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Drug arrest made in Verder Hall
A freshman advertising major was charged with trafficking marijuana yesterday morning at about 10:30 at Verder Hall. Kyle D. Martin, 18, who is a resident of Verder Hall, has for the past month sold marijuana to an undercover narcotics officer from the Portage County Drug Task Force, according to a press release issued by the Drug Task Force. Martin now faces a fifth-degree felony and additional charges are expected. The case is still an ongoing investigation, said Pat Burns, commander of the Drug Task Force. The Portage County Drug Task Force is composed of officers from the Portage County Sheriff’s Office, Kent Police Department, Aurora Police Department, Streetsboro Police Department, Garrettsville Police Department and the Portage County Prosecutor’s office.
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Hairdresser Hayley finishes the cut and style of Maitane, her client of one year, in Skullz salon in downtown Kent yesterday.
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Second trial in Kernich case begins
Cut, style, dread Skullz salon is like no other Kim Brown
Daily Kent Stater On South Water Street in downtown Kent stands Skullz Hair Salon, neatly tucked between buildings. But on the door screams a bright red, serif “Skullz Salon.” Walk in. Instant shock. Bubblegum pink walls with black trim. Jet black ceilings and speckled black linoleum floors. Walls covered with vinyl ‘80s and ‘90s rock, punk and metal records.
Posters of Kiss and Pretty Boy Floyd. Two long, black leather mod sofas. A pink shag rug. Glitter and toy skulls. The waiting room: A small TV playing an old Daria episode. Ceiling-to-wall black sheer curtains with silver glitter. Magazines from “Nylon” to “Lucky.” Books from “Film Posters Horror” to “Where’s Waldo?” Meet Lizz, a Skullz stylist. She’s petite and slender wearing dark, skinny jeans, a black top and black boots. Her hair is short and blond. She’s standing behind the tall, black wooden reception desk splattered with pink paint. Behind her: more metal and rock music records cover the entire wall of crevice behind her. Kiss. Pretty Boy Floyd. Above the desk:
a pink and clear glass chandelier. Hidden in another corner: two blue and red old bubblegum machines, desperately seeking attention in a room full of commotion. Jeremy, another Skullz stylist, comes walking in to greet his next customer. He stands tall with long, wavy, dirty blond and red hair with black highlighting underneath. His arms are covered with tattoos. He’s wearing an old cut-off T-shirt with military boots and cropped camouflage pants. A middle-aged woman walks into the waiting room from the back of the salon ready to pay, newest hair cut in place. The cut is stylish, short and light with accenting highlights. See SKULLZ, Page 5
Distance learning Experience over compensation work for focus of new position Students companies unpaid Course capacity also to be addressed Suzi Starheim
Daily Kent Stater Kent State will add a position within the Office of the Provost this summer. Robert Frank, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, said the person to be hired as associate provost of extended education will begin to solve capacity issues in all courses and advance distance education techniques. “Summer is the time when a lot of students can knock out one class and make sure they don’t get slowed down in their progress through their curriculum,” Frank said. “So a lot of students don’t do it because it’s just too complicated.” Summer classes are currently complicated because students have
a hard time finding the right course at the right time, Frank added. Frank said he hopes to see someone coming into the position who has experience with distance education, which will be one of the big issues this new person will have to advance. “We are late to the distance learning game,” Frank said. “A lot of other universities got in it more quickly than we did with more emphasis. If we are going to really have effective programs, we need to make sure that we don’t waste much more time in that area.” Distance learning includes the opportunity for students to take courses online, or in other ways that do not necessarily involve sitting in a lecture hall. To see how courses can be taken in different ways, the provost had a team of Kent State faculty members do an analysis of the capacity of courses offered across the university. See PROVOST, Page 5
Suzi Starheim
Daily Kent Stater Cory Davis will graduate next weekend with five job offers as a result of the two internships he completed while at Kent State. Like Davis, all students are encouraged now more than ever to build up their résumés with internships and other work experience before graduating from college. Davis, a senior marketing major, worked as the director of marketing and public relations for Kent State’s annual fashion show and also as a marketing intern for Don Joseph Toyota Scion for the past year. Davis said when searching for internships, there are certain things students should remember. “Sometimes the very best internship isn’t paid because it’s
the best internship,” Davis said. He also said if students want a job, they have to work for it and not take no for an answer. Davis said he got good job offers because he looked into all options that he felt may have benefitted his career and résumé. In the end, Davis chose a media coordinator position at Malone Advertising. “I found that what worked for me was to just apply to everything and anything that looked slightly appealing through the Internet career sites, company sites and Business Experience Listserv e-mails,” Davis said. The worst thing students can do to obtain a job is sit around and wait for a job to come find them, Davis said. “In my recent experience I have found that the stand-out students and leaders through the business school and other things I have been involved in around campus have had offers and have a real plan and career goal in mind,” Davis said. “On the other hand, I do know people
Jury selection began yesterday for the trial of Ronald Kelly, one of the defendants charged with the November murder of Kent State student Christopher Kernich. Potential jurors underwent rounds of questioning by both Portage County Prosecutor Connie Lewandowski and Kelly’s defense attorney, Gregory Robey, to determine the amount of media coverage they have been exposed to since the attack on Kernich. The final selection will be completed tomorrow, and jurors will be bussed to the scene of the attack in downtown Kent. Last month, jurors found Adrian Barker, 21, guilty of murder and felonious murder. He awaits sentencing. Kernich died Nov. 21, 2009, in Akron City Hospital from head injuries sustained in the assault that took place in downtown Kent six days earlier. — Jenna Staul
that are a bit stagnant and seem to be waiting for their dream job to fall into their lap.”
The push for more unpaid interns
Robert Heisler, dean of the College of Business, said the objective for the College of Business is to have 250 to 300 students completing internships each year. While internships are not mandatory to graduate, they are highly encouraged, Heisler said. “We are encouraging kids to do internships because we want students to have a real business experience,” he said. Heisler said this new trend of unpaid internships is a result of the poor economic climate. But the business department monitors unpaid internships closely. Kristin Williams, business experiences manager, is the person who monitors students’ internships to make sure that companies are not just using students as “errand runners.” See INTERN, Page 5
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Defense attorney Gregory Robey asks a prospective juror if he remembers seeing Kelly’s face in the news since Nov. 15, 2009.
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Truth Tribunal encourages healing for May 4 witnesses Suzi Starheim
Daily Kent Stater After 40 years, the Krause family still doesn’t know why their family member, Allison, was killed at Kent State on May 4, 1970. In order to find out more information about why guns were fired on May 4, Laurel Krause, sister of Allison Krause, organized the Kent State Truth Tribunal. The Truth Tribunal, which took place May 1-4 at Franklin Square Deli, located in downtown Kent, encouraged any witnesses of the shootings to finally come forward and tell their stories. At the end of the four-day long event, Laurel Krause said she estimates the Tribunal collected between 70 and 80 testimonials. The testimonials came from wounded students, people who witnessed the event and even professors who were at Kent State at the time. Overall, this was much more than the Krause family had initially anticipated. “We really didn’t have expectations,” Laurel said. “We were kind of thinking it would have been a success if we had 50.” While she hasn’t seen any of the testimonials from the Tribunal yet, she said she is ready to go home and view them all. The Tribunal encouraged participation by not only offering on-camera testimonials, but also audio, questionnaires and a separate entrance for those participants who wished to remain anonymous. Laurel said this healing experience is widespread among participants and comes from the focus of the Tribunal. “Our focus is truth, healing and harmony,” she said. The purpose of the Tribunal, which Laurel said was reached, was to find the truth.
“Forty years later, we feel it’s time for the truth to come out at Kent State in 2010,” Laurel said. “We hope that the truth and healing will arrive in Kent this year.” Among the participants at the Truth Tribunal was Doris Krause, the mother of Laurel and Allison. Doris said Allison was killed just one week after her 19th birthday and was finishing up her freshman year at Kent State. “She didn’t like what was going on in the world, and she did her bit to help try and correct things,” Doris said of Allison’s participation in May 4. Along with the sadness of losing her daughter, Doris also had to deal with the lack of acknowledgment from Kent State after Allison’s death. “I am still waiting for Kent State to inform me that Allison died,” Doris added. No one from the university called, came to the hospital or attempted to contact the family, she added. “What happened was despicable, and there certainly was enough blame to go around,” Doris Krause said adding that on May 4, 1970, administrators “shirked their duties to the students. “I’d inspire these administrators here today to be more involved with their students,” Doris added. “We’re just trying to find out the truth,” Krause said. “We’re not trying to make a judgment. We’re not trying to disrespect anyone. It’s total respect to preserve the stories.” All information gathered during the four-day event will be archived and available for public viewing at the Tamiment Library at New York University. Contact academics reporter Suzi Starheim at sstarhei@kent.edu. React to this story and more at
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Author Todd Gitlin to speak in library
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Daily Kent Stater Author, professor at Columbia University and former activist for Students for a Democratic Society Todd Gitlin will be speaking about the May 4, 1970, shootings today at 6 p.m. in the special collections classroom on the 10th floor of the library. “I’ve read his books, ‘The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage’ and “The Intellectuals and the Flag,’” said University Libraries Dean Mark Weber, who invited Gitlin to Kent State. Gitlin is the author of twelve books in all and was heavily involved in SDS, where he coordinated the Peace Research and Education Project. During that time he helped organize the first national demonstration against the Vietnam War and the first American demonstrations against corporate aid to apartheid South Africa. “He was active in SDS during the ‘60s,” Weber said. “Yet he became a scholar who has tried to view the student radicalism of the ‘60s as objectively as possible.” Weber also said Gitlin’s approach is what encouraged him to ask Gitlin to speak. “He is very straight forward about the views,” Weber said. “He points out what were the positive and negative aspects of student activism in the 1960s.” Weber also stressed that Gitlin is not an apologist for the student left of the ‘60s. The combination of Weber and the events that happened at Kent State on May 4 are what drew Gitlin to come and speak. “It was him (Dean Weber) asking me,” Gitlin said. “But Kent State occupies a place in my conscious; I was
there for the 25th anniversary.” Gitlin’s expertise on the ‘60s comes from personal experience. “I spent 10 years in the ‘60s trying to change the world,” he said. Gitlin said out of all the events that took place in the ‘60s, timing was the thing that separated May 4. “It’s not about ranking it in importance,” Gitlin said. “It’s about when it happened. May 4 happened right after the surge of anti-war protest.” Gitlin also mentioned that the events of May 4 were not only tragic, but also opened a whole new aspect to the anti-war protest. “It revealed that there were authorities willing to stop at nothing and use violence to push back political uprising.” Sophomore nursing major Ashley Spadaro has seen two May 4 ceremonies and says this one feels a little different than the first. “It seem(ed) like a lot bigger deal than last year,” Spadaro said. “I think it’s mainly because of the 40th anniversary.” Spadaro also mentioned she feels having people like Gitlin come to Kent State helps people learn a little more about the topic. “I think it’s good they bring people like him (Gitlin) here,” Spadaro said. “It really lets people that weren’t around at the time see it through someone who was there’s eyes.” Contact library and information science reporter Ryan Stainbrook at rstainb1@kent.edu. React to this story and more at
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‘The face of homelessness is changing’ Kelly Petryszyn
Daily Kent Stater Mary Kay Reese has a college degree from Walsh University in education. She taught for 26 years. She has owned two houses. She always lived comfortably. Then, while she was pregnant with her son in 1998, she was diagnosed with depression. In 2005, she transitioned from being a fulltime teacher to a substitute. Her son Jordan was diagnosed with Asperger ’s Disorder. The medical bills for Jordan started to rise, and her depression escalated to the point where she could no longer substitute teach. She hit her breaking point when her house was foreclosed on in December 2008. This past October she was hospitalized for depression. During this time, her son went into foster care for three weeks. Reese and her son had nowhere to go when she was released from the hospital so they had to stay in Miller Community House, a homeless shelter, for four months. Reese is the first to admit that she does not fit into the stereotype of a homeless person.
“ Yo u d o n ’ t k n o w w h e n you’re going to find yourself in this situation,” she said. “The face of homelessness is changing.” She is one of many who were once accustomed to a comfortable life in the middle class and then found themselves in poverty. According to statistics from the United Way 211 Portage, a resource that connects impoverished people with local social services, in 2008, 80 percent of the people they consulted were at 200 percent or below federal poverty guidelines. Then in 2009, the number of people being consulted decreased to 71.9 percent of people who were at or below 200 percent of federal poverty. Despite this decrease, the total amount of people needing services increased. This disparity reflects that middle class people need more services then in the past. Many point to the economy as the source of the increase in the need for services. Sister Denise Stiles, manager at the
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You have to want to get better. You can’t make the excuse that ‘I’m homeless, I’m helpless.’ You have to change your attitude. Mary Kay Reese
Center of Hope, a food bank in Ravenna, said other reasons for an increase are high unemployment, big medical bills and expensive utilities. The unemployment rate for Portage County in 2009 was 10.2 percent, according to Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. Stiles can recall a young man who came in desperate for food. He lost his job and his wife got sick. The staff was touched by his story and gave him a few extra loaves of bread. He was so thankful that he hugged and kissed everyone who helped him. Then he came in a week later with money to repay the staff for their generosity. At first, Stiles wouldn’t take his money, but he insisted. She realized that offering the
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small sum of money was his way of giving back, so she took it as a donation to the food bank. Stiles said she has had many people who have scheduled appointments for assistance cancel at the last minute. She said this is because people who are used to providing for themselves have to work up the courage to ask for help. Jen Matlack, program director of Housing Emergency Support Service, has seen the same behavior among middle class people who come into Portage County Job and Family Services. They are often scared or embarrassed
to be seen in the agency, Matlack said. She said she feels that initially asking for help is a shot to their pride. Eventually she has seen them drop the do-it-yourself mindset and start to become more comfortable seeking assistance. Navigating the system of social services presents a problem for middle class people since they are so new to it. Many of the programs have extensive paper work to fill out and a substantial waiting time before the service is started, said Erin Dunbar, vice president of community services and director of 211 Portage. For example, the food stamp program takes up to 30 days before the stamps are received. Reese said she is not embarrassed to ask for help. She has learned how to tap into the resources available through Portage County. Currently, she is living in a house provided by the Portage Area Transitional Housing program. She is constantly seeking support through various programs for her son’s Asperger’s
Disorder. Reese also gets help from Medicaid to pay his costly medical bills. She views her spout of temporary poverty as a chance to start over. “You have to want to get better,” she said. “You can’t make the excuse that ‘I’m homeless, I’m helpless.’ You have to change your attitude.” The demand for services has remained steady since the start of the year. The requests received by 211 Portage have slightly decreased over the first few months of 2010, according to 211 Portage data. In the meantime, Reese is going to start applying for teaching or substitute teaching jobs for the fall. Reese has always been helping people, but this time she needs help. And she is thankful that she has found support she needs to begin her journey of overcoming poverty. Contact public affairs reporter Kelly Petryszyn at kpetrysz@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com
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DID YOU KNOW? On this day in 1994, a rail tunnel under the English Channel was officially opened, connecting Britain and the European mainland for the first time since the Ice Age. — History.com
Flower children in full bloom It’s May 6, and just two days ago, the flower children came out of the woodwork and into Kent to take part in the memorial of the shooting deaths of four Kent State students by Ohio National Guardsmen, 40 years ago on May 4, 1970. With graying hair now and crow’s feet around their eyes, they sported peace signs and bluejean vests and outrageous bell-bottoms as they gathered in large numbers on the Commons. They danced to beatnik music, participated in the anti-war protests of today’s world and lit candles at the vigil. It was a day of remembrance not just for Allison, Jeffrey, William and Sandra, but for a generation. The May 4 celebration embodies everything I love about university life. It is the exploration of what it means to question authority, develop informed opinions and speak out when human rights and the rule of law are being disregarded. Indeed, student groups like Amnesty International, the Student Anti-War Committee, UNICEF — these are all extensions of the kinds of 1960s social movements that have changed our world for the better. Even so, for current students, May 4 has become a cliché. It’s true we are bombarded with a ridiculous amount of information in orientation classes and student media. And every student has had this conversation at least once in their lives: Person: “So where do you go to school?” Kent State student: “Um, Kent State.” P e r s o n : “ Wa i t , i s n ’ t t h a t where...” Student (sheepishly): “Yeah... it is.” We learn so much about May 4 that it’s easy to be disconnected from what actually happened 40 years ago Tuesday. The pictures of dust rising from the Commons after the first shots were fired, of an anguished Mary Ann Vecchio crouched over the dead body of Jeffrey Miller — these are just pictures. May 4 is not easy to forget on campus. But it is easy to ignore. Indeed, during the week’s festivities, I found myself
Christopher Hook wondering: Why do we place so much importance on such a small moment in history? I immediately answered my own question. While social studies textbooks often just hit the highlights of presidencies, wars and social movements, it is the small moments, like Rosa Parks refusing to abdicate her seat on a bus, that give momentum to larger movements, like the signing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. Similarly, with the anti-war protestors. Though it took the deaths of four young adults, the shootings and protests at Kent State helped to galvanize public opinion against the Vietnam War, and ultimately bring the troops home. Little moments in time, each one a little tree root, all grow together to form one giant tree of change. Every May 4, without fail, I am reminded by this. During the year, inundated with May 4 thisand-that, I just want to scream to the sky, “Alan Canfora, could you just drop it?!” But then, as I see the flower children in full bloom every 4th, I imagine the fear that must have run down the veins of 20-year-old protestors as they, armed with nothing more than joints and peace necklaces, were being shot at by their national government. I see up-close the emotions May 4 stirs up in the hearts of my parent’s generation. The passion of the 1960s. And the reminder to us all that wars still rage, injustices still happen and people still need to stand up. Christopher Hook is a junior international relations and French major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at chook@kent.edu. React to this story and more at
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SUMMARY: Tuition prices are on the rise, financial aid remains the same and the middle class is shrinking. If we don’t fix it now, we’re going to find ourselves in a world full of jobs we’re not qualified for and living in our parents’ basement.
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e’ve all heard it. Some of us have probably felt it: Inflation is on the rise. While college students are trying to cut back on expenses, they’re not the only ones cutting corners. As tuition prices continue to grow nationwide, financial aid options struggle to keep up and students are finding it more difficult to keep up. While President Obama recently introduced the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, it may not be enough for today’s student. Of course, once we graduate, our loans will be capped at 10 percent of our income. For some, loan forgiveness might be an option — among others there are military workers, teachers and people in medicine who could benefit. But still, it is still important to remember that everyone won’t qualify to be “forgiven.” Then there are always all those people who spend four years in college and can’t find a job.
Granted, we don’t live in a perfect, cookiecutter world. A lot of people face some sort of financial turmoil in their lives, but it is happening to people at younger ages, who have a hard time asking mom and dad for help because the recession affects them, too. Eventually, those in the middle class and below aren’t even going to try attending college. It’s becoming less affordable, and people find it easier to skip higher education now and go back later. With a mindset like that, the middle class will surely continue to shrink. The college appeal is diminishing. Instead of getting the full college experience — finding one’s self, meeting lifelong friends and, of course, getting an education —students are giving up their priorities of being a student and making them second on their list, right behind a menial part-time job or two that hardly pays enough to cover rent.
Upon graduation, instead of finding a job in a new city, we’re packing up our stuff and heading back home. Something about this picture seems backward. If our communities continue this way, we’ll have a spiral downfall. The middle class will get increasingly smaller. The line between the upper and lower classes will become more definite. Fewer people will be educated. Fewer jobs requiring skills will exist. And so on. Sure, we live in America. We grew up to our parents and teachers telling us we can do anything we want someday. Too bad they never warned us how hard it would be. The above editorial is the consensus opinion of the Daily Kent Stater editorial board, whose members are listed to the left. React to this story and more at KentWired.com
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The Sports Boy (or Big Cheese) rankings Back in Fall 2008, when I was just the lowly assistant sports editor of the Stater, my boss, Joe “Brock” Harrington, gave me a nickname: The Sports Boy. The nickname had two inspirations. One, it was based off “The Sports Guy,” a column written by ESPN sports writer Bill Simmons. And two, it represented the fact that I was seen as the little brother of the sports staff, the one who was always picked on. Needless to say, I hated the nickname. Three semesters later, however, with a new job (editor) and a new nickname (“The Big Cheese,” which I jokingly gave myself and which has unfortunately stuck), I find myself missing my sports days. And with this being my senior column, I’m drawing some inspiration from Simmons and ranking the top 1,000 things at Kent State. Unfortunately, we don’t have room for 1,000, so I’m going to pick and choose. Here goes nothin’: 1,000: The Bursar’s Office’s efficiency. Don’t believe me? Try calling them in the summer when you have a question about your tuition bill. If you talk to someone within an hour, you’re lucky. 989: The “You Belong Here” banners. Because everyone knows the best way to attract prospective students is to post huge, stalkerish photos of current students on the side of campus landmarks. 943: Parking Services. For my first threeand-a-half years at Kent State, I had no idea
Doug Gulasy why people hated Parking Services so much. Then I got two tickets in a week. Now I know. 837: The football team. Sorry to hate on a fellow Doug, but Kent State coach Doug Martin is 24-46 in seven seasons. And the entire program has won just one Mid-American Conference title in 59 years as a conference member. Good, right? 774: The weather. When it’s nice outside, the campus is beautiful. Unfortunately, most of the time we have Goldilocks weather: too hot, too cold, too windy, too snowy, too rainy, etc. 684: The distance to the rec center. By the time you walk there, you’re done with your workout. That makes a lot of sense. 500: Architecture studio. I just hope the people who can relate are conscious enough to read my column this morning. 289: The food. And it’s only this high because of Crustano’s wraps. 100: Lester Lefton. Sure, the celebrity he’s most like is Oscar the Grouch. But you can’t deny he’s good at his job. Kent State would be a lot worse off financially without him.
43: Stopher-Johnson halls: Without a doubt the best dorms on campus. 13: The women’s golf team. In contrast to the football team, these Flashes have won 12 MAC titles in a row. 10: The Daily Kent Stater. I’m biased, of course, but I think we do a pretty good job. 3: The professors. I’ve had some bad ones, but I’ve had a lot more great ones: John Harris, Matthew Shank, Chris McVay, Jon Secaur, Thomas Watkins, Curtis Reynolds, Carl Schierhorn, Jan Leach, etc. I’d recommend all of them. 2: May 4. Go to a commemoration and you’ll see what I mean. We go to a university that changed history. How many other college students can say that? 1. The people: I don’t care if you’re (in sports editor Cody Francis’ words) a bro, homebody, meathead, javahead or hipster. You’ll meet some great people at Kent State, people who will become lifelong friends. I know I have, and that (plus all the above reasons) is why I’m going to miss this place like hell when I’m gone. That may be cheesy, but it’s also true. Doug Gulasy is a senior newspaper journalism major and editor of the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at dgulasy@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com
A FINAL TOAST: Senior columns
Goodbye, Kent State I started my series of columns with welcoming everybody to Kent State by stating that every student of this university is very lucky to be a part of our diverse community. I haven’t changed my mind. I just can’t believe that I am about to start writing my final words for the newspaper that has been my friend for the past four years. It means that I have reached the end. I hardly can believe it, by the way. Kent State has been my life for the past four years. Four years ago, I was a lost freshman on this campus who couldn’t speak much English. I didn’t know where to go to fix my computer, I didn’t know how to schedule my classes by myself, I didn’t know that I would fall in deep love with Kent State. Four years ago when I looked at the required list of courses to graduate, it seemed to be impossible to do. I was thinking to myself, “Darn! Four years! 2010 will never come.” Well, guess what? It did in a heartbeat. It’s 2:32 a.m. right now and by now I have re-written this column four times. I still cannot come up with one theme or story that could summarize my feelings about Kent State. I don’t know what was more exciting and interesting: eating at Rosie’s at 3:30 a.m. with best friends, scaring black squirrels, having heated but friendly arguments between College Republicans and Democrats, attend-
Anastasia Spytsya ing sporting events, walking in silence every May 4 night, spending countless hours in the library looking for that one particular government document for that paper, learning from our brilliant professors, pulling all-nighters to get an A in class, enjoying Jazzman’s coffee, reading the Stater, meeting new people from all over the world who inspired me to become a better person and to learn more, having a column due every week and getting e-mails from my readers (thank you, guys!) or everything else that was my life for the past four years. There is really no theme or story that can begin to summarize my time at Kent State. None of whatever I just listed can completely retell my journey at Kent State. And I refuse to discredit all the people who changed my life and all of the life-changing experiences this university has given me by not listing
them in this column. To make the story short: This school has given me everything I ever asked for. To all underclassmen, take off your gray glasses and look around. I can guarantee that you will see a wonderful world at Kent State full of greatness. Take pride for being a Kent State student. To all seniors: I hope each of you takes some time between now and graduation to think about exactly what your four years has meant to you and how they will take this experience to better yourselves in the future. Dear Kent State, and everyone and everything who make up our community, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the unforgettable and priceless experience. I am absolutely honored to be an almost Kent State graduate and if I could go back in time, I would not have done a damn thing differently. To the class of 2010, I congratulate you. We did it! Anastasia Spytsya is a senior Russian translation major and political science minor and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at aspytsya@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com
Trees and students stand as one May 4, 1970, will forever be engrained in the history of the people and students of Kent, Ohio. A nation watched as four students were shot dead during that day of protest, as war raged on and as the policing powers of the United States grew within the campus. From that day on, every anniversary of the shootings is observed by the university and the town with speakers, poets, art and vigils held in honor of those who believed in the right to dissent. A year after the tragic events, the university planted four trees to commemorate the lives of the slain students, trees that were planted as “a healing gesture.” In 1978, the May 4 Task Force
asked the president of Kent State to immediately remove the trees, as they apparently deceived the view of how the National Guardsmen trooped over the hill and the line of fire they had. Recently, the May 4 Task Force has demanded this action be fulfilled, and today I say enough is enough. What is the purpose of destroying the trees that are there to commemorate the lives of Jeffery Miller, Allison Krause, William Schroeder and Sandra Scheuer? Though there are many accounts of how the National Guard approached the students and how the shootings were initiated, the fact of the matter is that May 4 happened. It was an event that we must learn and grow
Thisanjali Gangoda from in order to understand the value of the right to protest freely. Mulling over such a petty matter as the placement of the four trees is counterproductive to what the whole anti-war movement was about, not to mention the cost of cutting them down or even uprooting and then replanting them. It isn’t worth the trouble.
These trees are innocent pawns in the politics of the May 4 Task Force and the university administration. They are in no way “obstructing” the history of May 4 and the lessons that are to be learned from that day. They are there as a quiet reminder of lost souls and broken futures. They are there so May 4 will never happen again. The Stater article about the commemorative trees quoted Nora Rodriquez, co-chair of the May 4 Task Force, as saying, “It makes it look like they shot through all these trees into the parking lot, like they couldn’t see where they were shooting. They knew where they were shooting.” Such suspicions of the univer-
sity administration and the U.S. government wanting to distract people from the truth are unreasonable because of the massive national and international news converges about the events. There are documented eyewitness accounts of the shootings, describing in detail of how the Ohio National Guard moved in on the students and the nature of the protest. Admittedly there are times when I wonder of secret government plots and corporate influences on perceptions of history, the possibility of cover-ups that mask the reality of past events. But nevertheless, I don’t think that the removal of these trees is a pertinent issue to the events of
May 4 and the processes that are needed to move on from that day. May 4, 1970, is a lesson to all of us about the importance of open dialogue and the freedom to dissent without government violence and coercion. These trees stand tall with the students of Kent State and the history of May 4, 1970. Don’t cut them down or remove them out of bitter suspicion and paranoia. Let them be as they are — in peace.
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SKULLZ Cut, style, dread Follow Jeremy through the hall. On the left of the door: a sign reading, “Shoes and shirts required. Bras and panties optional.” Down the hall: two large cartoons of painted doves in front of a pink merchandise counter. Red skulls, black T-shirts with the Skullz logo. Skullz keychains. More pink walls with black trim. On the right: the nail and skin room, brightly accented in neon green paint. The break room: a vault left from when the building was a bank. A silver vault door stands wide open in front of a normal card table. Farther down the corridor: A leopard-painted cross on a black painted canvas. On the left is the office of Angelique, the owner. Angelique is dressed in a black, swaying summer dress with black leather boots clinging to her feet. She too, possesses several body tatFrom Page 1
PROVOST Distance learning focus of new position
Frank said this analysis showed that most courses are only running at about 68 percent of their capacity. In other words, 32 percent of the seats are empty in most classes. Because of the lack of thought behind course capacity, the team of faculty did a university-wide
Thursday, May 6, 2010 | Page A5 toos placed carefully on her body. This is the salon’s third location in two and a half years, needing to expand for more space and better location. Angelique says she would like to even expand to a second location eventually. Skullz Salon came as an, “act of God,” she says, after only starting with $3,000 and after she attended beauty school then worked in Columbus and Kent salons. She never intended on going to beauty school and originally planned on going into forensic science. The four stylists, Angelique, Lizz, Jeremy and Hayley, provide an array of services ranging from styling, coloring, skin and nail care and, yes, even dread locking. Skullz also has one masseuse. “Most of our clientele is college students, but we still get all kinds of customers, like ‘Hudson moms,’” Angelique says with a smile. “Why should getting your hair cut not be fun?” “It’s a genuine, fun atmosphere and very laid back,” she says. Angelique says it’s difficult finding the right stylists and she has been content with the other three she works with.
“I’m investing so much time into this place, you know? Finding someone takes time,” she says. “However, I want the stylists to feel like it’s a part of them, too, as they contribute.” After Angelique’s office, further down the hall: a wash and dry room, still neon green. Finally we come to the styling room: Walls covered in graffiti artwork. Cartoon cats. Women. Hearts. Star. Like art fighting against television. Art wins. Above: A drop ceiling, still black, with white trim. The floor: still black with white specks. Above: large black chandelier in the middle of the ceiling. Six work stations, each original to itself. One: magazine clippings and pictures everywhere. Another: a shelf of rock ’n’ roll dolls. A third: a Freddy Krueger life-size cutout standing next to the station. In a corner: a boom box blaring punk and rock music. An Etch-A-Sketch sits on pink velvet waiting seats. Despite all that, it’s a clean place to get your hair styled. There’s no smell. Styling tools are put away. Flashes of conversation: Old
VH1 shows and drag queens. Car repairs. Drinking and turning 21. Angelique creates dreads in her customer’s hair. He sits quietly in a smock with a pattern of dice and playing cards. The dreading process seems long. Teasing, twisting, separating, shaping, rolling, repeat. Again. And again. Lizz walks back, grabs something and leaves for the front, which seems so distant from this room. Angelique teasingly tells her to tell another stylist to wash the waiting room floor — but be frugal with the cleaner — unlike the last time. Angelique calls for a quick break from the dreadlocking. Out front another middle-aged woman with blond hair walks through the door and into the salon, ready for a cut. Sometimes the look of the haircut is normal. But the look of the salon is not.
analysis of every class offered. They then analyzed how many students were in each course and saw how that compared to the overall capacity of the course. Along with the issue of distance education and course capacity, Frank said the new administrator will have to determine the tuition and fees for courses conducted by distance learning, how it is coordinated across different campuses and then fix all of the “little mechanical stuff” that students have to use when registering for
these types of courses. “Right now, it falls between the cracks in the provost’s office and the colleges, and that’s one of the reasons we haven’t really advanced it,” Frank said. “We want somebody who comes in here every day and that’s their number one agenda that day is to make sure we advance those issues.” While Frank said he feels the university will benefit from the new administrator, he said there will be hesitation from some faculty members.
“Everybody would like to see us add people into the faculty, but we have to have some people to do these other things to make the faculty’s work happen,” Frank added. Applications will be accepted through May 13 for the position, and the provost said he expects to make a choice by June.
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INTERN Experience over compensation “We require the employer to submit a job description form before we will even post it for students to let them know it’s available,” Williams said. “We want to make sure the students are getting a wholesome learning experience.” The school looks at paid and unpaid internships for its students. Williams said they look at both so students are not limited to the shrinking number of paid internships. “While we are definitely seeing an increase in unpaid options, only 35 percent of our students are unpaid,” Williams said. “We are seeing bigger organizations and corporations switching to unpaid, but we’re still seeing a good number of paid internships coming in.” Robert Frank, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, said while he would ideally like to see each student obtain a paid internship, pay is not always necessary to find a good one. “The truth is if a student can manage to get into one of these unpaid internships, their probability of success for moving into the job market goes up substantially,” Frank said. While Frank admits he doesn’t like the trend of internships becoming unpaid, he said having an internship does have “a lot of upsides for kids.” “They get insight into the kinds of work they are interested in,” Frank added. “They get a lot of mentoring experience about how to perform that doesn’t necessarily result in you losing a job and it helps you network.”
Drawing the line Williams said that while many students are being hired as
unpaid interns, they are not just used as a source of free labor. “When it’s unpaid, they are meeting the National Labor Board’s guidelines,” she said. “It takes time and energy and resources for that business to really set up a good experience for that student.” Determining if the internship will be a good experience is something students have to analyze before committing to the job, Frank said. This involves looking into the tasks students will be expected to complete during the internship. Frank added students should always know the tasks they will have prior to signing on the dotted line. “In general, anything that you get that is very aligned with what you hope to do in the future is probably advantageous to you,” Frank said. “To me, the line is how close is it to what you really aspire to do, and if it’s close, I’d say to a student, ‘I encourage you to consider that.’” Davis agreed with this by saying that if students have to pick between two internships, always look at the experiences of each and what you are going to get out of it. Students should make sure the internships are good résumé builders because so many people with degrees are applying for jobs. “You kind of have to stand out against everybody else because so many people are getting a degree that you can’t just have a degree,” Davis said. “If you really want to get the job that you want, you can’t just wait back and let something happen. You have to go out and get it.” Davis said students looking for internships should always weigh the value of the internship on the experience it offers rather than the paycheck. Contact academics reporter Suzi Starheim at sstarhei@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com
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Three pieces of art commissioned for ‘Sculpture Mile’ Office of the Architect commissioned public art for Esplanade Aaron Kinney
Daily Kent Stater Art enthusiasts rejoice: Three new public art works will be installed along the Esplanade this summer. The pieces were commissioned as part of the Percent for Art Program, which requires that 1 percent of state funds of $4 million or more received to build or renovate be used “for the acquisition, commissioning and installation of art work,” a c c o rd i n g t o t h e O h i o A r t s Council’s Web site. The site goes on to mention that more than 100 projects have been installed under the program, both in major cities and small communities. Kent State’s own venture, now called the Sculpture Mile, started as the idea of Thomas Euclide, executive director of facilities planning and operation. The Esplanade is currently about half a mile long. “He got the idea from some things he’d seen in other cities,” said Beth Ruffing, assistant director of capital design and construction.
Ruffing said the Esplanade was ideal for sculptures because there were already several places for them. Euclide said the long-term goal is to extend the Esplanade to downtown Kent and add pieces along the way. The extension will make the path about an actual mile, rather than a figurative one. “It’ll be an exciting way to explore the city and the university by following the artwork back and forth and reading about it and learning about the artists,” Euclide said. The city of Kent has received a $750,000 grant to offset the cost of extending the Esplanade into downtown, Euclide said. The university is acquiring properties for the extension, but a route has not been chosen. The Office of the University Architect chose three artists for the Sculpture Mile after narrowing down candidates from those who responded to an announcement seeking applications. The finalists came to the university to develop proposals, and a single artist was chosen for each project. Ruffing said the “landmark” acquisition of art, which includes more than four other pieces across the campus, will reflect very well on the university as the centennial celebrations draw near. “The forging of a stronger link between the university and
the city will be enhanced by having a walkway that extends in and through the city,” Ruffing said. “And the art will draw people to take that walk.”
‘Star Sphere’
Susan Ewing, associate dean of Miami University’s school of fine arts, is working on “Star Sphere,” a stainless steel sphere comprised of interlocking circles with a star cut out of the center. “It’s what is removed that has the power,” Ewing said. Ewing said it’s part of a series on stars. She’s been working with star images for about 13 years, since living in the Czech Republic, where she said stars are featured prominently as decorations. “Star Sphere” will be placed outside Franklin Hall, the journalism and mass communications building, and will have text pertaining to the first amendment inscribed around its edges. Ewing said the star is meant to pertain to newspapers, many of which feature the word “star” in their names. It also relates to the power of photojournalism, which “changed the direction of America” in 1970 after the Kent State shootings.
‘Eye To Eye’
Barry Gunderson, a professor of art at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, is creating “Eye To Eye,” a welded aluminum
abstraction of two heads facing each other in deep thought. “Every public art piece I do, I try to find some relation to the site so it’s not just being plopped into place,” said Gunderson who has been a professional artist for 40 years, teaching at Kenyon for 36. “Eye To Eye” will be installed in front of the psychology building, Kent Hall, facing Terrace Drive. Gunderson said in this case, psychology, “where researchers are exploring what goes on in individuals’ minds,” was his influence. In turn, he said, “the subject is also trying to figure out what is going on in the researcher ’s mind.”
‘Athleta’
Cleveland sculptor Giancarlo Calicchia, is contributing the third piece, “Athleta,” a carved granite boulder surrounded by smaller stone carvings. “Athleta,” which Calicchia’s proposal calls a tribute to the ideal of “man and his search for excellence,” is set to be placed south of the Kent Hall addition, ascending the hill toward the water towers. Calicchia’s proposal described “Athleta” as a representation of the vigor and idealism of the human spirit. He’s been working with wood and stone sculptures for more than 10 years. “’Athleta’ and its surround-
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ing figures are involved in an emerging narrative which reveals their legacy as the preeminent witnesses of life’s evolution,” the proposal said.
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horoscope By Linda Black Today’s birthday (5/6/10). Your creative potential comes into focus this year, leading to productivity that covers every last detail. You sense inner processes that had remained hidden from consciousness until now. Develop them now and remember them forever. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 6. Imaginative ideas pop up in the most unexpected places. An older person dwells on details while a younger person applies information and action.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is an 8. Ideas focus on small details that can produce perfect results. Each word is a gem that carries more than one meaning. Review both concept and delivery.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 7. Now’s the time to dream up a creative menu. You may need to hunt for ingredients. Do the cooking yourself for best results.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 5. Cast your ideas into the wind. Associates catch them and weave them into a tapestry of words and images. You love the results.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) Today is a 6. People bring all sorts of ideas to the table. You must decide which one to pursue first, then gather the materials you need.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 7. Without revealing your strategy, get down to details in your assessment of a creative project. Dollars and sense play a big part in determining how to move forward.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is a 5. You have everything you need to accomplish your goals today. Your unique ideas can easily be shared with the right people. Get moving when you hear “yes.”
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 6. Weigh your urge for independence against your partner’s needs. Creative use of time lets you take care of both.
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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 6. Co-workers address bottom-line issues early. Everything can be worked out with creative ideas. Give everyone time to contribute before final decisions are made. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 9. An old-fashioned idea grabs hold, and you run with it. Maybe you’ve found an antique, or an old poem that conveys your heartfelt message. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 9. Although you feel the urge to take independent action, you’ll get better results by following the lead of an older associate. You’ll get your shot later. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 6. Every idea that surfaces has potential. You can’t do it all at once, so let a senior person choose. Save the other possibilities for later.
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ARTS. LIFE. LEISURE.
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The rise of vampires Class teaches progession of the fictional creatures in pop culture Michelle Bair | Daily Kent Stater
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nce lurking in the dark shadows of a Transylvanian fortress, vampires have changed from eerie villains, like Count Dracula, to sexy action heroes, like Edward Cullen. Pop culture has officially diversified the vampire character in movies, film and literature by allowing romance between vampires and humans. “We have made him attractive, younger, sexier, hotter and more like us,” said instructor Mark Dawidziak during his class about the evolution of vampire entertainment. Dawidziak has been a television and film critic for 30 years, a vampirefiction writer, an editor for a collection of works and the course instructor for one of several entertainment courses on campus that students have the option to register for next semester. Vampires on Film and Television is an upper-division, three credit-hour course offered through the School of Journalism and Mass Communication on Mondays from 5:30 to 8:15 p.m. in Franklin Hall. “We don’t discuss the blood drinking or cults,” said Dawidziak. “It’s strictly entertainment.” He explained that each vampire generation “feeds” off the previous political and social issues throughout history. Books and television series often inspire vampire films. Dawidziak gives the class handouts that highlight and summarize the “vamp” evolution with photos to go with them. He said some weeks the class watches full movies, and other weeks they watch several clips. Each week there is a discussion about the vampire character’s transformation and how it is perceived by society. Not only does this phenomena fascinate Dawidziak, there is a whole sub genre of supernatural study that goes far beyond “Twilight” and “True Blood.” Davis Patterson, English professor at the Kent Tuscarawas campus, said she has always been interested in gothic fiction. She has published critical essays on vampires, and even her doctoral dissertation was about the infamous bloodsuckers. “I use to watch Saturday afternoon Pittsburgh shows with my father, including the old “Godzilla” and “Chilly Billy Cardilly,” said Patterson. “It was happy bonding.” She said gothic, fantasy and science fiction subject matters have been lifelong interests of hers, and she thanks her father for that. Patterson said she is familiar with the vampire subculture, but she hasn’t witnessed it firsthand. “The vampire is a rotting corpse back to feed on its family, essentially,” she said. “They hate garlic because it smells worse than a rotting corpse.” Those traits, Patterson explained, are more common in traditional vampires. Current trends seize a subculture that lacks “blood drinking and letting,” she said Through Patterson’s journey of exploring the vampire sub type and other parts of the supernatural world, she said she found some “interesting trends.” She concluded, after years of research and observation, male authors tend to write about
vampires as monstrous and evil. “When women write about vampires, there is a sympathetic heart of the storyline and characters you can identify with,” she said. She mentioned that this trend isn’t true all the time, but she noticed it happening a lot. Patterson said paranormal romance is huge, but she has not seen or read “Twilight” or “True Blood.” “The biggest reason I haven’t touched “Twilight” is because I am burnt out from vampire romance,” she said. “The plots are basically the same and there are enough similarities to make me roll my eyes.” Patterson said she knows a lot more fans of “True Blood,” and some are prominent scholars who are not fans of “Twilight.” “There is a good deal of criticism,” she said. Greg Shultz, a junior air traffic control major, said he tried watching both “True Blood” and “Twilight,” but he didn’t like either of them. “They just don’t interest me at all,” he said. “There are too many vampire-themed movies and shows out right now.” Although Shultz didn’t take the course, and probably never will, opinions like his are part of what make Dawidziak’s course interesting. As a writing course, students are required to write a midterm research paper and a final analytical essay. Dawidziak said grades are based on accuracy, grammar, spelling, research, structure, and creativity. Student participation impacts grades as well. Miranda Reed, a junior electronic media production major, said that she learned a lot about how vampires in fiction started out as men, but in the myths around the world they are all about women. “My favorite part about the class is the history behind the movies and my least favorite is the length of the class,” she said. “Mark is amazing,” she added. “He knows so much and is very passionate about what he wants to tell you. I love ‘True Blood,’ ‘Vampire Diaries’ and ‘Twilight.’ “It has been a long road for the ugly villain to turn into the sexy action hero, but it gives people food for thought as to where vampires will pop up next in movies.” Contact on-campus entertainment reporter Michelle Bair at mbair1@kent.edu.
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Taboos make their way to the mainstream The wild and bizarre become social norms Darren D’Altorio
Daily Kent Stater Let’s say a married man who just got his nipples pierced decides to smoke a joint while having a threesome with another man and a woman, who isn’t his wife, after eating a gluttonous meal and imbibing potent alcoholic drinks. How many taboos is this man embracing or violating? It depends on a person’s social and cultural frame of reference. But
adultery, body modification, drug and alcohol use, homosexuality and overeating are all considered taboos in various cultures, even here in America. And that’s just a minute fraction of the perceived taboos that exist in the world. According to Gordon Marshall’s “Dictionary of Sociology,” the contemporary understanding of taboo is “a social and often sacred prohibition put upon certain things, people or acts, which render them untouchable or unmentionable.” By default of human curiosity and a need to understand, that definition is being violated. Taboos have become a topic of scientific and social exploration, especially through documentary, anthropological and sociological studies. Like many rituals and cultural practices throughout the world, what is considered taboo in one culture is
wholly embraced in another culture. For example, in Asian and Pacific Island cultures, receiving a tattoo is a sacred ritual that is deeply rooted in their cultural history. But, as I learned from a Rastafarian cab driver in Belize, tattoos are taboo for Rastafarians. He pointed to the ink on the inside of my right arm and told me that is not allowed for Rastafarians because Ja, which is the name Rastafarians use to refer to God, has blessed our bodies by creating them in his image. He said tattoos desecrate that image. Throughout modern American history, tattoos’ taboo status has diminished, and they are being embraced by popular culture. Other taboo topics, like nudity and adultery, are still looming reminders that certain behaviors are still considered taboo in America. According to a 2009 Gallup poll,
respondents said extramarital affairs are more taboo and unacceptable than suicide, cloning, abortion and medical testing on animals. Ninetytwo percent of people who took the poll said extramarital affairs are morally wrong. Coming in a close second was polygamy, the practice of having multiple marital partners. According to the same poll, 62 percent of respondents said divorce and the death penalty were morally acceptable. Contrast that notion to previous American social ideals, where divorce was highly frowned upon and considered an extreme taboo. It illustrates that taboos, like language or societies in general, are living, shifting organisms that feed off and reflect societal norms. Last summer, The New York Times published an article concerning nudity and children. Some
parents said that in the unrelenting summer heat, letting children run around naked is a perfectly acceptable way to make them more comfortable. Others said it’s inexcusable and uncivilized behavior. Uncivilized — one might wonder what a family who lives in the scorching Serengeti or the jungles of South America would say to this notion that nudity is equated with an uncivilized existence? Exploring taboos has often led to this finger pointing. Look at the debate surrounding same-sex marriage in America. Some lawmakers and politicians speak to their constituents, citing Bible verses to defend the idea that marriage is reserved for a man and a woman. At the same time, advocates argue against those notions, trying to dispel those ideas as being taboo in a progressive, modern society.
Because of globalization, people are finding it necessary to understand how other cultures operate. The world is not physically shrinking, but information sharing is redefining the idea of a community. This is affecting the existence of taboos. National Geographic, in an effort to illuminate taboos across the world, has filmed a series of documentary episodes entitled, simply, “Taboo.” Topics range from drug cultures, prostitution and human sex trafficking, nudist colonies, body modification and obesity. Contact features reporter Darren D’Altorio at ddaltor@kent.edu.
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The Loft Miller Lite—$1.50 mugs, $7 pitchers. Labatt Blue—$8 pitchers. Snake bite, mini beer and Long Island Iced Teas— $3. Incredible Hulk—$3.50. Cherry and grape bombs— $2.50. Digger’s Coors light bottle—$1.50. Cherry and grape bombs—$2. Franklin Square Deli Monday— Kielbasi and Kraut. Tuesday — Southside Hot Pastrami. Wednesday — Kent’s best Reuben. Thursday — Louisiana BBQ Pork. Friday — uptown Pot Roast. Saturday— A1a Roast Beef. Riverside Wine Happy hour is from 4 to 7 p.m. with $1 off drafts. Mondays and Tuesday have no corking fee so patrons pay retail price to drink wine in restaurant. Professor’s Pub Half off drafts for the first half of every Cavs game. All bombs—$2. Pabst Blue Ribbon— $3. Euro Gyro Small one-topping pizza — $5. Philly Steak sub — $5. Chicken hoagie sub — $5. Gyros — $5. Any pizza pita — $5. Wednesday — $5 large one-item pizza for pick-up only.
Are you a cheater? Kelley Stoklosa
Daily Kent Stater Infidelity is our society’s dirty little secret. “Cheating is wrong on moral, social and ethical grounds,” said Prabin Regmi, business graduate student. “It breaks families, relationships and trust.” But thanks to Tiger Woods and John Edwards, we know people are cheating. If cheating is so wrong, yet everyone seems to be doing it, maybe the definition of infidelity should be examined. A survey of 25 Kent State students was conducted. Twelve of those surveyed were women and 13 were men. Each student was asked to answer yes or no to a series of questions about infidelity. Where do you stand on infidelity? Tell us what you think at KentWired.com. Every student surveyed said they thought sex with someone other than their significant other qualified as cheating.
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The consequences of cheating are printed at the bottom of every syllabus on campus, but that doesn’t stop dozens of students from submitting work that is not their own each semester. The best way to avoid cheating accusations is to understand what plagiarism really means. Students come to college unprepared to write scholarly works. “Sloppy work, failure to differentiate between a student’s work and a source’s work is unacceptable, but may say more about the high school education,” said David Odell-Scott, chair of the philosophy department. Students should understand what a cited paper looks like. It is OK to use someone else’s words as long as you have given that person credit. “We need to shift attention from focusing on words to ideas,” said Writing Commons Director Jeanne Smith. Smith said she sees students all the time who feel strange about citing someone else’s words in a paper, but they don’t realize that it is normal in an academic setting.
disciplinary action. “As a teacher, it’s my job to show them how to use sources. You see more problems when you don’t help with drafts,” Smith said. The writing commons in the library can also help students.
Drake to perform at M.A.C. today
Evaluate the situation “Student’s need to ask the question, ‘Will this give the appearance that I am cheating?’” said Odell-Scott. Earbuds dangling around the neck, visible cell phones and wandering eyes are red flags during an exam. Electronic devices are commonly banned from exams for good reason. “Cell phones are just like having a text book,” Odell-Scott said. Professors are wise to advancements in media. A professor can also find anything a student can find online. Odell-Scott said he once had a student submit a paper that looked very familiar to him. It was his paper. “We have the same access to the Internet as you do and often better researchers,” he said.
Ask for help
Contact features correspondent Kelley Stoklosa at kstoklos@kent.edu
Professors would much rather help students with proper citations than take
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Drake will perform tonight in the M.A.C. Center at 8 p.m. as part of the Away From Home tour. Doors will open at 7 p.m. with tickets costing $20 for students, and they must be purchased at the M.A.C. Center’s box office. The public can purchase tickets through Ticketmaster outlets or at the M.A.C. Center box office for $40. Canadian hip-hop artist Drake is most famous for his No. 2 Bill-
BUY ONE TICKET, GET ONE FREE Coupon must be present at time of purchase. Limit 6 tickets.
board’s Top 100 hit “Best I’ve Ever Had.” He’s also had many successful collaborations in songs like “Bed Rock” and “Say Something.” Fellow Canadian artist k-os will open for Drake, along with artist Francis & The Lights from New York City. The concert will be the Undergraduate Student Government’s last concert of the school year.
SHOWS INCLUDE: Jun. 24 - Pieta Brown May 13 - Colin Hay
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The spectacle of suspension Nicole Hennessy
Daily Kent Stater Imagine hanging from hooks inserted into the flesh between your shoulder blades. The sound of your inhalations and exhalations amplified inside of your gas mask; your black knee-high boots dangling as you swing through the air. Nate Sexstella’s scars, indicative of where these hooks once penetrated his body, serve as memories of this suicide-style body suspension. “It is shocking to some people,” he said. “But other people find it beautiful.” In the still-frame photographs of past performances, Sexstella’s white gas mask is expressionless and his hands are clasped behind his back, his legs slightly bent. The black and gray tattoos on his right arm depict portraits of characters from B-horror movies such as “The Evil Dead” and “The Lost Boys.” On his left arm, a blue “electrical gremlin” dismantles wires and machinery — an allusion to his previous life as a machinist. But the art on his body is not the focus of the assumed audiences not seen in these photos; the subjection
of his body to this “spectacle” and the endorphins pumping through it becomes the art. “People say that’s crazy,” Sexstella said of society’s attitude toward suspension. “Well, I think riding a bull or climbing a mountain is crazy.” A self-proclaimed “layman anthropologist,” suspension offered him a way to learn about different cultures. Historically, some Native American tribes and sects of Hinduism have utilized suspension as a rite of passage, healing ritual, vision quest or demonstration of deity devotion. “I basically just wanted to see what it was like — try to test myself,” Sexstella said. “When I first did it, it was very private.” Slowly, sliding needles into his skin when he was 14 evolved into performing in shows that he claims are akin to traditional theater in that they involve costumes, makeup, themes and lighting. They just happen to “incorporate suspension and body play,” he said. Senior piercer and owner of Body Anthology Tattoo and Body Piercing in North Olmstead, he asserted that tattoos and piercings
reflect personal expression, but he said suspension is more ritualistic “It’s very traumatizing to the body. You really put a lot of energy — mentally and physically — into it,” he said. So beforehand, he makes sure he gets enough rest and eats a good meal. “I’ve done it enough times that I know what to expect,” Sexstella said. “It’s not like I have to go and meditate and fast.” In another photo, a man spews fire from his mouth while the six temporary piercings in his arms burn. Behind him a fire extinguisher sits unassumingly. Sexstella and his friend Tyson Charboneau prepare to “pull,” connecting the hooks in their backs with ropes. Leaning forward, they balance themselves in a lunging position. The black stage, which Sextella’s black boots now touch, is flooded with red lights. “It is dangerous,” he said. “It’s nothing that anyone can do.”
Photos courtesy of Nate Sexstella
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Fetishes defined: the normal Senior artists display and the just plain unusual final projects in gallery Some include Definitions used to illustrate individual talents Katie Corbut
Daily Kent Stater Discover, obsession, invention: Those are just a few words to describe the final projects of the Painting 4 class taught by assistant professor of art Gianna Commito. The nine senior women have worked all semester on creating presentations to fit their greatest talents and have decided to showcase them in a gallery event. Food and refreshments will be provided at the gallery for all who attend. The event will be held from 6 until 8 p.m. May 14, at 425 Gougler Ave. The theme for the showcase is dictionary, and the students’ paintings each have very different words defining their work as well as different ways of showing them off. “This is our final, but instead of doing a critique in class, we decided that we wanted to do a show so we can share with everyone else what we’ve been up to this semester,” senior fine arts major Karin Waskiewicz said. “By doing definitions, it would reflect our styles. Definition lets us take our own unique path.” Waskiewicz said that the gallery presentation will be a great way to show how much the students have grown throughout the semester, because it reflects the kind of hard work it takes to succeed in the class and in the major. The themes vary from nature to abstract pieces, and each has very different ways of defining
the student’s interests. Senior art education major April Bachtel’s final project is based off of nature and biology, and she layers paint and uses different materials to create a multi-dimensional look. While she’s currently struggling with the architecture of her piece, she’s confident about the outcome. “We make all this stuff, and not many people get to see it. It’s like we just put it in our closets,” she said. “I think it will be rewarding to have everyone see (our projects), and see the reactions from the community.” The amount of dedication necessary to create a successful final project for showing may be underestimated by non-art students, but these seniors have been working many late hours in the last few weeks to complete their projects. Maia Garcia Fedor, senior fine arts major, is no stranger to dedication — she’s double majoring in art history and fine arts with a minor in chemistry. She said students often work in the studio until 2 a.m. “This class is the first time having a painting class where we branch into our own style,” she said. “We’re creating our own language and style.” Garcia’s word of choice is obsession, and she chose to style her project with smaller elements that create the “bigger picture.” Like her classmates, Lisa Vegel, a senior fine arts major, is excited to show off her work in the gallery. Her word is “discover,” and she’s attempting to get away from the generic twodimensional painting by working with a three-dimensional construct. “I’m trying to make it inter-
active so the viewer can look into the piece and discover parts of the piece they wouldn’t necessarily see on a flat plane,” she said. Other students have chosen to focus on their individual interests outside of the art world. Kate Hall, a senior fine arts major, has decided to title her project “Invention,” because she’s inventing a whole new world with the paintbrush. “I’ve always been into illustration, so my stuff is invention,” she said. “I’m inventing a complete black and white landscape and then doing colored creatures, specifically birds, to try to live in an area completely in black and white.” Waskiewicz believes that the art program is overlooked, and that there is a lot of talent to be seen. She said that her experience with the art program has been great, thanks to the efforts of the faculty. “A lot of people don’t know that our faculty are artists out of school,” she said. “Our teachers are doing the same things we’re doing, so it’s easy to relate to them.” She said that the gallery presentation is a great way to show the Kent community and the surrounding areas. “I don’t think a lot of people around Kent know how good our program is, I don’t think they know what the students are capable of and I think it’d be a good opportunity to see not just one specific person like in a senior show, but a group of young women,” she said. “We’re pretty talented, there will be a lot of variety.” Contact general assignment reporter Katie Corbut at Kcorbut@kent.edu React to this story and more at KentWired.com
porn, insects Allison Smith
Daily Kent Stater Sigmund Freud first declared sexual fetishism as a form of paraphilia, or a psychological disorder characterized by recurrent sexual fantasies, urges and behaviors. Fetishes can range from feet to stuffed animals, and if they’re not interfering with someone’s life, they can usually go untreated, according to an article on Livestrong.com. But if the fetish is causing a problem, the only treatment is therapy. In 2007, Askmen.com conducted a survey on what the most popular fetishes are. Here is the top three:
pecting viewers. Some men even say they can’t get off without it.
2. Urination:
Some men love to watch a woman urinate as foreplay. Others even go as far as urinating on their partner before they can engage in sex. This has something to do with submission (another fetish), where the woman submits to being urinated on.
3. Water: If you enjoy having sex in the shower, then you may have a water fetish. Some couples even go as far as making sure to always have the sound of running water playing as they make love. These fetishes are generally acceptable in today’s society, but a few of today’s fetishes are completely off the wall.
Plushophilia
1. Voyeurism and and furries: Some people become too exhibition (watching attached to stuffed animals during childhood. This form of fetish can others in the act): A lot of men, and a small amount of women, enjoy either watching other people have sex while they’re in the act themselves or exposing themselves to unsus-
be split into two groups: plushies, who are sexually attracted to stuffed animals, and furries, who dress up in mascot-type uniforms and perform sexual acts on one another.
Formicophilia:
These people get sexual pleasure from insects crawling on their body, mainly their genitals. This is not as common in the United States as it is in developing countries.
Erotic asphyxia:
We’ve all heard of the choking game, but these people take asphyxiation to the next level. They claim orgasm is more enjoyable when cutting off the air supply, but this fetish can be dangerous if they do not loosen themselves fast enough. According to an article written by Dr. Martin P. Kafka, fetishism is usually a male disorder, but it can sometimes appear in women, the ratio being 20 to 1. He said social acceptance of fetishes changes depending on culture. Homosexuality was once considered a fetish, but is now believed to be a “variant of normal sexuality.” Contact features reporter Allison Smith at asmith75@kent.edu.
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TRUE OR FALSE?
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According to Vagabondish, an online travelzine, and MSN travel, the following are some taboos around the world that are true or false. Can you guess which ones are real? 1. In Germany, avoid discussing sports as it’s considered an uneducated thing to do. 2. In Russia, drinking vodka is a big part of life, and not drinking is considered offensive. 3. Picking your teeth with a toothpick in Japan is absolutely acceptable. — True, as long as you cover your mouth. 4. It’s OK to blow your nose in public in Japan, China, Saudi Arabia or France. 5. In Nepal, major Hindu temples are usually off-limits to foreigners. Don’t enter them or take pictures unless given permission. 6. In many Asian countries, such as China, pointing with the forefinger in public is considered polite. 7. In Albania, the locals shake their head to indicate “yes” and nod to indicate “no.” 8. It’s considered good luck to point your chopsticks at someone in Japan. 9. It doesn’t matter whether you send an even or an odd numbers of flowers to someone as a gift in Ukraine. 10. Don’t make the “V for victory” sign with your palm facing inward in Great Britain, as it’s considered to be both a gesture of defiance and an insult.
— Erin Perkins Answers: 1. True. 2. True. 3. True, as long as you cover your mouth. 4. False, it is considered rude. 5. True. 6. False, it is considered quite rude. 7. True. 8. False, it is actually a bad omen. 9. False, be sure the bouquet contain an odd number of blossoms, as even-numbered bunches are customar for funerals. 10. True.
TABOO TOPICS Visit this blog on Tours4fun to learn 10 travel tips to avoid committing cultural taboos. http://blog.tours4fun.com/top-10-travel-taboos-around-world.html
Remah Doleh
Martin Greenfield is known as “The Legendary Tailor.” During my trip to New York City in January, I was fortunate to meet Greenfield, Holocaust survivor and the owner of the famous Martin Greenfield Clothiers. After reading an article on Mr. Greenfield in GQ magazine, I was determined to meet the man behind the seams. Not far from my grandmother’s house in Brooklyn lies Martin Greenfield Clothiers. I walked into the factory, nervous but overly excited to meet the legendary tailor, who has tailored for many well-known people, such as former President Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson and Paul Newman (who he has pictured on his office walls). I entered Mr. Greenfield’s office and immediately noticed the hundreds of pictures on his walls, pictures dating back four decades. His desk was crowded with magazines and newspapers he was featured in. There stood Mr. Greenfield, wearing an impeccable, handmade three-piece suit equipped with a pair of cufflinks he received at the opening of Caesars Palace, a gift for constructing the suits worn that night. After the interview, he was generous enough to give me a tour of his factory while introducing me to a few of his diverse workers. He explained the productions of his company and even showed me some half-constructed suits from Rag & Bone and Band of Outsiders upcoming collections. The art of handmade suits is slowly diminishing; Mr. Greenfield is determined to keep this art going one stitch at a time.
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R: How did you get your start as a tailor and what inspired you? I learned my skills here in this factory. I have worked in this factory since 1947, 62 years in the
same building. When I came here, I started as a floor boy for $35 a week, then I became in charge of manufacturing. Thirty years later, I bought the business. R: What skills are required to become a successful tailor such as yourself? It takes a lot of years, and it takes a lot of work. You don’t always make everything perfect, but you improve as you go along. Quality is the most important thing that we do. You see, a lot of people dress and a lot of people don’t dress, so you have to adjust to every situation. R: Do you believe “the clothes make the man?” Definitely. It’s a good expression. I dress every day the way I come to work. I believe just like the famous designer once said when she came here, Chanel, she said that fashion comes and goes, but style is constant, and that’s what I believe.
R: Are there any big projects you are working on now?
We work with a lot of young designers. We work with Rag & Bone; we work with Band of Outsiders and 20 others, but these two are most popular right now. Young designers come to us, sometimes I think too many, but they like to come here because of our quality.
Right now, we are involved, also, with HBO. They are doing something big that isn’t announced yet, but I’m going to tell it to you. The next show after the “Sopranos” is “The Boardwalk Empire.” It’s being filmed now already for six months in Brooklyn, and we’re making all the clothing for all of the actors that they wore in the ‘20s, because there were no machine work in those days and that’s the most beautiful quality. I remember my grandfather and the beautiful quality that was worn in those days. We had to look for the old fabrics to repeat everything, so it’s a very exciting time.
R: What is the anatomy of a great suit?
R: What has been the most exciting job that you’ve had so far?
In my opinion, a great suit starts with the fabric. Our quality is handwork; there is no duplicate for handwork, because when you put on something that is made by hand, it moves with you in any direction.
There have been many exciting things to happen to us, because we meet a lot of important people and we dress them. A lot of people who we dress are very prominent people. I love what I do; I wouldn’t be here at this age if I didn’t love what I do.
R: Currently, what designers are you working with?
R: What is it about New York style that is so influential?
Everybody comes to New York to buy, and everything happens mostly in New York City. New York is where everything is happening. We will never move away from New York, because we are New Yorkers. I lived 50 years in Brooklyn, I just moved out of Brooklyn about 10 years or 12 years ago, but I love Brooklyn. To me, there’s no place like Brooklyn. There is no place like Brooklyn. It’s the place to live in.
I want to thank Mr. Greenfield again for participating in Style Eye. Look out for next semester for more campus street style. Contact Style Eye columnist Remah Doleh at rdoleh@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com