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May 4 Memorial site added to the National Register of Historic Places Visitors Center to open on 40th anniversary Jenna Staul

Daily Kent Stater English professor Laura Davis was on her way to speak to a group of theater students about

the events surrounding May 4 yesterday when a startlingly appropriate song came on the radio.

“I got in the car and ‘Ohio’ came on the radio,” Davis said. “The DJ started talking about how the 40th anniversary of May 4 was coming up. It was just such a coincidence.”

Later that day, Davis, who was present at the shootings, learned that the May 4 memorial site was

officially added to the National Register of Historic Places.

“I was quivering all over,” Davis said of the moment she found out of the site’s new designation. “I couldn’t talk. It was amazing.”

Three years ago, a group of professors began the formal nomination process for the site, which included a detailed physical description and documentation of both the site and

its historic context.

The group received endorsements from Gov. Ted Strickland, Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, and the Kent State Board of Trustees, culminating in yesterday’s announcement that the grounds next to Taylor Hall would be nationally recognized.

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The May 4 Memorial is now part of the National Register of Historic Places.

CITY

Kent police: ‘We do more with less’

42 officers make up department Cody Francis

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The ladies of the Flying Black Squirrels relax in Andrew Paton Field with one of their planes.

Aviation welcomes women Freshman join support group Nicole Aikens

Daily Kent Stater Most girls grow up wanting to be princesses, not pilots. Girls just do not go into aeronautics.

Maj. Maureen McFarland, academic program director of aeronau-

tics, said on average, females make up 12 percent of the students in the aeronautics program at Kent State. In the 2009 fall semester, the incoming freshman class was only 14 percent female.

And the faculty does not necessarily know the reason why.

“Part of it might be the perception of the aviation field,” McFarland said. “It is a very male-dominated field.”

Kris Palcho, a Kent State alumna who works for the Federal Avia-

tion Administration, said the lack of women in the aeronautics program might come from a lack of female support.

Even though they do not have a definitive answer to why girls do not join the aeronautics program, they do have an idea of how to support them and keep them in the field.

That’s where the Flying Black Squirrels, Kent State’s chapter of Women in Aviation International, come into play.

Women in Aviation International

is an organization for women in the aeronautics field to have a place for networking. The organization also provides scholarships and an annual conference.

“I think the primary purpose is to give the support system where the university lacks,” Palcho said.

The Flying Black Squirrels is made up of five freshmen girls.

Although the group is not exclusive to females, it was established to encourage females in the field of aeronautics.

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There are days when Kent City Councilman Jack Amrhein has to reassure some residents in his ward that the Kent police pay attention to their community.

Amrhein’s ward stretches from the edge of downtown to the Kent-Stow border.

Most of the residents in his ward are not Kent State students, but people who have been in the community for a number of years. He said because his residents live so far away from campus and downtown, they feel they do not get the same attention from the police than they would if they lived around the students.

“I think some residents feel that because many incidents happen at the university around the downtown area that our police may be focusing on just that area,” Amrhein said. “And that’s why some of the older people think the police aren’t around their neighborhood even though they are.”

Lt. Jayme Cole of the Kent Police Department said those in residential areas are not forgotten, even if they may feel like it.

The rundown of patrol Cole said the way the officers are distributed throughout the city is “simple and straightforward.”

There is a bare minimum of five officers on duty at any given time of the day.

On the weekends, specifically Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Cole said the minimum goes up to seven officers beginning at 7 or 8 p.m.

There are also a couple officers who work overlap

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“I wish we had the funding to have an officer on every street corner.”

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hours, splitting the afternoon and night shifts. If the department is fully staffed, when no officers have time off or are in special training, Cole said a normal afternoon shift would include seven officers while the night shift would bump up to nine.

Cole said the staffing levels are determined and set so no officer is overwhelmed at any given time. “(The distribution of officers) is based upon, No. 1, officer safety and, No. 2, in conjunction with that, the officer’s ability to handle the volume and type of calls for service that history has told us we can anticipate during any given time,” he said.

Cole said the police department uses another simple plan as to where the officers are distributed while on duty.

“City is divided into four basic patrol areas that are ingeniously named North, South, East and West,” he said. “In addition to that, on the weekend evening hours we also have an additional area that we carve out of those that would cover just the downtown area.”

Some Kent residents have been left wondering where the police were after the attacks of Christopher Kernich on Main Street in November and John White on Water Street in January.

As far as the Kernich and White cases are concerned, Cole said there was no way of predicting the events to have the officers in the right place at the right time.

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT GOVERNMENT

Students do not give recognition to events, programs sponsored by organization USG representatives work under the radar Nick Glunt

Daily Kent Stater With the Undergraduate Student Government campaigning underway, some students may be wondering what USG has done

in the past in order to know what to expect in the future.

“At the most basic level,” said Scott Sherwood, USG executive director, “(USG) is representation of the student government.”

Sherwood said the organization can vote on issues, can act as a student judiciary committee and can create events to enrich the lives of students.

“With different senators and their colleges, we work to sup-

port programs they have going on,” said Donna Carlton, USG faculty adviser.

She mentioned a new international organization Sneha Jose, current Senator for International Students, is working on.

Carlton went on to say many USG projects deal with surveys, which allows USG to accurately know the student body’s thoughts and feelings. Extended hours at the campus library

around finals week are a result of these student surveys.

“There’s nothing huge that I can say we do,” Sherwood said, “but there’s a lot of small things.”

Carlton said USG is responsible for last semester ’s Broken Lizard comedy sketch show, Thursday’s Jay Sean concert and Friday’s John Caparulo comedy show. She also said the latenight downtown PARTA bus that started three or four years ago is

a result of USG. FlashFest, which has been around for more than 15 years, is another USG program.

Sherwood said the promotion of College Mobile Deals, a program that offers discounts at local stores through text messages sent to Kent State students, is another example of what USG has done.

Sherwood also said he hopes FlashFest will be the first Kent State event to utilize a new USG program called FlashPerks. This

program will allow students to accumulate points by attending Kent State events. Students will be able to redeem points for prizes.

He said the program is designed to encourage more student involvement at Kent State events.

Carlton said USG has been looking into the Yellow Bike Program, a bicycle-sharing program some schools, such as the University of Colorado, have picked up.

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HUMP DAY

CHEERS AND JEERS

“I think it’s possible but not with everybody, just specific groups.”

“It’s going to take the world for him to get that innocent image back.”

–Bryan Gadson Senior business management major

–Dylan Sellers Senior Pan-African studies major

Cheers to the Kent State men’s and women’s basketball and gymnastics teams for their victories last weekend. The men’s basketball team reached 20 wins for the 11th time in 12 years, the women’s team got its 10th MAC victory this year and the gymnastics team won its annual “Flip for the Cure” meet.

“He’s taking great steps thus far, I think he could pull it off.”

–Nick Boka Sophomore nursing major

“Yes, because everyone makes mistakes.

Just keep being a good person.”

“I don’t know, it’ll be tough getting Gatorade back.”

– Ronika Johnson Junior communications major

–Sasha Parker Graduate student in liberal studies

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to the new national law making it harder for people under the age of 21 to own credit cards. Granted, it’s important for young people to avoid credit card debt, but it’s also important for us to build credit for the future.

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Cheers to the National Register of Historic Places for naming the May 4 shooting site to their registry. May 4 was a crucial time in this nation’s history, and it’s good to see some recognition of that.

Cheers to the women’s and men’s 4x800meter relay teams for breaking long-standing school records during Saturday’s Kent State Tune Up. We wish the track and field teams luck in this weekend’s Mid-American Conference Championships.

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CORRECTIONS In yesterday’s story, “’It just seemed like it wasn’t even real,’” it was incorrectly reported that Kent State student Christopher Kernich was 28 years old at the time of his death. He was 23. The error occurred in the reporting process.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010 | Page 3

Trumbull police academy enforces fitness standards Program boosts hours for success Kyle Nelson

Daily Kent Stater With physical fitness being one of the most integral parts of police work, School Commander Dave Wert said he takes the physical fitness of his cadets at Kent State University Trumbull Campus’ Police Academy very seriously.

“If (the cadets) are going to fail something, it’s going to be the fitness test,” Wert said. “If you don’t actually workout, you’re not going to pass. That’s why we spend a lot of time on physical conditioning.”

The mandatory amount of physical fitness hours for an Ohio police academy is 568 hours, said Catherine Kieley, coordinator of the Trumbull Campus Police Academy.

The academy at Trumbull, however, runs about 612 hours.

“The reason we have the additional hours is because we’ve added hours to the physical conditioning component,” Kieley said. “It’s difficult for some people because they have to pass the course to get their certification. If they miss something even by a second or a sit-up, they can fail the entire program.”

Over the course of one hour, Wert has his cadets run laps around the Workforce Development and Continuing Studies Center (outside, when the weather permits), train with medicine balls, perform push-ups, throw punches, kicks, elbows and knees at a training bag, all culminating with a seven-minute focused abdominal workout.

This seven-minute workout is where many of the cadets start to show his or her fatigue. The work-

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School Commander Dave Wert leads physical training at the Police Academy at Kent State’s Trumbull campus. The cadets’ physical tasks include training with medicine balls, performing push-ups, punching and kicking a training bag and ending with a seven-minute abdominal routine.

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Cadets at the Police Academy at Kent State’s Trumbull campus gather with School Commander Dave Wert to finish off a session of physical training. The cadets complete a rigorous one-hour training followed by time spent in a classroom. out consists of 245 repetitions combining crunches, traditional sit-ups, jackknifes, trunk twists, bicycle crunches, leg hugs and a variety of other exercises specifically designed to strengthen the abdominal core.

Cadet Brian Stambaugh has seen the benefits of the physical conditioning first-hand. As acting

Class Commander, Stambaugh also is a motivating factor in the cadets’ continued success.

“I’m in the best shape of my life, and it’s building a lot of selfconfidence,” Stambaugh said.

“We get our money’s worth, that’s for sure. The seven-minute workout is brutal but beneficial.

It’s benefiting everyone.”

COSO hosts annual Housing Fair

Sophomore Anthony Robinson is one of many students who have experienced an unpleasant living situation. But his experience is considered to be one of the many issues that the Commuter and Offcampus Student Organization is looking to address.

“It was like living in a nightmare 24/7,” said Robinson, a sophomore intervention specialist major. ”I lived with four other people at the University Townhomes on Summit Street last year. 100 percent of my roommates were complete stoners.

They would always have their friends in the living room, playing video games and smoking pot. One of my roommates even grew a plant in his closet, running up our electric bill.”

Circumstances such as this push students to seek other living arrangements. With the collaboration of COSO with Kentcribs. com, students who are considering making a move off-campus can attend the annual COSO Housing Fair on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Student Center.

Andrew Deckert, associate director for COSO, said there

will be several housing managers from different apartments a n d c o m p l e x e s i n t h e a re a showcasing their places. He said that some will have digital displays of the rooms, and it’s a good opportunity to get a side-by-side comparison in one place without the hassle of driving around town. Deckert said that students can also enjoy the many giveaways as well.

“Our intention is to bring landlords from apartments in the community to meet students who are looking for a place to live off-campus,” said Mike Dukles, Center for Student Involvement graduate assistant.

Also in attendance will be Dining Services, Parking Services and Student Legal Services, who specialize in negotiating landlord and tenant issues.

“It’s basically free legal advice,” Deckert said. “We want to make sure there is a forum where students can talk about housing issues. Our purpose is to help students and dispute resolutions. “ He said the fair is a good opportunity for students to discuss the legality of contracts and leases, commuter dining plans and parking on campus.

“I’m not sure what my plans are for next year,” Robinson said.

“I’m going to have to stop by for sure.”

Students who can’t make it to the fair have the option to browse Kentcribs.com to narrow

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The blotter is a record of charges filed by the police. The listings do not represent convictions or reflect guilt.

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

Friday Cody J. Owens, 21, of Canfield was charged with furnishing alcohol to an underage person at Allyn Hall n

Saturday Lance R. Leach, 20, of West Lafayette was charged with underage drinking at Beall Hall. n

living details, which include distance from Student Center, maximum price per month, number of bedrooms, number of bathrooms and pets.

Kevin Collins, account executive for Kentcribs.com, will be attending the fair to assist those who are interested. He will be handing out free bottle openers and Kentcribs t-shirt prizes for the Student Media plinko game.

“Kentcribs is a great resource for students because they can choose the type of housing they are looking for by picking their price range and number of bedrooms,” said Collins.

He said that Kentcribs is a new and growing Web site where students and faculty can experience a more suitable house hunt while allowing more complexes to get their name out in an efficient way.

“The listing is free for all Kent housing, but additional info and pictures cost more. These can be bought weekly or monthly.”

Collins can be reached at (330) 672-3251 or ksuads@yahoo.com.

COSO is available for students and their housing concerns at (330) 672-3768 or COSO@kent.edu.

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Monday Theft was reported at the Tri-Towers Rotunda.

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Criminal mischief was reported at Allyn and Clark Hall. n

Ben Vecchio, instructor of physical training and defense tactics, is aware of the balance he must strike with his cadets. Students gradually work their way up to the harder workouts (the seven-minute abdominal workout included), however.

“We start off slow to try and get the feel for how people are as a group,” Vecchio said. “If we start out too fast or too hard, their selfconfidence will drop. We know a lot of people who get into this kind of work are pre-disposed to liking these workouts.”

The methods have proven successful since the academy’s inception in June 2006.

“We have a 99.9 percent passing rate on the state certification,” Kieley said. “There have only been a couple of students who haven’t passed the test.”

Officer Courtenay Perkins is one of the many that has successfully completed the rigors of Trumbull’s police academy. Perkins started as a patrol officer in Hubbard Township a week after graduating and is starting his new job as a patrol officer in Solon in April.

“The academy prepares us very well,” Perkins said. “This academy takes more time to teach you things. Other places just get you through what Ohio needs you to get through. If you’re not fit, it’s hard to survive out there.”

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FAMOUS QUOTE “I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.”

— Duane Michals

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SUMMARY: The university will now offer healthy eating options on campus to go along with the college staples of pizza, hamburgers and fries. Students should take advantage of the healthy alternatives and put more nutrition in their diet.

VIEW Nutrition: It’s what’s for dinner W e’ve all heard of the “Freshman 15,” those 15 pounds students gain during their first semester away at college. But unhealthy dining choices and poor nutritional habits aren’t just limited to freshmen.

Need proof? Take a look at the dining options on campus. You’ll see a lot of pizza, hamburgers and french fries but not as many healthy alternatives. With those kinds of choices, it’s hard not to gain weight.

But that may soon be changing. Thanks to student feedback, Dining Services is beginning to add new, healthy food options to menus around campus.

The changes include more vegan and vegetarian choices, as well as gluten-free bakery options and food without preservatives. Prentice Café and Eastway will also be offering a service called Veggie A-Go-Go, under which students can order vegetarian food for pickup.

These changes are a welcome sight to our eyes. It’s good to know people will have the choice to eat healthy on campus instead of

settling for dinner at Sunset Strips or Pete’s Arena on a nightly basis, and we’d like to see students take advantage of some of the new options.

Yes, we know students are stretched for time, and unhealthy options are faster. But with obesity continuing to grow nationwide, it’s important that we develop healthy eating and exercising habits in college. Otherwise, that Freshman 15 may turn into a Senior 60.

And we’re not saying students have to become vegetarians or vegans in order to develop a healthy lifestyle. That’s certainly not true. But eating healthy doesn’t necessarily mean eating a salad every night. It could be as simple as eating a salad instead of a cheeseburger and fries one night a week. The university is making healthier options available, so it makes sense to take advantage of them every once in a while.

It goes beyond diet, too. The rec center is available for all students to use at a great price — free — so why not amble over there a few times a week?

Students aren’t alone in the responsi-

bility to eat more nutritiously, of course.

The university has its own responsibility to continue to make healthy options available to students.

Sure, it’s good to see the university making strides in offering healthy eating options.

But Dining Services can’t stop there — nutritional choices on campus need to grow. And don’t limit it to tofu and salads; there are a lot of different vegetarian foods out there, and the university should make them available.

College is a time when we tend to excuse unhealthy eating, but it shouldn’t be. Maybe these new choices will make it easier for students to be healthier during their college years.

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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NATE BEELER’s VIEW

On this day in 1836, in San Antonio, Texas, a call was issued for help on behalf of the Texan troops defending the Alamo, an old Spanish mission and fortress under attack by the Mexican army.

— History.com

The government giveth, and the government taketh away Like it or not, this is tax season. For those who choose to file their tax forms, maybe they’ll get a refund, maybe not, and maybe they’ll get audited.

That’s the best part about doing taxes. It’s always a surprise at the end.

Most students at Kent State should already be familiar with the 1040 EZ, which is the standard form for anyone who is relatively broke most of the time. But even those who have earned zero income in 2009 might still be interested in completing one.

This year’s 1040 EZ form seems to have some included bonus. $400 is available to those eligible who earn less than $75,000 annually, and there’s another bonus in there for people 25-years-old and older.

What a deal!

With all this free money floating around that wasn’t even deducted from paychecks in the first place, a very interesting question persists: Why would anyone be so silly as to not file his or her taxes? It’s our duty as loyal taxpayers, after all, to be honest and organized.

This is a sad fact of life, but not everyone gets a refund.

Yes, this is tragic, but some Americans with complicated finances wind up owing substantial sums of money to the IRS. Situations like these are when one may choose, wisely or not, to avoid informing the government of their financial situation.

There are those who find themselves in this conundrum and decide to completely forgo filing their taxes. Many reasons persist, and here are just a few.

First off, for those receiving unemployment benefits the entire year, I would recommend running for the hills sometime before April 15th. Not only will your benefits run out soon without quick action in Congress, but you probably owe the IRS a thing or two thanks to the tax included in those lovely checks every month.

Next, have you recently gotten a divorce? Didn’t really go the way you wanted and now you’re left without custody of your only child, your furniture is gone and you walk everywhere because your former spouse got the car? Well, chances are, now that your spouse screwed you over, it’s

Garrison Ebie the government’s turn. My advice? Hide.

Even for those still happily married and with a steady income, many Americans were still foolish enough in 2009 to play Russian Roulette with the food industry and open a restaurant. Given recent trends, there’s about a 50 percent chance that did not go over well. Now, some are left with not only angry employees who have bounced paychecks, but a variety of back taxes that are mostly impossible to keep track of for many first-time business owners. Their best bet now would be the purchase of a oneway bus ticket to Canada.

There’s an almost incalculable number of reasons to owe the IRS substantial sums of money, and in no way can I list them all here. However, I must say that anyone who considered contacting Roni Deutch, famed tax attorney with multiple televised commercial spots every day, should probably spare themselves the headache and just avoid filing their taxes this year. Deutch might be able to save a few paid actors on television, but anyone desperate enough to dial an 800 number when they owe five- to six-digit sums is already screwed. You may fight the law, but the law will win. Uncle Sam has a notorious track record of kicking ass and taking names.

In no way am I advocating tax evasion. That’s against the law. I am simply encouraging those of us who are the worst off this tax season to simply “forget” to file taxes. And who knows, maybe those crooked tax men might just “lose” someone’s financial history in an incredibly unlikely coincidence. It’s worth a try, I suppose.

Garrison Ebie is a senior electronic media major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at gebie@kent.edu.

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Kent State must learn from tragedies When someone says Kent State, many characteristics come to my mind. The campus is very diverse, people are generally open-minded and many of the programs here are nationally recognized.

Unfortunately, assault cases are re-shaping the mold of this quiet campus and town.

Lately, the Kent community has an ominous cloud of violence lingering over its boundaries.

Kent State grad student John White died Sunday from injuries sustained during a fight outside of the Kent bars after the bars had closed. White had been in the hospital since Jan. 23, the time of the assault.

White’s attack seems all too familiar for the Kent State community. Another Kent State student, Christopher Kernich, died last year from injuries he received after he was assaulted Nov. 15 in another late-night confrontation.

It is difficult to grasp the magnitude of these assaults as a member of the Kent State community. The “tree city” is known for extremely low crime rates. As a 5-foot-3inch female, I’ve taken many walks around campus or around downtown by myself.

Many want to blame outsiders for bringing violence to an otherwise calm place. All

Marchaè Grair of the accused in both the Kernich assault and White assault were Akron residents.

I think we all need to take a moment of reflection before we point the finger too far.

While I don’t condone the assaults of both Kernich and White, I think the assailants are not synonymous with a type of evil that could not exist in Kent students or residents.

I have seen so many confrontations about a spilled drink or bad look get out of hand.

I’ve seen plenty of Kent students and residents throw punches when they should have walked away. I’ve seen friends harassed or cat-called with hurtful words that no one deserves.

It is time that all of us learn from the violence that we suddenly cannot ignore.

Think twice before you have that last

drink that sends you into a world you can’t remember. Re-evaluate the words you say that could severely hurt someone. Don’t try to prove how tough you are by getting in someone’s face.

There is a slippery slope between drunken bickering and outright violence. Getting blackout wasted may work well for you now, but you never know when you will do something you can never take back.

White and Kernich lost their lives, but the lives of those accused in their deaths will never be the same again. They have to look their loved ones in the eye knowing that a night of recklessness went too far. Their loved ones have to deal with the anger, guilt and sadness of someone’s bad decisions.

Hopefully, we can all do our parts to make Kent and Kent State the safe haven they once were. Those who suffer because of these recent assaults should not do so in vain.

Marchaè Grair is a senior electronic media management major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at mgrair1@kent.edu.

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Rewriting societal standards on eating alone A girl’s gotta eat.

That means more than just chocolate cake and Oreos.

Because cooking is not my forte, meals are either a can of a soup, salad or West 82 lunches with Post Pillow Talk columnist Mallory Long.

Don’t worry, the irony of our friendship does not escape me.

The other afternoon, I returned home from class and realized a mini-pizza of raw cheese, spaghetti sauce and English Muffins would not do it for me. I needed my favorite restaurant. The queen of Mexican food, the Dalai to my Lama, the adhesive strip to my paper cut.

I needed Taco Bell.

If I had a significant other, I would call him at this point and use all means of emotional bribery so he would take me out for that beloved Gordita Crunch sans Baja sauce. But, I am single, so mustering tears and screaming, “You’re tearing me apart,” was not necessary at this point.

Instead, I expended the energy I’d use convincing a boyfriend to take me to Taco Bell by walking to my car and climbing inside.

Believe me, this was a big effort considering the amount of snow covering the ground.

I drove carefully through the streets of Athens while screaming things like “YOU IN THE JANSPORT BOOKBAG, I WILL EQUALIZE YOU,” at five or six students who dove in

Jane Adams Guest Columnist front of my car like they were Iron Man. That has to be a record low for me, as road rage has become something of an artistic outlet for my stifled soul.

Anyway, back to the point.

I arrive at Taco Bell, and instead of using the drive-thru, I dine in. I should enjoy the whole eating out experience. I mean, plastic trays, neon menus, paper cups ... Be still my beating heart!

Taco Bell might not be a five-star restaurant, but it is a five-minute food factory. Before I know it, I am settled in at a nice booth with my low-grade beef dinner. I would be lying to you if I were to tell you that other people didn’t stare at me. I was, after all, a young girl, sitting at a table in Taco Bell, alone. I know, I know.

Society declares if you eat alone, you should be embarrassed because you are a loner. Still, I like it. There is something so liberating about sitting down with a good meal and silence. I sometimes have a tiny urge to get up and shout, “I don’t need a man,” at the other people in the restaurant.

But I don’t, because I am fairly certain that I would progress from harmless loner to scary

weirdo if I were to scream such things.

Instead, I open up Mansfield Park, as I always carry a book with me for situations such as these, and settle in to enjoy my delectable dinner. And delectable it was.

The food was good enough that I couldn’t stop myself, and I finished it all before making it through three pages of my book. After only ten minutes in my favorite restaurant, I dumped my trash in the classy receptacles and walked back to my car. As I climbed in, I turned to look at my own personal food savior one last time and noticed a male cashier smiling at me from inside.

I thought back to our earlier interaction and remembered he was extra careful to make sure I had all the sauces I needed to accompany my meal. For a second, I paused and wondered if I should return to ask for his phone number.

The promise of each day being an all-youcan-eat Taco Bell buffet almost overwhelmed me, but then I remember he looked like he was 16 years old.

One thing I know for certain is that they don’t have Nacho Supremes in the female correctional facility.

The above column was originally published Feb. 21 by Ohio University’s The Post.

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Sophomore Kyle McCallum, public relations major, works on his podcast for the Black Squirrel Radio Web site Tuesday evening. “Easy Eats with Chef K-Mac” appears on the features page of the Web site every Thursday.

Feminist author continues the fight Speaker discusses the trials of modern feminism, gender Bethany English

Daily Kent Stater The feminist movement finds itself in front of and behind enemy lines as it struggles to gain true equality, a goal set more than a century ago with the beginning of women’s suffrage.

Susan Faludi spoke Tuesday night in the Kiva as part of the guest of honor university artist/lecture series. The Pulitzer Prize-winner and Harvard graduate told the audience although many think the feminist movement was successful, in fact, it was only a “half-way revolution.”

If students only took away one thing, Faludi wanted it to be about how gender issues dominate society.

“Questions of gender underlie our culture, history and politics,” she said, “as they underlie so much else.”

She said the movement hasn’t been fully realized because of external and internal threats.

Three external threats face modern feminists: the remaining barriers to women, anti-feminist nay-sayers and the marketplace’s “hi-jacking” of feminism.

Faludi conceded that 50 percent of the workforce is now female, but she also pointed out that the top ten jobs for women are the same as they were 30 years ago, which include registered nurses, teachers and receptionists.

The wage gap is also decreasing, she said, but this decrease is largely due to men receiving lower wages rather than women gaining higher wages.

Michael Bowers, sophomore exploratory major, said he found it interesting because “mostly everything she said was spot on.”

Gender issues over wages caught Bowers attention. He said it is clear that women haven’t completely made it because they are still paid wages about 15 percent less than men for doing the same work.

Rather than discussing topics like economic situations, Faludi said debates are over whether feminists can nurture children or if the feminist movement has led to men’s emasculation.

The marketplace offers women

the illusion of choices, she said. It lets them “choose between this pair of high heels or that one” and tells women they are “liberated to be girlishly free of wrinkles.”

But feminists are also hindering their own movement through internal threats such as generational conflicts, abstracted academic studies and lack of vision.

The generational conflict has a long history in the feminist movement. In the 20s, women tried to separate themselves from their “humorless, prude” mothers by displaying their bodies, drinking and smoking, Faludi explained.

Feminists of the 70s acted the same way when they made their movement a “daughters only movement” and excluded their mothers, she added.

Faludi questioned the ability for any movement to progress and succeed “when all that’s created must be destroyed every 30 years.”

She also cited academic studies as a threat to feminism. When women’s studies are all about theory rather than focusing on the real lives of real women, it becomes irrelevant and takes some people out of the discussion entirely.

The final internal issue is the lack

of vision in the feminist movement.

Faludi questions whether women in powerful positions are transforming institutions or restructuring themselves to fit in.

“Women’s issues are society’s issues,” Faludi said.

Heidi Shaffer, member of Kent’s city council, said feminism was treated like a bad word for a while, but the lecture helped convince her feminism is still alive, though struggling in some ways.

Her main concern, she said, is that young women are taking too much for granted when they need to be the ones recognizing the shortcomings of the movement and working to correct them.

Shaffer agreed with Faludi, who said being in college is the time when men and women find themselves most equal, and she offered advice for students to remember.

“You are affected by the world,” Shaffer said, “and you can affect the world, too.”

Contact honors and international affairs reporter Bethany English at benglis3@kent.edu.

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Sleeping Bag Lantern (Dual Fuel) Compass 5-piece cookware First Aid Kit Burner stove package Canoe Package with 2 PFDs and 2 paddes Wetsuit Helmets Trek Hybrid bike Bike rack need to have a good time and relax is nature.”

The students who work at the Adventure Center and those leading the trips don’t see this trip as anything out of the ordinary because it’s just what they do.

“For a lot of us here, these trips are the kind of things we like to do on spring break,” Hendricks said.

$12/$16 $6/$10 $3/$7 $12/$16 $9/$13 $9/$13 $36/$40 $12/$16 $3/$7 $45/$47 $15/$17 “Most of us, even if we’re not going on a trip, we’ll go do our own thing outdoors.”

Hendricks also said it is not necessary to be in top physical shape to participate on these trips because it will be a very relaxing environment that won’t require a lot of physical ability. This opens the trips up to more than just outdoorsy people.

“The program is around to help students who are just looking for something to do for spring break,” he said. “It’s also a chance for students to meet people they probably wouldn’t have met before.

“It’s a really cool atmosphere because at first you don’t really know anyone, and by the end of the trip those people will end up close because you’re out camping and spending time together, that’s just the nature of it.”

The deadline to sign up for the spring break trips through the rec center is Friday. There are six spots available for the Georgia kayaking trip and eight spots available for the Laurel Highlands backpacking trip.

The price of the trips also includes all transportation, food and equipment for the week. Interested students can contact the Adventure Center at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center.

Contact Student Recreation and Wellness Center reporter Amanda Klitsch at aklitsch@kent.edu.

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Graduate student to reveal focus group research today After conducting four focus groups with black and Hispanic students last October, graduate student Dametraus Jaggers will reveal the finds of his research today at “Addressing the Crisis: Supporting African American Males at Predominately White Institutions.”

“I think the results will shed some light on the hurdles and barriers that these students have to overcome in pursuit of college degree attainment,” Jaggers, who is pursuing a master of education in higher education administration and student personnel, wrote in an e-mail.

Jaggers will deliver his presentation from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Multicultural Center.

Jaggers said during the research process, he focused on

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Panama City, Daytona Beach, Cancun. These may be some of the most popular student spring break destinations, but the Student Recreation and Wellness Center is offering something a little different this year.

The Adventure Center at the rec center is hosting its annual spring break trips in March. The trips this year include a kayaking trip to the Okefenokee Swamp and Cumberland Island in Georgia and a backpacking trip to the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail in Pennsylvania.

“I’m looking forward to kayaking and seeing the wildlife with new people,” said senior international relations major Megan Petroski, “and just experiencing something totally different than the usual.”

It may not be your traditional spring break, but the trips are sure to offer plenty of experiences for those seasoned with the outdoors and the new to kayaking and backpacking.

“It’s kind of our intentions to target people who have never been backpacking or kayaking before,” said Chris Hendricks, graduate assistant at the Adventure Center.

“It’s great for people who have never been before. You’ll learn how to backpack and paddle.”

Some students signed up for the trip may already have experience with kayaking and backpacking but are still looking forward to getting out and doing something different for the week.

“I’ve been kayaking before back home,” said freshman chemistry major Kelly Materna. “I’m most looking forward to escaping from society. It’ll give me a chance to leave all of the stress behind and start fresh without technology interfering.

“I’m not worried about not checking my phone or computer, as far as I’m concerned, all I really

Kent State College Democrats is hosting several speakers over the next two months. Speakers will include politicians and college graduates in political fields.

All the guest speakers will attend the College Democrats’ weekly meetings at 8 p.m.

Wednesdays in Room 316 of the Student Center.

The first planned speakers are three Democratic candidates campaigning for an open seat in the Ohio House of Representatives. The seat is for Ohio’s 68th district, which includes Kent and several other cities in Portage County.

The candidates are Rick Hawksley, Sean Buchanan and Kathleen Clyde.

Mark Miller, Kent State College Democrats political director, said he contacted Hawksley and Buchanan to speak at Kent State. He said he is still working on contacting Clyde.

“I think some of them are just strong in different areas,” Miller said. “I think everyone has their strong point, like the topic that they’re great at.”

Miller said Buchanan is strong when it comes to issues like pension, health care and education.

Hawksley, he said, has a name in Kent due to city council and running for mayor, but he is also aware of student issues. Miller said not much is known about Clyde, however.

“We just want to give them all a fair chance,” Miller said, “by coming in and speaking to our group.”

Miller said College Democrats has ties with Hawksley.

The group worked with him last semester during his campaign for Kent mayor. He said Hawksley lost the election by coin-toss after the vote-count was a tie.

Buchanan is speaking Wednesday and Hawksley is speaking March 3, Miller said.

“Go for the person that you think will lead the district in the right direction,” Miller said.

Miller said College Democrats

will support all three candidates until the primaries in May narrow the Democratic candidates down to one. Alex Vitale, College Democrats communications director, said the group will do mostly door-to-door canvassing for the candidates.

“We will be supporting whoever wins (the primaries),” Miller said, “and we will be working tirelessly to get them elected.”

College Democrats is also having 42nd district candidate Mike Moran speak March 10.

Miller said the group helped him campaign in 2008. They may also be hosting Lee Fisher ’s political director Lauren Worley March 3.

Vitale has also begun to ask successful college graduates to speak with the group starting March 17. She got the idea from George Washington University in D.C., where she attended college for a semester, Vitale said.

Vitale said they meet a lot of potential speakers while volunteering for campaigns.

She said she doesn’t have anyone committed to a date yet, but there are at least four people interested in speaking. Speakers so far work for the Ohio Democratic Party and the Portage County Democratic Party.

Another speaker is involved with the Lee Fisher campaign, Ohio Young Democrats and College Democrats of America.

She hopes their words will act as guidance or advice in what those involved in the College Democrats want to do as their careers.

“I just know that sometimes when you say you’re a political science major,” Vitale said, “people ask like, ‘Well, what are you going to do with it?’

These people will, like, speak what examples of what you can do with it.

“And then also, I’m hoping they can all show the importance of experience, like campaign experience and internships and stuff, rather than just the importance of having a degree.”

the experiences of Kent State students with faculty and staff inside and outside the classroom, as well as their perceptions of being students at a “predominately white campus.”

“The primary goal of the research is to design an initiative to serve as a support system for African American, Latino American and Native American male students at Kent State University,” Jaggers wrote.

Jaggers will present programs that were successful in supporting students at other institutions and will discuss students’ experiences and perceptions and ways in which the university can support and contribute to students’ academic and social success.

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PROJECTS Students do not give recognition to events, programs sponsored by organization A n o t h e r U S G p ro g r a m , called either Adopt-a-Senior or Snow Patrol, has been started “with our February snows,” Carlton said.

This program, Sherwood explained, gives several organizations involved the chance for community service hours.

They shovel snow for those who aren’t physically able to do it themselves.

“A lot of the things we do go unheard,” Sherwood said.

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AVIATION Aviation welcomes women Flying Black Squirrels gives women in aeronautics at Kent State and in the community a group to call their own.

“There are a lot of guys,” said Bethany Mialki, co-president and member of the Flying Black Squirrels. “They’re obviously going to crack jokes at you.”

The group is a support system and a networking device, and it also gives students an edge above their competitors.

Mialki, freshman aeronautics major, said McFarland gave the girls some advice about Women in Aviation International by say-

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thing people don’t really know what we do.”

He explained that as long as they aren’t doing anything wrong, there’s no reason for anyone to know about what USG is doing.

“If you’re moving fluently, if we’re keeping things coming,” he said, “then I think that it’s just so smooth that people don’t really have to know who’s doing it or how it’s done—just that it’s being done.”

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React to this story and more at KentWired.com ing, “If you are a woman, you will stand out in aviation. If you stand out in Women in Aviation, you are bound to be successful.”

Palcho said her goal for this group of freshmen is to get involved enough to be able to mentor the next group of freshmen.

Along with the leaders in the group at Kent State, people outside of Kent State in the aeronautics field are able to join the group.

“We’ve also opened it up to the outside community to provide some continuity,” McFarland said.

Both McFarland and Palcho said the girls in the aeronautics program needed female role models, and they both act as those role models for the girls.

Palcho said her role in the

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POLICE Kent police: ‘We do more with less’ “Both (incidents) are extremely unfortunate and I feel very badly for those people, but I don’t think it’s a realistic expectation at all to have a cop on every street corner,” he said.

“I wish we had the funding to have an officer on every street corner.”

The economy’s effect: ‘We do more with less’ Cole said the city of Kent has a population of roughly 50,000 people in the nine or 10 months out of the year the university is in full swing.

According to an FBI formula, Cole said a city with that size population should staff about 60 police officers. Cole said the Kent Police Department currently operates with group is to assist McFarland in being the support for the girls because McFarland is the only female faculty the girls in the aeronautics program have.

Mialki said that support from the faculty helps make having such a young group less daunting.

“Because it’s just us five, there isn’t anyone to disappoint,” Mialki said. “Anything we do is beyond what they expected.”

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42 officers, and has been operating on that level for the past few years.

“The city has been very cautious and conscientious during the last eight to ten years based on structural deficits, meaning that because the tax revenue is going down, the city operates at a loss year after year,” Cole said. “But on the other hand, the city has also done an excellent job, because of that careful spending, of having a fairly decent reserve fund for unplanned expenses.

“The buzzword around here is ‘we do more with less’ and we’ve been doing that for about eight or ten years. We’re used to operating lean, and because of that we have not had to use any layoffs or cut back.”

Even though the department is accustomed to doing “more with less,” it doesn’t mean they are satisfied with stretching their 42 officers across the roughly 10-square mile city in shifts of five to seven.

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MAY 4 May 4 Memorial site added to the National Register of Historic Places Anthropology professor Mark Seemen headed the effort.

Seeman, who has a background in historic preservation, said the grueling application process was worth earning the site national recognition.

“From my standpoint, the National Register was designed by the federal government to designate those places where history happened,” Seeman said.

“It’s meaningful to go to the site and see where history happened; see it from the perspective of the guardsman or the students and

“On a normal afternoon, or even a normal evening, say there’s seven officers working. Do the math, that’s one officer per (1.43) square miles,” Cole said. “Now you add to that the volume of calls that we have to respond to. Despite our best intentions and wishes to be able to predict the future and be where we need to be, the fact of the matter is if a fight begins downtown it’s entirely possible at any given moment that all of our officers are busy with other calls for service, although we do our best to try to prioritize things.”

How safe is Kent?

In December, City Manager Dave Ruller posted graphics and crime statistics for the city of Kent on his blog, Kent360.com.

Ruller’s statistics show crime rates for the city of Kent are lower than the national average in almost every category. Violent crimes in Kent declined 52 percent from 1994 try to understand.”

According to the National Register of Historic Places’ Web site, when a place is designated as part of the register, it is eligible for federal preservation grants and federal investment tax credits, among other things. However, if federal money is attached to the property, then the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation must be allowed to comment on any changes.

Davis and Carole Barbato, communications studies professor, who together teach the May 4 history course, said the site’s new designation could have a significant impact on the area.

“You know, there have been studies done that show the second main reason people come to an area to visit is to see historic sites,” said Barbato, who was

to 2009. The amount of violent crimes in Kent is also less than half of the national average. Theft in Kent is 31 percent lower than the national average.

“Whenever there is a news story about a serious crime in Kent, people worry,” Ruller wrote in a Nov. 30 blog post. ”We worry too but we also try to keep things in perspective and we rely on data to do that. When you look at the snapshot of crime data in Kent over the last four years (from January through October of each year), you can get a good idea of how safe we are this year versus the prior three years by the numbers rather than the stories that make it into the newspaper headlines.”

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also present at the shootings.

“And we already know that people will see the Kent State sign on the freeway and come just to visit the memorial.”

This May will mark the 40th anniversary of the shootings, a milestone that will also be commemorated with the opening of a May 4 Visitors Center and a new walking tour of the grounds.

“America knows about this.

The world knows about this,” Davis said. “This is a story that marks an important turning point in American history.”

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Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 5. If you wake up sad or gloomy, take time to exercise, fix a good breakfast and reach out mentally to explore options.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 6. Clear space early because you’ll need it for cooking, writing or simply showing your love to someone special.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) Today is a 7. You sense the flow of power at home or at work, and you’ll benefit if you can go with it.

Later, you see the wisdom of decisions made today.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is an 8. Each challenge shows you a way to reinforce a core commitment. Or not. You could be getting ready to drop an old attitude in favor of something better.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is an 8. Blast out of the doldrums! Argue if you have to, but keep one foot firmly on the ground.

Wriggle into a more comfortable position.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is an 8. Add sugar liberally to your words. Create an ambiance that reminds you of an iron fist in a velvet glove. Be strong and compassionate.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7. To get the day rolling, accept a challenge. Work diligently, and by day’s end you’ll feel great because you’ve done your very best. Take in a movie.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 6. Whatever’s going on in your head, it may not translate into something co-workers can appreciate. Rework a few details and try your presentation again.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is an 8. Each contact made provides valuable information about how team members feel.

A long-distance contact confirms your basic premise. Firm up details together.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8. Nurture others by providing healthy food and lots of love. To be effective with a supervisor, own your ideas. Benefits follow.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 6. Today will go better if you begin with practical assumptions and expand using everyone’s imaginative input. It’s brainstorm day.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is 8. Dividing labor gets more done. You may need time alone in your office. Someone solves a storage problem.

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Daily Kent Stater

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

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“Humes replaces size with power

It is mostly about being under control, and playing smart.”

Jamilah humes, junior guard

Junior guard anchor of backcourt Lance Lysowski

Daily Kent Stater

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5-foot-8 guard is not expected to drive to the net, taking on the opposition’s biggest defenders in the process.

Junior guard Jamilah Humes does just that, and much more.

Humes regularly crashes the paint, and does it effectively. The junior guard is averaging 13.2 points per game and said that a simple drill in practice polishes her ability to go to the hole when the defense least expects it.

“In practices, whenever we go into the hole we have to go through pads,” Humes said. “They hit us with the pads so I always concentrate on making contact with the player, and finishing.”

FILE PHOTO BY BRITTANY ANKROM | DAILY KENT STATER

Junior guard Jamilah Humes goes up for two during the Flashes 62 - 59 win over the Toledo Rockets Feb. 3.

Humes orchestrates the Flashes’ backcourt, which ranks fourth in the Mid-American Conference in scoring margin and fourth in field goal percentage. But just two years ago, Humes was forced to receive a redshirt for legal reasons.

The year away from the hardwood was tough for the junior guard, but Humes said the incident is far behind her and she is finally able to move on.

“I don’t really know how to explain it,” Humes said. “Last year, it was really more about getting back into the flow of things and getting reconnected with team play. I was always with the team, but actually playing in game situations with them. This year, it’s more of okay I got that out of the way. Now I can get back to being productive for my team.”

Ranking 15th in points, fifth in assists and fourth in steals in the MAC, Humes’ game is diverse.

Although she excels in every facet of the game, the junior guard said there is always an aspect of her play that needs work.

“It is mostly about being under control, and playing smart,” Humes said. “There are some games where I have more turnovers than assists.

Really keep working with the coaches, and concentrating on working on things I know I’m good at. Also working on the things I’m not good at, and there’s a lot. There’s always something different every year.”

Humes said that before the season, she dedicated herself to developing her shooting; not only from mid-range but from three-point range as well.

Last season, Humes shot 26.7 percent from the field and 35.7 percent from three-point range.

Hard work Has paid off for the junior, as her field goal percentage rose to 44 percent and 43.5 percent from behind the arc.

THE GAME Kent State (17-8, 10-3 MAC) vs. Akron (15-11, 9-4 MAC) Where: The M.A.C. Center When: 7 p.m. tonight TV: TV2 (Channel 2 on campus, channel 16 off campus)

The improvement was evident on Jan. 30, when Humes dropped 33 points against Northern Illinois on 11-of-18 shooting. She also added nine rebounds and two assists, but the Saginaw, Mich. native, said that the career performance was a result of several factors.

“To be honest, I did not know I had that many points,” Humes said.

“It really just went with the flow of the game. A lot of the points got put on me too because (junior forward Taisja Jones) was in foul trouble. We usually split that but it really went to me. I really kept shooting until they stopped me, but they didn’t.”

The Flashes have won eight of their last nine games, and sit at second in the MAC East Division. Humes said she believes the team has a serious chance at winning the conference, but the team needs to work on one aspect of their game — defense.

“We have to make a really good defensive effort in these last couple of games because we can score,” Humes said. “That’s not a problem, but we can’t keep giving up those 3-point shots. We give up a lot of three-point shots, and we need to defend. We need to hold opponents to at least 60 points a game. We can’t let them do that because that lessens our chances of winning.”

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

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Randy Ziemnik

Apology not accepted With millions of Americans out of work, uninsured and struggling to get by, what was most of this country glued to last Friday at about 11:30 a.m.? No, not the Price is Right, but rather a billionaire, pompous ass who hits a golf ball and sleeps around on the weekends.

In the grand scheme of things, Tiger Woods’ extramarital issues pale in comparison to the problems facing everyday, average Americans. But since we live in society that worships celebrities like gods and revels in their missteps, Woods is as culturally important as health care reform. Only in America!

Woods cannot seriously look himself in the mirror and say he’s sorry for what he’s done with a straight face. But what he can say with a straight face is he’s sorry he got caught. If we didn’t live in a world with media outlets dedicated to celebrity news publications willing to pay six figures for cell phone messages and people willing to talk about sleeping with a married man to the highest bidder, Woods would still be living a double life without a care in the world.

As for Woods’ 13 minute and 29 second apology sideshow last Friday, it came three months too late and was without a doubt staged and at times was as painful to watch as a George W. Bush press conference.

If Woods was at all interested in saving his marriage and rebuilding his image, he should have addressed the situation as soon as it happened instead of living in secrecy for months while his mistresses came out of the woodwork, bringing even more embarrassment to his loved ones.

Now the part of Woods’ press conference that bothered me the most was when he reprimanded the media for following his children to school. I understand that celebrities want privacy for their family members, but in this case Tiger Woods brought this on himself and should blame no one but himself.

If he really cared about his kids’ privacy, he’d be home with them instead of in one of his many mistresses’ beds.

Woods also put many parents in this country in the uncomfortable position of explaining to their children, who may not be ready for that type of conversation, that one of their many idols has cheated on his wife.

If Tiger Woods doesn’t want the media attention brought on by his celebrity and his actions, he should do the following: Quit golf, give back all the money from tournaments and endorsement deals, get a full-time job (if he could find one), and a play a round or two with his friends on the weekends. Then he’ll know what it’s like for the rest of us.

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Twenty wins not ultimate goal for Flashes Regular season record just a stepping stone for men’s basketball

THE GAME Kent State (20-8, 10-3 MAC) vs.

Bowling green (14-12, 6-7 MAC) Where: Bowling Green, Oh. When: 7 p.m. tonight Radio: WNIR 100.1 FM (Tom Linder)

Cody Erbacher

Daily Kent Stater Last year, extending a 10-season span of winning at least 20 games was the only thing on everyone’s mind surrounding the Kent State men’s basketball team.

Kent State coach Geno Ford said missing the mark was rough because of seniors like Jordan Mincy, who poured his heart into the program posting consistent numbers all four years.

But this season is a different story.

To the coaches and players, 20 wins isn’t a big deal. It’s just a minor step in the quest for a Mid-American Conference Championship.

“We played the 26th toughest non-league schedule in the country,” Ford said. “If we were trying to win 20 games we’d make sure we won 20 games by playing a bunch of home games and playing against people who aren’t very good. We don’t do that. We try to get ready to try to win the conference tournament.”

Following the BracketBuster game against Western Carolina, Kent State (20-8, 10-3 MAC) won its 20th game. The Flashes are one of 10 teams in the nation to win 20 games in 11 of the last 12 seasons.

Sophomore forward Justin Greene recorded 21 points against Western Carolina while shooting six

of nine from the field. Greene ranks second in the MAC with a 52.7 field goal percentage.

“We just come out and play Kent State basketball every chance we get and we know that stuff will take care of itself,” senior guard Chris Singletary said. “We know that if we come out and play Kent State basketball, we can get to the 20 win spot for the next 5 to 10 years.”

Last season the Flashes missed that mark by one win.

“I’m not going to change my tune, we’ve never talked about winning 20 games,” Ford said. “It’s not a magical number to me personally.”

The next stop in the road to a MAC Championship is Bowling Green. If Kent State can manage a win, the Flashes will secure a bye in the first round of the MAC Tournament.

Singletary, who has been a key factor in the Flashes’ success, will need to turn in a big performance as he averages 14.6 points per game

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We just come out and play Kent State basketball every chance we get and we know that stuff will take care of itself.”

Chris Singletary SENIOR GUARD

with a 57 percent (26-for-46) shooting percentage in the last five meetings against the Falcons.

After the first loss against Bowling Green on January 17, Kent State has won 10 of 11 games. The match-up has been split the past two seasons.

Contact sports reporter Cody Erbacher at cerbache@kent.edu.

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FILE PHOTO BY TESSA BARGAINNIER | DAILY KENT STATER

Senior center Brandon Parks, freshman guard Randal Holt and sophomore guard Ian Pinckney celebrate on the sidelines after junior guard Rodriquez Sherman dunks the ball to tie up the game with 2.4 seconds left Jan. 30 against Western Michigan.The Flashes beat the broncos 74 – 73.