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‘V’ for Vandalism Kent Police arrest three students for campus vandalism
Kent City and Kent State University Police Departments arrested three Kent State students Wednesday in connection with recent incidents of vandalism that occurred downtown and on campus. Benjamin McKenzie, 18, of Kent; Edwin Knesek, 19, of Lyndhurst; and Michael Kelleher, 20, of Fairview Park, have each been charged with vandalism, a fifth-degree felony. The suspects allegedly spray painted multiple businesses downtown and on East Main Street, as well as buildings and structures on campus, in the ear-
ly morning hours of March 31, according to a news release. The graffiti displayed the recognizable “V” symbol from the 2006 film “V for Vendetta.” Kent State University Police and Kent City Police are working together and could combine charges from both departments against the suspects, said Matt Radigan, Kent State Police support services manager. Knesek, a freshman theatre studies major, and Kelleher, a sophomore geology major, were released Wednesday on $20,000 recognizance bonds. McKenzie, a freshman crafts major, was released Wednesday on a $10,000 recognizance bond. Preliminary hearings for the three have been scheduled at the Kent Municipal Court for the morning of April 29.
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ktunney@kent.edu Daily Kent Stater The Modern and Classical Language Studies Department announced it will open Elementary and Intermediate American Sign Language courses to a limited number of non-ASL students in the fall. Earlier in the semester, MCLS restricted ASL courses to only majors and minors on Kent State’s main campus. Jennifer Larson, chair of the MCLS department, said in an e-mail that the change will let non-ASL students join classes not filled with ASL majors and minors. “Once all ASL-related majors and minors have had an opportunity to register, we will open any remaining seats in these sections to foreign language requirement students,” Larson wrote. ASL, deaf education, educ a t i o n a l i n t e r p re t i n g a n d moderate/intensive special education majors will have priority for the classes, followed by minors and language requirement students. ASL minors will begin to fill the remaining seats with special approval Aug. 1, followed by language studies requirement students Aug. 8. Larson wrote the decision was made in order to take advantage of all possible open spaces in ASL classes. “We don’t want to have empty seats in ASL courses when there is a continuing high
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Fall ASL courses open to handful of non-majors MCLS department lifts restriction after student petition, Silent Standoff rally
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demand,” she wrote. Larson wrote students will have to wait until August to find out if they are accepted in the class because incoming freshman ASL majors will schedule in the summer during Destination Kent State. This decision was made after the Silent Standoff rally April 14, where students protested the ASL restrictions. The students delivered a petition with more than 1,700 signatures and began to discuss a compromise with Larson and the department. Bethany Stahler, senior ASL major and an organizer of the Silent Standoff rally, said she did not expect such an immediate and cooperative response from the department. “Honestly, I was surprised that we got a response that quickly,” she said. “We were glad they were at least able to work with us, and we feel that it’s a good compromise, but we’re still compromising; we’re still working on stuff.” Larson wrote that she decided to work with the students for a compromise after she realized what the program meant to them. “Seeing that we have such dedicated students in ASL caused me to want to connect with them and discuss the situation,” she wrote. Drew Hellebrand, senior justice studies major and a leader of the Silent Standoff rally, said he is happy with the decision but hopes to continue negotiations. “I think that it’s a step in the right direction,” he said. “It definitely wasn’t everything that we were hoping for, but there always has to be some compromise.” Kelly Tunney is the College of Arts and Sciences reporter.
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IMPROVING SUMMIT STREET City plans to widen road, considers adding roundabouts as part of makeover Allison Smith
asmith75@kent.edu Daily Kent Stater Navigating Summit Street is dangerous business. Drivers have to maneuver around potholes, deal with opposite-timed traffic lights and keep an eye out for pedestrians who decide jaywalking is cool. With classes changing about every 50 minutes, sporting events and rush hour at 5 p.m., things on Summit Street can get quite congested. So in 2007, Kent’s Engineering, Fire and Police departments, along with Kent State, PARTA and Kent residents, began discussing how to fix this problem. In 2008, the city submitted an application for $11 million in federal money for the project. “We were successful in getting the funding,” said Kent City Engineer James Bowling. “Our purpose when we started this was safety, congestion and access management.” Bowling said the Engineering Department and Kent State worked together to draw up several options for Summit Street. They then took the plans to a citizens advisory committee meeting to get feedback and come up with the best way to meet the goals of the project. “We’re finding out the scope of what to build with a set budget,” Bowling said. “We don’t want to just do a road.”
SO WHAT’S THE PLAN?
He said one of the main goals is to widen Summit Street in order to add turning and bike lanes, but the appearance of a wider
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road causes speeding problems. He used Fairchild Avenue as an example. “The 85 percentile speed, which means 85 percent of the drivers on that road, is over 40 miles per hour,” Bowling said. To combat faster speeds, Bowling said the key is to create the feel of a narrower road. This can be accomplished with a median, which also helps and adds to the aesthetic. There are two options for a median: smaller island medians with left turning lanes, or a continuous median that runs from Lincoln Street to Ted Boyd Drive. “People jaywalking causes potential for more accidents,” he said. “We want to pull the sidewalks back and add more crosswalks to encourage pedestrians to cross where it’s safer.” However, he said, adding the island median with turning lanes can cause problems with line of sight for drivers. “We’ve seen accidents on state Route 261 at Mogadore and Sunnybrook because of people, with an extra-large median, trying to turn left don’t have a good line of sight,” Bowling said. “If you’re coming north or south out of one of these driveways and you go to look to your right to see if you can go and the median has any trees or shrubbery, it can inhibit your line of sight.” The continuous median option creates a safer environment for pedestrians and through drivers, but makes it more difficult for those trying to make a left turn, said Jeff Noble, manager for the highway design department at URS Corporation.
Road resurfacing to start this summer Jackie McLean
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Now that spring has arrived, the Kent, Ravenna and Portage County engineers will begin maintaining the streets through concrete repairs, pavement repairs, road resurfacing, crack seal and seal coating projects. James Bowling, Kent City Engineer, said every year he selects the worst roads in the city to repair by using the Pavement Condition Index. He said roads are rated from zero to 100, with zero being a failed condition and 100 being a very good condition. Bowling said he also factors in the traffic volume when making his decision. “Route 59 might not be the worst street for the city, but if it gets to a certain level, we’ll fix that first before others because it has 20 something thousand cars a day on it versus a small alley that doesn’t have much,” he said. The list of roads to be fixed this year includes Crain Avenue, Orchard Street, a section of Columbus Street, Williams Street, a section of Park Avenue, Oak Street, a section of Valleyview Drive and Burr Oak Drive.
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Ravenna residents arrested on drug-related charges Dave OʼBrien
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Nine people were rounded up Thursday by Ravenna police and federal agents serving arrest warrants following investigations into cocaine and heroin trafficking in the city. The Ravenna Police Department, which is a member of both an ATF task force and the U.S. Marshal’s Service Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force, was assisted in the arrests by agents from both organizations. Ravenna police Lt. Tim Mullen said all nine suspects were jailed Thursday pending arraignments on grand jury indictments filed April 15. All are scheduled to be arraigned today or Monday in Portage County Common Pleas Court, according to court records. The suspects — all but one of
whom are Ravenna residents — were the subject of a year’s worth of investigations into drug dealing in the city, Mullen said. “We received numerous complaints about all these subjects throughout the city,” he said. Those arrested Thursday, and charges in their indictments, were:
• Holly N. Anderson, 22, of 6847 Infirmary Road, Ravenna Township. One count each of trafficking in cocaine, a fourth-degree felony, and possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony, and two counts of child endangering, both misdemeanors. Anderson allegedly sold cocaine on Nov. 2 in the vicinity of juveniles — a girl, 3, and a boy, 2 — and used a cell phone to do so. • Paul D. Brown, 58, of 318 Day St., Apt. 2. Four counts of trafficking in cocaine, one count each of possession of cocaine and possession of
criminal tools, all fifth-degree felonies, and one count of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Brown allegedly sold cocaine four times between Feb. 11 and July 2, 2010, used a cell phone to do so, and possessed cocaine and crack pipes.
• Jesse Colbert, 49, of 668 Page St.,
and one count of possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly selling cocaine on three occasions in September in the vicinity of a school and using a cell phone and digital scale to do so.
• Cherish L. Hill, 23, of 161 E. Cedar
Apt. 26. One count of trafficking in cocaine, a fourth-degree felony, for allegedly selling cocaine on Sept. 13, in the vicinity of a school.
Ave., Apt. 19. One count each of trafficking in heroin and possession of criminal tools, both fifth-degree felonies, for allegedly selling heroin on Aug. 20 and using a cell phone to do so.
• Robert L. Colbert, 62, of 162 Van
• James J. Oneal, 28, of 230 Pratt St.
Buren Ave. One count each of trafficking in cocaine, a fourth-degree felony, and possession of criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony, for allegedly selling cocaine on Sept. 18 in the vicinity of a school, and using a cell phone and digital scale to do so.
• Will Colbert, 55, of 110 Cedar Ave., Apt. 50. Three counts of trafficking in cocaine, all fourth-degree felonies,
Two counts of trafficking in cocaine, both fifth-degree felonies, for allegedly selling cocaine on two occasions, once each in July and August.
• Raymond W. Oneal, 33, of 318 Day St., Apt. 2. Three counts of trafficking in cocaine, all fifth-degree felonies, for allegedly selling cocaine twice in June and once in August.
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Daily Kent Stater Dining Services will be providing nutritional information for meals in the dining halls beginning next semester. There will be index cards provided for each meal at every campus dining location excluding the Student Center. These cards will list the calorie counts, grams of fat, carbohydrates and all other nutritional information. Richard Roldan, director of Dining Services, said this has been a time-consuming process that is still underway. “Part of the problem with nutritional information is the menu,” Roldan said. “If you’re not using the same products every time, the information is incorrect. One chicken patty may have a different nutritional value than another. So it (means) making sure all the cooks are trained and everything’s consistent so when we put the nutritional information up, it is accurate.” Nutritional information is currently on the Dining Services website. Specific menus aren’t available, so students will have to remember what they ate and look up the information later. The section of the website that provides the nutritional information, however, is not user-friendly. There are many items that
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Eileen Alexander, senior chemistry major, stands in front of a research poster that she helped make explaining her research of nanoparticles targeting diabetes. Alexander worked with Stephan Woods, graduate chemistry major, and professor Arne Gericke to conduct the research.
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ROADS Road resurfacing to start this summer The budget for these projects comes from the city’s capital program, which consists of 25 percent of all income taxes. Bowling said this year’s budget is estimated at about $850,000 to $900,000. Crain Avenue alone will cost about $200,000. Although Bowling hasn’t started advertising for the projects yet, he said the work should start sometime in July. Once he finishes advertising, contractors will bid on the jobs and then they will set up a contract to get started working. Overall, Bowling said it will take about two to three weeks to finish a street. He expects all of the streets to be finished in
Kent State’s University Library will display 10-12 student research posters to celebrate phenomenal undergraduate research. The display, ranging from cell research to marketing, will be on the first floor of the library for the remainder of the semester. Individual colleges and all regional campuses were asked to submit student displays. University Libraries hopes to make the event bigger next year. Lindsey Miller, senior biology major at Kent State Stark campus, has a research poster on biology cell growth on display at the library. “This poster basically got me into grad school,” Miller said. “I presented it in December at a national meeting in Philadelphia at the American Society of Cell Biology.” Miller will attend graduate school at Ohio State University. “We want to showcase how hard our students work,” said James Bracken, dean of University Libraries. “It’s a celebration of undergraduate research. We’re proud of what our students accomplish.” — Cassandra Beck, library reporter
no more than a month or two. Fred James, the Portage County Engineer’s project manager, said there are three major projects this year: Sandy Lake Road from Rootstown Road to Meloy Road; Cable Line Road from state Route 225, west to the entrance of West Branch State Park; and Waterloo Road from the Summit County line, east to where it crosses U.S. Route 224. The total budget for these projects is almost $1.74 million, which is funded through state and federal programs. James said Sandy Lake Road will cost $340,000, Cable Line Road will cost $450,000 and Waterloo Road will cost $945,000. Bidding for the first project will begin April 27. James said he expects all of the projects to be finished by the end of the summer. Jackie McLean is a public affairs reporter.
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SUMMIT Improving summit street Noble, who designed the roundabout at state Route 261 and Howe Road, helped design the plans for the Summit Street improvements. “Now if you live in Fraternity Circle and you want to head to the west, well, you’ve got to go down the street and around the block,” he said. “You have to come to a signalized intersection, get your turn arrow and then turn.” Noble said it’s all about trade-offs. Those who make the final decision of how the road will look must guess whether the inconvenience is worth the safety and better aesthetics the median creates. Because the continuous median would make it difficult for motorists to make left turns, Noble said another option would be to install a hybrid one- and two-lane roundabout at the Summit Street and Risman Drive intersection and a single-lane roundabout at the Summit Street and Ted Boyd Drive intersection. This, however, creates problems for emergency vehicles such as fire trucks and ambulances. “We have to teach everybody to drive every year because we have a new batch of freshmen that come in every year,” Fire Chief James Williams said. “They’re not used to the traffic patterns in town and so every year we’re going to struggle with the new students learning.” Williams said the proposed intersections would have an Opticom system, which allows emergency workers to turn the light green and keep traffic flowing. “Our fear with the roundabouts, and I’m not anti-roundabout, I think in certain cases they work very well, but I don’t think they should be used on what are considered primary response routes,” he said. Brian Smith, director of planning at PARTA, believes differently. He thinks the roundabouts will help with the flow of traffic, even in an
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DRUGS Ravenna residents arrested on drug-related charges • Christopher P. Perry, 47, of 163 N.
Sycamore St. Five counts of trafficking in cocaine, all fifth-degree felonies, for allegedly selling cocaine five times between Jan. 28 and March 22, 2010.
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viding nutritional information.” Roldan’s main goal is that the students be more informed and aren’t guessing about what they are consuming. “What we also want to do is revamp the menu and add more choices,” Roldan said. “You’re always going to have the favorites, which tend to be the chicken fingers, the fries, the pierogies and the fried chicken bowl. Regardless of what society says about healthy options, some people still want to indulge.” One student who still wants to indulge is Ava Faller, freshman pre-business management major. She ordered chicken fingers and fries at Eastway Café for lunch, totaling 750 calories and 52 grams of fat. “It doesn’t bother me that it’s so high in calories,” Faller said. “I eat whatever I want, and I’ll probably never pay attention to the nutritional information.” Despite conflicting opinions of the desire for nutritional information, Roldan and his team are pushing on to make the students on campus more aware of their choices. “I think the bottom line is choices,” Roldan said. “When you’re dealing with 27,000 students on a campus you have to accommodate everybody. Some want healthy and some don’t. It’s the balance of choices and being informed.”
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Dining Services does not supply, causing the website to be crowded and confusing. This is something that Roldan says Dining Services is trying to change. “You will have to remember the menu that we have, and go on afterward because right now we do not have it connected,” Roldan said. “We’re hoping to have it connected one day where you can view each day’s menu.” Students may be shocked to find out some of the nutritional information of their food. One of the lunch options Thursday in Eastway Café was a chicken and cheese quesadilla, Spanish rice and corn, which totaled 760 calories and 34 grams of fat. The spicy buffalo chicken wrap was 620 calories and 27 grams of fat. The average calorie intake for women ages 18 to 30 should be roughly 2,000 calories a day and 2,400 for men ages 18 to 30. If a young woman ate the chicken and cheese quesadilla, Spanish rice and corn for lunch, that would equal 38 percent of her diet for the day. Sophomore advertising major Olivia Chapman was not surprised by the poor nutritional value in the Eastway Café dishes. “I don’t eat at these on-campus dining locations because I care about what I eat,” Chapman said. “Although I will still not be eating on campus next semester, it is definitely a good thing they will be pro-
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emergency situation. “There are concerns about pedestrians and cars and what about the emergency vehicles, but essentially they just won’t be there,” he said. “Now, if they have an emergency coming through there, if they have one car in front of them that doesn’t know what to do in a roundabout, I believe that car would get out of the way pretty quickly.” Other issues with the roundabouts would be bicycle use and pedestrian crossing. Bowling said they would not be able to carry bike lanes around the roundabout because it would defeat the purpose. Bikes would potentially get in the way of drivers and disrupt traffic. The roundabouts also pose a problem with pedestrian safety. Without a light to cross at, pedestrians would not have a protected phase while crossing the roundabout. Noble said studies have shown pedestrians are generally safe while crossing a single-lane roundabout, but data is inconclusive for two-lane roundabouts. “We are heavily concerned that students will cross through the center of the roundabout,” Bowling said.
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Bowling said everyone — Kent residents, PARTA, Kent City Police, Fire and EMS, the engineering department and Kent State — needs to agree on the final plans before any construction can begin, but he said the improvements probably won’t begin until 2014. Tom Euclide, associate vice president of Facilities Planning and Operations, said he is not sure he’s ready to determine which option would be best for Kent State. “Both of them have benefits and both of them have disadvantages,” he said. “Just on purely vision and dynamic that will be created with the roundabouts and the medians, I’d pick that, but there’s a lot of other issues there that we have to balance. I’m waiting to hear more input.” Allison Smith is a public affairs reporter.
Also arrested Thursday on a warrant for failure to appear in Portage County Municipal Court in Ravenna in November for a post-conviction status hearing on a misdemeanor drug possession charge was Adam R. Cole, 29, of 411 Crestwood Drive, Ravenna. More arrests are expected, Mullen said. Ravenna residents with information on suspected drug activity in their neighborhoods are urged to report it to the Ravenna Police Department by calling 330-296-6486.
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MONDAY n Anthony C. Lajudice, 23, of Kent was
charged with domestic violence in the 1100 block of Lake Street.
Tiffany M. Evans, 28, of Kent was charged with disorderly conduct in the 100 block of West Main Street.
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Tuesday n Alexander A. Tuma, 20, of Shaker
Heights was charged with disorderly conduct while intoxicated and failure to appear in court.
Wednesday n Kenneth L. Kortan, 22, of Hinckley was
charged with disorderly conduct while intoxicated with risk of harm at the intersection of Haymaker Parkway and Depeyster Street. n Michael P. Kelleher, 20, of Fairview Park was charged with vandalism in the 200 block of South Water Street. n Edwin J. Knesek, 19, of Lyndhurst was charged with vandalism in the 200 block of South Water Street.
Benjamin H. McKenzie, 18, of Kent was charged with vandalism at Verder Hall.
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n Abby L. Stenger, 19, of Stow was charged with theft in the 1700 block of East Main Street. n Corey G. Haupt, 25, of Kent was charged with driving under suspension in the 500 block of East Main Street.
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THURSDAY n Shaun W. Rice, 22, of Mentor, was
arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at Leebrick Hall.
Jonah M. Meister, 19, of Chardon, was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at Olson Hall.
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Gregory J. Martinis, 20, of Highland Heights, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia at Olson Hall.
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“An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.” — Mitch Hedberg
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On this day in 1970, Earth Day, an event to increase public awareness of the world’s environmental problems, is celebrated in the United States for the first time. Millions of Americans, including students from thousands of colleges and universities, participated in rallies, marches, and educational programs.
SUMMARY: Obama’s speech last week addressed the budget deficit in America. Obama’s plan to thwart any more of this downward spiral will be met with hesitation and distrust from a vast amount of governmental parties and American citizens unless those of us who actually care choose to do something — quick.
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Don’t cut student aid, Medicare
President Barack Obama addressed the nation April 13 regarding the huge deficit in our national budget. His eloquent speech narrowed down his position to one of humility and shame. He spoke of tax cuts and the opposition the plan will face. “There will be those who vigorously disagree with my approach. I can guarantee that as well,” he said to a giggling crowd. “I don’t need another tax cut. Warren Buffett doesn’t need another tax cut. Not if we have to pay for it by making seniors pay more for Medicare or by cutting kids from Head Start. Or by taking away college scholarships that I wouldn’t be here without and that some of you would not be here without.” President Obama, thank you for not wanting to take away our scholarships or our grandparents’ Medicare. But, you know, this is all theory. It’s all talk. Actually implementing a plan to discourage tax breaks from the wealthy, fund scholarships and special programs for the younger generation is going to be more difficult to pass than getting marijuana
legalized. Obama even said so in a disheartening part of his speech. “I believe it paints a vision of our future that is deeply pessimistic,” he said. “It’s a vision that says if our roads crumble and our bridges collapse, we can’t afford to fix them. If there are bright young Americans who have the drive and the will but not the money to go to college, we can’t afford to send them.” Other countries are surpassing what we all thought was high intellect in America, the greatest nation on Earth, and what happens when people can’t afford to go to college? There are drawbacks to every decision made in Congress. If they decide to place higher taxes on the wealthy, the wealthy will complain. But you know, wealthy people of the United States, give some back to the world. Not to annoyingly quote “High School Musical,” but we’re all in this together. The gap between rich and poor needs tightening. And these taxes could only last a little while until we’re on our feet again. It’s inevitable that if the govern-
ment continues to tax the poor, we’re going to fall into an indebted black hole. Write your legislature about your concerns and objections. Express your dislikes/likes for what they’re representing when they go into their meetings. Say yea or nay on tax increases on the wealthy. Remark on the fact that scholarships need funding so those who can’t afford a higher education can still attend. Tell them to keep Head Start around to allow working parents’ peace of mind when they’re away from their kids. State that Medicare needs to stick around for your ever-loving grandmother in the hospital or nursing home. At this point, the government can’t continue to take from the poor. What happened to that old Robin Hood mentality? Let us not rely on one vigilante to save our buttocks. Let us, the people, take our country into our own hands and change it for the better. 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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Leave with no regrets Remember when your mom first made you eat broccoli? Or spinach? Or turnips? Whatever it was, you insisted it was disgusting and gross even though you’d never tried it. After finally taking a bite, however, you liked it … or maybe you didn’t. The point is, you never knew until that first bite. The same goes for college. The same goes for life. Never in the world did I imagine I would (or could) do even half the things I’ve done while at Kent State. And I never would have — if I hadn’t tried. Often, negative “what ifs” going round your head make it difficult to listen to the voice saying, “What if it turns out OK?” You’ll never know what could have been unless you take a chance. Throughout the four years I’ve been at Kent State, a lot has changed. The Risman fountain was replaced, the freshman dorms were torn down and the DKS newsroom moved from Taylor to Franklin Hall. Friendships came and went and so did the semesters. I myself changed a bit. Yes, a lot can change in four years, but a lot stays the same. After I’m gone, motorists will still find an occasional yellow ticket on their windshield, the snow will still fall and College Fest will continue. The only thing we can be certain about in life, though, is inconsistency. How you deal with changes and what you get from your experiences is up to you. Don’t wait to see where life will take you. Pave your own path. Graduation isn’t an end, and it’s not really a beginning either. It’s simply another step in the staircase of life. After all, we’re not guaranteed tomorrow. We’re only guaranteed this moment, here and now. So when you’re old and wise, I hope it’s because you were once young and stupid. When your face is creased with laugh lines, I hope there is a hilarious story behind each. But mostly, I hope you never stop living at any age.
Kelly Byer
KSU BUCKET LIST n Go
to an Akron v. Kent game
n See a show at the Kent Stage n Walk
the Cuyahoga River Trail
n Study
abroad
n Go
sledding on a snow day
n Try
local Kent eateries: Pufferbelly, Mike’s Place, Taco Tontos, Continental Grill, Anthony’s Cafe, Heavenly Cupcakes, Wild Goats Cafe, Scribbles and more
n Drink
a Fishbowl, Rocket Pop and enjoy Kent’s nightlife (21 and older, of course)
n Go
to Haymaker Farmer’s Market, Beckwith’s Orchard or Hartville Market Place
n Volunteer,
join a group or participate in an activity outside your major
n Take
a class just for fun
n Tap
into the brilliant minds around you
n Make
your own list
Kelly Byer is a senior newspaper journalism major and managing editor for the Daily Kent Stater.
SENIOR COLUMN
My pants seat helped me fly
Since freshman year, I’ve been winging it at Kent State. I’ve randomly found nifty little places on and off campus through exploration with friends. I’ve made educated guesses on exams and (barely) passed. And I’ve flown by the seat of my pants when doing anything work related, student media or otherwise. Don’t get me wrong. I wouldn’t have been able to do this intuitive learning if it weren’t for my experiences and classes at Kent State. And I’m not extraordinarily dull in class. I pay attention for the most part. I do have some self-motivation, if very little anymore. It’s just funny to me that so many professors are telling us to “wing it.” I’ve been told by professors who want me (and everyone else at this school) to “just say yes” to succeed. “If they ask you to do it, and you’re not entirely sure how to do it, say yes anyway.” That’s how to get a job. Manipulate your way as much as humanly possible to nail it, right? All right. Of course, you have to be smart about it. Most jobs for journalism
Laura Lofgren kids ask if you have video, photo, editing skills. Yes, we learn some of that here, but nothing in-depth unless your focus is one of those three; therefore, since we have some training, we’ve been told to take our basic knowledge to a job interview, get said job and figure it out from there. What’s my word of advice to get through school? Realize what’s important and beneficial to YOU at college, kick ass in that, and everything else gets the bare minimum of my attention. Your time here is about YOU, not how beneficial your work is to the school, or your friends or your family. Be a little selfish while you’re at Kent State. The focused choices you’ve
made will get you that job. We’re all going to guess the rest of our lives. You’re going to use the skills you’ve gained in your personal experiences, your education, your workplace, etc. and relate them to future workplaces, future relationships, family and all that good stuff. You can plan a bit, but do those plans ever work out exactly how you wanted them to? More often than not, the answer to that question is “nope.” You’re going to throw yourself at whoever will take you at a job just to get your feet wet and hopefully move up that corporate ladder in life. To quote a good friend of mine, “There are no promises after school.” So, for a teary-eyed summary: take chances, realizing you may totally fail. Be openminded when blazing your trail. You’ve obviously learned something here at Kent State, so use it. And just because you’ve graduated doesn’t mean you stop learning. Laura Lofgren is a senior magazine journalism major and the A.L.L./Features editor for the Daily Kent Stater.
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Senior dance major reflects on Architecture students create time at Kent State University structure on 3-D software Brooke Bower
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Daily Kent Stater Kent State seniors are preparing for the future as graduation quickly approaches, and Sharon Kriz is no exception. “Graduating is scary as hell,” Kriz said, who is a classics and dance performance and choreography double major. “It’s exciting and terrifying. In many ways I’m very ready; I’ve been here for five years, but you don’t want it to end.” While some seniors have figured out their next step, Kriz has not. She said it took her a while to transition from high school to college dance, and she also thinks it will also take time to transition to professional dancing. For now, Kriz said she’s planning on moving home with her parents and has applied for numerous jobs, most not related to dance. She said she wants to take some dance classes, too. “I would like to stay involved in the arts in some way,” Kriz said. “I’m not sure if that means dancing, choreographing, doing administration or becoming rich and becoming a donor yet.” Kriz said if she doesn’t get a job, she is considering enrolling in classes with the American Dance Festival where she interned a year ago doing administrative work. She started dancing her freshman year of high school after receiving a studio’s flyer. Her mom thought she should be more involved since she was no longer in gymnastics and theater, so she suggested she try modern dance. Kriz performed her first recital later that year. She said the dance had percussion music and bright costumes. The dancers had bamboo sticks that made her feel “very powerful.” She decided to come to Kent State after seeing an advertisement in a magazine emphasizing the university’s dance program. She said she started college with an undeclared major because she wasn’t sure if she wanted to pursue dance. “I started by taking a couple (dance) classes, and I realized I wanted to take all the dance class-
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Sharon Kriz, senior dance performance, choreography and classics major, began dancing her freshman year of high school and decided to make the art form her major after coming to Kent State as an undeclared major. This year, she graduates and hopes to make dance and the arts a part of her life, but she hasn’t decided how she will do it. es,” Kriz said. Kriz said she performed in two pieces in college that have “influenced who I am as a dancer.” In 2008, she danced in a piece choreographed by artist-in-residence Alicia Diaz. She said the dance was very instrumental and that Diaz had “an entirely different technique and open mind about the rehearsal process.” The second influential piece was May O’Donnell’s “Dance Energies” recreated by Verlezza Dance. She said it is the hardest piece she’s ever done and it draws heavily from O’Donnell’s technique. “It’s what gave me the drive and desire to keep dancing,” Kriz said. Dance faculty member Barbara Verlezza and her husband, Sabatino Verlezza, invited Kriz to be an understudy in “Dance Energies.” Barbara Verlezza said she improved and they liked her so much that they made another part for her in the dance. “She worked so beautifully,” Barbara Verlezza said. “It was a testament in how much she grew since it’s a big decision we don’t take lightly.” Kriz has choreographed two of her own pieces for school. Her junior year, she created “Kites,” a “very fun, uplifting and energetic dance” inspired by the imagery of
kites. Her senior piece, “I Chose to Run,” was comprised of three sections of dance and two sections of music. She said for each show someone rolled a die to decide the order of the music, choreographed sections and lighting. “It was nice to watch her create it,” said Barbara Verlezza, who was Kriz’s creative adviser for the dance. “She had to be very organized to be that random. It showed she is someone who really invested herself in the creative process.” She worked with live musicians for the piece and said it is something she has always been interested in. This semester, she tried to create a live performance of dance, music and poetry reading. They were unable to perform the piece because of time but she said she would like to continue to work with mixed media in the future. She said she is grateful for how much the dance major has prepared her for the future. “I think I know a lot more about handling myself in the professional world,” Kriz said. “I’ve enjoyed college. I learned so much about myself, like how I work and what I’m interested in.” Brooke Bower is the performing arts reporter.
By Taylor Hall, there are paths, twists, curves and now a new dimension. “I’m proud of the design we’ve accomplished,” said Bill Lucak, assistant professor of architecture and environment. “Now we’re moving on to more designs and structures.” Near Taylor Hall is a new tunnel-like structure called The Passage. No drawing boards or rulers were used for what Lucak and his students have designed. Instead, he and two graduate students created the wooden structure on a computer. Lucak said this technique is proof of what the future of architecture holds at Kent State and all around the globe. Victoria Capranica, senior architecture studies major, is one of the two students who took part in creating the design for The Passage. She said they used a 3-D software system called Rhinoceros to create a blueprint on what their design would look like. “We played around with Rhino to see what we can make and see how things fit together,” Capranica said. “The design just kind of morphed into what it is and started out small and turned to what it is you see outside.” Last semester, Capranica, Lucak and Griffin Morris, a graduate student in architecture, entered their design in the Matrix Design Competition, a Kent State architecture contest that judges which design is best in show. Their design stood out so much the architecture department wanted to put it on display. “We all pitched in some money to put it up by Taylor Hall,” Morris said. “All and all, I’m very happy with the outcome of where our designs led us.” Douglas Steidl, dean at the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, said
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Brian Thoma, Carl Veith, Victoria Capranica, Matt Veith and Griffin Morris, all architecture graduate students, stand next to “The Passage,” which they all worked to create. The structure is located outside Taylor Hall and will be removed before May 4. the department granted about $2,000 for the structure to be built. “I strongly believe this design is a physical manifestation of the creative thought process, implemented through digital fabrication techniques,” Steidl said. “Consequently, this application demonstrates the ability of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University to teach and execute in the context of current and future design/construction parameters.” After receiving the grant, Lucak said he, Morris, Capranica and several other students helped build the structure with their own tools and no construction company. “The pieces on The Passage literally go together like puzzle pieces,” Lucak said. “It was hard labor and finding a location to put it was also a bit difficult, but we came through.” In choosing a location, Morris and Capranica said they wanted to move the structure away from the May 4 Memorial site. “It was a sensitive dilemma to find an appropriate location,” Morris said. “But it wasn’t very long until we found a good spot.” The structure is only temporary because of its potential liabilities. Lucak said the structure poses a safety risk that the university does not want to be responsible for.
“It’s made of wood,” “Lucak said. “Yeah it could last for some time, but it can’t stand forever. Plus, it only takes one student to get hurt, and I would not want to be responsible for that.” Morris said there is a sign by The Passage stating no one should climb the structure because pulling or stepping on certain parts of the ribs, as they’re called, could cause them to break. “It would be cool to see this be a permanent structure,” Morris said. “But even though the wood is marine-grade wood, it would have to be stained and painted every year to keep it lasting. Plus, I’m pretty sure people aren’t going to follow the ‘no climbing’ sign.” Though the structure will be taken down in two weeks, Lucak, Morris and Capranica said they are happy with what they’ve accomplished, as are the other students who helped build it. “ We n o w l i v e i n a n a g e where computers are helping us improve our society.” Lucak said. “It would’ve been almost impossible designing this structure with a pencil, and I can’t wait to see what we can build next time around.” Seth Cohen is the College of Architecture, and College of Technology reporter.
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The Kent State baseball coaches personally mold and teach each of the 34 players, but the small circle of pitchers gets extra one-on-one attention. Mike Birkbeck, Kent State associate head coach, said he spends about 80 percent of his time coaching just the pitchers. “There’s definitely a better relationship with those guys,” Birkbeck said. “(We’re) definitely closer.” The close crew spends practice trying to master what Birkbeck said is the perfect pitching style: maximum command with maximum velocity. Basically, he doesn’t care if Kent State’s pitchers can whip the ball down faster than any other pitcher because without accuracy, that speed is a waste. “If you can throw 100 (mph) but you’re wild, maybe you should try throwing 95 (mph) with better command,” Birkbeck explained. “By better command, I mean putting the ball where we want to put it.” This is the general philosophy or goal for all of the pitchers. But Birkbeck said the players need to be viewed as individuals with personal agendas instead of lumping them together as one unit. “They’re all different,” Birkbeck said. “They all have different buttons and mechanisms you need to focus on. You need to find in each of these young men what makes them tick.”
FRIDAY’S STARTER: SOPHOMORE ANDREW CHAFIN
Starting off that series by pitching on Fridays is sophomore Andrew Chafin. Birkbeck said the initial pitcher stands out by bringing a strong presence to the mound. “Andrew is the definition of a power pitcher,” Birkbeck said. “He
Junior starting pitcher David Starn leads the Flashes pitching staff with 59.2 innings pitched. Starn has a 5-1 record and a 1.96 ERA. has a strong fastball, a wipe-out slider and a change-up that he’s becoming more confident in.” These strong throwing styles grant Chafin the ability to throw strikes down both sides of the plate. While the sophomore shows enthusiasm and willingness to improve, Birkbeck said he “just kind of lets it happen.” But that free spirit doesn’t mean he’s just floating through each practice. He uses his fiery, explosive pitching skills to lead his teammates by example. If the pitchers can learn from each other and pick up as much as they can from the coaches, Birkbeck said the Flashes should have a productive season.
“I just hope that they can get as close to their potential as they possibly can while we have them,” Birkbeck said. “We’ll see where that takes us as a team.”
SATURDAY’S STARTER: SENIOR KYLE HALLOCK
Knowing how much power he has as the pitcher makes senior Kyle Hallock tick. “I like the fact that every play starts with me,” Hallock said. “I have control over the game, kind of.” When he’s in control, Hallock said he likes to maintain a quick pitching rhythm instead of stalling on the
mound like some pitchers prefer. But it’s his control of emotions that makes him stand out among other pitchers. “I think what sets me apart is the fact that the bigger the moment is, the more comfortable I am,” the Saturday pitcher said. “I block it all out in pressure situations.” And he’s not letting the pressures of being a senior leader get to him either. Instead, the veteran is trying to set positive examples for his teammates and leave this season without any regrets. “Every time we get dressed and go out and play, it means more this year,” Hallock said. “I want to
work as hard as I can so when I look back — if I do get beat — I know it’s not because I was outworked.”
SUNDAY’S STARTER: JUNIOR DAVID STARN
Also working hard in and out of practice is junior David Starn. He started out as a first baseman in his earlier baseball years, but after moving on to pitching in high school, he never left the mound. “I stopped hitting after my sophomore year (of high school) and just focused on pitching,” Starn said. “Most pitchers want to hit, but pitching is what got me here, so obviously it’s what I like to do.” He also likes knowing all eyes are
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on him when he’s pitching, and the only thing on his mind is trying to overcome the batter in front of him. But he does not get his strikes with speed. “I’m the kind of guy who’s not going to light up the radar gun,” Starn said. “I kind of rely more on control and keeping the hitters off-balance.” Favoring his changeup and slider, the Sunday pitcher works both to wrap up weekend series with the Flashes on top. “I’m always going to try to win on Sunday,” Starn said. “I like getting to come home on a win.” Rachel Jones is a sports reporter.
Dog Slayer vs. the Dawg Pound Michael Moses
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Kent sophomore first baseman George Roberts attempts to tag out Eastern Michigan freshman first baseman Lee Longo at Schoonover Field on Sunday.
Baseball team seeks redemption A.J. Atkinson
aatkins2@kent.ed Daily Kent Stater The Kent State baseball team will attempt to restore its dominant play this weekend after falling to Central Michigan in two of three games last weekend. The Flashes had an 11-game winning streak entering the Central Michigan series. Kent State coach Scott Stricklin said he hopes to see the defense and offense improve in this weekend’s series against Buffalo. “We didn’t play well at Central, and we didn’t play well in any facet,” Stricklin said. “The only thing we did well was our starting pitching.” Despite Buffalo’s poor 7-25 overall record and 0-11 performance in the Mid-American Conference, the Flashes (23-12 overall, 9-3 MAC) cannot take this series lightly. “Don’t let the record fool you,” Stricklin said. “They’ve struggled a little bit in the conference, but that’s never stopped them from playing well against us. In the last five years they’ve always played tough. They beat us in a series two years ago when we were ranked in the country.” Although Buffalo is last in the
conference in both pitching and fielding — two categories the Flashes lead the conference in — the Bulls are second in the league in team batting average at .288 and lead the league in home runs with 31. The Bulls offense has a sevenhome-run advantage over any other team in the MAC. “They’re aggressive, they’re young, they just swing,” Stricklin said of Buffalo’s lineup. Stricklin said he was not worried about his pitchers, who lead the league with the lowest earned run average. “If our (pitchers) execute the way they’re capable of executing, then I think our pitching should be fine,” Stricklin said. Sophomore Andrew Chafin starts for the Flashes Friday. The left-hander threw eight innings, gave up one run on four hits, struck out 13 and walked none in his no-decision start last weekend. On the year, Chafin is 4-1 with a 0.78 ERA in 58 innings. He has struck out 75 batters and walked only 11. Opponents are only hitting .178 against him. Senior Kyle Hallock starts the following game Saturday. The left-hander is 5-4 with a 2.33 ERA. Hallock earned Kent State’s only win last weekend against
Central Michigan, throwing seven innings, striking out seven and allowing three runs on eight hits. Junior David Starn closes the Buffalo series Sunday. Starn, Kent State’s third lefthanded starter, enters with a 5-1 record and 1.96 ERA. He leads the team in innings pitched with 59.2, and is second to Chafin in strikeouts with 61. Stricklin said the biggest difference he wants to see is better offense. The Flashes were out-hit 25 to 24 in their series against Central Michigan, and stranded 23 runners on base to the Chippewas’ 20. Stricklin said he is looking for the middle of his lineup to improve these statistics. “Any time you look offensively, you look at the middle of the order: Travis Shaw, Ben Klafczynski and David Lyon,” Stricklin said. “For us to be successful, those guys need to play really well.” The three-game series against Buffalo is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. Friday at Schoonover Field with Saturday and Sunday’s games both starting at 1 p.m. A.J. Atkinson is a sports reporter.
Brett Favre. Troy Polamalu. Larry Fitzgerald. Drew Brees. Peyton Hillis. Pretty soon, these names could all be linked together in the world of sports. They’ve all graced the cover of the famous video game, Madden NFL, except the latter. If Hillis, the Cleveland Browns’ starting running back, beats out Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick in an online fan poll, a Browns uniform will be in the national spotlight for the first time since the days of Jim Brown. This could be the greatest thing to happen to the Cleveland Browns organization since it returned to Northeast Ohio. As a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, even I’m pushing for this to happen. That’s right, I said it — put Peyton on the cover! The Browns have had one winning season since 2003. Their starting quarterback is a year older than I am. Once again, the team is drafting in the top six. Football isn’t the only lowlight in this city. Cleveland fans were dogged by LeBron James, which in turn caused the Cavaliers to have one of the worst seasons in North American professional sports history. There isn’t a better time for a Cleveland athlete to have such national attention. The city needs something to be proud about. It’s funny to say, but a simple photo shoot could do the trick. Hillis is, by no means, a scrub. He’s an absolute beast and worthy of the cover. In 2010, he rushed for 1,177 yards at 4.4 yards per carry, reaching the end zone 11 times. His stats are definitely respectable. But it’s even more remarkable with how he’s gaining those yards. He’s a bulldozer mixed with a ballerina. Hillis would make acrobatic, sideline catches, run over everyone in sight and even hurdle defensive backs. Hillis is such a rare breed that the Denver Broncos shipped him off as an afterthought. Surely now they’re kicking themselves. Some people argue that Vick should be the player on Madden 2011. I couldn’t disagree more. You don’t put a player that has already been on the cover (2004) back on the same game, nor do you let a dog slayer beat out a member of the dog pound. Vick’s comeback was remarkable. He is a much better quarterback than he was in 2004.
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Cleveland Browns running back Peyton Hillis stiffarms Baltimore Ravens linebacker Dannell Ellerbe during the first half at M&T Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, Sunday, September 26, 2010. The Ravens won, 24-17. But something just isn’t right about him being the face of the NFL so soon. In a couple years, I wouldn’t have a problem with it. Right now? It just seems too soon. Haters argue that putting a Brownie on the cover will hurt sales for EA Sports and the Madden line. My question is this: Don’t you think it would be worse if Vick were on the cover? Couldn’t you see PETA bashing EA Sports? Dog lovers across the world would be way more upset if Vick goes on the cover than a few anti-Browns fans would be if Hillis did. And, let’s be real, are there even any antiBrowns fans around anymore? There’s no reason to hate on a losing team. Cleveland deserves better. Cleveland deserves the cover. Michael Vick has had his fame dating all the way back to his days at Virginia Tech. Peyton Hillis was the third most-famous running back to come out of his school (Darren McFadden, Felix Jones and Hillis all attended Arkansas). Fans need to realize who deserves this more. Hell, LeBron hasn’t even been on the cover of a video game. So go do the right thing. Vote Hillis, Madden 2011.
Michael Moses is a sports columnist.