and two outs. Gill recovered by striking out the hitter to end the inning. “That was a big out for us,” Stricklin said of the final out of the inning. “Justin is a senior and he’s been there before, and that’s why we put him out there in those types of situations. He threw a 3-2 slider with the bases loaded, and it takes a lot of guts to do that.” The Flashes blew the save opportunity in the ninth inning, as Western Michigan capitalized on the first and only error of the game by junior shortstop Jimmy Rider. The Broncos began the final frame with a leadoff single by Patrick Duncan. After a sacrifice bunt to put Duncan on second and a strikeout, Gill was looking for the final out of the game. He forced Brad Wehrmeyer to hit the ball to the left side, where Rider was unable to make the play. Duncan advanced to third and scored the tying run on a hit to left field the following at-bat. Rider made up for his error in the top of the tenth by singling to left field with two outs. Junior Travis Shaw hit in the go-ahead, and eventually game-winning, run following at-bat. Gill returned to the mound for the final three outs and earned his first win of the season. “It speaks about our entire team,” Stricklin said. “It was a big win for us because we overcame the adversity that hit us and

responded with a win.” Senior Kyle Hallock started Saturday’s first game. The lefty gave up one run on six hits, struck out five and walked two in eight innings, tying his career high of innings pitched. As Hallock did his job on the mound, the Flashes did the same at the plate. Junior Joe Koch and freshman Derek Toadvine each singled twice, while sophomore Evan Campbell singled three times and Shaw added a home run, a double and a single in the Flashes 15 hit, 4-1 win. “It’s just a confidence thing,” Stricklin said of Shaw leading the offense in Saturday’s first game. “Hitting is contagious; you get a few hits, and they start coming in bunches. He’s too good of a hitter to stay in a slump for very long, so we knew it was just a matter of time.” Junior David Starn started Saturday’s second game, excelling his seven innings of work. The lefty struck out nine, walked one and gave up one run on six hits in the Flashes 2-1 win. “Our starting pitching was outstanding today,” Stricklin said of Hallock and Starn. “You can’t ask anything more from those guys. They did their job the entire weekend and deserved to get the wins, no question about it.” Campbell added to his strong weekend by leading the Flashes with two hits. The center fielder batted .500 with six hits, a run batted in and a run scored in the series. The Broncos’ lone run came off Starn in the seventh when pinch hitter Grant Simotes reached on a base hit. He later scored on a single by Martinez. Sophomore Casey Wilson entered the game in the eighth and closed the game in the ninth for his first save of the season. The Flashes travel to play Penn State at 6:05 p.m. Tuesday before returning to Kent to host Pittsburgh at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Kent State will then return to conference play next weekend by hosting Eastern Michigan for a three-game series. A.J. Atkinson is a sports reporter.

Gymnastics qualifies for nationals

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Freshman Nikki Moore performs on the balance beam at the M.A.C. Center. The Flashes advanced to the NCAA Championships this weekend.

Gymnastics earns NCAA Championships berth

Tyler Goddard

tgoddar1@kent.edu Daily Kent Stater No. 24 Kent State qualified for the NCAA Gymnastics National Championships Saturday. The No. 6 seeded Flashes finished in second place to steal the final spot from Ohio State. The University of Michigan scored a first-place finish with a team score of 197.075. Kent State edged Ohio State for the second spot 195.450195.350. “This is a dream we’ve had all year,” said Brice Biggin, Kent State coach. “We knew we had an opportunity to do something special. We went in there with a chip on our shoulder, and they really did such a phenomenal job with going out there and not shying away and not backing down.” Kent State had scores of 48.800 on vault, 48.750 on uneven bars, 48.850 on balance beam and 9.050 on floor exercise. Senior Christina Lenny led Kent State by finishing second in the allaround with a 39.350. Kylee Botterman of Michigan narrowly scored higher than Lenny to win the all-around with a 39.500.

Biggin said the meet swung in the team’s favor on the balance beam. The Flashes hit all six of their routines for the event. Freshman Marie Case and Lenny tied for a team-high score of 9.850 on the beam. Kent State also achieved one of its best floor exercise rotations of the season. Senior Christine Abou-Mitri scored a 9.825 and Case followed that with a 9.800. “Ohio State thought they had won it when their last kid went, and Christina Lenny goes out there and rips off a 9.900 floor routine, and that sealed the deal,” Biggin said. With the second-place finish, Kent State gymnastics reached its first National Championship meet in school history. “Its hard to say how much it means because I don’t know if I have to say it enough: for our program, for the (Mid-American Conference) and for smaller teams that don’t have the recognition and the namesake that a lot of other teams do,” Biggin said. Kent State will now compete April 15-17 in the event they are hosting in Cleveland at the Wolstein Center for a chance to win the school’s first team National Championship. Tyler Goddard is a sports reporter.

Narrowing down the candidates Rachel Jones

rjones62@kent.edu Daily Kent Stater After Joel Nielsen, Kent State director of athletics, announced last Monday he was beginning the search for the new men’s basketball head coach, the list of candidates has been narrowed to three. According to the Record-Courier, Nielsen has it down to Kent State interim head coach Rob Senderoff, Ohio State assistant coach Jeff Boals and Syracuse assistant coach Rob Murphy. A decision is expected to be made this week. Rob Senderoff As the former associate head coach of the Flashes, Senderoff was the first, swift choice to swoop in as Ford’s replacement. While SENDEROFF Senderoff currently stands in as the interim head coach, Nielsen said he made the decision not for convenience, but for comfort. Nielsen, who has seen Senderoff work with the players over the years, said he knows how much he means to the team and that it would be a good fit. Whether that fit is permanent has not been officially decided yet.

Senderoff has been with the Flashes for six years, signing on as associate head coach in April 2008. But he has been coaching Division I men’s basketball for 14 years. During his time with the Flashes, Senderoff coached the team to 132 victories, an average of 22 wins per year. ROB MURPHY As the assistant coach at Syracuse, Murphy has coached the Orange for six seasons. Before that, he was the head coach at Crockett TechMURPHY nical High School in Detroit. After coaching just two seasons, Murphy led the team – which had not won a game in the two seasons before Murphy took over – to the Class B State Championship in 2001. The Detroit Free Press named him All-Metro Coach of the Year. Former Kent State coach Jim Christian asked Murphy to join the Flashes’ staff in 2002. He accepted, leading Kent State to the MAC Tournament Championship finals and the National Invitation Tournament. During his two seasons with the Flashes, Murphy also mentored former Kent State player Antonio Gates, an All-American honorable mention. A Central State University graduate, Mur-

phy served as a two-time team captain during his time on the men’s basketball team from 1992-1996.

Jeff Boals The Ohio State assistant head coach joined the Buckeyes in 2009, but he’s not a newbie at coaching college basketball in Ohio. BOALS Boals served as the associate head coach at Akron for three seasons starting in 2006. As the recruiting director, he even had a hand in obtaining this year’s standout for the Zips Zeke Marshall. Before that, he was the assistant coach at Robert Morris, working with post players and acting as the recruiting coordinator. Boals also coached at the University of Charleston, a Division II school, from 20032004 and 1996-1999. He graduated from Ohio University in 1995 and served as the assistant coach for the Bobcats for one season after that. During that time, Boals was teammates — and roommates — with Ford. While these candidates remain the “big three” for the time being, Xavier’s assistant coach Pat Kelsey and Cleveland State’s assistant coach Jayson Gee are also rumored as possible candidates.

Rachel Jones is a sports reporter.