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Field hockey returns from weekend on road empty-handed The Kent State field hockey team (1-2) allowed 11 goals in two games after losing 6-0 against Old Dominion Saturday and 5-1 to Michigan State on Sunday.
Athlete of the Week: Bridget Wilhelm Last week, Kent State’s senior middle blocker Bridget Wilhelm earned the MAC East Division Offensive Player of the Week honors for the fourth time in her volleyball career.
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Kent State volleyball shares Golden Flashes Classic title Nate Manley / The Kent Stater Junior Katarina Kojic sets junior Drew Norberg up for a hit against Indiana State during the Golden Flashes Classic on Friday Sept. 4, 2015.
Jesse Runner Sports Reporter The Golden Flashes Classic tournament, held in the M.A.C. Center, saw Kent State lose its first game to Indiana State before winning its next two games against the University at Albany and Oakland University. The Flashes finished with a record of 2-1. “We’re definitely happy,” said coach Don Gromala in a post-game interview. “Obviously everyone wants to come away going 3-0 and winning them all, but I think we learned a lot from the first match of the weekend.” The Flashes matchup against Indiana State went into overtime. After winning the first set (27-25), Indiana State won the second set (2521) and third set (25-17), but the Flashes forced the game into overtime by winning the fourth set (25-17). However, the Flashes could not pull off the comeback, losing 15-10 despite holding
a 10-9 lead at one point. On Saturday, Kent State bounced back and won an afternoon thriller against Albany. The Flashes once again took the first set (25-16) but lost a second set (34-32) that required 64 total points scored. The third set, which once again went over the 25-point threshold, saw Kent emerge the victor by a score of 27-25. Albany claimed the fourth set 25-15, and for the second time in two days Kent headed for overtime. This time, the result would be different. After holding a comfortable 13-9 lead with just two points to go until victory, Kent State allowed a run of 6-1, leaving the team down 14-15 with Albany serving. The Flashes successfully defended, scored and tied the game up at 15-15 all. Kent scored the next two points, winning the game and evening its record at 1-1. Kent State played its second game of the day Saturday night and improved their
record of 2-1 after a win against Oakland. For the first time this tournament, the Flashes lost the first set of the match by a score of (25-17). However, the Flashes bounced back to win the next three sets by a combined score of 81-66. Kent State senior Kelly Hutchison led the Flashes in kills (69) throughout the tournament and averaged 4.93 kills per set. Hutchison received the MVP award, given to the best player in the Golden Flash Classic. “I’m really excited about that,” Hutchinson said. “It was a team effort and a great job by our setters getting us good 1-on-1 opportunities.” Sophomore Challen Geraghty recorded 89 total digs over the two-day stretch and averaged 29.6 digs-per-game. Geraghty was awarded top libero, given to the best defensive-specialist in the tournament. Junior Kelsey Bittinger also received recognition for her solid play after being named to the all-tournament team.
Coach Gromala acknowledged the team’s identity is becoming clearer after the games played against Indiana State, Albany and Oakland. “We aren’t a six-foot-two team who’s going to go up and hit it over you,” Gromala said. “We’re going to grind out long points by keeping it in play, making good choices and playing really good defense.” With the Flashes taking two of three games this weekend, Gromala realized there’s time to celebrate. They also noted the Flashes have to get back to work with games against Georgetown and Wisconsin coming up Thursday Sept. 10 and Friday Sept. 11, in Madison, Wis. “We’re going to enjoy it for about a day and then get back to business,” Gromala said. “We’ve got a short week of practice to get us ready for Georgetown and Wisconsin.” jrunner1@kent.edu
Scroll, Swipe, Satisfied: Online dating enters the app world Kent State football er and Vanity Fair have weighed in on the idea that apps such as Tinder are wrecking romance. And while, as previously mentioned, there is a more positive view of From 2005 to present, the online dating online dating overall, conversation about scene has hit an all-time high, one that Kent this method of finding people remains conState students are in on themselves. troversial. The Pew Research Center reported in Exline and Smith stand on opposite ends 2005 that 44 percent of people felt online datof the pole when it comes to their openness ing was a good way to meet people. In 2013, about telling others they met online. that number reached 59 percent. “It’s a little taboo to me. It’s just an Following the same trend, those that feel unorthodox way of meeting peoonline dating is only for “desperate ple,” Exline said. “Twitter isn’t people” has decreased by 8 percent really considered a dating app, so since 2005. I haven’t heard of many relationResearch on online dating has ships blossoming from it.” been linked to sites such as Match. Conversely, Smith said she com and eHarmony.com. But in the usually gets a positive response ever-changing advances of technolwhen telling people where she and ogy, a few Kent State students have Exline met. found that social media apps are “Every time I’ve told someone, yet another way to find that special they were surprised but thought someone. it was really cute,” Smith said. “I The Online Meeting think people are a lot more acceptThe popular dating app Tinder ing of finding relationships online reached one billion “swipes” per these days.” day in 2014. Junior integrated lanAnkrum and Pelz said they also guage arts major Garrett Pelz and feel online dating doesn’t have sophomore pre-human developas much of a stigma, especially ment family studies major Courtamong college students. ney Ankrum agree the app is often “In a college town, it seems downloaded for entertainment. Submitted photo like that’s just how a lot of people However, for them, choosing to Caitlin Smith and Ronnie Exline met on Twitter in 2013 and meet,” Ankrum said. “There are “swipe” sparked something more. recently celebrated their two-year anniversary. still plenty of people that are judg“I was just on Tinder for fun,” Pelz mental about it, but in general, peosaid. “I would wake up in the mornple accept it.” for days, he initiated their first meeting. ing and swipe as many times as I could until Pelz echoed Ankrum’s thoughts, saying “At first, I just didn’t know what to it said wait 12 hours.” people are starting to look to apps and online expect,” Pelz said. “But as soon as she got in Ankrum said she recognized Pelz on dating more seriously. Tinder from his fraternity, so she decided the car and we started talking like we were “People nowadays think there’s just that to message him. The two kept up constant texting, I was like ‘Okay, this is cool.’” one slight chance you might have a good Smith and Exline, who recently celebrated conversation for five days before deciding to their two-year anniversary, supplemented conversation and meet someone,” Pelz said. meet in person. “You just have to give it a shot. If it works their first meeting with a mutual friend. Caitlin Smith and Ronnie Exline, both “I initiated the meeting, but I had a friend out, great, and if not, it isn’t a big deal.” senior marketing majors, had a similarly The two couples did agree on one thing: of mine come with me,” Exline explained. “I unexpected meeting on Twitter through the wanted to have him there just to ease things No matter if taking a shot at online dating KSUCrushes account in 2013. remains weird or taboo, they both are happy in.” The account allowed users to anonyto have put themselves out there. The Stigma mously tweet their crushes on campus in Websites like Newsweek, Business Insidhopes that the crush would notice. ewatson9@kent.edu Endya Watson Features Correspondent
“Ron sent out a tweet, just a ‘favorite this,’ kind of thing,” Smith explained. “A few weeks later, I got a KSU crush tweeted directly to me, and we started messaging each other the next day.” Both couples admit they were not looking for anything serious through Tinder and Twitter, but they decided to meet in-person after messaging for one and two weeks respectively. The Transition Pelz said after talking to Ankrum nonstop
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Ian Flickinger, Jimmy Miller Sports Editor, Senior Editor One day after lightning strikes delayed the Golden Flashes’ first game of the 2015-2016 season, the Illinois Fighting Illini poured on the offense on their way to a commanding 52-3 win. The Golden Flashes struggled on both sides of the ball, and the Fighting Illini took advantage of every misstep.
We made ‘first game’ mistakes, and they cost us. PAUL HAYNES COACH The offense looked out of sync, turning the ball over four times and going just 3-18 on third downs. The defense in turn allowed five Illinois touchdowns through the air. "We wanted to start fast, and we didn't do that," coach Paul Haynes said. "It got us to the point where we started working on things we wanted to make sure we work on. (We had) a lot of young guys in there that played pretty well for us." Kent State redshirt senior Colin Reardon completed just 15-34 passes (for 156 yards) and threw three interceptions,before being pulled late in the fourth quarter. Running backs Miles Hibbler and Myles Washington combined for 28 yards on 16 carries. The offense left the field after just three plays or less seven different times, and a myriad of penalties wiped away any positive plays the Flashes mustered.
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Summer's over for Congress, but budget deadlines keeps heat on William Douglas, Curtis Tate and Kevin G. Hall McClatchy Washington Bureau Congress returns Tuesday from its August recess to confront a series of fiscal deadlines that, if blown, could shut down parts of the government, cripple the building and maintenance of the nation's highways or hinder the country's ability to borrow money. After spending most of the year kicking the fiscal can down the road, the House of Representatives and the Senate must pass measures to keep the federal government funded beyond Sept. 30, keep the Highway Trust Fund going beyond Oct. 29, and increase the nation's borrowing limit by the end of October or early November. These acts used to be routine functions of government that were done without fanfare. But in today's hyperpartisan political atmosphere—even more hyper with the 2016 presidential campaigns underway—approving these measures have become high-wire acts fraught with political drama. "We used to have regular order, now we have regular chaos," said Robert Bixby, head of the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan government watchdog group. "It's becoming routine." Here are some key budget deadlines that lawmakers must deal with in the coming months.
SEPT. 30: GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN?
The federal government runs out of money at the end of the month unless Congress passes a legislation to keep the cash flowing. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., say they don't want a government shutdown, but avoiding one won't be easy. In July, 18 House Republicans vowed not to support any government funding measure that includes federal funding for Planned Parenthood in the wake of controversial videos that allegedly show members of the organization discussing the sale of fetal parts. Planned Parenthood says the videos were distorted and denies the allegations. McConnell, in a recent television interview, suggested that the Planned Parenthood funding battle is unwinnable until a new, presumably Republican, president occupies the White House. "The president made it very clear he's not going to sign any bill that includes defunding Planned Parenthood, so that's another issue that awaits a new president, hopefully with a different point of view about Planned Parenthood," McConnell said. But some conservatives believe that if a Planned Parenthood funding fight produces a shutdown, the public will blame Democrats, not Republicans, for it. "If the president and the Democrats think it's more important for Planned Parenthood to get your tax dollars than to fund the rest of the government, then they will be to blame for any shutdown that occurs," said Ken Cuccinelli, president of the Senate Conservatives Fund. Meanwhile, Senate Democrats and the White House are pushing another issue that could potentially trigger a shutdown. They are pressing for an increase in federal spending by scaling back mandatory cuts called sequestration. Congressional Democrats have blocked
appropriations bills in the upper chamber. "The Senate Democrats have a big enough number to prevent us from doing things," McConnell told Kentucky's WYMT television. "They prevented us from doing any of the bills that appropriate money for the government, thereby forcing a negotiation when we go back in after Labor Day."
OCT 29: DEAD END FOR HIGHWAYS?
In July, Congress approved a threemonth, $8 billion patch that kept federal highway funds flowing to the states through the end of October. Lawmakers are supposed to negotiate a bill that lasts five or six years so states can plan long-term road and bridge projects. But that hasn't been done since 2005, and if they don't do it by the end of this year, it might not happen until after the presidential election. States, meanwhile, have put numerous projects on hold because of the uncertainty, drawing the protests of business groups and governors. The Senate did pass a bill before the recess funding the Highway Trust Fund for three years. But the House refused to take up the measure, which included a provision to revive the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank. For decades, the bank provided loans, credit insurance and loan guarantees to U.S. exporters and foreign buyers to finance the export of U.S. products. The expiration of the bank's charter on June 30 was greeted by conservatives who view the EXIM bank as corporate welfare. They don't want to see it revived.
NOVEMBER: DEBT CEILING DUEL?
The government officially hit the debt ceiling in mid-March and has taken measures to keep government operating absent authorization to incur more debt. The Treasury Department expects to run out of extraordinary measures it uses to pay its bills by mid-November. Presidential politics could aggravate the debt ceiling debate as Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Ted Cruz of Texas, both Republican White House hopefuls, have been outspoken critics of raising the limit. Before Congress adjourned for summer break, McConnell expressed confidence that Democrats and Republicans can reach common ground this time around. “I would remind you, when I was the leader of the minority, (Vice President) Joe Biden and I did three different deals together,” McConnell said. “So we’ll talk about it, and we’ll try to figure out what the ... way forward is, and each side will have to give some things they don’t want to give, and we’ll get to an agreement.” Should Congress again go to the brink of a debt default, financial markets may be unforgiving. Stocks have tumbled on news of China’s economic slowdown and a weak global economy, and threats of a debt default would be received like a punch to the gut. “I am close to positive, certain, that we will not default,” said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. “But I’m afraid with all of these deadlines, it will get done at the last minute.” Curtis Tate and Kevin G. Hall contributed to this report.
Kent State works to prevent violence with Green Dot Week
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The Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Service (SRVSS,) will hold its second annual Green Dot Week, Sept. 8 to Sept. 11. It will be held within the main campus, spreading awareness about prevention of power-based violence, sexual assault, intimate partner violence and stalking. “It’s more than just food and the giveaways. It’s the life skills that it teaches you,” said director of SRVSS Jennifer O’Connell. “I want to prevent something from happening and I want to see the numbers go down. I don’t want students getting hurt.” Starting on Tuesday, there will be activities outside the M.A.C. Center with giveaways and food from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday is all about taking
over social media with pictures of students wearing green on campus to help spread the word. Staff will be throughout residence halls on Thursday to inform students on the movement and to hang up green dots in the hallways. To end the week, visit the Green Dot table at Black Squirrel Fest for some great opportunities and more giveaways. “People who go through the workshop walk away kind of viewing things differently and really think about who they are as a person,” said O’Connell. “It has a life message to it, not just to learn about Green Dot.” To become more involved, Green Dot will be offering three training workshops this semester for anyone who is interested. Learn more at kent.edu/greendot. dmill139@kent.edu
Snapchat gets 4 billion video views, challenging Facebook David Pierson Los Angeles Times In just three months, Snapchat has doubled the number of video views it gets per day to 4 billion, a spokeswoman for the social media app said. That puts Snapchat on equal footing with social media giant Facebook, which announced it hit 4 billion daily video views in the first quarter of this year. Snapchat's newest numbers, which were first reported by the International Business Times, are
being driven by the popularity of its "Live Stories" feature, which curates clips from around the world. Snapchat's founder and chief executive, Evan Spiegel, told Bloomberg Business in May that the company was generating 2 billion views a day. The numbers will boost Snapchat's bottom line as advertisers gravitate toward the app's millennial audience. Snapchat has raised over $1 billion, implying a valuation of about $16 billion.
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Negotiations ongoing between Kent State and KSU AAUP Megan Hermensky Faculty/Academics reporter Kent State University held a meeting Friday with the Kent State chapter of The American Association of University Professors to negotiate medical benefits and salary offerings for tenured faculty. At this meeting, a final offer for the tenure track contract was not accepted by either side. According to aaupkus. org, in previous meetings, the discussions focused on faculty workload, grievance appeals and procedures, and a decrease in the overall cost of medical coverage paid by tenured faculty and salary adjustment.
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Kent State partners with Vietnamese university Kent State and Hanoi University are signing an agreement Tuesday partnering the universities in a student exchange program that will also allow collaboration with Kent State's campus in Florence, Italy. The signing is taking place at 3:45 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room on the second floor of the University Library. Leaders from Hanoi University will also tour the May 4 Visitors Center in Taylor Hall at 1:45 p.m. Look for coverage of the events in tomorrow's edition of The Kent Stater and on KentWired.com.
Cheers&Jeers Cheers to ... Zelda Williams, Robin Williams’ daughter, speaking out about depression on her Instagram.
Jeers to ... Kim Davis, a Kentucky clerk refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Homesickness is normal Carlyle Addy Columnist If you’re like most college students, freshmen in particular, you’re probably missing your parents right now. The student groups, classes, parties and new friends might be distracting you, but they’re still in the back of your mind. Most of us know that we bond with our parents as babies and throughout childhood. A 2004 study published in Science magazine showed maternal bonding is hardwired into the brains of mammals. According to a 2010 study led by Leslie Seltzer, for girls aged seven to 12, a phone call from their mothers reduced stress as much as actually interacting in person with her, causing cortisol levels to decrease. Leaving that constant interaction can be difficult for all of us. We’re all in the same position here. If those long hours, complex notes and compact living spaces (with or without AC) aren’t making college life tough enough, it’s the pictures that you see on your desk of your folks back home that are getting you down. So, what are we supposed to do about it? Elizabeth Van Brocklin, a writer for Duke magazine, said, “The only way to get over homesickness is to reintegrate in the new environment. Joining groups, meeting people and developing friendships will eventually create a new supportive environment.” If this sounds familiar, it’s because you’ve probably heard it sometime over the past week. It’s cliché advice that your advisers, RAs and professors have probably all given you. Let’s be honest; finding your classes the first week without being late feels like overburdening yourself. Falling asleep when people are constantly slamming their doors at all hours of the night feels like a marathon. Reading and taking notes over chapters for every class can sometimes seem like a medal-worthy achievement. Anything beyond that and you can almost consider yourself an Olympian. For the next few months, Kent State is your home. If you live in-state, you might go home for weekends, but at least temporarily, you’re here. Make new friends. There are three questions you should ask whoever you run into: “What’s your name? What’s your major? What’s your favorite song?” Actually, skip the first two, because we’ve all been asked those a dozen times. If you see someone eating alone, go ask to sit with them. Every other table can be empty, but companionship is always preferable to solitude. Join a club. Join two clubs. Don’t join three clubs. This campus has a lot of great student groups, but all of them place demands on your time, and even small demands become very intimidating when you’ve had an all-night study session. Exercise. It might be true that walking to class across campus is the most active you’ve ever been, but it’ll be a much easier walk if you make a point to get in shape. Eat junk food sometimes. This point in your life is likely to be one of the few that you can eat three doughnuts for breakfast and have a deepfried pickle for lunch without having to rest your tray on your belly. Last but not least, if you miss your family and friends back home, call them. It’s not lame, and it’ll make you feel better. Carlyle Addy is a sophomore journalism major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at caddy@kent.edu.
OUR Don’t dismiss mental illness VIEW Monday began National Suicide Prevention Week. In 2012, 6.6 percent to 7.5 percent of undergraduate students seriously considered suicide in a study provided by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. This week is meant to serve as a time of awareness and conversation. College is rough, especially for freshmen who aren’t used to the environment. Between juggling classes and trying to get immersed into groups to find your place, it seems there’s no time for self-evaluation. However, taking time to assess how you’re feeling, especially if the feeling or absence of feeling seems to be repeating, is an important step in recognizing if seeking professional help from the university is an appropriate action. Be aware of how you’re feeling, and be aware of the behavior of your friends. Take notice if someone close to you seems off and repeatedly check in with them. Don’t be a bystander. There’s a difference between taking a lazy day and not being able to get out of bed or go to class.
Kent State offers many services for those who deal with mental illness or heavy stress. We believe more students need to reach out and care for themselves if they feel they’re getting into a bad place, even if it’s in the middle of the semester. The Counseling and Human Development Center in White Hall provides individual and group counseling services — all free of charge for students, faculty and staff. DeWeese Health Center near Eastway offers online anonymous screenings as well as regular appointments. The Psychological Clinic in Kent Hall charges $5 per session upon scheduling an appointment. We feel there are many opportunities available for students to talk to someone who can help, but it requires an initial step toward recognizing a potential problem. Want to remain anonymous? Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273TALK (8255). The above editorial is the consensus opinion of The Kent Stater editorial board.
Dare to disagree Andrew Rogers Guest Columnist
In my view, the objective of a collegiate education is to challenge pupils’ existing perceptions of the world, thus fostering a healthy sense of academic skepticism for them to carry into the world when they leave campus. If one hears an opposing idea and he or she doesn’t find its accompanying arguments particularly persuasive, one has only strengthened the fortitude of their position in the process of that investigation. To me, this is obviously good. Authoritarian hyper-progressive movements like third-wave feminism have stunted the intellectual growth of college students nationwide by protesting the presence of speakers who have opposing world views (which they deem as “hate speech”) or otherwise taking steps to keep ideas that make them uncomfortable off their campus. My mind immediately rushes back to when speaker and feminist scholar Christina Hoff Sommers was scheduled to speak at Oberlin College, just a stone’s throw from our beautiful campus. Sommers dared to challenge the existing narrative of campus feminists with empirical research and honesty. For this, members of the Oberlin student body met her with protests, brandishing homemade signs that read “Christina Hoff Sommers supports rapists” and “F*** antifeminist.” To me, this displays the participants’ unwillingness to challenge their own preexisting ideas of feminism and engage honestly with someone who happens to disagree with them. Skepticism of their claims does not imply that Sommers is a rape apologist. The student newspaper at Oberlin published a student editorial, complete with trigger warnings to “protect” students from hearing what Sommers had to say in the days before her event. The thought crime I’ve described is wholesale Orwellian, and “1984” is not a manual. The 30 members of the protesting portion of the audience eventually retreated to a “safe room” to escape the traumatic content of Sommers’ ideas. To deem ideas as dangerous, and to subse-
quently take steps to suppress those ideas, is a real menace, especially on college campuses where students must be allowed and encouraged to pursue unfettered investigation. This behavior is not participating in the cultural conversation of feminism in any adult sense. Sommers has made waves with campus feminists in the past by correcting many widely held myths. Most notably, the wage gap myth, which purports that women make 77 cents on every dollar a man does. Also, she has debunked the odiously false statistic that one in five women on campuses in the U.S. is raped. Her work on these topics is widely available. Demystifying these facts has landed Sommers in hot water with people who do not like facts, or at least facts that counter their own political narrative. I thought the college feminists would be pleased to weed out misinformation in their arguments that makes their cause appear to be based on fantasy. I don’t think that a hallmark signal of healthy campus discourse includes demonizing demonstrable facts and this is precisely what the Oberlin feminists did. Instead of taking Sommers’ research and conducting an independent evaluation of it, they lazily conflated it with evidence that she supports rape and the dehumanization of women. There is no real evidence of this. This is not an honest or mature way to make one’s point. Sommers has repeatedly clarified that she recognizes sexual assault as a problem despite feminists’ claims to the contrary, but has found inaccuracies in the number of victims often purported in the media and elsewhere. She rejects the notion that the United States is a bastion of misogynistic hegemony and the data she’s collected and displayed supports her position. If her position is that false facts are dangerous in this conversation, I’d have to agree. This is not an endorsement of rape or sexual assault. Sommers does not pacify demands to pasteurize her every sentence to avoid any and all offense or discomfort that could result. In this, she earned my respect. I encourage campus feminists to email me to engage on this topic.
The comfort of authentic cuisine Amanda Paniagua Columnist While I can only speak to my own experience, it is my hope that those who identify with or who may be interested in trying something outside their own culture find this piece to be helpful and insightful. Growing up, food was a source of comfort because sometimes it was literally all that we had. When I first started college, I was homesick and certainly missed the comfort of a home-cooked Mexican dish. I’m sure that this longing for a meal from home is a struggle that many students from diverse backgrounds experience when encountering the food available on campus. My family and I are close, so close that I often make the three-hour trip to Northwest Ohio to babysit my little siblings in order to give my parents a break on the weekends. One of the things I love most about going home is getting the chance to eat some homecooked food. Whether it’s my mom’s slowcooked pinto beans and tortillas de harina or my grandma’s boiled cactus, there is always something delicious to enjoy in the company of family. In the most obscure, rural parts of the country, it is not unusual to find a number of Mexican-owned restaurants offering a wide variety of dishes. If you ask me which one in Kent and surrounding areas reminds me most of home, I’d say El Campesino in Stow. In particular, the chorizo con pollo packs all the flavor I am used to in my own mother’s dishes. Back in Northwest Ohio, there are numerous Mexican-owned restaurants similar to El Campesino, and my family and I will often make special trips to dine at them, partly because it’s important to support local businesses, and partly because my mom enjoys dishes prepared by a different hand. El Zarape in Bowling Green offers my mom’s favorite: sopa azteca, which comes complete with freshly sliced aguacate. San Marcos in Toledo prepares tacos in a way that I can’t quite describe but can only say is an experience. The restaurant is adjacent to the tienda, offering imported items from Mexico and other parts of Latin America. By asking around, I have found an analog to San Marcos in Cleveland. La Plaza has a small counter that serves fresh tacos and burritos complete with arroz y frijoles for a modest price. There is also a bakery, which means you can stock up on pan dulce. It is a full-on tienda offering a variety of Latin American and Mexican brands. When I saw a concha on the cooling rack in the bakery section at La Plaza, I couldn’t help but smile. In a time when a candidate vying for the highest office in the nation is calling your people a slew of pejoratives I don’t care to repeat, something that connects you proudly with your heritage — even something as simple as food — can only make your heart swell up with joy. Amanda Paniagua is a graduate art history major and a columnist for The Kent Stater. Contact her at azabudsk@kent.edu.
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Browns release former Golden Flash Ishmaa’ily Kitchen Ian Flickinger
The Cleveland Browns parted ways with Ishmaa’ily Kitchen, a three-year mainstay on the Browns defensive line, last Tuesday, Sept. 1, in the final week of the NFL preseason. The 6'1, 330-pound Kitchen went undrafted in 2012 after five years at Kent State. The Browns signed Kitchen off the waiver wire after he failed to make the Baltimore Ravens as a camp invite. Kitchen appeared in 40 contests for the Browns, starting three at nose tackle last season and racking up a career-high 43 tackles. The Browns listed Kitchen third on the depth chart at nose tackle behind Phil Taylor (since released) and rookie Danny Shelton, the 12th overall pick in the 2015 Draft. The four-year letterman appeared in 45 games as a Golden Flash, starting six games at nosetackle his senior year. Kitchen finished his college career with 65 tackles, 3.5 sacks and one fumble recovery. Kitchen also participated in the Casino Del Sol All-Star Game his senior year. The Mahoning Valley native led Youngstown Cardinal Mooney to two state titles (his sophomore and senior years) in high school, compiling a 48-4 record on his way to being voted AllNortheast Ohio, All-Steel Valley Conference and All-Ohio. The NFL’s mandatory cutdown to the 53-man game roster is Tuesday at 4 p.m.
Brian Smith / The Kent Stater Senior defensive lineman Ishmaa’ily Kitchen works out in the fieldhouse on March 4. A Youngstown native, Ishmaa’ily is a top prospect for the NFL draft.
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Field hockey returns from weekend on road empty-handed Zac Sommer Sports Reporter
MaKayla Brown / The Kent Stater Midfield Jessica Nesbitt pushes the ball down the field during a game at Murphy-Mellis Field on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015. The Flashes won in double over-time 4-3.
The Kent State field hockey team (1-2) allowed 11 goals in two games after losing 6-0 against Old Dominion Saturday and 5-1 to Michigan State on Sunday. The Golden Flashes allowed four points in the first half of Saturday’s loss to No. 16 ranked Old Dominion. The Flashes allowed the Monarchs to score three of those four goals in a fourminute span to give Old Dominion a 4-0 lead by intermission. Sophomore goalkeeper Andrea Rinehart, recorded one save in her 50 minutes of play, before freshman goalkeeper Katelyn Keller, came in for the final 29 minutes, earning two saves. Old Dominion dominated Kent State in shots, recording 23 as the
Flashes recorded three. Kent State’s struggles continued as they headed into Sunday’s game against No. 19 Michigan State. The Flashes allowed two goals in the first half and three in the second, giving the Spartans a 5-1 victory. Sophomore Silvia Figa Malgosa scored the Flashes' only goal of the weekend late in the second half off a deflected ball. Rinehart played the full 70 minutes for the Flashes making 11 saves while facing 25 shots. Kent State continues its road swing as they head to Iowa City, Iowa to take on the University of Iowa Saturday Sept. 12 and Stanford University Sunday at Sept. 13. Both games begin at 12:30 p.m. zsommer@kent.edu
MaKayla Brown / The Kent Stater Forward Madison Thompson and midfield Helen Harper attempt to steal the ball from a Virginia Commonwealth University player at Murphy-Mellis Field on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015. The Flashes won in double over-time 4-3.
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Check out a preview of Kent State’s football team this season in tomorrow’s Kent Stater
SPORTS EDITOR: IAN FLICKINGER // IFLICKIN@KENT.EDU
Athlete of the Week: Bridget Wilhelm Jimmy Miller Senior Editor Last week, Kent State’s senior middle blocker Bridget Wilhelm earned the Mid-American Conference East Division Offensive Player of the Week honors for the fourth time in her career. Her 37 kills and .424 hitting percentage paced the Flashes to a 2-2 record at the Maryland Invitational. This weekend, Wilhelm and company won a share of their own Golden Flashes Invitational with impressive wins over Albany and Oakland. Wilhelm sat down with me prior to their Flashes Classic to talk about what the honors meant to her, the new-look Flashes offense and what it’s like to play in front of a home crowd. Q: First of all, tell me what being MAC Offensive Player of the Week means to you. I know this is something that you’ve had four times now, right? A: Yes. It’s exciting for bringing recognition to the team as a whole. I think, obviously volleyball is a sport where, specifically, you can’t have one player and do well, so it takes all of us. So that award is not just for me, it’s for the whole team I think. But it does mean a lot.
very good players, and that was a big win for us. And then Maryland, playing a Big 10 (Conference) team was really exciting. We haven’t seen size like that in a while, and all very athletic kids. Just playing at that speed was something different for us, and it’s going to help us (moving forward). Q: Completely different team from last year; it seems like you guys lost a lot of seniors. Tell me a little bit more about what you’ve learned about your team that may differ from your 2014 team. A: We lost seniors, but not all of them were starting, and we still have practice teams that are strong. It makes no difference on our team culture— it’s still pretty much the same. We all work just as hard; we have the same work ethic. We do miss those players, but as people, we really have a deep bench this year, and we know that if we have (substitutions), we know they’re going to come in and do their jobs, and that’s the same as it was last year. Q: I know coach (Don Gromala) was talking about having a faster offense this season. Is that something you noticed this weekend?
We’ll all be eating together, hanging out, and it’s great to be able to show other teams how proud we are to be at home.
Graham Smith / The Kent Stater Kent State's senior middle blocker Bridget Wilhelm goes up for a spike during the game against MAC opponents Ohio University in the M.A.C. Center on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014.
A: Oh yes, we sped our offense up a lot. We’re moving faster as blockers, especially offensively, playing against each other BRIDGET WILHELM (helped because) MAC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK some of the other Q: So (last) teams were slowing weekend you their offense down guys went out to Maryland, and you guys split compared to us and it felt easier. I think that was part 2-2. Tell me a little bit about going out there and of the reason that we (scrimmaged.) We don’t have a some of the lessons you took away from (the whole lot of height in the front row anymore. I mean, trip). we’re not small by any means, but it’ll be nice to speed up and be faster than the other team. A: Well, we did split 50-50, and we come back, and people are like, “What happened?” For us, that’s Q: Coming home, I know last year you guys a great weekend. We knew going into this preseason, stressed so much about playing at home and we were playing some tough teams and it was our playing in front of the home crowd. Is that still first time playing someone other than ourselves. We important to you guys? had a Blue and Gold Scrimmage, but it’s completely different when you’re playing players that you A: Oh, absolutely. We’re so excited for this don’t know before. I think winning our first match weekend, especially after the first week of school, was something we haven’t done the whole time I’ve everyone’s still getting back into things, and it’ll be been here, so that was exciting. We dropped the next great to have our families there. We’ll all be eating (match), but we played really well, and we learned together, hanging out, and it’s great to be able to show how to push through and persevere together, so I think other teams how proud we are to be at home. We’re we were happy with that. We beat Duquesne, which really lucky to be at home this weekend. was huge. We’ve played them a few other times, and jmill231@kent.edu they’re a great team. They’re a great program with
Jones starts at quarterback for Ohio State vs Virginia Tech Ralph D. Russo AP College Football Writer Cardale Jones started at quarterback for No. 1 Ohio State against Virginia Tech, and picked up right where he left off during his improbable three-game run to a national championship last season. College football's most talkedabout quarterback competition came to a conclusion — maybe? — Monday night when Jones went out for Ohio State's first offensive series. He completed 3 of 4 passes on the drive, right on the money with every throw, including a 24-yard touchdown he lofted off-balance to Curtis Samuel in the end zone. Jones, who led the Buckeyes to three postseason victories and a national championship last season,
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FOOTBALL Kent State football... At one point, the offense committed penalties on three straight plays: a holding call brought back a 19-yard run, followed by a delay of game and then an illegal formation. “We made some mistakes that we usually (don’t) make. We made ‘first game’ mistakes, and they cost us,” Haynes said. Illini junior quarterback Wes Lunt (11-19,) threw for 162 yards and four touchdowns. Overall, the Flashes defense gave up only 342 total yards to the Fighting Illini — not as bad as the blowout would suggest— but they allowed three touchdowns on single play drives. Kent State fell behind early, ending the first quarter down 21-0, and 38-0 at the half. The only points scored came on a 43-yard field goal from Shane Hynes late in the fourth quarter, avoiding an embarrassing shutout. The home opener is next Saturday, Sept. 12 at 6:00p.m. iflickin@kent.edu and jmill231@ kent.edu
was locked in a tight preseason competition with J.T. Barrett for the No. 1 job. Ohio State coach Urban Meyer refused to show his hand going into the opener against the last team to beat the Hokies. Right up until kickoff, he did everything he could to keep his choice a mystery. The two stretched and warmed up their arms together during pregame. Pretty typical. Reporters watched for any signs that might predict the starter. Jones took a couple of snaps from first-team center Jacoby Boren — then Barrett did the same thing. On Barrett's last throw before heading back to the locker room, he was out of receivers, so he waved Jones to go deep and hit him in stride as the big QB ran toward the end zone.
When the starters were announced over the public address system in Lane Stadium, no quarterback was announced for Ohio State. In 7-on-7 drills, Barrett took the first rep, but then the two alternated. When they went to full 11-on-11, same thing. Jones took over the Buckeyes last year after Barrett broke his ankle in the regular-season finale against Michigan. His first career start was in the Big Ten championship, with the Buckeyes needing an impressive performance to have a shot to make the College Football Playoff. Before being thrust into the starting lineup for the biggest game of the season, Jones' most notable moment at Ohio State came when he tweeted about not being in college to "play school."
That was forgotten fast when Jones threw three touchdown passes in Ohio State's 59-0 win over Wisconsin. The Buckeyes were on their way to the playoff, where they beat Alabama and Oregon to win the national title. This year started with the Ohio State quarterback question being thought of as a three-man race. Braxton Miller, the two-time Big Ten player of the year, was coming back from shoulder surgery and hoping to return as a quarterback. That didn't work out. Miller decided to switch positions and played receiver in the preseason. That left Meyer with two good options and quarterbacks with different skill sets. Jones is 6-foot5 pocket passer who can wing it 70 yards but is still nimble enough to do some running.
How the rest of the MAC fared
Sure, Kent State struggled this weekend, but they absolutely weren’t alone in that endeavor. In fact, just about every team in the Mid-American Conference met trouble this weekend, including nearby rival Akron.
No. 5 Michigan State 37, Western Michigan 24: The Broncos were led by junior wide receiver Corey Davis in the loss, who finished with 10 catches, 154 yards and a touchdown. Old Dominion 38, Eastern Michigan 34: The Eagles coughed up a lead they held throughout the entire contest in the fourth quarter, when the Monarchs scored a touchdown with just 1:57 remaining in the game. Buffalo 54, Albany 14: The Bulls scored the most points in season-opener history for the school, and pretty much secured the win by scoring on six of their first eight possessions. Five of those scores were touchdowns. Miami 26, Presbyterian 7: Senior RedHawks quarterback Drew Kummer had a field day versus the Blue Hose, as he compiled 255 yards passing and a pair of scores. Tennessee 59, Bowling Green 30: The Volunteers pulled away at the end of the first half, but at one point, the Falcons were down just 21-20 and seemed poised to stage an upset. Northern Illinois 38, UNLV 30: Junior quarterback Drew Hare flashed the promise of becoming the next in the Huskies’ strong lineage of quarterbacks with his career-high 360 yards passing. The Huskies had to overcome a first half deficit to win, but Hare’s strong performance, in accordance with junior running back Joel Bouganon’s three-touchdown day, was enough to propel the team to a win. No. 19 Oklahoma 41, Akron 3: This one stung for the Zips, who will play Pittsburgh at home next weekend. Sophomore quarterback Tra’Von Chapman, a product of Kent Roosevelt high school, led the Zips in rushing with 48 yards.
Barrett plays the position like a point guard, precise on short passes and deftly running the read option. He doesn't have Miller's speed, but he is quick and elusive. Meyer has said that both quarterbacks are likely to play this season but he hasn't seemed keen on the idea of using a two-QB system. The starter will likely get the bulk of the work and the backup will be, well, the backup. Things will get interesting if Jones struggles. How much patience will Meyer have with his starter knowing he has an ace in the hole? For now, Jones is the man for the Buckeyes. This story was pulled from AP Exchange.