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ROTC van fire update
Integrated Sciences Building
Men’s rugby loses 78-0
A Portage County grand jury indicted two suspects in last February’s ROTC van arson, the Kent State Police Department announced Friday.
Kent State’s College of Arts and Sciences held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday to celebrate the construction of the university’s new Integrated Sciences Building.
Kent State’s men’s rugby team faced its toughest opponent of the year so far in Bowling Green. The outcome was a 78-0 loss to the Falcons on their home field.
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Julian Edelman comes home Patriots receiver returns to Kent State as NFL star, proud alum Jimmy Miller Senior Editor
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FL wide receiver Julian Edelman finally got his chance to meet with his former team Friday night. In an interview Tuesday, Edelman said he hadn’t talked to the Kent State football team because of his busy schedule. However, just a night before the Flashes defeated Miami 20-14 and he served as grand marshal for the annual Homecoming parade, he delivered a message that would remain between him and the team. Here was Edelman, standing in front of a 1-3 mid-major football team, sharing a message he jotted down from a Patriots meeting two months ago. He caught the game-winning touchdown pass in last year’s Super Bowl, has a $17 million contract with the New England Patriots and, through Saturday, has the third-most receptions in the NFL But Edelman, who was the quarterback for the Flashes between 2006 and 2008, remains loyal to the team that gave him his first opportunity. “I heard something that my coach told me. I was writing notes, and I was like, ‘This is something I want to share with the guys at Kent,’” Edelman said. “I’ve played in the league now for seven years, and anything I can do to try to help one of those guys and they take something from it, it’ll be good.” Although this weekend was Edelman’s first Homecoming since he first left the university, he’s always kept close ties with his alma mater. A week prior to his Super Bowl victory, Edelman tweeted a “Throwback Thursday” with a video link to his highlight reel as a quarterback at Kent State and typed, “#goflashes.” He also retweeted a picture of four students from the Hillel at Kent State holding up a banner that read, “Good luck Julian,” and replied, “Appreciate it guys.” Edelman often wears Kent State apparel, too. He first announced he’d be going to Homecoming in August with a video taken in the Patriots’ locker room. In the video, he said, “Don’t miss it. Go Flashes,” and pointed to the Kent State logo on his gold shirt. Just three weeks ago, following the Patriots’ 40-32 win over Buffalo, Edelman appeared in front of his locker sporting a navy blue t-shirt with “Kent State football” written across the front. Edelman doesn’t wear his heart on his sleeve, he wears it on his shirt. “All these guys who went down to Alabama and freaking Ohio State and all these other players, they all rep their school, so I rep mine,” Edelman said in an interview Tuesday. “I’m proud to be a Flash, and I wear my Kent State shirt every day to work.”
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BUS comedy show brings laughs Black United Students (BUS) hosted its Annual Comedy Show as part of the university’s Homecoming celebrations this weekend, featuring comedians from BET with jokes about everything from Ohio’s weather to the football team. The show, which started in the ‘90s, is meant to bring more diversity options to the weekend, said Kyndall Echols, director of programming for BUS. Comedians included Steve Brown from “P. Diddy Presents Bad Boys of Comedy,” BET’s “Comic View” and Sean Larkins from “1st Amendment Stand Up” and BET’s “Comic View” and “Def Comedy Jam.”
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Rain doesn’t stop Bowman Cup 5K
The 15th annual Bowman Cup 5K took place Saturday morning as part of Kent State’s Homecoming weekend. Named after the fedora-loving former Kent State President George Bowman, the race follows a USA Track and Field certified-course starting at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center and follows the Portage Hike and Bike Trail, which leads runners on a scenic route through Kent State’s surrounding community. In addition to the traditional 5K, race organizers added the 15K Crystal Challenge. For $15, participants completed a 15K by running/walking, biking, swimming, ice skating or playing disc golf.
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Brooke Forrest / The Kent Stater Kent State President Beverly Warren and Kent State alumnus and current New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman get ready to start the Kent State Homecoming parade on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Edelman returned to his alma mater to take part in the parade as grand marshal.
Flashes cap off Homecoming weekend with 20-14 victory
Stephen Means Sports Reporter
Kent State (2-3, 1-0 MAC) opened up Mid-American Conference play 1-0 for the first time since 2012 after its win over Miami (OH) (1-4,0-1 MAC), 20-14. “Great first MAC win,” coach Paul Haynes said. “Always good to get a MAC win, Homecoming and everything that goes along with it. After what looked like what was going to be the Flashes’ first shutout win of the season, the RedHawks scored 14 unanswered points in the fourth quarter with all of its yards coming through the air.” “Their guys made plays and our guys relaxed a little bit,” Haynes said. “When we talked about closing out the game, we didn’t close it like we should have, but their guys did a good job of making plays.” The Flashes defense forced four turnovers in the game. “Our guys did, in all three phases of the game, did a good job in different times of the game,” Haynes said. “We always talk about getting better each week, there’s a lot of things that we did better.” Redshirt sophomore Demetrius Monday recorded his fourth and fifth interceptions of the game, and junior Elcee Refuge got the first of his career. “It goes back to our preparation this week,” Monday said. “ Films study showed us that (redshirt freshman Jared Murphy) was a big guy that they like to throw the fade to. We’ve been practicing all week with it so it just came into play.” This is the second game this season Monday has had two or more interceptions. True freshman Juantez McRae had what was possibly the biggest play of the night. With a little more than a minute left in the game, McRae made interception that halted Miami’s chance at a game-winning drive. “It was just a good play call,” McRae said. “I felt that once I saw the ball in the air I just had to make the play.” Redshirt junior quarterback Colin Reardon finished the game with 178 total yards and one passing touchdown. For the second week, in Alex Ledet / The Kent Stater a row true freshman wide receiver Antwan Dixon ran off a 40-plus Freshman running back Raekwon James dodges Miami defensive players during the yard touchdown with a 75-yard run. Kent State Homecoming game at Dix Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. The Flashes defeated the RedHawks, 20-14.
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Athletic director returns as alumna
This weekend’s Homecoming activities also welcomed the return of alumna Chris Plonsky, the current director of women’s athletics at Texas, the second-most profitable program in college sports. Plonsky graduated from Kent State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 1979, but returned for the 2015 Alumni Awards Ceremony. Plonsky talked about her time at Kent State, what her time as editor of the then-Daily Kent Stater was like and the future of college athletics. She also briefly touched on a New York Times report that hinted she should’ve become the new Longhorns athletic director.
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Historic plane “Yankee Doodle Dandy” sits on the tarmac at the Andrew Patton Airfield for the 18th annual Aviation Heritage Festival on Sept. 13, 2014.
Theresa Cottom Technology Reporter The Kent State chapter of the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) expanded this semester to become the largest chapter in the northeast division. AAAE is a nationwide organization that develops leaders in aviation through networking and professional development opportunities, as well as expanding the knowledge of airport issues among its members. Josh Euston, a senior aeronautics major, was made president of the organization in Fall of 2014. He has since been making changes in marketing the club to the university by speaking with freshmen classes about joining. “Josh Moyer (the previous president) built the foundation and then I brought the people,” Euston said. “I want to give everyone a chance to join.” Richmond Nettey, the associate dean of technology at Kent State, helped to establish the chapter at Kent State in 2004 and is currently its faculty advisor. Nettey said, for the past two years, membership rates have been around 20-25 students. However, this year membership has nearly doubled to 46 students. He said, with the addition of 20 new freshmen this year, the Kent State chapter of AAAE is now the largest student chapter in the northeast region. “It’s a really healthy student organization (that’s) doing extraordinarily well,” Nettey said. Nettey said the organization places an emphasis on airport management by taking trips to different airports and bringing guest speakers to Kent State throughout the semester. From Page 1
EDELMAN Julian Edelman comes home Edelman has visited campus several times previously, including co-hosting an athletics department auction in 2014, but Saturday was special because he was also inducted into the Kent State Athletics Hall of Fame. He autographed footballs and Edelman jerseys at a meetand-greet, then cut a gold ribbon before the parade. During the Homecoming game’s halftime, he spoke to media at a press conference. Edelman even managed to get off campus for a bit to grab a Swenson’s hamburger and enjoy a Saturday night downtown. But Edelman’s strongest links to the university are simple text messages. He keeps close with the people he played with at Kent State. He’s particularly fond of former Flashes coach Doug Martin and Casey Wolf, who was the assistant athletic director for football operations from 2003-2012. Martin, now the coach at New Mexico State, said he and Edelman text about once a week. “Julian was a special player when he was there, and he and I had a great relationship when he was playing there,” Martin said. “I’m very appreciative that it’s continued. He’s just a really special person to me and my family.” Wolf, who Edelman called his lifeline to Kent State and one of his best friends he made here, was the first person to ask Edelman about homecoming. When Wolf saw the homecoming schedule lined up perfectly with the Patriots’ bye week this year, he shot him a text. “I like to keep him up to date with what’s going on at Kent because he’s proud to be from here,” Wolf said. “I didn’t have to beg him (to be the grand marshal).” When asked who his best friends at Kent State were, Edelman listed 11 names and said he could’ve counted more. “He’s never lost sight of where he came from,” Martin said. “He’s very appreciative of Kent State for giving him an opportunity. A lot of times, guys lose sight of that. I think that says a lot about who he is.” jmill231@kent.edu
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As membership has increased, Nettey and Euston have been working to set up more trips and guest speakers for the future. The organization will be traveling to Pittsburgh International Airport on Oct. 9. Nettey said they will tour the grounds and “look at all the facets of airport management.” The group is also looking to go to the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in late October or early November of this year. Nettey said he uses his contacts in aviation to set up educational field trips for his students. In addition to field trips to airports, Nettey said he will take his students to the National Business Aviation Association conference in Las Vegas this year. There, aviation contacts will gather from around the world and students will be able to attend conferences and make contacts. Along with a significant increase in membership, the chapter has also seen an increase in female students this year with a total of seven in the organization. “I market the club the same to everybody,” Euston said. “I don’t want to market to one group over the other.” Autumn Kramer, a sophomore aeronautics major, is one of the students recruited by Euston last year. “I heard about the club when Josh came to my (First Year Experience course),” Kramer said. “They’re definitely advertising more.” The AAAE meets every Monday at 8 p.m. in room 101 in the Aeronautics and Technology Building. tcottom@kent.edu
BUS comedy show brings laughs to Homecoming
Daria Gaither Diversity Reporter
Kent State students and alumni eagerly entered the Student Center Ballroom Saturday night for Black United Student’s (BUS) annual Comedy Show. “Cut that mf up!” Steve Brown yelled to the music operators as he entered the stage Saturday night. Brown, best known for his high-pitched voice and high-energy physical antics during his stand-ups, headlined the comedy show. Brown has been featured on "P. Diddy Presents Bad Boys of Comedy," BET’s "Comic View" and "1st Amendment Stand Up." Opening the show this year was Fluidity, an all-male Kent State dance team whose hip-hop and technical techniques make them who they are. “What’s up? My name is Pat Brown, say, 'Hey, Pat Brown,'” said Brown to the audience. Brown, most known for her appearance on BET’s "Comic View," was the host for the evening. “You have one job: to sit back and have a good-ass time and we comedians are going to make y’all laugh,” Brown said Brown opened the show by acknowledging Kent State's Homecoming game win, but of course a joke had to come out of it. “It’s about damn time Kent won again,” Brown said. Much of Steve Brown’s routine included impromptu jokes about audience members, cougars versus younger women and poop jokes. Brown even made jokes about his renowned voice. “When people call my house, they say, 'Excuse me young lady, is your father home?'” he said. However, Brown took a serious moment to address LGBTQ audience members before making a couple of jokes. “Be who you are,” Brown said. He made the point that although he may have jokes, he does not bash gay people and supports them. “I am not a gay basher because I know who I am,” Brown said. “Y’all do y’all, just don’t do me,” Brown quipped. A common joke amongst all comedians for the evening was about Ohio’s weather and the diversity of the crowd. “You ever been so cold that you had to walk backwards?” said opening comedian Sean Larkins. Larkins is most known for his appearances in BET’s "Comic View" and "Def Comedy Jam."
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Two indicted in ROTC van arson Freshmen lead increase in on-campus living Jimmy Miller Senior Editor
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A Portage County grand jury indicted two suspects in last February’s ROTC van arson, the Kent State Police Department announced Friday. Emilio O. Vidal, 23, from Broadview Heights, and Evan M.K. Ecklund, 20, from Lakewood, were both indicted Friday. The Record-Courier reported a third suspect has been indicted but isn’t in custody. Vidal and Ecklund have been charged with two counts of arson, a fourth-degree felony, and a count of vandalism, a fifth-degree offense. The suspects are in the Portage County jail and are pleading not guilty to the offenses. The Stater previously reported the Blue Ribbon Arson Committee offered a $5,000 reward for information about the arson and the case remains under investigation. jmill231@kent.edu
years unless the student meets other stipulations. With students being kept on campus, it keeps the numbers on the rise. “Kent has a housing requirement, and a lot of students want to take advantage of getting that part of their college experience,” Church said. Corey Patterson, a Resident Assistant (RA) in Centennial Hall, spoke on the increased number of first-year students living on campus specifically in the Centennial dorms.
The number of first-year students are on the rise at Kent State, leading to a higher number of students living on campus. “There is an increase,” said Jill Church, director of residence services. “(On the) fifteenth day in the Fall 2015, we had 6,325 (students living on campus,) and that is 149 more students than we had on the fifteenth day in the Fall 2014.” Find the rest of this article on Not only are first-year students driving the growth for on-campus living, but the group also makes up the majority of students who live in the dorms. “The (number of) first-year students living on campus has hovered between 81 and 84 percent for the last three years,” Church said. “Last fall, we saw Students on campus 84 percent (living in the dorms), and this fall, we saw 83.9 percent. We count on, or expect, about somewhere between 81 Freshmen on campus and 85 (percent of first-year students) to live on campus.” Kent State also has a housing contract, which requires students to live on campus for International students their freshman and sophomore
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Matthew Merchant / The Kent Stater Kavitha Bagauandoss, a 2014 alumna, and Kyle Swartz, a senior, who met in high school and have dated throughout their time at Kent State, kiss during the Kiss on the K on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015.
Cheers&Jeers Cheers to ... Hasbro Studios announcing four more installments of Transformers movies
Philosophy and its unrecognized importance Carlyle Addy Columnist You know all of those thoughts that you have in that space between turning off your phone for the night and actually falling asleep? You should share them with people. Humans are naturally curious creatures. We want to know how things work. It stands to reason that we would be curious to know how knowledge itself works. That’s where philosophy comes in. There’s this perception in our culture that philosophy is synonymous with someone’s worldview, or that it’s just something cool that people think about. We don’t really consider how it impacts us; how it is a part of us. There’s a quote from Margaret Atwood’s “Oryx and Crake” saying, “There’s something to be said for hunger: at least it lets you know you’re alive.” College students hunger for plenty of things: money, jobs, more study hours and fewer pop quizzes. One of the things we should hunger for the most is knowledge. That’s what academia is designed for. The answer to life is not on Google and it’s probably not 42. The answer to life probably isn’t a single answer, but a hundred more questions leading to a thousand other questions leading to even more questions. Only after the collective of humanity finds every answer to every one of those questions will we understand what being alive really means. The issue is that humanity doesn’t treat itself as a collective. We rarely share our deeper thoughts with each other, and when we do, it’s always a diluted version of those thoughts. When you talk about philosophy, you’re talking about something all of us share. Something that not only makes up a part of us, but is made up of every part of us. There’s no way to separate philosophy from humanity, but we can ignore it and far too often we do. Most majors require a basic psychology course as a core requirement. Not every major encourages students to take an introductory philosophy course or even a class in critical thinking. We’re college students. We should be able to ask questions that don’t have answers and we should definitely be able to understand our own thought processes and find our own flaws. I know suggesting yet another required class isn’t gaining me any points with my classmates here. All anyone wants to know is: Will this help me with my career? In the case of philosophy, the answer is probably a resounding no. That’s not the real issue at hand here, though. No one is completely defined by their career, any more than they’re defined by their major while they’re in school. It’s a big part of your life, but it will never be your entire life. Philosophy is that part of your life you are largely unaware of; those thoughts that come to you late at night that you never share. If you have an elective spot to spare, taking a philosophy class might give a real voice and a name to the concepts you’ve been toying with. Someone else has probably written about them before and explained them in depth. caddy@kent.edu
Jeers to ... an article from the Washington Post stating there have been more mass shootings than days in the year.
OUR Still a violent society VIEW requiring change Editor’s Note: This is the same Our View we ran in the Monday, Aug. 31, 2015, edition of The Kent Stater. The only difference we made is changing the lead from the shooting in Roanoke, Virginia, to Roseburg, Oregon. We made the decision to run this editorial again because gun violence remains an issue in this country and nothing has changed to address it. Ten people were killed and at least seven were wounded in a shooting at Umpqua Community College, a rural campus in Roseburg, Oregon. According to a Washington Post report, there have been 274 mass shootings this year, which are defined as shootings with four or more victims. Violence is everywhere in our society, and it has been for most of our lives. One of the most defining moments of our generation are the terrorist attacks on 9/11, when footage of the planes crashing into the Twin Towers was played over and over again. Since then, we have had Columbine, Virginia Tech, Chardon, Newtown, Aurora, Charleston, Roanoke and now Roseburg – a list with a tragedy behind each name. After each event, we all hear, “How many more times does this have to happen before something is changed?”
However, because our nation is so deeply politically divided when it comes to the issue of gun rights and gun control, nothing ever changes. We think there should be meaningful change from our politicians, with stricter requirements in place before a person can walk into a store and buy a gun. There should be mental health evaluations and background checks to determine the person is of sound mind to be purchasing a firearm. We need legal change and a willingness from our political leaders to make tough, possibly unpopular decisions, to prevent people from getting guns who should not have them and murdering innocent people. The above editorial is the consensus opinion of the The Kent Stater editorial board.
China’s climate change Los Angeles Times Guest Columnist Think of the irony if the push that finally makes the United States a world leader in combating climate change comes from ... China. Of course, President Xi Jinping would first have to follow through on the promises made in his new carbon-cutting accord with U.S. President Barack Obama. It commits China to launching a cap-andtrade program for greenhouse gases within the country — similar to what California has now — and putting up $3.1 billion to help developing countries in their efforts against climate change. Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been trying to do the right things, especially with the Clean Power Plan that was unveiled in August. Under that initiative, states must reduce carbon emissions from power plants, the single biggest source of greenhouse gases, to a level in 2030 that is 32 percent below the plants’ 2005 emissions. Republicans have tried to kill the plan, though largely by arguing that global warming is a global problem and the U.S. should not commit to new restrictions unless China, the biggest emitter, does the same. The new accord steals that argument from them — Xi pledged to halt the growth of greenhouse gas emissions by no later than 2030 — and positions China and the U.S. to enter the Paris climate talks later this year as
committed leaders. It marks a huge reversal in China’s rhetoric. Two decades ago, China was arguing that it was one of the developing nations that should be given a pass on reducing greenhouse gases. Indeed, at that time, the U.S. was the leading climate polluter. China then took on the dubious title in 2006. China has more motivation to make good on its climate promises than it does on Xi’s high-profile cybersecurity deal with Obama. The country has a practical interest in reducing climate pollution because the same pollution from dirty coal has been choking its skies and killing its people. China has closed several coal plants in the Beijing area and announced in March that it would close the last one next year. In other words, Xi has good reasons to be willing to sign a binding global agreement in Paris, which would be the true sign of international cooperation. Such willingness could go a long way toward preventing a repeat of the disappointing 2009 Copenhagen climate talks, which resulted in weak commitments and dropped promises. The evidence of climate change has become far more visible in the last six years; there is no time for another failed climate summit. The above editorial is a guest column from writers at the Los Angeles Times.
Toxic masculinity Amanda Paniagua Columnist In the wake of yet another mass shooting, I have been deeply reflecting on the allegation that the shooter identified with Elliot Rodger, the man responsible for killing six people and wounding 14 others last year near Santa Barbara University. Rodger claimed he would “punish” young women for rejecting him and never giving him a chance. This perpetration of violence is deeply disturbing for me. As a woman, I have grown accustomed to unwelcome comments from drivers who pass me as I walk around campus. I’ve accepted that — despite my fiercest feminist leanings — the world I live in is a world of men who think they own and can control public space. So much so, that some men feel entitled to enact violence in public spaces upon those they’ve deemed undesirable in their own minds. We live in a culture of toxic masculinity. Loosely defined, toxic masculinity is a product of a patriarchal society (like the United States) that creates socially constructed ideas about what it means to be a man. Typically, these attributes expect men to be violent, unemotional and sexually aggressive. For example, I’m sure we have all heard the saying, “boys will be boys.” What does this saying even mean? In my experience, it has been used as an excuse when a young boy invades another child’s space; maybe pushes them down, takes a toy, says something hurtful, etc. If you’re the little girl in the situation, you are expected to just accept that boys will be boys and sometimes they will hurt you. So it’s better if you just stay out of their way. To not do so is “asking for it.” If you’re the little boy you are expected to be a man (toxic masculinity) and try to outdo such aggression. You know, become the alpha male and punish your would-be bully someday. To not do so is to be deemed weak or you being a sissy, which has its roots in misogyny. That is hating anything that is remotely deemed female in nature. And if you’re the young boy who is dismissed as just being a boy, you learn at a very early age that you are entitled to treat other human beings poorly based on the random chance that you happened to be born a male. Boys will not always be boys. They will grow up to become men. But the kind of men they grow up to be is heavily determined by how we socialize them as young boys and right now in this world of toxic masculinity, no one is winning. azabudsk@kent.edu
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Kent State breaks ground on new sciences building Keisha Burley Architecture Reporter Kent State's College of Arts and Sciences held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday to celebrate the construction of the university’s new Integrated Sciences Building. The $37.55-million building will be adjacent to the Student Green. The project also encompasses the renovations of Williams, Cunningham and Smith halls. “It’s been a long time coming,” said James Blank, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. “We still have a ways to go. It’s a huge investment to the university.” The 57,000-square-foot building is expected to have new teaching spaces for the chemistry, biology and physics departments. It is also slated to include 12 new research labs, larger classrooms able to seat up to 100 students and a 13,500-square-foot unfinished basement that will provide room for future renovations. The building is expected to be finished in Fall 2017. kburley1@kent.edu
Max McCarty / The Kent Stater Kent State President Beverly Warren, James Blank, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Rep. Kathleen Clyde (D-Kent) celebrate the groundbreaking of the Integrated Sciences Building on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015.
Texas women’s athletics director speaks at alumni ceremony Ian Flickinger Sports Editor The School of Journalism and Mass Communication welcomed back alumna Chris Plonsky, the current director of women’s athletics at the University of Texas, on Friday for the 2015 Alumni Awards Ceremony. Kent Plonsky said she first realized she wanted to attend Kent State after her father took her to see a Flashes' basketball game versus St. Bonaventure in 1970. The Memorial Gym (now the M.A.C. Center) was sold out. In fact, it was the largest crowd in Kent State history (7,778 people). Although her time as a Flash ended 36 years ago, Plonsky recounts her time in college as if it occurred just a week ago. Her most memorable moment comes from her time working at The Daily Kent Stater. Plonsky was editor when the state reached a settlement with the families of the victims of the May 4 shootings and remembers having to reshuffle the next day’s paper to fit the new itinerary. The staff did this by hand, as the Internet didn’t take off until the early 1990s. Plonsky calls the ensuing night a team effort and says she’s proud of what the university has done to honor those students, saying, “a part of his-
her the school’s third women’s athletic still people first.” tory happened here.” She calls the Stater “a family” Her career began at Kent State, director. Texas and says she loved writing in college working as a women’s sports informaPlonsky speaks with a slight southbecause she learned so much from tion director, before she moved on to ern drawl. Twenty-plus years of “Texher peers. Iowa State and eventually Texas. “When I started working for the She had a stint as an associate as-livin’” has modified her MidwestStater, those competitive lessons director for the Big East Conference ern accent. applied totally in another competi- before returning to Texas in 1993, She said she had never traveled to tive environment," Plonsky Iowa or Texas before taksaid. "Everybody on our ing either job, but knew of staff, regardless of position, Texas because she watched had this relentless work football throughout her ethic and pride. We wanted childhood with her father, to, as a team, create that a former college football great product (the Daily player. Kent Stater,) There was this “When I went to the relentless pursuit of perfecstate (Texas,) there’s just tion ... that’s what athletic something about that teams do, that’s what indiplace— they really do think vidual athletes do — you they’re their own country… might not be the superstar there’s this pride and swagbut your role is going to be ger and yet very much the important.” values I think Midwestern“The biggest lesson I ers grew up with: family, learned here (Kent State), education, relationships, whether it was journalism communication, all those or athletics or the Stater, Nate Manley / The Kent Stater things that I was taught, was it’s about people first Kent State alumna and current Director of Women’s AthletTexans believe in fiercely,” and then your role and ics Christine Plonsky talks to student media in Franklin Hall on Plonsky said. “But the skills after that,” Plonsky Friday, Oct. 2, 2015. fabric of excellence down said. “If you don’t think there, for this university about people while you're anyway, is palpable.” creating content or doing a story or working different roles in marketing, She said the biggest draw to UT managing a situation, then you’re communications and branding for the wasn’t the athletic department, probably not going to be a very good men’s and women’s department. In which brought in the second most teammate, employee, leader — it’s 2001, the University of Texas named revenue in 2014 ($161,035,187 bil-
lion), but the academics. “The academic reputation of the place was the attraction for me,” she said. “Meeting people on the academic side, who are preeminent in their field, and who, by the way, care a lot about athletics.” Coming from Kent State, the sheer size of the university is what really surprised Plonsky — the old adage ‘everything’s bigger in Texas’ apparently extends to the state university, too. “(Coming to Texas) I was looking at a flagship, a state supported flagship… it’s enormous; we’re a city within a city,” Plonsky said. “The athletics budget, as big as Texas is, makes up less than three percent of the entire academic budget. When our president has a problem during the day, we’re probably not his biggest one.” Plonsky said schools are looking at athletic events differently now, referencing how Purdue University is going to open up a section for students to tailgate and grill in the stadium. “Kids, you know, they want to socialize and not just sit and be riveted,” she said. “So we’re (Texas) paying attention to all those kinds of things, as most schools are.”
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Today’s Birthday (10/05/15) Organization is your power this year. Review big picture objectives. Rejuvenate old bonds naturally. Discipline with creative expression reaps results. A professional breakthrough next spring leads to personal transformation. After autumn, realign your path toward your heart’s work. Demand for your services booms. Do what you love. To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 6. Think it over longer. Things don’t go as expected. Confusion reigns. Proceed with caution. Prepare for all the contingencies you can imagine. Travel’s better tomorrow. Emotions spark unprovoked. Check mechanical equipment. Wait and rest.
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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7. Changes could rock your boat. Don’t rush into anything. Calm a partner’s anxieties. Ask family to wait a little. The danger of breakage is high now. Offer advice only if asked. Let emotions flow, and provide comfort. Rest.
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Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 7. Investigate all options. Emotional tension crackles. There may be goodbyes involved. The more planning you’ve done, the better. Discover something about to be left behind. Distractions abound. Don’t forget to do a necessary chore before you go.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is a 7. Dig deeper. Consider the consequences before taking action. Co-workers tell you the score. Full understanding requires some work. Travel plans are easily disrupted. Work out emotional aspects in private. Don’t forget an important detail.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is an 8. Romance and games may not go as planned. Things could get messy and chaotic. Don’t spend more than necessary. Adapt to the new moves. Anticipate changes and maneuver as gracefully as possible. Clean up later.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8. You’re confronting a difficult puzzle. Encourage, without forcing. Talk about money later. Take extra care with sharp objects. Stay patient with a communications breakdown. Look at things from a new angle. Admit impracticalities. Craft a backup plan. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 7. Your idea looks different in reality than the sketches. New tricks don’t work as planned. Spend extra time on infrastructure. Build it to last. You may have to change your overall objective. Accept all the help you can get.
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Women’s volleyball loses to Ohio University, beats Central Michigan in weekend games
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Soccer sweeps weekend series Dan Armelli Sports Reporter After getting shut out in the first half against Western Michigan on Friday, the Kent State women’s soccer team went on to score nine points in the next three halves, sweeping the weekend. The real offensive firepower came out on Sunday against Northern Illinois, when redshirt sophomore Donavan Capehart scored a hat trick to help fend off the Huskies 7-3. The Flashes are now 7-3-2 on the year and 3-1 against MAC play. Kent State head coach Rob Marinaro said he was impressed with how the Flashes were able to advance the ball over the weekend. “I think we did some real great stuff on the offensive side,” he said. “We really created a lot of opportunities and we finished on a lot of those chances. When you do that, you’re going to put yourself in games and allow yourself to win.” The Flashes began their weekend on Friday against WMU, who received two preseason votes to win the MAC. The first goal of the game came in the forty-first minute. WMU senior forward Irene Young lofted a corner kick over the arms of freshman goalie Ashleah McDonald and straight into the far top corner of the net. Marinaro said there was little the defense could have done to prevent that shot from going in. “It’s kind of tough; the ball’s swirling in and the wind’s kind of helping it bend
in and there are a lot of people in (the box),” he said. “We need to clean that up, but those are things that can happen when there are big crowds (of players).” The Broncos bookended the first half with sustained offensive possessions. The Flashes could not seem to keep the ball on the Broncos’ side of the field. It was the first time since Sept. 6 against New Hampshire that the Flashes did not go into halftime leading in either shots or corner kicks. Kent State started the second half with more opportunities on offense. In the sixty-seventh minute, Flashes junior defender Brittany Maisano came close to connecting on a cross in the box. One minute later, she took it upon herself and fired the ball into the top right corner of the net to tie up the score 1-1. Maisano said she likes running up to the offensive side to make plays. “We train that the defenders are supposed to run up and I was screaming like crazy for the ball,” she said. “Jenna (Hellstrom) passed it to me and I just kind of shot it.” In the seventy-fifth minute, the Broncos had their last best chance to take another lead, but McDonald made the save with a low dive to the ground. With less than five minutes left, the Flashes were threatening. After a cross from sophomore defender Jaime Eiben and a header from senior defender Briana Bartolone, junior forward Jenna Hellstrom knocked in her career-high eighth goal of the season to make it
2-1. It was Hellstrom’s team- and conference-leading fourth game winner of the year. “Bartolone headed the ball and then I was there to hit it in the left corner,” Hellstrom said. “I think it wasn’t out of the blue, but I was in the right spot at the right time. It was a great header from (Bartolone), who helped assist it.” The assists from Bartolone and Eiben were their respective firsts on the season. On Sunday, the Flashes gave up a season-high three goals, but scored a season-high seven against Northern Illinois, with three of the scores coming from Capehart. For the fifth consecutive game, the Flashes gave up the first goal on a fast break finished by NIU freshman forward Taylor Sarver in the eighteenth minute. Two of the Huskies’ goals came via quick fast breaks. Senior defender Madison Helterbran said those types of scores are something that are easily preventable. “Just as a whole defensive line we need to communicate it better so that doesn’t happen,” she said. “We let them back into the game way too easily when they shouldn’t have had a chance to.”
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Graham Smith / The Kent Stater Kent State freshman forward Doni Capehart goes up for a header in the Flashes game against University of Akron on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014. Capehart scored the first two goals of the Flashes’ three in their shutout victory over the Zips and first MAC win of the season.
Hockey completes Field hockey goes 1-1 on weekend trip Men’s rugby loses to Bowling Green weekend sweep on the road with 4-1 victory Kyle Samec Sports Reporter
Chris Yamnitsky Sports Reporter The Flashes battled through penalties, and took advantage when they could, to complete the weekend sweep with a 4-1 win over the Eastern Michigan Eagles. “I think it puts us in a good position for the end-of-the-year standings,” said head coach Jim Underwood. “Those are six points that we earned that Eastern can’t get back from us.” Sophomore goaltender Sky Buller stopped 39 of the 40 shots he faced while the Flashes were outshot by the Eagles 40-37. Sophomore defenseman Caleb Gannelli and junior defenseman Bobby Rhue each had tremendous games in the points department. Gannelli posted a two-goal night and added an assist as well. Rhue dished the puck out well, adding three assists to his stats to begin the season. “Those two guys are partnered together for a reason,” Underwood said. “They complement each other and are both great two-way defensemen.” The Eagles scored first at 11:42 during the first period. The Flashes weren’t able to score until the second period with Gannelli putting up the first goal with the assist from Rhue. Rhue and Gannelli assisted sophomore forward, Kyle Schaefer, for the Flashes' second goal of the game. Kent State’s next two goals came in the third period. Senior forward Miles Radosevic netted the team's third goal with junior forwards, Curtis Swan and Casey Barile, getting the assists. The fourth and final goal for the Flashes came, again, from the hands of Gannelli. He scored the team’s only power play goal as they went one-for-five on the man-advantage. Rhue and junior forward T.J. West assisted the fourth goal. The key aspect of both games this weekend for the Flashes was being strong when they were a man down. “Penalty kill was phenomenal this weekend,” Underwood said. “We killed all 14 of our penalties. Sky Buller was our best penalty killer this weekend. He played great last night and even better tonight.” The Flashes return to practice this week to gear up for next week’s home opener on Oct. 9 against the Western Michigan Broncos. cyamnits@kent.edu
Junior goalkeeper Andrea Rinehart played the entire game, making six saves while facing 14 shots. Rinehart would get the start against Central Michigan on Sunday as the Flashes looked to earn their second conference win. It wasn’t until the second half that Thompson would score the Flashes’ one goal, giving them a 1-0 win over the Chippewas. "We are pleased to get a conference win on the road," Wiler said in a press release. "The composure at the end of the match today was the difference maker." The Flashes outshot Central Michigan 20-7 as Rinehart made one save while she was awarded with the shutout. Kent State is on the road again next weekend as they look for their third conference win against Missouri State at 1 p.m.
Kent State’s men’s rugby team faced its toughest opponent of the year so far in Bowling Green. The outcome was a 78-0 loss to the Falcons on their home field. The words from Kent State’s fly half Ian Brooks best describe the outcome of Saturday’s loss to Bowling Green. “It was cold, rainy and we got beat down pretty bad,” Brooks said. The men’s rugby team ran into a fired-up Falcons team that lost last week to Western Michigan University, which was a rare loss for the reigning Mid-American Conference champion. “Poor play by us led to Bowling Green getting a lot of ball possession,” Brooks said. “We played defense a lot more than offense, and in a game like that, you can only hold out for so long.” Bowling Green (4-1) has won the MAC the last 33 seasons, which is why coach Tim Brofman said the Falcons are so well-respected in the rugby world. The rigorous practice style they use creates a team that rarely messes up, Brooks said. “Bowling Green was fundamentally sound and all 15 of its players knew where to be and what to do,” Brooks said. “That’s why they scored so much.” The Flashes’ president Keegan Gillilan said another big reason why Bowling Green is so far ahead of Kent State right now is the fact that they’ve had a rugby director and a well-organized club for a long time. “Our men, in most cases, are better athletes,” Gillilan said. “(We’re) just too young to compete with their kind of rugby IQ.” For as bad as the outcome was, Gillilan said that the largely young and inexperienced Flashes (0-3) team, terrible weather conditions and high level of play, the Falcons have competed at for years, led to these results. “There was a whole lot of positives to be found in the cracks of an all-but-broken KSU men’s rugby club,” Gillilian said. “When we lay out the factors like BGSU and its program of players who get to play for all four years … it starts to make for a lesson learned as opposed to disappointment.”
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Jenna Watson / The Kent Stater Senior midfielder Rebecca Lee (right) drives the ball toward the goal at Sunday afternoon's game against Villanova University, a 4-1 win that followed Friday's 13-0 win over Saint Louis. The Flashes will take on Drexel University Thursday at Murphy-Mellis Field.
Zac Sommer Sports Reporter The Kent State field hockey team won its second conference game of the season, 1-0, Sunday against Central Michigan after losing to Indiana University, Friday. Following last Sunday’s conference win against Longwood University, the Flashes traveled to Bloomington, Indiana, to take on the Hoosiers. Indiana scored 10 minutes into the game before senior Madison Thompson answered four minutes later with a goal, tying the game at one. The Flashes allowed two more Indiana goals before heading into the second half. Sophomore Ines Delpech kept things interesting in the second half by scoring back-to-back goals, sending the game into overtime. Indiana was given a corner seven minutes into overtime, where they would score the game-winner.
Women’s rugby beats BGSU Kyle Samec Sports Reporter In their first Mid-American Conference matchup of the season, Kent State defeated the Bowling Green Falcons by doing exactly what they work on in practice every week. “We were able to facilitate the ball to our playmakers much more efficiently today than we have been able to in previous matchups,” coach Jeff Horton said. “BGSU was playing extremely aggressive on defense and because of that, we were able to exploit
the weak points in their line.” The Flashes (2-1) beat the Falcons (1-2) 44-5 on Sunday. Although the Flashes took down the Falcons without much struggle, Horton said this Falcons’ team was much improved from previous ones. “The team we faced today was much more physical than any other BGSU team I can recall us facing in previous years,” Horton said. “I think once they become a little more disciplined they will be an extremely competitive team.” Flashes’ team president
and senior center Hannah Henry said that the Falcons’ backline struggled to tackle in part because of the way the Flashes played. “There were a lot of times where we were able to get the ball out to the wing, and (players) just staying in support and following our passes gave us the opportunity to score on multiple occasions,” Henry said. “We stress running into the ball instead of catching it flat-footed in practice. I think we did a good job of that today as well.” ksamec@kent.edu