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Willie Harrell, Jr. New Oscar Ritchie photo exhibit remains fugitive, showcases recent BUS protests trial suspended Hannah Armenta City Reporter Willie J. Harrell, Jr., a former Kent State English professor who was arrested last year with a 15-year-old in his car, is still a fugitive, although his location remains unknown. Harrell was arrested Aug. 28. 2015, after he was caught meeting with a 15-year-old boy in the parking lot of Smith Elementary School in Akron with the intent to pursue Photo courtesy of Kent a sexual relationship. State University The Summit County Court of Common Pleas issued a warrant in January for Harrell’s arrest. “Mr. Harrell is currently a fugitive from justice, but we are confident he will be located and arrested,” said James Pollack, director of communications for the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office. “When he is returned to Summit County, we will prosecute the case.” Harrell’s lawyer, Kevin J. Breens, requested to be taken off Harrell’s case in January. His request was approved on Jan. 8, 2016. Breen has had no contact with Harrell since Nov. 16, 2015, according to a court document. Harrell is charged with two felonies: Importuning and attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. He is also charged with violating adult curfew, a misdemeanor.
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Clint Datchuk / The Kent Stater Kent State graduate Jennifer Cline and her three-year-old son, Kwadwo Cline, attend emeritus associate professor of pan-African studies E. Timothy Moore’s picture exhibition, “Get on the BUS: A Pictorial of Black Student Protest,” at the Uumbaji Gallery in Oscar Ritchie Hall on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016.
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Kasich signs Ohio bill diverting Planned Parenthood funding Associated Press
Ryan McBride / Zuma Press / TNS Republican presidential candidate John Kasich joins supporters for a town hall event at an American Legion in Rochester, N.H., on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016.
Gov. John Kasich signed legislation Sunday to strip government money from Planned Parenthood in Ohio, an expected move that came one day after the Republican presidential contender’s weak performance in his party’s South Carolina primary. The action came despite calls for a veto by some legislative Democrats and several newspaper editorials. The governor did not sign the bill in public. His office made the announcement in a statement. Kasich had made it clear before the weekend primary he would sign the bill into law. The legislation targets the roughly $1.3 million in fund-
ing that Planned Parenthood receives through Ohio’s health department. The money, which is mostly federal, supports HIV testing, breast and cervical cancer screenings and prevention of violence against women. The legislation prohibits such funds from going to entities that perform or promote abortions, their affiliates and those that contract with an entity that performs abortions. The House gave its final approval earlier this month on a mostly party-line vote, with the bill’s Democratic co-sponsor voting in favor and two Republicans voting against it. The bill doesn’t name Planned Parenthood, but back-
ers of the legislation have acknowledged the organization will be the most affected. They want the money to go to health centers and other providers that do not perform abortions. Opponents say the measure puts politics ahead of people’s health care. State and federal laws already prohibit taxpayer funds from being used to pay for abortions, except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother. A Planned Parenthood leader in Ohio has emphasized the organization’s doors would remain open, but its community health programs would be cut.
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Memory of former Kent State student soars to new heights Jenna Kuczkowski Technology Reporter At a very young age, Nicole “Nikki” Kukwa knew she wanted to be a pilot. “When she was 12 and went on her first flight and got to see the cockpit she was like, ‘I want to be a pilot’ and that was it; It never wavered, never,” Debbie Kukwa, Nicole’s mother, said. Nicole was a senior in 2006 when she passed away after battling Leukemia for almost two years. Now, the Kent State Aeronautics program has named the new Cessna Skyhawk aircraft they received “Nikki.” Debbie Kukwa said Nicole was determined, smart and very energetic. “She was so energetic that she actually used to make me a little crazy because she wanted to do everything all at once and I always joked like, ‘When are you just going to stay home and clean your room or just hangout with us?’” Debbie Kukwa said. Debbie Kukwa said Nicole was always highly involved in aeronautics and was a leader in many ways and she was very staunch about women being pilots and had a dream of opening a flight school for women. In her time at Kent State, Nicole was also instrumental in establishing the Kent State’s chapter of Women in Aviation, also known as the KSU Flying Black Squirrels. The chapter is part of an international club whose purpose is to, “build a strong bond with other women in our field, linking us to better opportunities to succeed in aviation,” according to their website. The Cessna Skyhawk aircraft named after Nicole was donated to Kent State after the school was named a 2016 Top Hawk University. Only four universities nationwide received this honor. Each school was awarded a Sky-
hawk aircraft to use for classes and training as well as promotions. During the aircraft’s presentation, Robert Sines, interim dean of the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology, said that when the college opened up naming rights for the plane to alumni and friends, they experienced an overwhelming response to name the plane Nikki, who passed away before achieving her dream of being a career-pilot. Debbie Kukwa said when she found out about the naming, she couldn’t believe it. “Now the plane will be up in the air in her name and the thought of it gives me goosebumps,” Debbie Kukwa said. “She’ll be up in the air, which is where she always wanted to be.” In addition to being used in typical flight training operations, Maureen McFarland, the aeronautics program director, said the new aircraft will be used to compete in the 2016 Air Race Classic to conduct outreach programs and provide exploration flights during a three-day aviation careers education summer camp for girls. The Air Race Classic is an all-women’s air race where teams of at least two women compete for four days to fly the nearly 2,400 mile course in the shortest amount of time possible. The 2016 race will begin in Prescott, Arizona on June 21 and end on June 24 in Daytona Beach, Florida. This year, the new “Nikki” aircraft will be flown by 2015 aeronautics graduate Carissa Marion, who is now a flight instructor at Kent State, as well as sophomore aeronautics major Jaila Manga. Nikki will begin to make two to three outreach flight programs starting the second week of March, weather permitting. McFarland said Youngstown, Ohio will be Nikki’s first stop, fol-
Jenna Kuczkowski / The Kent Stater Debbie Kukwa prepares to take the first flight in the new aircraft named after her daughter Nicole "Nikki" Kukwa on Tuesday Feb. 23, 2016. Nikki passed away from leukemia in 2006 during her senior year in the aeronautics program.
lowed by a trip to Pittsburgh at the end of March. “There’s a group out in Youngstown called Inspiring Minds and Nikki will fly out there to give a presentation to some high-school-aged students about aviation,” McFarland said. “They can sit in the plane, they’ll get a lesson on pre-flight and try to get them interested in aeronautics.”
The women’s aeronautics summer camp has taken place annually in Nicole’s honor since 2010 and provides an opportunity for young girls to learn about aeronautics, the programs at Kent State as well as offering an exploration flight on the last day of the camp.
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Hana Barkowitz Diversity Reporter “Get on the BUS: A Pictorial of Black Student Protest” is available for viewing at the Uumbaji Art Gallery in Oscar Ritchie Hall until March 3. The exhibit features pictures from recent BUS protests, such as the die-in on the Risman Plaza, as well as past BUS events, such as when Kwame Ture, a civil rights activist, visited Kent State. Many alumni returned for the gallery opening reception to hear E. Timothy Moore, an emeritus associate professor from the pan-African studies department, give insight on the photos. Ralonda Ellis-Hill, who graduated from Kent State in 1993, minored in pan-African studies. She returned as a graduate student and received her masters in public administration in 1995. She also served as BUS’ publicity chair during her time as a student. “Looking at these pictures, it’s good to see the people that were there,” EllisHill said.”I think it’s important to tie back the role that this building (and) this department has played in the lives of African-Americans over the years.” From alumni to current students, the perspectives of past students are important and relevant to the future movements of BUS. Isaac Floyd, current president of BUS, explained how he felt seeing the photos and how the photo gallery affects BUS today. “It was an honor for our organization, it definitely gave some perspective seeing the parallel between the activism from the past to the present,” he said. Floyd says that BUS alumni deserve
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Memory of former Kent... “It just seems like (Nikki’s) legacy keeps building and it keeps continuing to bring people together and encouraging engagement in the aeronautics program,” said Jessica Tremayne-Farkas, who is in charge of public relations for the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology. To stay up to date on Nikki’s journey across the country to promote aeronautics, follow the tag #NikkiTheTopHawk on Twitter. jkuczkow@kent.edu
survey students, faculty and staff will be asked to participate in. Warren also said the university is already largely successfull in many areas and part of the plan is to highlight those already known top academic programs. She said the intention of doing so is not to be braggadocios, but instead to share with the world the great work that is currently being done at Kent State. Warren was not the only person answering questions on the university’s behalf. In response to a question of what Kent State is going to do to strengthen diversity and cultural competency, Alfreda Brown, vice president for the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, provided elaboration. There is a collaborative effort between the divisions of diversity, equity and inclusion, student affairs and academic affairs to help diverse students become more successful and close the gap that currently separates them from the majority of students, she said. “It’s a University outreach where we’re paying close atten tion to the n eeds of students and ensuring that the students get what they need,” Brown said. Kevin Heller, a senior conservation major and executive director of the Commuter and Off-Campus Student Organization, wanted to instead share some insight on what makes Kent State a special place in his mind. Heller said the university provided him with a future he didn’t know he had. He said he always felt like a part of the Kent State community despite always being a commuter student and never living on campus. The university has helped him figure out who he is, he said. “(Kent State) helped define my idea of what it means to be an American," Heller said. "You don’t have to fit the mold of what people tell you to be." zezzone@kent.edu
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life. She said the declaration provides students with a life of meaning rather than just a job with a high wage. The other four priorities are equally important. The Distinctive Kent State priority is to make the university a unique and innovative place through research programs, which include the recruitment and support of talented faculty and staff. The goal of Global Competitiveness is to advance Kent State as a leading international university, while the Regional Impact is more focused on engaging with partners in the region and state. Lastly, the Organizational Stewardship priority is focused on ensuring a culture of continuous improvement through efficient management of resources. Warren said the university’s current funds alone will not be enough to support the roadmap that has been laid out. However, she said there is great opportunity in fundraising and that anybody in the community has the potential to contribute. “People want to give to a cause they can believe in,” Warren said. “And I think there is no better cause than Kent State University.” Warren also explained how the phrase “Undeniably Kent State” is not a slogan or a tagline, but rather the feelings, emotion and core values that make the university a community. She also said the phrase is a reintroduction to the world of what Kent State is. Warren discusses university initiatives at Town Hall from KentWired.com on Vimeo. Once the meeting opened up for questions, Warren was asked about some of the ways the university is going to measure its success with these new ideas and priorities. Some of the benchmarks Warren responded with include an 85 percent retention rate, 65 percent graduation rate, double the research that is currently being done and a 75 percent response rate on the climate
Kasich signs Ohio bill... The group says programs targeted in the bill helped Planned Parenthood in the last year to provide more than 47,000 STD tests and 3,600 HIV tests to Ohioans, serve nearly 2,800 new or expectant mothers, and inform young people and women about healthy relationships. Kasich’s actions betray thousands of Ohioans who rely on the agency’s work, said Planned Parenthood spokeswoman Amelia Hayes. “Gov. Kaisch should be ashamed for claiming he is
input on the future of the organization. “Talking to the BUS alumni and legacies and seeing the work and seeing the concrete change, seeing the diligence of activists provides perspective that what we’re doing really makes a difference,” he said. Floyd and Moore agree that it is important to recognize the history of pan-African studies and BUS at Kent State in order to ensure that the campus makes change and progress. “In some ways, things haven’t changed, but in a lot of ways, things have changed,” Moore said. “The things that haven’t changed are tied into a saying by (the English philosopher) Herbert Spencer. This saying defines everyone on the campus, especially in academia, in regards to pan-African studies. Their principle is proof of the ignorance, the
principle is called contempt prior to investigation. They have held contempt toward this program without even looking at what we were doing. Making judgments about us and black students, just because they were black.” Moore says this is why it is vital for every Kent State student to take a class in the pan-African studies department. “Students don’t know when they’re walking around on campus and they don’t even come into this building,” she said. “And even if they come into this building and don’t take classes from this department, they come out just as ignorant about us and other members of diverse communities. That should never happen and that is a travesty of education.” hbarkowi@kent.edu
Clint Datchuk / The Kent Stater Senior pan-African studies major Bobby Whippel and senior psychology major Sydney Robinson attend E. Timothy Moore’s photo exhibition, “Get on the BUS: A Pictorial of Black Student Protest,” in the Uumbaji Gallery of Oscar Ritchie Hall on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016.
invested in the fight against infant mortality while simultaneously defunding one of the best programs in the state for young mothers and their children,” she said. Ohio Democratic Party chairman David Pepper said Kasich has aligned himself with Tea Party conservatives over the wishes of most state residents. Joe Schiavoni, the state Senate’s top-ranking Democrat, said the cuts will devastate Ohio’s ability to help some of its most underserved residents. L a w m a k e r s a p p ro v e d the legislation Feb. 10, but Kasich’s office did not receive it until Thursday. T h e m e a s u re f o l l o w s an outcry among abortion
opponents around the country after the release of secretly recorded videos by activists alleging that Planned Parenthood sold fetal tissue to researchers for a profit in violation of federal law. Planned Parenthood has called the videos misleading and denied any wrongdoing, saying a handful of its clinics provided fetal tissue for research while receiving only permissible reimbursement for costs. Three of Planned Parenthood’s 28 locations in Ohio provide abortions. The organization has said it has no fetal tissue donation program in Ohio, where such donations are illegal.
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HARRELL Harrell still a fugitive... University spokesperson Eric Mansfield confirmed Harrell was terminated from the university. He taught at the university for 12 years. Altisource, a rental property agency, searched Harrell’s home and believes no one lives there. Harrell’s original trial was set for Jan. 21. However, according to a court document, the case has been removed from the court’s pending case list for “termination by reason of unavailability for trial.”
Breen and Seema Misra, assistant prosecuting attorney with the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office, appeared in court Jan. 11 for the final pretrial. Harrell was caught trying to flee to Canada in November but was stopped at the border. He told Canadian authorities he was trying to flee the country to avoid prosecution in his case in Summit County Pleas Court. Harrell pleaded not guilty and posted bond in September of last year. In 2014, Provost Todd Diacon named Harrell the provost’s fellow for 20142015. harmenta@kent.edu
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On Kent State Tuscarawas to hold 34th annual engineering expo Kent State’s Tuscarawas campus is holding its annual Engineering Technology Opportunity Expo in celebration of National Engineers Week on Thursday. The expo invites students from community high schools and is free to the public. The Expo will educate high school students with the necessary academic requirements that they should prepare for when seeking out jobs in numerous fields of engineering technology. Read full article on KentWired.com.
Cheers&Jeers Cheers to ... Cushing Independent School District devoting a day to a terminally-ill Texas boy by giving him an honorary diploma Monday. Jeers to ... an Egyptian toddler being sentenced to life in prison through a case of mistaken identity, though the toddler was never arrested.
Enough with the Oscars Matt Poe Columnist The Oscars are Sunday and while many are anxiously awaiting its arrival, I for one am going against the grain and declaring this year’s ceremony poppycock. I refuse to take the bait this year and bow to that smug, golden statue who thinks so highly of himself. There was a time when I was heavily invested in the Oscars. As someone who considers himself a movie buff, I could go on and on about these awards, much longer than the unfortunate people around me would like to hear. Thankfully, I am over that useless bit of trivia that is only handy when playing Trivia Crack or bar talk with friends. And for the most part, I’m over the Oscars. Here’s a few reasons why: For most people who won’t watch this year’s ceremony, it will be in support of #OscarsSoWhite, a movement that began when voters failed to nominate an actor or actress of color for the second straight year. While the support for the movement has been solid and rightfully addressed an issue the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences has failed to recognize for decades, it just scratches the surface. The message and call-to-action shouldn’t be aimed solely at the Academy when Hollywood as a whole has major issues in helping create films portraying different groups and races. So, while #OscarsSoWhite is a good start, it’s just the first layer of a larger social issue, one that may not be changing anytime soon. Not only is the Academy poor in recognizing diverse film-making, the ceremony itself is often boring and awkward. There will be occasional hosts with jokes that hit it out of the ballpark, like Ellen DeGeneres and the always great Billy Crystal, but most of the hosts whiff and strikeout. If I ever have to watch the likes of James Franco and Anne Hathaway together or Seth Macfarlane host again, I will personally make it my life’s mission to ensure the ceremony ceases to exist. Having these younger hosts was a ploy to gain the critical 18-34 demographic that the Oscars has sorely missed over the years. It didn’t work and neither did Neil Patrick Harris, who hosted last year’s least-watched ceremony in six years. However, there is one reason I cannot wait for this year’s Oscars: The great actor of our generation, Leonardo DiCaprio, is finally going to get his long-awaited Oscar. All he had to do was pretty much get eaten by a bear in “The Revenant” to get it. I think we’re at the point where we care more about DiCaprio winning an Oscar than he does, as if his mere existence and will to live is driven by a 13.5-inch gold statue. The whole narrative is hilarious. Between the hordes of women, great acting and the envy of every bro out there, I think he’s doing just fine. Besides, he wasn’t even the best actor in the film; Tom Hardy stole the show as the sadistic Fitzgerald. But he surely won’t win. More often than not, the Academy gets the nominations wrong and also gets the winners wrong. Much of it is the politics of Hollywood, but they often prefer physical, challenging performances to the body, like DiCaprio’s this year or Eddie Redmayne’s last year as Stephen Hawking in “The Theory of Everything.” While they’re still good performances, the nuances of Michael Keaton last year in “Birdman” or Michael Fassbender in “Steve Jobs” are more impressive. Getting mauled by a bear and rolling around in the snow is easy. I’ll do it just to prove my point. Many people still enjoy watching the Oscars and if you do, by all means enjoy it. Will I tune in to watch the final 20 minutes and see Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu become the first back-to-back best director winner in almost 70 years? Probably. But I refuse to sift through almost four hours of the show and listen to anymore Oscar pity for DiCaprio. I doubt he’s obsessing over it. Neither should we. mpoe3@kent.edu
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Dear John: Worry about campaign, not kitchens
At a town hall meeting Monday in Fairfax, Virginia, Ohio Gov. John Kasich told attendees about an early Ohio statehouse campaign he ran, with the quote, “many women, who left their kitchens to go out and go door-todoor and to put yard signs up for me.” His statement was met with a retort from a woman voter, saying she will come support him, “but I won’t be coming out of the kitchen.” He eventually apologized later that day on CNN, though not before saying earlier that people just need to “relax.” His statement, however, came at a poor time: Just one day after he officially signed a bill prohibiting Ohio “from contracting for health services with any organization that promotes or performs abortions,” according to CNN. Furthermore, the bill prevents more than $1 million in funding to those services — funded or nonprofit — that provide other services like health screenings and preven-
tion of violence against women. Kasich’s statement Monday, though lacking in tact, provides a bigger scope on how politicians need to take a look in how they run campaigns. By signing a controversial law, regardless of how people feel about it, it would seem imperative for a politician to watch what he or she says in the days following. A number of candidates have already said or done things they needed to address later or issue an apology in what seems like in an effort to be personable. While it’s important to not sound too rehearsed and fake, these potential leaders have to remain sensitive to current conditions and audiences as they go about their campaign strategy. The above editorial is the consensus opinion of The Kent Stater editorial board, whose names are listed above.
Beyond Paris, questionable efforts to combat climate change The Sacramento Bee Guest Columnist Germany has long been a leading advocate for confronting and ameliorating climate change. But actions speak louder than words - or signatures on an international accord. The recent Volkswagen scandal is only the latest case of climate policy hypocrisy. Meeting in Paris last December, countries around the globe finally recognized the generally accepted scientific evidence that climate change is real. They also accepted some responsibility to do something about it. To much fanfare, 195 countries, including Germany and the United States, signed the Paris agreement pledging to hit targets to drop emissions, cut carbon and keep our aging earth from experiencing too many hot flashes and cold extremities. Developed democratic countries, pushed by their citizens, led the charge for a comprehensive agreement to atone for past polluting and to prevent developing states from repeating their own sins. Canada, England, France - they all chimed in and tried to convince, coerce and cajole those developing countries to be energy ascetics. That was a tough sell. The developing world now wants its turn to crank out the carbon and catch up to the already rich, gasburning and global-warming recidivists. Looking beyond the narratives of the industrialized world’s planned sacrifice, however, some of the stories seem a little less noble or credible. France, for example, is fine with less fossil fuel because it depends mostly on nuclear power for progress; Up to 78 percent of its electrical needs are met by the near zero-carbon emitting nuclear plants. Future plans to cut its dependency on nuclear plants while also cutting carbon emissions will certainly be a challenge. Germany laudably boasts that it is able to reduce the amount of carbon it emits and shut down its nuclear power plants because it has developed enough alternative wind and solar power to provide clean and nearly free energy for all. In fact, German statistics recently peaked
when satisfying more than 50 percent of its electricity demand through solar power, and nearly 80 percent through all renewable resources. In each case of selective carbon curtailment, it is expected that a nation seeks its self-interest while also acting simultaneously to protect its competitive advantages. Germany recently went one step further by publicly advocating an anti-polluting stance, while at the same time a dominant corporation powering the German economic juggernaut acted surreptitiously to undermine environmental goals. Volkswagen, Germany’s industrial behemoth, figured it could advocate for tougher rules for others, but cheat its way to success by developing a workaround to America’s basic EPA auto-emission requirements. VW crafted an elegant, difficult-to-detect and fraudulent solution to the inconvenient pollution standards. It installed software in 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide that triggered a clean-emissions setting calibrated for a laboratory - not actual road use. Moreover, there is evidence that in the case of auto emissions the European Union was, if not complicit, suspiciously aware of autos failing emission tests years before the VW scandal, according to European tests done as early as 2007. Business-friendly industrial policies and an export-focused foreign policy support and underwrite the economic powerhouse that is a 21st-century Germany’s “Wirtschaftswunder” economic miracle. Achieving that new modern miracle sometimes seems to take precedence over any other policy, principle, norm, standard or goal. Economics have trumped global environmental and public health concerns in the past. In the 1980s, when the country was still divided, West Germany tried to export domestically unacceptable radioactively contaminated milk to developing countries, including Egypt. Other European countries were complicit in the practice and caught.
The focus of the Browns quarterback watch Ty Sugick Columnist The NFL Combine activities have taken off, inviting more than 300 of the best college football players. The players are not only competing for their dreams of putting on an NFL uniform, some are competing for draft positions, which in return could mean a larger check. A lot is at stake for these players, as all of their training has come down to this one week. As for the Cleveland Browns, because they currently hold the second pick, the Combine will be used to answer some questions of who will be the team’s selection in the first round. According to multiple reports, the Browns will select a quarterback with that pick. The idea of drafting a quarterback in the first round may sound like nails on a chalkboard for die-hard fans. Only four quarterbacks have been selected by the Browns in the first round since the team’s return in 1999. The two quarterback prospects to look out for are Jared Goff and Carson Wentz. Both are competing to be the Browns’ next starter and hopefully first success story. Goff is a 6-foot-4, 215-pound quarterback from the University of California. According to NFL.com, his professional potential is compared to Atlanta Falcons franchise quarterback Matt Ryan. Goff is calm in the pocket, and while his arm doesn’t impress, he has the ability to put the ball in tight windows and still be successful. Goff totaled 96 touchdowns and 30 interceptions in his collegiate career. Carson Wentz is a 6-foot-5, 230-pound quarterback out of North Dakota State University. Wentz has been compared to the likes of Cam Newton and Andrew Luck, who were both very young and successful quarterbacks in the NFL. During his college career Wentz racked up 45 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. Wentz’s only drawback is the lack of competition at the college level, which might scare off the Browns scouts. Both quarterbacks are likely to have successful careers in the NFL, so the decision for the Browns will come down to their workouts and mental evaluations. The 40-times and shuttles mean absolutely nothing if the Browns draft another player who has zero interest in winning or the team. If the Browns want to get their quarterback of the future, they should go with Wentz. Coming from a small town, Cleveland will feel like New York City to him. Wentz will carry the chip of being from a smaller school and town with him in his play. If you ask me, he sounds too perfect for Cleveland. Carson Wentz is highly intelligent, and with the correct supporting cast around him, he will flourish. tsugick@kent.edu
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Young fans leave impression on Kent State gymnastics team Elise Kogelnik Sports Reporter Young fans rushed out of the stands in the M.A.C. Center after Sunday’s meet and waited anxiously for their turn to get an autograph from a Kent State gymnast. The Flashes sat behind a line of tables and took turns signing a Kent State gymnastics poster for every aspiring gymnast who came to see them compete. Blaire Testa, 11, and Maddie Horning, 10, from a local gymnastics team were no exception. They save every autograph they get after the Flashes’ home meets. The signatures are symbols of inspiration for the little girls, but sophomore Brooke Timko said they mean something to the Flashes, too. “I am the very last one to sign, so I am the one who gives (the little kids) their signed poster,” Timko said. “Their reactions are priceless. You would think I just gave them a million dollars by how happy they are and by the huge smiles on their faces. (It) make the sacrifices and hours we put into this sport all worth it.” Senior Kayla Kosmerl said seeing the kids she has coached in the autograph line gives her a feeling of instant gratification. “I remember when I was little, if a college gymnast came to my gym at home I would freak out,” Kosmerl said. “Now you see them come to me and they’re like, ‘Oh my gosh!’ I’m just a gymnast, but they’re so excited to see me.” Blaire met Kosmerl and junior Ellen Demarest at her gym, Gymnastics of Ohio. Many of the other young fans knew the Flashes as coaches
from gymnastics camps and lessons. Junior Jordan Hardison said coaching gymnastics is a rewarding experience. “It’s so fun (to teach the kids),” Hardison said. “I like the little kids because you can really make a big difference and spot them through the skills and when they learn something, they get really excited.” Horning’s favorite part of the meets is watching Hardison compete. “Hardison (is my favorite gymnast) because I like to see her,” Horning said. “When she lands it, she sticks it. I didn’t see her fall on anything, so I just kind of look up to her.” Kent State alum Heather Trem coaches kids at Eastlake Gymnastics. Trem, who started the club gymnastics program at Kent State, said she brings her students to meets for motivation. “I brought some of my team members today so they can see what they can possibly be,” Trem said. “They watch and see how good the (college gymnasts) are – how straight they are and how tight they are. It inspires them to get back in the gym and try their hardest to go fast and stay strong, just like Kent State.” Watching the Flashes compete teaches young gymnasts to stick their landings, but Denise Testa said it teaches her daughter, Blaire, how to recover from mistakes, too. Blaire went to the hospital after falling off the uneven bars last year and hasn’t wanted to get on them since. Denise said coming to Kent State's gymnastics meets show Blaire that even when gymnasts fall, they get back up again. “Hopefully this will bring some motivation to Blaire,” Denise said. “The one (gymnast from
Men’s basketball falls to Buffalo on the road Stephen Means Sports Editor Coming off a big home win over rival University of Akron (21-7, 10-5 Mid-American Conference) this past Friday, Kent State (18-10, 9-6 MAC) fell on the road to the University of Buffalo (16-12, 9-6 MAC), 87-70 on Tuesday. “I just think we got outplayed,” coach Rob Senderoff said after the game. “We came out with good energy and were in the game most of the night. We just kind of fell apart in the second half.” The Bulls outscored the Flashes 51-37 in the second half led by freshman guard CJ Massinburg, who scored 21 points off the bench, including 4-of-5 from three-point range. Buffalo’s bench outscored Kent State’s 49-11 with three players, including Massinburg, scoring in double figures. "We just have to play better defense,” Senderoff said. “We played well and kept the tempo where we wanted it for the first 25 minutes, but
couldn’t sustain it. They went on a big run and we couldn’t get stops during that stretch." Following a birth in the NCAA tournament during the 2014-15 season, the Bulls lost leading scorer and MAC Player of the Year Justin Moss, who was dismissed from the team for off-the -court issues in June 2015. The team also lost head coach Bobby Hurley and Second Team AllMAC guard Shannon Evans to Arizona State (1413, 4-10 Pacific-12 Conference). Redshirt junior Jimmy Hall led the Flashes with 20 points, while senior center Khaliq Spicer added 13 points and 11 rebounds. With the loss Kent State slides back into a three-way tie for second place in the MAC East standings, one game behind Akron, who is currently alone in first place. The Flashes will be on the road again Saturday to take on Miami University (OH) (10-18, 4-11 MAC). The game will air on ESPN3 with tip-off at 3:30 p.m.
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Bowling Green State University) fell off the bars and I’m like ‘Blaire, she fell! She went down and got right back up.’ It’s inspirational.” The young fans have an equally big impact on the Kent State gymnasts. Timko listens for the little girls in the stands before it’s her turn to compete because their voices calm her and remind her of her home, she said. “It’s amazing how much (the little girls) look up to you,” Timko said. “I remember when I was little and I looked up to the ‘big girls’ and couldn’t wait to become one. They were my idols and I wanted to be just like them. To think I am a role model like that today is the greatest feeling.” Coach Brice Biggin said the team often discusses its responsibility to the kids who support it. “One of the things we talk to the team about all
the time is being role models and how important it is as an athlete to be a role model,” Biggin said. “Especially in gymnastics because who you’re a role model to most of the time is young kids. If we want to bring kids to our meets and have them have a great time, then our (gymnasts) need to recognize (the kids in the stands) and make sure they go out of their way to be role models.” Biggin said the Kent State gymnasts are great role models for his two young daughters, Addison and Alexandria. “(Addison and Alexandria) love the team,” Biggin said. “I think they feel like they’re on the team. They look up to these gymnasts so much and (the team) knows that.” ekogelni@kent.edu
Q&A with MAC Wrestler of the Week Tyler Buckwalter Dan Armelli Sports Reporter
No. 15 Kent State wrestling’s 165-pound fifthyear senior Tyler Buckwalter is looking to bring a national bid to his team. With his last two wins against ranked opponents in a tri-meet against Central Michigan and Edinboro, he helped his case. The wins in duals that were decided by one and three points, respectively, earned him MAC Wrestler of the Week last week. Buckwalter became the fourth different Kent State wrestler to win the award this season, along with Mike DePalma, Ian Miller and Kyle Conel. smeans2@kent.edu Buckwalter finished the season 14-4 in dual meets and is the No. 29 wrestler in the country at 165 pounds. While the team prepares for the MAC Tournament, which runs March 5-6, the Stater spoke with Buckwalter about his success, past Kent State teams and becoming a teacher. You’re from the middle of Pennsylvania. How did you end up choosing Kent State? I guess the connection when (coach Josh Moore) was still here. His twin brother was coaching at Lock Haven, which is the town I’m from. Coach Moore recruited a lot of PA guys when he was here. He called me and started talking to me, and then I came on a visit here. I just loved it, and I decided to come here. It was between here and Lock Haven. Your first year here was with guys like Dustin Kilgore, Nic Bedelyon, Tyler Small and Brendan Barlow. What was it like to be in the wrestling room that first year with guys like them? I think it was definitely eye opening. I came from a high school where we won a state championship my junior year. We had some Division-1 wrestlers in there. But when I came here Yusong Shi / UB Spectrum it was like everyone was good. It’s funny, someRedshit junior Jimmy Hall drives the lane surrounded by University at Buffalo defenders at Alumni Arena on times you’re tired at the end of practice and look
around for that guy you can beat up on and you look around and it’s like, “I don’t know who to go to. All these guys are amazing.” That just makes you better because it pushes you. I remember wrestling a lot with Ross Tice. I would practice with him a lot, and he made me a lot better that year. You speant your first couple of years wrestling in opens before wrestling in MAC duals in your third year. What were some of the growing pains you had to overcome during those first few years? I think the first two years are hard, especially your redshirt year. You have to travel on your own. You have to pay for everything yourself. At times it feels like you’re not as a part of the team. But it’s good because you get a lot of matches. I wrestled 40-some matches my redshirt year. That just makes you better. But I think the other thing you have to adjust to is that longer season from high school to college. You’ve won many MAC academic awards, you’re on the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Where does that pride in being a good scholar as well as athlete come from? I think that just comes mostly from how I was raised. My parents are both teachers. They put a lot of emphasis on my grades when I was in high school. Then I sort of took it over for myself. When I came here I wanted to keep my grades really high. I’m in a health and physical education major where there aren’t a ton of jobs out there. I knew in order to make myself more marketable, I had to do everything that I can while I was here to get the best opportunity to get a job after I leave.
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Today’s Birthday (02/24/16) Push for big career advances this year. Realize a personal dream (after 3/8), before family financial priorities shift (after 3/23). The next two years get lucrative, after Jupiter enters Libra (9/9). Partnership breakthroughs (after 9/1) inspire a personal turning point (after 9/16). Share love. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is an 8. A partner’s opinion is important. Work together today and tomorrow. Get ready to make your choices. Bond over shared food and drink. Take a walk and talk about what could be possible.
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