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NCAA awards Jarvis sixth year of eligibility Eugene Jarvis is eligible to play for the Kent State football team next season, the Kent State athletic department announced yesterday. After months of holding its breath, the department received the call from the NCAA on Friday affirming the running back would receive a sixth year of eligibility. “It’s tough to put into words how I feel right now,” Jarvis said in a press release. “God is good, and I’m so blessed and thankful to have received the news Friday. I’m so grateful to everyone who made this happen, and I can’t wait to get back out on the field with my teammates.” Jarvis missed all but the first two games in his senior season after lacerating his kidney in the first half of Kent State’s game at Boston College on Sept. 12, 2009. Shortly after, the athletic department applied for a waiver with the NCAA to allow Jarvis to regain his senior season. Director of Athletics Laing Kennedy said he was “very pleased,” and the NCAA acted in the best interest of Jarvis. “We had an excellent staff — our compliance staff did a superb job… as did the NCAA staff,” Kennedy said. “I’m very pleased with both ends.” Jarvis redshirted his true freshman year before breaking out in his third season with the Flashes.

Daily Kent Stater All card games involve a lot of numbers, but Fan-Tan, a card version of Dominoes, has one important number. It always starts with a seven. But this particular game had more specific numbers: four players with four love stories as different as the cards each woman held in her hand. The ladies lingered for a post-party game Friday at the Portage County Senior Services Center. The room was subdued now that the Kent State honors student volunteers had left and the music, dancing

Daily Kent Stater State officials are hoping to combat Ohio’s profound economic troubles with an unlikely source — community colleges. Enrollment for the state’s network of 23 community colleges rose by 16.6 percent from 2008 to 2009, and Ohio Education Chancellor Eric Fingerhut said two-year institutions could play an important role as the state transitions away from its manufacturing-based economy. “Community colleges are the most acceptable, most affordable points for access to higher education,” Fingerhut said. “And it’s obviously most focused on directing training and education to immediate career needs.” The blueprint for the state’s

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Senior running back Eugene Jarvis runs past a Temple defender during a game at Dix Stadium on Nov. 12, 2008. Jarvis, who was injured last year, has been granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA.

In 2007 he rushed for 1,669 yards, a school single-season record. An ankle injury sidelined Jarvis for three games in 2008. — Josh Johnston

Fashion design students use their skills to raise money for Haiti

hirty design students participated in a fundraiser fashion show, Sew Your Love for Haiti, coordinated by Kent State’s Fashion Student Organization and Collegefashionista.com Friday and Saturday. In Rockwell Hall, on the night of each show, a minimum of $1 was collected at the door for UNICEF in Haiti. Morgan McMurrin, president of FSO and senior fashion merchandising major, said she came up with the name “Sew Your Love for Haiti” to spark awareness about the benefit. “We wanted to let students have a way to contribute to the cause,” McMurrin said. “We

and singing were over. “We have to put a carrot in front of them and get them to come out and have fun,” said Sally Kelly, director of Portage County Senior Services. Several people took that “carrot” Kelly offered, including these women. As they sat together, they began to tell their personal love stories. Though they often get together, many of the women didn’t know the others’ stories. Betty Schwinn, 73, first saw her husband when she was a junior at Ravenna City High. See SENIORS, Page 4

focus on community colleges was outlined in the Ohio Education Strategic plan in 2008, before the recession struck nationwide, but long after Ohio’s economy turned grim. Ron Abrams, president of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges, said non-competitive, open-admission institutions are a good fit for Ohio’s workforce, though they’ve never really enjoyed the limelight in higher education policy. “Ohio has been challenged for the last decade in terms of being the old Rust Belt economy,” Abrams said. “The workforce has good but out-dated skills, and I think we have to do what we can to prepare them.” See COMMUNITY, Page 4

thought hosting a fashion show would be the perfect way to get the campus involved.” Stacey Thomas, style guru for Collegefashionista.com and senior fashion merchandising major, said designers spent two weeks creating garments illustrating South American and Caribbean culture. “Five fashion journalists will choose the winning design based on what fits well with the tribal theme, what would photograph well and the most liked,” Thomas said. “The winner will be interviewed and receive a full editorial spread on Collegefashionista.com.” Forty-three-year-old Charlie Dale was sur-

prised when he left the runway show winning first place. “Things were so terrible prior to the earthquake like aids, orphans and poverty. I figured I could help by showing off my work,” Dale said. All of the proceeds made at the fashion show will be sent to the victims in Haiti. “The disaster in Haiti is incredibly sad, and I’m glad that we can get students on campus involved because every little bit helps,” McMurrin said. Contact fashion reporter Nicole Nisson at nnisson@kent.edu.

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Community colleges help combat ‘Rust Belt economy’ Jenna Staul

Sew Your Love for Haiti — Coordinated by Kent State’s Fashion Student Organization and Collegefashionista.com

Story by Nicole Nisson

Personal love stories bring women together Bethany English

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Beatrice Charlie Dale Luu

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Kyin Linn

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Despite recent spurt, graffiti in Kent is ‘sporadic’ Vandals hit Woodsy’s twice in past month Nicole Stempak

Daily Kent Stater Woodsy’s Music was spraypainted twice in the past month. Manager Paul Braden said they tried to remove the first coat of spray paint on the red brick of the store’s rear and alley-facing perimeter. The following week, there was another coat of navy blue paint on the side and on two delivery trucks. He said he doesn’t know if the spray paint can be off the trucks without repainting them. “It’s frustrating,” he said. “We work hard to keep our building nice and our community clean and this is the thanks we get.” Despite the recent graffiti at Woodsy’s, located at 135 S. Water St., Lt. Jamye Cole of the Kent Police Department said graffiti tends to be sporadic. “There are spurts for a day or two or a week at a time and then

Woodsy's Music reported graffiti on the side of the building last week. it disappears,” he said. “The fact that it happens is a problem, but it’s not like it occurs continuously.” Cole said he hadn’t seen the graffiti at Woodsy’s and did not

know what, if any, symbolic meaning it had. He speculated some graffiti may go relatively unnoticed, but the vandalism to Woodsy’s drew attention because of the store’s

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downtown location. It’s also possible more property owners report graffiti. Cole said it’s fairly common for insurance companies to want a police report filed. See GRAFFITI, Page 4

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For the week of Feb. 15-21

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n Gymnastics T-shirt sale

Where: Student Center lobby When: 9 a.m.

n Fashion show tickets table

Where: Student Center lobby When: 11 a.m.

n Kent Student Education

Association meeting Where: Student Center Room 316 When: 6:30 p.m.

n Evil Geniuses meeting

Where: Student Center Room 313 When: 7 p.m.

n 8-ball tournament

Where: Cyber Café When: 8 p.m.

n The Dive Bible study

Where: Student Center Room 321 When: 9 p.m.

n Gymnastics T-shirt sale

Where: Student Center lobby When: 9 a.m. Jewelry sale table Where: Student Center lobby When: 11 a.m.

n Fashion show ticket table

Where: Student Center lobby When: 11 a.m.

n Mardi Gras

Where: Prentice Café When: 4:30 p.m.

n Habitat for Humanity

Where: Henderson Hall Room 201 When: 7 p.m.

n Kent Political Action

meeting Where: Student Center Room 309 When: 7:30 p.m.

Gymnastics T-shirt sale Where: Student Center lobby When: 9 a.m.

n Jewelry sale table

Where: Student Center lobby When: 11 a.m. Fashion show ticket table Where: Student Center lobby When: 11 a.m.

n Campus Conversations

Where: Kiva When: 3 p.m.

n American Marketing

Association meeting Where: Business Administration Building Room 106 When: 4:30 p.m.

n Undergraduate Student

Government public meeting Where: Student Center Governance Chambers When: 5:30 p.m. Men’s basketball vs. Ohio Where: M.A.C. Center When: 7 p.m.

n Gymnastics T-shirt sale

Where: Student Center lobby When: 9 a.m. Fashion show ticket table Where: Student Center lobby When: 11 a.m.

n College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty meeting Where: Kiva When: 10:45 a.m.

n Air Force R.O.T.C

information table Where: Student Center lobby When:1:30 p.m. The Dive meeting Where: Bowman Hall Room 133 When: 9 p.m.

Karaoke Where: Eastway lower lounge When: 9 p.m.

Comedy Night Where: Rathskeller When: 9 p.m.

n Fashion show ticket table

Where: Student Center lobby When: 11 a.m.

n ESPN BracketBuster Game:

Men’s basketball vs. Western Carolina Where: M.A.C. Center When: 8 p.m.

n Late Night Programming

Where: Rathskeller When: 9 p.m.

News News team leader

Regina Garcia Cano rgarcia1@kent.edu

News team assistant

Kelly Byer

kbyer@kent.edu Campus editors

Anthony Holloway ahollow1@kent.edu Kristyn Soltis

Illinois Where: M.A.C. Center When: 7 p.m.

n Late Night Programming

Where: Rathskeller When: 9 p.m.

n Game Night

Orchestra Concert Where: Cartwright Hall Room 306 When: 7:30 p.m.

n Kent Anti-Racist Action

meeting Where: Student Center Room 320 When: 8 p.m.

craubeno@kent.edu

Randy Ziemnik

rziemnik@kent.edu

Forum

Sarah Steimer

tgallick@kent.edu

Visuals

Copy desk chief

Photo editors

jjohns64@kent.edu

ddoherty@kent.edu

Joshua Johnston KentWired editor

Frank Yonkof

fyonkof@kent.edu Social media editor

Austin Corthell Features

Features team leader

pcrimbch@kent.edu

Caleb Raubenolt

ssteimer@kent.edu

Tom Gallick

n “Precious”

Where: Kiva When: 11 p.m.

cfranci1@kent.edu Sports team assistants

City editor

mdilley2@kent.edu Features team assistants

n “Precious”

Cody Francis

Forum editor

Where: Student Recreation and Wellness Center When: 10 p.m. Where: Kiva When: 11 p.m.

SPORTS

Sports team leader

ksoltis1@kent.edu

acorthel@kent.edu n Gymnastics vs. Northern

Erin Perkins eperkin2@kent.edu

Melissa Dilley

Daniel R. Doherty Caitlin Sirse

csirse@kent.edu Design director

Justin Armburger Jarmburg@kent.edu Design supervisors

Kristina Deckert

kdeckert@kent.edu

Sam Twarek

stwarek1@kent.edu

Pamela Crimbchin

AdvertIsing 330.672.2586 Sales Manager Rachel Polchek 330.672.0888 Account executive

Account executive

Michelle Bair

Katie Kuczek

Korie Culleiton

Daniel Meaney

330.672.2697 Account executive 330.672.2697 Account executive

Bethany English

330.672.2590 Account executive

330.672.2590 Broadcast representative 330.672.2585 Online representative

Kevin Collins 330.672.3251

Schuyler Kasee 330.672.2585

Student media 330.672.2586 Manager Lori Cantor 330.672.0887, lcantor@kent.edu Advertising manager

Kelly Pickerel

330.672.6306, tbongior@kent.edu Production manager Evan Bailey 330.672.0886, ebailey@kent.edu Business officer Norma Young 330.672.0884, njyoung1@kent.edu

Susan Kirkman Zake

Tami Bongiorni

Classifieds ad manager

330.672.0883, kpickere@kent.edu Stater adviser Carl Schierhorn 330.672.8286, cschierh@kent.edu Newsroom adviser 330.329.5852, szake@kent.edu

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FAMOUS QUOTE “It’s the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.” — Marlene Dietrich

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SUMMARY: The university is asking students to complete FAFSA forms by today in order to ensure the applications will be in by March 1. It’s important students follow that deadline to make sure they receive more financial aid.

Fill out those FAFSA forms

It’s back, and it’s just as important as ever. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, better known as FAFSA, is available for students to fill out for the 2010-11 school year. And while FAFSA’s official “due date” — the last day it can possibly be submitted for next year — isn’t until the summer, it’s better to turn it in sooner. Kent State’s priority deadline for the FAFSA is March 1, and the university is asking students to submit their forms by today to ensure it receives applications by that date. FAFSA forms play a large role in determining how much financial aid students receive on a year-to-year basis. They help determine a student’s financial need and play a large role in students receiving additional grants. But that can’t be done if those students wait until the last minute to complete their forms.

We know — the forms are a pain in the ass to fill out. We’ve all been there before. But while it’s not fun to spend a night filling out a financial aid form, the reward should be enough to outweigh the negatives. Let’s face it: Many college students today are struggling with finances. We may not all be poor, but any additional money wouldn’t hurt. And getting grants is always better than taking out loans and ending up in debt. With that in mind, it makes sense to fill out the FAFSA forms as early as possible. Really, it just guarantees you the best chance to receive financial aid. That’s never a bad thing. According to FAFSA’s official Web site, www.fafsa.ed.gov, the application has been simplified. That’s definitely a plus because the old application could get very difficult to fill out. If you’re still struggling to fill the form

out, however, don’t fret. The state held College Goal Sunday yesterday to assist students with filling the forms. Kent State’s version of that was held in Franklin Hall. If you missed that, though, try contacting the university’s Financial Aid Office. The employees there have more FAFSA knowledge than us, which is definitely helpful. They can also inform you about financial aid opportunities outside of the FAFSA. With the importance of the FAFSA, it’s always important to do things right. That means filling out the forms early and getting help to do them if necessary. It just makes things better in the long run. The above editorial is the consensus opinion of the Daily Kent Stater editorial board, whose members are listed to the left. React to this story and more at

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DID YOU KNOW? A massive explosion of unknown origin sunk the battleship USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana harbor, killing 260 of the fewer than 400 American crew members aboard. — History.com

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It’s time to ‘Goooh’

Have the students on your campus ever heard of “Goooh?” Pronounced “Go,” like other odd-sounding disruptive technologies with names like Google and Skype, iPod and iPhone, and if you’re as old as I am, Xerox, Goooh at first makes no sense to older citizens. But I’ll bet your student readers will understand it and connect with it like they do all cool new technological solutions. “Goooh” is a system whose goal is to replace all 435 members of the US House of Representatives this year with citizen representatives instead of politicians. When 40 seats is considered a “huge turnover,” replacing all 435 members in one year sounds impossible — particularly when the current system is rigged so that 94 percent of incumbents normally win. But a team of young technical people from Austin, Texas, have used technology to design a better, more efficient method of finding and electing citizen representatives instead of politicians to run our government. Without the need for political parties. Without the need for the huge dollars that allow special interests to control our representatives. It is a political system without bias, which is devoid of politics. Where every citizen has an equal chance to be elected based on their ideas and values. A system that actually works. Sounds like everything that young voters want, doesn’t it? “Goooh” Founder Tim Cox is next going to be in Cleveland

tomorrow at the Holiday Inn at Rockside Road and I-77 for a demonstration at 6:30 p.m., and I hope many of your readers will attend. I cannot explain the entire system to you here. I can only tell you that it works much better than our current political system, and it will amaze you. Students will have to go to their website (www.Goooh. com) to understand the full program, and I urge them to do so. I am simply writing to tell your student readers that our political future is “Goooh”, or something like it, because our political system is totally broken and cannot be fixed. It must be replaced and the sooner the better. This disruptive change will not and cannot come from within the political system. It has to come from an external source, and young people are going to make it happen. If you don’t like the way our current government works (or doesn’t), through “Goooh” “We the people” can change it. And the establishment can’t do a thing about it, because it works within the rules. Who better than a bunch of computer geeks to remake democracy? I can only imagine that Benjamin Franklin, the original inventor/patriot, would be mighty proud of these new American Patriots! Tom Zawistowski is president of the Portage County TEA Party. React to this story and more at KentWired.com

Talking may not be easy Pakistan’s offer to mediate with the Pakistani Taliban — presumably with the United States and the Afghan government on the other side — is a dangerous gambit that should be pursued only under strict conditions. Without a peace agreement, fighting the Taliban must continue in full vigor. Under any agreement, the Taliban cannot resume the barbarism that plunged Afghanistan into a reign of terror during Taliban control in the 1990s. And the Taliban would have to break with al-Qaeda, its longtime terrorist partner. Taliban elements fled to northwest Pakistan, long a no-go area for the Islamabad government, after the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001. They have used the area as a sanctuary. The Pakistani army has fought Taliban units from time to time, and has been under pressure from the United States to do more. Even though Pakistan cooperates in U.S. drone aircraft missile attacks, Pakistan sometimes cooperates with the Taliban, too, seeing it as a tool of influence in Afghanistan and a counter to Indian influence there.

No American administration can accept anything like the Taliban’s previous reign of terror in Afghanistan, which kept girls and young women out of school, enforced the cruelties of Sharia law and blew up monuments of ancient non-Muslim cultures. No American administration can afford to be seen refusing an attempt to reconcile enemies either, something the Afghan government wants to arrange. It is hard for Americans to fight people with whom they are negotiating. The bombing pauses in Vietnam conveyed a message that our side was not interested in winning. U.S. desire for a quick exit is said to have prompted Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, head of the Pakistani army, to make his mediation offer. If it fails, perhaps he will fight harder. The above editorial was originally published Feb. 14 by the Boston Herald. Content was made available by MCTCampus.com. React to this story and more at KentWired.com

There’s more to life than abortion From time to time, I used to watch EWTN news, the Catholic cable channel, at night before going to bed to catch up on the week’s headlines in the church. That stopped in late summer at the height of the health care debate. I had seen for several years that EWTN held a major conservative bias, but the network seemed to provide fair international coverage, and that is mostly why I watched. On the last night I watched EWTN, host Raymond Arroyo interviewed a man who was trashing the health care bill as the beginning of a new welfare state. He then went on to compare it to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal and how that made the Great Depression last longer then it was supposed to. I never caught the man’s name or what he did for a living. I jumped to change the channel and have avoided the network ever since. In all fairness, this wasn’t the first time the folks at EWTN had resorted to openly attacking Democrats and their proposals. There was never a week that had gone by where I didn’t feel uncomfortable with their coverage. When browsing their Web site last week, I came across a Catholic Q-&-A page where someone had asked why the Democrat’s health care proposals were evil despite the fact the government already pays for some abortions. Their answer represented everything that is wrong with the network. “If the current health care proposal were to become law, which — please God — it will not, tax payers would literally be paying for abortion on demand. No matter how you read it, paying for killing is in there.” Like health care, most coverage by the network centers on the abortion topic. On one

Frank Yonkof occasion, I remember watching a segment in which a priest instructed people on how to get as many voters to the polls to vote for pro-life (i.e. Republican) politicians as possible. Now, the abortion topic is a good thing to talk about. But when your network spends practically all of its time focusing on abortion, you miss other important aspects of health care, like coverage for disadvantaged people and illegal immigrants. Here’s my beef with the “Eternal Word Television Network.” Aside from being extremely conservative, it claims to be the de facto voice of the church in the media, when in fact it is not. Furthermore, they let their personal biases affect the way they present the news. How could it be that a Catholic news channel, which claims to represent the views of the faith, is against all things health care when the Catholic Church itself is in favor of universal health care for all people? Of course, the church is not quick to push the health care issue. While some priests can talk for days about abortion, rarely (if ever) do priests give a homily about the joys of universal health care. I didn’t even know the church officially supported universal health care until I sat down to interview a priest back in November,

although I just assumed it did because providing health care to everyone is the morally right thing to do. I am often amazed that anyone could oppose universal health care. When it comes down to it, conservatives only oppose it because they don’t want to pay for it. They claim that it is not the government’s place to provide for the poor, and instead, the poor should go to churches and other organizations when they are in need. But if most conservatives claim to be good church-going folk, why would any poor person be naïve enough to go to a church for help and expect these people to be generous? After observing the health care debate for the past few months, it’s clear conservatives believe it’s every man for himself. There is a theory among liberal Catholics that conservatives fight for the rights of the unborn, but once you turn 18, they have no problem sending you off to war and don’t really care if you can afford health care. In many cases this is true. Luckily, EWTN does not speak for the church. While conservatives have a loud voice in the church, Catholics as a group are the largest swing vote in this country, so it is impossible to label them one thing or the other. It’s just unfortunate the group that makes up a quarter of the population in this country only has one major outlet for news. Frank Yonkof is a sophomore newspaper journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at fyonkof@kent.edu. React to this story and more at

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Do or don’t The commitment of marriage is a joining of two lives and can be both a beautiful and frightening thing. For the two people vowing in front of friends and family to “love, honor and obey” the person standing across from them, it is a new beginning in a relationship. Even for couples who have been together for years and undertake this step simply as might-as-well, or to make filing taxes easier, they are entering a new stage in their lives. It can be a dramatic change or simply a legal one, but for many in our society, being married comes with the knowledge that “for better or for worse” you and this other person are now inextricably linked. With all of the reports of infidelity and divorce in the news, even the most romantic of us can’t help but wonder if it’s worth it. If public figures like Tiger Woods and former President Bill Clinton cannot “keep it in their pants,” so to speak, why should the rest of us have to? Granted those two, like many celebrities, are probably faced with different circumstances or opportunities for indiscretion than the rest of us. But a good number of Americans seem to take their cues from our public figures. I’m not sure if this is a good or a bad thing. But what I do know is that the high divorce

Molly Cahill rate makes me wonder how much thought couples put into the long term. Do people these days still enter into the married state planning on one day celebrating their 60th anniversary together? Or are they just going along for the ride until a faster, more exciting option comes along? I have no problem with divorce and do honestly believe that if you are truly unhappy in your marriage you might be better off ending it. But I am also a hopeful romantic. I like to think that for every Britney Spearsesque Vegas wedding and annulment, there are 10 more married couples out there like my friends Janine and Jeff. Part of the problem comes from the way marriage is portrayed in popular culture. The basic plot of your generic romance is this: boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy and

girl get married and then the movie ends. Growing up seeing this formula repeated and reinforced leaves people with a basic idea of how their lives are supposed to play out, up to a point. But life is not like the movies. It is messy, beautiful, but messy. Boy might fall in love with boy or girl with girl, and the person you thought was your soul mate might turn out to be a cheating bastard. But at the end of the day, the relationship and how you participate in it is part of the experience of life. The point is, marriage is the start of a relationship and a lasting one takes work. It isn’t about how much the wedding cost or how many people attended. It won’t hold based on always getting along and never arguing. The mortar of a marriage, or any relationship, is the shared experiences. People are said to squabble like an old married couple, this shouldn’t be taken as an insult. At the end of the day, old married couples know how not only to argue, but also how to forgive and forget. Molly Cahill is a senior pre-journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at mcahill2@kent.edu. React to this story and more at

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COMMUNITY Community colleges help combat ‘Rust Belt economy’ Kent State and Cleveland State offer a dual-admissions program with Cuyahoga State Community College, and Ohio’s public university system offers a “transfer assurance guide” to ensure every credit taken at community college will count at a four-year institution. “They’re essential,” Fingerhut said. “We have a large number of people in Ohio who are adults and have been out of school for a From Page 1

SENIORS Personal love stories bring women together After lunch, she and a friend walked through town, and she spotted him in a window hanging up advertisements for a store. “I said ‘I’m going to marry that man,’” Schwinn said. At the time, she worked at the Ravenna Theater, and Darl, the man from the window, occasionally stopped in. One day, he came into the theater and asked her out. She said yes. The couple went to Kent Downtown Theater for their first date and saw “Lady and the Tramp” in 1955. Two years later, Darl proposed in his car to Schwinn. Again, she said yes. After nearly 35 years of marriage, Darl died at 57 of a brain aneurysm, leaving behind Schwinn and their two sons, Mark and James. As to how she met her husband, Schwinn summed it up in one sentence: “I knew a good thing when I saw it.” Hilda Kilingler, 73, who sat across from Schwinn, used to work with Darl at Acme. Kilingler met her second husband in a cab she took to and from work. Kilingler met Frank in 1953. Her first husband, who she married in 1949, left her and her daughter

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while, and for those students, the affordability and accessibility is really ideal.” But even as a community college education becomes more acceptable, graduation and retention rates remain dismal — only 3 percent of part-time students at community colleges graduate within three years, according to the Ohio Board of Regents. “Those numbers are probably not the best measure,” Fingerhut said, adding that those calculations don’t follow students who transfer to four-year institutions. Abrams said students at community colleges are likely more concerned with specific job training rather than the traditional

education offered at a fouryear institution. President Lester Lefton said community colleges are crucial to building a more “robust culture of higher education” in the state. “There’s no question community colleges are a good thing. They’re a low-cost entry point,” Lefton said. “But in Ohio, so relatively few students graduate from them.”

when he returned to the navy. After a year of daily cab rides and dating, Frank asked Kilingler to marry him while they had drinks at Mayfair, a bar in Ravenna. She agreed, and the two spent 51 years together, until Frank died in 2005. “He never missed a Valentine’s Day,” she said. Farther down the table, Cora Corpita, 89, joined in. Corpita first saw her husband Harry when he drove past her family’s grocery store. He worked at a lumber store nearby, and she said he would drive by and honk the horn, and she would wave back to him. At a Polish dance one night, Harry asked Corpita to dance with him. She agreed, and the couple went to dances all the time after that. He asked her to marry him one night after a dance as they sat in his “big old Ford.” Just like the other ladies, Corpita said yes. They married in 1940 and had six children. The couple owned a bar, Jolly Time, which Corpita referred to as a “beer garden,” for 15 years. Kilingler remembered the bar, which she used to sneak into when she was 18. “Then one day your husband told me ‘Cokes for you from now on,’” Kilingler said to Corpita. “I knew someone had squealed on me.” Three months shy of the couple’s 60th anniversary, Harry passed away. Irene Ruggles, the fourth woman, brushed quickly over her first marriage to Tom Savoda. Her story

came from her second marriage to Cecil Ruggles. Ruggles worked with Cecil’s first wife, Nelly. The two were friends, and they often went out to lunch together. Some days, Cecil dropped in to take Nelly for lunch, too. In 1987, Nelly died from a brain tumor. Savoda had died the year before. Both Ruggles and Cecil found themselves alone. Cecil started dropping by to visit and asking Ruggles to go to dinner with him. Though Cecil was 14 years older than Ruggles, the two were friends, and one day as they watched a movie, he proposed. The two were married in December 1989 and spent 19 years together until Cecil passed away in 2008. As the women told their stories, people sitting around the table chimed in with memories of their own. They remembered where shops used to be and old neighbors. “Most of our people live alone,” Kelly said of the members. But, for a little while every now and then, a game of FanTan can bring people together and sharing their stories can get them talking.

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GRAFFITI Despite recent spurt, graffiti in Kent is ‘sporadic’ “Graffiti is a source of frustration for police officers because victims get hit but don’t report it,” Cole said. “Because of that, ‘spurts’ of graffiti could actually be over with before we even hear about it.” An employee at Skullz Salon, at 125 S. Water St. and Woodsy’s alley neighbor, said she hadn’t noticed the graffiti but isn’t surprised where it happened. “I haven’t seen it anywhere except on the alleys because they don’t have the balls to do it anywhere else,” said Skullz receptionist Jamie Cox. Gene Roberts, service director for the city of Kent, said the Service Department provides residents and businesses with free cleaners to remove graffiti. Kent spends about $300 a year on graffiti removal products. Sue Nelson, of Sue Nelson Designs, Ltd., 156 S. Water St., has been working with real estate agent Alan Orashan for at least 15 years to clean up the city. Orashan removes graffiti, and Nelson’s paint and upholstery store donates the cleaner. “We’re trying to do our part and keep the city looking respectable not only for students and their families but also for residents,” Nelson said. Nelson said they try to remove graffiti whenever they see or hear about it. Their goal is to remove the spray paint within 24 hours. “It sends a message that we don’t want it here, so please don’t do it,” she said. “If you show you care about the city, others will too. If you let that go, it sends a message, too, that buildings are fair game and that’s not how we feel about Kent.” Mary Gilbert, executive director of Main Street Kent, said there have been no reports of graffiti in Acorn Alley. She said it might be because of the security cameras. It might also be because of the broken window syndrome. “If you fix the broken windows

USG applications due Wed. Nick Glunt

Daily Kent Stater Students interested in representing the student body can apply to become a candidate for the 2010-2011 Undergraduate Student Government by turning in applications by Wednesday. “I have zero interest in politics,” said Scott Sherwood, executive director of USG. “You don’t have to be a politician to run for a position. In fact, I think it’s more genuine if you’re not.” He said students should run because they really care, not because they simply have an interest in politics. “We basically are a chartered body through the Board of Trustees,” said Donna Carlton, faculty adviser for USG. “What that does is allows us to be the voice of the student body.” Students vote 18 of the 25 USG directors and senators into position. The other seven are appointed through a series of interviews with the current and upcoming executive director. As a member of USG, Sherwood said, students have a say in what happens on campus. They vote on issues and can act as a student judiciary committee. Comedy nights in the Rathskeller, the and keep everything looking nice, then it would be less likely that the window will be broken again,” Gilbert said. Tom Simpson has called the police a number of times during his nine years as owner of The Kent Stage. He has reported graffiti on the brick exterior, black double doors and front glass door and windows. Since the downtown redevelopment, graffiti is less of a problem. “There was a time when people were climbing onto the roof of the building next door and spray-painting our side with language that shouldn’t be on Main Street,” Simpson said, adding that that someone told him people as far away as Columbus knew of that wall.

late-night downtown bus, FlashFest and the upcoming Jay Sean concert are all projects of USG. Candidates are required to have a 2.25 GPA. They cannot be on semester warning or academic probation. They must also have passed at least six credit hours in the previous semester. Sherwood added they have to remain a student at Kent State for the 20102011 academic year. Students can pick up applications from the receptionist at the Center for Student Involvement in the Student Center. Carlton said to earn candidacy, applicants must obtain signatures from 180 students. “It’s really up to the students to get out there and promote themselves, and to show why they should be voted for,” Sherwood said. Sherwood said elections are March 9 and candidates may campaign until that day. Students may vote on Flashline through a link provided on the main page. “There’s nothing huge that I can say that we do,” he said, “but there’s a lot of small things.” Contact student politics reporter Nick Glunt at nglunt@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com

The last time the Kent police made a graffiti-related arrest was in October, when a woman and a man were charged with fifthdegree felony criminal vandalism. Police caught the pair with spray paint on their hands and clothing that matched the fresh coat of paint on several businesses along North Water Street. Lt. Cole asked anyone who sees graffiti to contact the Kent Police Department at 330-6737732. Contact public affairs reporter Nicole Stempak at nstempak@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com

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Senior forward Anthony Simpson looks to make a play against Buffalo forward Mitchell Watt. The Flashes ended an eight-game winning streak at Alumni Arena Saturday afternoon.

Flashes snap eight-game winning streak in Buffalo

Team suffers 19 turnovers Cody Erbacher

Daily Kent Stater Following the Kent State men’s basketball team’s 70-55 loss against Buffalo, coach Geno Ford said the Flashes wouldn’t have been able to beat a high school team Saturday afternoon. “We couldn’t beat anyone today,” Ford said. “We were atrocious.” After senior guard Chris Singletary started the Kent State offense with a 3-point play in the game’s first possession, the Bulls went on a 14-0 run. “We were really poor in the first 10 minutes,” Ford said. “We haven’t played that bad since we played South Florida.” Kent State (18-8, 9-3 MidAmerican Conference), which had built an eight-game winning streak going into Buffalo (14-9, 7-5 MAC), had six turnovers in the game’s first six minutes. Ford said it’s been a rough week because the team hasn’t been able to practice at its full potential. “We’ve had a bad week to be fair,” he said. “We haven’t been able to practice all week; we have a bunch of guys hurt.” The Flashes, who finished the game with a season-high 19 turnovers, trailed the Bulls 33-19 at halftime. “We had beaten them in the first game, so they had a lot of reasons to play well,” Ford said. “I don’t know who in our league would have come in here and won today. “We could of played well today

and lost, that’s how well I thought they played. But obviously I didn’t think we played well or average.” Singletary led Kent State with 18 points and eight rebounds, but the senior guard also led the team with seven turnovers. Singletary was the only member of the Flashes to score in double digits, while the Bulls had three: senior guard John Boyer (18), senior forward Calvin Betts (15) and senior guard Rodney Pierce (14). Kent State was losing by as

many as 20 points with 7:49 left in regulation but kept the game manageable by cutting Buffalo’s lead to 66-55 with 1:22 left. The margin was just too much to handle for the Kent State offense, as the Flashes wouldn’t score for the rest of regulation. The loss marks the first time Kent State has lost to an opponent since Jan. 17, when the Flashes fell to Bowling Green. The Flashes’ winning streak began 26 days ago with a 35-point win against Buffalo.

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GAME NOTES n Big boards: Kent State finished with a plus-10 rebound margin — the 17th time this season the Flashes have outrebounded their opponent. n Plenty of freebees: The Flashes’ 36 free throws made in the game tied for third in team history for most charity shots made in a game. n Clipping the ‘Hawks: Kent State leads the rivalry with Miami, 38-35.

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Daily Kent Stater The No. 15 Kent State wrestling team finished a weekend of dual matches with two wins, beating Ohio Friday and Eastern Michigan yesterday. The Flashes (15-3, 4-0 Mid-American Conference) survived a 17-16 thriller against the Bobcats (10-4, 2-1 MAC) that was determined in the last matchup of the meet. Coach Jim Andrassy said he was excited about the win, but disappointed with how the team wrestled. “It was one of those matches where (Ohio) came out, and they were ready to go, and we weren’t,” said Andrassy. “There were a lot of matches in there that I wasn’t very happy about, but ultimately, we beat a team with (Brendan Barlow and Tommy Sasfy) out, and anytime you beat a team you’re happy.” After a 5-1 loss by sophomore

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Sophomore Justin Greene gets called for a foul while going for a steal in the final two minutes of the game Saturday afternoon at Buffalo. Greene scored seven points in the Flashes’ 70-55 loss.

Wrestlers claim wins in weekend duals Flashes remain unbeaten in MAC, await No. 6 CMU

Missed shots and missed opportunities plagued the offensive side of the ball when the Kent State women’s basketball team first defeated conference opponent Miami 50-39 on Jan. 9. Saturday’s matchup of the rivalry was much different. The Flashes (16-8, 9-3 Mid-American Conference) beat the RedHawks 84-75, pulling away with an 18-3 run early in the second half. After coming within a point of the Flashes in the opening minute of the second half, the RedHawks’ offense was held scoreless for nearly five minutes — a time when Kent State built a 51-38 lead. Junior forward Taisja Jones connected on two free throws with 6:52 left in the game, which gave the Flashes a 17-point lead. Jones finished with a team-high 23 points and 10 rebounds and shot 12-for-15 from the free throw line. Kent State coach Bob Lindsay attributed the Flashes’ victory to their defensive awareness after the break and several reserve players stepping up in key situations. “I thought we came out defending a little bit better and executing a little bit better,” Lindsay said. “We were in foul trouble all the way through the game, especially with (junior guard Jamilah) Humes and (senior center Lorriane) Odhiambo. I thought the players that came in, and took up some of those minutes did a good job.” Junior forward Chenel Harris stepped in when Odhiambo was forced to sit due to foul trouble. Harris saw time at power forward and center, showing offensive prowess at both positions. Harris scored a season-high 17 points and recorded five rebounds. Harris said she was told to be ready for the playing time, while

Lindsay said the junior forward added a unique element to the team’s attack. “Chenel came in, and she had to play some minutes at the five and at the four,” Lindsay said. “She adds a little bit of a different dimension to our team. She can put the ball on the floor a little bit, and she can make the 3-point shot. She’s not your conventional player at the five. Overall, I thought she had a good game.” While the Flashes held the advantage in the second half, the first half was back-and-forth throughout. The teams exchanged leads six times and were tied five times. The RedHawks shot 52 percent from the field in the first half, but dropped to 40 percent in the second. Senior guard Rachel Bennett said the second meeting between the teams was a bit different because of the defensive game plan by the RedHawks (7-18, 5-7) and defensive lapses by the Flashes. “They came out and defended us differently,” Bennett said. “We just gave up too many baseline passes to the 3-point shooter on side, and they hit some shots. They hit some shots that they didn’t hit in the last game. I think that made the difference in the scoring.” Bennett, along with Odhiambo and senior forward Yoshica Spears were honored in a ceremony before the game as this year’s departing seniors. Bennett shined in front of the home crowd, totaling 18 points, while Odhiambo and Spears combined for eight points and seven rebounds. Lindsay said Bennett played one of her best games of the season, while the other seniors played well. “Offensively, it was probably (Rachel’s) best game of the season. She made free throws, she stepped up and made some key shots for us, she ran our offense and she defended competently on (Miami guard) Courtney Osborne. I thought Lorriane came in and played hard, but got into foul trouble. (Senior forward Yoshica Spears) is a very consistent player. Effort-wise, she gives you what she gives you. All of those kids had a very good game.” The Flashes will look to improve their conference record on Saturday when the team travels to Athens to play Ohio. The game will be televised on Fox Sports Ohio at noon.

Troy Opfer, senior Danny Mitcheff easily handled Ohio’s Michael Fennel by technical fall, 16-0. Mitcheff is currently ranked ninth in the nation at 133 pounds. Andrassy said Mitcheff is the type of wrestler that he tries to model the wrestling program after. “On the right day, I feel like he’s good enough to win a national championship,” Andrassy said. “If I had 10 Danny Mitcheffs, my job would be really easy.” Redshirt freshman Mallie Shuster (157) beat Ohio’s Clay Tucker 2-1 in overtime. After three close matches already this season, Shuster said he feels like he is improving at wrestling in potentially overtime situations. “I feel like the biggest thing that I was happy about, from my own personal standpoint, (was) when it was tight, my head stayed in it, I kept plugging away and I wrestled through,” said Shuster. Probably the biggest moment of the meet came in the final match, when walk-on transfer Joe Tymoszczuk (285) faced off against Ohio heavyweight Andy Hartshorn with Kent State trailing 16-14. With more than a minute of riding time deciding the match, Tymoszczuk outlast-

ed his opponent for an 11-10 victory that kept the Flashes perfect in MAC competition this season. “I think coach thought I’d go in there and lose, and I know I had a lot of people (were) thinking I would lose,” Tymoszczuk said. “But it was a good thing that I pulled through.” Tymoszczuk replaced Brendan Barlow this weekend after the heavyweight starter injured his hand. Andrassy said he was nervous when Tymoszczuk stepped onto the mat because Hartshorn outweighed him by 40 pounds. “Joe went at him pretty hard, didn’t quit and had a big heart,” Andrassy said. “He did everything and more that we could’ve asked him.” After a close win Friday, the Flashes dominated Eastern Michigan (10-11-1, 0-4) 30-6 at home yesterday. “It was much more relaxed (against Eastern Michigan),” Andrassy said. “Our guys wrestled better, I thought. We still have some things we need to continue working on, but they wrestled better as a team.” Tymoszczuk continued his win-

ning streak with a 7-5 victory. A former Ohio wrestler, Tymoszczuk transferred to Kent State to play football and started wrestling in December. He said he felt pressured Friday to wrestle a former teammate. “Today, I kind of relaxed a little bit, compared to against OU,” Tymoszczuk said. “There was a lot less pressure coming here.” The team’s next challenge is to beat conference rival No. 6 Central Michigan at home Feb. 21. The meet will wrap up conference action for both teams, and the winner will be earn the MAC regular season championship. “Our ultimate goal is to win the MAC regular season, which we have to do (Feb. 21), then to win the MAC championship tournament and take as many guys to nationals and get wins out there,” said Andrassy. “We’re in line to do what we have planned, as far as reaching our goals.” Contact sports reporter Rachel Jones at rjones62@kent.edu. React to this story and more at KentWired.com

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Daily Kent Stater It came down to the team’s beam performances against Central Michigan, but the Kent State gymnasts prevailed in the meet’s final round of competition, gutting out a 194.250-193.925 win Saturday in Rose Arena. With the pressure riding on the Flashes (4-2, 2-0) late in the meet, Kent State coach Brice Biggin said the Flashes remained determined to finish off their Mid-American Conference rival. “There was some major intensity in the air,” Biggin said. “It was good to see the girls step up and perform in that environment and come out on top.” The dual meet opened on bars, where senior Lydia Barrett tied Central Michigan senior Katie Simon for first place with a score of 9.875 — Barrett’s highest mark of the season. Barrett would tie Simon again on the vault, with both competitors earning a 9.825. Freshman Lauren Wozniak finished in third place with a 9.8. Barrett led Kent State on the floor competition as well, tying Simon a third time with a 9.85, good for second place. Following just behind her was junior Christine Abou-Mitri (9.825). Biggin said he was pleased with Barrett’s performance, stating it was one of her best meets as

a senior and as a captain. With three events complete, Kent State’s fate would be determined on the beam, which the gymnasts had trouble with in several of the team’s recent meets. After struggling with her floor routine, freshman Sarah Moore was pulled aside by Biggin. “I told her that beam was her opportunity to right her wrong,” Biggin said. “It was her turn to step up and do something positive.” Moore rose to the occasion, tying Abou-Mitri for second place (9.725). Junior Christina Lenny finished just behind her teammates with a 9.7. “Abou and Lenny did a phenomenal job finishing off the meet,” Biggin said. “Had one of them fallen, we would have lost the meet. Certainly both hit all four events, doing what they needed to do to win meets.” The one-two punch of Lenny and Abou-Mitri, respectively, commanded the all-around competition. Lenny finished first with a score of 38.975 and Abou-Mitri trailed by only five one-hundredths of a point, earning her second place (38.925). Biggin said this meet was a turnaround performance for his team. “The one thing we talked about was in order to win that meet, it would take a team effort,” he said. “When you want to win championships, it takes an entire team and takes everyone working together. It certainly came down to that.” Contact sports reporter Katie Corbut at kcorbut@kent.edu. React to this story and more at

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