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JMC Changes
Greek Pumpkinfest
Ian “Stoney” Brooks
Starting this semester, the Journalism and Mass Communication major has undergone change in the general curriculum and specific courses that future students will have to take.
Chi Omega and Tau Kappa Epsilon joined together Saturday, raising $10,000 for the MakeA-Wish foundation and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with Rockapalooza.
Ian “Stoney” Brooks’ short rugby career has taken him through two states in the span of four years.
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Here's the ticket: an analysis of
parking services
KENT PARK
Matthew Merchant Senior Reporter
UNIVERSITY
Each semester, a number of students at Kent State’s main campus have an encounter with a neon-green wearing, ticket-machine toting parking services worker. Yellow tickets placed on vehicle windows are a sure sign of a bad day, but they’re also sign of a designated violation of Parking Service’s rule. From July 2014 to June 2015, Parking Services issued 46,351 tickets. Divided between roughly 70 lots and more than 11,000 spaces, the university’s parking department generates more than $2 million in revenue each year.
Parking Ticket Information Enclosed Ratio of total violations to available spots from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015
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Other Parking Services Facts and Figures Approximate Annual Budget:
$4.4 million Paid Student Employees: 20 Paid Fulltime 6 Employees: Total student * parking spaces: 7,000 Total metered spaces: *Approximate value
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Institutional Advancement Lot Project With the construction of the Institutional Advancement building on the corner of Summit and Lincoln Streets, he said he hopes to pick up about 125 spots. But those are just redirected staff members from the existing lots. Emling said when a new lot is created, permit holders are simply shuffled to other locations. “They’re vacating space on campus. This isn’t new staff. This is existing staff which means those 100 or so people are already parking somewhere else. They’re going to have a brand new lot which will open up those other spaces. How those will be used is yet to be determined. But we might be able take advantage of those for students.”
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Parking Ticket History
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As an auxiliary unit of the university, Parking Services is completely self-sustaining, generating its own budget from revenue collected by parking permit sales, visitor and meter fees, violation fees and special event parking sales. It does not receive any funding from the university or the state, according to its website. Larry Emling, manager of Parking Services, said the goal of the department is to put students first. Every year is a balance of getting students and staff a parking spot they want, expanding lots or losing spaces and enforcing compliance with existing lots, he said. “We try to be pretty understanding and pretty flexible with people. We’re not out just to be the bad guy,” Emling said. Parking Services employs roughly 20 student workers and six full-time staff members who patrol lots, issue tickets, booting vehicles, giving directions, staffing special events and doing nearly 1,000 motorist assist calls. Despite the stigma on campus that Parking Services workers issue tickets out of the hatred in their hearts, Emling said they don’t work on a quota system. “We tell people, if you’re working for four hours, we do expect to see tickets. If you don’t write any, they’re out there. It’s not anything like ‘write 10 an hour.’ We know the daily patterns, we know what it should be,” he said. “Right now we’re seeing … between 200-300 a day with 250 as an average. That’s about 17 an hour. It sounds like a high number until you break it down. “For every one you get, there’s probably someone else that’s violating also,” Emling said. “We tell people all the time: We ticket to get compliance.” ’04-’05
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Budget, Recent Renovations and Projections According to its website, the annual operating budget for Parking Services is approximately $4 million. Emling said that figure for this year is slightly more, at $4.4 million, because it has built in a buffer of approximately $3 million for construction projects.
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“Any money left over (after operating expenses) rolls over into a capital account that is earmarked for parking and only used for parking lot maintenance, improvements, new lots, renovations — anything that needs to be done in a parking lot, (the university) is going to look to use to fund that,” he said. Kent State’s recent renovation of the lot outside Bowman and Satterfield halls cost about $1.1 million thus far, and has been covered completely through that account. In its entirety, the project is expected to cost roughly $4 million. But the department only gained roughly 20 spots. Emling said that with the Summit Street Improvement Project underway, he expects big changes for the university. After Campus Center Drive is rerouted and the Summit Street roundabout installed, Parking Services will lose roughly 200 spots. “We’ve been meeting with the university architect’s office for the last year and a half to talk about what that it means, what are the options, and where we can make up these spaces,” he said. “Five here and five there isn’t meaningful. It’s got to be impactful.”
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Kent Police investigating reported shooting on East Main Street Matthew Merchant Senior Reporter
Kent Police are investigating a reported shooting that took place near East Main Street and Depeyster Street early Saturday morning. A 24-year-old man was taken to a nearby hospital after being shot at around 2 a.m., according to Kent Police Captain Jim Prusha. No others are reported to be injured. The man’s condition is not yet known and police are still investigating. There are no confirmed suspects. The manager of the Jimmy John’s on East Main Street said employees who were working at the time filed reports with the police. One employee, who did not wish to be named, said he reported a make and model of one vehicle to police. The manager said the employee reported seeing a car speed away after several people jumped inside. Those details are not yet confirmed. Students at Kent State were alerted by a Flash ALERT message at about 2:15 a.m.
advising them to avoid the area. As people were leaving the bars at closing time, one student witnessed the shooting from across the street. Caleb Ashcraft, a senior fashion design major, said he was enjoying his night downtown with friends until he heard shots in front of the Kent Stage. He described the gunshots as sounding like fireworks or a car crash. He said he turned to face East Main Street and saw a man lying on the ground. After Ashcraft realized the man on the ground had been shot, he said he saw several people run from the scene. He and his friends ran to their cars and went home, he said. “It all just makes you realize even though you’re in Kent, a tiny quiet town, it doesn’t mean there’s not violence,” Ashcraft said. “It’s a reminder that anything can turn dangerous at a moment’s notice." Payton Moore contributed reporting. mmercha1@kent.edu
Matthew Merchant / The Kent Stater Kent Police officers, including Captain Jim Prusha (right), block traffic on East Main Street after a reported shooting at 2 a.m. on October 17, 2015, outside the Kent Stage.
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Kent State Campus Ministries Outreach to Community Kelly Powell Religion Reporter Whether a fraternity or sorority, support group or campus ministry, all groups look to do one thing: Improve the well-being or success of someone or something. Kent State Chi Alpha and Kent State Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) are enacting unique food outreach initiatives, titled feedONE and Lord Lunches respectively. FeedONE is backed by the national organization Convoy of Hope and works primarily to feed hungry children through individual donations of $10. This monetary amount goes toward feeding one child for a month. “The idea is that, if you can’t feed 100, feed one,” said Jesse Cook, Chi Alpha campus pastor. “Whether you love Jesus or not, you can get behind feeding a hungry kid.” This year, the campus ministry hopes to host a “feedONE fun run” in order to increase donations. “We’re trying to champion what feedONE is and the great benefits of it,” Cook said. One of those benefits may be considered the direct deposit from the donor to the organization. “Because of our partnership, there are already established feeding programs that the funds go to,” Cook said. “A lot of what you’re doing is going directly to a hungry kid.” Cook said that Chi Alpha’s primary motivation and model is the life of Jesus Christ. “Jesus had an emphasis on reaching out to others,” he said. “He wants us to treat people the way we want to be treated.” Maggie McGuire, a freshman nutrition major, agreed. Her favorite aspect of the program is the give-and-take between each participant and child. “It’s a blessing for them and a blessing for the one in the race,” she said. Because of this mindset, Chi Alpha not only looks to feed hungry children but hungry college students as well. “We want to develop a habit of generosity,” Cook said. “We see Christ taking care of people who were marginalized by society.” FCA hopes to do the same by creating the Lord Lunches program, which takes place on varied Saturday afternoons at Trinity Lutheran Church in Kent. The church hosts 10-15 students who spend about two and a half hours buying and preparing food together. “We are serving the community; we’re not just called to Kent State,” said Jenna Matson, a staff member of the Coalition for Christian Outreach Campus Ministry. Although the organization is faith-based, the event itself includes only a prayer at the beginning of the meal. “The ‘sermon’ is through our lives, our service and our conversation,” Matson said. “We just want to uphold what Jesus is about because it gets distorted a lot of the time.” She mentioned how FCA strived to “give in the way that (we) have been given to.” The organization does this essentially through being a listening ear to the people they serve meals to. “We’re all about being there to listen and care about them,” she said. “They just always thank us so much, and it brightens their day.” Not only does it brighten the days of the recipients of the meals, but it assists the students of FCA as well. Matson said the service might connect students who would not have known each other otherwise. The most recent Lord Lunch was Saturday, Oct. 10, and the next one will not occur until April. Trinity Lutheran Church’s Saturday service slots are quick to fill up, but even if FCA is not assigned that weekend, FCA and community members are still able to participate. “We get a lot of joy,” Matson said. “I love that people from different backgrounds become unified and build relationships as a result of these times. kpowel23@kent.edu From Page 1
PARKING Here’s the ticket... He said they do have plans for expanded parking options, but he could not comment because they have yet to be finalized with the university. Emling could not say whether those plans included expanding current lots or creating new spaces entirely, but said it will most likely be a mix of both. “We recognize the value in these space and the demand is so high right now with
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JMC undergoes changes in course names, curriculum continuing Spring Alexis Wohler CCI Reporter Starting this semester, the Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) major has undergone change in the general curriculum and specific courses that future students will have to take. These changes focus generally on a more digital approach to storytelling and reporting in order to improve the skill sets of the students. Thor Wasbotten, the director of JMC is passionate about making sure the freshmen in the FYE class he teaches every semester do well in college. He has also met with faculty to enhance the courses in the JMC major for students. Wasbotten said the enrollment in JMC has gone up in the last few years, and the changes in JMC have affected the professors, classes, and the students within different sections of JMC. Areas such as broadcast, print journalism, public relations, marketing and many other sections of JMC have experienced changes within their courses and curriculum. The changes in names of the JMC courses are done to ensure the students are interested in taking the courses. For example, “Multimedia Storytelling” is now called “Multimedia Across Platforms.” “We want to make sure the names of our courses accurately reflect content and the names are appealing to students,” Wasbotten said. Any student who chooses a JMC major throughout the course of the year has the option to continue or start in the current catalog, or to switch to the new catalog that was introduced this fall. Jacqueline Marino, associate professor for JMC, said she is excited about offering new courses for spring of 2016. “We decided we would eliminate the traditional tracks we had before in the JMC major, such as Multimedia News, Broadcast and Photojournalism, and instead make one big major of journalism that allows students to mix and match different courses,” Marino said. Marino is teaching “Advanced Magazine Writing”, the most advanced writing course offered in the JMC program. The course will be offered only next spring. Another new course that will be offered in the spring semester is “Storytelling with Sound.” The course focuses on teaching students the fundamentals of telling stories through audio tracks. Marino said JMC offers more courses that allow students to get specific skill training in particular areas that will help them reach the goals that they have set for themselves. Tim Roberts, the undergraduate studies coordinator, said the curriculum has been changed in the last two years to incorporate more social and digital components.
If students want to do magazine and photojournalism, it’s easier for them to do that now. TIM ROBERTS UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES COORDINATOR
Before fall 2015, students could be majored in Journalism, such as multimedia journalism, broadcast journalism, magazine journalism or photojournalism and students could get four different degrees. Now the majors are all specialized as one major of journalism. Students have opportunities to learn the basics of all types of journalism in any course they may take. “If students want to do magazine and photojournalism, it’s easier for them to do that now,” Roberts said. “The changes in the journalism sequence help students become better converged journalists with an approved multiplatform skill set.”
enrollment where it’s at that we don’t want to give up anything,” he said. “But if we can make those up and maybe gain some, then maybe we can turn this into a win-win situation for everybody.”
Student Center Lot Project The Student Center lot is set to be renovated next summer, with the meter parking lot of 50-60 spaces combining with the rest of the lot. Emling said this roughly $3 million project will play into
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“The names were changed to better reflect the course content and focus on online and social digital media. Traditional media is still important, and we still teach the fundamentals,” Roberts said. “It’s difficult and you have to be creative in how to cover all the bases because students need writing foundations.“ Roberts said new students who come into the JMC major in spring 2016 are going to get more of an online social and digital media foundation in their classes, than what students did in the previous JMC program. “They have to be able to write in different platforms, but you also want them to get the strategic part of, when is it better to use social or digital media,” Roberts said. “Also, students learn how to measure success in those areas.” Roberts also said the new students in JMC may not have to take the class that used to be a requirement for journalism students: Print Beat Reporting, which is now called Reporting. Students were required to take “Reporting” before fall of 2015, but now there is a choice of nine different credit hours besides “Reporting”. The choices include: “Photography”, “Photo Journalism 2”, and “Storytelling with Sound”. “What the journalism curriculum change did, is give the students more options and allow them to be more proficient in a variety of platforms,” said Roberts. Lecturer for JMC Wendy Wardell teaches “Advertising Strategy”, “Principles of Advertising”, as well as “Advertising Copy Editing” and she will be teaching the “Industry Tools” course in the spring. “We changed several of the course names in Advertising and there was a tweak in the content on strategy,” Wardell said. “The changes went into effect this fall. It’s more of a focus on strategy and a strategy-centered curriculum. “ Wardell said students have to understand where the advertising they see actually comes from. Skills such as understanding sales trends and analytics, as well as noticing the work that is going on behind the scenes to make any ad they see, are important. “Advertising is not about right or wrong answers, and I think that makes many students uncomfortable,” Wardell said. “They should be prepared with the fact of not always having the information that they want or need. They need to broaden their view of what the industry is.” Marino said the course will aid students in their experience in JMC. “We have more courses now, that will help students reach their goals in their fields,” Marino said. “We are always changing course content to match the needs of the industry and match what students need to know right now to fit in.”
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the larger scheme of traffic flowing through Janik Drive and the Student Center from Campus Center. All spots in the Student Center lot will be paid through a cashier system. Emling said Parking Services is also looking into expanding spaces near the new College of Architecture and Environmental Design building. It’s a small space to work in, he said, but like the Taylor Hall and Advancement spaces, the students and staff will simply be shuffled. Spots vacated will be repurposed for other permit holders. mmercha1@kent.edu
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Stallman speaks support for free software Tess Cottom Technology Reporter
Richard Stallman, a software freedom activist credited with starting the free software movement in 1983, spoke to the open public about the problems surrounding free software distribution at the Kiva Saturday night. Stallman spoke about the threats to freedom in a digital society. Free software allows users to run it for any purpose as well as to study, change and distribute it and its adapted versions. See more on KentWired.com
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A rebuttal, toxic masculinity Amanda Paniagua Columnist I want to thank the members of the campus community who were kind enough to drop me emails in support of my column from Oct. 5. With regards to Dr. Juilo Cesar Pino’s letter to the editor on Oct. 7: Pino’s observation that “we need to start teaching youth the ways of men again” utterly erases the historical fact that men of color have attempted to, in Pino’s words, protect themselves, build their families and serve something bigger than themselves. They do this as a way to push back against the tyranny that is white male supremacy and are labeled as “domestic terrorists.” Even now #BlackLivesMatter is coming under the same criticism. Let me be frank: There are already plenty of men doing exactly what Pino has suggested. His name is Dylann Roof. It is amusing Pino should condescendingly suggest I see “Fight Club.” In fact, it is one of my favorite novels turned into a movie. I’ll agree that the film does explore the notion of the emasculated man who finds his cathartic release in violence. But consider the context of such violence in a film like “Fight Club”; the men participate willingly with one another and with enthusiastic consent to such controlled chaos on their path to self-discovery and, to a larger extent, their liberation from a capitalist and hyper masculine society that ties their worth as men to their possessions and earning capabilities (so much so that The Narrator has to invent an alternate personality in Tyler Durden to cope.) This context is in complete opposition to the kind of violence that characterizes mass public shootings: that of a lone, individual looking to punish whomever he has deemed deserving of such brutality. For Elliot Rodger, it was the young women who had refused his attention. For Dylann Roof, it was for all the black people “taking over the country.” In both cases, these individuals felt a sense of entitlement to take what they felt belong to them with zero regard to their victims. Anger and the privilege to express it in a public setting is very much, in the United States, determined by sex and skin color. A film like “Fight Club” explores both private and public displays of violence, but I can’t help but notice that the film adaptation consists of an overwhelmingly white male cast. In other words, Pino’s argument utterly fails when we begin to explore the racial dynamics of the United States. Anger and any subsequent physical exertion that comes as a result of this perfectly normal, human emotion is healthy from time to time. It’s all a matter of context. May I, perhaps, suggest Pino pick up a copy of “Mean Girls” (Regina George channels her harmful and manipulative teenage angst into lacrosse,) “The Black Power Mixtape” (watch as the community programs aimed at protecting and building black communities are dismantled by the U.S. government) and “Dear White People” (black students combat racism/white privilege on a college campus)? azabudsk@kent.edu
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Chill out, it’s just college sports
America, as a whole, loves its sports. It’s one thing to have the community feeling of rooting for a team, that mutual feeling of a common bond with thousands of people you don’t truly know. It’s another thing in its entirety to wish ill on another human being for a poor performance in a sporting event. On Saturday, for those of you who somehow avoided the countless videos, tweets, and MJ-crying face memes of Michigan fans, here’s what happened: The Michigan Wolverines (No. 15) lost to the Michigan State Spartans (No. 7) in a battle of instate rivals. Leading 23-21 with seven seconds left in the game, the Wolverines set up a game-clinching punt when a fifth-year senior muffed the punt and allowed a Michigan State defender to score, subsequently winning the game. The punter, Blake O’Neill, immediately received derogatory comments and death threats on his social media accounts. Tweets like, “jump off of a cliff into a pool of spikes
and cyanide” and “I’m shooting up his dorm room” filled his feed within minutes of the game’s closing. Think it’s just “stupid college kids” making the threats? One user who begged O’Neill to: “kill urself (sic), I’m 10 years old and have been crying for 20 minutes. Honestly kill urself we easily one. Fu**** as*****.” Whether or not the user truly is a 10-yearold, we’re passing down this mentality to younger generations at every tailgate, game and each sent tweet. It’s one thing to be competitive, feel emotion and get upset because of sports. But pushing 20-somethings (or in some case even younger) to end their own lives, regardless of whether the comment is meant in jest, is a powerful message. The above editorial is the consensus opinion of The Kent Stater editorial board, whose names are listed above.
Microaggressions hurt Regina Rini, Los Angeles Times Columnist If you live near a college campus or read anxious think pieces, you’ve probably heard about “microaggression.” A microaggression is a relatively minor insult to a member of a marginalized group, perceived as damaging to that person’s standing as a social equal. Examples listed on a blog called Oberlin Microaggressions include shopkeepers acting suspicious toward people of color and someone saying to a Jewish student, “Since Hitler is dead, you don’t have to worry about being killed by him anymore.” A microaggression is not necessarily a deliberate insult, and any one instance might be an honest mistake. But over time a pattern of microaggression can cause macro harm by continuously reminding members of marginalized groups of their precarious position. A recent paper by sociologists Bradley Campbell and Jason Manning claims that talk of microaggression signals the appearance of a new moral culture, a “culture of victimhood.” In the paper, Campbell and Manning present a history of Western morality. First there was a “culture of honor,” which prized physical bravery. Insults demanded an aggressive reply. Picture two medieval knights glowering at each other, swords drawn. Then the culture of honor was displaced by a “culture of dignity,” in which individuals let minor insults slide and reported more serious offenses to impartial authorities. Picture a 1950s businessman telling the constable about a neighbor peeking in windows. Finally, there is an emerging “culture of victimhood,” in which individuals publicly call attention to insults in the hope of rallying support from others and inducing the author-
ities to act. Picture a Latina student tweeting about her professor’s racist comments. There is a serious problem with Campbell and Manning’s moral history, and exposing it helps us see that the culture of victimhood label is misleading. Their history is a history of the dominant moral culture: It describes the morals of those social groups with the greatest access to power. Now think about the culture of dignity, which Campbell and Manning claim “existed perhaps in its purest form among respectable people in the homogenous towns of mid-20th century America.” Another thing that existed among the “respectable people” in those towns was approval of racial segregation; “homogenous towns” did not arise by accident. People of color, women, gay people, immigrants: None could rely on the authorities to respond fairly to reports of mistreatment. The new culture of victimhood is not new, and it is not about victimhood. It is a culture of solidarity, and it has always been with us, an underground moral culture of the disempowered. In the culture of solidarity, individuals who cannot enforce their honor or dignity instead make claim on recognition of their simple humanity. They publicize mistreatment not because they enjoy the status of victim but because they need the support of others to remain strong, and because public discomfort is the only possible route to redress. We are still learning how to focus on the pattern rather than the instance, and how to delicately report an offense when blame is ambiguous. All of this will take time. There will be mistakes. But the goal is worth it: A culture in which no one is denied full moral recognition.
Alternatives to cop-out costumes Carlyle Addy Columnist We’ve all seen Halloween cop-outs before. These are people who take their least favorite white T-shirt, write the word “costume” on the front and head out with their squad to celebrate the holiday season. That’s one way to pick a last-minute costume, and had it not become so commonplace, it might even be worth some style points. Now though, the procrastinated costuming expectations grow greater every year. The “costume” costume is almost as overdone as articles telling people what they should be for Halloween. We all brought certain things to our residence halls on move-in day. There’s no need to mutilate your white sheets or empty a whole roll of duct tape for one night of fun. It’s easy to forget that our favorite TV characters, movie heroes and heroines and real life idols wear normal clothing more often than not as well. “Glee” fans will remember that season one “Don’t Stop Believing” moment when the most iconic image was a group of young adults pretending to be teenagers in red shirts and jeans. You don’t need the entire squad for this one, just a fellow “Glee” lover who will get your reference. Put a hoodie under a coat and you’re Leonard from “The Big Bang Theory.” You can turn this into a squad costume easily. Every character has their own distinct style on that show, and when they’re put together, no one can miss your costume. As an alternative, if you tie a hoodie the right way, it’s a cape and you’re a superhero. Look out, Avengers. There’s the Kent State superhero team ready to take over Ohio. If you’re a 0-8-4 (object of unknown origin), I might have to bring out my homemade S.H.I.E.L.D. badge and pull you aside. I take my fake federal agenting very seriously, as should anyone who puts on a dress shirt and a tie to call himself or herself anything from Seeley Booth to Leroy Jethro Gibbs. If you’re going to print badges, try to find a friend who’s also looking to print a piece of their costume. Share paper and save a few cents on printing. If copycatting a television show or movie isn’t your style, BuzzFeed has a costume idea for someone to look like a piece from Banksy. White pants, black top, a bandana, ball cap and a bouquet of flowers to top it off, and you’re the Flower Thrower. We all love music. We all have our favorite bands. Get out all of your band merch and play the ultimate fangirl or fanboy. This is also a good excuse to start shouting song lyrics in the middle of conversations. You’re only acting, after all. Better yet, if there’s an specific style to the band, like Hayley Williams’ bright red hair or Twenty One Pilots’ ski masks, you could dress as the band members. Or, better yet, carry around a guitar and be your own band. Of course, if you still insist on a T-shirt costume, BuzzFeed has a slightly more creative idea: “Error 404: Costume not found.” caddy@kent.edu
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Max McCarty / The Kent Stater (from left to right) Alex Brooks, 21, Deanna Gifford, 20, and Alli Petit, 19, all of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority, talk strategy while bobbing for gourds on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015.
Max McCarty / The Kent Stater Senior Megan Downs of the Delta Gamma sorority, drops a gourd into her bucket after diving face first into the pool of Jello on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015.
Max McCarty / The Kent Stater Sarah Walsh, senior, president of Sigma Sigma Sigma, holds up the hidden ball after smashing through pumpkins at the Lambda Chi Alpha Pumpkin Bash on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015.
Greek philanthropies rocked Kent State Kayla Sturm Greek Reporter
Chi Omega and Tau Kappa Epsilon joined together Saturday, raising $10,000 for the MakeA-Wish foundation and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital with Rockapalooza. The event showcased the first time in Greek life history of a sorority and fraternity bringing its philanthropies together. “It gave us more connections, ideas and raising money for both of our philanthropies, Make-A-Wish and St. Jude’s Research Hospital,” said Ali Boroch, president of Chi Omega. As more students join the greek community, it becomes impossible for all the chapters to hold events leading to more joint events. “With our Greek community growing every year there is a growing need to do combined events or else our support will start lacking because we can’t attend everything,” Boroch said. “Chi Omega and Tau Kappa Epsilon were very excited to take the initiative to hold the first joint philanthropy.” Entertainment was provided by Dead Fall, AyyeDeesMM, Kilbane, Ottawa and T.K. Kavi.
“It’s cool to see people come together and do a positive thing,” said Ottawa lead singer Dale DeLong. Chi Omega and Tau Kappa Epsilon joined together to create a positive environment. “I find the event successful and I am happy with the turnout,” said Tau Kappa Epsilon President Eric Conway. “I want to continue Rockapalooza with Chi Omega in the future.” Attendees at the event were able to enjoy music, purchase merchandise and buy tickets for raffle baskets. “I think this event brings the sorority/fraternity in a unity,” said Chi Omega member Grace Blackley. “It brings people together. Although Rockapalooza ended with a success at the end of the night, it’s important to remember it’s not a competition between other chapter’s philanthropy events. “I want people to learn about St. Jude and Make-A-Wish and let other Greek organizations know that philanthropic events should not turn into a competition,” Conway said. “We have to team together since the Greek community is growing.” ksturm4@kent.edu
Kassi Jackson / The Kent Stater Students enjoy themselves at Chi Omega and Tau Kappa Epsilon’s Rockapalooza philantropy event on Saturday night, October 17, 2015, in the Student Center Ballroom. Five different bands came to perform for the event and show their support for the night. The event’s proceeds all will be going to the Make-A-Wish foundation.
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IAN ‘STONEY’ BROOKS:
A passion for rugby that goes beyond playing tive set of eyes. It’s important to have other guys here who understand the game on more of a macro level so we can look at the entirety of our team.” Brooks is a polite person, giving off a feeling of modesty when talking about himself. He isn’t the loudest person. He isn’t the biggest person. He is very approachable and has a friendly demeanor that is inviting. The average person would probably find it difficult to believe that someone so mildnatured could play one of the roughest sports on the planet – one that is stereotypically thought of in the United States as a game of brute strength. “Stoney” Brooks, as all his teammates call him – a reference to the lead guitarist of the rock band Pearl Jam (Stone Garrison), Brooks said – got inspired to play rugby, ironically, while visiting Wheeling Jesuit in his pursuit of a baseGraham Smith/ The Kent Stater ball scholarship to play catcher. “I noticed they had flyers up A Kent State men’s rugby player fights for possession of the thrown ball during their game against Ohio University at Dix Stadium Saturday, for a rugby team that they were Oct. 17, 2015. Kent State only scored a single try during the match, losgoing to start, and they were ing to Ohio University 30-5. handing out scholarships for it,” Brooks said, about his visit Kyle Samec back in 2011. “I got in contact with the coach Sports Reporter and went to three combines over the next two months down at Wheeling Jesuit, where I played Ian “Stoney” Brooks’ short rugby career has with seven of the kids on campus, a couple feltaken him through two states in the span of four lows from Zimbabwe and another gentleman years: From a high school team around Pittswho spent a lot of time in New Zealand coachburgh, to the Pittsburgh Harlequins club team, ing and playing.” then playing for Wheeling Jesuit University and After his time at Wheeling Jesuit, the coach finally, the Flashes of Kent State, where players set him up with the North Park Crusaders, a high think of him as a veteran among the majorly school team in Pittsburgh, where he would go young team. to develop skills that would take him to the col“It’s more than just having all the rugby lege level. knowledge in the world," men’s rugby coach Tim “Coach Jim Verner (of North Park) gave me Brofman said of Brooks. “It’s having an objecthe basic rundown of rugby,” Brooks said. “He
Volleyball extend win streak to 5 games
Clint Datchuk / Kent Stater Freshman Lexi Mantas spikes the ball past a Toledo defender during the Kent State vs Toledo volleyball game on Oct. 16, 2015.
Jesse Runner Sports Reporter Kent State women’s volleyball team defeated two MAC opponents this weekend at home in the M.A.C. Center to extend its win streak to five straight games. The Flashes, who improved its record to 12-8 on the season, came away victorious Friday night against the University of Toledo (3-18) before hosting Ball State University on Saturday and securing an overtime win. “This was a huge win for us,” coach Don Gromala said. “We knew it was going to be a big match. Regardless of Ball State's record, they have a really strong team. They did some things defensively and, with their serving, that stressed us out, but we made some adjustments and showed a ton of fight to not get too down and grind out a win.” On Saturday, during Kent State's annual Dig for the Cure game, Ball State started fast, winning the first set 25-13 in dominating fashion. However, the Flashes bounced back to win the second set by the same score, 25-13. After losing set three 25-22, the Flashes, behind solid play from senior Bridget Wilhelm, emerged with a 27-25 win in the fourth set to send the match to overtime, where Kent State outscored Ball State 15-9 to claim the victory. Wilhelm tied sophomore Kelsey Bittinger for a team-high 14 kills and also added eight blocks. Junior Drew Norberg added 12 kills while junior Katarina Kojic recorded 51 assists. Friday night’s matchup proved to be smoother for the Flashes as they handed Toledo its seventeenth loss of the season in straight sets. Kent State started strong, winning the first set of the match 25-14 before taking sets two and three by scores of 25-18 and 25-21. Senior Kelly Hutchison recorded a matchhigh 10 kills, while Kojic added 26 assists through the air. Bittinger swung for seven kills to go along with 14 digs and sophomore Challen Geraghty logged a team-high 16 digs. The Flashes have now won five straight MAC Conference games and improved their overall conference record to 6-2 after this weekend’s play. Kent State will travel to Northern Illinois University Friday night to take on the Huskies (11-9) before heading to Michigan Saturday to play against the Western Michigan Broncos (10-13). jrunner1@kent.edu
Women’s rugby looks to extend win streak to three Kyle Samec Sports Reporter The Kent State women’s rugby club has momentum going into this Saturday’s match against Central Michigan University. The bye week was needed, however, the team had to learn some new phases of rugby and touch up — the parts where they have been messy in — said coach Jeff Horton. Horton said the biggest addition to the game plan is getting more girls to possess the ball before contact as the offense moves through multiple lines of defense. Back line players like senior Michaela Williams knows how important it is to get multiple lines of offense attacking the defense. “As a back line, we know we can usually break through the opponent’s first line of defense, but after that it’s usually a mess,” Williams said. “So we’re going to use our forwards to incorporate a second line of offense behind the back line.” Williams said these forwards will be like reinforcements to the backline who will allow the team to move the ball forward more easily, and less movement of the ball laterally. Last week’s bye also gave the team an excellent opportunity to tighten up some aspects of its defense that are not meeting the team’s expectations thus far, said Horton. “Our discipline on defense was our primary focus,” Horton said. “As odd as it sounds, we have a tendency to be over-aggressive when it comes to tackling. That style of play is extremely high-risk and high-reward, and we are looking to be more consistent on that side of the ball.” Horton continued, “CMU is a much improved club from last fall, and we need to go into the match focused and ready to execute our game plan flawlessly. CMU won its latest conference match against Western Michigan by a score of 97-0.” Horton also said that the team will rest some of its normal starters this weekend, to ensure they play at the highest level possible in the next match. “Although we don’t have any major injuries to report, we will be sitting some of our women to get them back to 100 percent before our road trip to Western Michigan,” she said. “Most notably is Stephanie Taccola, our most experienced prop (similar to a defensive lineman in American football).” Horton said rookie Katie White will be taking her place, and rookie Emi Dever will also be getting a start. ksamec@kent.edu
Graham Smith/ The Kent Stater A Kent State women’s rugby player tries to break through a Central Michigan defender’s tackle to score a try during their game at Dix Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. Kent State went on to win big against Central Michigan with a final score of 81-10.
taught me all the basics, and really introduced me to the game tactically.” In just a short time of playing for the Crusaders – only during the spring of 2012 – the coach who Brooks met at the combines at Wheeling Jesuit offered him a scholarship to come play rugby for the Cardinals, leading him to where he is today. After receiving notice about the scholarship offer, Brooks decided to contact a club team down in Pittsburgh – a little over an hour away from his hometown of Youngstown, Ohio – to inquire about joining the Pittsburgh Harlequins for the summer after his senior year of high school. “I traveled around with them and played in a couple tournaments to get some experience before going to college,” Brooks said. “Unfortunately, that was cut short because I broke my ankle in one of the games, so I was out for most of the summer. But when I got down to Jesuit, the cast was off and I was able to start practicing with the team (Wheeling Jesuit Cardinals).” The Cardinals have a varsity rugby team, which is why they can give out scholarships, and are highly backed by the school. Brooks said they have nice facilities with a lot of money tied into them, and they even made the jump from Division 1-AA, the division the Flashes are in, to Division 1-A, the highest level of collegiate rugby. “The first year we only lost maybe four games between the fall and spring semesters,” Brooks said. “Going into the fall semester of my sophomore year (2013), we were accepted into Rugby East, which is the power-house conference on the east coast, as far as D1-A rugby.” During his three semesters with the Cardinals, Brooks said that his tactical side, which is all the specific, detailed points of the game, and his general understanding of the game developing to “tremendous extents,” are both a product of his fine coaches: Eric Taber and Eric Jerpe. Taber worked for the USA Rugby international team, and Jerpe – the coach who Brooks met when he went to the combines at Wheeling Jesuit during his senior year of high school – played and coached in New Zealand for a while. After that fall semester, Brooks left Wheeling Jesuit to go to a school closer to his home: Kent State. More specifically though, the Salem branch. While there, he took a semester off rugby to get used to the new school. In the fall of 2014, he joined back up with the Harlequins’ 15-man team. Later that fall, he attended a scrimmage between the University of Akron and Kent State, and played with the Flashes in that match. In spring of 2015, he officially joined the Flashes. Tim Brofman, Brooks’ coach at Kent State,
said Brooks is someone who is able to share his wealth of rugby knowledge to the younger Flashes players, and that is something that Brofman truly appreciates about him. “It’s nice to have somebody over here who can help me out with explaining these finer points to these guys, rather than me trying to yell at 30 people standing around,” Brofman said about Brooks. “It’s helpful to have several people kind of chiming in on that, and giving the experience that you only get from playing that can be passed on.” The other person Brofman means by “several” are team president Keegan Gillilan, also a Kent State student and former Flashes’ rugby player, and 2012 graduate Bradley Smith, who was the assistant coach of the team last fall, but now comes around to help out the team every once in a while. Smith said he remembers the first time he saw Brooks play with the Flashes. It was last fall when the team was down a man one match. Brooks, attending the Salem branch of Kent at the time and not officially on the team yet, jumped in on the match versus Akron and “was a star from the beginning,” Smith said. “(Brooks) has a wealth of experience and he’s very capable of applying that and teaching that as well,” Smith said. “He just has a great rugby mind all together and rugby IQ....(and) the coaching ability to relate and connect with the players at their level, too.” Aside from playing rugby for a high school, a club team that competes at the highest level of club rugby, a D1-A college varsity team and the club team at Kent State, Brooks is also a certified coach and referee. “In the spring of 2013 and spring of 2014, I was an assistant coach of the North Park Crusaders, my high school team, under head coach Jim Verner,” Brooks said. “I’ve refereed one or two games out in the Pittsburgh area.” To top it all off, in the summer of 2015, Brooks also played for two different club teams: The West Virginia Warhounds and the Pittsburgh Pandas. Brooks truly is as the cliché goes: “a student of the game,” and has made a positive impact with his fellow Flashes in his short time with them. “You can have all the rugby IQ, you can have all the coaching skills, the leadership, but if you don’t have the capacity to make it transferable, that’s where the difficulty tends to be,” Smith said. “(Brooks) definitely has that. He’s a huge help and I’ve...seen the success (of the Flashes) come from his input since he’s been here and I definitely want to see him be around.” ksamec@kent.edu
George Bollas gets first start, 15-10 victory over
Clint Datchuk / The Kent Stater Quarterback Colin Reardon (#10) narrowly avoids having his pass batted down during the second quarter of the Kent State vs Marshall game on Sept. 26, 2015. Kent State lost in double overtime 36-29.
Stephen Means Sports Reporter Kent State (3-4, 2-1 MAC) snapped an eightgame road losing streak by beating University of Massachusetts (1-5, 0-2 MAC), 15-10. "Our defense did a really good job and a lot of guys played and contributed," coach Paul Haynes said. "I'm proud of the team effort. The defense did a very good job, but when your offense plays like it did and doesn't turn the ball over, you always have a chance to win." The Flashes changed things up at the quarterback position by benching junior Colin Reardon for redshirt freshmen George Bollas. In his first career start Bollas threw 135 yards and one touchdown while completing all but five passes. Bollas added 79 rushing yards in 15 carries. The Flashes were the only team to score in the second half after going into halftime tied at 10. Kent State forced its second safety of the season along with a 39-yard field goal from redshirt freshman Shane Hynes. "When you go into a game like this against a team like this, when you are not putting a bunch of points on the board offensively, it scares you," Haynes said. "It scares you because you don't know if you can outscore them.” Junior Charles Chandler scored the Flashes’ only touchdown of the day on a one-yard reception from Bollas. The touchdown was a first for both players.
Junior Nate Holley led the Flashes in tackles for the third time in four games with 11 total tackles. For the third time this season, the defense contributed points on the scoreboard. In the second half, senior quarterback Blake Frohnapfel, was forced to step out of the back of the end zone for a safety by juniors Elcee Refuge and Terrence Waugh while trying to throw it away. Frohnapfel, who came into the game ranked second in the MAC in passing, was 17-for-33 for 171 yards through the air, and the Minutemen offense was limited to just 51 total yards in the second half. Junior Nick Cuthbert gave Frohnapfel his fifth interception of the year as well. "We were playing bend but (we) don't break early," Cuthbert said. "Once we got into the groove, we thought we could play pretty well. Our goal is to hold offenses just one point less than our offense scores." Senior tight end Rodney Mills led the Minutemen with 96 yards on four receptions. Senior Jovan Santos-Knox had a game-high 17 tackles to lead University of Massachusetts defensively. The win also surpasses the Flashes win total for all of last season and put them in second place in the MAC East standings and have won their last three games against MAC East opponents. The Flashes return home next Saturday to take on Bowling Green for first place. Kick-off at Dix Stadium is at 1 p.m. smeans2@kent.edu