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Daily Kent Stater The Kent State men’s basketball team used a mixture of toughness and a comeback mentality to turn a shaky second half into a victory on national television Saturday night. Missed foul shots in the final minute of the ESPNU BracketBuster made a Kent State victory look grim Saturday at the M.A.C. Center, but the Flashes kept pushing to edge out a 74-72 victory over Western Carolina. “I knew that we were going to be tough no matter what,” said senior guard Chris Singletary. “That’s something we pride ourselves on: being tough at the end of games.” With 51 seconds left in regulation, Singletary hit two foul shots paving the way for what seemed would be an easy victory with a 71-64 score. But some missed foul shots would give Western Carolina a chance. After Western Carolina couldn’t
capitalize on its next possession, Singletary was fouled and sent to the free throw line. Singletary missed both free throws, and Western Carolina junior guard Mike Williams answered with a three-pointer to tighten the score at 71-67. “I got to do a better job at the free throw line,” said Singletary, who went 2-for-7 from the free throw line. “We got to do a better job closing the game out as a team at the free throw line.” Following Williams’ three, the ball was inbounded to senior guard Tyree Evans, who shot 4-for-9 from threepoint range en route to his 14 points. Evans was fouled, but only connected on one free throw. Senior forward Jake Robinson hit a three-pointer with seven seconds remaining in regulation, cutting the Flashes’ lead to 72-70. Sophomore forward Justin Greene, who shot a perfect 9-for-9 from the foul line, gave Kent State the edge hitting the final two free throws for a 74-70 lead. Junior forward Richie Gordon closed out the game with a lay up in the final seconds.
Kent State grad student dies from January assault The 28-year-old Kent State graduate student assaulted in downtown Kent in January died yesterday, according to an investigator at the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office. John T. White of Delaware was assaulted Jan. 23 at 2:30 a.m. near the intersection of South Water and West Main streets. White, an Iraq War veteran, suffered head injuries and was transported to Akron City Hospital where he was placed in intensive care. John H. Ragin Jr., 21, of Akron was arrested for felonious assault on Jan. 26 without incident at his residence. He pleaded not guilty to the second-degree felony at his arraignment on Feb. 5 in front of Judge John A. Enlow at the Portage County Common Pleas Court in Ravenna. Ragin’s pre-trial hearing is scheduled for March 25. Court officials said the alter-
cation supposedly occurred outside the bars in Kent after Ragin involved himself in a verbal altercation between White and a female. Hallie E. Nuspl, 21, of Akron was later arrested in connection with the assault on Feb. 8 and was released the same day from the Portage County jail on a $20,000 personal recognizance bond. Nuspl was charged with one count each of obstructing official business, a fifth-degree felony, and assault, a first-degree misdemeanor. She pleaded not guilty at her arraignment on Feb. 15 and has a pre-trial hearing scheduled for July 9 at the Portage County Common Pleas Court. — Kelly Byer React to this story and more at KentWired.com
Ravenna man arrested in campus drug bust
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degree felony. Police said Wheeler had been selling heroin to undercover agents for about a month before he was arrested. This is the third heroin arrest on campus made by the P o r t a g e C o u n t y D r u g Ta s k Force since November.
The Portage County Drug Task Force arrested a 28-yearold man for allegedly trafficking heroin outside the Student Recreation and Wellness Center on Friday afternoon. According to a press release from police officials, Roderick Wheeler, of Ravenna, was charged with trafficking heroin, a thirddegree felony; possession of heroin, a fourth-degree felony; and possessing criminal tools, a fifth-
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Senior forward Anthony Simpson looks to pass to an open teammate during Saturday’s game against Western Carolina. Simpson had 6 points in the Flashes’ 74-72 win over the Catamounts.
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One of the last things one might expect while walking to class is to see a classical music performance, but that’s exactly what the WKSU Players are attempting to bring to Kent State. The WKSU Players is a new collaboration between the local National Public Radio affiliate WKSU and the School of Music. The premise of the program is to hold spontaneous music performances all around Kent, engaging students with classical music, said Kelly Eppink, manager of communications at WKSU and creator of the program. “I thought it would be a neat way to bring music to the students and to the Kent State community as a whole,” Eppink said. “We wanted to focus on starting on campus, then branching out.”
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As a collaboration of WKSU and the School of Music to influence street performers to play classical music around Kent, The President’s Quartet plays in the Student Center Friday. There are two quartets performing for the program: The Nexus Quartet, a graduate group and The President’s Quartet, an undergraduate group that held its debut performance near the fountain in the Student Center on Friday. “I’m really excited to play in
front of everybody because a lot of people don’t get to listen to classical music very often,” said Ali Brasher, cellist in The President’s Quartet. The President’s Quartet performance lasted around an hour and caught the attention of
many passersby. Zack Krocek, senior exercise science major, was on his way to an exam when he encountered the performance. See QUARTET, Page 3
Kent State is still looking for candidates to occupy about 40 faculty positions for Fall 2010, and some university officials hope to see more diversity among the new hires. “We are hoping that the applicant pools are diverse and that we have top quality applicants applying,” said Alfreda Brown, vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion. “We have to go beyond the norm to ensure that our pools are diverse.” Retention Manager Judith Brooks, who was recently chosen as faculty recruiter to assist departments in the recruitment of minorities, said it is the university’s hope to hire more diverse faculty. Brooks said she is looking for black, Hispanic and American
Indian applicants. She looks for candidates at diverse organizations, professional societies and conferences and at institutions that graduate minorities. “We can’t force the divisions and departments to meet a quota, we can ask them to help us to become more inclusive,” Brooks said. “That’s our wish.” Brown said President Lester Lefton and Provost Robert Frank expect colleges and departments to consider diversity when hiring. She said it’s the university’s goal to take away any excuses and barriers when hiring minorities. “We haven’t done any extreme measures to diversify our pools,” Brown said. She added Kent State hasn’t taken a direct approach in the search for faculty and needs to boost recruitment. See DIVERSITY, Page 3
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TRACK Relay teams break longstanding records Bryson is the sixth Kent State athlete this year to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships. The others are Heasley (men’s 800-meter run), Dean Wood and Kenneth Agee (men’s high jump), Diana Dumitrescu (women’s pentathlon) and Alex Lizarribar (women’s 5000-meter run). Wood and Dumitrescu, both sophomores, also took first place in their respective events. Wood boosted his qualifying mark up to 7’1.5” in winning the high jump, and Dumitrescu won the women’s triple jump with a distance of 40’6.25”, also From Page 1
DIVERSITY Diversity sought in faculty positions “You do want to use ads, but I don’t rely on them and I wouldn’t suggest relying on ads alone,” Brown said. “I think until most recently that’s all Kent State did.” Each department has a search committee responsible for selecting candidates. After being selected by the committee, candidates are usually interviewed by phone and then called for an interview in person. Then the deans decide whether the candidate will be hired. Brown said her office has purchased two databases of minority doctorates across disciplines to search for candidates and has been conducting diversity seminars to assist faculty in the hiring process. She said she wants to implement a diversity scorecard starting this fall to help departments keep track of how they are doing. Brown said defining the criteria for the positions — deciding what are the required and the preferred skills — before the hiring process starts, is key to a diverse pool of applicants and a process free of bias. While a doctor’s degree in a subject is what is important for a job, teaching experience may be more important for other positions. “So people may think, well, ‘We are not getting the best,’ but you don’t know the best until you actually interview and see what that person brings,” Brown said. “You have to balance the whole thing. You have to weight everything, that’s why affirmative action is so important, because all things are not equal.” Brooks said it is the responsibility and the goal of faculty and staff at Kent State to provide equal employment opportunities and help the university become more inclusive. She said affirmative action staff looks at department pools during hiring processes and checks whether a depart-
Monday, February 22, 2010 | Page 3 a personal best. Other first-place finishers in the women’s events included Lhotsky in the 1000- meter run, junior Ava Haynes in the 60-meter hurdles and senior Samantha Fetter in the shot put. The Flashes travel to Central Michigan this weekend looking to win top honors in the conference, with the men’s team going for a second consecutive title. “I’m not going to make predictions,” Lawson said, “but if we can take a snapshot of our performances from the last three weeks, we’re going to do a great job.” Contact sports reporter Jody Michael at jmicha10@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com ment is under-represented. Brooks said a diverse faculty also helps retention because students feel they are learning from someone who understands them and have more reasons to interact with professors, share ideas and stay at Kent State. “We want students to hear from all backgrounds and we also want to represent the community that we serve,” Brooks said. “The students want to see faculty diversification, meaning they want to see someone who looks like them.” Richard Kolbe, associate dean of the College of Business Administration, said the college looks for candidates at professional conferences, but most resumes received come from ads posted on professional journals or are unsolicited. “We try to make sure that we are looking at a group as diverse as possible, ultimately it does comes to we are trying to find the very best person,” he said. “Ideally, we would like to have all groups of people in our classrooms.” Kolbe calls attention to the difficulty of finding applicants of different groups, especially blacks and American Indians, in specific areas. He said Kent State’s human resources notifies colleges and departments when they are “light” in some groups and suggests which ones should be targeted when a new position is opened. “You do have to keep in mind that diversity is a multi-perspective thing,” Kolbe said. ”When I look to diversity in the classroom, I want students to be exposed to all kinds of different thinking. Part is based on race diversity but also is based on cultural diversity.” E. Timothy Moore, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, who has been at Kent State for 41 years, first as a student and now as faculty, said we live in a global community and
CEBI to host program about business opportunities Kelly Maile
Daily Kent Stater In honor of National Entrepreneurship Week, a week that allows communities and universities from across the country to promote entrepreneurship, the CEBI is hosting an Entrepreneurship Fiesta from 4 to 7 p.m. today in the McCauley Lounge and is open to all students who are interested in new business opportunities. “We are looking for people to get involved with us and to be exposed to our program,” said Julie Messing, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (CEBI). “We want to reach out to students across Kent’s campus and let them know that these opportunities exist.” The CEBI wants to reach out, not only to business students who know about its opportunities, but to non-business stuFrom Page 1
BASKETBALL Flashes ‘bust’ for 20th win Kent State started the second half with a 34-33 lead, which would be taken away by the Catamounts in the first minute. The Flashes would trail until the final 12 minutes of regulation when Singletary recorded five straight assists on five straight Kent State possessions. The Flashes took a 50-49 lead capped off by an assist from Singletary to Greene. Greene recorded a students need to see more faculty who look like them rather than the typical faces. “Information can be delivered from the brain of these faculty regardless of their ethnic or cultural background,” Moore said. “We need to get past these barriers and limitations of perceptions that make us think that we can’t gain knowledge from a particular person because of their appearance.” Contact diversity reporter Mariana Silva at msilva1@kent.edu.
dents from different backgrounds. Messing said the entrepreneurship program offers classes that are open to any student on campus. Out of 140 students who take Introduction to Entrepreneurship classes, 40 percent are non-business majors. Tyra Byrd, a 19-year-old public relations major who graduated high school at age 16, sees a new opportunity offered to her, and said she takes it. “Students should start taking advantage of the opportunities that they are given, especially if they want to be successful in life,” Byrd said. “Every time someone asks me what I want to do after I graduate, I tell them I want to own everything and be my own boss.” Byrd has always wanted to double major in something and found out about the business program from her adviser. “I want to be successful in life and that is why I know this would be a really good program for me,” game-high 21 points and nine rebounds. The game remained close for six minutes, but Western Carolina would go on a 6-0 run giving the Catamounts a 62-56 lead with 4:07 left in regulation. “I thought we really improved our intensity in the last four minutes,” Kent State coach Geno Ford said. “We’re just not playing as well as we were a few weeks ago. To be honest, I thought we got out-toughed.” Back-to-back stops by Kent State tied the game at 62, and then after a missed foul shot by Singletary, he received the ball in front of his bench and drained a threepoint shot for a 65-62 lead. “Once we get close enough where we know we got to get a stop we do a great job getting that stop,” Singletary said. “Sometimes we know we can lock down at the end of the game so sometimes we relax for the first 35 minutes of the game.” Kent State travels to Bowling Green on Wednesday to continue the final round of Mid-American Conference East play. Contact sports reporter Cody Erbacher at cerbache@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com
Byrd said. “And I never knew about it until now.” The CEBI is working to make students more aware of the opportunities that are there for them. “If you are in journalism, biology or fashion you don’t hear about our programs everyday like our business students do,” Messing said. “We want students to know because we feel a lot of students would be interested in a minor or working in a business to gain experience.” For example, Messing said there is only a slight chance students who are majoring in music are going to become a professional musician. The entrepreneurship program will give you the opportunity and experience to start a business to teach music lessons or build a business around the idea for a music store. “Even though they are musicians at heart and that is their discipline, they have the opportunity to gain some business exposure, and they will learn how to take their passion and turn it into an opportuFrom Page 1
QUARTET Pop-up performances to appear at KSU “I didn’t even know what I was hearing,” Krocek said. “I stopped and listened and it was something I never even knew I would enjoy.” Eppink and The President’s Quartet were pleased with the first performance. “It was exactly what I was hoping for,” Eppink said. Michelle Ullman, freshman fashion design major, watched the performance from the balcony overlooking the first floor of the Student Center. “I think it’s awesome,” Ullman said of the WKSU Players program. “I think it gets peoples’ attention, and it really adds to the art. It’s nice to hear.” WKSU continues to hold auditions for performers interested in the program. While classical music is the main focus, Eppink said auditions are open to all types of musicians. There’s no telling when the next pop-up performance will happen, but then again, that’s the point. Contact performing arts reporter Kyle McDonald at kmcdona3@kent.edu.
nity,” Messing said. “That is really what entrepreneurship is.” At the Fiesta, faculty, entrepreneurs in residence, advisers and current entrepreneurship students will be available to help and talk to students about job opportunities, student-run businesses, scholarships, entrepreneurship majors and minors and how to become more involved. “There are many job opportunities, including four student-run businesses, on and off campus, that need students to work in the businesses,” Messing said. “The work covers every aspect of running a business from deciding what kind of inventory should be there to putting together a budget to selling things to customers.” Contact Business administration reporter Kelly Maile at kmaile1@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com
POLICE BLOTTER 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 oncampus and off campus arrests, charges and incidents of interest to the public.
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THURSDAY n Michael G. Farmer, 25, of Southington was charged with drunken driving on Rhodes Road. FRIDAY n Lyndsay D. Mays, 21, of Cleveland was charged with public intoxication on North Water Street. n Robert J. Cvelbar, 21, of Euclid was charged with public intoxication at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Summit Street.
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THURSDAY n Theft was reported at Terrace Hall. n Criminal mischief was reported at the Student Center. n Ryan W. Ruby, 19, of Vermilion was charged with underage drinking at the May 4 Memorial. n David T. Eskins, 19, of Berlin Heights was charged with underage drinking at Centennial Court A. n Bobi Jo Homer, 18, of McKees, Pa., was charged with underage drinking at Centennial Court A.
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SUMMARY: The planned multi-modal PARTA facility will be great for the economy, the environment and the culture of downtown Kent. Let’s just hope they’re fixing the basics, too.
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PARTA is about to get a new home. The state of Ohio received $50 million through the Federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant. The Kent downtown revitalization project received $20 million of total. The money will go toward the building of a multi-modal PARTA facility in downtown Kent. And although it sounds like a big, pointless building, it may be better than its title sounds. Although many of us won’t be here by the time it’s done, it will make a great impact when site preparation begins in 2011. The project is projected to employ 265 people during the building process and then another 700 people post-construction.
And not only is it good for the economy as it gives folks jobs, it’s also going to be good (well, better) for the environment. Although the PARTA buses will likely continue spewing fumes as they travel about, at least the building will be reducing its carbon footprint. The structure is slated to use solar panels and geothermal heating and cooling. The building may also pave the way for more efficient public transportation, bringing more people downtown. It is also set to make PARTA more accessible to possible riders as well. The multi-modal facility will also include small stores, in case Acorn Alley isn’t enough for you yet. Overall, the plan sounds great. It’s the next step in the downtown revitalization project
and a big step for a part of Kent that’s a rather big eyesore right now (the future location is the current home of the closed Record-Courier building on Depeyster Street). But we hope before this project begins, PARTA corrects some pre-existing problems. Many students still complain about the buses that run both on and off campus are often late or don’t arrive at all. So we really cross our fingers that those much simpler problems can be corrected — regardless of a new facility. The above editorial is the consensus opinion of the Daily Kent Stater editorial staff whose members are listed to the left. React to this story and more at
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DID YOU KNOW? On this day in 1980, the underdog U.S. hockey team, made up of college players, defeated the four-time defending goldmedal winning Soviet team at the XIII Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, N.Y. — History.com
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Hey Baby What’s Your Sine?: Hybrid cars satisfy smugness of suburbanites
I hate hybrid cars. Don’t get me wrong, I love saving the environment as much as Al Gore, but hybrid cars are used in all the wrong ways. Most people who can afford to cough up $25,000 reside in the suburbs of cities. They travel longer distances to work, because God forbid they put businesses within a five-mile radius of the suburbs. What most of those suburbanites conveniently forget is that the longer the distance you travel, the less efficient their hybrid cars are. Whenever you push the brake pedal in your hybrid car, you absorb energy from the vehicle. As you drive faster, you increase the car’s kinetic energy. The brakes remove this energy and dispel heat. Hybrid cars, however, capture some of this heat and store it in the battery for later use. The car reduces energy you used and makes planet Earth less polluted. In theory, this holds true. But when you spend the majority of your trip driving on the highway, there is little stopping and no energy saving. Using a hybrid car in the inner city where you constantly stop saves the most fuel. In practice, hybrid cars on the highway are as efficient as my 1989 Accord. Another problem facing hybrids is their aerodynamics. The reason anything needs energy to move is because everything on Earth travels through a medium. On the freeway, the majority of your engine’s work is to push the car through air. This is why papa’s SUV uses more fuel to keep up with your liberal brother’s tiny Ford Focus. Hybrid cars were originally designed to be lighter and less bulky than other cars. Yet, with mammoth hybrid cars introduced to the market and more time driving at higher speeds on highways, this saved energy is now lost. Although hybrid cars are a wonderful idea, their cost compared to their energy spent does not bode well for today’s society. With more people moving out of the city and traveling a longer distance, hybrid cars don’t work. So, once again, it is up to engineers and scientists to come through and save our fast-paced civilization. One of our ideas is introducing purely electric cars. According to the Energy Information Administration, electric cars produce 28 pounds of carbon dioxide with every 35 miles of driving. It also
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takes 17-kilowatt hours to charge it for 35 miles. A 17-kilowatt hour charging requires about 25 pounds of carbon-dioxide emission. All in all, it makes for a pretty good deal. The downside comes from the short distances electric cars travel. They need constant recharging and cannot reach the distance you could travel with a tank of good ol’ gasoline. Not only do electric cars travel short distances, but also are relatively silent. This proves hazardous when cruising down suburban streets and pedestrians strolling on sidewalks cannot hear your car veering near them. This has proved so problematic that cars now come with personal noisemakers, mimicking the sound of a moving car. The other main option for an alternative car streams from substitute fuel sources. Fuel cells were proposed as the solution to our gas needs. They operate through the electrolysis of water to produce electricity. Once again, we hit a brick wall. Hydrogen must be used for this property to work. Hydrogen is very difficult to transport and store. This would mean hydrogen refueling stations be placed all over the country, a small commodity with a cost of billions. More importantly, with extremely combustible hydrogen comes an explosion of 932 degrees Fahrenheit when ignited. Not all, however, is bleak in the not too distant future. New technologies are already in development for powering cars. Here at Ohio University, one of my own professors, Dr. Gerardine Botte is working to fix the problem. She’s experimenting with ammonia, which streams from our own pee, to power cars. Even though alternative fuel sources are rapidly being developed, maybe society has always had the solution to our transportation needs. For me, walking is fairly cheap and efficient. The above column was originally published Feb. 17 by Ohio University’s The Post. Content was made available by The Post.
Stop hating government For weeks, there has been a huge political scandal brewing in my hometown. Not surprisingly, the small village of about 2,000 people — who are mostly conservative Republicans — is upset with the government, but in a totally different way than I expected. Back in November, the townspeople elected a new mayor right after a big trucking company pulled out of the village, leaving us without our major source of tax revenue. As soon as the new mayor came into office, she fired the parks supervisor and an office secretary in order to get the village’s finances in order. Now, many of the townspeople are furious. They have been writing letters to the local newspaper for weeks accusing the new mayor of awful stuff, including bragging about her family’s income among other personal things (she makes $12,000 a year for being mayor, in case you were wondering). These critics are mainly upset because of the lost jobs, and I suspect they are close friends of the people who were laid off. Being one of only a handful of Democrats in my town, I can’t help but smile. Many of the townspeople are conservative and are quick to say the government should shrink down and stay out of our lives. But when it comes to local government, apparently it’s a different story. I guess smaller government is not as fun when someone you know loses his or her job. I’m almost tempted to write to the newspaper and remind everyone that conservatives prefer smaller government, so the new mayor is actually doing what her constituents want. After all, it seems as though everyone in America wants smaller government these days. When the huge blizzard hit our nation’s capital a few weeks back, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) called the government shutdown a “dream.” “The best thing is we’re not passing any legislation, which ultimately will save the
Frank Yonkof government a lot of money.” I suppose not doing his job has an upside for the senator, but what he failed to mention was that the shutdown cost us $100 million per day in lost productivity. Even so, many people in America today share this logic. A recent Washington Post/ ABC news poll found that 58 percent of Americans favor a smaller government. One of the things I find most appealing about America is that our federal government is dependable. As Americans, we can be assured that the government will keep functioning even amid a major disaster or attack. When a new president is elected, we know there will be a peaceful change of power, and that the new leader will be able to finish his or her term without the worry of a coup. The thing that makes America such a great country is that our government is strong and yet we still enjoy more freedoms than most everyone on earth. I would never trade our political stability for smaller government. As we’ve seen throughout the past year, people are crazy. Heck, some guy just flew a plane into an office building last week because he was allegedly upset with the IRS. And yet, these are the same people who want government out of their way? I think I speak for many Americans when I say we would rather have the higher authority in place instead of the anarchy of the “every man for himself” mentality.
What amazes me about our federal government is how incredibly efficient they are, given the monumental task they have ahead of them. Considering the United States is the third largest nation in the world in terms of population and size, one would only imagine nothing would get done. I mean, when a country like Haiti (which is approximately the size of Maryland) can’t even provide basic security for its people, it’s an absolute miracle that our federal government gets anything accomplished. When I had to compile gas price averages from the last decade for our high school paper and Google wasn’t being kind, I e-mailed the Energy Information Administration and quickly received a reply. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would hear back even within a year, but that is one popular misconception about our system. I am even going as far as to say that I am amazed with how well of a job Congress does. After all, I challenge anyone to gather 534 of your closest friends and come up with a way to spend a million dollars. And yet, Congress is able to agree and coordinate how our tax dollars are spent (whether you agree with what they spent it on is another debate). People today are quick to pounce on government for being too large and too restrictive, and many feel it is finally getting out of control. Unfortunately, they never stop to appreciate all of the little services we take for granted. There is a reason America is the greatest nation in the world, and our government and political system have a lot to do with that. My advice to all the government haters is this: Stop complaining and thank God you live here. Frank Yonkof is a sophomore newspaper journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at fyonkof@kent.edu. React to this story and more at
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Haiti or bust We are a nation that loves disasters. We flock to them like nothing else except maybe the Super Bowl and a Black Friday sale at Best Buy. Some of the first tragedies that come to mind are of course 9/11, New Orleans and now Haiti. It’s not that I think people don’t care or are incapable of feeling genuine empathy, but it does seem that the greater majority only get involved because it’s either “in” or “hip.” We all feel terrible when bad things happen — those of us who aren’t sociopaths anyway — and sometimes the conscience-plagued will donate their time and money to aid those in need. But how much of that comes from our being “told” to care and how much is born of a real desire to make the world a better place? The most ironic story to come out of the Haiti disaster I’ve heard of lately was about a U.S. Baptist group. They were arrested for trying to take Haitian children over the border to an orphanage in the Dominican Republic. As it turns out none of them were orphans at all; their parents had handed the children over themselves. So who knows what will happen to them now. Were these people wrong for trying to help? No. But they were certainly shortsighted, because they should have expected trouble when they got to the border without proper documentation certifying their right to the
Molly Cahill children. I doubt we’ll know the whole story for a while yet, but it just seems that taking a risk like that only impaired their ability to help in the future. I’m not saying that we shouldn’t care about other people’s misfortunes or take no action to ease it when we can, because I believe it to be a great thing when people can set aside their innate self-centeredness to help others. Just throwing help at a problem isn’t enough; it needs to be effective help. Donating money is all well and good, but what use are you going to be if you end up leaving yourself broke or wind up in jail like the people from that Baptist group? The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Not so much because people were stupid to butt in, but because they don’t always think things through or use what they have effectively.
The well-known phrase about everyone getting their 15 minutes of fame can be held true for more than just humans. Just as it occurred with its predecessors, the fervor we experienced over Haiti is diminishing and the potential stories are drying up. No doubt we will still be hearing about it for some time as people find what new angles are left, but eventually there will be another earthquake, flood or devastating disease. And people will turn their attention to that instead. Then the world will rush in carrying blankets, medical supplies and hemorrhaging money in their wake, at least until the next disaster comes along. So, if you’re a bit cynical like me and prefer to stick to donating your spare change to people begging outside of a 7-Eleven, don’t let yourself be guilt-tripped into feeling bad. Do what you want whether that’s texting the Red Cross, buying a CD to benefit Haiti down at the Exchange or even nothing at all. Molly Cahill is a senior pre-journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at mcahill2@kent.edu. React to this story and more at
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Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is an 8. Yesterday’s meditation can now be shared with a partner or close friend. You see how to change your work habits to achieve more without additional effort.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 7. Who has control over your decisions? This is no idle question. If you feel out of control, try a tiny adjustment. It may be as simple as an attitude shift.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 5. You may want to ease into work but instead find yourself in deep water. Today’s life preserver is made of logic and reason.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 6. If you don’t adapt, you could feel trapped at work. Practical ideas take over, so save an inspired plan for later, after the dust has settled. Go with the flow.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7. You don’t face the War of the Worlds. The situation calls for adaptation, not annihilation. Going around the bush is easier than charging through it.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8. You begin the day with an image of your goal. Creative energy takes you a long way, but you also need to get the feel for the material you’re using.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) Today is a 6. You’ll get more done if you work in seclusion today. A team player suggests a change that you have to ponder before saying yes. Choose balance over glitz.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 7. Work and play flow remarkably well today. You’re saying exactly the right words, with the correct logic and colorful flair. But don’t hog all the glory.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8. Check the schedule early. Verify appointments. A private meeting with an older person points you in the right financial direction.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is a 7. Change your tune but make sure you were on key to begin with. Imagination removes limitations and extends boundaries.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is an 8. Don’t plan on getting your way with everyone. A female challenges your assumptions. State your case clearly and offer several alternatives.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 6. Plan on taking baby steps today as the only way to make forward progress. Challenges come in the form of private conversation. Maintain confidentiality at all costs.
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Kent State junior Matt Cathell (149) tries to pin Central Michigan’s Tony D’Alie during yesterday’s MAC regular season championship. Cathell won his match with a pin with 44 seconds left in the third period. The Flashes lost the meet 13-21.
Repeat hopes pinned Rachel Jones
Daily Kent Stater The No. 15 Kent State wrestling team ended its nine-meet home winning streak and its hope at a repeat regular season conference title with a loss to No. 6 Central Michigan yesterday. The Chippewas (17-2, 5-0 Mid-American Conference) left the M.A.C. Center with a 21-13 victory over the Flashes (15-4, 4-1 MAC) and the title of MAC regular season champions. Kent State coach Jim Andrassy said the loss is a learning experience for the team. “Our guys fought really hard,” Andrassy said. “(I need to) go back and look at the tape and figure out where can we make up ground at and where are situations where we could’ve done better.” Redshirt sophomore Dustin Kilgore (30-1) said he is taking the loss as something he can grow from. “Any loss you have, (you have) to turn around and turn into something positive,” Kilgore said. “You have to look and see what kinds of
mistakes you’ve made and work off of those so the same thing doesn’t happen next time.” The Chippewas brought seven nationally ranked wrestlers to the meet. Although the Flashes won only three matches yesterday, most of the losses were close. Junior Matt Cathell (6-1) competed in his first MAC regular season match after regaining eligibility by the NCAA Feb. 15. At 141 pounds, Cathell pinned Tony D’Alie (14-4), who is ranked 12th nationally, with 44 seconds left in the third period, for his third pin of his career. “I was trying to keep moving and give myself a chance to win the match later in the period and wound up on top,” Cathell said. Andrassy said it was one of the biggest moments in the meet for him. “I think the pin helped us out and made our guys feel better about getting back into the match,” Andrassy said. “He’s very hard to handle, hard to wrestle, and he proved it right there.” Cathell said he was not try-
ing to get a pin and was surprised when he did. “I was trying to add the score (while) I was laying there,” Cathell said. “I was just trying to think how I could bring out a win.” R e d s h i r t f re s h m a n C h a s e Sko nie c zny (19-15) w o n the 141-pound match against Connor Beebe (19-6) 5-4. “We all know Chase is good,” Andrassy said. “I think this match will help give him confidence going into the MAC tournament. I know he has the ability to win it, he just needs to wrestle seven minutes hard.” Kilgore, who is ranked fourth nationally at 184 pounds, had Kent State’s final victory of the meet. He defeated Central Michigan’s Dillon Kern (7-10) 11-3. “I wanted to dominate but wrestle a smart match as well,” Kilgore said. “It was a pretty good match, and I was happy with it.” Kilgore said he is going to eat healthy, stay strong and try not to get hurt before the MAC tournament. “Other than that, (I’ll) just do the school thing, keep my weight
down and everything will come together,” Kilgore said. The team will have a couple days off before they start preparing again for the tournament, which will take place March 6 and 7 at Central Michigan. Almost every wrestler from Central Michigan who competed yesterday will be at the tournament. “They’re a better team than us right now, so we had to figure out a way to close that margin a little bit,” Andrassy said. “That’s part of what we’re going to do in the next two weeks to give our guys the best chance they can in the MAC tournament.” Andrassy said his goal is to keep the wrestlers healthy and in great shape. “Our guys are right where we want them to be,” Andrassy said. “We just have to find some way to make up some ground.” Contact sports reporter Rachel Jones at rjones62@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com.
Relay teams break long-standing records Jody Michael
Daily Kent Stater As the track and field athletes were polishing their performances for next week’s conference championships, the Kent State Tune-Up ended on a high note when both 4x800 meter relay teams earned first place and broke long-standing school records. The women’s team of sophomore Audrey Maheu, freshman Melinda Sawnor, and seniors Kelly Gephart and Jessica Lhotsky went first and finished in 9:00.20, 13 seconds faster than the 17-year record. The men answered by eclipsing a mark that had been in the record book for 38 years. Freshman Steve Fischer, sophomore Colin Pettiford, sophomore Patrick Gorby and junior Destin Heasley ran their race in 7:38.12, topping the previous record by three seconds. Kent State coach Bill Lawson
said although that particular event is hardly ever run anymore (the NCAA discontinued its use at the national level in 1994), breaking those school records is a big feat. “They were having a lot of fun,” Lawson said. “They beat marks that were set by great relay teams that had All-Americans on them.” Sophomore Princeton Bryson earned an NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the men’s 200-meter dash. He won his race in 21.14 seconds, a personal best. He was one of several Flashes to improve their individual performances in the final meet before next week’s Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships. “I held my breath (during his race), but he proved he feels great and he should be able to rock and roll next weekend,” Lawson said. “We are going to need him.” See TRACK, Page 3
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Sophomore Princeton Bryson leads the pack as the gun goes off. Bryson finished first in the 200-meter-dash on Saturday afternoon in the fieldhouse and earned an NCAA povisional qualifying mark.
Juniors power women’s basketball to road success Lance Lysowski
Daily Kent Stater Three times this season, junior forward Taisja Jones and junior guard Jamilah Humes have reached the 20-point mark in the same game. The Flashes’ two leading scorers did just that in the team’s comefrom-behind victory over Ohio on Saturday, 80-74. Humes’ 23 points and eight rebounds highlighted the win for Kent State (17-8, 10-3 Mid-American Conference), while Jones added 20 points and 10 rebounds. The Bobcats led 67-65 with 3:28 left to play when Flashes’ senior forward Yoshica Spears sank her first free throw. Spears missed the second but was able to grab her
own rebound. The senior called a timeout, giving Kent State an additional possession. Following the timeout, Spears received a pass at the baseline and sank a 3-pointer, giving Kent State the lead for good. On the Bobcats’ following possession, Spears forced an Ohio turnover, which Jones turned into two Kent State points on a layup. Spears finished with 14 points, while her turnover assisted the Flashes’ 23 points off of turnovers. Ohio managed to pull within two with five seconds left in the game, but free throws by senior guard Rachel Bennett and Humes sealed the game for Kent State. Kent State coach Bob Lindsay said the team’s slow start was disappointing, but the second-half
The Kent State gymnastics team’s win against Northern Illinois and Rutgers Friday night wasn’t the only thing to celebrate in the M.A.C. Center. Along with the victory, the Flashes raised thousands of dollars while beating the Scarlet Knights (187.925) and the Huskies (192.775) with a score of 194.575. “It was a great night because of a great cause,” assistant coach Sharon Sabin said. “But our team only did their job on three events.” The team had to overcome a vault rotation that was unfairly judged, according to Kent State coach Brice Biggin. “It’s frustrating going out on vault and starting like that,” said Biggin. “We can’t even break a 9.8? To me, that’s an awful job of judging.” Brittany Kopp was the first gymnast to vault. The first judge had her score at a 9.8, the other judge had her at a 9.55 so the average was taken. The lowerscoring judge set the precedent for the other judge, who began scoring the following gymnasts lower. “After things like that happen, you just tell them that you can only control what you can control,” Sabin said. Placing third on vault was senior Brittany Kopp (9.750) and tying for first were juniors Christina Lenny and Christine AbouMitri (9.775). The next rotation was bars, and things seemed to reset, as the team counted all scores above a 9.75. Kent State swept the first five places on bars, with three tying for first. Senior Lydia Barrett, junior Erin Rothrock and Christine Abou-Mitri all had scores of 9.85. The beam was next for Kent State. The first three Kent State gymnasts fell off the beam, and two of those fallen scores had to be counted, docking a point from the team’s final score. “Thank God for Brittany Kopp, Lenny and Abou,” Biggin said. “Those kids said to the rest of the team, ‘you need to learn how to fight.’ We fought and
push carried the team to the conference victory. “I thought we came out a bit flatfooted today and didn’t play with as much energy as we should,” Lindsay said. “That being said, we still found enough in the second half to make the plays we needed to down the stretch.” The first half included six ties and four lead changes, until the half ended with a 38-32 Kent State lead. Ohio started the second half with a 12-2 run led by 3-ponters by Ohio senior guards Jenny Poff and Jennifer Bushby, but the Flashes’ late 10-0 run was too much for the Bobcats to overcome. Bushby, who finished with 23 points on the game, recorded her 1,000th point for Ohio (6-20, 2-11 MAC).
Lindsay said the Flashes must begin to learn from their mistakes and do a better job defending. “We need to learn from (what) we didn’t do well,” Lindsay said. “We need to play better defensively and get points on easy baskets. We were giving up too many second chances.” The win pulls Kent State to within one game of MAC-East leading Bowling Green, who the Flashes lost to on Jan. 16, 89-61. Kent State will play their final home game Wednesday when Akron visits the M.A.C. Center at 7 p.m. Contact sports reporter Lance Lysowski at llysowsk@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com.
Senior Lydia Barrett approaches the uneven bar during the annual Flip for the Cure meet Friday. The Flashes, competing against Northen Illinois and Rutgers, pulled off a win over both teams.
there was no way we were coming off the beam.” Biggin said that until some girls get that attitude, they’re in a lot of trouble. “That’s all beam is, is attitude,” he said. “It’s not physically any more difficult. Mentally it is if you let it be.” Abou-Mitri was the only Kent State gymnast to place in the top three on the beam, and she won the event with a 9.85. “It’s a battle every weekend,” Abou-Mitri said. “You have to yell at them and ask if their heart is into it because it doesn’t look like it is. I can’t get up there and do it for them. There’s only so much I can do.” Abou-Mitri added she wonders why her teammates don’t look at her as an example, because she’s fighting for every element on the beam. Biggin pulled the girls aside after beam, and prepped them for the last rotation as the breast cancer survivors told the crowd their stories. Once again, the Flashes swept the floor exercise. Leading the event was Abou-Mitri, who posted a season-high 9.9. Following closely behind her in second place was senior Lydia Barrett (9.875) and in third was senior Sam Heydlauff (9.85). In her first floor routine of the season, junior Danielle Durbin scored a 9.825. “That was the routine of the night,” coach Biggin said. “That kid stepped up and did what she needed to do.” Abou-Mitri was very impressed by Durbin’s routine, stating that the team should also look at her as an example. “Someone who hasn’t even been in the lineup, goes up there and does her job,” Abou-Mitri said. In the all-around competition, Abou-Mitri and Lenny took top honors. Abou-Mitri earned a 39.375 and first place finish while Lenny placed second with a 39.025.
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