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Ethnic costumes
Jenna Hellstrom profile
Binge drinking on Halloween
Halloween is the time for people to dress up as a vampire or mummy, or their favorite television character or superhero. However, some costumes have started to cross the line.
She can be seen at Zoeller Field running around like she’s been shot out of a cannon, or taking brutal hits, only wanting to come back seconds later and play just as hard.
As Halloween quickly approaches, students and members of the Kent State community are prepping themselves for Saturday’s festivities.
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Car strikes woman on East Main Street Neville Hardman Opinion Editor
A car hit a female pedestrian Wednesday afternoon when a driver failed to yield turning left from South Lincoln Street onto East Main Street. The pedestrian had the right to cross Main Street when she was hit just before 2 p.m. Officer John Gormsen of the Kent Police Department arrived on the scene within minutes, followed by an ambulance. The woman’s left leg was struck. Emily Camarato and Lauren Breslow, both freshmen fashion merchandising majors, were waiting to cross at the opposite end of the crosswalk when the woman was hit. “I wasn’t really looking her way, but in the corner of my eye I saw her fall down and she literally screamed ‘what the f*ck’ so loud,'” Breslow said. The driver was issued a citation for failing to yield to a pedestrian on a crosswalk, a minor misdemeanor which results in a $140 fine and two points off their license, Gormsen said. It is unknown at this time if the pedestrian is a student. The woman is currently being treated at Robinson Memorial Hospital. nhardma1@kent.edu
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KENT STATE STUDENTS SUPPORT ISSUE 3 Faculty Students Hannah Armenta Editor
Art professor dies unexpectedly Tuesday
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A recent Kent State poll found 57 percent of student voters are in favor of Issue 3, which would allow for the commercial production and sale of marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes. In addition, 38 percent of student voters were in favor of Issue 2, which is an anti-monopoly amendment that would protect the initiative process from being used for personal economic benefit. In an overwhelming response, the survey, commissioned by Kent State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication in conjunction with the Department of Political Science and the Survey Research Lab, found the results were similar to those of the statewide polls on Issues 2 and 3. In general, the survey reported, the campus population supports the idea of medical marijuana use with 86 percent in support and 7 percent opposed. However, when it comes to personal use, the support drops down to 68 percent and the opposition rises to 23 percent.
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This survey follows the reports from WKYC regarding Kent’s support of Issues 2 and 3. However, the FlashPoll was sent exclusively to university undergraduates, graduates, faculty and staff. Of those who received the survey, 22.4 percent responded — three times more than what the principle investigators were expecting. Anthony Vander Horst, an associate professor of sociology, said the poll was unusually racially diverse, with participation from Caucasians, African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans and Asians. “Most of the time, you lose the smaller categories, so it was really exceptional to have Native American and Asian responses,” he said. The margin of error for undergraduate student statistics is 2 percent, and the margin of error for faculty and staff is about 3 percent.
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Graphic by Ray Padilla Data compiled by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the Department of Political Science, the Survey Research Lab in the Department of Sociology and Kent State Student Media. Those who responded to the poll said they are likely to vote in the election.
veyed undergraduate voters were likely to vote in favor of passing Issue 3, whereas 29 percent were not in favor. Fifteen percent of students said they don’t know how they are going to vote. If passed, Issue 3 would legalize recreational and medical marijuana usage for Ohioans and create ten growing facilities for commercial production of marijuana. “For this survey, we had a random sample of the entire university community of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff,” said Ryan Claassen, an associate professor of
political science. “The Kent State poll indicated, not surprisingly, higher support of marijuana for personal use.” Only 40 percent of faculty and staff were likely to vote in favor of passing Issue 3 with 46 percent against. Fourteen percent said they don’t know how they are going to vote. “In terms of faculty and staff, we were surprised at how low the support was,” Claassen said. “Statewide was closer to 56 percent.”
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‘Gunshot’ Flash ALERT turns out to be false alarm After the first Flash ALERT was sent out via email
Dana Miller Safety/Transportation Reporter
ALERT, turned out to be a truck backfiring.
Officer Tricia Knoles of Kent State Police Department
said the first report came at 1:11 a.m. from an anonymous
caller. She said shortly after, more people called in to report a gunshot.
“They (KSUPD) decided they were getting multiple
calls, so they should put out Flash ALERTS for two pur-
poses,” Knoles said. “First of all, to alert people that we are aware of it, and we are investigating it. Second
of all, if it is a gunshot, to have people clear the area if
mhermen2@kent.edu
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the Kent State Police Department to send out a Flash
Gingr Vaughan, an assistant professor of art history, suddenly passed away Tuesday evening. According to LinkedIn, Vaughan began teaching at Kent State in 1984. One class she taught this semester was Art as a World Phenomenon. In an email to Vaughan’s classes, professor Gustav Medicus said, “Professor Vaughan was a treasured faculty member and beloved colleague of the School of Art.” He continued in the email expressing his empathy for her students. “I’m sorry for the loss of your professor; she was a great teacher and a valued artist as well as a friend who will be deeply missed.” Her classes may experience a brief period of intermission as a new instructor is identified, Medicus went on to say.
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Koonce Hall early Wednesday morning, prompting
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Reports of a gunshot near Centennial Court E and
Photo courtesy of Kent State
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and text message shortly after 1:30 a.m., a citizen who lives in the area called the police department and explained what happened.
“The subject (who) was living in the area thought, ‘I bet
that was me that they heard when my truck backfired,’”
Knoles said. “He then called in and said, ‘I just want to call and let you know, I don’t think that was a gunshot they heard. I think that was my truck backfiring.’”
An officer went to check the scene, and after talk-
ing with the subject and examining his vehicle, it was determined the noise came from the truck backfiring, Knoles said.
“I could see where someone could confuse a truck
backfiring with a possible gunshot,” Knoles said.
there was something in that situation occurring.”
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President Warren to hold State of the University Address Ian Flickinger Administration Reporter
Kent State President Beverly Warren will hold her first State of the University Address on Nov. 19 at 3 p.m in the Kiva. “I think that it is really valuable to bring the university together in a conversation at least once a year and to celebrate,” Warren said. “What I’m hoping is the State of the University Address will be viewed as a real celebration of the achievements of the prior year, but also it Sarah Pompeii / The Kent Stater gives us the opportunity to think about what’s ahead for us as a university community.” An annual fixture under former President Lester Lefton, Warren did not hold an address in her first year at the university. She said her address will focus on both the past year and some new ideas for the future. “It will be predominantly shaping of where we are at this point … so it’ll be some of that,” she said. “But, I am going to share some ideas, and I’m calling it ‘Imagine if we thought like this, imagine if we pursued this
particular idea.’ So, it’s not meant to be etched in stone. It’s not meant to be any kind of mandate that that's the kind of direction I’m moving, but I’m going to share my thoughts.” Warren said she brought back the tradition because it presents an opportunity to recap the university’s accomplishments, share her ideas with the community and receive feedback via the Q&A session that follows. “I think it's about communication, transparency, excitement to be apart of a community, and I’m hoping that’s how people see the State of the University Address,” Warren said. “Some people (think) that they are a bit dry and a bit stayed and not enjoyable. We’re really working to make this one a very enjoyable experience and we’re really staging it around a celebration of Kent State.” Warren also confirmed that the 2017 graduation will take place at Dix Stadium, with all eight campuses converging for the university’s first full ceremony. She said students are encouraged to propose who they would like to see as the ceremony’s commencement speaker. iflickin@kent.edu
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Ethnic costumes perpetuate racism That would be my first words to them,” said Chelsea Ford, president of the Native American Student Association (NASA). An example of an offensive costume includes dressing as a Native American, wearing fringe and colorful feathered headdresses. Ford said the feathers used on headdresses are meaningful and it loses that meaning once it becomes a costume. She said these costumes create negative stereotypes for different cultures and that the costumes don’t show how the people of these cultures actually are. “I don’t get up every morning and say, ‘Today, I’m really going to try and be Native American. I’m going to dress up like how Native Americans are supposed to dress up as,’” Ford said. The chairperson of Pan-African Studies, Amoaba Gooden, said costumes that represent someone’s ethnic background shouldn’t be treated as a joke. “They’re not costumes to be adorned. They are actually part of someone’s ethItzzy Leon / The Kent Stater nicity,” he said. Chelsea Ford, president of the Native American Student Association, Gooden said these costumes are portrayholds up a picture of a “Native American" costume. ing different cultures in a negative way and this is the height of cultural appropriation. “If a five-year-old child can dress up Itzzy Leon as a terrorist or a Native American, how is that child Ethnic Affairs Reporter going to think of those people?” she said. Fawaz Alharbi, who is from Saudi Arabia, said Halloween is the time for people to dress up as a vampire or mummy, or their favorite television char- these costumes are disrespectful. “They’re making fun of my culture. They don’t acter or superhero. However, some costumes have respect my religion,” he said. started to cross the line. In this case, donning a hijab, turban or burka as a For several years, people have started to use differcostume may seem innocent to some, but is ultimately ent cultures and ethnicities as Halloween costumes. “’What made you think that would be a good idea?’ offensive to those close to the culture.
Alharbi said that he’s experienced racist remarks on campus including a guy yelling, “ISIS” at him. “They have the wrong perspective about us,” he said. Maria Rodriguez, a member of the Spanish and Latino Student Association (SALSA), said she finds it offensive when people dress up as another culture that is not theirs. “Most of the time it’s to make fun of it, they’re making fun of a whole culture,” she said. Rodriguez said the people wearing these costumes don’t even know what they’re wearing half the time. Cam Rhodes, a senior theatre studies major, said he doesn’t get offended easily but can understand others perspective because of the negative stereotypes. “People work really hard to get those negative comments down,” he said. Darius Brown, a sophomore in psychology, said dressing up in another person’s culture to make fun of it can be emotionally and mentally harmful. “You’re trying to downgrade a culture,” he said. “People can think they are downplaying them or saying their culture is a joke.” He said these cultures are trying to avoid the stereotypes that people in costumes are portraying. Gooden blames the companies that are making money off of a group of people who don't make sufficient funds to survive. The people who buy and wear these costumes are contributing to those corporations. “You’re buying someone’s culture for 24 hours, but then you change out of it and you still maintain your privilege,” Gooden said. Ford said that her culture is not a costume, and putting on these costumes mock cultures and don’t tell the real meaning. “You can’t be a culture for one day,” she said. "It’s blinding you try to portray yourself as one thing, but other people are portraying you differently.” ileon@kent.edu
Israeli celebrity discusses coming out Kelly Powell Religion Reporter Assi Azar, an openly gay Israeli celebrity, spoke at Kent State's Student Center on Wednesday night about his experience coming out as gay. According to a “Quality of Life” survey administered at the university, 10 percent of the Kent State’s population identifies as LGBTQ. The typical percentage on a college campus ranges from three to five percent. Azar’s presence brought more representation to the Kent State LGBTQ community. Hillel, the LGTBQ Student Center, Delta Lambda Phi and Pride! Kent sponsored the event. “I heard (Azar) talk last year in Cleveland, and I liked that he was talkative, friendly and down to earth,” Israel fellow Hagar Israeli said. “He made a meaningful connection with the students and staff.” Once the idea to bring Azar to Kent State was formed, Israeli and others from Hillel asked the other organizations involved to share responsibilities. “This event might be one avenue of reaching an under-represented population,” said LGTBQ Student Center director Ken Ditlevson. “Hopefully it inspires people from different cultures.” Azar began by speaking about the initial trouble he had when defining his sexuality. He began to recognize differences in himself but decided to keep quiet about them. “I was lying from the moment I woke up to the moment I went to sleep,” Azar said. His struggle began when he was in elementary school. His peers chanted homophobic slurs at him after he memorized a dance meant for the girls in their class. “All I heard when they said those things was, ‘We know what you are,'” Azar said. “You begin to think that the way people see you will change.” This anguish led him to consider suicide, something that is common for LGBTQ youth. According to the Trevor Project, LGBTQ youth are four times more From Page 1
ALERT ‘Gunshot’ Flash ALERT turns out to be... “On midnight shift when there are not a lot of people around and the air is clear, it can amplify. That might be where people thought it was possibly a gun shot.” A second Flash ALERT was sent out at about 2 a.m. announcing it was indeed a truck. The initial Flash ALERT left many students anxious. “I felt a little concerned,” said Vanessa Reese,
likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers. Azar expressed his frustration with the accessibility of answers in our modern world. He described his difficulty with finding resources on how to come out of the closet. “Nowadays, it’s so easy to Google, ‘I’m attracted to boys. What do I do?’” Azar said. However, he came out when he was 24 and has since attempted to “walk with, help and talk to people” who are facing situations similar Chelsea Evans / The Kent Stater to his past. Israeli television personality Assi Azar speaks in room 306 in the Student Center on “It was a good, inspi- Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. rational and educational experience coming from member of Hillel and Pride! Kent, agreed. a famous person,” said Lukash Kowcz, a freshman “This opens up another world of LGTBQ people,” special education major and member of Pride! Kent. Isaacs said. “Israel is incredibly different from America.” Azar also described the implications of identifying According to a survey by Human Rights Camas homosexual in Israel. paign, four in 10 American LGBTQ youth cited being “Religion in Israel is very strong,” he said. “When assaulted, kicked or shoved at school. I came out, on every Instagram post I would make, “At first I didn’t know how to define (myself),” there would be comments that said, ‘God hates you.’” Azar said. “In the end, we are just human beings.” Contrastingly, he said 90 percent of Israeli celebriThe speech sparked several questions about Azar’s ties identify as LGTBQ, and on every season of “Big statements from members of each organization repreBrother Israel,” the television show he co-hosts, there sented, and the night ended in Azar speaking personis at least one person who identifies. ally to several audience members. “(His talk) shed light on something Americans “We had a great turnout,” Hillel Rabbi Lee Moore don’t get to see, which is the liberal and compassionsaid. “(The talk) was so relevant to lots of people’s inner ate side of Israel,” said Mara Schoch, a junior theatre journeys. It was for everyone across the spectrum.” studies major and president of Hillel. Karen Isaacs, a junior electronic media major and kpowel23@kent.edu
a senior fashion merchandising major. “I know a couple years ago, there was a shooter on campus, and then the fact that there’s been two (gunshot reports) this year has been scary.” Logan Helmick, a sophomore pre-pharmacy major, was already asleep and hadn’t heard the sound but woke up concerned after seeing the alert on his phone. “I had just woken up and initially I was worried that a shooting had taken place,” Helmick said. “By the time I had read the next text about it being just a truck backfiring, I just dismissed the whole thing.” dmill139@kent.edu
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Kent State students support... Age is one of the underlying factors in deciding how people vote, he said. The younger someone is, the more likely he or she would be in favor of passing Issue 3. Claassen also attributes Issue 3’s favorability to the ResponsibleOhio campaign. “There is a big advertising campaign going on,” he said. “Ohio is getting lots of postcards on Issue 3. You’re seeing advertisements while you’re watching television. You might even see ‘Buddy’ waving to you from the corner.”
Issues 2 and 3 are at the forefront of the discussion for the 2015 election in Ohio, and if both are passed, it will cause some serious controversy. Issue 2’s aim is to negate any change brought on by Issue 3; Issue 3 would become unconstitutional if both issues are passed. Issue 3 is a “citizen’s initiative” bill, meaning it was written by the people and had to gain a certain number of signatures before it was put on the ballot, while Issue 2 was written by lawmakers in response to the bill being on the ballot. “It seems almost irrational voters would vote for both of these constitutional amendments,” Classeen said. If both are passed, it is likely the issues will be brought to Ohio’s Supreme Court to undergo litigation.
The Fashion Student Organization is pairing with the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization to host a speaking event highlighting local fashion entrepreneurs. The member-only event will be held in Rockwell Auditorium Nov. 2, from 7-8 p.m. This event marks the first time the FSO has collaborated with another on-campus organization. The featured speakers, Stephanie Fralick, designer and owner of Pinky’s Daily Planner in Tremont, and Fadia Nemeh, owner of Mademoiselle in Crocker Park in Westlake, will be discussing entrepreneurship in the fashion industry. Hannah Gates, president of the FSO, said she expects a large turnout at the event because it touches on a topic that is normally overlooked. “We’re hoping this event will be able to speak to our members that have an entrepreneurial interest,” Gates said. “We always talk with everyone about design, merchandising and all other aspects of the fashion industry, but we don’t usually touch on entrepreneurship.”
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Issue 2 did not fare as well in the FlashPoll. The survey found 38 percent of likely undergraduate student voters are in favor of the amendment and 28 percent are against. Thirty-eight percent said they don’t know how they are going to vote on the issue. Forty-seven percent of likely faculty and staff voters said they would vote “yes” on Issue 2, and 31 percent said they would vote against it. Twenty-two percent said they don’t know how they will vote. Issue 2, the anti-monopoly amendment, is essentially trying to prevent a possible monopoly on marijuana sales in Ohio. If passed, it would also prohibit Issue 3 from becoming an amendment — even if Issue 3 is passed. Rusty Schnellinger, a graduate sociology student, helped to construct the survey and said the language used might be the cause of uncertainty on the issue. “We chose, rather than to summarize each one, we decided to use the exact language voters will see on the ballot,” Schnellinger said. This would allow the poll results to better reflect the results they might see on election day.
What if both issues are passed?
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Team names more offensive than “Indians” Jacob Ruffo Columnist I get the rage behind the team name “Redskins.” It’s bad, like really bad. When it gets into non-horribly racist team names based on Native Americans, such as the “Fighting Sioux,” I don’t get it as much. But what I really don’t get is where the rage is over a couple really big universities with horrible mascots that no one really seems to care about. The Oklahoma Sooners and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are horrible and no one really seems to care. Several Native Americans, including the Creeks, were relocated to Oklahoma after having their land in Georgia taken. This happened in 1825. In 1866—after the Civil War, since they sided with the Confederacy—the Creeks were forced to cede their land to the U.S. This land became “Public Lands” or “Unassigned Land.” Basically, no one could own any of it. In 1889, The Great Land Run of ‘89 happened, and tens of thousands of people rushed into the land, formerly owned by the Creeks, and claimed it for their own. The terms “sooner” and “boomer sooner” came into play because people who jumped the gun and tried to cheat to get land before they were officially opened were called “sooners.” So yes, the Oklahoma sports teams are named after people who tried to cheat at taking former Native American lands. They chant “boomer sooner” at games, and the horses that occupy the sidelines at the football games names are “Boomer” and “Sooner.” Somehow, people are totally OK with this. Don’t name a team after a Native American tribe, but when your name is people who cheated while taking their lands, that is OK. Another team with a questionable mascot is Notre Dame. The “Fighting Irish” isn’t bad in a bubble, but when you take into consideration what the logo looks like it becomes a whole new deal. Apparently all Irish men are leprechauns who wear tiny little green jackets, tiny little green hats and pointy shoes. And just look at that technically sound fighting stance. Just be called the Leprechauns if you like all this. But the Irish? Yikes. This one has a wider reach, too, as many schools have the “Fighting Irish” as it’s mascot, and also have that horrible logo. Notre Dame’s mascot also isn’t a costume with a huge head and cartoony features. He’s just a guy. He’s just a guy in a tiny green hat, tiny green jacket and pointy shoes. You know, traditional Irish garb. A big, foam cartoon mascot would almost make it OK. Even a different logo would help. If they had a mascot closer to Wake Forest’s Demon Deacon, and just used the Notre Dame logo it wouldn’t be bad. But the name, the mascot and the logo in conjunction should really draw more eyes to how awful they are. I’m usually not one to lead the charge against things that really don’t matter, like sports team names, but if we’re all being outraged about the bad ones then we better be outraged about all the bad ones. jruffo@kent.edu
OUR VIEW Is this the new normal? An advisory message flashed across phone screens in the early hours of Wednesday morning, alerting students that Kent State police were investigating the sound of gunshots near Centennial Court and Tri-Towers. Anyone with information was encouraged to contact the police. Another message followed after 2 a.m., reading “Investigation determined there were no gunshots but it was a truck backfiring.” Some may have read the alert sleepily, others may have sat up and cringed, but one thing is for certain: With gun control cases spreading rapidly throughout the U.S., the fear of a to-be shooter has become the new expectancy. The campus was sent into terror in 2014 when a three-hour lockdown called for students to find a safe place as police tried to find Quavaugntay Tyler. People genuinely believed there was an active shooter on campus because it’s not a ridiculous thought.
While the campus is equipped with police officers and safety procedures, nothing is stopping someone from concealing a weapon and opening fire. Every time students receive alerts like the ones sent on Wednesday morning, the thought of personal safety has to come to mind because of how normal events like Oregon and Chardon have become. More often, social media feeds have become shared links or retweets from news outlets about stories involving gun violence. F.Y.E. classes even require students to practice ALICE Training in result of terrible events that have costed lives and major injuries. Students should come to expect more of these messages in the future because universities have to be overly cautious or suffer the consequences of making an assumption. It’s the new normal and it shouldn’t be. The above editorial is the consensus opinion of The Kent Stater editorial board, whose names are listed above.
Staying safe on Halloween Michael Lewis Letter to the editor I would like to share some recommendations for those planning to attend Kent Halloween festivities on Saturday, Oct. 31. These recommendations are intended to prevent crime and promote safety. Some of these tips may seem like common sense, but they address real problems experienced in past Halloween celebrations. Use crosswalks and pay attention. Roadways are open to vehicular traffic, and distracted or impaired drivers or pedestrians are a real concern. Use the “buddy system” and stay with friends. Being separated from others may make you a more likely target for those with bad intentions. Stay sober and stay alert. Those who are obviously impaired or who are not attentive to their surroundings may also be more vulnerable. Most of those arrested each year and many victims of crime are intoxicated. Obey the law. Police will be enforcing all laws, including: open containers, underage drinking, unlawful noise, disorderly conduct and nuisance parties. Most years, we have simply recommended these basic safety tips, but there are other dangers that lurk during that night. There are two very different Halloween celebrations that happen in Kent that evening. The downtown crowd is typically good-natured, and people of legal drinking age patronize local restaurants and businesses, while walking around and enjoying some creative costumes. A few blocks east of downtown is a very different picture. Off-campus student housing is often a draw for a criminal element
that comes into Kent with bad intentions. Carloads of adolescents from outside cities come to Kent, looking for opportunities to randomly commit criminal offenses such as disorderly conduct, assault, theft and robbery. Whether intentional or not, students often provide an environment for random crimes, and allow themselves to become potential victims. Kent Police have made an effort to educate students of the dangers of Halloween in order to limit the potential for criminal activity. By not hosting parties, students can limit the attraction to these side streets that become overcrowded with vehicular and pedestrian traffic that limit police’s ability to maintain order. Several law enforcement agencies will be assisting Kent Police on this night, and all police walking teams will be dressed in riot gear. This is never done to intimidate or provoke a response. It is simply a matter of officer protection. Rocks and bottles hurt, and when a crowd turns violent, police do not have the luxury of time to return to station to get their protective equipment. As taxing as it is to the individual officer to carry this heavy equipment all night long, it is absolutely necessary to perform our jobs safely. For those who will be coming to Kent that evening, we hope you have a safe and enjoyable experience. However, please use good judgment, remember the safety tips mentioned and listen to the police officers who are working hard to keep you safe. Michael Lewis is a lieutenant with the Kent Police Department.
Lethal injections should be handled ethically Samantha Karam Columnist The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction announced on Oct. 19 that until at least 2017, it will postpone all its scheduled executions. Ohio plans to use sodium thiopental in future executions, but there’s a shortage of the drug. The delay in executions has refueled the debate over capital punishment. It’s also prompted further questioning of the ethics surrounding lethal injection. The reason the U.S. is experiencing a shortage is because Hospira, the only U.S. based company that produced sodium thiopental, stopped making the drug. Hospira had difficulties obtaining raw materials needed for production, according to a 2011 New Scientist article. Sodium thiopental has been used in the U.S. since the late 1970s, but only as an anesthetic before surgeries, so prison officials can’t know how well the drug will meet their lethal needs. I understand that those receiving lethal injections committed heinous crimes, but executions aren’t supposed to be guessing games. Furthermore, the Death Penalty Information Center’s website states, “often (lethal) injections are performed by inexperienced technicians or orderlies.” The whole point of a lethal injection is to be swift, yet people lacking medical expertise handle and inject these drugs. Therefore, inmates can suffer for long periods of time. That isn’t the objective of this form of execution. If prison officials have no medical experience, they can’t possibly know their lethal injections will work quickly prior to the execution. After all, anesthesiologists have to go through years of schooling to get the medical training needed to properly manage drugs like sodium thiopental. Death row inmates deserve to pay for their crimes, but the more I look into lethal injections, the more unethical they become. Ohio has changed its lethal injection process a few times now and before deciding on sodium thiopental alone, Ohio used a twodrug combination in the 2014 execution of Dennis McGuire. According to the Death Penalty Information Center’s website, “McGuire gasped for air for some 25 minutes while the drugs used in the execution…slowly took effect.” After McGuire’s execution, and a lawsuit from his family, Ohio stated it would use one drug rather than two for future executions. A 2015 Huffington Post article stated the two-drug combination was never tested before being used as a lethal injection and neither has sodium thiopental. Legal expert Deborah Denno compared the process of selecting an execution method to trying to figure out what to make for dinner. “It’s like going to your kitchen cupboard trying to look for something to prepare for your next meal and just looking for anything,” she said. When an execution method proves controversial, the state scrambles to find a replacement as soon as possible. This allows for too big a margin for error. Some inmates wait on death row for more than 20 years. The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shouldn’t have to act with such urgency if they have ample amounts of time to find effective means of lethal injection. More evaluation should go into finding lethal injection methods that are ethical. Death row inmates need to pay for their terrible crimes, but in the end they’re still people. I think they deserve to die in a humane way. skaram3@kent.edu
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Kent State junior Terence Waugh was one of 32 players named to the Ted Hendricks Award Watch List on Tuesday
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Women’s rugby moves No. 19 hockey faces Buffalo, Canisius to new conference
Kent State’s hockey team ends practice with group stretches on Wednesday, Oct, 28, 2015.
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Graham Smith/ The Kent Stater Sophomore Holly Chesnick tries breaking free with the ball during the Kent State women’s rugby game against Central Michigan at Dix Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. Kent State won big against Central Michigan with a final score of 81-10.
Kyle Samec Sports Reporter Facing tougher competition helps any team gain valuable experience, no matter what the sport is. The Kent State women’s rugby club team is joining the Mason-Dixon Conference next fall in order to do that and more. The Mason-Dixon Conference includes two divisions, a north and a south. The north includes the following: Kent State (fall 2016), the University of Pittsburgh, Temple University, James Madison University and the University of Maryland. The south has the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, East Carolina University, the University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University. “Competition-wise, it’s a lot more intense than what we face in the MAC,” said coach Jeff Horton. “They actually sent five of their teams to the round of 16 in the spring, whereas the MAC only sends its conference champion." “Playing teams of a higher caliber will do us better in the end … (MAC teams) didn’t necessarily put us in the best position to win against a
school like Penn State in the playoffs in the fall,” Horton said. Another big issue the Flashes have with the MAC is that in the fall, its conference champion isn’t an automatic bid for 15-on-15 playoffs, a huge reason to move away, said Horton. “We have to file a formal submission listing of our opponents, wins, losses and overall scores (of our games),” Horton said about how the Flashes can qualify for the playoffs in the fall. “We are basically treated as a bubble team in the NCAA tournament.” Colleen Carroll, a sophomore full back, grew up in Maryland and knows some Mason-Dixon Conference opponents, which makes her eager to show them what she’s learned playing for the Flashes. “While I respect the teams in the MAC, there just isn’t any competition left for us,” Carroll said. “It’s sad to leave, but I’m excited for the new challenges ahead and to face harder teams and get new experience.” The Flashes (4-1) host the number one team in Division II, Davenport University (5-0) of Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday at 11 a.m.
The first year of being a Division I-AA rugby program for the men’s club team has not been the smoothest, but finishing with a win could elevate the team’s spirit heading into the spring. “A win will be huge for the future,” said junior fly-half Ian Brooks. “We are giving a few select guys a chance to play and are excited to see what they can do. A win would bolster the team’s morale going forward.” The Flashes (1-4) began the season with many questions to be answered: How would the team respond after missing the spring because of suspension? How will they look in their first season as a Division I competitor? Brooks said the team was able to
playing all game long, and we’ll see when the dust settles where we stand.” He said a team that is comparable to the Flashes is Buffalo, who Kent played twice last year. "They are going to have some size, speed and skill," he said. "They are going to be one of the better opponents we’ve played this year, so it is going to be a very close game. I think the team who has the more power play opportunities will have a better chance to win.” The Flashes face Canisius College on Friday at 9 p.m., and the University of Buffalo on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. “We’re building for one common goal at the end of the season and that’s for league playoffs and a national championship. We know that it’s still very early in the season, and there are still some things we need to work on that we can control ourselves,” Underwood said. “And if we continue to do so, it puts us in a good position to win hockey games all season long." cyamnits@kent.edu
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Men’s rugby looks to gain positive momentum Kyle Samec Sports Reporter
The Kent State Hockey Club started their season off in the right direction with a 5-0-1 record and plans to continue their play by following the team philosophy. “We can’t just rely on one line or one or two players to create all of our offense. We need four lines every single game contributing,” said head coach Jim Underwood. "As our opponents get stronger and better throughout the season, in terms of league games, we are going to rely on all players on the ice to get the job done.” It takes the whole team for the Flashes to hold true to this philosophy even in practice. “It’s not a single man game, but you need your line mates to put up points too, and that’s what we’ve been doing the past few games," John Buttitta, sophomore forward, said. "We just have to keep it rolling, keep the shots coming and keep working hard and I think we will keep producing.”
For sophomore forward and teamleading scorer Jake Haneline, the weekdays is where the play really matters. "It really starts in practice," Haneline said. “You practice how you play. We just have to bring that on the road.” Underwood could not emphasize how important practice is when preparing for a game. “One thing we continue to work on is all the little details involved in practice. In practice we did a lot on tight spaces where there are lot of battles,” Underwood said. "And all those little skills that are involved in that will translate to the game.” The Flashes have two opposite expectations for this weekend as they take on two different opponents. “This is the first time we are playing Canisius in a long time,” Underwood said. "We don’t really know much about them. We are going to focus on continuing to play a full 60 minutes. We need to have four lines of forwards and three lines of defense
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take away positives from a mostly disappointing record. “We have good underclassmen who want to learn and play the game and have learned a lot,” Brooks said. “As far as the upperclassmen, they’ve improved their rugby IQ a lot over the season.” In order for the team to build off these positives, Brooks said the team will need to incorporate the younger and older players’ strengths. “In the future, we just need to bring the upperclassmen’s rugby IQ together with the underclassmen’s desire to play,” Brooks said. “The team will succeed from there.” The Flashes host the Central Michigan University Exiles on Saturday at 1 p.m. at the football practice field next to Dix Stadium. ksamec@kent.edu
Graham Smith/ The Kent Stater Sobhit Haribhakti tries to break through tackles during the game against Ohio University at Dix Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. Kent State only scored a single try during the match, losing to Ohio University 30-5.
Max McCarty / The Kent Stater Kent State’s hockey team gathers for a group break down at the end of practice on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015.
Jenna Hellstrom channels former coach on the field really hard though, just standing there listening to the National She can be seen Anthem; just having at Zoeller Field runthoughts about him ning around like she’s because that’s where been shot out of a caneverything was with non, or taking brutal him was on the field.” hits, only wanting to Hellstrom said come back seconds everything that later and play just as Roach, who suffered hard. She can even from diabetes, had to be seen doing the endure being on dialy“whip” before, dursis three times a week ing and after games. or more, pancreatic But mostly, junior forreplacement (which ward Jenna Hellstrom his body rejected), can be seen scoring and a leg amputation, goals for the women’s inspired her to push soccer team. through difficult situSoccer wasn’t ations. the obvious path for Max McCarty / The Kent Stater In a story for the Hellstrom, who grew Junior forward Jenna Hellstrom poses after stretching at practice at the Kent Sudbury Star, Roach up in Sudbury, Ontar- State Field House on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015. was described as io, Canada, about a “fearless and he was four and a half hour He wasn’t just a coach to me. He was feared on the field” by long-time drive northwest of Toronto. Sudbury someone that I was extremely close to friend and coach Larry Murphy. Hellis known more for hockey — a sport — a family friend.” strom said she thought that was an Hellstrom says her parents wouldn’t Roach passed away at the age of 56 applicable way of describing herself let her play — than it is soccer. on Oct. 31 of last year, two days before Hellstrom first started to get the Flashes’ MAC tournament game as a player. “He taught me to push through noticed for a regional team in Canada. against Ball State. Hellstrom, who is everything, and obviously be smart The team led her to meeting the pera ritual-orientated player, said she about it,” she said. “As I was getting son she most looked up to while playdidn’t do anything different before older, obviously I got more injured, ing the sport: coach Kevin Roach. that game. However, that didn’t mean just because of the type of player I am. “He saw me playing at around age A lot of (my toughness) just came from 10, at a pretty low level,” Hellstrom it was an easy game to play. “That was probably the hardest just growing up with him as a coach.” said. “He thought I could develop It’s not hard to recognize how Hellinto a lot better player, so he asked game for me out of any game, just me to come try out for his competitive because the soccer field’s where we strom plays. Her teammates are able team. That’s where I started to grow had that relationship,” Hellstrom to get a close look at the player on the as a soccer player…Unfortunately, he said. “Playing on that Sunday, every- field and the person off it. did pass away last year. I really looked one’s like, ‘come out and make him up to him. He was an awesome coach. proud,’ which I really tried to. It was Dan Armelli Sports Reporter
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Students party at a house on University Street during Kent Halloween on Oct. 25, 2014.
Shane Beneke Health Reporter As Halloween quickly approaches, students and members of the Kent State community are prepping themselves for Saturday’s festivities. From storming downtown in costumes to purchasing huge quantities of alcohol, Kent Halloween has evolved into a major undertaking for the city. Kent Halloween brings thousands of people to downtown Kent each year, many of whom aren’t Kent State students. Along with the mass amount of people participating in Halloween activities, mass amounts of alcohol will be consumed. Whether it be at a bar or a house party, binge drinking has become a staple to this holiday. However, possession of alcohol at Kent State is prohibited for the majority of residence halls regardless of the resident or visitor’s age, as well as on campus. Intoxicated students returning to their dorms are also subject to warning or disciplinary action if they become disruptive. Despite this rule, drinking still makes its way on campus. When drinking on campus becomes an issue for students, they are commonly sent to the Office of Student Conduct located in Beall Hall. Todd Kamenash, assistant dean of students and director of student conduct, oversees the process of student disciplinary meetings, many of which stem from alcoholrelated offenses. “Welcome Weekend, homecoming and Halloween are the primary times when we recognize that we are going to get more reports,” Kamenash said. Kamenash adds that reports come from
both the City of Kent’s Police and Kent State University Police. If a student would be caught consuming too many brews on Halloween, he or she has the potential to be sent to the Office of Student Conduct, where a number of factors come into play when determining a punishment. Kamenash outlines that offenses can be grouped as low-level or high-level. Lowlevel meaning that the person breaking a
We’re bringing all of our officers in for Halloween; many of us will be working 12-hour shifts. TRICIA KNOLES COMMUNITY RESOURCE OFFICER rule has not committed prior offenses or didn’t put anyone else in harm’s way. “Last year roughly 55 to 60 percent of our cases were lower level,” Kamenash said. Following a meeting with a faculty or staff member, where students are asked questions about themselves and their responsibility towards their alleged action, student conduct determines what sanctions are best for the student. “Sanctions are not pre-ordained, they are specific to the person. If they tell us something about themselves, we can use that to help guide them to not breaking the rule in
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HELLSTROM Jenna Hellstrom channels...
Jenna Hellstrom statistics and awards • 1x First Team All-MAC • 1x MAC Offensive Player of the Week • MAC Freshman of the Year • Second with 15 points and third in goals in 2013 • Team-high 20 points, 7 goals, 6 assists (tied) in 2014 • Team-high 11 assists and 31 points, and second with 10 goals in 2015* *As of Oct. 28
the future,” Kamenash said. On the other side of the event is the preparation leading up to Halloween. Tricia Knoles, community resource officer for Kent State Police Services, noted the amount of preparation Police Services is doing for Halloween. “We’re bringing all of our officers in for Halloween; many of us will be working 12-hour shifts,” Knoles said. In addition, Knoles notes that the City of Kent Police has asked other police agencies to help on Halloween, such as Brimfield Township Police and Portage County Sheriff Department. Knoles also describes the process for those caught with open containers on Halloween. If the person is under 21, they would be summoned in lieu of arrest and sent to Student Conduct. While drinking is an issue on any college campus, Knoles notes how much education about alcohol awareness is done on campus as a positive. “I’ve done about 20 presentations in the month of October alone about alcohol awareness, party safety and Halloween safety,” Knoles said. Knoles also said that Kamenash, a Kent State officer, a Kent Police Officer, and other members of the city go house to house on the streets surrounding campus and talk to them about party safety. As for those going out on Halloween, Knoles notes to stay safe and remember the Good Samaritan Provision, which encourages students to contact emergency services if someone has consumed a dangerous amount of alcohol and promises not to issue a summon for underage consumption.
“I just had this conversation with (redshirt sophomore Donavan Capehart),” Hellstrom said. “She’s like, ‘Jenna, if I didn’t know you off the field, I would think you’re just this crazy person, always wanting to fight people,’ which obviously I don’t want to be known for. But I feel that’s just a big part of my game. Beating people all the time like on 50/50 balls.” Capehart, who transferred from Ohio State before the 2014 season, said she knew Hellstrom was going to be a great player the first time they practiced together. “She’s the fastest one. She’s the hardest working one. She’s everywhere on the field,” Capehart said. “There’s never a dull moment at any time with her. Playing soccer with her, it’s really great because she’s everywhere.” One of the people who best recognizes Hellstrom’s difference in attitude on and off the field is junior midfielder Abbie Lawson, who bonded with Hellstrom during their official visits. Lawson said Hellstrom is obviously very serious about soccer, but carries herself differently off the pitch. “You can still see her commitment to the sport, but she definitely has a fun, goofy side that kind of lets her release any tension she has from practice or a game,” Lawson said. “I think that kind of helps her balance out and let loose.” Hellstrom is also aware of her different demeanors, but no matter where she is, she keeps her desire to win. “I’m really competitive, which is why I’m like that on the field,” she said. “And I hate losing, I hate it.” It’s a big cliché in sports for players to say they hate losing. But Hellstrom is careful not to use corny, hackneyed phrases. When she says she hates losing. She says it with intensity — she means it. “I think what impresses me the most about Jenna is her will to never stop,” said senior defender Madison Helterbran. “She’s a player that will just keep on going at you and literally won’t ever stop. That’s why I believe that she’s the great player that she is.”
Graphic by Shane Beneke
sbeneke@kent.edu But there was a point where Hellstrom was forced to stop. Her ACL tear in 2011 could not have come at a much worse time. “With provincials and everything, that’s where everyone saw you play,” Hellstrom said. “Between your grade-10 and grade-11 year, sophomore/junior year, that’s when all the recruiting is done. That’s the time that I tore it; it was in April of my sophomore year.” This dramatically altered her recruiting process, forcing her to be more of an advocate for herself. She spent a lot of time emailing schools to see if they had any interest in her playing for their respective teams. “There were a lot of schools that found out when I did tear my ACL, they stopped talking to me, which is really unfortunate,” Hellstrom said. “Not that I regret coming to Kent, I love it here. There were big schools that just stopped talking. It affected (me) a lot. I’m a better player now than I was before I tore my ACL.” Hellstrom said after most of the players around her committed to full scholarships, she came across Kent State on the Internet. From there, she contacted head coach Rob Marinaro and coach Pat Sweeney. “They didn’t even see me play until after they offered,” Hellstrom said. “Obviously everything ended up turning out really good … I got ahold of them and I was like, ‘I want to come visit.’ They got right back to me and I visited the school. They talked to a few of my coaches that night, because they didn’t see me play. They just knew provincial and National Training Centre (NTC) are high-level (soccer leagues)… They made the offer, and I made the decision.” Since Hellstrom’s arrival at Kent State, she’s gone through a position change, from attacking midfielder to forward, and has even played some fullback, her favorite position. But no matter where she plays, she keeps the same toughness she inherited when Roach coached her. Hellstrom, whose motivation comes from the fear of getting cut at any moment when playing in the provincial program and NTC,
says she’s even been told to tone it down throughout her collegiate career. “Sweeney always says, ‘just try to live another day,’” Hellstrom said. “My freshman year was the worst. I got hurt a lot in practice, just because of the mentality of how I grew up playing provincials and NTC… Not that they don’t want me to go hard at practice, but they were just like, ‘Be safe. You don’t always have to go after every ball. You don’t always have to reach for everything.’” Marinaro said learning when to go all out and when not to has just been part of Hellstrom’s maturation process. “She’s really starting to figure it out,” he said. “Obviously we want to keep everybody healthy all season long, so you do have to make better decisions when you need to give it your all … But she’s always a player that brings the intensity, and that’s what you want. If anything, you want to tell people to tone it down versus ‘you need to pick it up.’” Hellstrom considers her coaches her parents away from home since she’s so far away from Sudbury. “I just go in their offices to talk about anything with them,” she said. “I just feel like (Marinaro’s) relationship with his team is really good ... Him, Sweeney and coach Abby (Richter). It’s more family oriented.” Sudbury still isn’t far enough away to keep her parents from seeing their daughter thrive on the pitch. “They’ve been really good throughout my whole college career,” Hellstrom said. “This year they came to every home game, which has been really good. It’s only 10 hours away. My dad hates missing a game so he convinces my mom every single time. Even for this weekend, hopefully we host (the MAC tournament game Sunday), my dad’s trying to get her up.” The Flashes will learn if they hold a playoff game after their last regular season match today at 3 p.m. at Zoeller Field. darmell1@kent.edu
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