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A soldier’s journey from the battlefield to the classroom Alex Delaney-Gesing General Assignment Reporter Kent State sophomore entrepreneurship major Louis Rossi remembers the exact day he was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) while serving in Afghanistan: Oct. 28, 2012.

Rossi enlisted in the U.S. Army in the fall following his 2011 high school graduation and was assigned to serve overseas in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, for nine months.

As a combat engineer, he and a team of soldiers worked route clearance, driving around and clearing the roads of bombs so American convoys could transport equipment and food to other bases.

“Everyday we would roll out of the gate, and you had to come to grips that you were going into imminent danger and there was a great chance you weren't going to come back through that gate,” Rossi said.

Rossi, now 22, joined the military after spending his childhood fascinated with the concept of serving in the armed forces.

“I love helping people (and) the militant mindset,” he said. “ I wanted to do it and achieve it myself.

The orderly and disciplined lifestyle of the military gave Rossi a sense of purpose and duty for him to accomplish, day in and day out.

“You woke up everyday and knew what you were going to do, what your job was,” he said. “But you didn't know what was going to be the outcome.”

Throughout his service, Rossi witnessed and experienced first-hand the damage IEDs can do to soldiers while completing hundreds of missions on the road.

“There really wasn't time for fear, if that makes sense,” he said. “You would just do your job, whatever it would entail.”

In October 2012, while carrying out a routine clearance mission, Rossi's convoy was struck by an IED bomb buried along the road.

“I remember when the bomb detonated and blew the back windshield of the truck out,” he said. “Looking over at the guy next to me — that was where I kind of lost it.”

After treatment at a medical facility, Rossi resumed his duties. More than a month later, he underwent surgery for injuries sustained from the IED blast: a triple hernia. In May 2013, he completed his service and returned home. Upon his return, Rossi faced the challenge of settling back into the life he led before his departure.

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50 Cent to visit Water Street Tavern Taylor Kerns, Angelo Angel Parking and Transportation, Entertainment Reporter Hip-hop star Curtis James Jackson III, better known as 50 Cent, will make an appearance at Kent’s Water Street Tavern on March 4.

The 40-year-old rapper, famous for such hits as “In Da Club” and “Candy Shop," will be at the bar promoting Effen Vodka. Jackson signed an endorsement deal with Effen last year.

"We were actually contacted by Effen Vodka and told that we could have 50 Cent come to the Tavern and promote this drink, since he represents the brand and we carry (the brand of vodka)," said Victor Kutsch, a bartender at Water Street Tavern.

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Chelsea Evans / The Kent Stater President Beverly Warren makes a statement about the reopening of LaunchNET at Kent State on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 in the Student Center.

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Matt Baker / The Kent Stater Louis Rossi on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016.

Basketball hosts rival Akron Friday Zac Sommer Sports Reporter It started with a wagon wheel and ended with a rivalry series between two Northeast Ohio schools that dates back to 1923.

For the first time this season, the Kent State men’s basketball team (179, 8-5 Mid-American Conference) will play host to its crosstown rival, the University of Akron (21-5, 10-3 MAC), on Friday at the M.A.C. Center.

Although Akron sits atop the MAC standings, both teams are coming off solid wins. The Flashes recently knocked off Western Michigan University (10-16, 4-9 MAC) 85-78 in overtime, while the Zips earned an 80-70 win over University of Buffalo (14-12, 7-6 MAC) Tuesday night.

“Any win and every win is important” Coach Rob Senderoff said. “Friday for us is a big game because it is Akron, but (also) because we only have two more home games left. It would be great to find a way to win both of those games. Each win in this league is tough and hard-fought.”

Friday’s game marks the first meeting between the two teams this season, after Akron took a 53-51 win over Kent State last year, eliminating the Flashes in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament.

Six days prior to Kent State’s brief appearance in the MAC tournament, the Flashes beat Akron 79-77 after former guard Kris Brewer took the ball the length of the court and laid

it in right at the final buzzer. The win gave the the Flashes a share of the regular season MAC Championship.

The two teams split the regular season series 1-1.

Kent State has been without redshirt senior guard Xavier Pollard, who has been sidelined for the remainder of the season with a fractured foot that happened in the first half of a game against Ohio University on Jan. 29. Pollard was averaging 12.2 points per game and a team high three assist in 21 games.

Senior guard Galal Cancer has stepped up offensively in the wake of losing Pollard. Cancer is coming off a career-high 24-point night against Western Michigan Tuesday.

“I’m definitely feeling comfortable,” Cancer said. “I’m just shooting with confidence,” Cancer said.

“They aren’t all going to go in, but that comes with getting extra shots and just being comfortable with the shots that I take.”

Redshirt junior guard Kellon Thomas is also coming off of a big night after tallying 15 points and five assists.

“I’m just doing whatever it takes to win,” Thomas said. “These games always come down to a couple possessions, and they are always hardfought. We just have to grind it out every night and whatever it takes.

I’m going to do it.”

Redshirt senior forward Jimmy Hall leads the Flashes this year, averaging 16.2 points and 7.7 rebounds

adds 11.8 points.

The Zips are 6-5 on the road, with their most recent loss coming from Northern Illinois University (18-8, 7-6 MAC), whom the Flashes beat 75-74 earlier this season on Feb. 9.

Friday’s contest will be broadcast on ESPNU, with tip-off set for 6 p.m.

From students complaining about harsh professors to sharing selfies, President Beverly Warren’s Twitter account sees a lot of action. Every day, students, professors and parents tweet at Warren seeking a response or a retweet. So on Wednesday, when the president’s account registered as “suspended,” where did Kent State students go? To Twitter, of course.

Warren’s account was reinstated Wednesday night.

Eric Mansfield, Kent State’s university spokesperson, said Warren’s account was accidentally suspended when Twitter attempted to suspend a Warren parody account. “(Warren’s) been very active on Twitter and enjoys being on Twitter,” he said. “This is Twitter’s mistake.”

Theories about why the president’s Twitter account was suspended still developed. Kent State’s main campus canceled classes before 10 a.m. Tuesday. However, classes went on as scheduled the rest of the day.

Junior chemistry major Jonathan Markle said the lack of a snow day sent Kent State’s Twitter users into a flurry. Markle said he overheard students saying they purposely reported Warren’s Twitter account to get her suspended.

“I actually wanted to have class yesterday because I had an afternoon lab," Markle said. "Labs aren’t fun to reschedule."

Markle said if the rumor were true, he wouldn’t be upset over Warren’s Twitter handle disappearance.

“People will voice frustrations regardless of what she does,” Markle said. “She has a tough job, and I respect her for doing it.”

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Graham Smith / The Kent Stater Kent State redshirt senior forward Jimmy Hall tries to shoot for a three-pointer over an Akron defender during Kent’s final game of the regular season in the M.A.C. Center on Friday, March 6, 2015. Kent State’s Kris Brewer scored a layup with one second left in the game and fans rushed the court as Kent beat Akron 79-77 to win the MAC East.

through 26 games.

Playing home at the M.A.C. Center could prove to be an advantage for Kent State as the Flashes have an 11-2 record at home this season.

Junior center Isaiah Johnson leads the way for Akron, averaging 12.8 points and 7.4 rebounds per game.

Sophomore guard Antino Jackson

Payton Moore Senior Reporter

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Tami Abdollah, Eric Tucker Associated Press Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook says his company will fight a federal magistrate's order to help the FBI hack into an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino, California shooters. The company said that could potentially undermine encryption for millions of other users.

Cook's response, posted early Wednesday on the company's website, set the stage for a legal fight between the federal government and Silicon Valley with broad implications for digital privacy and national security.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym had ordered Apple to help the FBI break into an iPhone belonging to Syed Farook, one of the shooters in the Dec. 2 attack that killed 14 people. Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, died in a gun battle with police.

T h e ru l i n g b y P y m , a former federal prosecutor, requires Apple to supply software the FBI can load onto Farook's county-owned work iPhone to bypass a selfdestruct feature that erases the phone's data after too many unsuccessful attempts to unlock it. The FBI wants to be able to try different combinations in rapid sequence until it finds the right one.

The Obama administration has embraced stronger encryption as a way to keep consumers safe on the Internet but has struggled to find a compelling example to make its case.

Cook called the ruling an example of government overreach and said "this moment calls for public discussion, and we want our customers and people around the country to understand what is at stake." He argued that the order "has implications far beyond the legal case at hand." He said it could undermine encryption by using specialized software to create an essential back door akin to a

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The magistrate's order requires that the software Apple provides be programmed to work only on Farook's phone, and said Apple has five days to notify the court if it believes the ruling is unreasonably burdensome.

It was not immediately clear what investigators believe they might find on Farook's work phone or why the information would not be available from third-party service providers, such as Google or Facebook, though investigators think the device may hold clues about whom the couple communicated with and where they may have traveled.

The phone was running the newest version of Apple's iPhone operating system. It was configured to erase data after 10 consecutive unsuccessful unlocking attempts. The FBI said that feature appeared to be active on Farook's iPhone as of the last time he performed a backup.

Farook and Malik took pains to physically destroy two personally owned cell phones, crushing them beyond the FBI's ability to recover information from them. They also removed a hard drive from their computer; it has not been found despite investigaTIM COOK tors diving for days for APPLE INC. CEO potential electronic evidence in a nearby lake.

Farook was not carrying and Apple has not cooperated. Under his work iPhone during the attack. It U.S. law, a work phone is generally was discovered after a subsequent the property of a person's employer. search.

The magistrate judge told Apple in The judge didn't spell out her Tuesday's proceeding to provide an rationale in her three-page order, but estimate of its cost to comply with her the ruling comes amid a similar case order, suggesting that the government in the U.S. District Court for the Eastwill be expected to pay for the work. ern District of New York.

Apple has provided default encrypInvestigators are still working to tion on its iPhones since 2014, allowing piece together a missing 18 minutes any device's contents to be accessed in Farook and Malik's timeline from only by the user who knows the that day. Investigators have concludphone's passcode. Previously, the com- ed they were at least partly inspired pany could use an extraction tool that by the Islamic State group; Malik's would physically plug into the phone Facebook page included a note pledgand allow it to respond to search war- ing allegiance to the group's leader around the time of the attack. rant requests from the government.

In the wrong hands, this software — which does not exist today — would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in someone’s physical posession.

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"master key, capable of opening hundreds of millions of locks."

"In the wrong hands, this software — which does not exist today — would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in someone's physical possession," Cook wrote. "The FBI may use different words to describe this tool, but make no mistake: Building a version of iOS that bypasses security in this way would undeniably create a back door. And while the government may argue that its use would be limited to this case, there is no way to guarantee such control."

Federal prosecutors told Pym that they can't access Farook's work phone because they don't know his passcode

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SOLDIER A soldier’s journey from the...

“It was just looking at the world differently after you just went through everything that you saw, through a different set of eyes,” he said. “You learn who's really there for you and who's not.

In Fall 2014, Rossi enrolled at Kent State. Double majoring in entrepreneurship and nursing anesthesiology, he has applied his military discipline to a new obstacle: pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Kent State, recognized as a Military Friendly School in the state of Ohio for the seventh year in a row, offers programs and services to military service members and veterans on the G.I. Bill in support of furthering their education.

The university has approximately 700 military service members and veterans attending classes at its eight regional campuses this spring semester, according to Dawn Plug, assistant director of the Center for Adult and Veteran Services (CAV) at the Kent campus.

Of that number, 450 veterans and service members are enrolled at the Kent campus, Plug said.

Having grown up in Youngstown, Ohio, choosing Kent State was a nobrainer for Rossi.

“It was just far enough away from home to be in my own bubble, but close

enough so that if anything were to happen to family or friends, I could still get there,” he said.

For Rossi, acclimating to campus life has proven to have its ups and downs.

“Doing what we had to do over there — focusing on the task at hand, making sure it gets completed — and now applying that to school work (makes) college a breeze,” he said.

While academics themselves are an easy enough assignment to fulfill on their own, the school environment that comes with learning has proven to be a hurdle for Rossi.

“I have PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder),” he said. “Being around large crowds (in a classroom) kind of make you wary of where you are, and it's really hard to just focus on what the professor is going over, versus who walked in the door, what was that sound; somebody dropped a pencil.”

To help with the distractions of a classroom setting, Rossi turned to Kent State’s Student Accessibility Services, located in the DeWeese Health Center.

Along with students who have been diagnosed with PTSD, those with some form of a learning disability are able to register with SAS to receive extra time for tests and quizzes, a reduced-distraction testing environment and the ability to audio record lectures, said Amy Quillin, director of SAS at the Kent campus.

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Early voting underway in Ohio Ben Kindel Political Correspondent With the March primaries approaching in just under a month, primary season is in full swing. Yesterday, Feb. 17, was the first day for Ohioans to start early voting.

Ohio has historically been a key state in the presidential elections, and that remains true in this upcoming primary election. The state offers its citizens that have registered to vote a convenient option to vote early through absentee voting.

Absentee voting is an increasingly popular option and offers an easy way for busy voters, such as college students, to take part in the fundamental right to vote.

“We offer two different types of absentee voting,” said Theresa Nielsen, deputy director for the Portage County Board of Elections.

“One is absentee voting that takes place at the board of elections office and the other is absentee voting that takes place by mail.”

Nielsen said absentee voting is a simple process.

“If somebody wishes to receive an absentee ballot at their home, they need to complete an application and mail that to us,” she said.

“Once we receive this and verify this information and make sure they have given us all the information we need, then we will mail them a ballot.”

Requesting absentee ballots can be done on the voter’s local county board of elections website or in person at the voter’s local county board of election offices.

“Once they get their ballot, they need to make sure that it is post marked no later than March 14,” she said. “It must be received in our office within ten days after the election so before the 24 (of March).”

Early voting can also be done at the Portage County Board of Elections office.

“If people wish to vote in our office, they can fill out an absentee application,” she said.

“We verify their information, then we print them a ballot for the type of ballot they need.”

Those interested in the early voting process should start planning when and how to vote.

“People can vote absentee in our office beginning today, and the last day to vote absentee in our office is March 14 at 2 p.m.,” Nielsen said. “The week of March 7, we are open until 7 p.m., and we are also open Saturday and Sunday.” bkindel1@kent.edu

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50 CENT 50 Cent to visit Water Street...

A $150 VIP package will be available, which includes a full bottle of Effen Vodka signed by the guest of honor as well as the opportunity for the purchaser of the package and up to three guests to enter the bar without waiting in line. Once the bottle has been purchased and opened, though, it must be finished before leaving Water Street Tavern.

The $150 fee includes mixers for the vodka.

"While 50 Cent will be at the Tavern from midnight to 1 a.m., there's no guarantee that he will perform," Kutsch said. "He will be posted on the main stage and be a type of meet-and-greet type of deal."

Hosted by Party Pana, 50 Cent has been visiting area bars over the past few months, including a recent trip to Cleveland's Vault at the 9 in January.

Water Street Tavern is currently hosting a social media competition for a free VIP package. Winners will be announced Feb. 26.

Packages can be purchased by emailing mbeder@waterstreettavern.com.

“With notes, SAS is able to provide a note-taker for each class that can cover me if I miss a small paragraph or a few sentences in class,” Rossi said.

“It's an asset that needs to be more well-known around campus. They're absolutely incredible.”

Along with SAS resources, Rossi has the support of his family and friends to turn to, along with other veterans on campus.

“I have one of the best support groups that I believe is in existence,” he said.

“I've been able to rely on (my friends and family) throughout all of it.”

While having the support of his friends and family is an asset, connecting with other students on campus can still have its challenges.

“It's difficult. Not everybody understands or even attempts to understand (what you went through),” Rossi said.

“There's a lot of people that kind of undermine it and pass it off as if it's nothing, and then there's others that really glorify it, are genuinely proud to shake your hand, talk to you and be a friend.”

Plug said it can be difficult for veterans to connect to other students. “(For younger veterans), there is a harder path to finding where you fit in on campus,” Plug said.

Kent State's Veterans Club, located on the first floor of the Student Center at the Kent campus, serves as a home base for military veterans and service-

tkerns@kent.edu, aangel3@kent.edu members to turn to for support and assistance in pursuing their education.

“Sometimes we have a hard time relating to other students on campus,” said Ryan Lewand, president of the club. “(The club) gives you a good sense of belonging. You can connect (easier) with the people there.”

The Veterans Club is only one component of Kent State that aims to help veterans and servicemembers with their post-service life and post-secondary education.

University Health Services in the DeWeese Health Center offers psychological services with six licensed psychologists for those who have been diagnosed with PTSD and other medical conditions, according to the university's website.

“CAV really hit the nail (on) the head with servicing (veterans and service members)” Rossi said. “If any of us have suggestions about a service that could better our opportunities here, they really focus and listen to us.”

With the services Kent State administers through CAV, Rossi said he feels there are a multitude of avenues student veterans and servicemembers can use to their advantage.

“Raise a hand, ask a question, call somebody. No matter what the issue, there's somebody that's willing to do something for you,” he said. “So just ask.” adelane3@kent.edu

Rate My Professors ranks professor skills, appearance Review: Kendrick Lamar’s

Grammys performance sparks national race discussion

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When students need help deciding who to choose as their next professor, many turn to the popular website Rate My Professors.

Rate My Professors takes reviews from individuals who rate professors on a 1-5 scale based on categories including easiness, clarity and helpfulness.One feature, though, is a bit more unconventional: the hot tamale rating.

Among the other academically relevant categories, students can also rank a professor’s physical appearance, with positive reviews leading to a bright red tamale on the teacher’s profile.

While the website has been proven useful when helping students choose future professors, even garnering a nod from TIME magazine as one of the best websites in 2008, some feel the hotness rating is somewhat complicated.

Scott MacPherson, a professor of music at the Kent campus and director of the Kent State Choral and Kent Chorus, has an overall rating of 4.5 out of 5 on the site and is rated as a hot tamale.

“I don’t really look at Rate My Professor… I’m glad to hear I have (a high rating in other areas) because to me, that’s what’s important,” MacPherson said.

Alice Gianfagna, a junior English major, said she feels the rating is ridiculous and distracts from what the website should provide.

“It devalues what’s really awesome about teachers, that they teach,” Gianfagna said. “I can understand the topic coming up outside of class, maybe joking around friends, but it’s all very objectifying for someone to be rated.”

However, MacPherson takes the rating in stride. “(The hotness rating) made me laugh because I’m actually a grandpa, my oldest daughter has children … I might be the only grandpa on a list (of hot professors),” MacPherson said.

Allison Grampa, a biological studies lecturer, has a 4.6 overall quality rating and was graded an A- by students, with a bright red tamale on her Rate My Professors profile.

“Personally, I do not feel that students should consider attractiveness when selecting or rating a professor,” Grampa said. “Physical appearance has no impact on my ability to effectively teach my courses and provide a positive learning environment for my students.”

Grampa went on to describe the system of awarding professor’s chili peppers based on their looks was “humorous and somewhat ridiculous.”

Ashley Atherton, a senior political science major, said she feels

Adrian Leuthauser BSR Web Director Rapper Kendrick Lamar performed better than expected at the Grammys, grabbing the audience's attention within just a few minutes.

With his songs “The Blacker the Berry” and “Alright,” which have been called anthems of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, his performance captured people’s minds and thoughts in six minutes.

Lamar came out on stage leading a line of dancers with their wrists and legs chained to one another. He wrapped his hands around the microphone, as a Olivia Minnier / The Kent Stater way to show his own hands Scott MacPherson being bound, before starting.

Within seconds he broke free of the chains, his voice the rating doesn’t really matter to her, and it doesn’t play a role attacking the microphone and in how she chooses her professors. his lyrics flowing smoothly.

“I think more then anything, it’s meant to be a joke, and some His first few lines were students take it much more seriously than others,” Atherton said. some of the most striking of Rate My Professors was founded in 1999 by John Swapceinski, his performance: “I’m Africana software engineer, as a way to allow students to review their American, I’m African, I’m professors so other students have a way to preview professors black as the moon.” Immediprior to taking their courses. ately he set the pace for his perIt was relaunched in 2005 when it was acquired by Patrick formance as one full of passion Nagle and William Desantis and was later sold to Viacom's mtvU and hard-hitting beats. in 2007.

He rapped and danced to Rate My Professors is currently the largest website for profesan African-style dance, showsor ratings and has more than 8,000 schools. ing the roots of his culture, in aangel3@kent.edu front of a blazing bonfire.

Near the end of his performance, his pace picked up and he stood on stage alone with the microphone. With each staccato lyric he rapped, flashes of light illuminated his face, giving the lyrics even more power.

As he finished the stage went dark, only an image of Africa with “Compton” written on it visible.

Lamar ’s performance was full of politically relevant messages (including one to the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin), was representative of society’s struggle with race. No wonder it has sparked so much discussion across the nation. aleuthau@kent.edu

Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times / TNS Kendrick Lamar performs at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards on Monday, Feb. 15, 2016, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Devo creator collaborates with KSU art students Holly Disch Visual Arts Reporter Mark Mothersbaugh, a Kent State alum, creator and lead singer of ‘70s-'80s quirky band DEVO, is completing a collaboration incorporating current art students at the university.

Mothersbaugh will be working with two Kent State students, senior fine arts majors Katie Metcalf and Casey Engelhart. The initial design will be digital and the final project will contain 100 prints, all of which are to be sold in five colors.

Michael Loderstedt, professor of printmaking in the School of Art (SOA), will guide Metcalf and Engelhart through the collaboration.

Loderstedt has public collections in many places, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Akron Art Museum and Santa Reparata Gallery in Florence, Italy.

DEVO was formed by Mothersbaugh and band members Jerry Casale and Bob Lewis after meeting at Kent State in the early '70s. The group is mainly famous for its platinum-selling hit single “Whip It.”

Mothersbaugh studied printmaking at Kent State in the '70s and was later awarded an honorary doctorate degree in 2008 as a result of his success. “(Mothersbaugh) said that his experience (at the SOA) had a profound influence on his music, the creation of DEVO and his later visual art,” Loderstedt said.

According to his IMDb page, Mothersbaugh is now a Hollywood composer known for movies like "21 Jump Street," "The Rugrats Movie" and many others. His roots in visual arts have given the opportunity for Metcalf and Englehart to collaborate on an original screen print to be shown jointly at the Akron Art Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Cleveland in late May. Theresa Bembnister, associate curator for the Akron Art Museum, is responsible for coordinating the presentation, "Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia." According to Bembnister, the exhibition was organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and is traveling across the country.

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The Starting Line, “Anyways” (Anyways EP)

The Starting Line released its first song in eight years December 2015. The band announced a three-song EP followed by the release of its first single to fans who have been craving new music for what felt like forever. "Anyways" is the logical progression forward for the band and is only a glimpse of what will hopefully be a year of touring and a new album from the New Jersey pop-punk band.

ible amount of excitement building up about this exhibition already, and I think it will draw new audiences to the museum, particularly people who consider themselves music fans,” Bembnister said.

Engelhart feels the exhibition will positively impact Kent State and the art program.

“It is a rare opportunity we have been given as students, to participate in this, and it should be noted that Kent State was asked to assist in this printing,” Engelhart said.

Bembnister originally came up with the idea to have Kent State's printmaking department work with the Akron Art Museum. She contacted Loderstedt to make it possible.

“It seemed like a wonderful opportunity to celebrate this upcoming retrospective exhibition,” Loderstedt said.

Loderstedt thinks that involving two of SOA’s best students will teach them valuable lessons within the profession, pick up technical skills and learn the process of collaboration.

Metcalf believes the collaboration she and Engelhart have with Mothers-

Baxter / Abaca Press Members of Devo, from left, Bob Mothersbaugh, Bob Casale, Gerald Case and Mark Mothersbaugh, attend an event in Los Angeles in January 2011.

baugh is good practice. She hopes it allows both of them to become involved in other similar projects and collaborations in the future.

“As a future career I’d be interested in working as a studio assistant, so these are the tasks that would be involved while working for an artist,” Metcalf said.

Loderstedt feels the (studio assistant) profession is a collaborative one by nature and

Pinegrove, “Old Friends” (Cardinal) Pinegrove signed to Run For Cover Records last year with absolutely no hype surrounding them at all. Fast forward four months and it’s hard to go a single day on the Internet without hearing about them. With a recent 8/10 on Pitchfork, an online music magazine, and an incredible spring tour with bands Into It. Over It. and The Sidekicks, I would definitely say this is Pinegrove’s year.

Milk Teeth, “Brainfood” (Vile Child) It’s no surprise that Milk Teeth’s debut full length album "Vile Child" is amazing. Milk Teeth mixes alternative and grunge sounds, very reminiscent of Nirvana, Courtney Love and other ‘90s music, to an audience that is currently loving bands like Title Fight and Citizen. The band is coming to the U.S. for the first time this spring, and I would definitely try to attend a concert of theirs.

hopes the students will see more of that process.

“We are all very excited to produce a strong print for Mark’s upcoming exhibition,” Loderstedt said. “We think it is great recognition of a very celebrated alumni, both having his first retrospective of his visual art in his hometown (and) also involving his alma mater ’s printmaking department’s current students (to) help create new work for the

exhibition.”

The collaboration with Mothersbaugh shows the strength of the program.

“It is a testament to the persistence and hard work of the students who worked on the project,” Loderstedt said.

To see the full exhibition, visit the Akron Museum and MOCA Cleveland, May 28 Aug. 28. hdisch@kent.edu

The 1975, “Love Me” (I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It) The 1975 were the breakthrough band of 2013, and whether you heard them that year or not, there will be no escaping the band this year. With the release of their second album (coming next week), The 1975 is bound for radio and festival success this summer. Providing the perfect mix of pop, alternative and atmospheric music, The 1975 has a song for everything.

Kanye West, “Ultra Light Beam” (The Life of Pablo) The intro track on Kanye West’s long-awaited new album "The Life of Pablo" is stunning to say the least. It kicks off the album, shows the amazing production, includes one of the best verses on the record from Chance The Rapper and foreshadows the listener ’s overall experience.

Kanye’s media attention might be negative at the moment for obvious reasons, but this album is a musical winner.

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Debating Across the Aisle

Editor's Note: The Kent Stater will feature columns from the Kent State College Democrats and Kent State College Republicans each Thursday on popular political issues.

New Supreme Court justice cannot wait until November Brian DiPaolo College Democrats First of all, my con-

dolences are offered on the recent passing of Supreme Court Justice Antonin

Scalia. Although our political views on

most issues don’t align, the death of any human being — especially the death

of any civil servant, regardless of how

disagreeable their political opinion may be — is something that any person who claims to have some sense of humanity should not celebrate.

That being said, I for one am glad that

the Supreme Court is rid of this conservative bulwark who proved time and again that he was both ignorant of racial prob-

lems in America, as well as insensitive to the LGBT community. Like I said earlier, mourn the man — not his policies.

This opens up a seat on the Supreme

Court for President Barack Obama to

appoint. It could potentially be his final legacy that he leaves as Chief Execu-

But of course, the obstructionist

lia’s spot. In doing this, they are assum-

vowing to block any nominee that the

House in 2016 which — if you consider

Republican leadership in Congress is president brings before them. Senate

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his cronies would rather the American

how weak and clownish their current

candidates are — isn’t going to happen.

Either way, a Democrat is going to

people endure almost an entire year

nominate the new Supreme Court justice

incomplete Supreme Court.

Obama do his constitutionally-given job,

crites who claim to uphold and protect

a justice nominated by Hillary Clinton or

of federal judicial proceedings with an I find it unacceptable that these hypo-

and the Republicans should honestly let

unless if the Republicans want to confirm

the Constitution contort it and warp it

(much to their chagrin) Bernie Sanders.

turbs me as a Democrat, but even more

tury, 19 Supreme Court Justices were

literal death of a human being is even

years — including Scalia himself in the

solely for their political gain. This dis-

Might I add that, over the past cen-

as an American. It is distressing that the

nominated and confirmed in election

being used for political purposes.

midterm year of 1986.

adhere to, if you adhere to one at all, all

political spectrum, I think that we all can

No matter what political party you

law-abiding Americans should be out-

raged to some extent that congressional leaders would even consider legally

trampling over the highest binding document in the nation in a feeble attempt to sway the Court to their side.

It’s audacious that congressional

tive. He’s already becoming a lame duck

Republicans are planning on waiting

office.

dential election are announced to fill Sca-

president and has less than a year left in

ing that a Republican will win the White

until the results of the November presi-

Regardless of where you stand on the

agree that the death of Justice Scalia and the subsequent scramble to replace him

has thrown a monkey wrench into what is already turning out to be a very interesting year for American politics.

The views expressed here do not nec-

essarily reflect the views of the College Democrats as an organization.

Brian DiPaolo is a member of the Kent State College Democrats.

Death of Supreme Court justice spells more political turmoil Jacob Tabler College Republicans Antonin Scalia, a very outspoken conservative associate justice of the Supreme Court, passed away at the age of 79 last Saturday.

Scalia was appointed under the Reagan administration and was a strict constitutionalist. He worked hard to defend the Constitution in its original meaning: To uphold what he interpreted to be the intent of the Founding Fathers.

He will be remembered as a renowned constitutional scholar and strong conservative justice. However, this has brought up many questions regarding when the empty seat should be filled. With a Presidential election only 330 days away, the dilemma has become much more serious.

The debate has already begun as to whether or not President Barack Obama should nominate someone to replace Scalia. While Democrats are calling for Obama make the nomination as soon as possible, the Republicans are calling for the Senate to delay the confirmation vote

of any nominee and hope for a Republican president to take the White House so a more conservative justice can be nominated.

The problem that arises is that even though 2016 is an election year, there is still almost eleven months until the next president will take office. This is a significant amount of time to have an empty seat in the Supreme Court.

I believe Obama will nominate his choice to become justice and the Senate will be pressured to vote on the nominee.

However, the Republican-controlled Senate is likely to vote down whoever is nominated by Obama. There is a serious political dilemma that faces the Republican Party when it comes to this situation.

On the surface it would seem to be in the best interest of the party to delay or vote down any nominations that Obama proposes in the Senate. However, such tactics could result in political backfire.

If the Republican Party should choose to stall, then it would present a great opportunity for the Democratic Party, as any maneuvers perceived to stall the process will put the Republican Party in a bad light. This could potentially hurt

their bid for the presidency in the coming election.

I believe it is important for the next president to nominate the next justice, regardless of their party. The people will decide the next president based on what direction they want the country to go, and that president should nominate the person they believe will help carry the country in that direction.

The nominee should be another constitutionalist similar to Scalia, regardless of the party that controls the executive branch. Most Republican-appointed justices in the Supreme Court have moderate political views. However, it is important to have a conservative man similar to Scalia to diversify the makeup of the justices. This would achieve a true diversity of thought on the Supreme Court and truly represent the interests of all people in the United States.

The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the Kent State College Republicans as an organization.

Jacob Tabler is a member of the Kent State College Republicans.

I think, at its core, the Grammy Awards are necessary to the music industry. The annual ceremony was created to honor the past and presentday stars while motivating those of the future.

However, over the past 58 years, I feel the show has gained baggage and lost its fundamental purpose.

What I’ve gathered from Monday night’s ceremony is that Taylor Swift referenced her ongoing drama with Kanye West and Adele’s performance had some audio issues. More articles were written about these two than any of the stuff that really matters.

What the “top hits” on Google don’t tell me is that Lady Gaga gave an amazing performance in memory of David Bowie; John Legend, Demi Lovato and other stars did Lionel Richie hits justice; and Sam Smith thanked his ex for breaking his heart, proving we can take something painful and make it beautiful.

So much has been wasted over details that aren’t crucial to what the Grammys are. I care about the music, but coverage of the Grammys isn’t giving preference to what matters.

The tribute Gaga made to

David Bowie was jaw-dropping. She stayed true to who Bowie was and her impersonation with corresponding graphics was fun to watch. She covered all his greatest hits in nearly seven minutes. The amount of talent it takes to pull off a seven-minute impersonation of such a unique, iconic individual is enough to earn a full, front-page spread.

Gaga’s tribute was my favorite part of the whole night.

Then there was the Lionel Richie tribute. Richie even got up on stage and sang. Though I think the performance was drawn out and Legend and Lovato started off a lot stronger than everyone else, I found it 10 times more interesting than bashing on Adele for her performance’s poor audio.

Each of these moments would’ve inspired a future star to go for it. They inspired me and I’m not even pursuing music. However, they weren’t the focus of the show. Drama overshadowed it all.

The instances I highlighted all have take-aways; be yourself, remember the greats and time heals even the biggest of wounds. What’s the take-away from never-ending drama? skaram3@kent.edu

Newspeak in the new world Dylan Webb Columnist Currently in my senior seminar on Propaganda, one of our required reads we just finished is “1984” by George Orwell.

Upon reading, it has a lot to say about our modern culture. The novel takes place in the dystopian Air Strip One, which is trying to create a new language called called “newspeak,” a language created by simplifying complex words into the most simple and basic, thus reducing the amount of total vocabulary used.

For example, “magnificent” or “gorgeous” become “doubleplusgood,” and words like “dreadful” or “authoritarian” become “ungood.” Essentially, Newspeak is a tool used by a ruling party to limit the amount of words its citizens can say. It also applies to the thought range of its citizens, including thoughts against the ruling government.

This goes along with the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which according to the Linguistic List, “is the theory that an individual’s thoughts and actions are determined by the language or languages that individual speaks.” It really didn’t hit me how newspeak has come into our modern day until one morning in my apartment where I heard a pop-rap song screaming loudly through the wall, and me commenting on how cliché and corny it was.

It was later that I find out it was Wiz Khalifa’s, “We Dem Boyz.” The title should say enough to the devolution of lyrical talent. The song was founded on that one line in the chorus; lines that simply didn’t make any sense - not in metaphorical way but nonsense through lack of grammar.

Then it hit me loud and clear: People are shaped by this rubbish. Memories flooded back of friends in the past trying to emulate this “thug life,” even those coming from white-washed suburbia, their language consisting of cursing, and incomplete sentences without any thought beyond that. I soon realized, after talking to residents at a nursing home and my peers, how it is deformalizing our language to a point where it would be unrecognizable by people living a hundred years ago, even our own grandparents.

Now, this newspeak is not only present in rap, but spans throughout the entire music genre. In a study done by Andrew Powell-Morse, he found that after analyzing 225 hits that were number one for at least three weeks on the Billboard charts, the average lyrical level was the same as the reading level for a third grader. So, take this into account: Adele’s “Hello” and Drake’s “Hotline Bling” have just a tad more linguistic complexity than “The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round” and “Mary Had a Little Lamb”.

We can see this devolution of intelligence in celebrity music with Kanye West in his recent performance of “Ultralight Beam” on Saturday Night Live last week. The act - except Kanye - was a gorgeous Gospel piece, but Kanye showed us what “new music” was all about. As he performed, his language was self-advertisement, an animistic growling, and was simply unprofessional compared to the other accompanying acts that had musical talent, which used biblical references in their songs and deeper meaning with complexity. dwebb23@kent.edu See the extended article on KentWired.com.

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Women’s basketball falls short to rival Akron

Deidre Pulley / The Kent Stater Sophomore Ali Marrero performs her balance beam routine on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016.

Kent State gymnasts get by with a little help from Flo Rida Elise Kogelnik Sports Reporter

Aaron Self / The Kent Stater Sophmore guard Naddiyah Cross (right) and redshirt freshman guard Tyra James take the ball down the court in the game against Akron on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. The Flashes lost, 78-66.

Eric Pitcher Sports Reporter Despite initially leading the game, the Kent State women’s basketball team (5-18, 2-11 Mid-American Conference) lost the first game in the Wagon Wheel Showdown to the University of Akron Zips (13-11, 7-6 MAC).

The loss gives the Flashes their 10th straight loss on the road.

It was a tale of two halves in the game. During the first half, which featured a lot of plays spectators have become accustomed to seeing from Kent State’s team, the Flashes scored 47 points.

They proceed to outscore the Zips in the paint 18-2 and kept Akron’s leading scorer, junior guard Anita Brown, to just free throws.

A big part of the Flashes’ 11-point lead at the half was due in part to sophomore forward Jordan Korinek, who finished the first half with 11 points. Korinek finished the game with 15 points and nine rebounds, including four offensive rebounds.

“In the second half (the team) gave (Korinek) a tremendous amount of attention,” coach Danielle O’Banion said, in her postgame interview. “We were desperately trying to get the basketball to Jordan, and she was not open. You saw (the players) turn the basketball over with very, very good intentions.”

The second half, though, was something completely different, with seven turnovers in the third quarter and five in the fifth. The Zips also outscored the Flashes 42-19 in just the second half, after a Kent State lead of 47-36 going into the half.

After going an awful 0-of-8 from the field to begin the game, Akron’s Anita Brown, the second leading scorer in the MAC, was

ready to take the game over. Brown went 7-14 in the second half, adding five assists and three steals to her tally.

But it wasn’t until Akron junior DiAndra Gibson had a fast break layup that gave the Zips their first lead in a whole two quarters. That lead did not last long though, as Alexa Gordon answered with a little jumper from the elbow that gave the Flashes a little one-point lead, but just as they did once before, Akron took the lead and went back to back to back from three-point rang.

Starting with Akron freshman Megan Sefick, who hit a three from the wing, the Zips went down on defense, forced a turnover and once again found Sefick. This time, she swooshed a deep three ball, which pushed the Akron lead up to 5. Sefick put up a total of six points, but they were the biggest six points of her career.

They weren’t done here though as, once again, Gibson buried a wide open three which extended the Zips lead up to 6. From this point on it was all Akron basketball. Akron would go on to make six free throws in the final minute, and put the finishing touches on a 78-66 win.

Junior Larissa Lurken led the Flashes with 16 points. Lurken has been averaging a team high 19 points a game in her last six contests.

Redshirt freshman Tyra James added 12 points of her own, playing 25 minutes, which was her highest since the game against Western Michigan University.

The Flashes get back to action Saturday as they take on Bowling Green State University at home. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m.

Kent State gymnastic team’s junior Jordin Hardison quickly went from stretching to dancing when Flo Rida’s “My House” started blaring through the speakers in the M.A.C. Center.

The rest of the gymnasts, who were warming up for practice alongside Hardison, joined in until nearly everyone was singing and dancing along to the hit song.

Sophomore Brooke Timko said the team starts every practice the same way, but the music selection always changes.

“Some days it’s the Jonas Brothers,” Timko said. “Some days it’s Justin Bieber and sometimes, it’s Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch – it just depends.”

Senior Kayla Kosmerl said that while the team uses the music for fun, they use it to train, too. The coaches blast the radio, cheer or make the gym completely silent while the gymnasts perform their routines. Kosmerl said that these exercises, called pressure sets, prepare the team to compete in any situation.

However, Coach Brice Biggin said when the gymnasts are swinging through the air on the uneven bars or dismounting from the balance beam, their focus is on the sport, not the song. “(Gymnastics is) an intense sport where you have to be aware of what you’re doing because the possibility of some type of an injury if you’re not focused is pretty high,” Biggin said. “(The gymnasts) are doing things normal people don’t. Most people don’t flip twice and expect to land on their feet.”

Though there are times when practice needs to be taken seriously, Biggin said, there is also room for laughter.

“We’re in the middle of the season,” Biggin said. “(The gymnasts have) been going on and off since September, so it’s a long year and they need a little bit of that relief and that comedy sometimes. (Sophomore Rachel Stypinski) will start most of the comedy.”

Stypinksi recognizes that it’s important for her to find a balance between having fun and being serious.

“I’ve been (funny) since I was younger,” Stypinksi said. “Growing up as a gymnast, I was never one to take something super seriously, but I always got the balance of when I could have a good time and when I had to be serious. Usually, when I finish my turn, I’ll laugh and make someone else laugh. But I know when it’s my turn I need to calm down, focus and get ready for my routine.”

The gymnasts aren’t the only ones having fun at practice – the coaches enjoy themselves, too.

Timko said Biggin will sometimes do the team’s routines for the floor exercise, even junior Skyelee Lamano’s, which includes animated facial expressions and a dab.

Timko said there are a number of personalities on the team.

Some people laugh at Hardison’s dance moves, while others find Stypinski’s jokes funny. The Flashes rely on their teammates to keep the mood up through the hard work that comes with the sport.

“It’s amazing (to compete with a big group of girls),” Timko said. “We all want the same thing, and we’ve all grown up doing (gymnastics). It’s nice to have people who are going through the same stuff as you.” ekogelni@kent.edu

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Estes breaks own pole-vaulting record

Alex Ledet / The Kent Stater Kent State junior Morgan Estes competes in the pole vault during a dual meet against Akron at the Kent State Fieldhouse. Estes holds the school record for indoor pole vault at 13’-05.25”. The Flashes fell to Akron 81-70 on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016.

Samantha Lough Sport Reporter Representing the Kent State women’s track team, junior pole vaulter Morgan Estes vaulted a record-breaking 14.12 meters

(13’6.25”) at the Spire Invitational this past Saturday.

Estes’ vault – which broke her own Kent State record — is best in the Mid-American Conference so far this season.

Prior to discovering pole vaulting, Estes was a gymnast since the age of four. Her favorite event was the bars. Because of her flexibility and fearlessness at tucking and jumping, she drew the attention from a track coach. Estes tried the pole vault event for the first time in the eighth grade and continued to participate in the sport throughout high school.

In her junior year of high school, she joined an indoor track team and never looked back.

Estes won the state pole vault competition her senior year of high school, jumping 13’0.25 and setting the state of Ohio record, which she held for two years.

“Coming to Kent State I was not happy with the performances of my freshman year (of college),” Estes said. “I worked really hard after that season and ended up breaking the school record last year as a sophomore.”

“I had a lot of confidence coming into the Spire meet this year knowing I had performed well there last year,” Estes said. “I knew I broke the record and I did it on my first try, which is really good because that can mean the difference between first and second place at the MAC championships, the meet that really matters.”

“After the Akron meet, I had good practices and good jumps and everything just came together this weekend. I’m doing well because we have new, bigger poles, my techniques are better, and all of that has just come together at

this point in the season,” she said.

At last year’s Spire invitational, Estes set the previous school record at (13’5.25”).

“It’s a lot of timing,” Estes said. “We’re getting toward the end of the indoor season. It’s enough time after winter break, so I’m back in the swing of things and because I did well last year, I had a lot of confidence going in. Plus, I love Spire, especially their runway that isn’t raised like Kent (State’s) is.”

Coach Bill Lawson couldn’t explain why Estes set both records at Spire, besides attributing it to nothing more than timing.

“We were surprised last year because she warmed up poorly.

(But) she made some adjustments during the meet ... to peek over the school record,” Lawson said. “She’s jumping better and by this time of year we’ve worked out the bugs, picked the right poles and it’s all coming together.”

Lawson mentioned that Morgan’s determination to be the best pole vaulter she can be is what keeps her working toward being better and better.

“Morgan has always had a lot of determination. She (is) on a quest to be the best pole vaulter.” Lawson said. “I know she is not satisfied, (just) as I am not. We are always trying to jump higher.

Our goal is to jump over 14 feet to be the MAC champion and get to indoor and outdoor nationals.”

“It’s her sheer will and determination that makes her the best in school history,” Lawson said. slough@kent.edu

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Local mother becomes roller derby skater Erin McLaughlin Photographer Sarah Dombrosky has been roller skating since she was a small child. She grew up skating around the rink of the Chagrin Valley Roller Rink.

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Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 7. Collaborate to grow family finances. Monitor expenses and income, especially regarding home improvements over the next month, with the Pisces Sun. Anticipate changes and pad the budget.

Make a mess for long-term benefit.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8. Writing, research and communications projects go well this month, with the Sun in Pisces.

Words come with greater ease.

Study and practice. Challenge the generally held opinion. Get your partner’s illuminating view. Discuss plans.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 9. Your work is in demand. Concentrate on making money during a peak month, with the Sun in Pisces. Take advantage by expanding infrastructure.

Strengthen and build support. It’s all for love and family.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is an 8. Take time for love.

Family comes first. Stay out of another’s argument. You’re in your element this month with the Sun in your sign. Take advantage of power and confidence to advance personal dreams.

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The rollergirls work on their endurance by skating around the track in groups at Starlite Roller Rink in Atwater, Ohio, on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015.

Erin McLaughlin / The Kent Stater The Rubber City Rollergirls put their arms around each other for balance as they do squats during the end of their practice in Akron, Ohio, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015.

Erin McLaughlin / The Kent Stater

Erin McLaughlin / The Kent Stater Sarah Dombrosky, a skater with the Rubber City Rollergirls, signs autographs after the first bout of the season at the John S. Knight Center in Akron, Ohio, on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2015.

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