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CAED designers hope to inspire students Adrian Leuthauser CAED Reporter The designers of the new architecture building on campus, which will soon house the College of Architecture and Design (CAED), explained where the inspiration for the design of the building came about. The $40 million project had to undergo a competition to decide which design firm Kent wanted to work with. Of the 37 entries, only one firm was chosen, which is the Weiss/Manfredi, according to Kent’s website. This firm is run by husband and wife team, Michael Manfredi and Marion Weiss. Both of whom have visited Kent State prior to the competition, Weiss said. “The overall design is inspired by a few things at Kent,” Manfredi said. “The landscape of Kent was exceptional, as well as the typographic and we wanted to pull that into the building.” Manfredi also expressed the wide, diverse population inspired both him and his wife for the design of the building. They were also inspired by buildings that surround the Kent area. “I was excited about the warm pallets around Kent,” Weiss said. “McGilvrey Hall had these warm pallets and it captured the warm colors so we made a brick that was custom designed for Kent.” Weiss added that they wanted to bring those warm colors towards downtown Kent. Linking downtown Kent with the actual campus was another challenge they wanted to handle. “We wanted to locate the building between the campus and the town,” Manfredi said. “Essentially, be a link and have the building be more centrally located, it will be like a beacon, or a storefront.”

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Nate Manley / The Kent Stater A construction worker walks along the scaffolding of the new College of Architecture and Eviromental Design building on Monday, March 28, 2016. The new CAED building is expected to be completed by June.

Threats put Tuscarawas campus on lockdown Ian Flickinger-Galeza Senior Editor

Nate Manley / The Kent Stater A construction worker works on the new College of Architecture and Eviromental Design building on Monday, March 28, 2016. The new CAED building is expected to be completed by June.

Student struck by vehicle on Summit Street Skye McEowen Opinion Editor

Erin McLaughlin / The Kent Stater Emergency crews tend to Thirupathi Vakiti after he was struck by a car on East Summit Street near the Kent State Student Center on Tuesday, April 5, 2016.

A Kent State student who was hit by a car at the intersection of Risman Drive and Summit Street was taken to University Hospitals Portage Medical Center. The victim's roommate identified him as Thirupathi Vakiti, a graduate digital sciences major. His condition is unknown at this time, according to a hospital representative. Responders arrived at around 3:45 p.m. on Monday. Chris Petrof, a senior marketing major, called 911 after witnessing the accident. “I saw someone flipped over the hood,” Petrof said. Danielle Greear, a junior hospitality management major, was also on scene when the victim was hit. Greear said she heard something and turned to see the victim fall to the ground. The Kent Police Department did not respond to requests for comment at press time. smceowen@kent.edu

Putting a ‘Happy Face’ on cancer Alex Delaney-Gesing General Assignment Reporter Kent State senior Sarah Walsh met the Stonebraker family at a Taylor Swift concert in Cleveland, on the last day of July 2011. But more importantly, she met 4-year-old Kadie Stonebraker. Kadie wanted nothing more than to meet the Grammy-winning singer. A little girl with a big dream, Kadie — Walsh later found out — had neuroblastoma cancer. Neuroblastoma, often found in the small glands on top of the kidneys, commonly affects children ages 5 and younger. Although Kadie didn't get the chance to meet the singer that night, she made a new friend in Walsh. After their initial meeting, Walsh grew close with the family in a short amount of time. “(Walsh) connected

with my girls and I that day,” said Kadie's mother, Sarah Stonebraker. “I remember how happy and attentive she was with my girls; she got down on their level and spent so much time with them ... making them laugh and bringing them so much joy.” Within days following the concert, Kadie received a surprise phone call and gift basket from Swift herself. Kadie died on Aug. 13, just two weeks after the concert. Though Walsh only knew the little girl for a few weeks, their friendship inspired her to make a difference in the lives of cancer-stricken children. “I just got invested in Kadie and her story and wanted to do something to help other kids with cancer—once you learn something you can't unlearn it,” Walsh said. “So I learned about childhood cancer and all that comes with it and I couldn't not do anything about it.”

Kent State at Tuscarawas and the Buckeye Career Center entered lockdown Tuesday after police were notified of a planned assault. “At approximately 1:30 p.m. today, April 5, 2016, Kent State University at Tuscarawas went into lockdown upon advice from the New Philadelphia Police Department,” said Pamela Patacca, public relations coordinator for the Tuscarawas campus. “Upon further investigation from the department, the lockdown was lifted, which lasted approximately 15 minutes.” According to Shawn Nelson, New Philadelphia’s police chief, the department was made aware of threats toward a student in class at the Tuscarawas campus. “We received information that a male and female were having some type of a relationship disagreement and that the male subject had made some general threats toward another male subject who had befriended this female,” he said. The police chief said the male being threatened is a Kent State student who was in class at the time of the lockdown. The male subject intended to harm the student either on campus or when he was leaving class. Nelson said the department erred on the side of caution and asked the university and career center to enter lockdown while they identified the subject and determined the validity of the complaint. After officers identified the subject, the department contacted Gary Holland, Newcomerstown’s chief of police, and asked him to verify the subject’s location, Nelson said. “Once we determined that, we terminated the lockdown and now will be in the process of reviewing the situation and determining if it was simply a basic menacing situating or if it was a situation causing panic or alarm,” he said. Nelson said the department is still investigating the complaint, but believes it to be a case of a disagreement within a relationship. “A basic— as basic as they can become, you know— interaction between boyfriend and girlfriend when there’s another male subject involved," Nelson said. "He had some frustrations and verbalized them and, again, we were on the side of caution—just to make sure there’s not an intent to do something more sinister.” The police chief praised the campus’ staff and student body for properly executing the lockdown procedure, which allows the officers to resolve the situation.

A month following Kadie's death, Walsh started up a cancer-support organization for children diagnosed with the illness. She called it ‘Put On a Happy Face,’ in honor of Kadie. “Kadie had this motto where she always wanted everyone around her to ''put on their happy faces'' because that's just the kind of kid she was,” Walsh said. “I thought that was so beautiful; to be going through so much and so many horrible things, but just to want to see the people around you smiling.” Having established the organization out of her parents' Avon Lake home, Walsh initially focused on putting together personalized care packages for diagnosed children residing in local hospitals or receiving outpatient chemotherapy. After launching a Facebook page that accumulated over 7,000 'likes,' Walsh was able to secure funding and

donations. Over time these donations enabled her to offer children and their families “experiences” in addition to toys and other gifts for them to enjoy. “A lot of people like to donate tangible items, like tickets to somewhere for the kids to go,” Walsh said. “Other people will just literally say 'take the money and do what you want with it'; it really depends on the person and their preferences.” From excursions to restaurants, water parks and annual holiday-themed parties, Happy Faces provides cancerdiagnosed children and their families with joy-filled memories to share. “One thing we really try to do is connect families with each other because it's such an isolating thing; to be told your child has cancer,” Walsh said. “It doesn't just affect the child, it affects the entire family.” While Walsh's involvement with Happy Faces is outside of her role as a Kent State student, the two have overlapped in the past. Walsh was previously the president of Kent State's chapter of Tri

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Sigma. The sorority created a mission focusing its philanthropic goals centered on the theme of ''Sigma Serves Children.”

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CAED CAED designers hope to... Leandra Buchin, a graduate architect student, is excited about the building, despite the fact that she will no longer be here for its grand opening in the fall. “It will change the way that the students will come out of the school and they’ll be able to learn all these new technologies,” Buchin said. Both Weiss and Manfredi

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Kent to hit big screen at 40th Cleveland International Film Festival Benjamin VanHoose Entertainment Reporter While Batman and Superman dominate movie theaters across the country, several Cleveland screens showcase some out-of-the-box cinematic fare as part of the Cleveland International Film Festival. Kent State will receive screen time in more ways than one over the course of the highprofile festival that attracts filmmakers and moviegoers from around the globe. Local production company Maple Films’ short “Early October” will be shown Thursday at 9:35 p.m. Directed by Dustin Lee, a video productions supervisor at Kent State, this 8-minute drama follows a fictional baseball player who returns to his hometown to sort out his life after being cut from his minor league team. The film was made during Cleveland’s 48 Hour Film Project—a competition that challenges filmmakers to write, shoot and edit films in one weekend. Genres are drawn from a hat and random requirements are assigned during the competition to ensure teams are starting from scratch. “The time crunch is a lot of pressure,” Lee said. “It’s always stressful, and it never goes smoothly, but it’s a lot of fun and that’s why we keep doing it.” The team that produced the film is comprised of mostly Kent State-connected people, both alumni and current students. “That just goes to show how much talent we have at the university,” Lee said. Sophomore communication studies major Matthew Weitzenhoffer played the lead role in the short. Weitzenhoffer also stars in KSUIF’s upcoming feature “Unlucky.” “I hope audiences see that you don’t need a million dollars and a fancy studio to create art that you’re proud of,” Weit-

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The 32nd Annual Virginia Hamilton Conference will take place this Thursday and Friday in the Kiva and on the third floor of the University Library to honor Virginia Hamilton, an African-American children’s book author and Ohio native, who died in 2002. “This is the longest-running event in the United States to focus exclusively on multicultural literature for children and young adults,” said Belinda Boon, a board member of the conference and assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science. Boon explained that the conference takes place every April to keep cultural awareness alive.

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zenhoffer said. “I hope this film inspires the first steps of those who want to see their dreams come to life on the big screen.” The short used several Kent locations to shoot scenes, including the Kent State baseball field, the basement of Water Street Tavern and the batting cages at Birdie Shack. “You’re going to see films from all around the world at this festival, but our film will play and people might recognize Kent landmarks, which is a cool thing,” Lee said. “Early October” claimed the top prize at the competition last summer, landing it a slot at this year’s CIFF. “It’s a huge honor to be a part of a festival at the caliber of (CIFF),” Lee said. “I think a lot of people in the area take for granted the fact that we have such a big name festival right in our hometown.”

Annual National Alcohol Screening Day set for Thursday Gabrielle Gentile Student Health Reporter Emily, a sophomore education major who asked not to be fully identified, thought she was living a typical college lifestyle going to class by day and partying with her friends by night. It wasn’t until one of her friends was hospitalized for alcohol poisoning after a routine weekend house party that she got a wake-up call. “At the time I didn’t even understand how much alcohol I was consuming on a routine basis,” Emily said. “When I was with my friends at a party or downtown at the bars, everyone was drinking and having a good time. I didn’t think anything of it, this is what college kids do. When my friend had to have her stomach pumped, I was shocked and knew that could have just as easily been me.” Emily decided she needed to make a change, that the situation with her friend was 100 percent preventable and that she owed it to her to get them both help. “I was afraid to talk to my parents, so I decided to go to Health Services,” Emily said. “They were so nice and understanding. I had no idea how many resources and programs they have in place for students and I am so grateful I went. They were really the beginning of my alcohol education and awareness as an adult. Now, I go to the National Alcohol Screening Day (NASD) every year.” On Thursday, the University Health Office of Health Promotions will host NASD in the Student Center. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the second floor lobby and is open to students, faculty, staff and community members. Scott Dotterer, coordinator Student Health Promotions in the University Health Services, said NASD is an opportunity to talk about risk reduction. Dotterer encourages all students to participate in the screening, even if they don’t have a drinking problem. “This event is all about risk reduction,” Dotterer said. “Every student will turn 21 here and will be faced with the choice to either drink or to not drink. We want those students to feel prepared and armed with the right knowledge to make an educated decision. There is a lot that goes into behavior change, and it’s important to have the support and resources in place before a risky situation occurs. We hope (that) with this event, students will act on the knowledge they learn here.” Dotterer said the screening is not meant to be a diagnostic tool. The form will be used to identify habits and behaviors and begin making recommenwanted to have the building be a place for students to interact easily with one another. “You need a level of intimacy and a variety of levels of teaching spaces,” Manfredi said. “The spaces in between are just as important as the spaces in the classrooms.” Weiss said they wanted the structure of the building to prompt students, professors and even others not involved in the CAED program to mingle with each other.

CIFF is one of a few festivals in the country that qualifies for the Academy Awards. The winning animated and live-action shorts earn a spot on Oscar shortlists—one step closer to the golden statue. Lee keeps his potential Oscar stardom in perspective, though. “It’s a long shot,” Lee said. “We made our film in one weekend and our budget was maybe $200 for the whole thing. We’re going up against films made in France for like $50,000. It’s just great to be a part of it.” Kent’s CIFF spotlight doesn’t end there. A 26-minute documentary about the 1970 shooting of students on campus by the Ohio National Guard titled “May 4: Our Place in History” will premiere at CIFF today at 4:20 p.m. The film focusses on how Kent State remembers the tragedy and

uses it as a learning opportunity. This project was also led by Lee with the help of Jon Jivan, another Kent State video productions supervisor, and collaboration with May 4 Visitors Center staff. “(The movie) creates conversations about the impact of May 4 (and) offers an opportunity for healing, learning and growing,” said Eric Mansfield, executive director of university media relations. The “May 4: Our Place in History” that CIFF audiences will see, which will also screen Thursday at 11:35 a.m., is only the beginning of what will become a lengthier piece down the road. “A longer version is still in the making,” Mansfield said. “This movie at CIFF offers a preview of the eventual finished video.” This year marks the 40th

dations. Dotterer believes NASD is an opportunity for educating all students about the risks of alcohol, regardless of whether they drink or not. “It’s about being proactive,” Dotterer said. “About three-fourth of students aren’t really at risk of binge drinking, but you don’t have to have a substance abuse problem to put yourself at risk. There are a lot of students who drink seldom but get caught in one situation that is high risk. When people are drunk they tend to make extremely poor decisions, and we want to reduce that risk as much as possible.” Maureen Keating, a chemical dependency counselor in the University Health Services, encourages students to attend NASD as an educational opportunity. Keating said the screening helps students gain insight into their personal risks for getting a substance use disorder, as well as receive the appropriate recommendations. Since Emily’s dangerous situation with her friend, she makes an effort to be as knowledgeable as possible when it comes to alcohol and substance abuse and encourages others to not feel peer pressured by the college environment. “Students often have a belief that everyone uses substances and to be part of the group they need to use,” Keating said. “There is an assumption of some students that college is the time to party and test limits. They perceive substances as a right of passage and note that it’s part of the ‘college experience.’ Some students submit to peer pressure and admit that others encourage them to use substances.” This is a perception that Dotterer, Keating and Emily are working to dispel, in part through NASD. Keating said many students do not have reliable information about substance abuse and are also unaware of the long-term consequences abuse can have on their health, behavior and legal issues. NASD helps to address these risk factors and provide resources to students. Emily is just one of the 209 students who participated in last year’s screening event. Dotterer said NASD has averaged 250 students over the past nine years, and he is hopeful this year will be no different. NASD is completely anonymous and takes about 20 minutes. Participants will fill out the audit form, which will then be scored by a mental health professional. From there, students can sit down privately with a health professional to talk about their results and ask any questions. Students can enjoy food and refreshments at the event and will leave with a resource bag that contains material on educational information ranging from blood alcohol level to alcohol content in common drinks. NASD is a collaborative effort sponsored by student organizations such as the Body Acceptance Movement and Public Health Student Alliance, as well as Psychological Services and Counseling and Human Development Services. ggentil1@kent.edu

“The whole main level is a mixing bowl,” Weiss said. “We want to get education out of the classroom and into the real world.” Wiess explained that her and her husband weren’t the only people involved in completing the project. It was a team effort. “Even though we’re the primary designers, it really is an orchestra,” Wiess said. “There’s no one instrument, everyone that is involved is important with this project.” aleuthau@kent.edu

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installment of the Cleveland International Film Festival. Screenings are held at various theaters and art-houses in the city, and select showings are free or discounted to college students with valid IDs. The festival will wrap up its 12-day run on Sunday. Kent State is one of more than 150 sponsors for the event. Other funders include Dollar Bank, Great Lakes Brewing Company and Akron Children’s Hospital. “(CIFF) is very well organized, there are always a ton of great films there and (staff members) bend over backward to make everyone happy while they’re at the festival,” Lee said. “It’s just an awesome time.” bvanhoos@kent.edu

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CANCER Putting a ‘Happy Face’ on cancer... In support of their purpose and aligned with Walsh’s organization, the sorority held a fundraiser last fall called Sweets With Sigma, where one of the children Walsh had grown close to through Happy Faces was honored. After learning of Walsh’s organization, two of Walsh’s (current and past) sorority sisters — senior public relations major Paige Beach and Kent State graduate Caitlin Siegfried — have contributed to building up Happy Faces’ social media presence. Beach has run the foundation’s Facebook page since last November. Happy Faces, she said, is unique because of Walsh’s goal to “help children with cancer be distracted from all the negative in their life with acts of kindness and ‘happy faces.’” “She is constantly thinking of ways to improve her organization and trying to help out every family possible,” Beach said. Siegfried, a graphic designer, doesn’t quite remember when and how she got involved with the foundation, she does remember the first time she truly understood what it is Happy Faces does for sick children. Having helped Walsh deliver gifts on behalf of their sorority to the Ronald McDonald House — temporary housing for families with loved ones staying at the Akron Children’s Hospital — she had the opportunity to meet one of the recipients; a little girl named Ava who had cancer. “After meeting Ava, it was easy to see why (Walsh) started Happy Faces; she does it for the kids,” Siegfried said. “They spend most of their time in the hospital for treatment and they don’t get to enjoy the little things.” Taking the extra step to help out not only the children but their families as well is what sets Walsh and Happy Faces apart from other organizations, Siegfried said. “There is so much more to these kids than their cancer and (Walsh) sees that,” she said. “She opened me up to that as well.” Helping Walsh organize fundraising projects and expeditions is 12-year-old Kate Radca, her “right-hand man” as Walsh calls her. “She thinks she's going to inherit this one day. She's just so funny,” Walsh said. “I've been babysitting her since she was 5 years old and she's just always coming up with ideas and comes with me to visit families.” Walsh said Happy Faces hopes to soon receive its 501(c)3 license through the state of Ohio, which will grant it an official nonprofit status. A human development and family studies major, Walsh intends to focus on expanding the organization after graduating with her bachelor’s degree in May. “Realistically, I'm going to have to get another job and work at this on the side, but one day I would like to turn it into a full-time thing,” she said. “It's something that I want to do for my entire life.” The dedication Walsh has to Happy Faces and the personal touch she puts to it is what makes the organization unique, she said. “Walsh is able to bring (children) happiness, a little bit of their childhood back,” Kadie's mom said. “(She’s) able to bring them joy and hope for a future. And to me that can be more powerful than modern medicine.” Ultimately, though, the devotion Walsh has for the organization leads back to why she began it in the first place: Kadie. "It's her story; that's what I've been trying to tell, just by raising awareness for her and any kid with cancer,” Walsh said. “I didn't just wake up one day and say ‘Oh, I'm going to do this,’ I had something that pushed me to do it. That's what makes it special.” adelane3@kent.edu

For anyone who followed college basketball this season, it was one of the more forgettable regular seasons in a long time. There was no team searching for a perfect record heading into tournament time, no dragon that must be slain. Teams throughout the season would capture the #1 ranking and hold onto it for a week or two before ultimately losing and making way for the next team to do the same. This past week’s Final Four was the epitome of a season awash in lopsided victories and relatively dull storylines — until around 11:30 p.m. Monday. All of that changed when Kris Jenkins of Villanova University hit the game-winning three-pointer as time expired, giving the Wildcats the victory over North Carolina and the NCAA championship. It was a game for the ages and did a lot more than just give Villanova its second championship and first since 1985 — it saved college basketball, at least momentarily. College basketball isn’t what it once was. With conferences realigning and shifting due to money interests, so much of the lore has died. Rivalries that had been played for decades have vanished overnight. Historic conferences like the Big East, which notoriously boasted the best conference tournament, disintegrated in just a few years and scattered the remaining teams, spilling over into other conferences. We haven’t even mentioned the players. It has become extremely difficult, even for a sports junkie like me, to keep up with who’s playing where. Blame this on the “one-and-done,” which leaves us with very few players who stay long enough to become legends. Guys like Tyler Hansborough, Shabazz Napier, Joakim Noah — we don’t get many of them anymore. Buddy Hield of the University of Oklahoma was that guy this year and his remarkable season came to an end during the worst loss in Final Four history. But all things considered, much of what has been lost from college basketball for the last five years was brought back to life in a championship game that seemingly had everything. On one hand, there is a historic program in North Carolina led by an all-time great coach Roy Williams, starring players like Marcus Paige and Brice Johnson. On the other hand, Villanova was a team that had woefully underperformed in the tournament over the past several years. We knew they were good, but good enough to beat Kansas, Oklahoma and North Carolina? I can’t say I saw it coming, but led by Ryan Arcidiacono and an underrated coach in Jay Wright, they pulled off the improbable. Monday night’s championship game is already firmly cemented as one of the greatest college basketball games ever in a time when most of us forgot what a game of that magnitude was like. I can’t remember the last time I was glued to a college basketball game like that. The entire game was truly a title fight, with each team trading blow after blow. Marcus Paige hits that three-pointer that has no business going in, a shot that in its own right should have been the one we remember forever. Not this time. Jenkins shot is up there with the best ever, as is the game. So while this game only momentarily solves a lot of what’s wrong with college basketball, we need to savor it because the collegiate game is in somewhat of a stand-still. If it means having four plus months of so-so basketball for a thrilling two-and-a-half hours of championship game, I’ll take it every time. At least for one night, we all remembered how magical the game once was and still can be. mpoe3@kent.edu

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OUR VIEW Why the climate survey matters In March, students received an email from Kent State President Beverly Warren, urging them to take the Kent State University Climate Study:Assessment of Climate for Learning, Living, and Working. Unlike what some think, the survey does not cover climate change. Rather, it focuses on students’ personal experiences as a Kent state student. The study is brought with the help of Rankin & Associates, and the deadline has ben extended to Friday, April 8. This survey is not about changing temperatures on planet earth; it is to evaluate the ways students, faculty, staff and administrators perceive how much individuals and groups on campus are respected or included.

From there, administrators at Kent State can evaluate how to improve the environment for learning, living and working. Participants do not have to answer every question in the survey if they do not wish, and identities will not be given out. We urge students to complete the survey, and as the university has reached out to collect opinions and general attitudes towards life and inclusion on campus, it’s important for the people who spend their time here and are a part of Kent State to provide those answers, whether they’re positive or not. The above editorial is the consensus opinion of The Kent Stater editorial board, whose names are listed above.

Teaching freedom of speech Los Angeles Times Guest Column Teaching a freshman seminar on freedom of speech on college campuses has made us aware of the urgent need to educate the current generation of students about the importance of the First Amendment. From the beginning of our course, we were surprised by the often unanimous willingness of our students to support efforts to restrict and punish a wide range of expression. Not a single student in the class saw any constitutional problem with requiring professors to give so-called trigger warnings before teaching potentially disturbing material. Surveys across the country confirm that our students are not unique. According to the William F. Buckley Jr. Program at Yale, 72 percent of students support disciplinary action against “any student or faculty member on campus who uses language that is considered racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise offensive.” Too few students grasp that one person’s offense can be another’s expression of truth to power. Young people’s support for freedom of speech has waned in part because of their admirable desire to create an educational environment where all can thrive. Our students or their friends have experienced the psychological harms of hateful speech or bullying more than they have experienced the social harms of censorship or the punishment of dissent. Simply telling students to toughen up isn’t persuasive. Moreover, they were born long after the civil rights movement and anti-Vietnam War protests that gave their elders direct experience with the need for free expression. It is their education that’s lacking. History demonstrates that when we give officials broad powers to restrict or punish speech considered hateful, offensive or demeaning, that power is inevitably abused. Unpopular speakers are victimized, and legitimate opinion silenced. Over the course of U.S. history, officials censored or punished those whose speech they disliked: abolitionists, labor activists, religious minorities, communists and socialists, cultural critics, gays and lesbians, demonstrators and protesters of all stripes. The students were surprised to learn that people went to prison for speech criticizing the draft during World War I, or for teaching or espousing communism during the 1920s and 1930s and in the McCarthy era. The effect of the First Amendment’s strong

protections for “dangerous” and “offensive” speech allowed oppressed and marginalized groups to challenge indecency laws, segregation, patriarchy and declarations of war. Another key lesson was that censoring intolerant or offensive speech can be all but impossible to manage without threatening legitimate debate. There are those who will take offense at anti-Zionist speech and at pro-Zionist speech, at the rhetoric of Black Lives Matter and the demands of racial equality, at advocacy for LGBT rights and for religious beliefs that run counter to those rights. Our students came to realize that there was no way to create a “safe space” on campuses where students could be free from one set of offenses without engaging in massive censorship, and perhaps creating another kind of offense. Of course, freedom of speech is not absolute. Incitement of illegal activity, defamation, true threats and harassment are not protected by the 1st Amendment. Learning what kinds of expression can be constitutionally punished gives students a realistic sense of how speech can be regulated on public university campuses. For speech that students find offensive but that does not fall within these categories, they must also consider one of the most hard-won lessons of free speech law: Often the best remedy for hateful speech is more speech, not enforced silence. By challenging and contesting offensive speech students learn to hone their voices in defense of their values, an important skill in a diverse democratic society. By contrast, punishing expression often achieves little except to create martyrs. At the beginning of the semester we took a vote in the class: Who would agree that the University of Oklahoma was right to expel students who had led a racist chant in a bus on the way to a fraternity event? All hands were raised. By semester’s end, many, but not all, had changed their minds, and those who still supported the university did so with a much more sophisticated understanding of the balance of issues. Rather than mock students or ignore their concerns, we need to make sure they understand the context of the Constitution’s free speech guarantees. At stake is not merely the climate on our campuses, but the longevity of the great social benefits associated with the rise of modern free speech traditions.

Allen Iverson deserves Hall of Fame spot Ty Sugick Columnist On Monday, the NBA announced this year’s Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2016. On this list, the likes of Shaquille O’Neal, Tom Izzo, Yao Ming and Allen Iverson are named. Out of the 10 inductees, the one who stands out the most is Allen Iverson. He was the first overall pick in the 1996 draft by the Philadelphia 76ers after spending two seasons at Georgetown University. The sixfoot-tall combo guard immediately took the league by storm, averaging 23.5 points per game in his rookie season. Iverson would go on to win the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in that season, the first of many awards he would receive. Throughout his career, Iverson averaged 26.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game and would become a four-time scoring champion in the league — all very impressive for a guy who is clearly undersized by NBA standards. The numbers speak for themselves, proving Iverson was a force in the NBA. For anyone who challenged him, you could be sure he had an answer for them — hence his nickname in the league, “The Answer.” Iverson deserves the Hall of Fame recognition for more than just his play; he was a trendsetter with his baggy clothes and a variety of tattoos covering his skin. Allen not only had answers for the doubters on the court, but off the court as well. As the league tried to make new rules during Iverson’s earlier years to contain his bad-boy image, he refused to change. Iverson always remained himself and made the world accept him for who he was. Iverson embodied the shooting ability of Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry, the dribbling of Los Angeles Clippers’ Chris Paul, the speed and agility of the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook and the steely mentality of the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant. One of the best traits of Iverson was he was not afraid to sit down and defend, which is a quality many NBA superstars lack in today’s game. Iverson took a franchise like the 76ers and carried the team to multiple playoff appearances. In 2001, he led the team to the NBA Finals. In an iconic moment, Iverson shook current Cleveland Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue with a crossover dribble before hitting the shot over a fallen Lue. Iverson then walked over top of Lue. Although the Sixers would lose the series, Iverson still found a way to steal the shine from the Lakers. Life wasn’t always easy for Iverson. He was involved in an altercation at a bowling alley during his junior year of high school that had him dealing with legal troubles. Originally sentenced to 15 years in prison, Iverson’s athletic career seemed to be over. He would catch a break, however. After five months in prison, he was released due to lack of evidence. Iverson is an inspiration to anyone who has been told they are too small or that they would never make it out of poverty and despair. He proved to the world that a person doesn’t have to conform to the majority’s views in order to fit in, and people can be positive role models after being granted a second chance. Iverson is more than just a basketball player: He is an urban trailblazer who deserves to be listed among the greats. tsugick@kent.edu


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Ohio sweeps Kent State in midweek doubleheader

Wollersheim dazzles against OSU Zach Harley Sports Reporter

Scoring runs plus great starting pitching is a great formula for winning most baseball teams around the nation and that was no different Tuesday for the Kent State Flashes. In their first of five home games in six days the Flashes welcomed in the 19-7-1 Ohio State Buckeyes who came into the game with the third highest winning percentage in the Big Ten. But only in baseball will the MAC out-do the Big Ten and the Flashes proved that with the help of yet another stellar start from freshman Connor Wollersheim. Wollersheim has come into his own lately dominating the latter part of March and keeping it going now as the calendar flips to a cold and wet April. The left-hander from Neenah, Wisconsin dazzled Buckeye batters, striking out four and allowing only three hits over the span of five and two-thirds scoreless innings. Clint Datchuk / The Kent Stater With Wollersheim’s win over the Buckeyes, Junior Ronnie Ladines winds up her pitch before hurling it across the plate. Connor now holds the third lowest ERA for a Kent State starter this season while allowing the Nick Buzzelli game for the Flashes due, in large part, to Dorsey. lowest amount of hits among those who have Sports Reporter Shortly after picking up her 15th win of the started five or more games with 24. 2016 season, she once again took the mound for After back-to-back starts of less than four Two days ago, the Kent State softball team was the Bobcats, walking one and striking out 13 innings each against Milwaukee and Pittsburgh 5-1 in the Mid-American Conference, off to the pro- while pitching a complete game. it may have seemed that Wollersheim still had

gram’s best six game start to league play in three seasons and sitting atop the MAC’s East Division. But then again, that was 2 hours ago. Since their victory over Northern Illinois Sunday afternoon, the Flashes (22-11, 5-3) fell to second place in the standings behind Miami University (OH) as a result of two consecutive losses to Ohio University. The first game of Tuesday’s double-header remained scoreless until the bottom of the fourth, when Ohio scored four runs off of a double and a home run. However, in the following inning, freshman Bailey Brownfield homered to center field, cutting the deficit to three. But by that time, it was too little, too late. Kent State junior pitcher Ronnie Ladines, making her second consecutive start, surrendered four earned runs on seven hits in six innings of work, while the Bobcat's Savannah Jo Dorsey baffled the Kent State lineup, giving up one hit and striking out 10. And the offensive woes continued in the second

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Even though Ohio jumped out to a 3-0 advantage in the bottom of the second after Cassie Hutchinson lined junior Janel Hayes' pitch over the center field wall, the Flashes got on the board in the following inning courtesy of a homer by sophomore Holly Speers. But from that point forward, Dorsey continued to overwhelm Kent State, fanning the next three batters she faced and retiring seven of the next nine until senior Erika Warren smacked a homer in the seventh. Despite the fact that both teams hit three home runs over the course of the double-header, the Bobcats’ long balls came when they had runners on base. In contrast, each of Kent State’s homers were solo shots, which ultimately proved to be the difference. Kent State will look to get back on track this weekend in league play when it hosts Eastern Michigan University Friday and Saturday for a three-game series at the Diamond at Dix. nbuzzel1@kent.edu

some work to do at the college level giving up a total of six runs in exactly six innings. The last three starts have been phenomenal for the young arm as Wollersheim has only allowed one earned run over a span of 16.2 innings while going at least five innings in every start, serving big help to a heavily-worked bullpen. With Tuesday being Wollersheim’s second straight win at home, Connor may want to get comfortable toeing only the Kent State rubber with it looking like his next two starts will also come at Schoonover Stadium. The ease of Tuesday’s performance by Wollersheim was only helped by the Flashes ability to score seven runs in the first three innings giving their starter much breathing room to work with. As always it was a different guy leading the Flashes to their 20th victory of the season. Tuesday’s hit leader was right-fielder Luke Burch who had his second straight three-hit ballgame, and third multi-hit game in the last four. This four-game stretch by Burch has taken his .287 average and raised it to a phenomenal .321. The Flashes will be at home for four more games with tomorrow’s one game match-up coming against Canisus College (12-15) and then a weekend series against the Toledo Rockets (5-23-1). zharley@kent.edu

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