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The voices of Newtown come to Kent State Stark Theatre

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The art of Teaching English as a Second Language

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Kent City Council approves medical marijuana zoning

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The voices of Newtown come to Kent State Stark Theatre Brynn Pennell Regional Campuses Reporter Kent State Stark Theatre’s “26 Pebbles” cast members are taking on the voices of Newtown, Connecticut, residents for their final production of the season.

The docudrama is based on verbatim transcriptions of residents recounting the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Opening night for “26 Pebbles” is Friday, April 13 at 7:30 p.m.

Director Brian Newberg elected to reproduce the play over a year and a half ago, unaware of how timely the production would end up. “(The production) is unfortunately very, very timely,” Newberg said. “It is important we are talking about violence, assault gun violence. If Adam Lanza had been armed with a knife, or if Adam Lanza had a handgun, we would have had a tragedy, but it wouldn’t have been 26 lives.”

The script was written by Eric Ulloa, who traveled to Newtown a year after the shooting to talk to parents of students, residents and shop owners about continuing on with life after the tragedy. Ulloa wanted to do something to create a change about an event that deeply affected him, so he decided to use the power of words to make a difference.

“I think every time we have a mass shooting, we talk about it for a week and then it gets forgotten,” cast member Marie Kaplan said. “It is interesting that (Ulloa) wrote a play about something that happened five years ago, and we are still telling the story because it shouldn’t be forgotten. These were little kids, and we need to remember their story. This

isn’t something that is just happening now, it has been happening and it needs to end.”

The main theme of the play isn’t focused on the mass murder of 26 people, but the hope, healing and building of the community.

“The play is about a number of themes in a time sequence,” Newberg said. “Getting to know the community before the tragedy, the day of the event and the aftermath. It is about the weeks and months following the event thinking, ‘How do we do this? How do we get through this?’”

Kent Stark’s Theatre Department and Counseling Services are teaming up to host awareness events on campus throughout the span of the play’s production.

“As Stark County’s public university, we take seriously our responsibility to not only educate the community, but to be an everpresent resource,” Dean Denise Seachrist said in an email. “Along with this significant theater production, our campus also has organized corresponding mental health awareness events. As community leaders, we are here to provide support wherever — and whenever — we can.”

Stark’s Campus Center will have a Hope Wall filled with positive messages for students to take the week of April 16-20. On April 19, Kent Stark will have certified therapy dogs on campus from the Dogs on Campus Pet Therapy program and hold a mental health resource fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Fine Arts Theatre is hosting a “26 Pebbles” pre-show panel discussion where faculty, staff and community members will come together to discuss issues surrounding topics covered in the play on

April 21 from 4:30-6 p.m.

“You have to go through the darkness of the play to get the positive messages it has,” cast member Meredith Beatty said. “We can’t let these tragedies separate us in this time, we can’t be divided, that is what they want.

We have to come together as a nation, as a community, as classmates and artists.”

Ticket prices are $10 for adults and $7 for senior citizens and non-KSU students.

Tickets are free to all Kent State students with their student IDs. Performances begin April 13, 14, 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent State Stark Theatre.

Performances on April 15 and April 22 at 2 p.m. will be ASL-interpreted.

Contact Brynn Pennell at bpennel1@kent.edu.

"26 Pebbles" makes its way to the Kent State Stark Theatre.

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Reminiscing on spring break adventure Shelbie Goulding Recreation and Fitness Reporter On March 25, Kent State students embarked on a week-long spring break adventure in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina.

After hiking, camping, zip lining and whitewater rafting, participants reflected on the experiences and memories they created from the enlightening adventure.

“Each day had different and amazing experiences,” said graduate student Kelsi Turk. “From hiking alone to exploring a new city, I made so many memories that it’s hard to choose my favorite.”

Turk said she got an energizing experience, an education on how to backpack safely and made new friends while partaking in the trip.

“My favorite place from the trip was a spot on the trail called ‘Jump Off Point’ where you are on the edge of the mountain and the trail switches back sharply, so there's a drop off with a fantastic, unobstructed view of the mountains and the valley.”

Photo courtesy of Kelsi Turk.

Turk highly encourages others to participate in the adventure programs offered at Kent State. The experiences were fantastic and many people would enjoy and benefit from them, she said.

Freshman Sara Roman agrees with Turk when it comes to “Jump Off Point” being a fan favorite from the trip.

“It’s a huge rock face that overlooks miles of mountain range,” she said.

Roman learned that the Appalachian Trail had a beautiful culture she never knew existed.

“Hikers from all over, no matter how far they've come or the differences they have, will gather around fires and tell stories as if they were lifelong friends,” Roman said.

“They come and go, hiking at their own pace Photo courtesy of Sara Roman.

with their own goals, but everyone is kind while doing so.”

Administrator Blake Osborn believes this is one of the best trips they have led in terms of activities, location and feel of the group.

“The fact that we combined two groups into one trip created two levels of experience for the participants,” Osborn said.

Osborn said the participants got the chance to meet other backpackers along the trail.

“We had the opportunity to meet many thru-hikers on the Appalachian Trail who start their 2,200 mile hike in Georgia and end in Maine four-to-six months later,” Osborn said. “It was great for the beginners on our trip to meet them, hear their stories and get advice from backpackers who are about 135 miles into their journey.”

Osborn thinks this was one of the highlights from his group’s trip. He thinks the students learned a lot from the trip and many told him it was a relaxing way to “unplug from reality.”

“It is hard to sum up, in words exactly, how the trip went,” Osborn said. He agrees the trip was enlightening and adventurous for all of the participants.

Osborn is excited to finish up the remaining adventure programs this semester and start planning the upcoming trips for next semester.

Contact Shelbie Goulding at sgouldi1@kent.edu.

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The art of Teaching English as a Second Language Caroline Henneman Humanities Reporter Though the College of Education, Health and Human Services hosts the majority of aspiring teachers on Kent's campus, the department of English provides a teaching program unlike that taught in White Hall.

Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) is a bachelor’s and master’s program that prepares students to teach English to those who do not primarily speak the language.

TESL students learn to teach just like other education majors; however, language barriers and cultural differences add stress to the classroom setting, and TESL teachers must learn to overcome it.

“It takes a lot of patience,” said Josiah Murphy, the president of the Graduate Organization for Teaching English as a Second Language. “My primary teaching philosophies include patience and hospitality. You really have to have a ‘tryand-try again’ mentality to communicate.”

Masters student Iryna Zhuchenko agrees that constantly pushing her students helps her reflect on herself as a teacher and person.

Zhuchenko, like other TESL majors, work with the English as a Second Language (ESL) Center on campus. Most work with foreign exchange students and other students who do not primarily speak English through tutoring and teaching classes.

Ryan Miller, a professor for TESL students, and Zhuchenko both agree ESL benefits not only the students, but the teachers as well. They find that not only does it develop their teaching skills, it promotes

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personal growth.

“I started, like many students in the program, teaching English as a second language because we want to give all students the tools to successfully learn to the best of their ability, and not allow something like language stop them,” Miller said.

He continued to say working in ESL or being in a TESL program helps create a deeper understanding and empathy for different cultures.

TESL students learn to teach students from or in foreign settings in the following skills: reading, writing, grammar, speaking and listening.

The degree is used to teach in Englishspeaking countries, like teaching foreign exchange students English. The degree can also be used to teach English as a foreign language. This is where the teachers go to countries where English is not predominantly spoken.

Murphy explained more graduates go into TESL and English for Specific Purposes rather than TESL. Many master’s students also go into linguistic research as well.

She also said that the TESL program is very different from education majors because their worries about the future are different.

Most education majors and college students are worried about finding a job in the future, but a TESL student’s major concern is about leaving home for foreign countries.

“The need to learn English will always be there,” Murphy said. “The most difficult part is uprooting, leaving your friends and family, and not seeing them for months, maybe years.”

Josiah Murphy teaching English for Specific Purpose (ESP) classes in Cambodia.

Photo courtesy of Josiah Murphy.

Contact Caroline Henneman at chennem3@kent.edu.

The need to learn English will always be there.”

– Josiah Murphy President of Graduate Organization Teaching English as a Second Language

Josiah Murphy displaying research on the difficulty behind Chinese students' pronunciation of English pronouns.

Photo courtesy of Josiah Murphy.

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Kent City Council approves medical marijuana zoning, talks record retention David Williams Safety Reporter Kent City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to approve the inclusion of medical marijuana into the Kent zoning code, pursuant to all current state laws.

Since the state legalized medical marijuana in 2016, the motion by the council is aimed at making Kent’s laws reflect those of Ohio. The meeting was held in the basement of the fire department on 302 S. Depeyster St. “Medical marijuana, as a part of the state law, needs to be in our zoning codes,” said Bridget Susel, the community development director for the city of Kent.

Kent resident Melissa Long raised some concerns about where potential businesses might be located.

“I’m curious, as I’m sure others here are, as to where these businesses might be in the city,” Long said.

Susel explained since the law was adopted by the state, the council had four meetings with the planning committee during which they discussed the four areas that needed to be regulated: cultivation, processing, distribution and refining.

Cultivation and processing would both be zoned for industrial areas of Kent, while dispensaries and testing facilities could go in any

commercial areas, as long as they are at least 500 feet from any schools, churches or addiction-service facilities.

No companies dealing with medical marijuana are scheduled to come in Kent yet.

Another topic of discussion was Kent’s record retention laws, outlining how long city officials are required to keep records before deleting or discarding them. These records can include everything from handwritten notes to audio recordings of City Council meetings.

Gwen Rosenberg, council-atlarge, raised concerns about the audio files, which are deleted after minutes and transcripts of that meeting are adopted, not being accessible to Kent’s visually-impaired residents.

Rosenberg discussed the issue with Law Director Hope Jones and Clerk of Council Tara Grimm.

Councillors deliberated, talking about different ways to take minutes so they are more descriptive of what happened during meetings, different methods of storing audio files and the logistical issue of constantly needing to update files and storage methods.

The council then voted to discuss more efficient and affordable file storage options with an IT professional.

Contact David Williams at dwill191@kent.edu.

Community Development Director Bridget Susel answers questions about zoning for medical marijuana to Kent resident Melissa Long Wednesday.

Jarrett Theberge / The Kent Stater

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Flashes back above .500 in MAC after series win at Ball State Chad Flannery Sports Reporter The phase of the game that has been the downfall of Kent State softball for most of the season was the key to the Flashes’ success this weekend.

In her two appearances, sophomore pitcher Madi Huck shut down the second most prolific offense in the Mid-American Conference, allowing only three total runs on 10 hits.

“You can score a lot of runs of offense, but you need a pitcher who can shut down the opponent to win,” coach Eric Oakley said.

“Madi pitched excellent and was key for us this weekend.”

Kent State (19-14, 5-4 MAC) was able to secure two victories against MAC West opponent Ball State (24-12, 6-3 MAC), which puts the Flashes back over .500 in conference play.

“Our offense was very consistent, and we were able to convert most of our chances into runs,” Oakley said. “Even in Saturday’s loss, we had a lot of offensive production.”

Bailey Brownfield led the way for the

team offensively this weekend, going 9-for12 with three RBI. Emily Dobbin also went 3-for-10, but she scored three runs and collected three RBI.

Game 1: Kent State 5, Ball State 2

After falling behind, 1-0, in the second inning, the Flashes quickly answered with two runs of their own in the third on an RBI single by Brownfield and an error which scored Holly Speers.

In the fourth, Kent State freshman catcher Carlee Selle hit a two-run home run to right field to extend the lead to three.

The Cardinals would cut the deficit to two in the sixth inning thanks to a solo homerun

by Annie Robinson.

Sophomore outfielder Maria Cegledy tacked on some insurance on an RBI double in the seventh which scored pinch runner Olivia Sborlini to make the score 5-2.

In the bottom half of the inning, Huck was able to pitch her way out of a bases-loaded scare to secure the victory for the Flashes.

Huck (10-4) got the win on the mound for the Flashes after throwing a complete game and only allowed two runs on seven hits.

Game 2: Ball State 15, Kent State 7 (6 innings)

Kent State jumped out to an early 2-0 lead thanks to an RBI single by Brownfield that scored Goth and a walk with the bases loaded which scored Dobbin.

However, in the bottom half of the inning, the Cardinals would homer twice to even the score.

Ball State would then go on to add on four more runs in the second thanks to two RBI singles and a two-run home run to make the score 6-2.

After an RBI single by Kaitlyn Miller narrowed the gap to three in the top of the third, Ball State answered with seven more runs to stretch the lead to 10.

In the fifth, Miller delivered again with a two-run double. Dobbin would also go on to hit a two-run home run shortly after to make the score 13-7.

Ball State thrashed the Flashes’ hopes of a comeback in the sixth by scoring two runs to invoke the run-rule.

Brenna Brownfield (6-6) got the loss after only going 2.2 innings and giving up six

earned runs on five hits.

Game 3: Kent State 4, Ball State 1

Bailey Brownfield started the scoring off for Kent State with an RBI double to center to put the Flashes up 1-0.

The Cardinals only run of the game came in the second inning on a wild pitch by Huck with the bases loaded which would even the score at one.

The Flashes would retake the lead in the fifth when Sborlini would score on an error

by Ball State.

In the sixth, Kent State would put the game out of reach thanks to an RBI double to center

by Dobbin and an RBI single by Cegledy.

Huck (11-4) got the win in another dominating outing in which she pitched the entire game and only gave up one run on three hits and struck out two.

Kent State returns to the diamond at a time to be determined Wednesday at the Diamond at Dix for a conference doubleheader against Ohio (19-13, 7-1 MAC).

These games are being made up from a postponement due to inclement weather.

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Contact Chad Flannery at cflanne4@kent.edu.

You can score a lot of runs of offense, but you need a pitcher who can shut down the opponent to win.” – Eric Oakley Coach

Kent State sophomore pitcher Olivia Sborlini comes in for relief on March 24, 2018. The Flashes won the first game of the doubleheader against Western Michigan, 8-7, in extra innings. Kayla McMillen / The Kent Stater

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Kent State senior gymnast Rachel Stypinski finishes her bar routine during the Flashes' win at the Kent State Tri-Meet on March 16, 2018. Stypinski left the meet due to injury. Madeline Zupko / The Kent Stater

Kent State gymnastics season ends after NCAA Regionals Libby Schrack Sports Reporter The Kent State gymnastics team finished the NCAA Regional meet in Columbus, Ohio, with a score of 194.900, which was not high enough to advance them to the NCAA Tournament.

Freshman Abby Fletcher tied for second on the floor exercise with a 9.900. Fletcher recently won the individual floor exercise title at the Mid-American Conference Championships.

Senior Rachel Stypinski also competed for the first time since her injury that she picked up on Senior Night.

Stypinski led the Flashes on the uneven

bars with a 9.800. The Flashes started the meet on vault, where junior Dara Williams led the team with a 9.750.

The Flashes had a solid beam rotation where three gymnasts scored a 9.800. The team’s best event, though, was the floor exercise. There, the Flashes scored a 49.100.

Kent State came in sixth out of six

teams at the regional event. UCLA (197.650) and Arkansas (196.775) will advance to the NCAA Tournament.

The gymnastics team has now appeared at NCAA Regionals 27 times.

Contact Libby Schrack at eschrack@kent.edu.

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Army ROTC cadets practice land navigation Mariah Hicks Military and Veterans Reporter Pellets of freezing rain showered Kent State ROTC cadets Wednesday while practicing land navigation.

Grass squished under their boots as cadets paced the muddy field of Allerton Sports Complex with maps and compasses in hand.

Land navigation requires cadets to

maneuver across an area without using a GPS for direction.

They rely solely on maps and compasses to carry them from one point to another.

“If you’re in an unknown territory and don’t know where you’re located, you can use your compass and map to figure out where you are and how to get to where you need to be,” said Alexandra Reich, a fashion merchandising major and senior cadet.

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A team of cadets practices at Camp Ravenna Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. Photo courtesy Kelsey Merritt

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Freshman and sophomore cadets split into multiple groups to accomplish their objectives. They took a pace count, which required them to take a hundred steps by counting the times their left foot hit the ground. This helped them keep track of the land they covered.

After taking pace counts, cadets used their protractors and compasses to plot their coordinates on maps. They marked their current location and found the points of the direction they wanted to travel, said Dylan Hicks, an applied conflict management major and sophomore cadet.

“If they’re lost and all they have is a map, they can look around and figure out where they are,” Hicks said.

During land navigation, cadets get acquainted with different terrains, which are the physical features of a stretch of land. They are identified the same on all maps.

There are eight terrain features: hills, ridges, valleys, saddles, depressions, draws, spurs and cliffs. Cadets familiarize themselves with these features to know how to recognize them on maps and navigate through them.

“It’s very important to be familiar with terrain features because you might be on a hill; there might be ditches or rivers, and you have to know how to get across them.

You never know where the enemy line may be at,” said Kendrick Johnson, a business management major and sophomore cadet.

Understanding terrain features helps cadets get accustomed to knowing their way through different territories. Cadets learn to

work with what little they have to accomplish their mission.

“There’s a two-dimensional setting in the sense that you have just your map, and you have multiple tools that you have to use … to create a plan. The same way you would with any other problems, you want to get an idea before you just jump right into it,” said Nathan Brown, a political science major and senior cadet.

One of the things that makes a good officer is being able to think about a problem on multiple levels, and that’s what land navigation teaches, Brown said.

The lab also prepares cadets for camp, where they will conquer land navigation on a more complex level. The hands-on practice allows cadets to refresh and test their knowledge every so often.

“It’s just like a job or a skill, like playing basketball. If you don’t practice it, you forget it,” Johnson said.

Through hail and howling winds, cadets stayed focused on the task at hand and navigated through mucky woods to complete their objective. The lab, which was specified for freshman and sophomore cadets, trained them on the basic steps of land navigation and helped get them comfortable with using a map and compass.

“In general, the overall theme is just to be able to methodically find your way through a problem regardless of how it looks,” Brown said, “even though every single time you do it, it’s going to be different.”

Contact Mariah Hicks at mhicks22@kent.edu.

It’s just like a job or skill, like playing basketball.

If you don’t practice it, you forget it.”

– Kendrick Johnson Business management major and sophomore cadet

Cadets gather in the woods to map out their coordinates for the land navigation lab Wednesday. Mariah Hicks / The Kent Stater

On the cover: Cadets gather in the woods to map out their coordinates for the land navigation lab Wednesday. Mariah Hicks / The Kent Stater

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Army ROTC cadets practice land navigation Mariah Hicks Military and Veterans Reporter Pellets of freezing rain showered Kent State ROTC cadets Wednesday while practicing land navigation.

Grass squished under their boots as cadets paced the muddy field of Allerton Sports Complex with maps and compasses in hand.

Land navigation requires cadets to

maneuver across an area without using a GPS for direction.

They rely solely on maps and compasses to carry them from one point to another.

“If you’re in an unknown territory and don’t know where you’re located, you can use your compass and map to figure out where you are and how to get to where you need to be,” said Alexandra Reich, a fashion merchandising major and senior cadet.

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A team of cadets practices at Camp Ravenna Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017. Photo courtesy Kelsey Merritt

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Freshman and sophomore cadets split into multiple groups to accomplish their objectives. They took a pace count, which required them to take a hundred steps by counting the times their left foot hit the ground. This helped them keep track of the land they covered.

After taking pace counts, cadets used their protractors and compasses to plot their coordinates on maps. They marked their current location and found the points of the direction they wanted to travel, said Dylan Hicks, an applied conflict management major and sophomore cadet.

“If they’re lost and all they have is a map, they can look around and figure out where they are,” Hicks said.

During land navigation, cadets get acquainted with different terrains, which are the physical features of a stretch of land. They are identified the same on all maps.

There are eight terrain features: hills, ridges, valleys, saddles, depressions, draws, spurs and cliffs. Cadets familiarize themselves with these features to know how to recognize them on maps and navigate through them.

“It’s very important to be familiar with terrain features because you might be on a hill; there might be ditches or rivers, and you have to know how to get across them.

You never know where the enemy line may be at,” said Kendrick Johnson, a business management major and sophomore cadet.

Understanding terrain features helps cadets get accustomed to knowing their way through different territories. Cadets learn to

work with what little they have to accomplish their mission.

“There’s a two-dimensional setting in the sense that you have just your map, and you have multiple tools that you have to use … to create a plan. The same way you would with any other problems, you want to get an idea before you just jump right into it,” said Nathan Brown, a political science major and senior cadet.

One of the things that makes a good officer is being able to think about a problem on multiple levels, and that’s what land navigation teaches, Brown said.

The lab also prepares cadets for camp, where they will conquer land navigation on a more complex level. The hands-on practice allows cadets to refresh and test their knowledge every so often.

“It’s just like a job or a skill, like playing basketball. If you don’t practice it, you forget it,” Johnson said.

Through hail and howling winds, cadets stayed focused on the task at hand and navigated through mucky woods to complete their objective. The lab, which was specified for freshman and sophomore cadets, trained them on the basic steps of land navigation and helped get them comfortable with using a map and compass.

“In general, the overall theme is just to be able to methodically find your way through a problem regardless of how it looks,” Brown said, “even though every single time you do it, it’s going to be different.”

Contact Mariah Hicks at mhicks22@kent.edu.

It’s just like a job or skill, like playing basketball.

If you don’t practice it, you forget it.”

– Kendrick Johnson Business management major and sophomore cadet

Cadets gather in the woods to map out their coordinates for the land navigation lab Wednesday. Mariah Hicks / The Kent Stater

On the cover: Cadets gather in the woods to map out their coordinates for the land navigation lab Wednesday. Mariah Hicks / The Kent Stater

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OPINION

Letter to the Editor: Sexual Assault Awareness Month

SHANNON KOVACH’S VIEW

Kent State University Graduate Student Senate At a time when the difficulties associated with being a university student are growing, it is important to recognize the impact that sexual assault and violence has on the ability of individuals to fulfill their potential as students and as members of society.

Given the alarming trends of sexual misconduct and assault on college campuses, it is essential that institutions of higher learning foster organizations and programs designed to reduce the risk and long-term impact of sexual assault and violence.

As the risks of sexual misconduct and assault are present for all members of a university community (undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff) these programs must be designed in such a way to be supportive of a diverse population.

At Kent State University, such organizations and programs are crucial in realizing several elements of our strategic road map, including “Students First,” and “Organizational Stewardship.”

Given the importance of such organizations and programs designed to reduce the impact of sexual misconduct and assault, the Kent State University Graduate Student Senate would like to express support for the Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services (SRVSS). This office has been instrumental in providing important and timely resources to all members of the Kent State University community who have experienced this very intimate and traumatic form of violence. In particular, the Graduate Student Senate supports SRVSS’ efforts with Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM).

With the widespread issue of sexual assault on campus, where women are up to four times as likely to be sexually assaulted than the general population, the Senate commends SRVSS for their work in the SAAM effort to spread awareness of the prevalence of sexual assault and how to find resources to address this serious social issue.

It is the hope of the Graduate Student Senate that Kent State University and the SRVSS office continue their work to make our university community a safer environment for all graduate students and our fellow community members. The Graduate Student Senate would like to thank the SRVSS office for their work with Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

As we encourage all graduate students and other university members to take the opportunity to acquire important information about sexual and relationship violence this month, we would also like to highlight that keynote speaker Tarana Burke will be speaking on the #MeToo movement on April 16 in honor of April’s theme “Embrace Your Voice.” It is our hope that all university members will join us and support those affected by the movement.

Sincerely, Kent State University Graduate Student Senate (GSS)

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Given the alarming trends of sexual misconduct and assault on college campuses, it is essential that institutions of higher learning foster organizations and programs designed to reduce the risk and long-term impact of sexual assault and violence. ” – Kent State University Graduate Student Senate

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Saying goodbye is never easy Kellie Nock I’m in the twilight of my life in academia. There is one month before graduation — that great, looming thing always lurking in the back of my mind.

It’s not the constant questions from everyone about what I’m doing after graduation that’s getting to me. Well, maybe part of it is. These questions do nothing to quell any nervousness or anxiety for the future, especially when I barely even know what I’m going to eat for dinner, much less what I’ll be doing for the rest of my life.

What’s getting to me, perhaps, is the thought of leaving it all behind.

This strict schedule of life that I’ve had since I was a child. Monday through Friday we go to school, and then in the summer, we don’t have school. But now, if you’re like me and not going to grad school, there won’t

be any more school. I don’t know if I’m ready to confront the person I am outside of the only world I’ve ever really known.

I’m leaving behind many memories — many good, some bad. I’m leaving behind friends and familiarity in favor of entering the “real world.” What a concept, the “real world.” As if we students have been immune to the weariness of the world.

I’m sick of people calling it the “real world.”

There is a lot of fear in graduating, in leaving behind what you know so that you can contribute to society. Change can be a really scary thing, even when it’s good change.

But despite all of the nervousness and fear surrounding change, there is also a strange anticipation.

Anticipation for the moment you walk across the stage and are handed your diploma. So much

of your future can begin in that moment, no longer confined by the specifics of academia.

It may be sad to leave great things behind, the friends and the good times. But these are the types of memories that you can cherish forever, the parts of this section of your life that you can define it by.

Sure, there was a lot of stress and studying and cramming, but you probably won’t remember that as much. You’ll probably remember sitting in your dorm freshman year, new friends in a new place, that feeling of starting anew.

That’s all that this is now — starting anew. It’s okay to be nervous, but don’t be afraid.

The future will be bright, just like it was then.

Kellie Nock is a columnist.

Contact her at knock1@kent.edu

The case for lowered expectations Andrew Atkins So there I was, waiting for my food to be delivered, expecting it to show up in the next five minutes.

I waited another hour. And they still forgot my pop.

I sometimes think about people unleashing the fury of their day on unexpecting — and undeserving — customer service employees.

I used to work at an ice-cream shop. I made something with chocolate ice cream per a customer’s request. She said it didn’t look like chocolate ice cream.

I decided to argue with her — she was going to get the same product whether I remade it or not. We went back and forth a bit and just as I was

about to give in and offer to remake the product, she gave up and drove away.

Or so I thought.

The woman came storming into the lobby of our shop and started screaming at me. I walked away, because, hey, I was making minimum wage and that was above my paygrade, and I wasn’t going to be able to make her happy. My supervisor took care of the situation, and I’m certain everybody in the lobby laughed at the woman who probably burst more than one blood vessel screaming over ice cream.

I realized after the fact that I made it with half-chocolate and half-vanilla ice cream. It had chocolate syrup mixed in, though, so it was basically all chocolate. And I definitely didn’t deserve the tirade because it was, like I said, just ice cream.

I’ve seen my experience replicated in a handful of other restaurants, but this applies to more than food and customer service.

It’s undeniable that too many of us get so wrapped up in these high expectations of what we want and think we deserve that we’re unable to enjoy the result whether they meet those lofty goals or not.

Don’t get me wrong — I’ve emailed somebody because I once ordered a sandwich that came without the sandwich (just the bun), but I think I should’ve let it go.

We have so many things vying for our attention 24/7. I truly do not have the time or the energy to get worked up about every tiny detail. I’m sure you don’t, either.

Let’s take a deep breath, accept the frustration, and move on. If we lowered our expectations a little, we would spend way less time being disappointed and frustrated to begin with.

In the future, let’s pick our battles.

Andrew Atkins is a columnist.

Contact him at aatkins5@kent.edu.

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NUMBERS TO KNOW:

15 People killed in bus crash involving hockey team

A semi-truck collided into a bus carrying a youth hockey team from Canada, killing 15 and injuring another 14.

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Weeks of classes before finals

Only a month separates those graduating this May from their commencement. It’s the final stretch, Flashes!

Cheers&Jeers

Cheers to ... squirrel CPR. A Michigan college student saved the life of a squirrel after performing CPR on the animal, a technique she said she learned from watching “The Office”.

Jeers to ... dad jokes. A man from Nevada was spotted holding a sign reading “Say No” during his daughter’s engagement proposal.

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Continuous update of mass, school shootings in US Editor’s Note: Each dot on this map represents either a mass shooting or school shooting that has occurred since Jan. 1, 2018.

All information is compiled from the Mass Shooting Tracker. Its definition of a school shooting is any weapon that has been fired on a school campus, whether or not it results in an injury or death. Regardless of the physical damage, a gun being fired on or near a school contributes to the fear students face in society today.

Mass Shootings this year: April 6, 2018: Virginia Beach, Virginia, 3 injured and 1 killed.

April 5, 2018: Dawsonville, Georgia, 1 injured and 3 killed.

April 4, 2018: New Orleans, Louisiana, 2 injured and 2 killed.

April 3, 2018: Houston, Texas, 3 injured and 1 killed.

April 3, 2018: San Bruno, California, 3 injured and 1 killed.

April 1, 2018: Mobile, Alabama, 5 injured and 0 killed.

April 1, 2018: Saginaw, Michigan, 5 injured and 0 killed.

April 1, 2018: Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1 injured and 3 killed.

School shootings

Mass shootings *The darker the red circles, the more severe the incident

School and mass shootings

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US takes aim at Putin's allies in Russia with new sanctions

Josh Lederman Associated Press

The U.S. punished dozens of Russian oligarchs and government officials on Friday with sanctions that took direct aim at President Vladimir Putin's inner circle, as President Donald Trump's administration tried to show he's not afraid to take tough action against Moscow.

Seven Russian tycoons, including aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska, were targeted, along with 17 officials and a dozen Russian companies, the Treasury Department said. Senior Trump administration officials cast it as part of a concerted, ongoing effort to push back on Putin, emphasizing that since Trump took office last year, the U.S. has punished 189 Russia-related people and entities with sanctions.

Rather than punishing Russia for one specific action, the new sanctions hit back at the Kremlin for its "ongoing and increasingly brazen pattern" of bad behavior, said the officials, who weren't authorized to comment by name and briefed reporters on condition of anonymity. The officials ticked through a list of complaints about Russia's actions beyond its borders, including its annexation of Crimea, backing of separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine, support for Syrian President Bashar Assad and cyber-hacking.

Above all else, Russia's attempts to subvert Western democracy prompted the U.S. sanctions, officials said, in a direct nod to concerns that the U.S. president has failed to challenge Putin for alleged interference in the 2016 election that brought Trump to power.

Deripaska, whose business conglomerate controls assets from agriculture to machinery, has been a prominent figure in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation over his ties to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. The Treasury Department said Deripaska was accused of illegal wiretaps, extortion, racketeering, money laundering and even death threats against business rivals.

On the London Stock Exchange, global depositary receipts of En+, an energy company majority-owned by Deripaska, dropped by 19 percent on news of the sanctions. Deripaska's conglomerate, Basic Element, said it regretted the sanctions and was analyzing them with its lawyers.

Putin's government dismissed the

President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up during a roundtable discussion on tax policy in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia on Thursday. Trump was having it both ways over the past week, portraying a "crisis" at the Mexico border that demands the use of National Guard troops while boasting of a huge drop in illegal border crossings there.

Evan Vucci / Associated Press

sanctions as "absurdity," arguing that the U.S. was punishing companies that have longstanding business ties to the U.S. The Russian Foreign Ministry said the U.S. was "striking at ordinary Americans" by jeopardizing "thousands of jobs."

"American democracy is clearly degrading," the ministry said. "Of course, we will not leave the current and any new antiRussian attack without a tough response."

To the dismay of Trump's critics and of Russia hawks, the president has continued to avoid directly criticizing Putin himself and recently invited the Russian leader to meet with him, possibly at the White House. Yet in recent weeks Trump's administration has rolled out a series of actions — including several economic and diplomatic steps — to increase pressure on Putin and those presumed to benefit from his power.

"Nobody has been tougher on Russia than I have," Trump said at a news conference on Tuesday.

Yet even as it rolled out the new penalties, Trump's administration left open the possibility of "a good relationship with

Russia" in the future. And at the White House, spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said discussions with Moscow about a TrumpPutin summit would not be called off.

"Not at all," Sanders said. "We'll continue."

Those being punished aren't necessarily involved in the Russian actions in Syria, Ukraine or elsewhere that have drawn consternation from the West. But officials said the goal was to put pressure on Putin by showing that those who have benefited financially from his position of power are fair game.

The target list includes some who are closely tied to Putin himself, including toptier officials involved in Kremlin decisionmaking and heads of the top state-controlled business entities. Yet others on the list are far from the Kremlin's orbit, including some who long have fallen out of favor or hold technical positions.

Targets include: —Kirill Shamalov, who is reportedly Putin's son-in-law, married to his daughter Katerina Tikhonova, although neither Putin nor the Kremlin have acknowledged that she is his daughter.

—Igor Rotenberg, the son of Arkady Rotenberg, a friend of Putin's since they were teenagers.

—Andrey Kostin, named among government officials, heads the nation's second-largest bank, VTB, which is controlled by the state.

—Alexei Miller, the longtime head of Gazprom, the state-controlled natural gas giant. Both Miller and Kostin are longtime key members of Putin's team.

A state-owned arms-dealing company, accused by the U.S. of selling to Assad, was also targeted, along with a subsidiary bank. Many other targets were associated with Russia's energy sector, including parts of Gazprom.

The sanctions freeze any assets that those targeted have in U.S. jurisdictions and bar Americans from doing business with them.

But the administration said it would give guidance to Americans who may currently have business with them about how to wind down that business and avoid running afoul of the sanctions. Some, but not all, of the individuals sanctioned will also be prohibited from entering the United States.

It was not clear whether any of those hit have significant holdings in the U.S. that could be seized, and if they did previously, they may have already moved their money elsewhere in anticipation of the sanctions.

In January, lists of Russian officials and oligarchs were published by the State Department and Treasury. The lists, required under a law passed last year, were informally seen as lists of potential future sanctions targets, even though the public version of the oligarchs list was merely a reprint of Forbes' list of billionaires in Russia.

The U.S. also has punished Russia for other troubling activity, including its alleged involvement in the poisoning an ex-spy with a military-grade nerve agent in Britain. In tandem with European allies, the Trump administration expelled dozens of Russian diplomats and shut down the Russian consulate in Seattle. And last month, the U.S. targeted 19 Russians and five Russian entities with sanctions in the first use of the new sanctions powers Congress passed last year in response to the election meddling.

Associated Press writers Matthew Lee and Catherine Lucey in Washington and Vladimir Isachenkov, Nataliya Vasilyeva and Jim Heintz in Moscow contributed.

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Review

‘A Quiet Place’ is an original must-see Maria McGinnis Entertainment Reviewer It’s aggressively suspenseful, original, “genre-bending” and captivating from start to finish.

The nearly silent film “A Quiet Place” has stirred up a whole new type of horror movie. And it’s one that is certainly worth seeing.

Real-life married couple John Krasinski and Emily Blunt have beautiful and raw chemistry on screen as they deliver their most vulnerable performances fighting to protect themselves and their children from alien-like creatures that hunt by sound.

“If they hear you, they hunt you.”

The family takes extreme and creative measures to keep their lives entirely silent, as it is their only way to ensure survival.

The floors are mapped out to only step where the floors creak the least. No one wears shoes. Blunt even delivers a baby in nearly complete silence.

And they communicate entirely through sign language.

One of their children (Millicent Simmonds) is actually deaf. Her hearing aid proves to be of vital essence to the plot and almost feels like a character in itself.

Although the majority of the film is silent, it is focused heavily on sound.

Without filler background music and dialogue, the audience is forced to focus on what is really going on on screen.

There are subtitles to read since the

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dialogue is delivered primarily through sign language. There are also a lot of visual cues and communication via hand gestures and facial expressions, where if you weren’t fully paying attention at all times, you’d definitely miss what was happening.

Aside from the visual factors, there is also a focus on the natural sound.

You actually get to hear the wind blowing through the grass and the weight of each individual’s breathing, which is something we aren’t always completely enveloped with in most movies.

Director John Krasinski has created a horror movie that doesn’t just thrill us with the typical predictable jump scares.

“A Quiet Place” is one of those special movies that makes us react with our very primitive human emotions like love and anxious fear.

The movie is so tense from start to finish you really have no reason to want to look away for even a second.

Krasinski also does very well making sure “A Quiet Place” doesn’t become a Cloverfield movie.

For a moment, the movie may feel like it is traveling down that “aliens attacking during the fallout” genre, but don’t be fooled.

You will soon be thrown curveball after curveball and be left with a movie that is so intense from start to finish, it is almost dangerous.

Contact Maria McGinnis at mmcginn9@kent.edu.

Director John Krasinski has created a horror movie that doesn’t just thrill us with the typical predictable jump scares.”

– Maria McGinnis Entertainment reviewer Movie poster courtesy of Paramount Pictures.

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