April 27, 2011 by The Kent Stater

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The University Library offers more than a quiet place to study for finals

floors make it the tallest building in Portage County

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Donors provide debt-free option Caitlin Restelli

crestell@kent.edu Daily Kent Stater A well-known fact among students is that debt may be a part of their lives once they graduate college. A simple way to avoid high debt: scholarships. The University Foundation, a non-profit organization established in 1965, strives to help Kent State students graduate with little debt by establishing scholarships, said Bernadine Zapytowski, University Foundation senior accountant. According to its website, the foundation is legally separated from the university, but it receives gifts on behalf of the university for funds and scholarships. Donors interested in either creating a scholarship or providing money to previously made scholarships work with the foundation. “Our advancement officers work one-on-one with donors to

Kent State to establish a scholarship,” Gene Finn, vice president for Institutional Advancement, wrote in an email. Foundation employees work with the donors to establish the donors’ preferred requirements, such as class standing, GPA, etc. During the time Finn has been involved with the foundation, he said no one has ever been turned away from creating a scholarship. “The only reason we would do so is if a donor wanted to put an unacceptable restriction on a fund, such as a scholarship that would be discriminatory in some way,” Finn wrote. Zapytwoski said the donor ’s requirements must allow a wide range of students to be eligible for the scholarship. “You can’t set up a memorandum of understanding so that only one specific person can get it,” Zapytowski said. See MONEY, Page 5

KSU student lived homeless to battle against corruption

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Britni Williams

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stairs lead from the basement to the 12th floor

Most Kent State students wouldn’t picture themselves becoming homeless after leaving college. Edward Hambrick, a 44-year-old senior theatre studies major, didn’t picture himself homeless until he realized there was a cause worth fighting for.

LEAVING KENT Warmth seized the day In the delicate balance of life And turned ordinary lives Into extraordinary lives. -From “Tales of Warmth” by Edward Hambrick

EVERY DAY

ON AVERAGE AT THE KSU LIBRARY

700 116 2,375 of coffee are sold 400 cups patrons Visitors total

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FIGHT FOR THE HOMELESS Unrelenting murmurs of deceit, Boil to the surface of personality, Contributing to conceit. -From “Truth, Beauty and Goodness” by Edward Hambrick

After arriving in Chicago, Hambrick went to visit his old classmate only to find that he was out of town. Having nowhere to stay, a neighbor invited him to stay with her until his classmate got back in town. See HOMELESS, Page 5

books get College of Business checked out

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tudents may know the University But the library is a resource of itself. Library is the tallest building on campus, but it’s also the tallest building in Here are some facts and figures compiled Portage County. by University Libraries Dean James Bracken and staff about what it takes to run the The library is the place to go find books to write a research, get help with pesky com- 12 floors of the library on a daily basis. mas from the Writing Commons and now a quiet place to pull those all-nighters.

Hambrick first attended Kent State in the ‘80s, but because of financial reasons, he decided to take a year off in 1990 after attending the university for six years. He decided to take that year to explore life. “I felt extremely sheltered,” Hambrick said. “I felt that I did not know a whole lot about life when I was leaving (Kent), and I knew that my long-term goals required that specifically. I knew I had to go out there and live, find things out and experience things. I just let the chips fall where they may.” Immediately after leaving Kent, he went back home to Cincinnati. “I had a buddy who made doughnuts, and I made a deal with him: ‘I’ll give you a year. You teach me how to do this,’” Hambrick said. “I was intrigued by it. I wanted to learn it. I said ‘I got a year to do it, why not?’ So I gave him a year there and learned how to do that. Still

enjoy it. Love doing that stuff.” Around that time, he got the part of Tybalt in “Romeo and Juliet” for Northern Kentucky’s “Shakespeare in the Park.” After finishing the season of “Shakespeare in the Park,” he had no real plans for himself, and on the suggestion of an old classmate, picked up and left for Chicago.

— Cassandra Beck, Library and Information Science reporter

drops pre-majors

Beginning in Fall 2011, the College of Business Administration will be dropping pre-majors for incoming freshmen. Elizabeth Sinclair-Colando, assistant dean of the College of Business, said the change will allow students to be associated with their majors as soon as they come to Kent State. “We felt that it made sense to get rid of that pre-program and just let students get in from the beginning,” Sinclair-Colando said. Current students with pre-majors will have the option to switch over to the new system, although this change won’t happen automatically. “Whenever you make a change in your major, you have to authorize it as a student,” Sinclair-Colando said. “If they want to change directly to their major and move out of pre into the major, we will do that, but the university requires a student’s signature on anything that changes their program.” Sinclair-Colando said the change is part of an effort to make Kent State’s program “stand out from the crowd of all the other colleges of business across the United States.” “We see it as a way to make us more competitive and to differentiate ourselves from what everybody else is doing,” Sinclair-Colando said. — Leighann McGivern, College of Business reporter

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Incoming freshmen accepted in next year’s Provost’s Leadership Academy will be working on more projects. N.J. Akbar, the adviser of the academy, said the small projects are in addition to, and will prepare students for, their final project: creating ideas to better Kent State’s campus, such as adding dining carts to Front Campus or implementing tracking services for PARTA buses. The academy’s purpose is to give students leadership experience and benefit the Kent State community. This was the first year of the program, and the advisers realized the students needed more guidance with the final projects. “We had to do a lot of coaching, which is not a problem,” Akbar said. “It also makes it a little more manageable for us. Planning anything for 65 people

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on a weekly basis can be a feat in itself.” Only 65 students will be accepted based on high academic achievement, high interest and leadership abilities. Next year, there will be three groups of about 20 to 22 students with six mentors. Akbar said the 59 students who have successfully completed the program this year will receive a $300 book scholarship. Scholarship money was the largest part of the program’s budget from the provost. He said 95 percent of the academy students said they are looking to be involved in a leadership role in some student organization next year. “I think that seeing students with that much drive and commitment and dedication to serving other students and being in student leader roles is amazing,” Akbar said. “Our students have done an outstanding job academically.” Michaela Write is the religion and College of Public Health reporter.

Mallard rules roost at Ohio supermarket MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — The eggs may not be fresh, but they are drawing attention at an Ohio supermarket. A female mallard duck is nesting atop bags of mulch just outside the main entrance of a Giant Eagle store in Medina in Northeast Ohio. A small sign advises shoppers to beware of the bird and to grab their mulch from another pile.

The Akron Beacon Journal reports the duck is sitting on at least 10 eggs in a nest assembled on top of an 8-foot stack of bags. Store officials think she laid the eggs a couple of weeks ago. A store spokesperson told the n e w s p a p e r t w o m a l e m a l l a rd s were seen in the parking lot earlier this spring.

Republican seeks another presidential nomination

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican Ron Paul announced Tuesday that he’s forming a campaign exploratory committee as he moves closer to again seeking the Republican nominaPAUL tion for president. The Texas congressman told about 60 supporters at a Des Moines airport hotel that he would decide whether to run for president by next month. “I would be very surprised if I don’t make that decision in the month of May,” he said. The announcement came in Iowa because the state’s caucuses lead off the presidential nominating process. Next year’s are scheduled for Feb. 6. Paul finished fifth in the 2008 caucuses. Paul is popular among Tea Party supporters, but if he seeks the GOP nomination, he likely will have to compete for those voters with other candidates. Paul, who has visited Iowa seven times since the 2008 election, called his candidacy “a reflection of a grass-roots movement.” He called for strict fiscal policy and

warned that the nation’s monetary policy risked a financial crisis worse than in 2008. “They still don’t have enough money in Washington. They get into trouble, and they massively print up money,” he said. “They are perpetuating the same habits that gave us our last crisis.” By forming an exploratory committee, which allows a candidate to raise and spend money that can be used toward a presidential campaign, Paul joins former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Atlanta businessman Herman Cain and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson. Newt Gingrich, former Republican U.S. House Speaker, and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum also have taken steps toward formally exploring presidential bids, but they haven’t yet formed exploratory committees. Paul said the timing of his Tuesday announcement was aimed at allowing him to qualify for a May 5 debate in South Carolina that is only open to those who have created exploratory committees. He said he would spend the next several weeks evaluating whether his supporters’ enthusiasm would translate into financial backing. “I do see a lot of support,” he said. “But sometimes you get a lot of support from vocal supporters, but you don’t know if they are fooling you.”

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Journeys of faith

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Finding faith

In college, some students lose faith, strengthen faith or find faith. Here are the stories of the spiritual journeys of three Kent State students.

Jadyn Fedrick, freshman advertising major, considered herself an atheist before coming to Kent State. “I definitely didn’t have faith,” Fedrick said. “My mom was making me, and I had to go to church. I didn’t get anything out of it when I was younger.” Fedrick said she met a few people at Kent State who encouraged her to attend Campus Crusade for Christ. “I was looking for something,” she said. “Everyone finds God in their own way, whether it’s fear of hell or needing comfort, and that’s what mine was. I needed comfort.” The fourth or fifth time Fedrick went to Campus Crusade for Christ, she said she finally felt comfortable closing her eyes during prayer. “I had released and let myself completely have faith just by closing my eyes,” she said. “But when you truly believe in it and truly devote yourself to it, it gets better. It just becomes a way of life.” Fedrick said she’s happier and more content now that she is leading a Christian life. “The difference now is that I am older,” she said. “I can comprehend it; I do know what I’m doing and I appreciate it.”

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Losing faith

Kyle Johnson, junior sociology major, said he “lacks faith in a higher power.” He grew up attending a Baptist church and was baptized at age 14. He said his mom made him go to church every Sunday. “I feel like I was led on and indoctrinated to believe something at a young age,” Johnson said. “I felt that religion was just thrust upon me as a little kid, and I really didn’t get the opportunity to find my one true religion.” Johnson said his mom, his church community and society have had an influence on his belief in Christianity. “I always kind of doubted,” he said. “When I came to Kent, then my doubts just exploded.” He said his eyes were opened after taking Black Experience I and learning about how Christianity was used during slavery. “Christianity was used as a weapon to destroy their culture,” he said. “I’m open to other religions. I’m more into religions that stress looking inward instead of upward like Buddhism and Confucianism.” When asked if there is a God, he said: “I don’t know. I need proof, and I don’t have proof.”

Keeping faith

Rolando Rojas, sophomore electronic media production major, was raised as a Pentecostal Christian. Although Kent State is different from his Christian high school, he continues to practice his faith. “Being around a different environment forced me to think for myself,” Rojas said. “I was no longer in my comfort zone. I believe that my college experience has made me stronger in my faith because I have had to mature as a person mentally, physically and spiritually.” While having a father as a pastor may have affected what he believes, Rojas said that coming to college encouraged him to reflect on his faith for himself. “I believe that my parents were a very big influence over my life,” Rojas said. “However, I am and always have been in control of my beliefs. My beliefs did not change when I got to college.” Michaela Write is the religion and College of Public Health reporter.

Obama says he wants oil producers to boost output WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid a surge in the cost of gasoline, President Barack Obama said Tuesday he is calling on major oil producers such as Saudi Arabia to increase their oil supplies and lower prices, warning starkly that lack of relief would harm the global economy. “We are in a lot of conversations with the major oil producers like Saudi Arabia to let them know that it’s not going to be good for them if our economy is hobbled because of high oil prices,” Obama said in an interview with a Detroit television station. His remarks signaled a broad new appeal in the face of skyrocketing gasoline prices in the

United States, and they came on the same day that he reiterated a call for Congress to repeal oil industry tax breaks. In interviews with WXYZ in Detroit and in WKTR in Hampton Roads, Va., Obama said the message to major oil producers like Saudi Arabia is that an economy that buckles because of high oil prices won’t grow and won’t be good for them or for the U.S. Obama acknowledged disruptions in oil production because of the fighting in Libya. But he said other countries “need to increase supplies.” He says they can make up the difference and “we’re pushing them to do so.”

OPINION

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SUMMARY: A Michigan State University study reveals the outlook for employment for graduates is hopeful. Instead of avoiding the job market with graduate school, this is the year to take a chance.

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FAMOUS QUOTE

“Buy the ticket, take the ride. “ —Hunter S. Thompson

DID YOU KNOW? On this day in 4977 B.C., the universe is created, according to German mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler, considered a founder of modern science. Kepler is best known for his theories explaining the motion of planets. —History.com

SENIOR COLUMN

Did you learn anything new at school today? Daily, my mom would ask me that question after school. Daily, I would respond, “no.” Well, Kent State, you took a lot of money that I never had, but I won’t complain. The lesson plan I followed took me through more than academia. Maybe I could have learned about microeconomics from anyone, but all of the extra stuff I’m taking with me is unique to my time here at Kent State. Watch your step. It only took a couple weeks at Kent State for me to find out the red brick on the Esplanade is not walker-friendly in the rain. I was wearing flip-flops and dangerously close to being late to class for the first time since coming to college. My foot hit the red brick, immediately followed by my ass. There’s a good chance you’ve experienced this. There’s a better chance you’ve seen it happen to someone else. I stood up, and I quickly looked to make sure no one noticed. Of course they did. Anytime you look like an idiot, someone will see you. I make peace with this fact by knowing that my onlookers got a chuckle out of my blunder, and maybe it made their rainy day a tiny bit brighter. A circle is round. It has no end. That’s how long we’ll be transient friends. OK. The first part I learned from Girl Scouts, but the second half was a recent lesson. Making new friends in college wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. I think Kent State did a good job of putting me around people who were similar to me. After sophomore year, everyone moves off campus. Those friendships you made with the guys next door fade, and those girls you met in First Year Col-

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Stefanie Romba loquium change their majors. We have friends for a reason, a season or a lifetime. Once I understood the differences, it got easier to let go of those reason and season relationships and to steadfastly hold to my life-timers. Maps lead to predictability. I took a campus map to my first frat party. I knew I wouldn’t be able to make it back to First Year Experience unassisted, and I was right. I’ll never forget the way my new roommate looked at me under that streetlight as I tried to figure out where we were going and the best way to get there. I carried that map with me for two weeks trying to find the best routes to class. After my first year, it became clear that the map was more hindering than helpful. I had been missing out on so much of the campus by sticking to the sidewalks. I thought I had found the best routes to the academic buildings, but the shortcuts through fields ended up being faster and more entertaining. It’s important to know when you need the map to lead you home and when to put it away to find something new. Stefanie Romba is a senior information design major and is design director for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at sromba@kent.edu.

SENIOR COLUMN

Truths, in the words of a former Stater editor

Kent State has a professor, John Bowen, who told me senior columns wasted space. He said they were stupid. Not worth reading. When you’re an editor, he told me, get rid of them. Boy, did I agree with him. “Senior column” is a stupid idea. My editorship came. And it passed. Here it is. My senior column. And I gotta tell you now professor Bowen, it’s not worth your time to read it. The rest of you, please continue. I have some parting words. I’ve been around this university for several years. More than a few, less than a handful. And I know things a lot of students don’t. For example, President Lester Lefton had breakfast with the chair of the Board of Trustees on Sept. 27. It cost $22.59. Kent State professors taught me how to find stuff like that (public records: not just for journalists). But they also taught me things more useful than how to find out who dines when with the president for how much. But I’ll be damned if I share any of that with you. I’m graduating and entering a tight job market. The last thing I want is more competition. In the great tradition of senior columns, I’ll

Ben Wolford keep this general and scatterbrained. I do want to say — and University Relations, feel free to use this in marketing materials — that Kent State has been a great university. It sent me overseas twice. Its Newman Center sent me twice to El Salvador. I met four or five professors here whose wisdom and influence have shaped me for the better. The others, more or less, are good teachers. I’d encourage people to come to Kent State. My brother will enroll here. My sister likely will. At this point, professor Bowen, if you’re still reading, is where the senior column “writer” often quotes a philosopher he or she hasn’t read that leads into his or her conclusion. I mention this only because I thought about

doing it myself. I’d like, instead, to conclude with an anecdote and a valedictory bit of wisdom: I was driving down Summit Street with friends last fall on the day of Homecoming. We were going downtown, leaving Dix Stadium. We’d crossed South Lincoln Street, when advancing us on the near sidewalk was a man with his pants down. Underwear, too. His penis was flopping. He was urinating. Now, follow me carefully because I’m going to bring this back. There’s a lesson here. It has to do with John Stuart Mill, who’d say that this man was perfectly in the right to wet the sidewalk this way. It’s also to do with a dear friend of mine, who loves a poem that reminds me of our Summit Street gentleman. My friend has moved away. But I remember something he once said: “Find enjoyment, fulfillment. Strive for the truths you sense are there.” Ben Wolford is senior newspaper journalism major and former editor of the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at bwolfor2@kent.edu

On discovering the will of your life There is one word I can think of to best describe my experience at Kent State: ironic. When I began my freshman year, I thought I had my life all figured out. I barely made it through sophomore year before my carefully constructed plans started to unravel. You’ve probably heard the expression, “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.” That is definitely a prominent theme in my life. I also firmly believe that God has a sense of humor, which became more apparent as I progressed further in my college experience. When I was 17, I wanted to be a rabbi – I never in a million years expected to be drawn to Christianity in the fall of my sophomore year. I never thought I’d get the chance to study abroad and end up learning difficult, but worthwhile, lessons about leaving what is comfortable and familiar. There were other experiences that will make college one of the most memorable periods of my life; from being baptized in the Student Recreation and Wellness Center pool, to getting a tattoo, to legally changing my name, college has been a never-ending series of drastic decisions

Sarahbeth Caplin that I never thought I’d make. I have surprised myself, my family and close friends and learned so much about the nature of unconditional love. I also never expected to become a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater and expose my most personal, tightly-held convictions for the entire campus to read. My goal for being a columnist was to challenge people to think deeper about issues that go beyond the scope of daily college life. If I was able to inspire just one person, even if I infuriated everyone else, it will have been worth it. I firmly believe that those who are most reluctant to understand someone else’s worldview, regardless of how abhorrent it may seem,

are the ones who are most likely to experience a complete 180. If your beliefs are never challenged, if you’ve never had to step outside your comfort zone, you are not living in reality. We are all searching for some kind of purpose, and it may come to you at the most inconvenient time. It happened to me, and it could happen to anybody. I quickly learned how naïve I was to expect my original plans from high school to stay the same as I got older. I learned that no one can stay the same forever – life just does not allow for that to happen. I have a better understanding now of where I am meant to go in life. I’m contemplating a career as a chaplain or pastoral counselor, but I know that those plans can change at any given time. The following verse from Proverbs 3:5-6 is the motto of my life: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding, and he will show you which path to take.” Go where you are meant to go, and everything will fall into place.

Sarahbeth Caplin is a senior English major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at scaplin@kent.edu.

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HOMELESS KSU student lived homeless to battle against corruption It was at that time that Hambrick realized he was on his own. “I sat out by myself to figure things out in that town,” Hambrick said. “I discovered it on my own … I guess long story short, that’s when I found out how truly corrupt and unhelpful the system was. It was like the system itself was set up to create failure instead of create success, and I didn’t like that at all.” At the time, the Salvation Army had just opened a singleroom occupancy wing for lowincome residents in their building, and Hambrick moved in. The rooms were set up similar to a dorm building with single-occupancy rooms, shared bathrooms and shared kitchens. Hambrick knew he wanted to help the other homeless people of uptown Chicago against the corruptions of the system. By chance, he met Michael “Mickey” Ditkowsky who was starting an organization to do just that. “When I met Mickey, I had been renting what they call an SRO, single room occupancy. I found out later it’s all a government program basically, and there was corruption in those. Mickey had experience in one himself. The day I met him, I had gone through some legal steps with them (government agencies) and finally just got fed up.” Hambrick was fed up with how the Salvation Army treated its residents. They had curfews, restrictions and room inspections. “They treated you like a 5-year-old,” Hambrick said. He decided that he would be better on the streets than in the SRO. “That was the first notion of being more effective from that perspective,” Hambrick said. “As soon as I walked out the door, up walks Mickey.” Ditkowsky told him about the Uptown Global Association, a new organization that he was forming. At the time, the organization only had a charter and a couple of papers, but the group was growing. The group intrigued Hambrick. He said its charter basically said, “Here are our skills and here’s what we’re going to do with them.”

“I said ‘perfect, sign me up.’” Ditkowsky was also homeless. “We were an organization that was currently on the streets or living in shelters that saw all sorts of violations taking place,” Ditkowsky said. “All sort of non-accountable monies being misspent, and we banded together and formed a group, and we worked together with a lot of city agencies” Ditkowsky enjoyed working with Hambrick. “It was like having a partner and a brother,” Ditkowsky said. “He was great to work with.” Hambrick said they were a small group but had a huge network that included doctors, nurses, lawyers, law enforcement officers, politicians, religious leaders and community leaders, and they kept in frequent contact with all of them. Mickey was the main public relations contact for the group and worked to find and maintain contacts for its network. “Everybody was real excited about what we were doing and would not hesitate to come ask us something, come and give us information, come tell us something they found out because they knew we had a network we could immediately reach with those things,” Hambrick said. “And we did.” They became activists for the homeless against the corruption that was taking place. For instance, the group helped expose a man skimming money from a shelter he was running. Unfortunately for the group, the man and his wife skipped town before they could be investigated. “That’s exactly what we were about,” Hambrick said. “Not only exposing people and organizations like that but bringing them down, bringing them to justice.” The group was even asked to do an undercover mission of sorts. “We went out to the suburbs once,” Hambrick said. “They were opening up a tri-village network of shelters, and the community had read about us and contacted us and said, ‘We don’t think they’re setting this up right. We know that’s what you guys do; would you mind infiltrating this and making sure they’re doing the right stuff?’ So we did.” Hambrick also helped infiltrate shelters that had breakouts of tuberculosis. “There was a breakout of tuberculosis within the shelters that Mickey, from his experience and skills, fought very hard to

contain,” Hambrick said. He said they had contacts with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a top tuberculosis doctor in Chicago and were able to help manage the breakout. Hambrick said it was politics that kept these shelters from operating like they should have. “We didn’t have any politics,” Hambrick said. “We were just about getting it done.”

Living by faith The animal must adapt itself to the environment, but the religious man transcends his environment and in this way escapes the limitations of the present material world through this insight of divine love. -From the Urantia Book Hambrick said his faith was his key to survival. He lived by this quote from the Urantia Book and by a Bible verse: Matthew 6:33. “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Hambrick said the quote illustrated how he and Ditkowsky survived during their time of activism. “First we sought and all those things were added,” Hambrick said. “We never needed or wanted for anything.” Sometimes they took odd jobs to support themselves, but they never worried about money. “Our network didn’t allow us to need anything,” Hambrick said. Hambrick said the network of people supporting their cause always made sure they had enough money for coffee, newspapers, train fares and trips to the copy shop. “Success is for the world. I live in this world but am not of it,” Hambrick said. “By choosing to do what is best for the greater good, I believe I am doing the will of the Father.”

Life after Chicago Obstacles fall away, Opportunity becomes destiny. -From “Essence of Pulchritude” by Edward Hambrick

nati because his father was ill and died not long after his return. He spent the next seven years living in Cincinnati, during which he went on a Theatre for Outreach tour. During the tour, he traveled around the center of the country, from Plano, Texas, to Tampa, Fla., and up and down the Mississippi River. He performed musicals for schools and school districts. When his mother died, he decided to leave Cincinnati and move to Rockford, Ill., to be closer to his friends. Hambrick spent 10 years in Rockford then made the decision to return to Kent and finish his degree. “It was just time for it,” he said. Fall 2010 was Hambrick’s first semester back on campus. “When I returned to Kent last semester, I had to scramble to change my schedule due to the fact that I was a week late in getting here from Rockford for the start of the semester,” Hambrick said. Because of those last minute schedule changes, he met Jeffrey Wattles, an associate professor of philosophy. “I could tell immediately that he was a remarkable person,” Wattles said. “When you meet a soul of that maturity that’s already expanded, that’s already luminous, you just look at the man and he makes you feel peaceful.” Wattles said it took courage and tenacity for Hambrick to return to Kent after being gone 20 years. “He really has so much to give,” Wattles said. Even though he’s faced a lot of hardships in his life, Hambrick said he wouldn’t change a thing he’s done. “All of my experiences I deem very valuable no matter what,” Hambrick said. “They’re all very valuable to me. That’s one thing you learn, even the bad experiences are good because you learn somet h i n g f ro m i t … S o m e t h i n g you learn quite a bit with that motto for a long period of time, you learn that everything is positive, everything has a positive spin on it, you just have to dig it out sometimes.”

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MONEY Donors provide debt-free option When creating a scholarship, a donor must create a minimum endowment of $25,000 before the scholarship can be distributed to a student, Zapytowski said. The time it takes to create a scholarship is “donor driven,” she said. Donors are permitted to reach the $25,000 in any way they wish. For example, they can add $5,000 into the scholarship fund every year for five years, and once it reaches the $25,000, the scholarship can be distributed. Zapytowski said the University Foundation recently changed its policy. Once the scholarship fund reaches $25,000, it can be distributed 12 months later rather than 18 months; however, donors can wait 18 months if they wish. “Endowments distribute

POLICE BLOTTER The blotter is a record of charges filed by the police. The listings do not represent convictions or reflect guilt. It is the Daily Kent Stater’s policy to publish on-campus and off campus arrests, charges and incidents of interest to the public.

CITY FRIDAY n Richard L. Dobson, 41, of Hiram

was charged drunken driving in the 1500 block of South Water Street.

n Olarenwaju K. Adeyem, 21, of Miami, Fla., was charged with driving under suspension on Rhodes Road.

Saturday n Erik A. Hopperton, 37 , of Streets-

boro was charged with drunken driving at the 700 block of Stow Street. n

After spending two years as an activist in Chicago, Hambrick returned home to Cincin-

Britni Williams is the faculty affairs reporter.

Joe N. Jackson, 35, of Akron

was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia on West Main Street.

their income over a 36-month, rolling-average period, and they get roughly 5 percent of what the endowment has earned,” Zapytowski said. Two and a half percent is distributed at the end of November and another 2.5 percent at the end of May. Non-endowed gifts can also be made and can be made at any price level. They are one-time scholarships and do not need to reach the minimum $25,000 before being distributed. After the scholarships are made, Zapytowski oversees the funds and works closely with financial aid and individual administrators throughout the university and throughout the other campuses. “We establish scholarships that meet the needs of Kent State students,” Finn wrote. “Those needs are communicated to the donors who must make the decision of whether or not they want to give a gift to fund the scholarship.” Caitlin Restelli is the student politics reporter.

Gregory A. Holzapfel, 41, of Kent was charged with drunken driving in the 100 block of Franklin Street. n

Sunday n Justin J. Miller, 26, of Ravenna

was charged with public intoxication on Water Street. n Ryan A. Haddox, 31, of Kent was charged with public intoxication on Erie Street. n Patrick R. Stephenson, 49, of Alliance was charged with driving under suspension on Lake Street.

Erica L. Williams, 36, of Kent was charged with domestic violence and aggravated menacing in the 1600 block of Olympus Drive.

CAMPUS THURSDAY n Shaun W. Price, 22 , of Mentor

was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at Leebrick Hall.

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F a r l e f t : H o l l i e k i s s e s 4 - y e a r- o l d Greyhound mix Kittie on Feb. 14th. Kittie’s owner James Nutter also works at Paws N Claws Academy with Hollie as an agility instructor. Left: Mr. Mack, a two-year-old Rottweiler responds to a verbal command from Hollie. The dog was abused when it was younger and has been in multiple biting incidents with humans, the most recent with a child. He was on his way to be euthanized when Hollie intercepted him and began working with him on human contact issues.

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Dogs that are part of the Paws N Claws Academy day care program wait for Hollie to feed them treats. The Academy also offers canine training classes that range from basic puppy obedience to obstacle course agility.

Hollie holds Alice and Ted, sibling mini-dachshunds. Hollie usually works 12 or more hours almost daily at Paws N Claws Academy, including activities from running the business and training canines to cleaning the floor and helping clients better understand their pets.

Hollie Toner is followed by her 4-year-old French Bulldog, Dexter, as she walks into Paws N Claws Academy to answer a phone call on April 16th.

Hollie Toner responds to six-month-old Australian Shepard Kai, who didn’t sit while waiting for a piece of food. Hollie is an advocate of a newer, non-consequential way of training canines.

r. Mack is a 2-year-old Rottweiler. He was en-route to be euthanized on Feb. 26th after a biting incident involving a child. While on the way, the owners had one last glimpse of hope when they dropped Mr. Mack off with Hollie Toner, the owner of Paws N Claws Academy in Streetsboro. Toner would later find out that Mr. Mack had been involved in 12 previous biting incidents involving humans in the past. The Rottweiler was extremely sensitive to humans, especially males. When Mr. Mack was brought to Paws N Claws, Toner couldn’t even so much as look at him without causing the dog to respond negatively. Toner became serious about canine training about five years ago after close friend and veterinarian James Akenhead told her to quit her day job as an editorial writer and start training canines. She quit her job that same day and never looked back.

Hollie Toner, the owner and a canine trainer at Paws N Claws Academy in Streetsboro, poses with her 3-year-old Rottweiler Maddie. She has been working with canines for more than five years.

She immediately sought out her Certification for Professional Dog Trainers, which requires a minimum of 300 hours of experience working with canines and a recommendation by a veterinarian, which she obtained easily from Akenhead. Toner became a promoter for a newer, scientifically based way of dog training, which uses safe, humane and effective methods for training canines. She’s also the cofounder and a member of the Northeast Ohio Positive Dogs Trainers, a group that promotes the psychologically based method of training. Working with Mr. Mack daily in this style of training has produced noticeable results over the last eight weeks. He is now able to be in the presence of other people on a specialized leash. Toner will continue to work with Mr. Mack for another six to eight weeks. “If it has a pulse, it can be trained” is Toner’s personal motto.

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PLAY SPORTS! HAVE FUN! SAVE MONEY! Maine camp needs fun-loving counselors to teach All land, adventure & water sports. Great Summer! Call 888-844-8080, apply: campcedar.com Parasson’s Italian Restaurant Hiring All Positions, All Shifts, Starting at $8-$10/hr. Apply in person 11AM9PM, no phone calls please. 3983 Darrow Rd., Stow CSR/New Accountant Specialist needed at in-bound Dish Satellite Call center. Hiring full-time night shift. Great commission with hourly base. Located in downtown Ravenna. Please apply or send resumes at 1101/2 Main St. Ravenna, OH 44266. 330-298-9280 ext 204 or E-mail larinda@weknowdish.com Riverside Wine Bar 911 N. Mantua St., Kent— Must be willing to train for all positions: food, service, retail and bar. Non-smokers only, must be 21. Apply in person MondayThursday 12-4pm. Experienced Servers Wanted. Fine Dining Restaurant. 3-6 Shifts. Downtown Hudson. Call 330-6559550. Looking for telephone sales, part time, will train, $8-14/hour 330-9458011. SUMMER WORK $14.25 base-appt. -Flexible schedules -Start now, or after finals! -Customer sales/service -No experience necessary -All majors welcome! All ages 18+, conditions apply CALL 330-526-7258 Or apply at www.workforstudents. com Summer Jobs Dependable people for our fundraising company seeking employees for summer. Flexible hours. Call 330-650-6011 for Joy. CAREGIVER Provide direct care services to adults with developmental disabilities. Assist and teach with daily in home and community living skills. Job duties include physical therapy, medical administration, medical appts., finances, shopping, activities, ect. All required trainings are provided by Independence, Inc. There are currently several job opportunities available for first and second shifts, with job sites throughout Portage and Trumbull Counties. ALL POSITIONS REQUIRE A VALID DRIVERS LICENSE WITH 4 POINTS OR LESS, HS Diploma or equivalent and a clean criminal background. Print an application off the website at www.independenceofportage.org or stop in and fill one out at: INDEPENDENCE, INC. 161 E. Main ST Ravenna, OH 44266 Phone: (330)296-2851 Fax: (330)296-8631 E-mail: holly@ independenceofportage.org

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horoscope By Nancy Black Today’s Birthday (04/27/11) You’re beginning to see the light down the tunnel of love. Make new friends, but don’t forget to take good care of the ones you already have. Travel a different route, and roll with any punches. You’ll be pleasantly surprised. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

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All real estate advertised herin is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” State and local laws forbid discrimination based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. If you feel you have been wrongfully denied housing or discriminated against, call the FHAA at 330-253-2450 for more information. Efficiency and 1 bdrm apartments available now. Heat included! Call 330-678-0746 Hurry!!! Efficiency apartments still left. Call 330-678-0123 $100 OFF 1ST MONTH’S RENT Kent: 2-3 bdrm spacious apt. move in now Call 330-678-0823 NOW LEASING FOR FALL 5,4,2,1 bedroom Houses. Efficiency. Good Location Near KSU. Call 330-554-8353 KENT RENTALS 3, 4 and 5 bedroom houses. Call Rich 330-221-0030. Spacious 4&5 bedrooms houses with 2 full baths. Great condition, great location, A/C, W/D, dishwasher, deck, garage. Several units available: -Deluxe 4/5 bedroom units. $360 per room. -All inclusive, $350 per room. 330-808-4045 Hurry In 2BR Apts available for Fall Free Heat and Water, Pets Welcome, Outdoor Pool 330-673-5364 1 & 2 bed apartments. All utilities included except electric. Call to schedule your tour today (330)6780972 Large 2 bedroom 1.5 bath apartment $585/month + deposit & electric. Heat, water and trash included. 330312-0066 or 330-968-4930

Taurus (April 20–May 20) Today is a 6 — Time to get together with friends. Being interested makes you interesting. Travel a new route. Moderate a clash between normally gentle souls. Provide common sense where you find it lacking. Gemini (May 21–June 21) Today is a 7 — You’re stepping up the ladder. The next few days bring ample opportunities, so be selective and get ready for direction. Experts and a partner provide solutions. Cancer (June 22–July 22) Today is an 8 — Suddenly everything seems possible, and it is. Before launching into the next fantastic adventure, finish off chores. Hitch your wagon to a star for fun and profit.

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Aries (March 21–April 19) Today is a 6 — The next two days are about follow-up and completion. Don’t take it too seriously. A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down. Burn calories and frustrations. Listen to your dreams. They do come true.

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Leo (July 23–Aug. 22) Today is a 7 — Keep saving as a priority, and watch your nest egg grow. Encourage someone to put their dreams down on paper, and listen carefully to their crazy ideas. There’s gold in there.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22–Dec. 21) Today is a 7 — Home sweet home. Put out the welcome matt and cuddle in the comfort of your nest. Don’t open the door to strangers. Solve the problem by yourself.

Virgo (Aug. 23–Sept. 22) Today is a 7 — Use your shrewd business ability to replace something that’s broken at home for the best price. Imagine a simple solution that keeps systems flowing smoothly.

Capricorn (Dec. 22–Jan. 19) Today is a 9 — An old dream comes true. It may require short-distance travel. Your work may seem more important than your relationships today. Don’t be fooled.

Libra (Sept. 23–Oct. 22) Today is a 6 — Don’t get so lost in your thoughts that you lose sense of reality. Listen carefully to a crazy suggestion. Remind someone what you love about him or her.

Aquarius (Jan. 20–Feb. 18) Today is a 9 — Let your curiosity be your guide. A little study brings tremendous results. Consider how to best direct this new skill. Maybe it’s the missing link to fulfilling an old dream.

Scorpio (Oct. 23–Nov. 21) Today is a 7 — Figure out what you really want to accomplish. Don’t try to win the argument for a change. It doesn’t matter to the big picture. Consider a purchase that supports your aim.

Pisces (Feb. 19–March 20) Today is a 9 — Your confidence is contagious. Get past your self-assigned limitations for fulfillment. Do what you love, whether or not you think that the money will follow. It will.

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

Still locked out? Michael Moses

mmoses3@kent.edu Daily Kent Stater A federal judge ended the 45-day NFL lockout on Monday. It sounds like good news for the NFL, but really, it’s nothing but more false hope. Multiple players showed up at team facilities Tuesday hoping to get a workout in and prepare for the potential upcoming season. Some were let inside and greeted with “courtesy and respect,” or so the league states. Some were able to lift. Others were not. Do you know why? The owners, of course. They want to save themselves for as long as possible. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who’s never afraid to speak, said Tuesday that owners must get clarification from the NFL before they allow players to workout in team facilities. My question is this: Why should he care? Players need to get ready for the season and stay in shape. Owners should be begging players to be in the weight room at this point. If there’s really been progress on this deal, then why can’t the players be players again? The fact that teams are turning away players at entrance gates, denying them access to not only the weight room but even parking lots says a lot about the state of the NFL. The league does not care about the players at this point. All that matters to the league is the business side. No matter how serious the contract talks are, the fact of the matter is that we wouldn’t be here without these players. The games wouldn’t be exciting if guys like Peyton Manning, Ray Lewis, Andrew Johnson or Adrian Peterson weren’t on the field. Ask any NFL fan to name 10 players on 10 different teams; I’m 100 percent sure they could. Ask those same people to name 10 different owners and I’ll bet money on it that most couldn’t come close. This issue is not about the players. It has been, and always will

Michael Moses be, about the owners and their greedy minds. In the past, they were thrilled if players were coming into the facilities during the off-season. They would even put bonuses into players’ contracts stating that if he participated in a given percentage of voluntary workouts, they would receive a bonus. D’Brickashaw Ferguson, New York Jets offensive lineman, has a $750,000 bonus riding on the line if he shows up to these workouts. Yesterday, he was declined entrance. “I made every opportunity to avail myself to work out,” the 2-time Pro Bowler told reporters. “But at this time, I wasn’t afforded that opportunity.” As far as I’m concerned, this should definitely count as showing up. Teams are treating the issue differently across the league. In Cleveland, players were handed a letter and were politely told that contact with coaches until further notice was prohibited. A few hundred miles away in Pittsburgh, Steelers owner Art Rooney and head coach Mike Tomlin greeted players, informed them that they couldn’t work out in the training rooms, but were able to talk to them directly. In New York, the Giants facility was open. Defensive tackle Chris Canty said it was “like we never left.” The state of the league has never been more uncertain. Players are doing the right things. The owners have said that they never wanted a lockout in the first place, yet now they are physically locking players out. The least they could do is open up the doors and give the players and fans some hope. Michael Moses is a sports columnist.

Under pressure Rachel Jones

rjones62@kent.edu Daily Kent Stater Just days from finals week, several Kent State students are starting to feel some intense pressure. But for the students who are also members of the Kent State women’s golf team, that academic pressure can enjoy the company of the pressures from starting the Central Region Tournament May 5-7 for a shot at the NCAA Finals. “This is the hardest and best tournament of the year,” said Kent State coach Mike Morrow. “It’s a lot of intensity, excitement and pressure all rolled into one.” The tournament acts as a stepping stone for teams to advance to the NCAA Finals. Women’s golf teams from across the U.S. are divided into three regions – with 24 teams in each region – and the top eight teams in each region earn the right to proceed. “If you’re not one of the teams who goes to finals, your season is over,” Morrow said. “It’s do or die.” The Flashes lived to see the NCAA Finals four times in their 13 years of competition, but they will have to fight passed some tough teams if they want a little history repeating. This year, the top eight teams will play for a championship title at Texas A&M. Morrow said some of the better golfers they will face hail from UCLA, Duke, Stanford, Ohio State and the host team, Notre Dame. No. 11 Kent State has only played a few of the top dogs during the regular season. But Morrow said their sec-

ond-place finish at the Lady Buckeye Invitational on April 17 and their 13th-straight Mid-American Conference Championship April 24 are helping the Flashes play with more confidence. Keeping Morrow smiling is the fact that Kent State is bringing the same five golfers – seniors Sarah Bradley and Martina Gavier and juniors Mandi Morrow, Shamira Marshall and Mercedes Germino – who brought the Flashes to the NCAA Finals last year. “They’ve been in that pressure cooker before, so they know what to expect,” Morrow said. “They can handle it better.” With all five finishing in the top 13 during the MAC Championship, and Bradley, Gavier and Marsha finishing third, fourth and fifth, respectively, the golfers showed they can also handle coming out on top at big tournaments. To keep that MAC momentum going until next week, Morrow gave the players two days off to recover. Starting Wednesday, the team will focus on fine tuning the minor details of their games. And despite all of the pressures of grades and golf they may be feeling, Morrow said the players are excited and looking forward to going to the Central Regional Tournament. As is Morrow. “This is my favorite tournament because there is just so much on the line,” Morrow said. “But this isn’t our first rodeo.” Rachel Jones is a sports reporter.

Senior right fielder Ben Klafczynski leads the Flashes with a .374 batting average, 33 runs scored and 35 RBI’s.

JACKIE FRIEDMAN | DAILY KENT STATER

Flashes welcome the struggling Vikings A.J. Atkinson

aatkins2@kent.edu Daily Kent Stater With the starting pitchers throwing so many innings on the weekend games, Kent State coach Scott Stricklin said he will throw his bullpen pitchers against Cleveland State Thursday. The three weekend starters, sophomore Andrew Chafin, senior Kyle Hallock and junior David Starn, have pitched 58 percent of the 38 games. This leaves many of the bullpen pitchers out of work, as junior closer Kyle McMillen and senior setup man Justin Gill often come in to pitch the final two innings of the weekend games. “We’ll probably see four or five different guys pitch,” Stricklin said. The rotation of Kent State’s relief pitchers will face a struggling Cleveland State team (7-28). The Vikings are last in the Horizon League in batting average at .233. Junior starting pitcher Ryan Mace, who starts most of the midweek games, was scheduled to start Tuesday’s game against Niagara that was canceled. Mace has a 3-1 record and a 1.42 earned run average in 31.2 innings. Stricklin said Mace would get some innings against the Vikings, though he did not say if he would start or how many innings he would pitch. Cleveland State’s fielding and pitching is not any better. The Vikings are last in the Horizon League in fielding, committing 71 errors in 35 games, and their pitching is last with the highest earned run average in the league at 6.97. “They’ve struggled a little bit this year, but they’ve always played us tough,” Stricklin said. “They beat

us once last year in an extra inning game. It’s a rivalry that means a lot to them, and we need to be ready to compete and take that intensity that they’re going to bring to the game.” Stricklin said he hopes the team plays better than it did the last time it faced a team from the Horizon League. “Couple weeks ago when we played Youngstown State, we won but we didn’t play particularly well,” Stricklin said. “We weren’t focused, and we weren’t motivated. You have to be ready to play. If we’re focused and ready we’ll be fine.” After sweeping Buffalo and outscoring them, Stricklin said he hopes momentum from the Buffalo series, when the team outscored the Bulls 27 to eight, will carry over. “We finished strong in all those games, and I think that’s really important,” Stricklin said. “Right now are guys feel good about the way we played and we played good defense. We pitched well and hopefully we can take that momentum into the next few games.” Senior right fielder Ben Klafczynski has potential to be a solid contributor in tomorrow’s game. Last weekend, the left-handed hitter hit .417 with two singles, two doubles and a triple and four runs batted in. He leads the team in batting average at .374, runs batted in at 35 and runs scored at 33. He is second on the team in home runs with seven and third on the team in doubles with eight. Stricklin said he does not look at this team as a one-man lineup. “We had more than one guy contribute,” Stricklin said. “It’s been a different guy each time out.” The first pitch at Schoonover Stadium is scheduled at 3 p.m. Wednesday. A.J. Atkinson is a sports reporter.

LINDSAY FRUMKER | DAILY KENT STATER

Junior starting pitcher David Starn has a 1.75 ERA over 67 innings pitched.