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Kent resident Joan Inderhees marvels at the May 4 exhibit located downtown. Quotes from the memories of witnesses to May 4 are printed on the wall.

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Ella Hassler, 4-years-old, enjoyed making multiple pictures to hang on the interactive wall at the May 4 art exhibit located in downtown Kent.

University archivist keeps Kent State’s history alive Paschen donates personal items to library collections Rabab Al-Sharif

Daily Kent Stater Stephen Paschen, university archivist, remembers the day when he provided a man the only two photos the man would have of his father.

“The reward you get is just

when somebody finds exactly what they needed and you’ve got it,” Paschen said.

That is exactly what happened when the man found out his father had gone to school in the early 70s, and by looking through old yearbooks, was able to find two photos, which the archives made him copies of, free of charge.

“Researchers get pretty emotional when they find what they need and you’ve helped them

Ella Hassler, 4, has no idea what happened May 4, 1970. That didn’t stop her from coloring a daffodil at last night’s opening of the May 4 Voices Installation.

At 6 p.m. yesterday, about 20 daffodils were pinned on the back wall of Kent State’s School of Art Gallery, 141 E. Main St. Visitors were invited to color an image of a daffodil to express their feelings about May 4. The flowers are part of the healing process for the university and city.

There are four crayon colors to choose from: green, yellow, blue and white (represented with a black crayon). The colors were carefully chosen because of the feelings associated with them.

Daffodil prints were inspired by the flowers planted near the May

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People are hetting a laugh about that when they discover that those are actually my pants.

STEVEN PASCHEN UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST

really succeed at what they’re doing,” he said.

The archives and special collections, which are located on the 10th, 11th and 12th floors of the library, have about 11,000 boxes that are one cubic foot each.

They can hold anything from university documents to ban-

4 memorial on campus, planted to honor the soldiers who died in the Vietnam War. On the opposite wall are excerpts from the May 4 Oral History Project: “It just seemed that something like this would never ever happen here.”

“We didn’t really ever talk about it.”

The testimony lends another aspect to witnesses and those with loved ones involved, said Sean Scully, graduate student in jewelry metals who helped create the installation.

It fleshes out something from an abstract event into something more human, he said.

Sandy Halem, founder of the oral history project and president of the Kent Historical Society, started recording testimony from the university and city communities in 1990. The goal was to give more people the opportunity to speak and, in return, for the university archives to learn more about what happened.

See MAY 4, Page 6 ners, T-shirts and old photos.

A big part of Paschen’s job is deciding what is worth saving and what can be thrown out.

“We’re really charged with two things; saving stuff, which also implies that you’re going to pick it out in the first place,” he said. “We can’t save everything, that’s the problem.”

Paschen has been the university archivist at Kent State since July 2006, but he served the same job at the University of Akron for nine years before that.

He actually started off as a landscape architect for 12 years before he decided to go back to school for a degree in history.

See ARCHIVISTS, Page 6

Many students have felt the impact of Kent State’s recent rise in enrollment, whether it was by living in a study lounge or facing trouble getting into classes.

“The campus is full, no doubt about it,” said David Garcia, associate vice president for enrollment management. “We’re working closely with housing and the deans to make sure students are not impacted in a negative way.”

Since the beginning of the year, the office of the provost, the president and other offices have been working together on a survey looking into the capacity of the campus.

The survey will consider current classes and the number of students required to take them.

It will examine whether enough room is available for students to take the courses and still graduate in four years.

“Once we conclude that study, we’ll have to make a decision,” Garcia said. “Do we want to stabilize our freshman numbers or, if we increase the

freshman numbers, do we have the housing and the ability to hire more faculty to teach more courses?”

If the university decides to keep growing, it then has to decide whether it can develop or renovate new housing, Garcia said. The survey, which should be finished over the summer, will help the university decide how big it wants to grow.

“My understanding is there is some potential for growth, but overall the growth will be strategic,” said Terri Christensen, assistant provost, who also oversees summer semester.

One of the places Christensen believes the university has potential for growth is during the summer semester. Getting more students to take classes in the summer wouldn’t affect fall or spring semesters, she said.

However, it is fall and spring semesters seeing the most growth. The enrollment expectation for this fall’s freshman class is around the same size as last year, between 4,000 and 4,100.

The university has tried to increase the quality of the freshman class by accepting higher GPA and ACT scores. This keeps retention high, so Kent State isn’t blindly accepting students who are more likely to drop out.

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Handwritten letters were first, followed by telephones, which are slowly becoming obsolete because of the growing popularity of cell phones.

And while a new technology will eventually diminish the interest in portable phones, for now, they play an intricate role in the wear and tear on college students’ wallets.

People are highly dependent on their wireless gadgets, and the price of a phone alone can cost hundreds of dollars.

And that’s not even including the plan.

Erica Sevilla, spokeswoman for Verizon Wireless, said a cell phone plan depends on the type of college student using it, but suggested an unlimited calling plan on a Smartphone for $99.99 a month.

“I think most college students who want to have a single predictable bill each month should consider a Smartphone plan that offers unlimited data, free SKYPE calls and unlimited e-mail and texting,” she said.

But with all the expenses that come with being a college student, not everyone has an extra $100 to spare.

Joe Geiszler, sophomore business management major, used Verizon for years until recently switching to T-Mobile because he said it’s cheaper and doesn’t require a contract.

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SPORTS Sports editor: Cody Francis • E-mail: cfranci1@kent.edu

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Baseball comes natural to Kent State left fielder ANTHONY GALLAS. However, Gallas’ dedication and love for the game has brought him from being a good player to one of the best in Kent State’s history this year after the senior broke school records in RBIs and walks.

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Kent State wide receiver Tyshon Goode hauls in a pass during a scrimmage on April 25. After leading the team in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns in 2009, Goode looks to remain quarterback Spencer Keith’s top target.

Football’s offensive keys to success In honor of the upcoming football spring game this Friday, we thought we’d take a look at the 2010 edition of the Kent State football team’s offense and offer up some random, early season thoughts about what to watch out for this Friday. n Watch out for quarterback Spencer Keith. In two intrasquad scrimmages during the spring practices, Keith has impressed. Most recently, he completed 14-of-24 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns Saturday. This season, with an unusually strong running game backing him up, Keith has a chance to shine. The key to his success, and his team’s success for that matter, will be limiting his turnovers. Kent State coach Doug Martin obviously has confidence in his sophomore signal-caller, recently referring to Keith as “one of the best quarterbacks in the conference right now.”

If Martin is right, we should look for Keith to light up Dix Stadium this Friday. If he’s wrong, there’s always… Giorgio Morgan?

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KSU’s game changer Lance Lysowski

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ast year, senior left fielder Anthony Gallas hit .324 and finished third on the Kent State baseball team

in RBIs. Although the season was a success for the right-handed hitter, he was not satisfied.

Gallas decided to limit his social life coming into the 2010 season and focus on what’s most important to him — baseball.

“I’m just taking care of things I need to take care of,” Gallas said.

“I’m not going out on Thursday night and Saturday night. I’m just putting everything I have in baseball; just the extra stuff too like going to the weight room, doing yoga and doing the necessary things.”

The power-hitting left fielder’s dedication has paid off. Gallas has started all 42 games for the Flashes this season, while hitting .365 with 12 home runs and 53 RBIs. The Strongsville native’s 16

doubles and .453 on-base percentage lead the team.

This season, the senior became the all-time leader in Kent State baseball history in walks and RBIs. Gallas surpassed Andrew Davis for the career lead in RBIs, while passing Sean Freeman’s record of 172 career walks.

The six-foot-two, 220-pound outfielder has the ability to not only change the game with the swing of his bat, but also lack thereof.

“I have the ability to change the game in an inning,” Gallas said. “If there’s guys on it gives pressure on the pitcher to throw me pitches. Whether I get a walk or I get a hit it makes the lineup turn over more. I’d say I’m a tough out.”

At the beginning of the season, the senior was named a team captain for the Flashes. Although Gallas’ performance on the field sets the tone for the rest of the lineup, he said that even when his bat is not active, his demeanor is important for the team’s success.

“I feel like even if I’m not doing well at the plate, the way I conduct myself in the dugout and people feed off my energy,” Gallas said. “It makes a difference to how they’re playing, and kind of getting the momentum.”

Last year, Kent State won the Mid-American Conference Tournament to advance to the NCAA Tournament. This year is different.

Gallas said as a team captain and a senior, this year has a much different feel to it.

“It’s my last go-around so I want to win the MAC,” Gallas said. “It’s pretty important to me.

It definitely means a lot more this year compared to other years. I just feel it; kind of like my back’s against the wall.”

The senior’s performance at the plate has gained him notoriety around the conference. Gallas earned All-MAC Second Team honors in 2007 and 2008, and a spot on the Freshman All-American team in 2007.

Although power hitters are

seen to be a liability on defense, Gallas breaks the mold. He holds a .947 fielding percentage with 67 put-outs and four errors on the season.

“I definitely want to help out our pitchers, and be a team player,” Gallas said. “I’m not going to take plays off and let a ball drop when I can get it. I don’t look as good out there, I think, because I’m not that fast — but I’m going to make the play. I want my guys to count on me too.”

When talking about the records he has broken, Gallas is the definition of humble. He said even though he takes college baseball seriously, he realizes the true reason behind his love of baseball.

“It’s college baseball,” Gallas said. “It’s just more fun than anything.”

Contact sports reporter Lance Lysowski at llysowsk@kent.edu.

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n Watch out for the experienced offensive line. Losing only one starter, Dante Campbell, from the season before, the Flashes return with experience at the offensive line. Junior Chris Anzevino, junior Michael Fay, sophomore Brian Winters and sophomore Kent Cleveland all return on the offensive line.

Former right tackle Pat Reedy, who started 23 of 24 games in his two seasons on the offensive line, is making the transition to tight end this season.

Anzevino, Fay and Winters combined have started 56 games in their collegiate careers. Cleveland only started one game last year, but he received significant playing time in his freshman season.

Campbell will be replaced by freshman Tom Pizzurro, who Martin has been high on since signing day in February.

It’s up to these guys to keep Keith safe and the running game running. They have a tough act to follow, as the 2009 offensive line allowed only 19 sacks, fourth best in the MAC. n Watch out for sophomore wide receiver Tyshon Goode.

Goode is Keith’s favorite target. Last season, he set freshman records with 53 receptions, 755 yards receiving and five touchdowns. In Saturday’s scrimmage, Goode looked like he was already in the same

Cody Francis form as he was in 2009 with four catches for 58 yards and a touchdown.

However, Goode can’t do it on his own. The Flashes need another receiver to step up and take some pressure off Goode, who had more receiving yards, receptions and touchdowns in 2009 than his possible 2010 counterparts, juniors Kendrick Pressley and Sam Kirkland, had combined (39 receptions, 455 yards, three touchdowns). n Watch out for the running game. Last September, Martin said if senior running back Eugene Jarvis didn’t get a sixth year after a lacerated kidney ended his season in Kent State’s second game, “everybody in Kent should storm the NCAA, and we should burn the place down.” Well, Martin got his wish as Jarvis is returning this season. However, the coach may have a problem going into the 2010 season that he didn’t expect to have and that any coach in the NCAA would kill for: too much talent at running back.

Jarvis, the NCAA’s secondleading returning rusher, is the definite starter going into this season — as he should be.

But Martin has a few very talented running backs in Jacquise “Speedy” Terry, Dri Archer and Andre Flowers nipping at his heels.

The trio rushed for a combined 1,075 yards in 2009, and the four backs have combined for 5,269 rushing yards in their careers.

Not that this is necessarily a problem for Martin, but he needs to find a way to get his backs on the field — whether it’s by running more two- and three-back formations or by putting one of them in a slot.

Nobody ever said having too much talent was a bad thing, but if Martin doesn’t get these backs involved, Kent State might find itself at the basement of the MAC yet again.

Contact sports editor Cody Francis at cfranci1@kent.edu.

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Junior pitcher answers call as baseball team defeats Youngstown State 5-2 Lance Lysowski

Daily Kent Stater Junior pitcher Justin Gill’s role on the Kent State baseball team is primarily as a relief pitcher, but when he was called on to start last night’s game, he answered the call in a big way.

Gill pitched five scoreless innings, allowing only two hits and striking out two batters as the Flashes defeated Youngstown State 5-2.

The junior right-hander said that his mentality had to change

when his name was called to start the game.

“Usually I relieve so I just came in with the mindset to pound the strike zone and try to get ahead of the hitters; try to make them put the ball in play,” Gill said. “I was throwing my (2-Seamer Fastball) to righties and lefties. They were just hitting ground balls to short and third today.”

After Gill left the mound in the bottom of the fifth with a 1-0 lead, the Flashes padded the scoreboard. The Penguins walked a batter, followed by

a throwing error. A single by sophomore third baseman Travis Shaw drove in a run. Kent State continued the scoring output when freshman second baseman Evan Campbell hit a two-out RBI single to center field to give the Flashes the 3-0 lead.

Kent State coach Scott Stricklin said the team’s timely hitting is pivotal to their success.

“We pitched great, we played great defense and we got big two-out hits,” Stricklin said.

“That really lifts the team up. It can really bring up the morale of a club when you can get two-

out hits. We played a very solid baseball game.”

Youngstown State added a run in the bottom of the seventh, but Kent State cut a rally attempt short with insurance runs in the eighth and ninth innings.

In the eighth inning, freshman infielder George Roberts hit a two-out single down the right field line to drive in a run while sophomore shortstop Jimmy Rider’s RBI single gave Kent State enough leverage to win the game.

Gill said the win over the Penguins was especially refresh-

ing since the Flashes struggled against Youngstown at home on March 24.

“It feels good,” Gill said.

“Last time we had a little bit of trouble against them at home.

We weren’t pitching really well or swinging the bats really well.

They had a lead on us, and we had to come back in the ninth.

It’s nice to go to their place and take it to them at their home field.”

Stricklin said that Gill, who earned his third win of the season and improved his earned run average to 4.31, is a player

the Flashes know they can look to moving forward.

“It was good for the team for today’s win, but it was also good for Justin’s confidence,” Stricklin said. “His last nine innings now, he’s thrown nine scoreless innings and has really turned the corner. He’s heating up at the right time now, and it’s very encouraging.”

Contact sports reporter Lance Lysowski at llysowsk@kent.edu.

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CHEERS AND JEERS

Cheers to less heralded athletes and teams.

The Kent State women’s golf team won its 12th straight Mid-American Conference title over the weekend, and softball pitcher Kylie Reynolds set a MAC record for wins. They may not get the headlines other teams do, but these athletes should be celebrated, too. n

– Jandi Faulhammer freshman speech major

–Rico Handy freshman broadcasting major

–Marlena Malone sophomore human development and family studies major

Cheers to people who celebrated Earth Day last week, and bigger cheers to people who think of the environment constantly. As one person said, we shouldn’t think about the environment for just one day a year — we should think about it for all 365.

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Cheers to the Cleveland Cavaliers for winning their first two games of the playoffs.

Let’s hope they keep up the good work and that this is the year they win a title for Cleveland.

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“My rugby team house was close to where College Fest was held, so I went there.”

– Walter Watts sophomore computer science major

“I went to College Fest. I thought it would be a good college experience. Plus, it gave me something to do for the weekend.”

“I attended Relay for Life. I had a good time, plus I got to work the Face/AIDS group table. ”

– Stefan Dehil freshman computer design animation major

–Desiree Niksick freshman early childhood education major

JEERS TO Jeers to the partygoers at College Fest who threw bottles and other objects at police officers when they began clearing parties. Your actions made the rest of the crowd, which was actually mostly peaceful, look bad.

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Jeers to the people who have planned a second College Fest for the second Saturday in May. One College Fest is fine, but doing a second one seems to be asking for trouble.

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Cheers to the participants of Relay for Life on Saturday and Sunday, who didn’t let the rain stop them from their walking. Your efforts raised more than $80,000 for cancer research and should be celebrated.

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Malcom X assassin freed on parole in NYC Hagan last gunman serving time in killing

New York — The only man ever to admit involvement in the assassination of Malcolm X was freed on parole Tuesday, 45 years after he helped gun down the civil rights leader.

Thomas Hagan was the last man still serving time in the 1965 killing, part of the skein of violence that wound through the cultural and political upheaval of the 1960s. He was freed from a Manhattan prison where he spent two days a week under a work-release program.

Hagan, 69, has repeatedly expressed sorrow for being one of the gunmen who fired on Malcolm X, killing one of the civil rights era’s most polarizing and compelling figures. One of the groups dedicated to Malcolm X’s memory condemned Hagan’s parole.

Hagan declined to comment after his release.

“I really haven’t had any time to gather my thoughts on anything,” he told The Associated Press by telephone.

Hagan acknowledged that he

was one of three men who shot Malcolm X in front of a crowd of hundreds — including several of his young children — as the civil rights leader began a speech at Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom on Feb. 21, 1965. Two other accomplices created a distraction in the audience, Hagan has said.

But he said the two men convicted with him were not i n v o l v e d . T h e y, t o o , m aintained their innocence and were paroled in the 1980s. No one else has ever been charged, a fact that has perpetuated debate and theories surrounding the slaying.

The Manhattan District Attorney’s office, which prosecuted Hagan and his co-defendants, declined to comment on Hagan’s release or his account of the killing.

Hagan tried 17 times before being approved last month for parole. He had been sentenced to up to life in prison for what he described in a 2008 court filing as the deed of a young man who “acted out of rage on impulse and loyalty” to religious leaders.

The assassins gunned down Malcolm X out of anger at his split with the leadership of the Nation of Islam, the black Muslim movement for which he had once served as a promi-

POLICE BLOTTER

cated and possession of drugs at the 200 block of West Main Street.

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It is the Daily Kent Stater’s policy to publish on-campus and off campus arrests, charges and incidents of interest to the public.

CITY TUESDAY ■ Nancy K. Hardy, 51, of Kent was charged with disorderly conduct and open container at the intersection of West Main and Stow Street.

Timothy J. Phillips, 23, of Poland was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxi-

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Wilfredo T. Rivera, 38, of Kent was charged with drunken driving and falsification at the intersection of West Main and Stow Street.

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William J. Vokac, 25, of Kent was charged with disorderly conduct at the 100 block of North Lincoln Street.

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SUNDAY Dontez P. Pace, 21, of Cleveland was charged with obstruction of official business, disorderly conduct, possession of marijuana and falsification at the 100 block of South Water Street.

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“I really haven’t had any time to gather my thoughts on anything.”

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nent spokesman, said Hagan, then known as Talmadge X Hayer. Malcolm X had spoken out against its leader, Elijah Muhammad, in comments that some of Muhammad’s followers denounced as slander.

At the time, “I thought I was fighting for truth and right,” Hagan said in a 1977 sworn statement that aimed, unsuccessfully, to get his co-defendants’ convictions overturned.

Over the years since the assassination, “I’ve had a lot of time, a heck of a lot of time, to think about it,” Hagan told a parole board last month, according to a transcript of the interview.

“I understand a lot better the dynamics of movements and what can happen inside movements, and conflicts that can come up, but I have deep regrets about my participation in that,” said Hagan, adding that he had earned a master ’s degree in sociology since his conviction.

He said he was still a Muslim

SATURDAY Sean M. Danko, 23, of Macedonia was charged with drunken driving at the 1400 block of East Summit Street.

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Criminal mischief was reported at Olson Hall.

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but no longer a Nation of Islam member.

The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, an organization founded by the civil rights leader ’s late widow, hasn’t taken a position on Hagan’s parole, board chairman Zead Ramadan said.

“We just don’t think it’s ours to decide the fate of this man.

We allowed the laws of this nation to develop that,” Ramadan said.

Members of the Shabazz family didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment made through the center.

Another group, the Malcolm X Commemoration Committee, decried Hagan’s parole at a press conference earlier this month, saying the crime was too serious to allow for his release. “(Malcolm X) was and still is an enormous international figure and revolutionary hero,” spokesman Zayid Muhammad said in a release. The committee holds essay contests and other events in his memory.

Malcolm X rose to fame as an uncompromising voice for black empowerment who urged African-Americans to claim civil rights “by any means necessary” and called white people “blueeyed devils.” But after breaking

with the Nation of Islam in 1964 and making an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, he began renouncing racial separatism.

After he was killed at 39, a New York Times editorial called him a “twisted man;” Time magazine described him as a demagogue whose “gospel was hatred.” But his stature grew after his death with sales of “The Autobiography of Malcolm X,” written with Alex Haley, and later with Spike Lee’s 1992 film “Malcolm X,” said Manning Marable, the director of Columbia University’s Center for Contemporary Black History and the author of a forthcoming biography of Malcolm X. By 1999, Malcolm X was on a postage stamp.

Hagan was initially scheduled for release Wednesday, but the date was moved up because his paperwork was completed, state Department of Correctional Services spokeswoman Linda Foglia said.

Hagan was on work release for nearly 22 years. He spent five days a week working in settings that included a homeless shelter; he spent those nights at his Brooklyn home with his family. He told the parole board he hopes to become a substance abuse counselor.

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The new Arizona bill: clear racial profiling What does an immigrant look like? Is he or she white, black, brown or yellow? Is he or she tall or short? Is he or she slender or fat?

Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona signed a law Friday that allows police to detain anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant on American soil. Bill SB1070 requires any law enforcement officers, “when practicable,” to detain people who they have a “reasonable suspicion” to believe are unlawfully present in the country.

While the bill opens up the question of what is a reasonable suspicion, Arizona’s government has failed to provide an answer. Is it a person’s skin color, hair or accent? Or is it a person’s clothing, food preference or schooling?

President Barack Obama openly criticized the law Friday, saying that the bill threatens “to undermine basic notions of fairness that we cherish as Americans.”

The law will affect approximately half a million immigrants residing in Arizona, most of them Mexicans. Gov. Brewer said

racial profiling would not be tolerated; however, immigrant advocate groups believe it is likely the targets of this law will be those that physically do not look like the majority of Americans. Is it reasonable to believe that a British student at the University of Arizona will raise any suspicions of illegally living in the country?

Supporters and critics alike consider Bill SB1070 to be the country’s most strenuous law against illegal immigration.

Under the new law, which is expected to be in effect in August, a person’s failure to carry immigration documents at all times will be considered a misdemeanor. Thus, an immigrant is expected to carry a form of identification such as a valid passport and a visa while he or she goes out for a run or to dinner or to walk the dog.

Gov. Brewer defended the law, adding that it is a tool for the state “to solve a crisis we did not create and the federal government has refused to fix.”

Amnesty International has called for the derogation of the law. Pro-immigrant groups across the country have called for

boycott. Chicago activists have called for a protest during a game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Chicago Cubs Thursday.

Government and activist groups in Mexico have asked their co-nationals to cancel trips to Arizona and avoid any trade with Arizonabased companies. Mexican media estimates that Mexicans spend seven million dollars per day in the border state.

The law is a questionable attempt to stop illegal immigrants from trying to enter the country through Arizona; however, there are three more states immigrants will bet on.

While Bill SB1070 will inevitably lead to racial profiling, it has started a debate that should serve to bring immigration reform to the national agenda.

The above editorial is the consensus opinion of the Daily Kent Stater editorial board. whose members are listed to the left.

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DID YOU KNOW? On this day in 1945, “Il Duce,” Benito Mussolini and his mistress, Clara Petacci, were shot

by Italian partisans who captured the couple as they attempted to flee to Switzerland.

— History.com

Racial profiling is not immigration reform The American government made mistakes concerning race relations repeatedly throughout its history, but it seems the government of Arizona might have skipped a history lesson or two.

A new Arizona law, which proponents tout as immigration reform, gives authorities the right to exercise racial profiling. This law, called SB1070, “will require state police to question people about their immigration status if there is ‘reasonable suspicion,’” according to an article on BBC.com. Authorities will have the right to arrest any person suspected of being an immigrant who is not carrying documentation.

Gov. Jan Brewer signed the law against the wishes of many Democrats in her state, civil rights groups and President Obama. Civil rights groups argue the bill will lead to harassment of all Hispanics, who will be questioned without probable cause.

President Obama wants to bring immigration reform to the federal level, protecting citizens from oppressive laws.

Many groups who support alternative approaches to reform called for an immediate boycott of Arizona commerce and tourism.

Business owners already reported cancellations of Arizona hotel reservations and travel packages by people who cite the law as grounds for unnecessary harassment.

It’s understandable that Arizona government officials and citizens are concerned about this; it’s a border state and a primary target for illegal immigration.

However, the Arizona government’s attempt at reform is misguided. Instead of focusing more money and efforts on border patrol, authorities will spend time and money arresting those they “suspect” of being illegal immigrants. Hispanic Americans who look like immigrants, or new immigrants who may not understand the new law, will be targets to authorities who could not possibly identify an immigrant at a second’s glance.

People who praise this law as

SUMMARY: Although there is a need to fix illegal immigration problems in America, Arizona may have set the country back even further with their new bill. The legislation is clearly profiling Mexicans and should not be tolerated.

Marchaè Grair strict policy will use the probable cause logic to defend the policy.

In other words, they will argue no one could possibly fall victim to racial profiling when authorities must have a reason to question the alleged illegal immigrant in the first place.

The first person to be arrested under this Arizona law was a Mexican truck driver, according to Arizona news outlet 3TV. The man, arrested hours after the new law started, is a U.S. citizen. He was arrested for not having the proper paperwork when his truck was checked, although he still provided a Social Security number and a commercial driver’s license.

Arizona lawmakers fail to see the unwritten connotations in this law, or maybe they see them and do not care. People who are Hispanic American or of Mexican descent are targets because of their race. If I drove through Arizona as an AfricanAmerican, chances are I would not be suspected of being an illegal immigrant.

Is it fair to let people fall victim to profiling to protect the idea of safe borders? If we make our borders safer but intimidating those within our borders, aren’t we defeating the purpose of reform?

It’s time for the federal government to take control of immigration policy before oppressive polices such as Arizona’s law take precedent.

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Technically I’ve been a senior for two years now and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater for just as long. I find it difficult to express how I feel about graduating, so instead of just one final contribution to this publication, this is the first installment of a two-piece editorial depicting both highly contrasting opinions of Kent State I have acquired in my tenure.

For some background: I transferred here spring 2007 after dropping out of the University of Toledo almost two years prior.

I’ve never lived on campus and can’t figure out how I ended up in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. One day, my knack for writing led me to fill out an application to write for the Stater, and, they kept letting me back in.

My space is limited, so I better get down to business. Like I said, it’s a twoweek installment where this week I rant about all the things that make this place sometimes feel like a death trap, and next week I’ll try to be more cheery and uplifting by discussing things about Kent that I sort of, kind of like.

But anyway, let’s get started. In no particular order, here are my five least favorite characteristics of Kent State University.

1. The phrase “Excellence in action” — I don’t know who thought of this one, but if it was you, Lefton, get over yourself.

Garrison Ebie You and I both know this is totally bogus.

A more appropriate slogan probably goes more like “Paying too much for something quite average.”

2. Parking tickets — Need I say more?

Yes, there are limited parking spaces in various areas of campus, but ticketing vehicles in the C lot on a Sunday night just seems like a dirty trick to raise revenue for money-grubbing scoundrels. Nowhere else do we see ourselves as exploited by this institution as in the atrocities committed by Parking Services.

3. That new, tacky graphic on the side of the library — There is another one slapped on the side of the Rec center, but it’s not quite as apparent as a 30-foot monolithic textile intended as propaganda geared toward prospective students. This thing looks like it should go in the phone book, not on the side of a building.

4. The Bursar’s Office not accepting Visa

as a form of payment for tuition — Maybe there is some diabolical plot behind this decision, if not just to piss off already irate college students. What kind of a business takes Discover and American Express but not Visa?

This makes no sense.

5. Drinking fountains that don’t work — Picture this: rushing to class after eating a cheese Danish and all you need is a gulp of water. That looks like a perfectly good water fountain, right? Wrong. The water pressure is so low you would practically have to lap it up like a dog to receive any refreshment. In any case, about half the drinking fountains at Kent State fail to supply a steady stream of water when necessary.

While I could probably continue for a while discussing the cons, these five are the ones that glaringly stick out like a sore thumb on a regular basis. And certainly, I am not always this cynical. For evidence, join me next week as I depict Kent State in a different light: the good side.

Garrison Ebie is a senior electronic media major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater.

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A FINAL TOAST: Senior columns

Lessons from Sesame Street for graduates This past Nov. 10, the world celebrated my 22nd birthday and the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street. Granted, Big Bird and the gang got a bit more attention than I did, but I think it’s still fair to say we’ve both come a long way.

Although I can’t remember every episode perfectly, I’m sure the show played at least some role in my childhood learning process, be it numbers from the Count, sharing from Bert and Ernie or overcoming my (long-gone) shy personality like Snuffleupagus.

But just because the show isn’t directed at our current age group doesn’t mean we can no longer learn from the likes of Gordon, Maria and the Jim Hensen Muppets.

As both Sesame Street and ourselves have grown, we notice and, I hope, accept those who are different from us. When we were both younger, we were aware of those visibly different from us — be it disability or race — and these folks got plenty of time on the show. It seemed normal, and our innocence allowed us to accept it with simplicity. As we grew, we learned of less-visible differences in those around us, just as the characters on Sesame Street have been introduced to their new friend, Kami, who is HIV positive. We were also introduced (in real life and on the show)

Sarah Steimer to children with divorced parents and other invisible differences. We have come to realize and accept those people with differences while growing older — at least we should have.

Sesame Street cleaned up its town and started planting gardens in later years.

The street is in an urban area and early episodes showed the area a bit grungier, which is pretty realistic in many cities. But as the nation has tried to embrace cleaner, greener living, so has Sesame Street.

And even Cookie Monster has changed his ways. In an ever-so controversial move, the Muppet has cut back on cookies and started eating vegetables. Just as we’ve gotten older, we’ve learned (maybe after the “freshman 15”) that it’s time to take care of our bodies.

With graduation staring many of us in the face, there’s a lot of talk about matu-

rity. But maybe one of the best lessons we can continue to take away from Sesame Street is to keep a good grip on childhood.

Just like the show, it’s important for us to grow and change with the times and with age. But even more important is to never forget what truly makes us happy — maybe something to remember when you try to decide if you’re ready to begin years and years in a cubicle.

So with that said, try to listen to music that just makes you feel good as often as you can. Wear clothes that don’t match but just seem right that day. Use face paint whenever you can find an excuse to. Play with sidewalk chalk with your friends. Buy a rubber duckie.

And whatever you do, don’t panic about your future because there are plenty of sunny days, chasin’ the clouds away.

Sarah Steimer is a senior magazine journalism major and guest columnist for the Daily Kent Stater.

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Israel is more than falafel and hummus Hillel celebrated Israel’s 62nd birthday last Tuesday, and as I walked passed the M.A.C. Center, I reminisced on my travels there. The first falafel I ate on Ben Yehuda Street; the hookah smoke dancing into the night sky as I relaxed in Tel Aviv; the Israelis I met and the sweet flings of love; the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball games; the scorching sun of the desert as I pruned the vines of Israeli grapes. When I first arrived in Israel three years ago, I fell in love. And so when I walked by Hillel’s celebration, I felt that love tickle through my memories.

And Hillel should celebrate it. Israel has made amazing strides in its youthful age.

The per capita gross domestic product is $30,000, double Russia’s. The life expectancy in

Israel is 80 years, close to that of Norway’s. The murder rate is a third of the United States’.

The population growth rate stands at 1.8 percent, a rate that no other developed nation approaches. Israel produces the most scientific papers in the world per capita and has the largest number of NASDAQlisted companies outside of the U.S. and Canada.

But Hillel celebrated Israel from the perspective of a Birthright trip. Although this trip is a great opportunity for Jewish people around the world to visit Israel, it doesn’t tell the whole story. As Josh Klemons of Rabbis for Human Rights best articulated, “Someone can travel on a Birthright trip and not even experience the plight of the Palestinians.”

I left Israel July 2008 and my

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last destination was the same falafel shop I first stopped at on Ben Yehuda Street. It was amazing how my view had changed. When I first arrived, I was in love with the thrill of traveling, the religious expressions in Jerusalem and the reggae festivals in the desert.

In my eyes, Israel could do no wrong.

But as I sat at this shop, I thought about the roadblocks, the constant sight of guns and

military flyovers and the living conditions of Palestinians.

I thought about the Palestinian family I met in East Jerusalem who were removed from their home by the Israeli military.

I thought about the antiSemitic literature that characterized every corner of Egypt as I traveled there.

I thought about the Egyptian War veteran who treated me to dinner and told war stories of his country’s “great victory” in 1973 ¬¬— a view far different in Israel.

I thought about my Hebrew instructor who, after a sixmonth Ulpan, told me the difference between American and Israeli Jews. “Americans,” she began with her face stern, “give in money. But Israelis give in blood.”

As Jeffrey Goldberg, an American journalist for The Atlantic who was an Israeli security guard during the Second Intifada, articulated this dilemma poignantly when he said, “Someone travels to Israel and Palestine for a week, he or she returns home and writes an article with all the solutions to the problem. Someone that travels there for a year, he or she returns home and writes a book and has no solutions.”

When I left the West Bank for the first time, traveling through Bethlehem, there was a sign up in English, Hebrew and Arabic. Each one read “Peace,” but in front of the sign stood a 15-foot tall fence with barbed wire, a security tower and an Israeli holding a gun.

I commend Ola A Hassenein’s letter to the editor on

April 21 because this letter saw past the naïve celebration of Israel’s independence. Hillel, the Arab Student Association and the Muslim Student Organization should take an opportunity every year on this date to discuss the complications of Israel, rather than celebrate only one side of the narrative.

Israel is more than Hebrew bracelets, Maccabi basketball and hookah lounges. Israel is more than falafel and hummus.

David Busch is a senior psychology and history major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at dbusch@kent.edu.

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USG lacks promotion across campus Group misses solid advertising campaign Nick Glunt

Daily Kent Stater Undergraduate Student Government directors and senators expect students to at least know the names of the senators of their colleges.

Five student organization leaders, after being unable to name their senators, critiqued student government’s effort at student USG awareness.

Matthew Gustoff, vice-president of Sigma Chi, commented on USG’s self-promotion, saying student government could definitely be more known if it wanted to be. Gustoff lost the 2010 USG election for executive director to Justin Pierce.

“They could put themselves out there more,” Gustoff said, “so people would know them, but I don’t think it’s on their priority list, to be honest.” Current executive director Scott Sherwood agreed, saying USG jumps from

one project to the next so rapidly that it “doesn’t have time” to promote itself.

Executive Director-elect Justin Pierce said promotion isn’t USG’s first priority.

“We have the funds to blow up USG’s name all over campus,” Pierce said. “We can advertise more, certainly. But we’re not doing what we do for the recognition.”

Gustoff said the last USG meeting he attended was during the election process. He said it was “sad” because a majority of the attendees were candidates in the coming election.

“It was a public meeting, so anyone could come,” he said, “but I don’t think they acknowledge or promote that enough.

They don’t make it sound like something people would want to come to. It’s your campus, your environment. You should want to have a say in it.”

Gustoff and four other student leaders answered questions members of student government hoped were common knowledge questions about USG and the university.

While all five student-leaders were able to name Lester Lefton as Kent State’s president, not one was able to name his or her college’s current senator. However, three of them were able to name their colleges’ senator-elects.

“You can get senators that go above and beyond,” Pierce said, “or ones that want to stick to the bare minimum (of their requirements).” As executive directorelect, Pierce said he hopes to inspire a sense of accountability among the senators so they are more responsible for their colleges than they have been in the past.

Pierce also said many students are “oblivious” because of their studies. He said many students probably don’t know the names of their deans or associate deans, either.

Alex Tucker said he wouldn’t be interested in student government if not for the events it hosts, such as the upcoming FlashFest or Drake concert. Tucker serves on the programming board and unsuccessfully ran for director of programming in the 2010 election.

Class dips into idea of melting pot New course provides insight of immigrant roles in America Bethany English

Daily Kent Stater Kent State offered students a new course this semester that explored the significance of immigration in America’s past, present and future.

Sociology professor Joanna Dreby teaches the class Immigration Communities, which is about immigration laws and policies in the United States. She invites immigrants to come in and tell the class their personal stories.

With politics focused on topics such as illegal immigration, Dreby said it was important to give students a more complete understanding of the role immigrants play in a society.

“Immigration is shaping the world,” Dreby said. “People are moving in all different directions.”

One of the biggest concerns involved with immigration is the topic of illegal immigrants. Dreby also covers this in her class, but she focuses more on how many legal pathways into America have been closed, which forces people to come illegally.

Luis Paz, a graduate student pursuing a master’s in translation, said he knows immigration will continue to be an important topic in our country, and this class provided another side to the discussion.

“A lot of times, we only see one side on the news, and it’s anti-immigration,” Paz said. “This class puts a more ‘human face’ on the people who come here.”

Paz said most immigrants come to find better lives through job opportunities or education; they are not in the United States to “take over.”

Rebeca Puentes said as the daughter of immigrants, she was able to share her stories and experiences with her classmates. She could tell them what immigrating to another country has meant for her family.

“My dad started with nothing,

but he’s worked his way up,” Puentes said. “He works harder, so he gets treated better.”

She said many people stereotype immigrants as poor Mexicans, but that isn’t always the case.

“We all have different stories about why we are here,” Puentes said. “They come to work and make a better life for themselves and their families.”

At his job in the North Hill area of Akron, Paz said he sees all kinds of people, including Mexicans, Burmese, Russians and Middle Eastern immigrants.

Though the latest news about immigration spurred his interest, Paz said he finds some irony when people fume over immigration.

“It’s interesting to me when I hear people, some of the more rightwing groups, screaming, ‘We want our country back!’” Paz said.

“I wonder what Native Americans think of that?”

Dreby also said that the United States is a “nation of immigrants.”

She said most of the people living in America today came from another

“Personally, I’m not sure if they want people to show up (at the meetings),” Tucker said.

Mark Miller, political director for Kent State’s College Democrats, didn’t know where or when the organization meets. He said he would be interested in learning more about student government.

“I think (USG)’s more important than what people think it is,” Miller said. “USG would impact entirely more than local government and statewide government.

It would impact us on a day-today basis.”

Of approximately 22,000 students at Kent State, only 2,309 voted in the 2010 USG elections.

“I knew I was able to vote,” said Krista Napp, co-chair of the May 4 Task Force, “but I didn’t know when it was. I don’t think it was publicized very well.”

Around 10 percent of students voted, and some of them may not have been entirely informed of their candidates.

“I really only voted because I knew two or three candidates,” said Eric Allen, vice president of Kent

State’s College Republicans, “and I didn’t even know them that well.”

He also said he didn’t really research the candidates like he would in national, state or local elections.

Allen said he can reason why students aren’t interested in student government.

“A lot of people don’t have any idea what our politicians are doing in Washington,” he said.

“So why should they care what our politicians are doing on campus, even though we are directly affected by their decisions?”

Pierce said no matter how hard student government tries, there are always going to be those students who don’t care.

“We’re not celebrities, and we’re not magicians,” Pierce said.

“We can only attract the students that want to be involved.”

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Sociology professor Joanna Dreby stands in front of a bookshelf in her office in Merrill Hall.

Dreby teaches an Immigration Communities class about laws and policies in the United States.

place at some point in the past.

Puentes said. “We call ourselves Puentes said the topic of illegal the melting pot, so why are we Mexican immigrants is just the criticizing it?” newest cycle of immigration. The Contact international and immigration arguments used to honors reporter Bethany English at be more focused on other groups, benglis3@kent.edu. such as the Irish and Italians, but Mexicans are the new focus.

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KSU’s Women’s Center partners with Take Back the Night Foundation

Katie Koestner will be addressing an audience about her experience as the first survivor of date rape to speak-out nationally on the issue at 7 p.m. today in the Student Center Ballroom.

This will kick off Kent State campus’s Take Back the Night event. Take Back the Night is a nationwide initiative to educate and spread awareness of sexual and domestic violence.

After Koestner speaks, a Take Back the Night March and Rally will begin at Risman Plaza and continue through campus around 8 p.m.

This year, the Women’s Center (formally known as the Women’s Resource Center) is in collaboration with the Take Back the Night Foundation and will be one of the national 10 Points of Light from 8 to 11 p.m. Thursday. A candle will be lit to signify one of the 10 Points of Light across the nation and will be followed by a name burning, candlelit vigil and speak out.

All the events will be opportunities for survivors, as well as family and friends of victims of sexual and domestic violence to speak out, and for others to offer support. The name burning will offer an opportunity for survivors and victims families to burn the names of assaulters. ­— Lauren Vogel

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May 4 voices on display

Cell phone bills hit students wallets

Galleries director Anderson Turner said the project started about a year ago with David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center, and Laura Davis, faculty coordinator for May 4 initiatives.

“We wanted to reframe the conversation to make it relevant to students,” Turner said.

Doug Fuller, owner of the Fuller Design Group at 133 E. Main St., was a sophomore architecture major May 4. He said he appreciated the number of voices that are represented. Often, those personal stories surrounding the event are forgotten.

Mary Platz Hughes, a Kent resident, was still a child in Wadsworth in 1970.

“I walked across Taylor Hill to get to class everyday,” the 1985 printmaking alumna said. “I didn’t have to be there to know something happened.”

Her daffodil is black with blue corners.

“With the phones I wanted at Verizon, you had to pay for the Internet, which was an extra $20,” he said. “Now I pay $39.99 a month plus tax, and I’m not committed to any contract.”

Mark Siegel, executive director of media relations for AT&T, said AT&T offers a plan for $39.99 and suggested college students buy quick message devices like the Backflip.

“It seems to me, college students use texting as their primary means of communications, so I would always recommend an unlimited texting plan,” he said.

While many students find comfort in their two-year contracts, most overlook easier and affordable options available at stores such as Walmart and Best Buy. Geiszler said he used to have a prepaid plan. Although he didn’t like the phones, he agreed it was easier.

“I was paying about $45 a month with my Tracfone, but I didn’t mind it because if I

MAY 4

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didn’t have the money, I wasn’t obligated to have to pay that month — I could wait a little bit and then pay,” he said.

Walmart sells a range of prepaid cell phones, including brands such as AT&T, Virgin Mobile, NET10, T-Mobile and Tracfone.

With these, students aren’t trapped in any contract and control how long they have the phone and how much they pay for minutes.

Students can buy the phones and then purchase airtime cards with a given amount of minutes.

Prices of phones vary depending on the type and students’ brand preference.

On Walmart.com, a regular flip phone from Virgin Mobile costs $8.88 while a Samsung touch screen sells for $99.88 and includes Bluetooth, a camera, Internet access and a hands-free speaker.

The newest brand in prepaid phones is Straight Talk, a cell phone with inexpensive phones and plans that last anywhere from one month to one year.

Found on StraightTalk.com or in Walmart, students can pick their phones, which range from a $29.99 LG flip phone to a $328.99 Samsung touch screen, and then decide if they want to keep their existing phone number or change it.

They can then choose what

plan would best fit their budget: one month unlimited minutes for $45, three months unlimited minutes for $135, six months unlimited minutes for $270 or one year unlimited for $540.

Features include no contract, unlimited nationwide minutes, text or picture messages and mobile Web access.

Sophomore integrated language arts major Molly Patterson said she used to have a Tracfone, but found that it was unreliable.

“I didn’t always get calls when people tried to call me and sometimes I wouldn’t receive voicemails,” she said.

Patterson said she spent about $100 a month in minutes for the phone, but now she only pays about $50 with Verizon.

“I don’t think prepaid phones are easier for college students just because for a lot of people their phones are the only line they have to call home,” she said.

“If it’s not reliable, then they can’t get a hold of their parents if something happens.”

Contact student finance reporter Courtney Kerrigan at ckerriga@kent.edu.

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CALENDAR OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY VOICES COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECTS May 4 Voices Installation April 28 to May 29 School of Art Gallery 141 E. Main St. n

n May 4 Voices Play 7 p.m. May 2 E. Turner Stump Theatre Music and Speech Center Admission is free. There is no advanced ticket distribution.

n May 4 Voices Community Story QuiltPatches will be accepted April 27 to May 29 at the School of Art Gallery.

There will be quilting workshops May 1 from noon to 2 p.m. and May 13 from 5 to 7 p.m.

CAPACITY KSU looks into campus capacity The university has tried to increase the quality of the freshman class by accepting higher GPA and ACT scores.

This keeps retention high, so Kent State isn’t blindly accepting students who are more likely to drop out.

The university is also working to increase diversity, Garcia said. Not just by ethnicity, but more out-of-state, international and transfer students. It’s also looking to increase adult and veteran students, many of which don’t require on-campus housing.

“The overall diversity that adult and veteran students bring to the campus is important for all students,” said Rachel Anderson, director of adult services. “They bring their experience to the

classroom, so they’re a good resource for traditional students.”

Recruiters have started traveling both out-of-state and internationally to get more students to come to Kent campus, which means the university is getting more applications than in past years.

“We just want to make sure Kent State doesn’t get to a point where students are being delayed in graduation because of the lack of courses being offered,” Garcia said.

Garcia said that although the survey will likely be finished by the end of the year, no major decisions will be made that soon. He is working on a fiveyear plan to address the issues brought up by the survey.

Contact student affairs reporter Lindsy Neer at lneer@kent.edu.

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ARCHIVISTS University archivist keeps Kent’s history alive Cara Gilgenbach, the head of special collections and archives, said Paschen has somewhat of a unique background among their staff because he has a lot of experience doing research as a historian.

“That informs how he approaches teaching students about that (research) because he’s actually done it himself quite a bit,” Gilgenbach said.

“He can draw on his own experience and give students tips on how to approach doing research with primary sources.”

Gilgenbach said Paschen experience with working in museums also brings something unique to the table.

“He’s dealt with collections that are a lot more diverse than ours in terms of having a lot more 3-D objects,” she said.

“He’s dealt with that kind of setting, which is unique for someone going into special collections and archives.”

Paschen worked as the curator and later executive director of the Summit County Historical Society for 11 years before deciding to go back to school again. This time, he got a degree in library science from Kent State.

He said his love of history led him to working as an archivist.

“I still think of myself as a historian,” he said. “I like to work with the real stuff that history is written from.”

Paschen said there comes a point went you start to realize that you’re actually a part of history. That came for him when he donated some of his personal items, including his draft card, tire tread sandals, his old transistor radio and a pair of his old bellbottom pants. He said he has had several disguises through time, even sporting an afro at one point.

“People are getting a laugh about that when they discover those are actually my pants,” he said.

Paschen said his job is broader than many people might expect.

“I think people think that we’re up here in the tower and we don’t have any contact with people, but that’s really what we’re all about,” he said. “If you need help on learning how to do research, that’s the main thing we do.”

He said he considers the archives and special collections a service like the library, but the big difference is that the materials they have are often one of a kind. That means anyone who comes into the archives will have someone helping them one-on-one.

“You have to have some people skills, and you’ve got to understand that some people are highprofile scholars, other people are students who are scared of archives and think they can’t do research here when they’ve got as much right as anybody else does,” he said. “We’ll treat everybody the same.”

Contact College of Communication and Information reporter Rabab Al-Sharif at ralshari@kent.edu.

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Evil Geniuses seek ‘lady gamers’ Group plays board, video games weekly Michelle Bair

Daily Kent Stater It’s been over a decade since Carl Stone, a computer science Kent alumnus, was a part of the International Film Society and he became a gaming geek.

He and a friend were putting up flyers for IFS when they stumbled upon a sign that read: “Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow.”

Stone and several other gamers meet every Monday of the semester from 7 p.m. to 12:45 a . m . t o p l a y v a r i o u s b o a rd games. The club also meets the first Saturday of each month for the larger, all-day “minicon” event. A “mini-con” is a nickname used by gamers to describe a long day of playing video games.

“I wasn’t into gaming until I came here on accident because we were curious,” Stone said.

“And that is how I got involved,” he said with a grin. “I’ve been here ever since.”

Evil Geniuses President Tom Maisonville, a sophomore

political science major, said next Monday will be the last meeting for the semester, but there will still be summer meetings the first Saturday of each month.

He said they play “all sorts of games, and Saturday is the biggest turnout.”

Some passing students may have the misconception about the sub-culture of Dungeon and Dragon warriors in the Student Center who are intensely roleplaying with their swords and shields. But the Evil Geniuses also express their imagination through board games. Anyone can attend a meeting in the Gardner room on the third floor of the Student Center.

Members of the club agreed that some Saturday meetings are longer, and more people show up because they can make it that day. They said attendance varies from approximately 15 to 40 gamers, and members include Kent students, graduates and locals. Twenty four year-old Ian McFarlin travels to Kent from North Canton for the club’s meetings.

His favorite game is Arkham Horror, “Partly because it is cooperative,” he said.

Twenty seven year-old Bri-

an Prochaska and 28-year-old Daniel Cieplinski, both Kent alumni, sat at a round table with McFarlin, and they talked about their different names and all sorts of games.

“We are a club of weird names,” Prochaska said, with a laugh.

He said he also likes Arkham Horror because it’s not a game where some win or some lose.

“Instead, we all win or we all lose,” Prochacka said.

The group’s goal is to get more members—any “nerd” who is interested in playing or learning about these games.

“This is my first year,” said Andi Hirsh, a master student in library info and science. “We need more lady gamers.”

Stone and Hirsh played Twilight Struggle, a board game about the cold war.

“He’s the U.S. and I’m the U.S.S.R.,” Hirsh said.

The two of them had their game face on in the corner while the club’s creator, Jeremy Fridy, a Kent graduate with a degree in history and political science, spoke excitedly about his passion for games.

“I founded this club back in 1998,” Fridy said. “I was the vice president.”

He said that in the 90s, the

U.S. started getting games from Europe.

“Very family-friendly games that aren’t very hard,” Fridy said.

He also talked about war games from the 60s and how men in the military “made their own civilian version.”

He said that there are a lot of levels and kinds of games.

“They make games that vary in difficulty,” Fridy said. “Some are very simple and some are so mind numbingly complex they may take weeks to finish.”

He said that most members find Monopoly to be pretty boring, but he enjoys the money game called Acquire.

“I love it,” Fridy said. “The rule book is one page, it ends in about an hour and a half and it’s not difficult.”

He said wishes it were more common.

Hirsh, the only female gamer on Monday night, then jumped up and did a victory dance around Stone as he did a walk of shame to the next game.

Contact on-campus entertainment reporter at mbair1@kent.edu.

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KSU professor uses Facebook for charity Donations raise for Make-A-Wish, ASPCA Jennifer Shore

Daily Kent Stater The majority of professors prefer to keep social networking and students separated, but the quickwitted, Ray Ban-wearing professor Matthew Shank is famous for “friending” his students and, notably, using Facebook for charitable causes.

“He’s asking for participation and raising awareness at the same time at no cost to anybody,” said senior English major Brent Miller.

“It takes, at most, five to 10 seconds to participate in whatever scheme he has planned on Facebook.”

During certain holidays or points in the semester, Shank uses his status to broadcast a message to inform his “friends” that if they write on his wall, he will donate a dollar to a charity. Before spring break, Shank updated his status, which notified his students that wishing him a “Happy Spring Break” would spur a dollar donation to the Make-AWish foundation. He said he raised approximately $180 before spring break, but he also has donated hundreds of dollars for Happy birthday’s, Happy New Year’s, Happy Valentine’s day’s and happy wishes for other times over the past few years.

“I think it’s an inspiring thing to do,” said senior English major Gabz Ciofani. “(Facebook) can be a place to fuel causes and to make

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a difference.”

Shank said he mainly donates money to Make-A-Wish and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

“You can’t go wrong with kids and dogs,” Shank said. “There are so many different charities that you can give to, but I gravitate toward the ones that can’t help themselves.”

On a daily basis, Shank wears four rubber bracelets and an assortment of pins to support Make-A-Wish, ASPCA and St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. In the past, Shank has also bought bracelets to hand out to his students.

“I just throw them out in classes,” Shank said. “It’s just another way to spread the word.”

Amanda Kis, senior human

development and family studies major, requested to become friends with Shank this semester and has messaged him a few times. Most recently, Kis asked eight of her professors to help raise money for Relay for Life, and Shank was one of two professors to donate for her.

“I think people are initially surprised when I tell them that I talk to my professor on Facebook,” Kis said.

Shank said he originally joined Facebook five years ago because he overheard his students in one of his classes talking about the “Thanksgiving Should Be Changed To Shanksgiving” group they created.

“It sounded really interesting, so I joined just so I could see their

page, and that’s how it started,” Shank said.

Soon after, Shank created his own group, which is called “The Shank Pack.” At the start of every semester, he said he lets students know of his Facebook presence and encourages them to befriend him. Shank proclaims “The Shank Pack” as the coolest group on Facebook because it is dedicated to things that are cool and gives students an opportunity to contribute coolness.

For the first week or two in his freshman classes, he has his students list things that they think are cool or cool places they have been, which gets posted on the information section in his group.

“It’s just another way to introduce (the students) to the class,” Shank said. “It’s a way to have them get to know me so I’m not just a face in front of class.”

He said the main reason for being on Facebook is to make students more comfortable around him and if students think they might have fun in his class just by looking at Facebook, then it serves a good purpose.

Contact arts and sciences reporter Jennifer Shore at jshore2@kent.edu.

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Left to right: Tom Maisonville, sophomore political science major; Jacob Williams, junior computer design, animation and engineereing technology major; and Gary Peter, junior English major, play a strategic card game called Legend of the Five rings at a meeting of the Evil Geniuses.

Texas gov. shoots, kills ‘wily’ coyote during jog Perry: ‘Don’t attack my dog or you might get shot’ Jim Vertuno

Associated Press Austin, Texas — Pistol-packing Texas Gov. Rick Perry has a message for wily coyotes out there: Don’t mess with my dog.

Perry told The Associated Press on Tuesday he needed just one shot from the laser-sighted pistol he sometimes carries while jogging to take down a coyote that menaced his puppy during a February run near Austin.

Perry said he will carry his .380 Ruger — loaded with hollow-point bullets — when jogging on trails because he is afraid of snakes. He’d also seen coyotes in the undeveloped area.

When one came out of the brush toward his daughter’s Labrador retriever, Perry charged.

“Don’t attack my dog or you might get shot ... if you’re a coyote,” he said Tuesday.

Perry, a Republican running for a third full term against Democrat Bill White, is living in a private house in a hilly area southwest of downtown Austin while the Governor’s Mansion is being repaired after a 2008 fire.

A concealed handgun permit holder, Perry carries the pistol in a belt.

“I knew there were a lot of predators out there. You’ll hear a pack of

coyotes. People are losing small cats and dogs all the time out there in that community,” Perry said.

“They’re very wily creatures.”

On this particular morning, Perry said, he was jogging without his security detail shortly after sunrise.

“I’m enjoying the run when something catches my eye and it’s this coyote. I know he knows I’m there. He never looks at me, he is laser-locked on that dog,” Perry said.

“I holler and the coyote stopped. I holler again. By this time I had taken my weapon out and charged it. It is now staring dead at me. Either me or the dog are in imminent danger. I did the appropriate thing and sent it to where coyotes go,” he said.

Perry said the laser-pointer helped make a quick, clean kill.

“It was not in a lot of pain,” he said. “It pretty much went down at that particular juncture.”

Texas state law allows people to shoot coyotes that are threatening livestock or domestic animals. The dog was unharmed, Perry said.

Perry’s security detail was not required to file a report about the governor discharging a weapon, said Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Tela Mange.

“People shoot coyotes all the time, snakes all the time,” Mange said. “We don’t write reports.”

The governor left the coyote where it fell.

“He became mulch,” Perry said.

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Stark campus expands on Flash Alerts Twitter and Facebook useful to reach students Kyle Nelson

Daily Kent Stater Social networking at Kent State University Stark campus has a goal: keeping students abreast of campus events, announcements and, sometimes most importantly, class cancellations.

Stark campus has both a Facebook page and a Twitter account to communicate with its students.

Web Coordinator Julie Spotts said the Twitter page is primarily used for class cancellations, while the Facebook page has been more about announcing events, scholarship opportunities and events going on around campus.

Recent samplings of posts from the Facebook page include Earth Day announcements, winners of a photography contest on campus and a professor speaking about the Iceland volcano,

Eyjafjallajokull.

“My goal is to get a couple of things out per day and not bore people to tears because we’re constantly throwing things at them,” Spotts said. “The idea is to use it more effectively with more important information rather than a random thought.”

With Twitter, Spotts (and anyone else at the Stark campus) can run a search for any permutation of Stark to see what students and others are saying about the campus.

“It’s interesting when you hear about things,” Spotts said. “Those are being picked up by several different media and it regenerates. Through the re-tweeting, there’s a lot more information going out there.”

The Facebook page gives students more of a chance to sound off about concerns or problems they might have as it has a public wall for comments.

“When it’s a snowy day, our Facebook page pretty much gets populated with a lot of grum-

blings about having to go to class or sidewalks not being clear,” Spotts said. “It’s also one of the quickest ways we can notify students when we do cancel classes.

A lot of them do look toward Facebook and Twitter before even checking the main site.”

Students are not the only ones doing the grumbling, however.

Public Relations Coordinator Cynthia Williams sees it elsewhere.

“We don’t just get grumbling from students,” Williams said, “but parents as well.”

The Facebook and Twitter pages are also utilized in tandem with the university’s Flash Alerts system, creating a threepronged system for students who might prefer one medium to another.

“We primarily use (Twitter) to get out class cancellations as soon as we hear about them,” Spotts said. “If an individual professor cancels classes, I’ll update the Twitter as soon as we know about it.

“In also being part of mar-

keting and the PR department, I want to make sure that every little thing that’s going on around campus gets reported,” she added.

The Flash Alerts system has its problems, however.

“I think Flash Alerts are more or less a quick notification that something is going on around campus, whether it’s a weather or campus emergency,” Williams said. “Flash Alerts are only so many characters so the Facebook page and the main site are more detailed.

“People pay to come here, so we definitely want them to get their money’s worth, but we don’t want to jeopardize their health in the process. We are affecting people’s lives, but we ask people to use their best judgment when leaving for class. Getting the word out as promptly as possible is one of the big things that social networking does.”

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