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‘Cope Court’ donor pulls $1 million gift Doug Brown dbrow127@kent.edu A $1 million gift from Kent State alumnus Jason M. Cope and his wife, Stacie, was unexpectedly withdrawn Friday. Kent State planned to name its basketball court “Cope Court” in a ceremony Jan. 14 before the men’s game. The announcement of the withdrawal came after the Daily Kent Stater made inquiries into the past of Jason M. Cope, a 1995 Kent State finance graduate. Cope was the branch manager of a financial firm that defrauded 190 investors of $8.7 million in late 1999 and early 2000. He was one of four defendants required to pay a total of more than $19 million in penalties, according to litigation from the Securities and Exchange Commission and court documents. An email from Todd Vatter, Kent State interim director of athletic com-
munications, was received at 4:19 p.m. Friday and stated Jason Cope had withdrawn his $1 million donation “due to unforeseen changes.” The athletic department thanked Cope for considering the donation. When asked about the gift and Cope’s SEC violations on Jan. 4 — two days before it was pulled — athletic director Joel Nielsen said the donation was “in the best interest of the university and the department.” “Obviously we were aware of the litigation of 10 to 12 years ago,” he said about the man who was to become the namesake of the basketball court. “We’ve had the discussion with the donor, and we are comfortable in not only where he stands, but where we stand in that relationship.” FILE PHOTO BY MATT HAFLEY | DAILY KENT STATER Two 10-by-5 foot banners were supposed to be placed on each side of the basketball court in the M.A.C. Center in a dedication on Jan. 14. The banners will no longer be installed after the donor withdrew a $1 million donation on Friday.
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The top 5 things
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Winter break is meant to put students’ academic lives on hold until the spring, but while you were enjoying this pause at home, everything in Kent has been playing straight through. From earthquakes to the Esplanade expansion: You’ve missed a lot.
Here are the top five stories: The Portage County coroner ruled James Barnes’ cause of death as pneumonia Jan. 3. The acute pneumonia affected Barnes’ left lung. The Kent State Police found the graduate student during a wellness check in Leebrick Hall on Oct. 16.
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The Kent State men’s basketball team wrapped up its nonconference schedule and finished 3-2 over break. BARNES
The Kent State contractor in charge of the Esplanade expansion announced four houses will be torn down to complete construction.
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The Flashes’ final non-conference match-up was a 90-65 victory over Shawnee State on Jan. 2. The Mid-American Conference started Jan. 7 with a loss to Buffalo.
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A 4.0 magnitude earthquake shook the Youngstown area Jan. 1. Portage
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Stark Construction began Jan. 3 on East Erie and South Will o w s t re e t s . T h e Esplanade Expansion will provide students a safe and direct path from Kent State’s campus to the downtown area. PHOTOS BY COTY GIANNELLI | DAILY KENT STATER
Columbiana The U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center reported the epicenter of the earthquake was in the McDonald area, which is five miles from Youngstown and 11 miles from Warren. Kent residents noticed the quake when items fell off shelves and the floors shook.
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Provost Robert Frank received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology from the University of New Mexico. Tw e n t y - t w o years and three promotions later, he plans to return to his alma mater to serve as its 21st FRANK president. The University of New Mexico Board of Regents, headed by president Jack Fortner, chose Frank after a six-month search. Karen Wentworth, senior university communications representative for the University of New Mexico, said UNM picked Frank over the other candidates because of his experiences in the health sciences. Frank stated in a press release that, “the chance to be president at a university with as much potential as UNM is the most exciting opportunity I can imagine.” Frank will replace the University of New Mexico’s current president David J. Schmidly, who is stepping down from his position. “He has had some serious health issues in the last two years,” Wentworth said. Wentworth said Frank leaves Kent State for the presidential position in June 2012. Until then, Frank said he wants to continue moving forward with globalization initiatives and student retention at Kent State. Frank started his career at Kent State as provost in July 2007. So far, he has helped to establish Kent State’s College of Public Health, increased student retention rates and revised the promotion and tenure rules. Wentworth said Frank has yet to announce the goals he hopes to initiate at UNM. Daniel Mahony, dean of the College of Education and head of the provost search committee, said final candidates to replace Frank will be announced in about two weeks. “I am not personally surprised about Provost Frank getting the president job at the University of New Mexico,” Mahony said. “He made it clear in July that his goal was to actively search for a president’s position and he has the background and experience needed to get such a position.” Megan Wilkinson is the student affairs reporter for the Daily Kent Stater.
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The signals are strong. One year after being shot in the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is on a mission to return to the job she so clearly loved. Her husband and people near the three-term congresswoman say she is highly motivated to recover from her injuries and get back to work in Washington, potentially using her inspirational story as a way to mend political differences in the nation’s capital. She faces a May deadline to get on the November ballot, meaning she has a few months to decide her next step. Her future will depend on a recovery that has progressed in remarkable fashion over the past year as she is now able to walk and talk. Her only interview occurred with ABC’s Diane Sawyer nearly 10 months after the shooting and showed how far she has come, but also how far she has to go. At the time, she did not speak in complete sentences and repeated her words to make her point. “No, better. Um, better, better,” she said when asked about returning to Washington. The day after the interview ran, her congressional office released an audio recording that showed she had made progress in her communication skills in the two weeks that had elapsed between the interview and its airing. She read from a script and an aide said it took multiple tries before she was comfortable with the result. “I’m getting stronger. I’m getting better,” Giffords said. “There is a lot to say. I will speak better.” Jared Lee Loughner, 23, who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the mass shooting Jan. 8, 2011 outside a Tucson supermarket where Giffords was meeting with her constituents. He is being forcibly medicated at a federal prison facility in Missouri in an effort to make him mentally ready for trial. Giffords returned to Tucson on Friday from Houston to attend ceremonies to mark Sunday’s one-year anni-
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Art Exhibit: Steady As She Goes Where: Kent Campus – Downtown Gallery When: noon – 5 p.m. Info: Metaphoric Landscapes on Sculpted Polystyrene Foam By Mark Schatz, Assistant Professor. Opening Reception: Thursday, Jan. 12, 5 – 7 p.m. Event is free and open to the public.
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The Jersey Shore has fist-pumped and Jersey-turnpiked its way to its fifth season, which began Jan. 5. The main drama this season is Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino threatening to reveal the truth about an off-camera hook-up he shared with Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, which would then end her relationship with her boyfriend, Jionni. Who doesn’t love Seaside Heights, New Jersey, this time of year? Rachel Jones is a senior enterprise reporter for the Daily Kent Stater.
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versary of the shooting that killed six and injured her and 12 others. Her first stop was her office, where she participated in an emotional ceremony to honor slain staffer Gabe Zimmerman. Her staff dedicated a life-size photo of Zimmerman and a memorial plaque that will greet visitors as they arrive. Her husband, Mark Kelly, posted a photo of the couple on a visit Saturday morning to a trailhead outside Tucson named in honor of Zimmerman. Events will take place throughout Sunday in Tucson, and Giffords is expected to attend at least one. Giffords has cast one vote since the shooting. She surprised colleagues in August by returning to Washington to vote for legislation raising the nation’s debt ceiling. The debate leading up to the vote had been among the most bitter and partisan of the year. On other votes, she is recorded as not voting. Giffords’ staff consults with her when working on major initiatives, such as trying to fend off the Air Force’s efforts to move the 612th Air and Space Operations Center out of Tucson. The staff also works on individual constituent requests, such as helping war veterans and their widows obtain benefits or in securing a Tucson woman’s flight out of Egypt during demonstrations in early 2011. Aides say that Giffords now participates in teleconferences with members of her staff about once a week, though the call gets put off occasionally based on her schedule. Giffords has captivated the nation as she recovers. Going into Christmas week, her office had 24,880 letters that had poured in from all over the world. Students from 428 schools mailed her get-well cards. Many wellwishers send her hand-made gifts, such as quilts, jewelry and paintings. People also send CDs with their favorite music and books with uplifting themes that they hope will cheer her up. “Almost every day, we get more gifts” said Giffords’ spokesman Mark Kimble. “People routinely come in, asking if she’s here and if they can talk to her.”
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Kent State goes digital
James Barnes died of natural causes
What’s different about this program?
Portage County Coroner’s Office ruled student died of pneumonia
The School of Digital Sciences offers a wide variety of choices for its students James King jking71@kent.edu It’s a program that has been called “ground-breaking,” and now it’s fully operational at Kent State.
What is the program? “This school combines elements of computer science, visual communication design, journalism, communication designs and many other elements,” said Dr. Robert Walker, Director of the School of Digital Sciences. “We offer a variety of courses that look into ways different societies, groups, professions, and cultures view and utilize technology.” The school has both an undergraduate major and minor. In addition, there is a graduate program that is mostly web-based, and has students enrolled from California to New Jersey. There are also six concentrations within the program: Management and Consulting, Analysis, Software Development, Cognition and Communication, Telecommunication Networks and Enterprise Architecture. Currently, Kent State is the only university in the nation to offer Enterprise Architecture, which focuses on digital technology to support the goals of an organization.
“One big difference is that the Digital Science school has no hired faculty, so there are professors from different departments who actually teach the courses,” Walker said. “This allows students to immediately see how different professions view technology.”
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Another unique aspect of the school is its courses, a few of which Walker expects to be included in Kent CORE classes, once they add more. One of the most unique courses is My Story on the Web, a freshman course designed
to teach students about how the web impacts our private and public lives and also teaches practical website design skills. “Digital Science offers a lot more flexibility than other programs,” Walker said. “We don’t have a lot of the requirements that other programs have because we’re separate from the major colleges.”
How does this program benefit a student? “The school of Digital Science teaches students to work with other professions,” Walker said. “The ability to work with a wide variety of professionals is extremely marketable when job hunting.” Walker also stated that the broad focus on the study of Digital Science is also a draw, since it allows students to take the required focus while maintaining flexibility in electives. “I think that students will be attracted to this program because of our diverse choices in coursework and in concentrations,” Walker said. “Students that are passionate about the use of technology may find a home in this program where they couldn’t before.” James King is a news correspondent for the Daily Kent Stater.
$5.9 million spent on land for Esplanade Land west of campus bought for Esplanade expansion and other downtown developments Katie Nix knix@kent.edu Since 2009, Kent State has purchased 29 parcels of land for the campus, totaling $5.9 million. In December, the university purchased three more parcels worth $1.42 million. The university wants to be better able to control its environs, President Lester Lefton said in a Dec. 17 Akron Beacon Journal article
about the area, which is bounded by Lincoln Street, Main Street, Haymaker Parkway and East College Street. The area’s original purpose was to isolate downtown Kent from the campus itself. However, about three years ago, the downtown area went through a period of rebirth thanks to the city as well as private companies, and now the goal is to have the campus and the downtown area join together to be more visitor-friendly. This new purchase is part of Kent State’s plan to extend the Esplanade. The eighth of a mile extension will cost roughly $3.3 million and will begin construction in the early spring of 2012. By owning properties adjacent to the Esplanade, the university will be able to choose the neighbors it rubs elbows with, Lefton said in the article. However, the university is not kicking out
Why should I care? • Extension of the Esplanade will allow greater access to the downtown Kent area.
any of the renters or owners of the buildings for the time being, so rent can offset the cost of purchasing the land. The university has about 12 more properties to obtain before it owns all of the land necessary for the Esplanade expansion. University administrators have also begun to purchase land on the southern end of campus for possible expansion, although they have given no indication as to what the properties will be used for. Katie Nix is a news correspondent for the Daily Kent Stater.
Alicia Balog abalog3@kent.edu Three months after the discovery of 26-year-old James Barnes’ body in his Leebrick Hall dorm room, the Portage County Coroner’s Office ruled Barnes died of acute pneumonia in the left lung. Portage County Coroner Roger Marcial made the ruling Tuesday after reviewing Barnes’ autopBARNES sy. The Summit County Medical Examiner performed the autopsy, the Record-Courier said. According to Webster’s Online Dictionary, death by natural causes “is a loosely-defined term used by coroners describing death when the cause of death was a naturally occurring disease process, or is not apparent given medical history or circumstances.” Michquel Penn, Kent State police officer, said when someone dies of natural causes, the person usually dies of something he or she could not control. “That’s usually if someone says, ‘Okay, if somebody died of a heart attack, maybe if somebody died of … breast cancer’ or something along natural causes versus something that was foul play,” Penn said. “Foul play would be, you know, somebody gave them some bad drugs .… If we suspected it was a homicide, someone came in and stabbed him or something like that.” Kent State police officers discovered Barnes’ body in his dorm room in Leebrick Hall during a welfare check on Oct. 16, 2011. Barnes was enrolled in a three-year master ’s program for business administration at Kent State. Before attending Kent State, he graduated in 2009 from Pennsylvania’s Slippery Rock University with a bachelor’s degree in finance. In an Oct. 17 article, Katie Brahaney, a friend of Barnes and a fellow graduate of Slippery Rock, said Barnes “was known for his smile, laugh and sincerity.” She said her friendship with Barnes was one any student could relate to. “Our day-to-day lives as students seemed routine. But I look back now and see how privileged I have been in being able to meet such a caring, funny, honest man who made college so special for me,” Brahaney said. “James was my best friend and someone I loved. He will be missed, but never forgotten.” Alicia Balog is a news correspondent for the Daily Kent Stater.
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Arab League tells Syria again: Halt violence Aya Batrawy & Zeina Karam Associated Press The Arab League demanded Sunday that the Syrian government immediately stop all violence and allow more monitors in, as activists reported at least 10 more civilians, including two teenagers, were killed by regime forces. Fierce clashes in the south between government troops and military defectors left 11 soldiers dead, activists said. The Arab League also called on other armed parties to halt all bloodshed, an apparent reference to the defectors. Qatari Foreign Minister Sheik Hamad Bin Jassem Bin Jabr Al Thani said the ministers did not agree to call for U.N. experts to join the observers’ mission in Syria, but said U.N. experts will train the monitors in Cairo before they leave. Even had they called for the U.N. experts to go in, Syria’s regime may well have blocked them. The success of the mission, said Al Thani, who heads the committee, “depends on the government of Syria, and that means stopping the killings, withdrawing troops from the cities, and allowing journalists to work and enter Syria.” Opposition activists say around 450 people have been killed by President Bashar Assad’s regime since observers began work in Syria nearly two weeks ago.
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Analysis: Romney still blessed by packed GOP field Charles Babington Associated Press Mitt Romney is cruising in the Republican presidential contest, blessed by a half-dozen rivals who continue to attack each other and divide the anti-Romney vote rather than produce a single strong alternative. That dynamic allowed Romney to stand and smile during long stretches of two televised debates this weekend, while the others ripped one another. With his opposition so diffuse, the former Massachusetts governor has a chance to do something that once seemed improbable: win the South Carolina primary Jan. 21, which would make him the prohibitive favorite for the nomination Time is running out for staunch conservatives, who have viewed Romney with suspicion, to settle on someone. The crowded field helped Romney to a whisker-thin victory this past week in Iowa, although his plurality was modest. He long has been favored to win Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, so his critics hope South Carolina will stop his momentum. Romney’s Mormonism and past support of abortion rights might hurt him among South Carolina’s evangelical voters. Iowa wasn’t considered an ideal fit for Romney, either, yet the stars aligned for him. It might happen again. Texas Gov. Rick Perry flirted with dropping out after his poor showing in Iowa, but he stayed
Photo courtesy of MCT Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney speaks to a crowd during a spaghetti dinner-style campaign stop at the Tilton School in Tilton, New Hampshire, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012.
in. So did former House Speaker Newt Gingrich despite a disappointing fourth-place finish. No one expected former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum to drop out after he essentially tied Romney in Iowa. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas runs a libertarianoriented campaign that almost stands apart, drawing thousands of devotees who say they won’t support any nominee except the
congressman. Meanwhile, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who skipped Iowa, is trying hard in New Hampshire. The upshot is that the notRomney sentiment remains dispersed among six rivals. The benefit to Romney was vivid in Saturday night’s debate, when Paul engaged in long, heated exchanges with Santorum and Gingrich,
as if they had conceded the race to Romney and were fighting for second. Perry seemed almost an afterthought. “Romney did everything he wanted and got out of there without anyone giving him a hard time,” said a delighted John Sununu, the former New Hampshire governor who backs Romney.
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This is what journalism looks like Jody Michael Columnist A new study by the journal Pediatrics found the amount of Americans under age 23 that have been arrested is somewhere between 25 and 41 percent. In comparison, among the 16 members of the Kent State men’s basketball team, seven players (44 percent) have a combined 13 arrests and citations during their time here. Daily Kent Stater reporter Doug Brown published these facts in a report last month about the athletic department’s failure to abide by its policy for punishing arrested players. I was interested to discover if these students, arguably Kent State’s most recognizable, are abusing their free tuition by getting arrested an unusually high amount of times. But it’s difficult to know if that’s above or below average, because the Pediatrics study’s results are imprecise and also don’t include minor traffic violations. Perhaps the more troubling part of the Stater report, though, is that in those 13 incidents, only once has a player missed playing time because of it. Unfortunately, the day this report was a front-page story in the Stater, the team wasn’t around to read or hear about it. The Flashes were traveling to Virginia that day for a game against James Madison University. Hopefully someone saved the players a few copies of the paper or sent them the link to read it online. Few stories receive more than a thousand page views on Kentwired. com, maybe one or two in a good week. This story, however, has 2,877 “hits” and climbing, as well as a lot of reactions in the comments section. It shocked me to find a few posts on Facebook, Twitter and Kentwired that criticized the Stater for publishing a story that makes Kent State look bad. Mind you, nobody argued that the facts were incorrect, just that the Stater shouldn’t print something so embarrassing. I don’t understand that argument at all. What would those same critics say if the Akron Beacon Journal refused to publish robbery or assault incidents from within city limits because they made Akron look bad? What if the Wall Street Journal never mentioned how Wall Street helped cause the economic recession? The Daily Kent Stater is not some public-relations arm of the university, putting Kent State in the best light possible in order to attract more new students. Our writers are all students, and they are responsible solely to their editors, who are also students. Our job is to tell you relevant facts like this: While your $4,673 tuition bill was due last week, the basketball players enjoy full-ride scholarships. Most of the athletic department’s funding comes from the more than $250 taken from each student’s tuition every semester. Knowing this, don’t you find it important to know that one of your school’s basketball players pled guilty in May to urinating on the door of a local business? If you’re sick of reading stories about basketball players getting arrested, don’t tell the Stater to start keeping secrets. Tell the guilty players to start obeying the law. Jody Michael is a junior broadcast journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at jmicha10@kent.edu.
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SUMMARY: Provost Frank has done a lot of good things for this university; whoever replaces him has some big shoes to fill.
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Provost Robert Frank was appointed Tuesday as the new president of the University of New Mexico. He will continue his job as provost this semester before heading back to his alma mater. Finalists for the new provost at Kent State are expected to be announced sometime this week. Since he came to Kent State in 2007, Frank helped to establish the College of Public Health, which has continued to grow since its conception, increased student retention rates and revised the promotion and tenure rules for faculty hires. His expertise in the health sciences apparently put him ahead in the presidential race at UNM. It is no secret that student media has had a fluctuating relationship with university administration in the past, and from our perspective, Frank has been one of the most open
and receptive administrators to speak with. Now that he’s leaving, we can only hope his successor will continue in his footsteps. Most importantly, we want a provost with big visions for change and the means to make those changes happen (and if those changes, for instance, include lower tuition rates, we’d be just fine with that). And for us, it’s important to have a provost that is willing to speak with members of student media so we can better serve you, the Kent State students. Until we find out who the potential provost candidates will be, we can only hope the selection committee picks someone who can fill Frank’s very large shoes and bring positive changes to the university. The above editorial is the consensus opinion of the Daily Kent Stater editorial board whose names are listed above.
Despite scorn from political parties, Occupy protests expose real hardships What’s the trouble with America? The answer to this question lies boldly in what defines the lives of ordinary Americans, what the new cool prefers to call the 99 percent. Commonplace answers, however, seem uncommon to American politicians — a number of whom belong in the high-tower 1 percent. It is numbing, to say it kindly, that America is swamped in common trouble. Sometimes the solution to a problem that borrows age-old wisdom remains mostly part when that problem is presenting itself. The exact nature of the matter tends to be lost on most people. In such a case, we are well aware of our troubles, but we are drowning in them anyway. As we wrap up 2011 and surge into the year of elections — 2012 — when the country returns to the ballot to determine the political leadership, there is no trace of hope that our problems could be cushioned. That the crumbling economy could be saved. That the heavy burden of debt visited on students could be searing to oblivion. That disgraced homeowners could once again find some dignity. That millions scouting for jobs could wake up to something. That everyone gets an affordable healthcare. That we could wake up on an appetite opposed to war. What really is upsetting is that there’s no reason why hope should be taken away from a people in a country where anything is possible. There’s no reason why politicians should have the last word on how to fix these problems. And there’s just no reason why Americans should be beholden to a political organization that sits at odds with reality. The Republican presidential nomination campaigns, now in the home stretch, paint the gloom. It is the kind of
Benson Amollo Guest Columnist absurdist theater full of musical chairs. The candidates offer that, even though the plight of ordinary folk is genuinely poor and thus begs for attention, there’s nothing significant that politics and politicians can offer in the gridlock. No one who promises to fix America’s problems as her commander in chief should wear a mask that blinds him or her from the panorama that is the glaring predicament of many. And these candidates have not disappointed with regard to their sorry disconnect to the country’s realities. Promised policy strategies are textbook, and they have refused to acknowledge the masses’ recognition of the country’s woes. Americans know what ails America, but the leaders don’t. It may be some happy talk and nicely choreographed sound bites when it comes to the dismissal that the Occupy movement has been subjected to. However, when the glamor is over and the news item moves to the next, America’s reality is a constant. To name only a few issue, the pain and constraints in Detroit remain, the alarming homeless statistics in Brooklyn, New York or elsewhere haven’t dissipated nor have the California penitentiaries emptied. Yet, when you talk to ordinary hardworking, tax-compliant Americans, the pride of exceptionalism lives. Most believe that America ought to rise and shine again. The small townspeople in America’s mid-west believe that America’s greatness isn’t a wish just like this country’s soldiers forced into misplaced wars abroad never give up positive convictions. It is overly wounding that there is hardly concession from
most politicians that the Occupy protests are a sincere gesture of the burden that their actions have visited on hardworking and innocent Americans. Yet these placard waving Americans whom one Republican favorite, Newt Gingrich, has dismissed as filthy and needing of a shower, are genuinely angry. Occupy seems to have shed light not only on the inequalities of America’s financial system but also on the confusion of its political class. And as if there isn’t enough trouble the Republican Party primaries portend much political trouble and confusion than anybody would have thought. The Occupy movement’s lack of potential villains has meant that Republican’s usual tactic of meeting protests with scorn for their methods has led them into some ridiculous trouble. And while some Democrats have seen familiarity in the Occupiers’ cause, which so clearly chimes with their own political values and hasn’t committed any obvious offence with which to distract the media, they have been reluctant to jump in and stand with Americans. Theirs is a misplaced strategy hemmed on caution and thus kept them from the campers’ arguments directly. That they’ve only managed a half-hearted acknowledgment of Occupy’s aims and significance illustrates their current inability to freely confront the issues with which they are being presented. That said, Americans continue to be deeply embedded in trouble as long as we look up to the two-party dictatorship for hope and solutions. Iowa State Daily, Iowa State U. via UWIRE.
The 2012 GOP Presidential race is heating up. Front-runners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are tied in Iowa; Rick Perry is reassessing his campaign (which is essentially implying he’s out of the race); and Newt Gingrich’s campaign took a heavy fall after negative ads by Romney’s campaign. The biggest surprise of them all is Santorum. Not many people thought the former Pennsylvania senator would even make ripples in the Iowa Caucus given his extreme views on the gay community, abortion and other social issues. On Dec. 7, 2011, CNN and Time predicted what Santorum’s poll numbers would be leading up to Iowa: Iowa caucuses on Jan. 3: Gingrich (33 percent), Romney (20 percent), Paul (17 percent), Rick Perry (9 percent), Michele Bachmann (7 percent), Rick Santorum (5 percent) and Jon Huntsman (1 percent). Mother of tuition… they were dead wrong! Well, they were right about Huntsman, but the grading is an “F” at best. Santorum was predicted at 5 percent in the polls, when in reality, he finished on top of Romney: Santorum, the one man they didn’t see coming. He’s become so popular that the Google term for Rick Santorum, “the frothy mix of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex,” is now No. 3 in the search engine. In the seldom-seen world that conspires against the United States, Santorum is making a difference in his campaign. In The Daily Beast, an article written by Patricia Murphy and Lloyd Grove found that Iowa voters want to see if they can find alternatives to Romney. “Both physically and stylistically, Santorum embodies the antiRomney,” Murphy and Grove said. “While Romney is imperially slim and sleekly attired (often in pressed jeans and a dress shirt), Santorum carries a notable paunch, which he often covers in a wooly sweater vest. Romney’s events can resemble corporate off-site meetings, while Santorum packs his people into coffee shops and senior centers, with no microphones set up and no schedule more important than a few more questions from the audience.” Yes, the sweater vest: Santorum’s catnip to voters, because you can’t get enough sweater vest in your life. But many people in South Carolina have steered toward Romney and looked away from the hypnotic torso-coverer. According to Politico, Romney garnered about 37 percent support of likely South Carolina voters in a poll conducted this week by CNN and Time, while Santorum only gained about 19 percent of voters. So Romney, as the polls state, is in the lead. But the second-best Republican candidate is still Santorum. If Santorum wins and joins the Presidential race against Obama, Obama would win because the U.S., as a whole, cannot elect a man whose views are based on religious affiliation. If Romney is the candidate, it’s safe to say we don’t know who would win the race. With all things considered, Santorum and his views are not what makes our country stronger — they’re what makes our country bound to ignorance and stereotypes. Seth Cohen is a senior magazine journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at scohen12@kent.edu
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Future Kent weather may call for extra safety precautions Caitlyn Callahan ccallah8@kent.edu •
Students on Kent State’s campus during the Fall 2010 semester may remember the severe snowfall that led to two days of final exams being postponed. Although finals week for the Fall 2011 semester was full of rain and unusually warm weather, Mother Nature finally seems to be changing her mind. With the constant threat of severe Ohio winter weather, students should begin to think about how to battle the elements while driving to and from as well as walking through campus.
WALKING: Winter weather sometimes means unfavorable conditions while walking to class. There are several things students can do to make it safely from one building to the next with snow and ice on the ground:
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According to www.weather.com, the best advice for driving in severe weather is not to drive at all. Because some students commute to campus, that is, more than likely, not an option. The website also offers several more tips on how to arrive safely at your destination: • • • • •
Don’t go out until the snow plows and salt trucks have done their work. Decrease your speed and allow plenty of room to stop. Also, allow extra time to reach your destination. When braking, do it gently to avoid skidding. Keep your headlights on to increase visibility to other cars. Be especially careful on bridges, overpasses and infrequently traveled roads.
of the car. Also, try rocking the vehicle by shifting from “drive” to “reverse” and back again. Make sure your car is prepared to handle the snowy and icy conditions. Inspect your tires. Check to be sure your brakes are in good working condition, and all lights on your car are functional.
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These tend to freeze first. If you are driving and your rear wheels skid, take your foot off the accelerator and steer in the direction you want to go. Slowly steer left and right until you get the car under control. With standard brakes, pump them gently. With antilock brakes, apply steady pressure. If the front wheels skid, shift to “neu-
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tral,” and as the wheels skid sideways they will slow the vehicle and traction will return. Then steer in the direction you want to go and return to “drive.” If you get stuck, turn your wheels side to side to move the snow away. Use light touches on the gas to ease the car out. If necessary, use a shovel to clear snow away from the wheels and the underside
Buy and wear snow boots. Dress warm: winter coat, gloves, scarf, hat, etc. Give yourself extra time to get to class. You may need to walk slower due to the snow or ice. Students can also sign up for Flash ALERTS, Kent State’s official emergency text notification system. These students will receive text messages notifying them in the event of a university closing or class cancellation due to weather.
More information can be found at http:// www.kent.edu/studentlife/safety/flashalerts/. Caitlyn Callahan is the safety reporter for the Daily Kent Stater.
Task force hopes to globalize curriculum, increase study abroad options Provost Robert Frank creates group focusing on diversity and global integration Carrie Blazina cblazina@kent.edu A new group at Kent State could be adding more globally-focused courses to the curriculum and expanding the study abroad options available to students. After President Lester Lefton’s State of the University address in September, Provost Robert Frank created the Globalization Task Force. Chaired by Mark James, the Globalization Task Force will address Lefton’s charge to develop a modern, globally-focused plan for the education of Kent State’s students. James, a public health professor, said
the group will assess where the university is now in terms of how many students are studying abroad, how many international students are coming to Kent and what they think of the university — almost any aspect of international affairs on which the Office of Global Education has statistics. The task force will then use that information to compare Kent State’s global education to other universities and explore how the university can make improvements based on what other colleges are doing. James said the Globalization Task Force’s 10 members were appointed by the provost Nov. 7 and hail from a variety of colleges and leadership positions in the university. The group’s first meeting was Dec. 8, where its members set goals for the group, became acquainted with each other and made subcommittees to focus on certain issues to be covered throughout the semester. Mary Anne Saunders, who acts as
a member of the task force as part of her role as Executive Director of the Office of Global Education, said the task force will meet every other week until mid-to-late spring semester. It will then provide Provost Frank with a report including conclusions and recommendations, which will then go to President Lefton. When the group presents its report to administration, “it doesn’t mean that it’ll end up as policy, but it’s going to be an informational source,” James said. Saunders said she does not know what specific recommendations the task force will make, but the average student can probably expect to see more globally based courses in addition to the diversity courses they already take. They can also expect a wider variety of study abroad programs and more interaction between domestic and international students in the hopes of socializing and integrating the international students.
James said another potential change students will notice is the availability of additional scholarship money for students who study abroad. “I know some of the universities that I looked at have what’s called a global education fund,” he said. Donors to these schools “can earmark donations or funds specifically for global purposes,” which means more potential money for students studying in other countries. James and Saunders said the task force was not created out of a deficit in programs or a low number of international students coming here — it seems to them to be just an example of the administration’s commitment to globalizing Kent State. “I believe the president really wants our students to be prepared for the job market and just for life in the 21st century,” Saunders said. “It’s no longer an isolated, insular world.” James said the group looks forward
Why should I care? • The task force could make curriculum changes that affect all colleges and majors by requiring more or different global diversity courses. • Depending on the task force’s recommendations, students may gain opportunities to study abroad in different countries and programs, and may get more scholarship money to do so. to its role in advising the provost and president. “I think the task force looks upon this as a positive role, and we’re all very enthusiastic that we can improve the presence of Kent State in its international mission,” James said. The task force’s next meeting is Jan. 13. Carrie Blazina is the academics reporter for the Daily Kent Stater.
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MATT HAFLEY | DAILY KENT STATER Junior guard Trisha Krewson looks to pass the ball on Friday, Nov. 18, against Morehead State. The Flashes beat the Eagles 65-64 in their home opener.
Losing streak ends in conference opener Matt Lofgren mlofgren@kent.edu Conference play and a new year means a whole new season for the Flashes as the women’s basketball team (2-10, 1-1 MAC) bounced back Saturday afternoon at the M.A.C. Center from an eight game losing streak to grab a 68-65 win over Ohio University (8-8, 1-1 MAC). The win comes as a much needed sign of improvement that head coach Bob Lindsay has been waiting to see out of his players. “We gave ourselves a chance to win,” Lindsay said. “We’ve had a lot of situations this year where we’ve been in close games, and the plays have gone against us. Today, I thought the plays went in our favor, and we did enough to win the game.” Starting the game out hot, the Flashes pounced on the Bobcats early for a 15-to-8 lead. However, the savvy Ohio squad quickly turned the tables on the Flashes, going on a 24-6 run that reclaimed dominance in the game. By the time halftime came around, the Flashes had battled their way back into the game and were only down 34-28. After the break, the team looked to take back the lead with a new intensity on the boards. Juniors Trisha Krewson and Diamon Beckford were relentless on the glass all night en route to a double-double for both. Krewson finished the game with 13 points and 12 rebounds, and Beckford with a career-high 19 points and 10 rebounds. In the game’s final stretch, the Flashes stepped up in the last 5:17 by taking the lead and never looking back. With just five ticks left on the clock, freshman Itziar Llobet went to the line with a 66-65 lead and sank two free-throws to ice the game for the Flashes. “It’s a new season and we struggled in 2011, but it’s 2012 and we’re a new team and it’s a brand new season and we feel really good about the win we got today,” Krewson said. “Our whole persona and our whole team morale was elevated today.” Coach Lindsay got a much needed elite performance out of junior Tamzin Barroilhet who had been struggling all season. Having only
her second double-digit points performance of the season, Barroilhet shot an impressive 53 percent from the floor (9-of-17) and made some crucial buckets down the stretch. Krewson and the other upperclassmen know how much this win means as the Flashes look ahead to a tough Mid-American Conference schedule. “We were confident, we wanted this win and we wanted to win at home in front of our home crowd and we wanted to win for each other,” Krewson said. “I could definitely feel how close we were as a team today and that really helped; we were just playing for each other.” Saturday’s win may come as a surprise to some, but with the talent in the MAC this season the players know just what they are capable of this year despite a bumpy non-conference record.
THE GAME • First victory since Nov. 18 (65-64 win over Morehead State) and snapped an eight game losing streak. • Junior Tamzin Barroilhet led all scorers with a career-high 20 points followed by junior Diamon Beckford and her career high 19 points. • Out-rebounded the Bobcats 38–27 including nine offensive boards that led to 12 points. • In the last five minutes, the Flashes outscored the Bobcats 12–9 and 40–31 overall in the second half.
The Mid-American Conference has unanimously decided for a divisional realignment for football. The realignment includes the newest addition to MAC football, the University of Massachusetts, to the East Division. Bowling Green University will be moved to the West Division, making the two divisions even with seven teams. With the addition of Massachusetts for MAC football, Kent State’s recruiting field greatly extends. “It helps us in a lot of different ways,” Flashes’ head football coach Darrell Hazell said. “It allows us to get into that East Coast market in recruiting out in the University of Massachusetts area and really the whole eastern seaboard.” Hazell explained that the addition of Massachusetts into MAC football is a tremendous recruiting tool for Kent State because it allows Kent State players who are from the
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Massachusetts area to play near their home every other year. “They (UMass) do a great job with their program,” Hazell said. “They are a very good academic school, which is good for the conference, but also they’ve been very competitive in their leagues for football.” In its 92-year history, the Kent State football program has never played UMass. Hazell is currently in San Antonio for the American National Coaches Association Convention.
Midway through the second half at Buffalo’s Alumni Arena, Kent State found itself in an advantageous but slightly unfamiliar situation. Leading by eight with just more than 11 minutes to play following a clutch threepointer from junior guard Randal Holt, the Flashes appeared to have the upper hand in a game that seemed like a heavyweight title fight. However, with 2010-11 MAC Player of the Year Justin Greene sidelined after fouling out with 4:51 to play, Kent State (10-4, 0-1 MAC) allowed Buffalo (8-4, 1-0 MAC) to fight back and slip away with a 66-65 victory. The Flashes were outscored 19-10 in the final 11:07 of the second half as 2010-11 MAC Freshman of the Year Javon McCrea was the catalyst to Buffalo’s comeback. The now sophomore scored seven of the Bulls’ final 12 points en route to a one-point victory. McCrea scored 13 of his 25 total points in the second half while Kent State went cold at the worst possible time, missing five shots with less than four minutes remaining. Kent State’s leading scorer, Greene, was perfect from the field in the second half, going 3-for-3, but played only six minutes after being charged with four fouls in the final period. Greene finished the night with 16 points and five rebounds. “That hurts our team,” head coach Rob Senderoff said. “He’s supposed to play 28, 29 minutes. When he gets in foul trouble, it hurts.” Although Senderoff wasn’t pleased with the outcome of the game, there were positives that Kent State is able to look back on when reviewing just what happened in Buffalo. Bulls’ senior guard Zach Filzen, known throughout the conference for his shooting ability, was limited to just four points on the night, well below his 13.8 points-per-game average. “We did a good job with that,” Senderoff said. “(Filzen) only took two shots and only took two threes. Our game plan certainly, he was a big part of it, because he’s a big part of their team, but their frontline...they had almost every point, and at the end of the day we’ve got to be better than that.” In his first game since suffering a foot injury in December, senior guard Michael Porrini played a pivotal role even in a losing effort. The reigning MAC Defensive Player of the Year finished the night with 13 points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals. Senderoff was discouraged by his team’s defensive effort versus the Buffalo’s front court. McCrea, Mitchell Watt and Titus Robinson combined to score nearly 50 points for the Bulls. “I’m generally a glass-half-full person,” Senderoff said. “But not tonight, not when we lose a lead and in my estimation, their front court has 49 points against us. I mean, that’s disappointing to say the least.” The loss was the Flashes’ second one-point loss of the season. Kent State will return home to host Miami (OH) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the M.A.C. Center.
John Dvozenja is a sports correspondent for the Daily Kent Stater.
Nick Shook is the men’s basketball reporter for the Daily Kent Stater.
“I feel like that’s the beauty of the MAC: any given night a team can upset another team,” Krewson said. “There were already a couple of upsets earlier this week in the MAC, which shows that any team can be on top any game. So if we bring our A game we can really surprise some people in the MAC this year. No one expects us to win so we can play really loose and comfortable and really surprise some people in the end.” The Flashes will travel to Miami (10-3, 2-0 MAC) on Wednesday to take on the Red Hawks at 7 p.m. Matt Lofgren is the women’s basketball reporter for the Daily Kent Stater.
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Re-alignment of MAC football may affect Flashes’ season John Dvozenja jdvozenj@kent.edu
Freshman guard Kris Brewer drives to the hoop on Jan. 2 against Shawnee State. Kent won 90-65.
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East Akron Buffalo Kent State UMass Miami Ohio Temple
PHOTOS BY MATT HAFLEY | DAILY KENT STATER
THE GAME • Kent State committed a season-low seven turnovers on Saturday night. • The Flashes are now 11-4 in MAC openers since 1997-98. -Buffalo earned 31 free throw attempts, as opposed to Kent State’s 14.
• Justin Greene became the first player in school history to score over 1,000 points (1,265) and have 100 career blocks (107) and 100 career steals (101). • Greene’s disqualification for fouling out was only the sixth in his career at Kent State.
ABOVE: Senior guard Carlton Guyton goes up for two against Shawnee State on Jan. 2. The Flashes beat the Bears 90-65. BELOW: Sophomore guard Eric Gaines is congratulated by teammates after a dunk in the first half of Kent’s 90–65 win against Shawnee State on Jan. 2.
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COPE ‘Cope Court’ donor pulls $1 million gift In the days prior to the withdrawal, numerous attempts to reach Cope by listed phone numbers, by email and by phone at the golf course he owns, in person at his Gates Mills address listed by the Cuyahoga County auditor and through the Kent State athletic department were unsuccessful. Cope and his wife are the co-owners of several golf courses under their company Copeland Group, LLC. The pregame ceremony was to reveal a 10-by-5 foot Cope Court logo on each sideline.
The SEC complaint According to SEC records, Cope opened a branch of A.C. Financial in Pittsburgh in 1999 and soon began to sell phony stocks to investors sent to him by Ira Monas, the president of Milan Capital Group in New York, who reportedly hatched the plan right before serving an unrelated prison sentence for grand larceny. Milan Capital Group, led by Monas, and A.C. Financial, led by Cope, “offered and purportedly sold to investors shares of four ‘hot’ IPOs,” — highly publicized initial public offerings of securities — and received $8.7 million from 190 investors, according to SEC litigation. Investors thought they were purchasing shares of Worldwide Wrestling Federation Entertainment, United Parcel Service, Inc., FogDog, Inc. and Freemarkets.com, Inc., court records show. Cope and Monas did not have access to those shares. “Money from investors was used to pay Cope and other salespeople in A.C Financial’s Pittsburgh office, and to pay for Milan Capital’s operating expenses and personal
expenses of Monas and his family,” wrote the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in March 2000. They were fraudulent, according to SEC litigation. “The defendants stole the investors’ money and, to create the illusion of legitimate stock purchases, gave the investors phony trade confirmations and account statements,” paid small amounts back to some original investors “and falsely represented these monies as repayment of principal and profits on the sham IPO investments.” In January 2000, just months after the scheme began, the SEC brought a case against Cope, Monas and their firms. Bank accounts were frozen, and charges were expanded in the following months. Courts found the defendants violated anti-fraud provisions of federal securities laws and charged Cope, Monas and another Monas associate with aiding and abetting Milan Capital’s violation of brokerage registration provision. In August 2001, a United States District Court in New York ordered Cope and Monas to pay a civil penalty of $10 million because their “violations of the anti-fraud provisions involved fraud and deceit and resulted in substantial losses to investors.” The court also found Monas, Cope, Milan Capital Group and A.C. Financial “jointly and severally liable for disgorgement and prejudgment interest” for more than $9.39 million. The SEC said on Thursday they would not release the amount of money Cope individually paid. Documents from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority reveal that soon after Cope was notified of the SEC investigation in 2000, he left to work for I.A.R. Securities on Wall Street. He was soon disqualified for employment by the National Association of Securities Dealers because of the SEC investigation. “The public interest would
not be served by Cope’s continued association with I.A.R. and that Cope represents an unreasonable risk of harm to the market and investors,” stated the document. The document also revealed several other complaints — including misrepresentation and theft — made against Cope while working for an investment firm before A.C. Financial. According to a 2003 SEC filing by Biophan Technologies, Inc., Cope had become an owner of Westbay Consulting, Inc. and was paid $107,503 and given Biophan stock for brokering private-placement stocks for the company. The SEC alleged that Biophan was in violation of SEC regulations by using Cope, who was barred from being a stockbroker. In their filing, Biophan said they had been unaware of Cope’s previous violations, and would not have hired him if they were. In 2005, Cope and his wife established their current business venture, The Copeland Group, LLC, and purchased several Ohio golf courses, including Copeland Hills in Columbiana. Cope has recently become a member of the National Athletic Development Council at Kent State, a fundraising advisory group for the athletic department and was a featured speaker during November’s “Founders Gala” at Kent State, recognizing donors to the university. “This is an alumnus that has been a very strong supporter of our program for years, and we are very comfortable with what we know to this point,” Nielsen said on Jan. 4. However, as of Jan. 6, Jason Cope pulled his $1 million donation to the athletic department, and his name will no longer be adorned on the basketball court. Doug Brown is a senior enterprise reporter for the Daily Kent Stater.
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By Nancy Black Today’s Birthday (01/09/12) Business is hopping, and you’re in the thick of it. Take a moment for yourself and give thanks. There could be chaos and all kinds of energy. You learn fast and thrive. Make financial plans for the year. What can you imagine? To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging. Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 9. Get more done in less time without extra effort. It’s that kind of easy. Burn off extra energy outdoors. A quiet evening leads to gentle romance.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is an 8. Consider a friend’s suggestion. You may need to spend a bit of cash. Follow the rules exactly. The next two days are good for making changes at home.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7. Encourage another to succeed. Circumstances provide great opportunities. Don’t start before you’re ready; review the plan. Keep your old agreements first.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8. Build powerful partnerships before you get into a hectic business phase. Balance family and work with grace. Acknowledge someone (and yourself).
Gemini (May 21-June 21) Today is a 7. Physical exertion lifts up your spirits. Your concentration is extra keen. Find new places to squirrel away nuts. Practice something you love.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is an 8. You’re at the peak of your creative game. Reject a farfetched scheme in favor of a practical solution. You’re in the spotlight.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 9. Hit the floor running, and complete all the work while you’re most productive. There’s room for improvement. Let others do the stuff you’re not so good at.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is an 8. Pour your energy into your projects. Be like water: If you find an obstacle, then follow the path of least resistance. Rest when tired. Take a comedy break. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is an 8. Call in a favor. An older person can be a big help today. Physical exercise works wonders. Don’t forget your toothbrush. Your luck’s about to take a turn for the better.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 7. A Full Moon brings a certain intensity today. You’re ready for a different pace. Leave money out of the equation. Look for a response that will change things. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is an 8. Be patient with your instruction. Mentally list what you want to learn. Run your ideas up the flagpole. Check the money angle first. It’s worth it.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 7. There’s no need to howl at the moon (even though you may feel like letting off some steam). Use creative tactics to make necessary changes.
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