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Council solidifies commitment to redevelop downtown Kent Partnership between city, university a ‘milestone’ Darren D’Altorio
Daily Kent Stater Kent City Council unanimously voted in favor last night to move forward with plans to extend Kent State’s esplanade into downtown and continue talks about the downtown redevelopment project. With the vote, council members agreed to sign the Declaration of Collective Intent and an Espla-
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LOOKING BACK
YEARS
1921 March 6 | The National
Association of the Moving Picture Industry announces its intention to censor U.S. movies.
1922 June 14 | Warren G. Harding becomes the first president heard on radio.
1923 Feb. 22 | The U.S. transcontinental mail service begins.
1924 Aug. 5 | The comic strip
“Little Orphan Annie” by Harold Gray debuts in the New York Daily News.
1925 Oct. 16 | The Texas School Board
prohibits the teaching of evolution.
1926 Sept. 17 | A hurricane hits Miami
and Palm Beach, Fla. killing almost 500 people and marking the beginning of the end of the Florida land boom.
1927 Sept. 30 | Babe Ruth hits
his 60th homerun of the season.
1928 Feb. 28 | Smokey the Bear is created.
1929 Oct. 29 | Black Tuesday sees
panicked survivors dump 16 million shares on the stock market, wiping out $30 billion in paper value in one day; the Great Depression begins.
1930 May 24 | Polls show that a majority of Americans favor the repeal of prohibition. Credit: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life in America Vol. 3 Francis Sicius and Randall Miller
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nade Memorandum of Understanding. Various council members called this a moral agreement that will solidify the relationship among Kent State, Kent city government and other investors, stakeholders and partners in the downtown redevelopment project. Ward 1 Councilman Garret Ferrara said this agreement sends the message this project isn’t talk anymore — there’s a solid commitment behind it. In agreement, Ward 4 Councilman John Kuhar said, “there is too much dead property sitting downtown,” and having this moral commitment from all involved parties enables progress. See DOWNTOWN, Page A6
COURTESY OF DAN SMITH
This map, depicting downtown Kent, illustrates where the downtown redevelopment projects will take place and what will change. A multimodal facility, hotel/ conference center and storefronts will be built along Main, Depyster and Erie streets. Also, the University Esplanade will connect downtown with the university along Erie Street.
‘Fraught with adventure’ The university’s first students blazed a trail for Kent Staters to follow Kristine Gill
Daily Kent Stater
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re s h m a n C o r i Ve r b a remembers her first seven weeks at Kent State pretty well. After all, finding out you have three roommates isn’t the kind of thing you forget. “At first it was kind of hectic,” the secondary education major said. “People were always coming in and out. It was also kind of awkward. We didn’t know each other at all.” But the four girls living in a fourth floor lounge in Fletcher Hall were in good company. Verba started at the university in the fall of 2009 and was one of 259 students who lived in lounges or tripled up in dorms for the first few weeks. See KENT STATE, Page A6
Above, Lowry and Merrill Halls viewed from unpaved Hilltop Drive. Below, “Mrs. Lida M. Layton’s class in ‘domestic science and household arts’ met in one of the tentclassrooms in the summer of 1914.” Photograph appears in insert between pages 88 and 89 of The Years of Youth.
16.86 percent, with the Ashtabula campus having the largest overall increase in numbers of students. The campus increased from 1,781 students in Spring 2009 to 2,206 this semester. “We continue to see impressive enrollment numbers,” President Lester Lefton said in a press release. “As we enter our second century of service, we are building on the strong momentum from last year when we achieved our highest enrollment, had record retention and welcomed our largest freshman class to date. I commend our faculty, staff and those who work in the Admissions Office for this enrollment success. Their dedication to helping students succeed makes Kent State an attractive institution.” —Suzi Starheim
Daughter fuels his pursuit of office Nick Glunt
Daily Kent Stater
In an editorial printed in The Kentonian on May 17, 1916, students criticized the lack of team spirit for the school’s baseball team. Volume 1 Number 26 May 17, 1916
“What’s the matter with the cheering.” If no cheerleader can be found among the college men, let’s ask the K.S.N. high school for help. It is a disgrace to the college that we have as yet had no organized cheering at a base ball game this year. Wake up, melt the icicles off your chin and the fat off your lungs and show the
Spring enrollment this semester is the highest ever in the 100year history of Kent State, the university announced yesterday. An 11.6 percent increase was reported with the release of the 15th-day statistics. This information encompasses all eight campuses. A total of 38,196 students are enrolled for the Spring 2010 semester, compared to the previous record of 34,222 in Spring 2009. Headcount of spring enrollment on the main campus is 23,834, and the headcount for regional campuses is 14,362. The enrollment of international students increased from 895 students in Spring 2009 to 1,127 students this semester. In addition, enrollment at regional campuses is also up by
Student seeks seat in Ohio’s 44th District
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Wake-up
KSU sees record spring enrollment numbers
team that you are behind them. You can’t cheer a team to victory with a Chautauqua salute. It won’t do any permanent damage for you to leave your maidenly reserve at home for once and come to the Findlay game with ever noise producing, nerve shattering device known to the mind of man or woman.
Kurt Liston is a Kent State student running for office under a Libertarian platform. However, he knows many of his potential voters aren’t sure what his party ideals actually are. “I’m not a politician or anything,” Liston said. “I’m just a guy, you know, who just wants to stand up for my rights first and everyone else’s second.” By focusing on his own rights, Liston said he encourages others to defend their rights as well. Liston, 32, lives in Akron with his wife and 2-year-old daughter. He has almost completed his studies at Kent State for an associate degree in horticulture. Though he has been interested in politics since he was a child, he said his daughter is what spurs his cause. “I want her to not have to deal with half this crap we have to deal with now,” he said. Liston is attempting to win a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives. He is the Libertarian candidate for Ohio’s 44th District, which includes mostly the Akron area. Liston’s campaign manager
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Nicholas Burdohan said Libertarians believe the current hierarchy of government is backwards. Burdohan explained that in the current system, most of the government’s power lies at the federal level, and the amount of power becomes lower and lower at the state, city and individual levels. “It’s inverted,” he said, “and we’d like to see it get back to the way it should be.” See LISTON, Page A6