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Kent state student dies in weekend crash A 21-year-old Kent State student died Friday night after his car slid into a snowplow in Streetsboro. According to a Streetsboro police news release, Shawn Wilkes lost control of his car on state Route 303 and began sliding sideways until he crashed
into the snowplow shortly after 6 p.m. Michael Bair, the snowplow driver, was unhurt, but Wilkes was taken to Robinson Memorial Hospital and was later moved to Akron City Hospital, where he died. — Erin Dean
Demand skyrockets for security escorts Safety concerns lead to 90-percent increase Simon Husted
Daily Kent Stater Demand for campus security escorts has risen above 90 percent in the last year. The muggings and other crimes during fall semester have caused students “to be a little more concerned and aware of their surroundings,” said Brian Hellwig, security manager for Residence Services. Last semester, Residence Services security filed 322 escort requests, according to an office report. In Fall 2008, 169 requests were filed. Students using the service aren’t surprised by the nearly doubled increase. Katelyn Neff, freshman early childhood education major, said she is a weekly caller for escorts. “There’s like back alleys I need to walk through, and I usually carry my laptop with me,” Neff said. “(I call escorts)
In the past year
campus security escorts have risen more than 90 percent. To request these services, students can call the Residential Security/Escort Service at (330) 672-7004. for safety reasons.” Last semester, Neff worked at the campus post office every Saturday night until 2 a.m. Each week after work, she said she called an escort to accompany her from the student center to Lake Hall. Neff said there were only a few times she was embarrassed calling for an escort. “Sometimes, when I called them on Saturday nights, there would be people walking back from parties with other friends,” Neff said. One or two security personnel receive an escort request every night, Hellwig said. See ESCORT, Page 6
Ragin pleads not guilty Trial set for March 30 Kelly Byer
Daily Kent Stater An Akron man pleaded not guilty to a second-degree felony Friday in the case of felonious assault involving a 28-year-old Kent State graduate student. John H. Ragin Jr., 21, was indicted by a grand jury Thursday. He appeared before Judge John Enlow at the Portage County Common Pleas Court for arraignment at 1 p.m. Friday. Bond was set at $250,000. Ragin was arrested at 7:48 p.m. Jan. 26 without incident at his residence in Akron. Lt. Rick Edwards, police information officer of the Akron Police, said the U.S. Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force assisted in the arrest. Edwards said Ragin was transferred to the custody of Kent police later that evening at the Best Western hotel on Gilchrist Road near Interstate 76. At the arraignment, Ragin’s defense attorney said Ragin had made arrangements with Kent Police Lt. Robert Treharn to turn himself in. The alleged assault took place at 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 23 at 108 S. Water St. near the intersection of West Main. John T. White, a 28-year-old Kent State
graduate student and Iraq War veteran, received head injuries and was transported to Akron City hospital. Steve Michniak, Portage County assistant prosecutor, said the alleged altercation occurred outside the bars in Kent after Ragin involved himself in a verbal argument between White and a female. Danny James Weisenburger, Ragin’s defense attorney, said he is aware of one witness in the case and is looking for additional witnesses. “At this point, I’m still investigating the situation,” Weisenburger said. Ragin has been a resident of Akron for 10 years and attended Ohio Dominican University. Court officials said except for a misdemeanor charge in Akron, Ragin has no criminal history they are aware of and has never missed a court appearance. His pre-trial is scheduled for March 25 at 1 p.m. and the trial is scheduled for March 30 at 9 a.m. in front of Enlow at the Portage County Common Pleas Court. Contact public affairs reporter Kelly Byer at kbyer@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com
EMILY HORNE | DAILY KENT STATER
Police officer Joshua Simms and Lt. William Buckbee balance their careers with the Kent State Police Department and their time with their families.
Officers find ways to balance work and family
Young children are affected the most Suzi Starheim
Daily Kent Stater Enforcing laws on campus and enforcing rules at home for children are two very different modes of enforcement that several officers with the Kent State Police Department have to deal with daily. Police Lt. William Buckbee is one of those officers. Buckbee has been working for the Kent State Police Department for nearly 28 years — 15 of those years as a lieutenant. Buckbee said he has a 19-yearold son who attends Kent State,
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My daughter was two years old when she first saw me in uniform, and she said ‘Mom, Dad is Superman. I was just going to work at a football game. JOSHUA SIMMS | POLICE OFFICER
and 9- and 7-year-old daughters. “I was a cop when my daughters were born, but I have now had my desk job as a lieutenant for a while,” Buckbee said. “My son felt the effects of me being an officer more than my young daughters did.” Buckbee said while other officers have a large conflict between being on patrol and taking care of family, being a lieutenant doesn’t render this conflict.
“My schedule is much closer to the 9-to-5 schedule now,” he said. “Sometimes there are conflicts, but nothing like for the police officers who wear uniforms every day.” Buckbee said he remembers the days when he had to miss the occasional soccer game or school play to work a shift.
Making it work
said he has had to balance family and being an officer for Kent State for the past 11 years of his career. Simms has two children — an 8-year-old son and a 6-year-old daughter. “My shift preferences are midnight or the afternoon shift because my wife has a full-time job as well,” Simms said. “My wife takes care of mornings and getting the kids ready for school, and I handle picking up the kids off the bus.” Simms said his, and his wife’s, parents have also helped out with taking care of his kids a lot. “Having family help lessens the blow on the wallet if you would ever have to use daycare,” Simms said. See OFFICERS, Page 6
Police officer Joshua Simms
Online enrollment jumps over past year Courses offer students convenience, flexibility Suzi Starheim
Daily Kent Stater Online course enrollment has increased at Kent State in response to the university working to make these courses more readily available for students. Deborah Huntsman, executive director of the division of continued studies, said new online courses and the flexibility they offer contributed to the increase in enrollment. “We wanted to increase the access for students who wanted to take courses but couldn’t come
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to our campus,” Huntsman said. “The ultimate goal would be to have every course online for students to be able to study online
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or on campus, whatever works for them.” Junior English major Jamie Bloss said the online class she is
taking is “very easy” and can be done whenever is convenient for her. See ONLINE, Page 6
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M T W R F S
n KASADA meeting
Where: Student Center Room 320 When: 9 a.m.
n Condom flowers
Where: Student Center lobby When: 11 a.m.
n Bead It, Glue it, Write It n Manic Monday
Where: Eastway Center lower lounge When: 7 p.m.
n Rock the Runway meeting
Where: Student Center Room 316 When: 7 p.m.
n NAACP poetry slam
Where: Kiva When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: Eastway Center lower lounge When: 5 p.m.
n Dave Ferguson Fitness
Program Where: Oscar Ritchie Hall Room 250 When: 5:45 p.m.
n Impressionist Brandon
Styles Where: Rathskeller When: 7 p.m.
n Soup and Substance
Where: Student Center Room 206 When: 11:30 a.m.
n Men’s basketball vs. Ball
State Where: M.A.C. Center When: 7 p.m.
n History Club meeting
Where: Student Center Room 311 When: 7:15 p.m. n PRSSA meeting
Where: Franklin Hall Room 213 When: 7:30 p.m.
n H2o Ministries meeting
Where: Student Center Room 302 When: 8 p.m. n 8-Ball tournament
Where: Cyber Café When: 8 p.m.
n Kent Interhall Council
meeting Where: Governance Chambers When: 7 p.m.
n Speaker Elena Manferdini
Where: Michael Schwartz Center Room 177 When: 7:30 p.m.
n College Republicans
meeting Where: Student Center Room 309 When: 9 p.m.
n Habitat for Humanity
meeting Where: Henderson Hall Room 201 When: 9 p.m.
n Students for Sensible Drug
Policy meeting Where: Student Center Room 319 When: 9 p.m.
n Face Aids meeting
Where: Student Center Room 320 When: 7:30 p.m. n NAACP Debunking the
Myth: Black Talk Where: Oscar Ritchie Hall Room 214 When: 7:30 p.m.
n College Democrats
meeting Where: Student Center Room 316 When: 8 p.m. n Old School Gym Class
Where: Annex Room 153 When: 8 p.m.
n Navigators meeting
Where: Bowman Hall Room 133 When: 8:30 p.m.
n Jewelry Sale Table
Where: Student Center lobby When: 11 a.m.
n Life Share table
Where: Student Center lobby When: 11 a.m.
n Business Career Night
Where: Student Center Room 206 When: 4 p.m.
n Valentine’s Day dinner
Where: Eastway Center When: 6 p.m.
n PRIDE!Kent meeting
Where: Student Center Room 319 When: 7 p.m.
n Speaker Dr. Alfreda Brown
Where: Governance Chambers When: 7 p.m.
n Biology Club meeting
Where: Student Center Room 317 When: 7:30 p.m.
n Comedy Night
Where: Rathskeller When: 9 p.m.
n Lifeshare Blood Donor table
Where: Student Center lobby When: 11 a.m.
n Public Health meeting
Where: Student Center Room 302 When: 1:15 p.m.
n Field Hockey Junior Day
Where: Student Center Room 306AB When: 9 a.m.
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n Chinese New Year celebration
Where: Student Center Ballroom When: 5 p.m.
n A Valentine’s Day You Both Can
Where: Rathskeller When: 7 p.m.
Live With Where: Student Center Room 204 When: 7 p.m.
n “The Men Who Stare
n “The Men Who Stare at Goats”
n Tasteful Temptations
at Goats” Where: Kiva When: 11 p.m.
Where: Kiva When: 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.
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n Kent Zendo meeting
Where: Student Center Room 308 When: 11 a.m.
n Wrestling vs. Eastern
Michigan Where: M.A.C. Center When: 2:05 p.m.
n Kent Anti-Racist Action
meeting Where: Student Center Room 320 When: 8 p.m.
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Special events bring Rec center helps students stay guests to Brandywine on track with their resolutions Brittany Schmigel Daily Kent Stater
Snow and cold weather often put a limit on the activities one can do during the winter, leaving Ohioans with few outdoor activities to choose from. But Brandywine Ski Resort is offering skiing and snowboarding during special events, such as College ID and Midnight Madness nights. Although College ID nights are finished for the year, Midnight Madness is still happening. On select Fridays, skiing and snowboarding is $26 from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. “It’s a good way to meet other people,” said Tyler Hall, a student from the University of Akron. “There are kids from different colleges and places here.” Brandywine is one of two ski resorts in northern Ohio. Scott Martin, a Brandywine employee, said Brandywine primarily brings in college students. “It’s a fun time,” Martin said, “and a lot of people show up.” “The bar is always packed with people that come in after they’re done skiing or snowboarding.” Martin said many people come just for the $1 drafts. But even though Midnight Madness draws in such a crowd, Cassie Creer, 19, said the volume of people doesn’t affect the service. “There were a lot of people there, but the lines weren’t very long,” Creer said. Creer said her group hardly waited for the ski lifts or to get food. Midnight Madness nights are always sponsored by a company that provides freebies for the attendants. Martin said well-known companies such as Monster Energy and Chipotle have sponsored the Midnight Madness nights.
“Chipotle gave out free burritos and even had a burrito-eating contest,” Martin said. On Feb. 12, Red Bull will be sponsoring Midnight Madness with a Red Bull party that will have a DJ, movie, fire pits and a bar in the snow. Brandywine also has the Polar Blast Snow Tubing Chutes. These aren’t your typical sled riding hills, though. “There are 20 tubing lanes, and they’re huge,” Martin said. “They’re longer than three football fields.” The chutes range from basic, smooth chutes to some with small bumps and steeper hills. Two conveyor lifts, similar to moving sidewalks, carry riders up the hill. “It’s more fun if you take a big group of people because then you can tube down the hill together,” Martin said. Extreme Tubing, another late night event, is on select Friday and Saturday nights from 8 p.m. to midnight for $25. The Chalet Toboggan Chutes, located in Mill Stream Run Reservation in Strongsville, has two 1,000-foot ice chutes. The Chalet is open Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Fridays from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Saturdays from noon to 10:30 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. An all-day pass for adults is $8. Contact off-campus entertainment reporter Brittany Schmigel at bschmige@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com
Amanda Klitsch
Daily Kent Stater January is a month for new beginnings, new chances and New Year’s resolutions. February is a month for forgetting all of that. “We see it every year; a lot of people come at the beginning of the year, and then it slowly starts to decline,” said Ben Cope, personal trainer at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center. “Seventy percent of people who start an exercise program won’t stay with it six months.” Many students looking to defy this statistic are finding different motivators to keep them interested in achieving their workout goals and resolutions. Some students need an extra push from a friend. Others students need an occasion to prepare for such as spring break. Courtney Ursem, senior art education major, is one of these students preparing for a big spring break trip. “I made a resolution to come to the gym three times a week with my friend because I’ve
never done anything special for spring break before, and this year we’re going on a cruise,” Ursem said. “I’ve stuck with my goal, and I think it helps when you come with a friend. It really motivates you to keep going.” The rec center is also doing what it can to help students like Ursem stay motivated and on track to reaching their goals. “We offer fitness and wellness programs and personal training,” said Jason Hawk, marketing coordinator for the rec center. “The personal training is good one-on-one session where you can go over fitness goals and work on whatever goals you set for yourself.” In order to take a personal training session, students must first complete a fitness assessment and nutrition evaluation that will map out a diet plan. Hawk said all of these are created with the student’s goals in mind. “The personal training, along with the fitness assessment and nutrition counseling can really help keep students on track,” he said. “Sometimes you just have to step over your comfort zones a little bit and understand we’re here to help.”
Cope, who is also the fitness and wellness coordinator for the rec center, finds that students who work out with a friend are more successful in achieving their goals because it helps create a more comfortable environment. “We offer a buddy training program to help some people get over being uncomfortable working out,” he said. “A lot of people think when they come to work out that everyone is looking at you when really everyone else is thinking the same thing so much that no one really sees anyone.” Some students, like Chris Mazzagatti, junior business management major, would really enjoy not seeing so many people around the rec center in the near future. “I’ve been coming here for three years now, and every January I can never find a parking spot,” Mazzagatti said. “I hate it in January. I can’t wait until it slows down.” Contact student recreation and wellness reporter Amanda Klitsch at aklitsch@kent.edu. React to this story and more at
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Twin Star Lanes now offers bowling for a buck Brittany Schmigel Daily Kent Stater
The sound of bowling balls colliding with pins echoed through the building Monday night at AMF Twin Star Lanes in Kent. One might be surprised that even with 40 lanes, there wasn’t a single one available. This isn’t anything out of the ordinary for Twin Star. Monday through Thursday, the alley offers “Dollarmania” nights. It costs customers $1 for a game, shoe rental, hot dogs, popcorn or 10-ounce domestic drafts. There also isn’t any cover charge. When customers can bowl for only $2, the lanes can fill up quickly. The regular price to bowl per game is $4.50, while
the regular price for shoe rental is $4, which means customers that bowl on Dollarmania nights save $6.50. “Dollarmania nights were originally one day a week, but it drew in such a crowd that they made it four days a week,” said Mark Miller, an AMF employee for four years. Even faculty and staff of Kent State bowl at Twin Star Lanes. Hal Lehman, who has been employed with Kent State for 12 years, said university employees first began bowling together in the 50s. “They used to bowl in Eastway before it was remodeled,” Lehman said. After Eastway closed, the bowlers began coming to Twin Star Lanes and the group has grown to around
50 bowlers since then, he said. Miller said Thursdays typically draw in the largest student crowd. “We only come every once in awhile,” Roxanne Kilbourne, sophomore visual communication and design major, said of her group of friends. “It’s a nice change of scenery when we want to do something different.” Dollarmania nights are every Monday from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. and Tuesday through Thursday from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. Contact off-campus entertainment reporter Brittany Schmigel at bschmige@kent.edu. React to this story and more at
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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 Justin D. Taylor, 20, of Highland Heights was charged with a miscellaneous drug offense, underage drinking and possession of drug paraphernalia near the intersection of Rhodes Road and Glad Boulevard.
CAMPUS WEDNESDAY n Francisco Javier Cordero, 18, of Loveland was charged with a miscellaneous drug offense at Allyn Hall. n Drew W. Enccasser, 18, of Richfield was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia at Allyn Hall. THURSDAY n Criminal mischief was reported at Olson Hall. n An alcohol violation was reported at Verder Hall. FRIDAY n Zakkary C. Fairly, 19, of Normal, Ill., was charged with underage drinking at Verder Hall. n Jonathan M. Jennings, 18, of Olmsted Falls was charged with underage drinking at the sidewalk of McGilvery Hall. n Tina M. Peterson, 18, of Chardon was charged with underage drinking at Prentice Hall. n Samantha Brownlee, 18, of Hiram was charged with underage drinking at Prentice Hall. n Rebecca L. Jones, 18, of Strongsville was charged with underage drinking at Prentice Hall. Katherine M. Gibbons, 19, of Strongsville was charged with underage drinking at Prentice Hall. n
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FAMOUS QUOTE “Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.” — Robert Frost
DID YOU KNOW? On this day in 1943, Japanese troops evacuated Guadalcanal, leaving the island in Allied possession after a prolonged campaign. The American victory paved the way for other Allied wins in the Solomon Islands. — History.com
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SUMMARY: Thanks to ever-increasing enrollment, Residence Services is now offering triple rooms in certain dorms. However, there’s more than a few problems with the changes — such as why they were made and why they’re necessary.
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Three isn’t company For the last few semesters, Residence Services has had problems with residence halls being over capacity, and a fair number of students have had to live in lounges or with resident assistants for the first few weeks of the semester. The students have later been uprooted from their temporary homes and thrown in with a new roommate to start the awkward first weeks of getting to know someone over again once the semester is already underway. To solve this problem, Residence Services is now tripling up. Jan. 30, students received an e-mail announcing the myriad changes being made to on-campus housing for Fall 2010. Among these changes was the added option for students to share triple rooms with a private bath for a reduced price. This change is the result of a survey administered to students asking if they would be willing to occupy a triple room. Residence Services reported that more than 50 percent were interested in such an arrangement, but that number included stu-
dents who responded “somewhat interested.” That’s not exactly a ringing endorsement. The survey was also only administered to roughly 2,500 students, which is a far smaller number than the actual amount of students living on campus. This change raises a few questions about how efficient this problem-solving technique really is. For one, why spend so much money — more than $200 million, in fact — to build new buildings and revamp the campus when that money could apparently be better spent building new dormitories to house the recent overflow in students living on campus? Also, if we’re hurting for housing, why was small group torn down? Even if those dorms weren’t top-notch solutions for housing, something is better than nothing. On top of the survey being a bit of a stretch in saying that the majority of students surveyed were in favor of the change, the change is sure to be an inconvenience to students living in the affected dorms — Stopher, Johnson and Centennials D, E and F — who will now have to share their room with two roommates.
It may not affect everyone in those dorms, but it’s still an inconvenience. Even though these are considered some of the swankier dorm rooms on campus, it’s hard to imagine these dorms will be able to effectively house three roommates without space issues or personality conflicts occurring. After all, room swaps aren’t uncommon during the fall semester when only two students are sharing a room — so what happens if all three roommates are unhappy with each other? With all the unanswered questions surrounding the change, we can’t even begin to think the switch will go smoothly in the fall or that it will go over well with the rest of the on-campus students who were left out of the survey. It’s enough to make you consider commuting. The above editorial is the consensus opinion of the Daily Kent Stater editorial board whose members are listed to the left. React to this story and more at KentWired.com.
NATE BEELER’S VIEW
For Shawn When someone walks in your living room and says, “I have bad news,” it could range anywhere from LeBron James twisting his ankle to the death of a friend. “Bad news” is pretty vague. And something along the lines of the latter never really occurs as a possibility, perhaps for no other reason than we do not want to believe it possible. When three friends walked in Friday night, as my biggest concern was how I would face the weather and walk to 101 Bottles, we were met with that old cliché. They were looking for another one of our housemates and then presented that bad news when they told us why. A guy named Shawn Wilkes had been in a car accident. He was in critical condition at Robinson Memorial Hospital. They knew his injuries but not his chances. They had to go. We offered our best wishes. It was all we could do. We get bad news all the time, to the point that we are almost impervious to the effect of those words. The 21-year-old Kent State student was driving his Dodge Neon in Streetsboro on state Route 303 when he slid on a patch of ice and snow and collided with an oncoming snowplow. He was taken to Akron City Hospital from Robinson Memorial, and it was there that he died. My roommate and I got a call while we were at a friend’s house. No one there knew Shawn, and we decided not to say anything about it. There was nothing we could say. When news like that comes, it changes all your surroundings. The beer in your hand is not as good and the joke you just laughed at is not that funny, and neither feels right to enjoy. I knew Shawn through mutual friends. I won’t pretend that I knew him well at all, but he was a cool guy who grew up with several people I knew. Shawn and I gave salutes a few times over $3 pitchers of beer at the Brewhouse, and we offered each other the occasional handshake when I saw him around town. But he was only 21 years old. When someone your age dies, you cannot help but reflect, and this reflection realistically leads to little comfort. Sometimes people try to provide answers they can stomach, like it was God’s will or that everything happens for a reason. Others simply try to celebrate a life while mourning a death, be it over drinks or hugs or stories or silence. On Friday, the reality had not
Nick Baker set in for me. I was distant from the whole thing. But on Saturday, several of Shawn’s friends gathered to mourn. I joined to pay respects the best I could to a person I barely knew. A scene like that is so hard. People cry, salute, sit and stare blankly, hold each other, tell stories and try to deal as best they can. More than anything, my condolences go to his family and those who knew Shawn best. They are going through something not easily imagined by someone who has never experienced it. When I was 16, a friend of mine passed away after an overdose. I had never been to a funeral or calling hours, never saw a body or spoke to the parents of someone my age who had passed. I won’t lie. When I saw his body, a knot formed in my stomach that has been unparalleled. Last month, I visited friends in Las Vegas, and my trip unintentionally coincided with the birthday of another friend who graduated from my high school a year before me who had passed away. I was not very close to him, but as I slugged down a shot of his favorite drink, the initials adorned with angel’s wings tattooed on my friend’s right arm reminded me why we were taking that drink. We do what we can to get by, to remember and to celebrate. All I know is that in the past month, I’ve had drinks in tribute to two fallen friends roughly the same age as me. And the only thing I can say for sure about that is it was two drinks too many. This is for anyone who passed too soon. I’m sorry that this is the best I can offer. Peace, Shawn. Nick Baker is a senior magazine journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at nbaker3@kent.edu. React to this story and more at
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Facebook: Friend or foe? I love Facebook. Aside from the fact that I don’t know half of my “friends,” which as I understand it, is a common affliction, I doubt I would talk to half the people I do without it. You can meet people from all walks of life through Facebook. Odds are, ones you would never cross paths with normally. Other times, you find that the people you thought you knew have more quirks than you might have expected. It is a great social networking site, and, as we’ve seen with the now not-so-recent Haiti disaster, a great way to drum up aid for a cause. For instance, you can be one of the super cool kids and buy sweet corn on Farmville, or you can be a square by donating to boring old Red Cross by text. But do we use it too much? As the proud owner of a “Crackberry,” I know I check Facebook several times a day, as often as I want. These days, not having a Facebook page can be likened to not having a social security number. In other words, you don’t exist. Two weeks ago, in an attempt to fool myself into thinking I care about politics, I decided to watch the State of the Union address. At first, I thought it would be boring as hell, but just a little bit into the president’s speech, I began to notice people in the audience hunched over
Molly Cahill their phones tip-tapping away. While I cannot prove it, I have to wonder what the odds are that at least one of them was Facebooking. I would like to be optimistic and say it’s a good thing that with the typing of a few keys, we can tell people all across the world that Uncle Ned had a bean and cheese burrito for lunch. Or that we can become a fan of “I bet I can find 1 million people who want Cannibalism legalized” and join a vegetarian group in one breath, but I can’t. I can certainly laugh about it, which I do, but there’s nothing remotely funny about a woman in Canada who lost her disability benefits over some pictures her insurance agency found on her profile. Remember even though your security setting are “friends only,” it is still the Internet, and once you send something out there, anyone with a bit of skill in hacking can find it. The
Internet is an amazing thing, but just as you can find an old classmate from high school, some stranger can find you, too. The site is considered by many to be a wonderful social networking tool. But a lot of people are forgetting it is only that: a tool. It should not be used to replace normal human interaction. As creatures, we are social animals and our mental health depends on being able to interact with other human beings. Having 300 friends in your Facebook friends list is all well and good, but if that is the only platform through which you know someone, are they really going to be there to drive you to the hospital when you get sick? Or is that guy in India who sends you olive trees in Farmville going to help you put together those shelves from Ikea? Take it from someone who uses the Internet to stay in touch. Meet people on Facebook but get to know your friends in real life. Molly Cahill is a senior pre-journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at mcahill2@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com.
Fox News is not real news A few months back, I wrote a column called “My (Republican) pet peeve list,” which was pretty much a pre-Christmas break rant against everything that annoyed me. As expected, a few people were not very happy, and I received some hate e-mail. But to my surprise, everyone who e-mailed me had a problem with one point in particular in which I criticized Fox News for not being real news. “Fox News is the most watched cable news station — more than CNN and MSNBC combined lol — in America so you just told likeee 70 percent of the people that the news they watch is fake,” wrote one angry man. “Have an awful Christmas break.” Even the head of the Portage County Tea Party (apparently there is such a thing — I was surprised too) wrote a 1,000-word e-mail, which was partially devoted to defending Fox. “If you don’t think that Fox is real news, then you need to find a new major. If you think, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, ABC and CBS are real news, then your major should be film studies and you can study the history of propaganda.” Now, there were a lot of things you could have said about that column. Even though my fellow Democrats saw the column as entertaining, I can see why a Republican would be upset. Even so, I am left to wonder why the comment about Fox News set most people off. Don’t they realize that both Fox News and MSNBC present the news in a very slanted way?
Frank Yonkof Truth be told, I find Fox News and MSNBC to be quite entertaining. Every so often, I will flip the channel to hear another one of Keith Olbermann’s rants or one of Bill O’Reilly’s ridiculous shouting matches. Entertainment is what Fox News does best, and that is why they are successful. Instead of watching a dry interview with the ambassador from Haiti in CNN’s ”Situation Room,” most Americans would rather watch two ideologues debate on Fox News. Unlike its top two competitors, CNN mostly sticks to a straight news format, and unfortunately, this is its ratings downfall. On most days, the news is slow and boring. Only when a major news event happens does CNN become more susceptible to higher ratings, according to the Associated Press. Fox News and MSNBC, on the other hand, present the news from their perspective ideological standpoints, so the news is always entertaining. They often lead with stories that grab the attention of their base and have opinionated anchors who tell the viewers what they want to hear. And at the end of packages, the opinionated anchor always has the last word.
Then, they interview some ridiculous person with a crazy conspiracy theory that makes everyone watching agree with the anchor. The perfect example was when Sean Hannity brought on the leader of the New Black Panther Party to talk about the topic of exterminating white people. Despite the fact this guy was radical and way out in left field, Fox News made it appear that what he was saying was a legitimate viewpoint held by many, when in fact, it was not. To me, this is a serious ethical lapse in journalism. And the truth is, Fox News often does many unethical things. From a producer rallying the crowd at a tea party protest to editing old footage to make Michelle Baughman’s anti-health care rally appear larger, it is fair to say that Fox News has too many ethical lapses for comfort (and too many to list). Perhaps I shouldn’t be too critical of Fox News. After all, they run programs that are based on political entertainment and opinion, and that is essentially what my column is. But at the same time, I do not pretend this is actually “news,” and I surely hope my readers don’t either. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of Fox. Frank Yonkof is a sophomore newspaper journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at fyonkof@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com.
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Flashes’ comeback falls Gymnastics ‘underachieves’ short against E. Michigan in loss to Southern Utah Jones scores 21, KSU falls to third in conference Lance Lysowski
Daily Kent Stater Taisja Jones had another 20-plus point game Saturday against Eastern Michigan, but the Flashes could not overcome an 18-point deficit in the second half, falling 78-72 to the Eagles. Jones led Kent State with 21 points. Junior guard Jamilah Humes added 17 points while senior forward Yoshica Spears added 12, but it was not enough. The Flashes narrowed the deficit with a 20-5 run, pulling within three of the Eagles with 5:47 left to play. Kent State coach Bob Lindsay said the team’s comeback fell short because of its struggles on defense.
“The comeback was offensive in nature, it wasn’t because of our defense,” Lindsay said. “We’ve tried to win with offense before, and it just doesn’t work for us. Our defense was non-existent today.” Although Kent State held Tavelyn James, the Mid-American Conference’s leading scorer, to seven points in the first half, James and her teammates shot 52 percent from the field. James finished with 19 points and sank a three-pointer at the firsthalf buzzer to finish off a 9-2 run Eastern Michigan. The Eagles held a 62-44 lead with 11:47 to go but failed to convert a field goal over four minutes of play, allowing the Flashes to pull within seven. After Kent State narrowed the deficit to three, Eastern Michigan junior guard Sydney Huntley intercepted a Flashes pass and converted on a layup with 2:01 left in the game and gave the Eagles an eight-point lead. After the steal, Kent State could not cut the lead to any less than four.
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TRACK Other notable performances came from senior throwers Tony Connor and Effua Ampadu. Connor ’s 18.93-meter toss ranked third place in the men’s division, and Ampadu took seventh with her throw of 18.19 meters. The men’s distance medley team of Colin Pettiford, Brandon Bailey, Stephen Fischer and Michael Heller were second with a time of 10:01.51. Meanwhile, the women’s team of Kelly Gephart, Juliet Alrich, Jessica Lhotsky and Audrey Maheu finished fourth in 11:43.38. The track teams will compete in the Akron Invitational this weekend at the Stile Field House. Contact sports reporter Jody Michael at jmicha10@kent.edu. React to this story and more at
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SAINTS “I just told our guys, ‘You’ve got to make me look good on this,’” Payton said. “That really becomes like a turnover.” Looking like the NFL’s m o s t p o t e n t o ff e n s e, the Saints seized the opportunity to take their first lead. It came on Pierre Thomas’ brilliant 16-yard run with a screen pass, capped by a dive into the end zone. Manning simply shrugged, found Dallas Clark for 45 yards on a 76-yard drive, and Joseph Addai used a spin move a figure skater would envy to score from the 4. But that was it for Indy. Hartley, the hero of the NFC title game with his 40-yard field goal in OT, made a 47-yarder later in the third
Huntley added 12 points on 5-for-9 shooting. The Flashes continued their dominance on the boards, finishing with a plus10 rebound margin. “From a rebounding standpoint, we had a couple players that really went after the ball,” Lindsay said. “But I think the defensive effort is an indicator of how hard you are playing. We needed to hustle at both ends of the court today.” The loss drops Kent State down to third in the MAC East division, but with six games left, the Flashes will have plenty of opportunities to draw closer to first-place Bowling Green. Kent State will get its first opportunity at 7 p.m. on Wednesday when the team travels to Western Michigan.
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The Kent State gymnastics team fell to Southern Utah 193.625 to 195.275 in what the team hoped to be a redeeming competition from last week’s display. The Flashes struggled on all events Saturday night, especially on bars and beam. The team counted multiple falls on both events and only one Kent State gymnast placed in the top three. On bars, freshman Lindsay Runyan (9.8) placed first, getting her first event win of her collegiate career. No Kent State gymnast placed in the top three on beam or floor, and junior Christina Lenny was the only gymnast to
period. After Matt Stover was wide left on a 51-yarder early in the final quarter, Brees led the biggest drive in Saints history. Manning looked sharp on the Colts’ first two series, taking them 53 yards to a 38-yard field goal by Stover, at 42 the oldest player in Super Bowl history. Then Manning led a 96-yard, 11-play drive that appeared almost routine, even though it tied the longest march in a Super Bowl. Addai rushed for 53 yards on the series, and Manning found Pierre Garcon behind backup cornerback Usama Young for the 19-yard score on third down. New Orleans couldn’t match that, but did get a 46-yard field goal by Hartley to make it 10-3. Brees was sacked on third down by All-Pro defensive end Dwight Freeney, who sure looked frisky despite ligament damage in his right ankle that made his availability uncertain for two weeks. Then Indy’s defense, ranked 18th during the season but
staunch in the playoffs, really showed some power. After the Saints marched 71 yards, including 40 yards on two receptions by Marques Colston, New Orleans had third-and-goal at the 1. Mike Bell slipped running right behind All-Pro guard Jahri Evans, and Thomas was stacked up at the line by Gary Brackett and Clint Sessions on fourth down. But the Colts went against type and ran three times, leaving 35 seconds for the league’s most prolific offense to get in position for Hartley’s 44-yard field goal and a more manageable 10-6 halftime deficit. Shootout? More like a slowdown. Indy had two three-andouts and New Orleans had one. But the points came quickly after halftime -- mostly for the Saints.
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place on vault with a 9.85 thirdplace finish. In the all-around competition, junior Christine Abou-Mitri placed second with a score of 38.95, and Lenny came in third (38.30). Kent State coach Brice Biggin was reluctant to shed any positive light on the competition, speaking instead about how disappointed he was. “Remember, I said last week that we’d get our butts kicked if we performed like that,” Biggin said. “Well, we did. They’re just not doing the job they are capable of doing.” Biggin said the gymnasts are becoming less competitive in every meet and fail to pull together as a team when they need to the most. “I’m getting tired of watching them underachieve,” Biggin said. “We’re in trouble because it doesn’t get any easier.” Assistant coach Sharon Sabin had similar sentiments on the gymnasts’ performance, saying
the mental toughness needed for success is lacking. “We need six kids who are tough enough to stay on the beam,” she said. “We’ll go back in the gym on Monday and find kids who want to hit.” Both coaches were confused about Abou-Mitri’s beam score of 9.75, feeling that it did not reflect her execution. “A judge’s subjectiveness is sometimes very frustrating,” Sabin said. “But when you have kids in the middle of the lineup fall, you lose momentum.” Overall, Biggin felt the meet was a waste of time, saying the Flashes don’t believe in themselves and fail to fight. “They make the same mistakes every time,” Biggin said. “Why spend the time and money when we can’t break 194?” Contact sports reporter Katie Corbut at kcorbut@kent.edu.
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ONLINE Online enrollment soars over past year The course, Classical Elements from Greek and Latin Words, was Bloss’ choice because she needed another LER. “You do the same thing over and over again for every lesson, so it’s kind of just like busy work,” she said. Bloss said after reading each section in this online course, students have to take three quizzes. They can do assignments anytime during the day until the professor closes the lessons.
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here and now of a class very effectively online in ways you can’t do in big lecture courses.” Frank said he would like to see every Kent State student have the option of taking an online course. But online classes can be a detriment for students if they don’t know what to expect from the course. Frank said the general idea about online courses is they will involve less work and time, when in fact the opposite is true. “They are more time-demanding and if students don’t budget their time well, they get themselves in a crunch for time and don’t do well in the course,” Frank said. After her online course experience, Bloss said she would rather take a regular course on campus. “It is easy and nice to just take if for an LER, but if it was for my major, I would probably want to be in contact with the professor and really talking to them,” Bloss said. She said overall, she would rather take an online course that had to meet with the professor in
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do if they don’t need to do their rounds,” Lee said. Even the students who refuse to call said there is still value in the service escorts provide. “There are people out there who want to do damage and harm other people,” said John Das, an integrated life science graduate student. Das added the on-campus crimes from last semester proved students and the university need to do more to promote campus safety.
Nevertheless, Das said he has never asked for an escort because it would contradict his persona. “I’m a tough guy,” Das said. Not all students are so reluctant to ask for help when needing to reach a destination alone at night. In contrast, Neff said she feels less hesitant to call an escort this semester, noting she works at the same post office but now on
Developing programs Huntsman said faculty were chosen to receive grants to help develop new online courses. The grants were $6,000 more than their salary. These grants, along with the cost of running online education, are not cheap, Frank said. “It’s expensive for a university to run online education,” he said. “Most universities jump into this thing thinking they can run it more cheaply than they run their regular programs.” Frank said online courses can cost more for colleges to run because of the number of students universities can manage online. Huntsman said Kent State was behind other universities in offering online degree programs. But a partnership with Embanet, a provider of online program development, helped market courses and recruit students. The first online-only degree program offered is the registered nurse to bachelor’s of Science in nursing program, which allows
registered nurses to gain a bachelor ’s degree. The program was launched in January 2009, and by December 2009, 225 students were enrolled. Huntsman said she would like Kent State to offer more online-only degrees because there is no reason students can’t complete a degree electronically in the future. Huntsman said she would also like to see out-of-state students looking to study through online courses. “We want students coming from a number of states other than Ohio, and that will also offer options to students studying abroad or to international students to keep their program of study on track,” she said. Contact academics reporter Suzi Starheim at sstarhei@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com Wednesday nights. “No one sees me,” Neff said. “No one is really out in the cold weather.” Contact safety reporter Simon Husted at shusted1@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com
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OFFICERS Officers find ways to balance work and family Police officer Michquel Penn said she feels the effects of being an officer and a parent as well, having worked as an officer for Kent State for a little more than three years. “I am a single mom with a 15-year-old son,” Penn said. “Being an officer is hard for me to turn off when I am off-duty.” Penn said she often finds herself acting as an officer would outside of her jurisdiction. “I can just name so many different times where I have been off-duty, totally out of my area of jurisdiction, and I have still acted on my reactions as an officer,” Penn said. “I think that is just the police officer in me.” Overall, Penn said being a police officer gives her and her son security at home, and being a mother helps her in dealing with college students. “I think the home life and being a parent helps when dealing with people here sometimes, just because you can kinda get into the knowing that maybe somebody is younger and maybe they weren’t taught this,” Penn said. “You find yourself in situations where you are almost giving someone some advice that they just didn’t get before.”
“Mom, dad is Superman.” Simms said while the novelty of having a police officer for a father has worn off for his children, they do still find several aspects fascinating. “My kids think that I should just show my badge all the time, and my son thinks I should be able to show my badge and arrest someone at will,” Simms said. “If we are driving, and he thinks I am speeding, he always questions me.” Simms said his kids think being at the station is interesting, and
they like to be handcuffed and put into the back of the police car. While his daughters don’t find his being an officer a big deal, Buckbee said there was a time when seeing him in uniform was fascinating. “My daughter was two years old when she first saw me in uniform, and she said ‘Mom, Dad is Superman,’” Buckbee said. “I was just going to work at a football game.” Penn said along with the future tuition reimbursement she can get for her son, being a police officer did have a big impact on his childhood. “When he was younger, he was amazed by my being a cop, but now he is just the cop’s kid and doesn’t make a big fuss of it anymore like when he was younger,” Penn said. “He used to tell me ‘Mom, you look like you’re on cops’ and ‘Mom, you’re overly considerate’.” Buckbee said working the midnight shift is much easier when you are a younger officer. “I now think back on the midnight shift with dread,” Buckbee said. “They don’t want a grayhaired person working out on patrol on the midnight shift.” Along with just working odd shifts, he said holidays can always be an issue, too. “Police are here 24/7 no matter what,” he said. “There was a time when I had to work Christmas.” Buckbee said officers try to help out on shifts when there are conflicts. “We are family oriented, so we try to accommodate officers, so that they can make it to family birthday parties and other events,” he said. “The real challenge for an officer is time. Luckily for my kids, most of those challenges are gone.” Contact academics reporter Suzi Starheim at sstarhei@kent.edu.
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By Linda Black Today’s birthday (2/8/10) Your habit of overworking catches up with you. During the next few months you’ll benefit from scheduled rest breaks -- on a daily basis, if possible. Allow ideas to grow naturally. In this way you reach your goals through minor sacrifices while sticking to your values. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is an 8. Your goal is to move forward with a group decision. Others have different plans. Expect a power play backstage, with the outcome resolved in the final act.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 7. Concepts that bubble to the surface require the use of your many talents. Don’t be shy about sharing ideas with the new kid on the block.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is an 8. You started the creative flow yesterday. Now take it with you to school or work. Apply your unique perspective to traditional methodologies.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) Today is a 7. You get lots of ideas about artistic touches in practical situations. There’s no limit to your creative imagination. Try a new recipe for dinner tonight.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 6. A female sparks your imagination with creative ways to show off a design or product. Sleep on it and make your final decision later.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is a 6. The love you feel needs to be out where others can share it. Just say what you’ve been holding in. Responses provide pleasant surprises.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is an 8. Someone wants to go in a new direction. Think long and hard before you do. Your gut tells you to stay on your plotted course.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 6. You want to achieve success and you’re willing to do the work. Unpack your thoughts so you can see all the possibilities. Then choose.
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$100.00 Reward fill units by 2/15/10. AVAILABLE FALL: UNIVERSITY TOWNHOUSE. SUMMIT ST. 5 BDS, 2.5 BATHS, STOVE REFRIG, DISHWASHER, WASHER/DRYER, A/C. $250.00 PER PERSON; 2BD 1BTH TOWNHOME. LAUNDRY, CARPORT. INTRODUCTORY OFFER 1ST 3 MONTHS $495.00. WWW. JLCASTO.COM CALL 688-7040.
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3 Bedroom house available for Fall. Great condition, full appliances, $350/bedroom 1, $325/per bedroom 2-3. Close to Campus 330-673-1225
1017 WALNUT ST. 4 BRS, 2 BATHS, 2 KITCHENS. 10 BLOCKS FROM CAMPUS AND DOWNTOWN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. 4 FREE PARKING SPACES NEAR CAMPUS PLUS PARKING AT HOUSE. $200/MONTH PER ROOM PLUS UTILITIES. CHECK WEBSITE LKG INC. WWW.LKGKENTRENTALS. COM (330)801-3160 JERRY
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Associated Press MIAMI, Fla. — Who Dat won the Super Bowl? The New Orleans Saints, that’s who. Ain’t kidding. Put away those paper bags forever: Drew Brees and the Saints are NFL champions, rallying to upset Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 last night in one of pro football’s most thrilling title games. Brees tied a Super Bowl record with 32 completions, the last a 2-yard slant to Jeremy Shockey for the winning points with 5:42 remaining. The Pro Bowl quarterback was chosen Super Bowl MVP. “We just believed in ourselves and we knew that we had an entire city and maybe an entire country behind us,” Brees said. “What can I say? I tried to imagine what this moment would be like for a long time and it’s better than expected.” A surprise onside kick sparked the Saints’ second-half comeback. Their 25th-ranked defense made several key stops, and Tracy Porter’s 74-yard interception return on a pass from Manning, of all people, clinched it. Manning gave futile chase, but was blocked by a New Orleans defender and fell awkwardly as the cornerback raced by. The fourtime NFL MVP forlornly walked to the sideline as the Big Easy celebrations began. Who would have thought the biggest mistake of the game would have come from Manning? “It’s time for the Saints to celebrate,” Manning said. “It’s their field and it’s their championship.” An NFL embarrassment for much of their 43 years, the Saints’ football renaissance, led by Brees and coach Sean Payton, climaxed with Shockey’s touchdown and Lance Moore’s 2-point conversion catch. The conversion pass originally was ruled incomplete, but Payton challenged the call and won. Porter’s pick, just as dramatic as his interception of Brett Favre’s pass to force overtime in the NFC title game, was the game’s only turnover. It’s one Manning will forever regret. The Saints (16-3) won three postseason games this winter after winning only two in the previous 42 years. They beat Arizona, Minnesota and Indianapolis (16-3) — all division winners — for their first title, scoring 107 points and allowing only 59. The championship came 4 1/2 years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, making the Saints nomads for the 2005 season. There even was some doubt they would return, but the NFL refused to abandon the Big Easy. The Superdome was rebuilt and the Saints won the NFC South in ‘06, their first season with Brees and Payton. That was the season Manning won his only Super Bowl. He had the Colts, favored by five points, in front for much of this one, but
17 Flashes win 7th straight MEN’S BASKETBALL
Justin Greene scores 22 in win over CMU Cody Erbacher
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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and head coach Sean Payton admire the Lombardi trophy after the Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 yesterday in Super Bowl XLIV at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Fla. Brees passed for 288 yards and two touchdowns to win Super Bowl MVP honors. New Orleans’ league-leading offense, which scored 510 points this season, outscored Indy 31-7 after falling behind 10-0. That matched the biggest comeback in a Super Bowl. Payton held the Vince Lombardi Trophy high over his head and ran into the end zone toward several hundred fans chanting the Saints’ rally cry: “Who dat, who dat, who dat say gonna beat dem Saints?” Nobody can say it now. “Everybody back in New Orleans gets a piece of this trophy,” he said. “I think I could kiss him,” owner Tom Benson said. Before many of the 74,059 fans got settled following the Who’s halftime show, the Saints worked a little voodoo. Garrett Hartley’s onside kick was touched by the Colts’ Hank Baskett, then recovered by Chris Reis at the New Orleans 42. See SAINTS, Page 6
In its win over Central Michigan on Saturday, the Kent State men’s basketball team proved it was able to remain calm and tough in the 68-63 victory. Kent State coach Geno Ford said the toughness comes from one player: senior guard Chris Singletary, who averages 11.3 points and a team high 4.4 assists and 1.8 steals per game. “We’re a tough team because (Singletary’s) tough and he makes ever yone else play tough,” Ford said. “We don’t get real rattled because he plays with that stone face and he’s the biggest, strongest, toughest guy, so they (the team) just do what he says.” Kent State (17-7, 8-2 MidAmerican Conference) was in trouble in the second half, as the team was down nine points late in the game. The second-half deficit was the first time Kent State trailed after halftime since Jan. 30 against Western Michigan. A defensive change and an offensive run fueled the Flashes’ comeback over the Chippewas (11-10, 6-3 MAC). Following Kent State’s seventh-straight win, the Flashes stand one game ahead of Akron and Miami, who both hold a 7-3 MAC record in the East division. Although Central Michigan suffered its third MAC loss, the Chippewas hold a half-game lead over Ball State in the West division.
“This was not a trip I was looking forward to making,” Ford said. “I feel like we stole one, we got the ski mask on and we got lucky and we’re running out of town. “I don’t think there is any question that they (Central Michigan) are the best team on that side because they’re tough and they run really good stuff on offense.” The Flashes were helped by the strong leadership of Singletary, who scored 19 points and a game-high six rebounds and six assists, and powered by sophomore guard Justin Greene’s game-high 22 points. Eighteen of Greene’s points were recorded in the second half. Kent State was down 48-39 with less than 13 minutes to play, but Ford changed the manto-man defense the Flashes were using to a zone defense. With the help of a 13-0 run, which included six points from Greene, the Flashes took a 52-48 lead with eight minutes left in regulation. “We didn’t have anyone guarding well one-on-one,” Ford said. “We caught them a little off-guard going zone and they missed some shots.” The Kent State offense shot 25-for-43 (58.1 percent) from the field, including 6-for-11 (54.5 percent) from three-point range. The Flashes, who have now won 16 straight games against the MAC West, return to the M.A.C. Center on Wednesday to host Ball State, which will be the last MAC West opponent of the season.
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Track athletes reach NCAA qualifying marks Two runners make the cut Jody Michael
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New Orleans Saints cornerback Tracy Porter (22) reaches the end zone for a touchdown during the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLIV. Porter’s 74-yard interception return provided the final points in the Saints’ 31-17 victory over the Colts.
Two Kent State track and field athletes earned NCAA provisional qualifying marks this weekend as the team competed in the Meyo Invitational hosted by Notre Dame. Junior Alex Lizarribarr qualified in the women’s 5,000-meter
run with a time of 17:00.50, sixthbest at the meet. Junior Destin Heasley followed by finishing the men’s 800-meter run fifth in 1:50.59 to qualify. Lizarribarr and Heasley join Dean Wood (high jump), Kenneth Agee (high jump) and Diana Dumitrescu (pentathlon) as Flashes who have provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships. Heasley also took part in the men’s 4x400-meter relay team with Matt Moffett, Javon Walker and Curtis Eaton. The group’s 3:11.58 time was good for fifth place. See TRACK, Page 5
Wrestling takes down Buffalo for first home MAC win No. 17 Flashes improve to 13-3 Rachel Jones
Daily Kent Stater “You’re in for a world of pain, Buffalo!” someone in the stands yelled as Danny Mitcheff (26-2) stepped onto the mat. He was right. At 133 pounds, Mitcheff won his match, 11-2, leading the No. 17 Kent State wrestling team (13-3, 2-0 MidAmerican Conference) to a 31-6 victory over Buffalo (8-6-1, 1-2 MAC) yesterday at the M.A.C. Center. The senior, who is currently ranked 10th in the nation, said he felt the Flashes wrestled well. Many wrestlers, including Mitcheff, had to face off against opponents they have wrestled earlier in the season. “It’s always tough wrestling guys in your conference because they can scout you,” Mitcheff said. “Everyone has the same opportunity, though, so you just have to go out there and wrestle as hard as you can.” Kent State coach Jim Andrassy
said he was happy with the team’s performance after a weeklong break. “(In) pretty much every match, we were the aggressor,” he said. “It was a good team effort.” Andrassy said the individual who stood out the most to him was freshman Adam Cogar (17-6). At 197 pounds, Cogar defeated Buffalo junior Jimmy Hamel (23-7), 3-1, after previously battling injuries and two weeks of pneumonia. “For him to come out and beat one of the best kids in the MAC just shows his real potential,” Andrassy said. Another high point in the match was when sophomore Marcel Clopton (6-4) defeated Buffalo freshman Chris Conti 7-5 in overtime. “When I was tied up, we were both on our feet, and I’m thinking in my head, ‘there’s no way he can take me down,’” Clopton said. “I felt him getting weaker and weaker. I knew it was eventually going to come.” Ranked fifth in the nation, sophomore Dustin Kilgore (27-1) pinned freshman Josh Peters in the opening minute of the third period. The pin was Kilgore’s 12th of the season. “I really wanted to beat the kid,” he said. “I haven’t had a pin
in a while. That definitely turned it around for me.” At 184 pounds, Kilgore felt his aggressive wrestling style was the key to his victory. “Everyone goes out with a little bit of fear in mind because it’s wrestling, and you don’t know what’s going to happen,” Kilgore said. “Just go out there and try to intimidate the guy, maybe break his spirit. I just kept doing that, and I was able to get the pin.” Sophomore heavyweight Brendan Barlow (28-6) also pinned his opponent. Currently ranked second in the MAC, Barlow pinned Bulls senior Jason Weber in the third period. The team is now preparing for its meet against Ohio on Friday. Andrassy said the upcoming contest is the Flashes’ biggest rivalry on their schedule. “We don’t get along with each other very well,” Andrassy said. “I want to go out there wrestling our best and take care of business.” Contact sports reporter Rachel Jones at rjones62@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com
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Sophomore Dustin Kilgore takes down Buffalo’s Josh Peters. Kilgore pinned Peters during yesterday’s 31-6 victory over the Buffalo Bulls.