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More students, more problems: Kent State lacks funds to hire more advisers
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Amani Williams / The Kent Stater Students stand around the bonfire held after the official announcement of Kent State's rebranding on Monday Feb. 1, 2016. The university signed a $2.3 million contract to rebrand itself.
New branding campaign draws student support Sierra Allen Student Life Reporter
In the College of Arts and Sciences, the ratio of students to advisers is 568 to one.
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Alyssa Ronyak Regionals Reporter Denise A. Seachrist was named the new dean of Kent State Stark campus on Feb. 1. Seachrist's history with the university goes back nearly 30 years. During that time, she has been associated with both the regional campuses and the main campus. Originally from Rootstown, Ohio, Seachrist earned her Ph.D. in musicology-ethnomusicology from Kent State in 1987. “I’ve been at Kent for a long time, as a student, as a faculty member and as an administrator,” said Seachrist. As a late add-in candidate dur-
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would be in the situation.” Graham thinks there might be more to the problem. “Last semester, when I spoke with (my adviser) about the issue, I could tell she was overwhelmed,” she said. “She was speeding me through. I was supposed to have a 30 minute block, but it ended up being 10. She seemed stressed and overworked to me.” Despite her bad experience, Graham still believes required advising is beneficial. “Honestly, even though there are time restraints, I think (required advising) is important,” Graham said. However, she emphasized that it has to be meaningful “because I have talked to many people and from what they said, they have been misled in one direction or another. They were just left to think they were fine and then are telling me now they have to add another semester.”
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Lack of availability, unfamiliarity with their students and a constant turnover with personnel — Kent State students have a laundry list of complaints with advisers. Some colleges at Kent State dealt with limited budgets for their advising staff, according to Steven Antalvari, director of university advising. “When I went down to do my advising (at Kent campus) I was sent (to Stark campus),” junior political science major Courtney Suder said. When Suder got in touch with her former adviser, he told her that he was out on medical leave. "So for a month, I was going back and forth between Stark and the advising downstairs in Bowman (Hall) and got nowhere,” Suder said. Fortunately for Suder, she ran into a faculty adviser who was able to grant access for her to be able to take classes. But, in some aspects, it was too late. “I never ended up talking to the undergraduate adviser, so the whole thing seems pointless,” Suder said. “If you are going to mandate that we see an adviser, you need to make sure there are enough to go around.” Suder said her experience showed a major communication problem that exists with advising. “The whole thing is backwards and counterproductive because they are going to make people graduate later,” she said. “The classes I need may not be offered every semester.” Suder is not the only one who has had a bad experience with advising. Angela Graham, a sophomore early childhood education major, had a damaging experience with advising.
Graham planned on changing her major for quite some time to early childhood education, but until she did, she wanted to take classes that would not hurt her chances of graduating in four years. “The most important thing is graduating in four years,” Graham said. Like many students, she is paying for her own college, so graduating on time is a must. Unfortunately, there was a miscommunication with her schedule. “Three out of the five classes meant nothing,” she said. Graham struggled to meet with her adviser to work through the anxieties and questions that she had about her new major and what she has to do to be on track. “(My adviser) was either busy or canceled on me,” she said. “If I wasn’t canceled on and got a chance to talk to her and had her be able to answer some of my questions, I don’t think I
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Kent State students attended the unveiling of #UndeniablyKSU, the university’s new brand on Monday. A live band opened the celebrations before guest speakers from the faculty explained how Kent State has impacted their lives and what the university means to them. After the speeches, the audience was introduced to President Beverly Warren who declared how important Kent State is to her and disclosed the reasoning of the university’s new brand. “A brand is truly, simply telling our story insistently and telling it well ... it’s up to us to tell that genuine Kent State story ... Here, we will welcome you with open arms and push you out with an open mind,” Warren said. “When we tell our story effectively, good things happen. We attract talent to this great university. We want students (and) future students to see and feel what we know about our great university." Students at the event were supportive of the university’s new brand. “I feel Kent State is my home away from home honestly and I love the fact that President Warren is doing this rebranding," said senior hospitality manage-
ment major Darnell Griffiths. "I feel good about this ... new branding means new signage, new looks for Kent State.” “I was blown away by the whole (promotional) video," said Katherine Jacobs, a junior special education major. "It gave me chills and I’m so excited to see what the future brings us through Kent State and the new branding. Although some students couldn’t attend the new branding ceremony due to class or prior engagements, the message was still well received campus wide" Senior communication studies major Jowan Cole did not attend the launch event, but was excited about the new #UndeniablyKSU. “I think the branding of Kent State plays a really big role in how students, alumni and potential students might perceive it," Cole said. "If the branding is good and conveys who Kent State really is as a whole, then more people will be more adamant and get involved and do things with the university.” Following the ceremony in the ballroom, Kent State’s “Light The Night” bonfire was held on Manchester Field where students ate s’mores and received free t-shirts.
ing the search for a new dean, she won the community over. Seachrist is excited to serve her community as the permanent dean. “I was thrilled to have the opportunity to participate,” she said. Seachrist has the support of the Kent community said Todd Diacon, Kent State’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. “Chosen as the result of a national search, she brings an outstanding mix of external relations skills, administrative experience and scholarly accomplishments," Diacon said. "We value our Stark campus family and are happy that Denise has agreed to accept this important assignment.” With all the excitement of the newly affirmed dean, the decision for Seachrist wasn’t always an option when the search first started. She served as interim dean of Stark campus since July 2014, and applied for the job when the search first started. However, she wasn’t considered for the position until winter 2015. As dean, Seachrist is now responsible for the chief administrative offices and total oversight of the Stark campus. “I’m responsible for all the budgeting, academic programming, and running the campus," she said.
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No shadow means early spring
Alex Ledet / The Kent Stater John Griffiths, a member of the Punxsutawny Groundhog Club’s Inner Circle presents Phil, a groundhog, to a crowd gathered at Gobler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. People gathered at the Knob to witness the goundhogs prognostication mark its 130th year on the Feb. 2, 2016. Punxsutawney Phil is believed to predict the weather for the rest of winter by seeing or not seeing his shadow upon being removed from his burrow. This year he did not see his shadow, thus predicting an early spring.
Nathan Shively / The Kent Stater Kent State President Beverly Warren speaks to a large crowd at the university rebranding event on Monday, February 1st in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. The event unveiled Kent State’s new brand “Undeniably Kent State.”
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ADVISERS Advisers struggle with... Antalvari said they are actively working to solve some of these problems. “We know about these issue,” Antalvari said. “And some of these issues have been issues that have been forever. Sometimes it all boils down to resources and money.” Antalvari said the university's advising, since its beginning, has been addressing issues of low adviser ratios and what he refers to as the 'advising bubble' and have made progress in solving these issue. University Advising is trying to get the ratios of advisers to students to a level that is ideal for both student and adviser. The National Aca-
Max McCarty / The Kent Stater Alison Carr-Chellman, a finalist for EHHS dean, presents to Kent State faculty and staff in the Governance Chambers on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016.
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Alexandra Seibt Academics Reporter This week in the Governance Chambers of the Kent Student Center, the three final candidates for the dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services gave their presentations to about 70 EHHS faculty, staff and administration members, students and the dean search committee. According to faculty and
staff, innovative, advocate, transparent, inclusive and strategic are all qualities they look for in their new dean. Margaret Zoller Booth, Kenneth Teitelbaum and Alison Carr-Chellman were among the three finalists. “The community, the college and the other deans are looking for someone they feel has personality, drive, energy and experience that they express and how well they express it is
really what we look for when candidates come on campus,” said James Blank, dean of Arts and Sciences and the chair of the search committee. Each presentation provided background information about each candidate, challenges facing higher education today and how he or she has faced these challenges and address any questions the audience had. The presentations began Fri-
day, Jan. 29 at 10:30 a.m. with Margaret Zoller Booth, associate dean for the graduate college of Bowling Green State University. “I have concentrated my career in higher education on high quality supported public institutions,” Booth said. “I truly believe that the future of higher education lies in the quality of public education.” Kenneth Teitelbaum, a professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at University of North Carolina Wilmington, continued the presentations Monday, Feb. 1. “Building positive relationships, I think that is really critical,” said Teitelbaum. “I hope that we could work together and see where our interests lie and advocate for each other.” The series of presentations finished Tuesday, Feb. 2 with Alison Carr-Chellman, department head of Learning and Performance Systems of Pennsylvania State University's college of Education. “I have advocated for some specific academic enhancements and staffing enhance-
ments through the upper administrations and have been very successful at making that happen because I positioned those pitches as a unique opportunity,” said Carr-Chellman. “So I think uniqueness is important.” The selection process began in mid-October, and the interviewing process ended Tuesday after the last presentation. Anyone who attended the presentations was encouraged to fill out a candidate evaluation form to provide their input on each of the finalists by Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 5 p.m. “Everybody will submit all of their evaluations and the committee will meet together and then basically the search committee will submit a recommendation typically to the provost, and at that point he, whoever he decides to involve in the decision, will make an offer,” said Daniel Nilsson, director of Academic Diversity Outreach. “Once somebody accepts, they most likely will start July 1.”
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The School of Communication Studies will kick off its spring Colloquium Series at 4 p.m. on Friday in Taylor Hall with a research presentation from Paul Sommer, an assistant professor of communication studies at Kent State Stark. Sommer ’s dissertation 'The Communicative Accomplishment of Knowledge Work: An Investigation of the Domestic Construction Industry,' focuses on how we communicate with others on project-based organizations like the construction industry. "I’ll be presenting some findings regarding research from my dissertation, which is looking at a nation-wide survey that took a look at how we communicate what we know in construction organizations,” Sommer said. “And how that communication ultimately helps solves problems in the construction industry, to hopefully help make things a little more effective and efficient in the long run.” Suzy D’Enbeau, an assistant professor of communication studies, and some of her colleagues created the colloquium series in January 2015, to foster a research community in the school.
“Part of generating high quality research is putting your ideas out there, and getting feedback and insights from other people,” D’Enbeau said. In order to present research, one must meet a few requirements: must have a Ph.D in either communication or a related discipline and should be doing interesting research and be willing to share it. “I'm interested in getting feedback from the communication studies faculty at Kent, in terms of how I'm approaching this knowledge management question in the construction industry, from a communication perspective,” Sommer said. He also hopes people from other fields – perhaps architecture, knowledge management and information science – will be in attendance to help provide a different perspective to his research. D’Enbeau said the program will consist of about 30 to 35 minutes of research presentations followed by a question and answer session with the audience. Future colloquiums will be held the first Friday of the month, March 4 and April 1. The presentations are free and anyone is welcome to attend.
CSI to host student organization fair The Center for Student Involvement is hosting a Student Organization Fair on Thursday, Feb. 4 from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Students can learn about how to get involved on campus by visiting informational tables hosted by more than 60 of Kent State’s student organizations. “It’s a great opportunity for students…to explore all the different clubs that Kent State has to offer,” said Katie Goldring, assistant director of Student Activities.
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Alon Futterman, CEO and former senior adviser to the Minister of Education in Israel, spoke Tuesday evening at Kent State about the Israeli education system. The event was co-hosted by Hillel and the Center for International and Intercultural Education. Futterman came to Kent State from Israel to kick off his short speaking tour in the U.S. His mission is to draw people away from what the media portrays Israel as and educate them on something the media doesn’t typically talk about: the public education system in Israel. Violence in Israel is often a main concern when Western media outlets cover events taking place in Israel. Futterman’s goal is to open Americans’ eyes to some of the innovative education programs in Israel. The country highly values education and Futterman has served in many vital roles under Israel's former Minister of Education. “What I’m here to claim tonight is that every public education in the world has two jobs,” Futterman said demic Advising Association has set this ideal ration at 300 students for every one adviser. Some of the ratios are close to this ideal ratio. The total ratio for Kent State as a whole is at 350 students per one adviser. However, the ratio for the College of Arts and Sciences is almost double the ideal ratio, at 568 students to one adviser. According to Antalvari, the 'advising bubble' is the time where a mass amount of students register and the advisers are most booked up. “What we are trying to do right now is find out where can we get more registration time” Antalvari said. "The advising bubble will always be there.” A lot of funding comes from the various colleges for their own advising. Undergraduate advising, according to Antalvari, is
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making the most out of what they do have. “(We're) trying to utilize the resources we have. And then, when we know we have fully maxed out, (we) say this is the absolute best we can do with the resources we have,” Antalvari said. “We are close, but we are not quite there yet.” One initiative that the Advising offices are encouraging, is the utilization of faculty advisers. Faculty advisers are faculty members who bring a unique perspective and expertise in the major you are studying to ensure you are being communicated to best information during this advising process. Antalvari emphasizes that advising is a cooperative endeavor and encourages students to contact his office if they come across any issues or have any questions.
Taking on the role as dean of a regional campus is something Seachrist has given some thought to since she was served as interim dean. “Once I was given the opportunity to serve the position, I really saw how wonderful the community is and the faculty, the staff and the students we have down here," she said. "I just thought it was a really good fit and that’s when I became really interested in the position.” Because of the overwhelming support she has received, Seachrist is hopeful for the future “The (Stark) campus is so important, being the only public institution of higher education in the county, and that gives us a responsibility to reach out to the public,” she said. Seachrist continues to set the bar high for the Stark campus , describing it as "inclusive."She is excited to see what is in store for the rest of this year and in the years to come.
Career decisions are made on a daily basis in the sports and business world. Some days people wake up and realize that this career just isn’t for them anymore and quit. On the other hand, sometimes a business feels as if this isn’t for you anymore and fires you. Career decisions are a part of life and people must deal with them. Sunday night, the Associated Press released the findings of their latest NFL survey: 71 of 100 NFL athletes expressed that they have either made an in-game career decision or have seen someone else make one. Career decisions for athletes are stepping out of bounds instead of fighting for extra yardage on a play, or not catching a ball on purpose in fear of the hit you would take if you went for it. Fans may not be happy with the idea of athletes taking plays off in order to save themselves, but they must remember this is their job, and just like the average employee, you will do anything you can to stay in your position for as long as possible. Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Jeremy Mincey was quoted saying, “You could have gotten me to run through a brick wall when I was younger… But now you just get older and wiser, you learn. ‘Win this battle, lose that war?’ Nah, I’d rather win the war.” The NFL is a dirty business on and off the field. Players who were the staple of an organization’s success get cut due to a change of direction. Injuries are a huge reason a team will cut a veteran. These split decisions are necessary to an athlete’s livelihood. Athletes have mouths to feed like everyone else and two yards can make the difference between having another two years or being done after that one hit. The NFL is vicious and sometimes the extra fight isn’t worth it. Career decisions are made well before the professional level. High school athletes who have scholarships on the table will take plays off and coaches will even limit their plays. The same thing happens at the collegiate level. For anyone who has ever played a sport, it is natural for an athlete to be aware of a dangerous situation and avoid it. It is innate in everyone human and fans do not have the right to judge athletes for protecting themselves. Take Jadeveon Clowney for example: after his sophomore year at the University of South Carolina, he knew his value as a first-round NFL pick. Clowney was often ridiculed for taking games and plays off during his junior season in order to stay healthy. Fans shouldn’t be worried: Career decisions are not affecting the game — the athletes still compete at a high level, they just realized they’re a part of a business and have to take precautions to keep their job. The career decisions fans should be worried about are the premature retiring of athletes, like Calvin Johnson, due to the intense nature of the game. Players are calling it quits early in order to be healthy enough to provide after football. Concussions are the only real issue fans should worry about; a player taking it easy on a play should be the least of your worries.
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Sam Meisenburg Military/Veterans Reporter The president of the Kent State Veterans Club has started a GoFundMe campaign to build an accessible veterans lounge on campus. “We need a place on campus to hold meetings, plan events and give veterans a place to study and work,” said Ryan Lewand, president of the Veterans Club and a senior criminology and justices studies major. The Veterans Club serves as a safe place for student veterans to feel welcomed as they transition and adjust to student life. “The Veterans Club on campus has been having some difficulty with growing and getting new members because of off-campus meetings,” Lewand said. “I felt that it is a necessity for veterans on campus to have somewhere to connect with each other and gain new members." Dawn Plug, assistant director of the Center for Adult and Veteran Services and club adviser for the Veterans Club, thinks the campaign for a lounge is a great idea. “The veterans need a place on campus to be with other students that have similar experiences,” Plug said. Lewand and Plug both agree that the location of the lounge should be close to the Schwartz Center or the Student Center. “Most of the members tend to be commuters, so parking is always an issue ... location matters a good deal,” Plug said. Lewand wants to raise $200,000 to build the lounge and receive a portion of the funds to make a proposal to the university by the end of the semester. He hopes to have it approved by the end of the year. If the university denies Lewand’s proposal or the GoFundMe does not reach its goal of $200,000, he will donate the money to the AMVETS National Service Foundation. Lewand, who served four years of active duty in the Navy and is currently in the Navy Reserves, said the main reason he started the GoFundMe campaign was because of Kent State’s military history. “It’s rated one of the top Military Friendly Schools and to me, if they are going to keep that spirit of being one of the top military friendly schools, I feel that they should be on board with a veterans lounge,” Lewand said. The Veteran's Club was founded in 1944 and is open to anyone who wants to join, accepting service members and all veterans. To hold office and vote, it is required to be a veteran. Veterans must make up 75 percent of the club. The Veterans Club meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Kent. Meetings on the second Wednesday of every month are at 5 p.m. at Quaker Steak & Lube on campus.
during his presentation. “One is to prepare the child for competing in the global market and the other is to prepare the child for life in the country they’re living in.” Hagar Israeli, Jewish fellow at Hillel, was one of the driving forces for bringing Futterman to Kent State. Israeli said her main goal in Futterman’s visit was to show a more diverse side of Israel. “It (was) a good start for them to learn about education in Israel, society in Israel and gain a new knowledge,” Israeli said. Futterman currently serves as the CEO and director of a new Israeli government initiative, TALMA. The program is expanding education into July to teach English to children from underprivileged backgrounds. “What does a public education system look like when they’re only goal is to be ranked number one? What happens to kids who are coming from underprivileged backgrounds?” Futterman asked the audience. TALMA’s mission is not only to teach underprivileged children English, but also to
bring Americans to Israel as fellows to teach English during the 11 month of public education. The hope is that TALMA will help students from low income families excel. Due to Kent State’s large education program, Israeli said she believed Futterman was the perfect speaker to present to students other aspects of Israel, especially their public education system. Regardless of one’s opinion on Israel, Linda Robertson, outreach program director of the Center for International and Intercultural Education on campus, hopes students in the audience realized “the stereotypes and what you hear in the news, it’s actually a lot more complex society that might help them examine their own society.” “For some of you,” Futterman said at the end of his discussion. “This is the first time you’re hearing something about Israel not related to defense.”. Futterman will continue to speak at several universities in Ohio and New York before returning to Israel. krichmo4@kent.edu
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Erin McLaughlin / The Kent Stater Junior criminology and justice studies major Ryan Lewand stands inside the Student Center on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. Lewland was a petty officer, second class in the Navy and served a total of two years in Bahrain.
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Short-staffed advising curbs student progress their advisers before they can schedule. With so few advisers working with so many students, it is next to impossible to schedule an appointment to schedule their classes. Students who want to schedule an appointment to discuss other topics, such as post-grad careers or the path to graduation, are mostly out of luck. The university wants students to graduate in four years, but that can be difficult when students have such a hard time meeting with their advisers. If Kent State really wants students to be able to do that, it should hire more advisers.
University advisers are meant to help students schedule classes, plan their semesters, graduate on time and look into future job prospects. Kent State set the ideal student-adviser ratio at 300 students for every one adviser. However, in several colleges, advisers work with more students than they can handle. For example, in the College of Arts and Sciences, the ratio is 568 students per one adviser. This academic year, 10 advisers are working with 5,737 students. It is not possible for one person to work with or form a personal relationship with that many students. All students are required to meet with
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Cam Newton criticism mostly generational, not race-based Matt Poe Columnist Old-school and new-school clash on all sorts of issues. Whether it’s movies, music or art, the old and the new tend to disagree on how something was and how something is. Sports certainly fall under this umbrella as well and the 2016 Super Bowl is going to give us exactly that between Peyton Manning, Cam Newton and their respective fans. The proverbial changing of the guard will happen in more than one way come Sunday, both on the field and off. Peyton Manning is what many would consider the mould for a professional athlete: humble, gracious in victory and defeat and business-like. Yes, he does those cheesy, awful, Papa John’s and Nationwide commercials, but he’s by no means a celebrity. Aside from the Hall of Fame career and some great Saturday Night Live skits, he’s the typical quarterback we’ve come to know for the last 40 plus years. And he’s white. Cam Newton, however, is today’s ultimate celebrity athlete. He’s fashionable, young and good-looking. He dabs hard (not that kind of dab), dances with his teammates and not only does he win games, he puts on a show doing so. He’s the maestro and the rest of the Carolina Panthers are his orchestra in perfect unison. He’s one hell of a football player, which tends to get lost in the two-week period between the Conference Championship games and the Super Bowl, where columnists and writers (yours truly, included) will take the low-hanging fruit and dive right into it. And, he’s black. I don’t say this to be polarizing or do my best Stephen A. Smith impression; I say this because many in the media and fans alike have centered the buildup to this game on this storyline, one that is largely preposterous and entirely misses the target: black versus white. For any rational
person, it’s not about that, not even close. Instead, it’s largely a generational gap in what we have come to expect from professional athletes and fans have aligned accordingly: the old with Peyton, the young with Cam. Newton may be the face of this generation of new-school professional athletes: big personality, big results and all the flair. And you know what? It’s awesome. It seems many of us want our professional athletes to act like our politicians: stoic and absent of a visible personality. But Cam Newton is not that. That’s why he’s refreshing to many sports fans, especially younger generations. He plays a violent, man’s game like an ecstatic kid putting his helmet on for the first time in Pee Wee Football. It’s different than what generations before wanted from their athletes or what days of society’s past may have wanted. There’s nothing wrong with preferring the old-school mentality over new. Just don’t mistake it for a racial issue, as many people and much of the media has done. Are there people who don’t like Newton because he’s black? I’m certain there are and they need a reality check, amongst many other things. Most people who don’t like him do so because of his situation during his time at Auburn involving him allegedly accepting money, and his newwave star power in the NFL. Last week, Newton said the following: “I’m an African-American quarterback that may scare a lot of people because they haven’t seen nothing that they can compare me to.” He’s right. He’s 6’5’’, 240 pounds of zip it by you, tuck-it-and-go and then give the football to a little kid in the stands who will remember that moment for a lifetime. He’s making it look easy and having fun doing so. Bring on more like him. mpoe3@kent.edu
Campuses must counter assaults on game days Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Guest Column Jason Lindo, an economics professor at Texas A&M University, had a hunch about campus sexual assaults at Division I football schools and whether their rates were affected by big-game days. So he and several colleagues scoured 22 years of FBI data, comparing assault reports to local police on game days with those filed on non-game days. The researchers found a strong link between football game days and an increase in reported rapes by college women ages 17-24. Lindo’s study, released Dec. 28, said sexual assault reports increased 41 percent during home games and 15 percent during away games. If the home team was an underdog that defeated a higher-ranked team, reported rapes went up 57 percent. Heavy drinking also appears to be a factor in the statistics that showed hundreds of assaults at 128 schools. It goes without saying that school administrations must develop strategies to curb overconsumption of alcohol, but they also must educate students about sexual assault and use the study as a guide toward new approaches on game days. Based on a 2010 study on the economic losses associated with crime, the Texas A&M researchers estimate that each Division I-A campus rape carries a social cost of $267,000. The annual cost of these assaults is at least $68 million. While the price in dollars is steep enough, the damage to individuals from alcoholrelated sexual assault is too huge to tolerate. Every college and university, not just those with Division I teams, should consider the research. They know that alcohol combined with sports can be a factor in campus rape, but do they have the courage to confront and do something about the problem?
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Men’s basketball falls to CMU 88-61 Photo courtesy of CMU DaRohn Scott of Central Michhgan scores a layup against Kent State on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016.
Nate Manley / The Kent Stater Members of the Kent State wrestling team run drills during practice in the M.A.C. Annex on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016. The team will take on Northern Illinios on Friday.
Wrestling wraps up productive bye week The Kent State wrestling team took some time off last week while also focusing on some underdeveloped areas. “The one thing that’s different is you don’t have to worry about your weight,” said Tyler Buckwalter, fifth-year senior and 165-pounder. “You can get in (the wrestling room) and work really hard all week. You don’t have to worry about wearing sweat clothes and stuff like that. You just get in there and get after it. It’s a good week to recoup on your body.” Buckwalter, who is 17-9 on the year, was able to crack the first NCAA coaches’ poll two weeks ago at No. 31. He’s also won multiple academic awards the past two years and has worked as treasurer on Kent State’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee. As for how he’s able to balance both sports and academics, he said the key is having good time management skills and consistent priorities. “This semester I’m student teaching so I’m at school every day until (2 p.m.),” Buckwalter said. “Then I come here and go to practice. Then I have to go home and do my lesson plan. I don’t have a lot of free time to myself. But that’s fine… You just have to get your priorities how you want them.” Even still, Buckwalter deferred the
“smartest guy on the team” label to his teammates. “I think (fifth-year senior, 174-pounder) Mike Vollant is probably the smartest kid on the team,” Buckwalter said. “(Sophomore heavyweight) Stephen Suglio is really smart, too … I’m kind of a nerd. I just work hard and try to get the best grades.” Fellow fifth-year senior and 149-pounder Mike DePalma said he spent the bye week trying to improve the little areas. “(I worked on) trying to bring out the best in me,” he said. “The improvement time of the year is over. It’s just kind of putting your best performance together.” Coach Jim Andrassy said DePalma “is as hot and as cold a wrestler you’ll ever find.” DePalma said the key to staying consistent is to take the pressure out of the situation so his wrestling can take over instead of his mind. “I think there’s more discipline in my lifestyle this year compared to other years,” DePalma said. “And I think there’s just so much more realization that this is our last run.” DePalma is one of six current starters who will graduate after this season. Fortunately, he said, this year the team is really enjoying wrestling and being around each other. He credits multiple things to the team being able to gel so well in his last year. “We play dodgeball before almost
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every workout this year,” DePalma said. “That alone lightens up the mood going into practice. They brought Drew Lashaway (former two-time NCAA qualifier with Kent State) in, who is an amazing coach… It’s our senior year, too. We’re just having fun with each other and enjoying our last run because we’re almost done with college.” Redshirt freshman heavyweight, 285-pounder Devin Nye spent the bye week trying to improve two areas. “I was trying to work on my technique a little bit,” he said. “I thought my shots were getting a little sloppy. Conditioning was also a big issue.” Nye replaced Suglio, who was bumped up from 197 pounds to replace an injured Mimmo Lytle. Nye was able to get his first MAC dual win against rival Ohio University and came away with a pin against Old Dominion University. Nye said the lineup change has bolstered his confidence. “It’s a little confidence booster,” Nye said. “Now it’s like, ‘I’m the starter. Let’s go,’ instead of ‘Am I actually going to start this week? Do they have confidence in me this week?’ It’s nice having the confidence.” The Flashes will be on the road Feb. 5 and 6 against MAC opponents Northern Illinois University (on ESPN3) and University of Northern Iowa. darmell1@kent.edu
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Zac Sommer Sports Reporter Kent State men’s basketball team (15-7, 6-3 Mid-American Conference) suffered another tough loss to Central Michigan University (13-9, 6-3 MAC) Tuesday night, 88-61. “We have to defend at a higher level,” coach Rob Senderoff said. “That’s the bottom line. If we don’t do that, it’s going to be tough to win games.” Kent State turned the ball over 14 total times, including
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Two presidential hopefuls suspend campaigns after Iowa Mitch Felan Political Correspondent Iowan voters set the stage for a long 2016 election this Monday with the Iowa caucus. The caucus marks the first votes for the election this year, in an event that some say will mark the way for the events of the entire election season. Naturally, with such a high-stakes event, there are victories and disappointments galore. While Hillary Clinton came out on top for Democratic nominees and Ted Cruz won on the GOP side, others were not so lucky. These were four of the biggest upsets for the Iowa caucus:
1. Martin O'Malley suspends his campaign
Democratic hopeful and former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley dropped out of the presidential race Monday night following a poor showing in the Iowa polls. The candidate announced he was dropping out in a speech during the caucus. “I want to thank everyone who came out to our events and lent me their ear and everyone who went out to caucus for me tonight,” O'Malley told his supporters after the big announcement. With 90 percent of precincts reporting, O'Malley only registered support from less than 1 percent of caucus voters. He finished at 0.6 percent when all precincts reported results. O'Malley spent most of his candidacy lagging behind former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders. Even before O'Malley
began his struggle for votes in Iowa, a poll from the Des Moines Register and Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll found he would only garner 3 percent of the vote as opposed to Clinton's 45 percent and Sanders' 42 percent. His departure from the Democratic ticket leaves the Democratic Party with only two presidential candidates: Sanders and Clinton.
Donald Trump's reign as the undisputed GOP front-runner hit a roadblock Monday night when his archrival Ted Cruz won 27.6 percent of the caucus vote, becoming the GOP winner for the night. Trump came in second with 24.3 percent of the vote, with seven projected delegates as opposed to Cruz's eight. "We finished second, and I want to tell you something ... I'm just honored. I'm really hon2. Mike Huckabee susored," Trump told a group of pends his campaign supporters in a speech. "I want Martin O'Malley was not to congratulate Ted and I want the only former governor to to congratulate all of the incredfeel the sting of the Iowa cauible candidates, including Mike cus. Mike Huckabee, who Huckabee, who's become a won the Iowa caucus in 2008, really good friend of mine. Concould not repeat his past sucgratulations to everybody." cess Monday night. HuckaTribune News Service Cruz, who was expected to bee fared slightly better than Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz celebrates with supporters in Des Moines, Iowa, after win- be the runner-up in multiple O’Malley, with 1.8 percent of ning the Iowa Republican caucus on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. polls, including the Des Moines caucus voters showing support last at 2 percent. Huckabee is the first Gilmore’s campaign started off on Register/Bloomberg Politics for the candidate. Huckabee seemed to and so far only GOP candidate to drop the wrong foot after he was ineligible Iowa Poll, seems excited about his have a sense of humor about his depar- out of the race following the caucus. to appear at the first few GOP presi- new-found success over Trump after ture, joking that he suspended his camdebates due to polling at less months of being the runner-up. 3. Jim Gilmore gets 12 votes in dential paign due to “illness.” than 1 percent in the September 2015 “God bless the great state of Iowa!” “Voters are sick of me!” Huckabee the entire state of Iowa CBS News/New York Times poll, as he said in an impassioned speech after quipped in his punchline. The Iowa caucus did not go well for well as other polls. his victory was announced. “Tonight Huckabee’s success on the cam- former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore, The candidate ’s campaign has not is a victory for the grassroots. Tonight paign trail had been dwindling ever who, according to polls received 0 per- released a statement on Gilmore’s is a victory for courageous conservasince he joined the presidential race. cent of Iowans’ support. While closer poor showing in Iowa, nor has the tives across Iowa and all across this Huckabee started 2016 as a participant evaluation of the numbers proves the former governor released a personal great nation.” in the undercard debate of the first amount is closer to 0.01 percent, that statement. The remaining candidates will GOP of the year and was polling low did not change the lack of support continue to duke it out for the New 4. Cruz becomes Iowa in several Iowa caucus polls. The joint Gilmore’s campaign received in Iowa. Hampshire primary taking place next poll by the Des Moines Register and According to data collected by Politico favorite, Donald Trump week on Feb. 9. Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll showed and USA Today, Gilmore received 12 Huckabee in a five-way tie for dead votes from the entire state. mfelan@kent.edu gets second place
Graduate students lead lessons in alcohol awareness No plans for Kent's Main Street property Andrew Keiper Academics Reporter Two Kent State graduate students have created an alcohol awareness program on campus in an effort to teach responsible consumption rather than abstinence. The program, "Valuable Ounce: Drinking Knowledge & Awareness," was created by Annaleise Lessick and Joe Fath, graduate students majoring in clincial mental health counsel. Both are in their second year of the clinical mental health counseling master’s program. They developed the idea from content they learned in an addictions theory course, as well as their own experiences as undergraduates. They said that alcohol-based abstinence isn’t a realistic goal for most college students. Instead, their approach aims to develop goals for students and educate them on responsible consumption. “The goals of our program are individualized and meant to provide awareness and a menu of options for each student,” Lessick said. “We want the goals to be realistic and attainable so students don’t feel like the expectations and pressure are too high." This approach is the opposite of Alcoholics Anonymous, according to Fath and Lessick. Although, it will still employ tenets of anonymity to protect the rights of students in attendance. “I think that setting limits is hazy,” Fath said. “So in this group, we want to show what realistic expectations look like to maintain a healthy body, mind and wallet.” Valuable Ounce will employ the "Harm Reduction" model of substance and addiction treatment. "(This model) is a set of practical strategies and ideas aimed at reducing negative consequences associated with drug use. Harm Reduction incorporates a spectrum of strategies from safer use, to managed use and abstinence to meet drug users ‘where they’re at,’ addressing conditions of use along with the
use itself,” according to the Harm Reduction Coalition’s website. Fath and Lessick think that this approach of moderation and management, coupled with a reward system for sustained attendance, has the potential to have a lasting positive impact on the student population at Kent State. The system will feature buy-one-get-one cards for Chipotle and other incentives. A program like Valuable Ounce has never been done before at Kent State, according to Fath. It is completely student-led and operates parallel to the health services provided by the university. The group, which will meet bi-weekly beginning Feb. 17, will feature group discussions, mocktails and snacks, as well as a reward system to encourage student retention in the program. In total there are six scheduled meetings for the spring semester: Feb. 17, March 2, March 16, March 30, April 13 and April 27. Each meeting will have a specific theme and educational focus. “The Valuable Ounce program is a great example of how our graduate students better society through their collective inquiry and action,” said Melody Tankersley, senior associate provost and interim dean of Graduate Studies. “These students saw a need and tackled it by providing opportunities to inform and lead. Their peers who participate in the group meetings of Valuable Ounce will not only enrich their own understanding of issues around drinking, but will directly influence those around them, as well.” For Fath and Lessick, Valuable Ounce offers them a relevant opportunity to hone the skills they’ll take into their careers while creating a culture of alcohol education and management on a campus known for its drinking. “It’s not if, it’s when we meet the world of addictions,” Fath said. “And in a state racked with substance abuse and overdose deaths, who can disagree." akeiper@kent.edu
Wick Poetry Center to hold annual scholarship readings Jillilan Holness Academics Reporter The Wick Poetry Center will host their annual undergraduate scholarship poetry reading, “Celebrating Our Own” on Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rockwell Auditorium. The reading will feature the winners of the 2015 scholarship, chosen by poet Oliver Bendorf, winner of the 2013 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize for his book “The Spectral Wilderness.” According to a press release, the winners are Corinne Engber, a junior english major, Lindsay Miraglia, a senior english major and intern at the Wick Poetry Center, and recent Kent State graduate Tyler Etchell. Nicole Robinson, assistant director of the
Wick Poetry Center, said the winners will read their winning poem along with other poetry for 5 minutes during the event. The scholarship, founded in 1984, established the Wick Poetry Center. “It was in honor and memory of Stan and Tom Wick," Robinson said. "It was to award students for their creativity and encourage their voices and help for their tuition costs based on their creative talents." The winners are selected solely on their poems and not on their GPAs. “It’s important for faculty and staff to hear the talent that we have here at Kent State,” Robinson said. The event is free to the public. jholness@kent.edu
This Google map shows the property Kent State owns between Main Street, South Lincoln Street, South Willow Street and the Lester A. Lefton Esplanade. It does not include the businesses off of Main Street.
Samantha Cottrill Administrative Reporter Despite big construction projects nearby, such
tions with Kent State and the owner of Starbucks about receiving the same “rejuvenation” Downtown Kent and the campus received during the
Bicentennial Plan—an environmental, social and
as the new facility for the College of Architecture
economic revamping for Downtown Kent—from
has no plans for the block between Lester A. Lefton
have been put in place of which he is aware.
and Environmental Design, Kent State University Esplanade Extension and East Main street.
The block is part of almost 300 acres of prop-
erty Kent State owns in Portage County, accord-
the early 2000s, but there are no official plans that “We've discussed internally that it may be a
good time to update the progress of the Bicenten-
nial Plan but nothing formal has been done on
ing to the Portage County Auditor website.
that,” he said.
tor’s website, the property is full of plots of land
topher Smeiles, a realtor and Portage County
Starbucks and the Campus Book and Supply on the
was to sell the entire property together so he
According to the interactive map on the audi-
Kent bought the property in 2012 from Chris-
that Kent State owns—with the exception of the
commissioner. Euclide said Smeile’s preference
corner of South Lincoln Street and East Main Street.
could retire.
map are no longer there, but Google Maps shows
when Kent bought it, but the auditor’s website
Thomas Euclide, associate vice president of
individual plots of land at no cost. Because the
Most of the buildings shown on the website's
He did not know the cost of the property
the plots of land are still correct.
shows that Kent appears to have acquired the
Kent’s Facilities and Planning Operations, said Kent
block is owned by a university, the property is
owns the three commercial buildings on East Main Street, plus the structure behind the buildings.
Euclide said the university currently has no
plans for the property.
He said the university is discussing options with
the city. “(We are) finding ways we can work well together to provide growth in the community.” The city of Kent confirms this.
“I am not aware of any plans for the area,”
Kent City Manager Dave Ruller said in an email in regard to the property.
He wrote that there were informal conversa-
tax exempt.
“It was not actually property, we pursued,”
Euclide said. “[Kent] didn’t buy with any intent
of development.” Because Smeiles wanted to
get rid of the property at once to retire, Euclide described it as a bonus.
Currently, Cutler Real Estate still occupies
one of the buildings as an office, Euclide said.
The others were rentals upstairs that was man-
aged by a third party for the university up until this semester. They are now vacant.
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