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May 4 Task Force holds commemoration, remembers Tent City

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Francesca Demming Social Services Reporter The May 4 Task Force hosted a panel discussion Wednesday called "Remember the Past, Continue the Struggle," focused on keeping the memory of Kent's Tent City alive.

Hope Brustein, panelist and Tent City occupant, said she was moved to go to Tent City after innocent students lost their lives fighting for what they believed in.

“We devoted our lives to getting justice," Brustein said. "We should really think about the fact that we were fighting for tens of thousands of people who have been murdered by their own government and for whom justice is not just elusive, but utterly denied."

In 1977, Kent State Administration planned to build a gym annex on part of the May 4 Memorial Site, causing uproar in the community. On May 12, 1,500 people rallied and marched to the Board of Trustees, hoping to end the plan.

When the request was denied, 60 people vowed to camp out and hold coalition meetings until the proposal to build the annex was removed, creating a tent city. Supporters set up a kitchen and a first aid station.

On July 12, police arrived to remove students and other protesters from Tent City.

Although 193 occupiers joined arms to resist the arrest, police later hauled them away in buses to the nearest jail.

Tent City was destroyed, although protesters returned numerous times to camp out. That September, students and other community members held another rally, drawing in 1,300.

Evie Morris, one of the panelists at the discussion, said she was not politically involved, but when she came to Kent State, she realized the importance of fighting for rights.

“The sacrifices that the students who were unexpectedly murdered for exercising their constitutional rights and free speech — that could've been any one of us,” Morris said. “That is why, four years later, I continue to come back and to be very emotionally involved with what happened here.”

To Brustein, participating at Tent City meant fighting for justice.

“For me, Tent City was about building a movement for revolution in the United States,” Brustein said.

Over 100 people take part in the May 4 walk and vigil late Wednesday evening. The event is held yearly to commemorate the victims of the May 4, 1970 shootings.

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Kent State’s Title IX process WHAT IS TITLE IX: Title IX is a provision in the Education Amendments of 1972 set forth to protect students, faculty and staff in public universities from discrimination, sexual assault and sexual harassment. This story will guide you through the general process of filing a Title IX complaint.

Would you like to file a Title IX complaint?

Yes

No

Certain members of the campus community are trained in Title IX compliance. The federal government requires at least one Title IX coordinator be employed at every public university.

Who will you approach to file the complaint?

Do you think your friend is aware of the Title IX process on campus?

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Faculty

Most faculty are at least aware that Title IX exists. If you bring your complaint to a faculty member, it is mandatory for them to report any sexual assault or harassment complaints to the Title IX offices.

I think they know Pretty sure they don’t know

Staff member

Title IX offices

Most staff members are at least aware that Title IX exists. If you bring your complaint to a staff member, it is mandatory for them to report any sexual assault or harassment complaints to the Title IX officer.

They will most likely walk you to the SRVSS office, or find the Title IX officer on campus.

Once you reach a Title IX officer, you will be interviewed by a coordinator. This process is used to determine if the complaint warrants a Title IX filing or not.

Did the coordinator believe this complaint should:

Move forward

At this point, the Title IX coordinator will conduct an investigation into your complaint. Any witnesses and the accused will be interviewed to determine any wrongdoing. Once the investigation is complete, the case typically moves into a student conduct hearing for students, or HR for faculty and staff members.

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Once you reach a Title IX officer, you will be interviewed by a coordinator.

This process is used to determine if the complaint warrents a Title IX filing or not.

Living an anxious life Alex Delaney-Gesing Managing Editor

Police departments are a different route outside the reach of Title IX. If you believe a crime has been committed and you report it to a police officer, a criminal investigation will be opened.

Don’t move forward

The student conduct hearing will determine if any repercussions are applicable to your case.

This will be up to the discretion of those in attendance. The Title IX officer will also provide you with resources for the future.

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The student conduct board will finish their deliberation and hand down its judgement.

This can sometimes include counseling for the accused, or an expulsion from the university.

Keeping up with Title IX compliance Karl Schneider Senior Editor Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 mandates that public universities report sexual discrimination, assault and harassment on campus. When universities do not comply with these regulations and Title IX complaints are not reported, cases can end up in court.

In February 2016, former Kent State softball player Lauren Kesterson filed a complaint in an Ohio district court. Kesterson alleged former baseball player Tucker Linder raped her.

Linder was the son of Karen Linder, then coach of Kesterson’s softball team. The crux of the case rests in the university’s non-compliance with

Title IX reporting procedures.

Kesterson claimed she told coach Linder about the rape in mid-May 2014 and tried lodging a formal complaint. Linder acknowledged that she must report Kesterson’s complaint under the Title IX policy at Kent State, but is quoted in the court case as saying: “I would appreciate if you would not tell anybody else, and that we keep this between the people that know.”

Linder said her son, Tucker, “is not right,” citing a previous alcoholrelated arrest that past St. Patrick’s Day. Linder did not comply with Kent State’s Title IX procedure and never filed the complaint, according to Kent State’s legal response to the

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initial suit. Title IX compliance dictates that faculty or staff members are required to report any and all complaints to a Title IX coordinator on Kent State’s campus.

The United States Department of Education has its hands full with these cases. A backlog of 329 Title IX suits, some dating back to 2012, wait to be investigated. Since 2011, only 62 cases have been resolved. At this rate, the department will need at least 30 more years to get through the remaining cases, as long as no more are filed.

In 2011, Russlynn Ali, then assistant secretary for civil rights of the Office of Civil Affairs within the U.S. Department of Higher Education, penned a letter imploring for

the redefinition of Title IX to encompass sexual assault and harassment.

The letter ’s opening takes a direct approach to the proposed changes: “Education has long been recognized as the great equalizer in America. The U.S. Department of Education and its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) believe that providing all students with an educational environment free from discrimination is extremely important. The sexual harassment of students, including sexual violence, interferes with students’ right to receive an education free from discrimination and, in the case of sexual violence, is a crime.”

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For as long as she can remember, Hope Garman has had obsessive compulsive tendencies. She heard stories from her mother about her need for order and neatness as a child.

“If … one thing in my room (was moved), I’d freak out, making sure I (fixed) it and making sure everything else was OK,” Garman said. “I dealt with that growing up.”

As she grew older, her need for control and order evolved into anxiety and depression.

Garman used to be a self-proclaimed “daddy’s girl.” Her parents divorced when she was young, so she and her younger brother split their time between her mother’s house and her father and stepmother's house. Given the choice, though, she preferred being with her father.

During her sophomore year of high school, Garman’s life was turned upside down when her father moved out-of-state.

“He just picked up and moved a week after telling me and my brothers,” she said.

“So I didn’t get to see him all the time, didn’t get to talk to him all the time like I was used to.”

Garman isolated herself from her mother and brothers. She felt all alone — she hadn’t been close to anyone in her family except her father and his wife.

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Hope Garman, a sophomore integrated language arts major, poses for a photo on Wednesday.

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GRAZERS, Fresco opening at Student Center in fall

Henry Palattella Administration Reporter The Kent State Board of Trustees voted to approve Aramark as the new dining services vendor on March 2. The company is planning on adding Fresco Mexican Grill & Salsa Bar and GRAZERS to campus, but when Aramark reached out to the establishments, the owners didn’t know how to react.

“The first time Aramark called, I thought it was just a sales call so I said, ‘No, we’re not interested in anything,’” GRAZERS manager Carl Bauer said. “But then they called back, thankfully, and they said ‘We’re working on putting together a bid for Kent State, and we saw your online presence and what you guys do with students already, and we think it would fit with our mission to help Kent State be the healthiest campus in the United States.’”

The plans involve changing every dining hall so there is more of a focus on fresh food and vegetables, as well as healthier eating choices. This is evident in the Student Center where GRAZERS and Fresco — both local establishments who pride themselves on their healthy menus — will be located.

T.J. Ingersoll, the owner of Fresco, shared the sentiment.

“I was a little hesitant at first,” he said of Aramark asking for a partnership with Fresco. “We’re a small mom and pop restaurant that a giant international conglomerate (came to). It’s a big corporation.”

GRAZERS’ menu features numerous items and dishes of both vegan and nonvegan variety, which is something owner Stacey Lasher said she believes helped Aramark take notice of them.

“The university is looking to be part of the local community … so they

wanted to find business that were locally owned and locally operated but also (help) fit in becoming the healthiest campus in the country,” she said.

The process of changing dining suppliers began in December 2015 when the Board of Trustees approved the university’s strategic roadmap, which put of a focus on making Kent State’s campus healthier.

This led to the search for a new dining supplier, which started in March 2016 when the university hired Innovative Hospitality Solutions to work with a group of about 30 stakeholders to help do an assessment of the dining program, Vice President of Student Affairs Shay Little said.

“We had heard from students that students wanted more flexibility and that they were taking classes at different locations and wanted to use their meal plan at different locations,” Little said. “So we got through that documentation process, and that released the formal request for proposals in October, and that really began a series of meetings of dialogue.”

The same stakeholder group interviewed each of the three bidders, who also participated in open forums with the Kent State student body. The Board of Trustees then approved the recommended partnership with Aramark on March 2.

Little said the early feedback about adding GRAZERS and Fresco to the HUB was positive.

“Aramark proposed adding GRAZERS and Fresco to the Student Center, which — anecdotally from students — I’ve heard lots of enthusiasm about,” she said. “Students want healthier options in the HUB, and GRAZERS and Fresco certainty bring that experience there.”

The expansion will provide drastic changes for both establishments, but both

open his brand up to a new demographic of clientele, which is something he is excited about.

“Center of campus is going to be mostly students and faculty; (downtown) is more a great mix of people,” Ingersoll said. “You’ve got locals, businesses above us, people coming from all the surrounding areas … so we get a ton of that down here, which isn’t going to happen in the Student Center. We don’t get any commuters (downtown). Kids commuting to school are going to campus, studying, eating on campus and leaving. They’re not coming downtown.”

Aramark has said that all current Kent State dining employees will keep their jobs throughout the transition.

The close proximity of the businesses to campus is something that both owners will allow owners flexibility in traveling between both locations.

“At the beginning, I’ll be in the Student Center all the time,” Ingersoll said.

“I am going to bring a few of my guys to train and work over there.”

Lasher also said she and Bauer will be very involved in the GRAZERS at the Student Center, especially during its inception.

“We have a very reliable staff (at our current location),” she said. “They understand our mission about healthy food and they’re real good with the customers, so I think it can start out where we’re in the (Student Center) quite a bit until we get it running smoothly, and then we may switch off. I’m sure we’ll be back and forth.”

The move to the Student Center will be a new environment for both vendors, which is something that both restaurants will have to adapt to, as they’ll be occupying places that weren’t originally designed for their establishments.

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Students line up at Wholly Habanero, located in the Student Center’s HUB, on Aug. 29, 2015. Wholly Habanero is new to the HUB and offeres a create-your-own burrito bar. Jacob Runnels / The Kent Stater

owners stressed that their ingredients will not change between their respective restaurant and the Student Center. “(At the chains) they have one central kitchen where they make everything and then bag it and distribute it through all the stores,” Ingersoll said. “No matter how big we get, I don’t want that to happen, because I know that detracts from the quality of the food.”

Despite this, both establishments will still have to change some parts of their menus to accompany the new demands.

“We’re going to keep all of the same bases, except for the quesadilla because (Fresco) is going to do quesadillas, so we don’t want to do a repeat of what they’re doing,” Bauer said of the GRAZERS menu.

“We’re most likely not going to carry the pizzas. (Kent State) is also keeping Prentice gluten-free, so I think we’re going to let go of the gluten-free pizza that’s on our menu now up there, but you’ll still be able to get the full menu down here.”

Lasher said GRAZERS will still offer Gluten-free items.

Both stressed that the GRAZERS in the Student Center will still have the same quality ingredients as the GRAZERS found at the corner of Summit Street and Franklin Avenue.

“People who know GRAZERS and come here now, we want them to go to (the Student Center) and know it’s still GRAZERS,” Lasher said. “We plan to have additional specials there, like a vegan special of the day.”

For Ingersoll, his restrictions aren’t so much due to other establishments, but due to sheer quantity.

“I’m still trying to figure out if we’re going to have the salsa bar or not. We might just change the name to Fresco Mexican Express if we don’t have the salsa bar,” he said. “I’m still trying to figure out a way to incorporate the salsa bar somehow. But I can’t have it like here because there’s a thousand people in the dining hall. (That would) be disastrous.”

Ingersoll also stressed time constraints could play a big part in what gets moved to the Student Center.

“It’s going to be a little more limited menu (on campus),” he said. “We cook our seafood to order, so it takes 10-15 minutes, so we might not have the seafood (on campus).”

Lasher and Bauer are currently grappling with the idea of how they are going to change their ordering process, which normally involves customers circling the items that they want on a menu.

“We want it to be that you go down the line — like a Chipotle or a Subway — where you pick your stuff in front of you to streamline things,” Bauer said. “There will be some difference, but the heart of GRAZERS will stay the same.”

Ingersoll said the new location will

Students want healthier options in the HUB, and GRAZERS and Fresco certainly bring that experience there - Shay Little, Vice President of Student Affairs

GRAZERS will be in the space currently occupied by The Slice.

Little said more drastic renovations will occur next summer.

“I think the biggest renovations in the Aramark proposals are planned in the summer of 2018,” Little said. “I think they plan on hiring a health and wellness manager who will be involved in our Kent State of Wellness Initiative … and that individual will also be available to work with students on their own individual needs and questions.” hpalatte@kent.edu

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The Kent City Council’s annual joint meeting Wednesday between the city and Franklin Township focused on issues such as changes to Standing Rock Cemetery and zoning in Kent.

The meeting opened with a unanimous appointment of Leo Lux and Keith Benjamin of Franklin Township to the cemetery’s board of trustees.

Tara Grimm, clerk of council, then asked the council to make a motion to extend the terms of any committee members to the end of the year for the purposes of having their terms run a full calendar year rather than staggering throughout the year.

This motion passed unanimously after a brief discussion.

The remaining issues throughout the meeting included updating the council rules, zone usage modification, a motion to fund Kent grant awards, the instillation of a handicap ramp at the Standing Rock Gallery, city code updates for small cell wireless antennas, an Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) funding request and a 2017 budget appropriations amendment.

All of the issues were unanimously passed with the exception of two: the Standing Rock Gallery handicap ramp issue nearly passed unanimously save for one abstaining member, and the council didn’t vote on the small cell wireless antenna issue due to lack of information distributed to the council members.

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Local artists preserve May 4 through creative art Alex Kamczyc Arts Reporter On May 4, 1970, four students were killed by the National Guard during a protest held on campus.

Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder had their lives taken in an instant.

“It was blood spilt on our own soil,” said Abby Hermosilla, a senior art history major. “They were students, like us.”

But the story didn’t end there for them. People like Sandra Perlman Halem and Henry Halem have worked to honor the fallen and immortalize the tragedy.

“Art makes sense of chaos,” said Perlman Halem, a playwright with over a dozen plays written and produced around the world. She is also the president of the Kent Historical Society and founder of the May 4 Oral History Project.

In her play “Nightwalking,” characters recount where they were when May 4 happened and what effects it had on them growing up. The play is based on interviews she had with people who were there the day the violence erupted on campus.

“I didn’t ever intend to write anything about it,” Perlman Halem said. “I couldn’t get these stories out of my head. I felt then, as I do now, that the university should deal with these feelings. That’s why I decided to write the play.”

Perlman Halem’s play has been pro-

duced both in Kent and Chicago.

Halem is another artist that has created pieces about May 4. He was a professor at Kent State, present that day.

“It was chaos,” Halem said. “I remember running into a barn, where the Business Building used to be, and there was a fire burning on the ground.

I ran down to (Satterfield), and I started yelling, ‘There’s a fire, there’s a fire, get fire extinguishers,’ and we ran back to the barn and put it out.”

Halem, an artist that creates sculptures, started working on his series “Ravenna Grand Jury” just after the tragedies happened. The project is based on the Grand Jury convened in Ravenna at the time, and its ruling that it was the students' fault that the National Guard started firing.

“It was purely an emotional reaction,” he said about why he was inspired. “I don’t think I can intellectualize on it. It was one of anger at the senseless and needless deaths of these young people.”

He has also done bigger pieces involving full-size moldings of four students lying dead on the ground, as well as a video composed of photos by John Filo. Halem has sold most of his artwork relating to May 4, now finding homes in museums across the country.

Henry and Sandra remember the events as if they happened yesterday.

“One of my students, his former girlfriend, Sandy Scheuer, was one of the victims,” Henry said. “It was one degree of separation.”

The hurt can also be found in current Kent State students.

“I grew up in Kent. I’ve always learned about it in school,” Hermosilla said. “I get emotional about May 4 — people today don’t get the relevance of it.”

Hermosilla has studied and written blogs about the art of May 4 as part of assignments for her major. She said she understands the lasting effects the art has had on those who walk the halls at Kent for a high education.

“Art is powerful,” Hermosilla said.

“I think that art can endow souls into people. The four that died aren’t actually gone; they live on through the pieces that have been created about them.”

Perlman Halem believes even those who haven’t attended Kent State can feel the pain through the art of May 4. “(Art) transcends the specific act that happened,” Perlman Halem said.

“People are able to grieve in a more personalized way through art and I think that that happened.”

The art Sandra and Henry have created serves as reminders for those interested in reading or viewing the art.

Perlman Halem’s play ends with a plead to the audience: “If we are not vigilant, this life will come and go and we will miss it and leave it behind without a trace. If we are not vigilant, we can become bitter or lost or worse. If we are not vigilant, we will mistake the markers for the meaning and fail the test completely.” akamczyc@kent.edu

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CNN looks to May 4 Archives for new series Paige Brown Libraries Reporter CNN has begun airing its new original series, "Soundtracks: Songs that Defined History," which will feature an episode about Kent State, May 4 and The Vietnam War. “Kent State is such a pivotal moment in our history because it is the inciting incident that became the focal point, which clearly expressed the incredible national divide in America over the Vietnam War,” said Maro Chermayeff, executive producer of the documentary series.

It is because of this that CNN chose to focus an entire episode on May 4, 1970.

“The killing of innocent students on the Kent State campus by the Ohio National Guard was a stark and painful moment which highlighted the

contentious state of America, and was a powerful symbol of social upheaval,” Chermayeff said.

With its significant May 4 Collection, it is no wonder Kent State's Special Collections and Archives became an important source for the team behind the series.

“CNN was originally looking for video footage, but we have very few items available in that area,” said Lae’l Hughes-Watkins, assistant professor and university archivist.

“We were able to provide assistance regarding photographs, which is probably one of the most utilized formats within the collection.”

Kent State’s Special Collections and Archives contains a large variety of May 4 items.

“Our collection is exceptional because of the various viewpoints, from faculty to administration, city

of Kent residents, staff and students,” Hughes-Watkins said. “We collect a broad array of content — artifacts, memorabilia, sound recordings, oral histories, poetry, correspondence, photographs, art.”

While the collection is open to everyone, Hughes-Watkins said students are some of the most frequent users. However, Hughes-Watkins also mentioned filmmakers, media, historians and Kent State alumni also reference it on occasion.

“Some of the most heavily requested content includes photographs, newspaper clippings and audio-visual material,” Hughes-Watkins said.

The collection also features unique materials.

“There is a variety of rare content such as letters written by students, faculty and community members,

diaries and journals and photographs that were taken by private individuals rather than those working for the press, which have not been widely published,” said Cara Gilgenbach, head of special collections and archives.

The May 4 episode of "Soundtracks" is set to air Thursday at 10 p.m.

Chermayeff said some of the songs she loves that did not end up making the cut included, “Give Peace a Chance”

by John Lennon, “Universal Soldier” by Donovan and “Handsome Johnny” and “Once I Was” by Richie Havens.

“We always knew that the Vietnam War could be the subject of several episodes of the series with varied thematic focus areas,” Chermayeff said.

Chermayeff also mentioned different perspectives for the episode that were discussed include soldiers overseas, the return home from war and

PTSD, Vietnam radio hits and the last days of Vietnam.

“We chose at this juncture to focus on the war at home and the musical dialogue of the divisive nature of the war, beginning with 'Ohio,' the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young classic protest song and the killings at Kent State, an event so pivotal that it required an immediate musical response from singer-songwriter Neil Young,” Chermayeff said.

This year will mark the 47th anniversary of the historic tragedy.

“We do understand that as the 50th anniversary approaches, the May 4 Collection will continue to be a valuable resource for various projects in all of their formats," Hughes-Watkins said. "We anticipate increased visibility leading up to the 50th." pbrown31@kent.edu

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Wick Poetry Center encourages young poets at annual Giving Voice event

Lyric Aquino Humanities Reporter Kent State's Wick Poetry Center hosted it's 16th annual Giving Voice poetry reading Wednesday, showcasing the talent of young writers after completing a two-month program with Kent State students.

Reeco Hale, a third-grade student at Walls Elementary School, said he feels inspired by his teachers and creativity as a new writer.

"I wanted to write something new," Hale said.

"I thought I should write something that's very thoughtful. My teachers are creative."

Hale's poem, "Banana Tree," was about the emotions of living creatures and things. Similar to his poem, Hale said he feels deeply intact with his emotions, especially when it comes to poetry.

"It makes your heart feel free," Hale said. "It makes you feel some type of way. It makes you feel alive."

Throughout the night, over 100 students from local schools read their poetry in the Student Center Ballroom. All of the material came from the Wick Outreach Program that Kent State students teach through, part of the "Teaching Poetry in the Schools" course.

David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center, said he believes this program is beneficial to both the students and the Kent State undergraduate teachers.

"It often ends up being this big revelatory experience for undergraduate students to engage and go out into the community and share their passion," Hassler said.

The program requires several components.

First, January and February of the semester allow student teachers complete work with

their own poetry while slowly being introduced to different teaching concepts.

The students then spend March and April visiting five local schools to teach beginner poetry to children. The goal is for students to embrace writing and use their creative abilities to produce something that gives the students a voice.

"They get to witness the discovery that the students are making at all different age levels through creative writing," Hassler said.

Avery Linn, a seventh grader, uses poetry to express herself and describe her feelings.

"Poetry allows me to express myself and helps me grow as a writer," Linn said. "I write about how I feel, how my soul feels, how my soul makes me feel and what my soul itself feels like."

The program is intended to foster growth not only within the young poets, but the teachers, as well. "(The teachers) practice their own poetry and find ways to creatively teach that and inspire others," Hassler said.

Isaiah Hunt, a junior English major and teaching partner for the program, said he believes this experience was worthwhile.

"It's very wonderful because you get to see the inspiration you give to the kids," Hunt said.

"We get to fuel their passion for poetry and help them expound their imagination."

Abigail Rambler, a seventh grader, said that the program was beneficial and aided her in the writing process.

"I'm very creative," Rambler said. "It's taught me a lot about poetry and how to move your ideas to make them more than what you started with."

Hunt said he thinks that the students' creativ-

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TITLE IX Keeping up with Title IX compliance ...

The changes were abrupt. Title IX would no longer be leashed to discrimination but include all forms of sexual harassment and violence.

Records obtained from Kent State show a dramatic difference in documentation following the publication of Ali’s letter and the broadening of Title IX’s reach.

Prior to 2011, records kept in Kent State’s Title IX office lacked any detail and only pertained to discrimination. Reported offenses were relegated to non-descript and esoteric numbers.

Locations of discrimination were provided, but there was no documentation of the nature of the offense, no resolutions were recorded and names of the accused were oddly absent.

The abrupt changes in data keeping provide a look into sexual harassment cases on Kent State’s campus. While some seem frivolous — filing complaints after being asked out on a date — others showcase the depravity of some individuals. From dealing with cases of cyber stalking to forced anal penetration, Kent State’s Title IX officers have been diligent in their record keeping.

“The 2011 letter was a call to action,” said Bonita Prewitt, a gender, equity and compliance officer and Title IX coordinator at Kent State.

Prewitt’s name and initials are peppered throughout Title IX investigations. She helped oversee and investigate many cases as they went through the compliance efforts of the university.

While numbers don’t tell the whole story, the records kept by Kent State show a dramatic increase in Title IX complaints after the 2011 letter from Ali and redefining of the title.

From 2011-13 a total of 20 complaints were filed through the university. The years between 2014-16 total 147. The broadening of the definitions provided an influx of complaints to the university and began a push for more awareness and compliance. The information accompanying complaints changed drastically, as well.

Statements such as an August 2012 complaint: “Denied reasonable accommodation (pregnancy)” and a March 2011 complaint: “Alleges harassment from Assistant Manager of Parking Services” can be found in records prior to the changes. After the changes, complaints became much more egregious and sometimes difficult to read — the details can be graphic.

One November 2014 complaint claimed: “Student states she went to Respondent's apartment.

He performed oral sex and began intercourse.

She said they should stop, but he only stopped after she began crying.” Another complaint from February 2015 recalls: “Student alleged that she allowed a drunken [REDACTED] player to stay at her house and that he later came to her room and anally penetrated her.”

Kent State softball player Lauren Kesterson throws a ball to first base during a double header against The University of Akron on Saturday, March 30, 2013.

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The university offers many avenues of Title IX compliance, including the implementation of Affirmative Action Facilitators.

One facilitator, Amanda Leu, said the liaisons are trained yearly, including how to handle Title IX complaints.

“With a Title IX complaint, we connect (the complainant) with the Title IX office. There are such strict guidelines with reporting. We act as a support person; we must keep a neutral standing (during complaint interactions),” Leu said.

When a complaint is not put through the standard compliance procedures, the alleged victim of sexual discrimination, harassment or abuse can take the university to court. Kesterson’s lawsuit remains in the court system. It is set for a final pretrial conference in October 2018 and a jury trial beginning Dec. 3, 2018. The court did decide, however, to put the case through mediation in May of this year.

Linder resigned in August 2015, and the university agreed to “waive its option to collect early termination costs” and pay 25 percent of her base salary, according to her resignation letter.

Still, Kesterson and her lawyers continue to pursue legal action against Kent State.

Kesterson’s lawsuit brought another Title IX issue to light within Kent State’s athletic department.

An unnamed complainant filed a sexual harassment case against Senior Fiscal Manager Colin Miller in July 2016. The name of the complainant has been redacted, but she alleged Miller regularly harassed her by using his master key to enter her office and leaving unwelcome “risque notes and

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A Miller South School for the Visual and Performing Arts fourth-grader recites “When I Am Wise” in the Student Center Ballroom on Wednesday. Wick Poetry Center hosted the 16th annual Giving Voice event that allowed students ranging from third to 12th grade to read the poetry they have worked on throughout the past school year.

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ity reflects their imagination and is thankful he's able to work with students who have such rich imaginations and passion for words.

"There's hope in the world that there are these

kids who hold onto their imagination and want to their voice to be heard through poetry," Hunt said.

candy,” as well as other unwanted advances.

A compliance coordinator at Kent State’s Office of Compliance, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action (EOAA), Katie Schilling, stated in the investigation’s report that the relationship between Miller and the complainant wasn’t mutual.

She goes on to claim Miller would “(position) himself behind female athletes to look at their bodies or butts. … It’s a running joke in Athletics that if you can’t find Mr. Miller, look in gymnastics and you’ll find him there.”

Kent State’s EOAA recommended Miller receive a 10-day unpaid suspension, an office relocation, a no-contact order, a revocation of his master key and a management referral to IMPACT Solutions for counseling. EOAA also warned that another violation be met with immediate termination.

Kent State provided information on proposed resolutions to Title IX complaints in a records request, but these resolutions are sometimes extremely vague. Some incidents had resolutions marked only as “SART.” The SART, or Sexual Assault Response Team, is a service provided to the Kent State community.

Jennifer O’Connell, director of the Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services (SRVSS), said the SART is a committee of first responders at Kent State who help facilitate Title IX complaints and make sure complainants get the help they require; It is not a resolution.

“We’re making sure that the student is being offered and has access to the different accommodations — whether that’s academic, counseling, advocacy support, criminal process, university process,” O’Connell said. “As far as resolving actual Title IX cases, Title IX would get the complaint, if an actual complaint is filed, and they would do the investigation and move it forward in the process.”

A SRVSS office support service coordinator is the driving force behind all those different pieces, O’Connell said. SRVSS will help a student withdraw from a class or receive an excused absence, if needed.

“The student never really meets with the SART. The SART is just representatives from different groups — Kent State Police, the Student Conduct Office, Health Center — and we’re just there to say ‘OK, this student is struggling in this area, how best can we at the university serve that student,’” O’Connell said.

The resolutions in the Title IX records provided little to no details of investigations or sanctions based on the actions of the accused.

Some alleged offenders, however, are held accountable for their actions if Title IX coordinators and investigators do find them at fault.

In a heavily redacted April 2015 sexual harassment complaint filed, the only information provided about the incident is “video, FB posts.” Findings indicated “EOAA interviewed

character witnesses for both complainant and respondent and reviewed videos provided by [REDACTED] campus security. [REDACTED] security did not have video of parking deck for Feb 4, 2015.”

The respondent (or accused offender) was found guilty of sexual harassment and referred to the Office of Student Conduct. The accused received a disciplinary action of a two-year suspension, a no contact order until May 2017 and counseling. The accused appealed and had his suspension reduced by half.

Other accused offenders voluntarily resigned, received “remedial training” or “disciplinary probation.” A large portion of cases went through the initial filing stages, but the complainant stopped responding to Title IX coordinators and the case was dropped. Resources are sent out to each complainant, including packets of information and links to outside services.

Prewitt said that after a complainant is contacted three times and still does not respond, the Title IX office will no longer reach out.

Kent State would not comment on individual Title IX cases, citing privacy and FERPA laws.

In an effort to further comply with federal standards for Title IX, Kent State is taking steps to make Title IX procedures known to students and faculty.

The Title IX office is planning to roll out a new program designed to educate incoming students about the process. During initial enrollment, incoming students must complete an online checklist. The checklist currently contains items such as immunization forms, transcript requests and the like. Prewitt said a Title IX worksheet will be added to the checklist.

Other items are on the office’s agenda. See It, State It, Stop It is an initiative aimed to provide Title IX workshops to the Kent State community.

Workshops are set to be held monthly for faculty, staff and students.

In February, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos rolled back previous advances made by the Obama administration. The new guidance diminishes Title IX coverage for LGBTQ students and gender-neutral restrooms and facilities, ceding oversight to individual states.

With a possible erosion of federal oversight for Title IX, it’s hard to say what efforts will be maintained. The Department of Higher Education is already bogged down with cases where universities are not in compliance with federal regulations or have neglected duties in reporting.

Kent State’s push for awareness may be curtailed by a growing movement to hand oversight to states. The slowly scaling back on regulation and diminishing definitions in Title IX seem to fly in the face of the efforts put forth by the university.

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United States Department of Education takes jurisdiction of Title IX oversight.

New Title IX policy guidance allows universities to send email surveys to female students that ask what additional sports they have interest in and ability to play, lowering compliance standards for Title IX.

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Candlelight vigil honors victims of May 4 tragedy Rachel Duthie Student Life Reporter Students and community members lit up the campus in gold Wednesday night for the 47th annual May 4 Candlelight Vigil and Walk.

Hosted by the May 4 Task Force, the event was designed to mourn the lives lost during the shootings in 1970.

“May 4 represents an instance where history hapened so we don’t repeat the same mistakes,” said Brandon Mallon, president of the Task Force.

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Exposing myths and highlighting hidden truths about May 4, 1970 William A. Gordon Guest Columnist May 4 marks another anniversary of the deadly day when Ohio National Guardsmen killed four Kent State students during what started out as a protest against the Vietnam War. May 4 was, among other things, a test case over how far the First Amendment went to protect the students’ rights of free speech and peaceful assembly.

It turned out that those rights did not go very far.

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that authorities could legally ban the May 4 rally because the previous three nights of protest had turned violent. The victims’ attorneys did not appeal that ruling to the Supreme Court, because they felt the conservative court would most likely be unsympathetic to their arguments.

The principal conclusion of the President’s Commission on Campus Unrest was that the shootings were “unnecessary, unwarranted and inexcusable.”

The commission also condemned the protesters’ behavior as “dangerous, reckless and irresponsible.”

The very same people the Commission felt were “dangerous, reckless and irresponsible” went on to organize the annual May 4 commemorations. Those observances almost uniformly glorify the protests and offer only the most radical points of view.

Ever since it was founded, the May 4 Task Force and its gurus have prevented Kent State students from hearing from any speakers or experts who do not share the Task Force’s extreme points of view.

Seven of the eight major authors of books on May 4 (Joe Eszterhas and Michael Roberts, Peter Davies, Joseph Kelner, William Gordon, Philip Caputo, Thomas Grace and Howard Means) agree the shootings were probably deliberate and constituted either manslaughter or murder. Ironically, the only influential author who disagreed with that assessment (James Michener) provided much of the damning evidence, including suggestions that the guardsmen huddled before turning and firing in unison by Taylor Hall. And even Michener eventually agreed there might have been a conspiracy, depending on how it was legally defined.

In 2010, two audio forensic experts commissioned by The Plain Dealer re-examined the tape of the tragedy using technology that was not available during the trials.

Those experts concluded that, despite the guards’ testimony, they could hear an order to fire, which, if confirmed, would have meant that the guardsmen committed massive perjury at the trials.

The FBI subsequently disputed the experts’ findings, saying all it could hear was noise.

However, it later came to light after the Bureau re-closed the case to do so by making an “apples to oranges” comparison. The Bureau used less sophisticated software than the experts commissioned by The Plain Dealer, even using one type of software (Sound Forge) that was seven generations older than the software the experts used. (Expert Stuart Allen used Sound Forge’s version 10.0 versus the FBI’s 3.0.)

No one will publicly admit this, but the few remaining public fights about May 4 are not about whose version of events is more historically accurate, but over who will cash in on the tragic killings of four students.

Some professors already have.

William A. Gordon (Kent State, 1973) is the author of “Four Dead in Ohio: Was There a Conspiracy at Kent State?” and three other books, contact him at bgordonla@aol.com.

OUR VIEW

The beauty of opinion

For modern-day Kent State students, the primary purpose of May 4 is to ensure that the senseless deaths of Jeffrey Miller, Allison Krause, William Schroeder and Sandra Scheuer at the hands of the Ohio National Guard nearly half a century ago are not forgotten.

Still, May 4 represents something even broader, bearing the mark of a day in which an increasingly hostile political climate gripping the ‘70s erupted into something unthinkable.

The Cold War raged, America found itself fighting an unpopular proxy war against the Soviet Union in Vietnam and public distrust in the government heightened under a controversy-laden Nixon administration after he succeeded two terms worth of Democratic presidencies (John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson).

All the while, environmentalism, feminism and civil rights took the foreground of progressive agendas.

Sound familiar?

In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s election, the divisive rhetoric that gripped the ‘70s returned. Anyone attuned to the political pulse of Kent State and beyond would be naive to assert otherwise.

That same bombastic language slung from both sides of the political aisle embodies why this opinion section plays a pivotal role in The Kent Stater.

Without a subjective outlet through which writers can express their utmost concerns, the 24-hour news cycle highlighting a bevy of problems at home and abroad can leave the

average American feeling hopeless.

Some columns or editorials surely angered readers. Others may have elicited a sense of optimism for our nation’s future.

After all, an opinion section featuring columns from both the College Democrats and Republicans is bound to subject itself to dissenting opinions from readers.

But that’s the beauty of this section — they’re opinions. Given how difficult it is to organize level-headed discussions between parties under the contemporary political conditions, seeing liberal, conservative and thoughts that lie somewhere in-between blend on the same page is something of a relic from an era long-forgotten.

There were undoubtedly pieces in this section that angered readers, whether that anger stemmed from passionate disagreement or feeling personally confronted by the words of the writer.

We insist: get angry. If you feel unheard — if you feel that you have the power to enact change — speak up.

But most importantly, we each need to value the importance of listening to dissenting opinion.

After all, you can yell at an opinion section because you think a writer of a piece is wrong, but the newspaper sure as hell won’t yell back.

And that is the beauty of opinion.

The above editorial is the consensus opinion of The Kent Stater editorial board, whose names are listed above.

What Kent State represents Bill Arthrell Guest Columnist Kent State is not just Kent State.

Kent State is a metaphor.

It represents everything.

It represents the war machine crushing the peace movement.

It represents idealism and youth rising up against cynicism and conservatism.

It represents the First Amendment and its expungement.

It symbolizes the student revolution and the string that geographically and historically ties Berkeley to Columbia, Orangeburg to Jackson State.

It reflects the ‘60s and rock ‘n’ roll, tiedye and psychedelia. It reflects its disdain for convention.

It is a sentinel among other sentinels: Chicago, May Day, People’s Park, the murder of two more students at Southern University in New Orleans and Kevin Moran and James Rector in Reagan’s California.

Those domestic wars reflect greater wars abroad: Iraq, Afghanistan, Panama, Nicaragua — each of which affirm our history not of democracy, but of imperialism.

It reflects the status quo, the establishment’s need for domination by employing the most draconian tactics to secure that domination. It is the watchword, by extension, for other such acts: the Ludlow Massacre, Sand Creek, Homestead, the Rosenbergs, Sacco and Vanzetti.

It most transparently represents Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Their intrepid spirits stared down M16s, B-52s, cluster bombs and white phosphorus, all while Lt. William Calley killed their children and Gov. Jim Rhodes killed ours.

Kent State is a symbol for a war fought on both sides of the Pacific. On one side, millions lay dead in our path, many of whom were non-combatants.

On our side of that ocean and of that battle, only one side had guns.

The other side had their mortality.

Kent State will always return in May. But in this dreaming world there will also be this: youth in their springtime, the eternity of their hope.

Bill Arthrell is a 1973 Kent State graduate and was an active protester at the university on May 4, contact him at williamarthrell@gmail.com.

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Freshman student dies after collapse on campus Jenna Kuczkowski General Assignment Editor Nearly two weeks ago, a freshman public health major collapsed on the floor of Quaker Steak and Lube in Kent State’s Student Center.

Carlee Switzer, 19, collapsed shortly before 10 p.m. on April 21. Portage County Coroner Dean DePerro pronounced her dead less than one hour later.

Now, her family in Las Vegas is working to raise money through a GoFundMe page to bring her remains home once the final autopsy is finished.

Carlee’s boyfriend — freshman history major Alexander Soules — said the couple was out to dinner that night. After they sat down to eat, Carlee told him she felt dizzy; moments later, Soules said she passed out and fell to the floor.

Soules tried to get Carlee to stand up and yelled that she was diabetic and had stopped breathing. He said people in the restaurant quickly reacted, and a registered nurse that had been present began giving Carlee CPR and performing chest compressions almost immediately until paramedics showed up.

According to Kent Police records, an ambulance was dispatched at 9:50 p.m. to the Student Center. Approximately 10 minutes later, paramedics were on the scene to start compressions and soon after, put a compression machine on her as they took her to the hospital.

“It’s really all a blur,” Soules said. “I’ve missed the last two weeks of classes, so I'm basically going in for my final study sessions and just hoping it works. Personally, I'm just trying to finish the semester and take it a day at a time.”

The university didn't release a statement until after The Kent Stater reached out.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with Carlee’s family as they grieve her passing.

Out of respect for her family, we will provide no further information surrounding her death,” said Eric Mansfield, the executive director of university media relations.

“Support to her friends, peers and other students in the Kent State community who are coping with her loss is also available.”

Family members are waiting for the final autopsy report due to the complexities of Carlee’s case, said Starr Switzer, Carlee’s grandmother.

According to preliminary reports by the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office, signs point to diabetic ketoacidosis — a complication of diabetes that occurs when thye body produces high levels of blood acids called ketones that develop when your body can't produce enough insulin — but the medical examiner cannot confirm until final results come back in about two weeks.

Leading up to the incident, Starr said Carlee’s health issues had been escalating.

“She had been to the hospital and the ER in Ravenna three times, and they kept sending her home saying she had the flu and there was nothing wrong with her,” Starr said.

Soules said for weeks before the incident, Switzer had been experiencing extreme nausea and a great amount of abdominal pain.

“We were never given a straight answer to what it was … every hospital we went to said, 'Well we can't do anything,' and said they didn't have a decent knowledge of what it was,” Soules said.

Carlee chose to go to Kent State in part because of Soules, her boyfriend of six years, as well as her desire to study epidemiology.

“She wanted to go into epidemiology so she could try to solve things like diabetes and things like that,” Soules said.

It was only recently that Switzer had switched her major to reflect a love for animals she's always possessed.

“She wasn't enjoying working in health as much as she imagined so that's when

Photo courtesy of Starr Switzer

she switched to veterinary studies,” Soules said. “She hoped to someday work at a zoo as a veterinarian.”

Starr said Carlee fought hard to get to Kent State because school was something that never came easy for her, but that she had a drive to succeed.

“Her senior year in high school, she re-took an entire semester of math in two weeks just because she wanted to graduate with honors so bad,” Starr said. “She wanted to set an example for all her sisters. She was determined. She was going to go to college and graduate and show her sisters the right way to do it.”

Switzer graduated high school with honors and as a senior, was an academic commander in the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) program.

“She wanted to go to Kent State for years, and she did it and got there and accomplished her dream,” Starr said, “and for that, I couldn't be more proud of her.” jkuczkow@kent.edu

Trump pushes school choice, making good on campaign promise Maria Danilova Associated Press President Donald Trump asked Congress on Wednesday to work with him on extending school choice programs nationwide to benefit millions of students, including low-income African-American and Hispanic children.

While Trump gave no specifics on what legislation he is proposing, the statement was the clearest indication yet that he intends to follow through on his campaign promise to fund a $20 billion school choice program.

"During my campaign for president, I promised to fight for school choice," Trump said.

"Very important."

Speaking at a White House event attended by about two dozen children, including some participating in a federally funded voucher program in the nation's capital, Trump said, "Every child has the right to fulfill their potential, and, if we do our jobs, then we will never have to tell young, striving Americans to defer their dreams for another day or for another decade."

The Washington, D.C., voucher program allows lowincome students to use federal funds to attend private schools. Although it is the nation's only federal-funded voucher program, some states, including Vice President Mike Pence's home state of Indiana, have funded similar programs.

Trump asked lawmakers to "extend school choice to millions more children all across the United States of America, including millions of lowincome Hispanic and African American children who deserve the same chance as every other child to live out their dreams and fill up their hearts and be educated at the top, top level."

The Education Department would not say what specific legislation the administration was proposing.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, a long-time school choice advocate, said having access to public, charter or private schools or distance learning programs should be every parent's right. DeVos "looks forward to working with the White House and Congress on legislation that accomplishes that goal," press secretary Liz Hill said in a statement.

Mike Petrilli, president of the conservative Thomas B. Fordham Institute, said that Trump

U.S. VP Mike Pence swears in Betsy DeVos as the Education Secretary in the Vice President’s Ceremonial Office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House on Feb. 7, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Olivier Douliery / Abaca

was likely referring to a federal tax program that would allow individuals, and perhaps corporations, to donate money to scholarship funds in exchange for tax credits. That method would circumvent restrictions on using public money to fund religious private schools, which many states have, by giving the money directly to parents instead of schools.

"It's a roundabout way to provide scholarship to private schools for low-income and working class children," Petrilli said.

But Petrilli cautioned that such a bill might not pass the Republican-controlled Congress.

"Conservatives for a long time have wanted a smaller federal role in education and have believed that the federal government messes up everything it touches on education," Petrilli said.

But John Schilling, head of the American Federation for Children, an advocacy group that DeVos used to head, disagreed, saying such a tax credit would, in fact, foster local control.

"There is no greater form of local control than directly empowering parents to choose the best school for their child," Schilling said.

Lindsey Burke of the Heritage Foundation said her

conservative group supports voucher programs, but believes they should be implemented on the state, not the federal level.

However, Heritage is proposing the use of federal funds to help military-connected kids and Native American children attend private schools.

The D.C. voucher program has been shown to increase graduation rates, but a government study released last week showed math scores dropping for students who participated. Other studies have also produced mixed results, but Petrilli said competition from charter and private schools has shown to improve outcomes in public schools.

DeVos, a long-time advocate for charter and private schools, has made school choice a priority. Her efforts have been met with fierce criticism from Democrats and teachers' unions, who fear that school choice options will hurt public schools.

"This administration remains committed to serving all students, especially the most vulnerable," DeVos said. "These students particularly benefit from school choice programs."

Marking national charter school week, DeVos said there are over 6,900 charter schools in the United States serving more than 3 million students.

More are needed, she said.

"I believe it should be a right for every parent, not a privilege," DeVos said.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said some parents choose to participate in the D.C. voucher program because they think private schools provide a safer environment for their children.

"If the president really listened to the public, he wouldn't slash public education budgets that go to ensuring kids have safe, strong learning environments with lower class sizes, after-school activities and enrichment opportunities, and other programs that actually help kids," Weingarten said in a statement.

Senator Patty Murray, the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said she would strongly oppose a school choice bill.

"If President Trump truly wanted to help low-income students succeed he would stop trying to privatize public education, stop trying to push taxpayer dollars to private schools — and work with Democrats to make sure every student has access to a high quality public education," Murray said.

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Miss Ohio balances runway, classroom Danielle Johnson Jobs Reporter While some people get dressed up, do their makeup and curl their hair for a fun night out, for Kent State student Angela Ritossa, it is a daily task for her job as a model.

A clothing store in Cleveland first discovered Ritossa at age 14. Ritossa, a junior fashion merchandising major, said she has been in love with the industry ever since.

“It’s really funny because I was a tomboy growing up because I have three older brothers,” Ritossa said. “When I was first discovered, I didn’t know if I would like it. But after my first photo shoot, I started loving it.”

Because she was a tomboy, Ritossa was surprised to find that she loved a career focused around getting all dolled up.

“I fell in love with it because I just really liked the feeling of modeling,” Ritossa said. “Not to sound stuck up, but it is really cool to have the camera on you when your makeup and hair is all done.”

Although her mother Tammy has always supported her daughter's desire to be a model, she expressed that Angela needs to be careful in the industry.

“I have always taught my kids to try new things, so when she wanted to (model), I was all for it,” Tammy said.

“But I was also a little reluctant because you have to be very careful; there are many photographers and jobs that take advantage of young girls.”

Delving into the modeling industry at a young age took Ritossa out of her comfort zone, but her mother said she has seen a lot of positive changes.

“Confidence is one of the best things that has come from her modeling,” Tammy said.

“Not only does she have selfconfidence, but it has helped her have confidence with talking to people and in making her own decisions.”

The personal growth Ritossa is going through goes hand-in-hand with her continued development in the modeling industry. Tammy notes that her daughter is more receptive now to cameras and walking in front of large crowds compared to when she first started.

Time management is another skill that Ritossa has learned because of her career; she balances being a full-time college student, part-time model, extra-curricular activities and having a social life.

Through this all, Ritossa's friend of seven years Elizabeth Ellsworth said she as noticed

the how hard Ritossa works to further her career in such a competitive industry.

“She is successful with modeling because she has a passion for it,” Ellsworth said.

“She will always make time for modeling even with her crazy school schedule. This is her dream and she will continue to work hard for it.”

To prioritize her time between school and modeling, Ritossa dedicates her modeling to the weekends and summer.

“She is very capable of juggling school, modeling and her social life,” Ellsworth said.

“She knows how to handle herself if she ever is stressed.”

Even though Ritossa enjoys the work she does, as with any passion, difficulties arise.

“My weekends are usually really busy, which sucks sometimes because I don’t get to see my friends as much as I would like,” Ritossa said.

Modeling has opened numerous doors for Ritossa, including being an extra in the most recent "Fast and Furious" movie.

“It was really cool to be a part of,” Ritossa said. “My part was to stand in a car dealership while the cars came crashing through the windows.”

Ritossa also works brand ambassador jobs where she promotes specific brands by passing out promotional materials, and she has recently decided to start doing pageants.

“I didn’t think I was a pageant girl because I didn’t think I would be good at the question portion of it,” Ritossa said. “But over the summer, I won Miss Ohio, and in June we go to Orlando to try out for Miss U.S. Then if I win that, we get to go to Europe.”

Having previously modeled in other states like Tennessee and New York, traveling for jobs is not a new concept for Ritossa. She said she hopes to continue growing and finding new opportunities through modeling even after college.

“Of course, working for (Victoria's) Secret would be my dream,” Ritossa said. “But really any big brand would be awesome to work for.”

Ritossa said she was fortunate to find something she was passionate about at such a young age, which has helped her grow both personally and professionally.

“I didn’t really think that modeling would be my thing, but it turned out to be the best thing for me and I love it,” Ritossa said. “Just try out every opportunity you can because you never know what it could turn into.” djohn188@kent.edu

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SPORTS EDITOR: HENRY PALATTELLA // HPALATTE@KENT.EDU

Junior outfielder Reilly Hawkins bunts on Sunday at Schoonover Stadium. Kent State won the game against Central Michigan 6-5. Alyssa Keown/ The Kent Stater

Hamilton's late home run leads Flashes over Canisius Henry Palattella Sports Editor Going into the seventh inning of Kent State's midweek matchup against Canisius College, the Flashes' offense was in need of a spark. The Eagles managed to score two runs in the bottom of the sixth to knot the score up at five, and shift the momentum their way. That all changed in the top of the seventh, however, as junior pinch hitter Brad Hamilton hit a three-run home to give the Flashes (28-13) a 8-5 lead — the margin they would go on to win by.

Hamilton's home run wasn't the only one hit by the Flashes; freshman designated hitter Patrick Ferguson clubbed a two-run home run in the second inning to put Kent State up 2-1. The Griffins (2618) scored their first run on a RBI single by senior Christ Conley, who was then thrown out at home in the next at-bat.

The Flashes' offense came alive once again in the fourth inning when senior Luke Burch followed up junior Nick Kanavas' single with a bunt that brought home two runs thanks to an error, a play that gave Kent State a 5-2.

The Griffins scored one run in the fifth and then two in the sixth, which was capped off by an RBI

single by junior Ryan Stekl.

Freshman Carson Perkins started the game for the Griffins and surrendered four runs in three innings of work before being lifted.

Sophomore Connor Wollersheim started for the Flashes, giving up two runs (one earned) in three innings of work. Five pitchers then combined to complete the game, with senior Patrick Dayton (win, 2-0) taking home the victory, and senior Robert Zeigler picking up the save.

The Flashes will be back in action this Friday when they take on Eastern Michigan University. hpalatte@kent.edu

Softball scores one hit, falls to Ohio State Henry Palattella Sports Editor The Kent State softball team (2425) only managed to record one hit in their midweek contest against The Ohio State University (31-14), a game in which the Buckeyes won 3-0.

The Buckeyes' offense came firing on all cylinders out of the game as they scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning on a two RBI double by junior Taylor White. Their other run came on a fifth-inning RBI single by sophomore Emily Clark.

Kent State's only hit came on the first at-bat of the game when junior Emily Dobbin hit a single. Ohio State pitcher Morgan Ray didn't give up a hit the rest of the game, as the Flashes' only base runners came on walks.

Senior Janel Hayes started the game for the Flashes, giving up all three runs over six innings. Hayes struck out two, and didn't allow a walk.

The loss ended a six-game winning streak for Kent State, who returns to the Diamond At Dix this Friday when they welcome Bowling Green State University for a threegame weekend series. hpalatte@kent.edu

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Living an anxious life ...

“It just threw my whole schedule off from what I was used to over the years,” she said.

“And then I just starting withdrawing from my friends, my family.”

Her mother and brother were judgmental of her father and his family. They openly expressed their disdain for him — a feeling Garman didn’t share or appreciate hearing.

Although she was surrounded by her family, she felt alone. She felt emotionally low. By her junior year of high school, her isolation tendencies gravitated toward feelings of depression.

A dangerous state of mind

One night, her mother was working late. It was just Garman and her brothers at home. They got into a fight, which resulted in Garman locking herself in the restroom. She turned on the shower and cried.

“I started thinking it would all be easier if I were just dead,” Garman said. “Because no one would have to deal with me (and) I wouldn’t have to deal with them.”

Looking through the medicine cabinet, she found a bottle of Vicodin left over from her youngest brother’s root canal surgery. She used

her phone to research possible side effects that come with overdosing on prescription pills.

“I actually poured out all the pills in my hand and was planning on taking them,” Garman said.

A knock on the door from one of her brothers, complaining about needing to use the shower, interrupted her plans. And then she snapped out of it.

“I was kind of like, ‘Oh my god, I was just about to kill myself with my … brother in the next room,’” Garman said.

Amid a downward spiral

After that, Garman changed how she viewed — and lived — her life. She began talking more with the friends she’d shied away from before.

She and her mother grew closer. Things were looking up.

But just days away from the start of her senior year of high school, Garman got a call from her father about a childhood friend of hers. He had committed suicide.

“That just shook me,” she said. “My anxiety started getting worse again throughout my senior year, and then it get really bad around my high school graduation.”

Since her father was far away, Garman’s relationship with him weakened. They’d become virtual strangers. And still, her anxiety creeped back into her life.

Amid the family issues she’d endured

throughout her teen years, Garman started college at Kent State. She faced backlash on social media from family on her father’s side because she didn’t include them in a thank you note she posted after high school graduation. She defended herself, but felt the pressure of blame weighing down on her.

She started cutting her wrists. “It felt like every time I cut my wrists, things were better, (and) I wasn’t as stressed,” Garman said.

Garman forced herself to stop when she went home for the summer, but only because she didn’t want her family to know.

“I (didn’t) want them worrying about me or thinking that something’s wrong with me,” she said.

A turning point

Halfway through the summer, Garman discovered her mother had started speaking to a therapist for her own issues with depression and anxiety.

“Seeing her reach out and talk to someone really surprised me because I never thought of her as somebody having problems with that stuff,” she said. “So I finally worked up the courage and talked to her (about seeing a therapist of my own).”

Garman told her mother she wanted help handling her OCD. She didn’t tell her the real reason: to seek medication that would put an end to the suicidal thoughts circulating in her head.

“I told my doctor what had been going on, and she put me on medication, which has been helping me,” Garman said. “But I still haven’t told my family about wanting to kill myself ... and all my cutting.”

Back at school this fall, the sophomore integrated language arts major said it’s been easier.

Being away from home has helped her deal with the anxiety. Like any college student who has work and classes, Garman still experiences stress. But she said it's not as overbearing as it once was.

She’s taken advantage of the therapy sessions available at White Hall on Kent State’s main campus.

“I told them everything I want to tell my family, but feel like I can’t,” Garman said. “And that’s helped a lot.” adelane3@kent.edu

See other personal experiences with mental health on KentWired.

Student athletes handle advanced workload, anxiety Henry Palattella Sports Editor On Oct. 29, 2016, Kent State sophomore kicker Shane Hynes made a 35-yard field-goal as time expired to give the Kent State football team a 27-24 victory over Central Michigan University.

After nailing the kick, Hynes ran to the 50-yard line pointing to his veins before being mobbed by his teammates, a celebration made famous by D'Angelo Russell of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Similarly, on Jan. 28, redshirt freshman guard Megan Carter sank a shot from the right elbow with 2.2 seconds left on the game clock to give Kent State a 80-78 lead over Bowling Green State University — the margin they would go on to win by.

After nailing the shot, Carter turned and let out a cathartic roar before being swarmed by her teammates.

Both game-winning moments proved to be key moments in each of their team’s respective seasons. Hynes provided the football team with one of its three wins, while Carter’s shot at the time kept the Flashes in a tie for second in the MAC East, a division they would go on to win.

The moments, however, aren’t indicative of either player’s season or career, as they both have dealt with obstacles both on and off the court.

Both Hynes and Carter deal with obstacles related to mental health: Hynes admits to dealing with anxiety, while Carter tore her ACL three games into 2015, which required her to miss the entire year.

“I don’t want to say we’re playing the game for fun,” Hynes said of him kicking. “But that’s what it boils down to. Whereas coaches’ perspective; that’s their livelihood. If I miss a kick,

a coach could get fired, or if a quarterback makes the wrong throw, a coach could get fired.”

Carter’s setbacks fall more into the physical category, as the ACL tear was her third in five years. Carter chose Kent State over Central Michigan out of high school, and said that sitting on the bench watching her team practice took a toll on her.

“Just going into practice knowing that you can’t get better and watching everyone else get better,” Carter said. “Then you also have to take on a different role, kind of having to play the encouraging role.”

The year Carter sat out turned out to be a tumultuous one for the women’s basketball team, as they only managed to win six games — a feat that brought extra stress into the players’ lives.

Hynes and Carter — like every other studentathlete — also manage academics as well as athletics, which can prove to be tricky.

“You definitely get acclimated to traveling and keeping up with schoolwork," Carter said of the team's schedule. “Getting your schoolwork done early so you can turn it in before the due dates so you don’t have to worry about it.”

Part of the reason the teachers are so understanding is because of the athletic support program, which is something that President Beverly Warren is a firm believer in.

“What I’m so proud of is that this athletic program has a strong athletic support program called the athletic resources support,” Warren said. “Our student-athletes have counselors, they have tutors, they have tutors that go on the road with the team … Those counselors are making sure that our student-athletes are keeping up virtually with their work, (as well as) keeping up with how they can make up material (and) make sure that when they return to campus they’re not

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Anxiety and stress are still big problems for college students.

The Anxiety and Depression Association of America reported in 2015 that 85 percent of college students reported they had felt overwhelmed by everything they had to do at least once in the year, while 30 percent of students reported that stress negatively affected their academic performance.

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