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Amy Schumer goes inside Kent State
Obama says terror threat against US has entered 'new phase' Julie Pace White House Correspondent
Clint Datchuk / The Kent Stater People gather in long lines outside the MAC Center on the night of Dec. 6, 2015 awaiting entrance into the Amy Schumer show.
No photos were permitted during the event.
Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times Amy Schumer backstage at the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015.
Sarah Matthews Student Politics and USG Reporter Amy Schumer filled the M.A.C. Center with laughs Sunday night in her sold-out performance. The show opened with fellow comedian Rachel Feinstein, who was a finalist on Season 7 of “Last Comic Standing.” The crowd cheered as Feinstein announced Schumer, who immediately cracked jokes about the age of the crowd. “Is it like parents’ weekend?” Schumer said. “This is not a fun show to see with your parents.” Junior public relations major Hanna Moore said she enjoyed how Schumer made the show feel personal. “I liked that she tailored some jokes to Kent State because she knew our mascot, and made
jokes about the (Kent Stater) and people in the audience,” Moore said. Schumer joked about everything from how she won’t be famous much longer to some of her interactions with celebrities: including Bradley Cooper, Katie Couric and Hillary Clinton. She even told jokes about Kent State and college life. "I hear your mascot is the Golden Flash... That's a sex term," Schumer said. “Hearing about her interacting with other celebrities, she sounds as how anyone else would in those situations, which is very refreshing hearing from someone who is so famous,” Moore said. Nothing was off limits with Schumer, including audience members. During the show, Schumer made a joke to Kevin and Colin Otubu of Undergraduate Student Gov-
ernment (USG) about being twins. "You guys look suspiciously alike," Schumer said. “I mean it was just a little strange because you see that on TV, but when it’s actually you it’s very different,” said Kevin Otubu, who is the director of programming for USG. Schumer took a serious note during the show to share her efforts to push for stricter gun-control laws following the deadly shootings in a Louisiana movie theater that was playing her movie, “Trainwreck.” “I love how she uses her fame and voice to draw attention to real issues that she cares about,” Jordan Kushner, senior accounting major said. “She has the potential to truly make an impact on the world.” smatth11@kent.edu
In a rare Oval Office address, President Barack Obama vowed Sunday night the United States would overcome a new terror threat that seeks to "poison the minds" of people here and around the world, as he sought to reassure Americans shaken by recent attacks in Paris and California. "I know that after so much war, many Americans are asking whether we are confronted by a cancer that has no immediate cure," he said, speaking from a lectern in his West Wing office. "The threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it," he declared. The president's speech followed Wednesday's shooting in San Bernardino, California, that killed 14 people and wounded 21. Authorities say a couple carried out the attack and the wife pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and its leader in a Facebook post. Obama said that while there was no evidence the shooters were directed by a terror network overseas or part of a broader plot, "the two of them had gone down the dark path of radicalization." "This was an act of terrorism designed to kill innocent people," he said in the 13-minute address. Obama's speech was likely to leave his critics unsatisfied. He announced no significant shift in strategy and offered no new policy prescriptions for defeating IS, underscoring both his confidence in his current approach and the lack of easy options for countering the extremist group. He did call for a review of the visa waiver program for people seeking to come to the U.S. and said he would urge private companies and law enforcement leaders to work together to ensure potential attackers can't use technology to evade detection. He also called on Congress to pass new authorization for military actions underway against IS in Iraq and Syria and to approve legislation to keep people on the "no-fly list" from buying guns. The president reiterated his call for tightening gun laws, saying no matter how effective law enforcement and intelligence are, they can't identify every would-be shooter. He called it a matter of national security to prevent potential killers from getting guns. "What we can do, and must do, is make it harder for them to kill," he said.
Robbery reported in Wright Hall parking lot Matthew Merchant Senior Reporter Two black males wearing red hoodies are suspected of robbing a car in the Wright Hall R6 parking lot at around 7:30 p.m. Saturday. It's reported a cell phone was taken from a vehicle. A FlashAlert message notified students and the Kent State community at about 8:15 p.m. that the two men were seen leaving in a black pickup truck. University spokesman Eric Mansfield said no weapons were involved and no injuries have been reported. Students are encouraged to call Kent State Police or Kent Police with any information. mmercha1@kent.edu
Victoria's Secret PINK holiday bus tour comes to Kent State Danie Minor Alumni Reporter Kent State was chosen as one of the five schools in the country to have the Victoria Secret’s PINK holiday bus make an appearance on its tour. The University Oak’s apartment complex hosted the bus. “The schools were picked up by the home office (in Columbus, Ohio), and then we were surprised to get chosen,” said Christy Lodder, Kent State's PINK Nation Campus Representative and senior fashion merchandising major. The other schools chosen for the bus tour were Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, Indiana University and Ohio State University. With a long line of people waiting to enter the holiday bus, the PINK representatives and PINK Campus Ambassadors set up cookies and hot chocolate, supplied by University Oaks inside of the leasing office for those waiting. “Although we waited 40 minutes in line to get on the bus, it was a cool
experience," said Tiffany Hildebrand, a freshman pre-nursing major. "They had the holiday pajamas and the Kent State PINK gear.” In addition to the holiday spirit brought by the bus, customers received a portable charger in the shape of a heart with their purchases. Courtney Miller, a freshman accounting major, said it was a fun experience because it does not happen often. Miller says the only thing that could have made the event better was if it were held on a summer day because it was so cold. On Tuesday, the annual Victoria’s Secret fashion show will air on CBS at 10 p.m. “The holiday bus is here as a precursor for the fashion show that is on Tuesday,” Lodder said. The representatives will hold a party for the show at Panini’s Bar & Grill at 9 p.m. One Love Yoga and Boutique will also work with the PINK representatives to give out prizes. dminor4@kent.edu
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The Kent Police Department hosted its third annual pancake breakfast Sunday at the Applebee’s in Stow to raise money for local children for the holidays. “We had a very successful morning,” said Kent Police Lieutenant Mike Lewis. “We raised $1,874 in total at the pancake breakfast.” Last year, the department raised approximately $1,400. A 50/50 raffle was also hosted at the event, which totaled at about $500. Marilyn Sessions, from Hometown Bank, won the raffle and immediately donated the winnings right back to the police department. “Marilyn is an incredibly generous person and a tremendous supporter of Kent safety forces,” Lewis said. Money raised from the breakfast will be put toward next weekend's “Fill-a-Cruiser” event Saturday Dec. 12. “We welcome everyone willing to help this cause to visit us Courtesy of Kent State Police Facebook page. at Kent Walgreens to fill the
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The Kent Stater police cruiser with toys and food,” Lewis said. “Monetary donations are accepted as well and the money is immediately used to purchase more gifts for kids in the Kent area.” The department takes all the money raised at the “Filla-Cruiser” event and immediately goes on a well-organized shopping trip to fulfill the needs and desires of the kids they are helping. “I’ll confess, we get a lot of help from our spouses, families and friends with the shopping, as well as other events,” Lewis said. After a late night Saturday the department will start early on Sunday wrapping and tagging each gift for each child. The next several days prior to the event, Lt. Bob Treharn and other members of the Kent Police Department will deliver the gifts to the parents of each child to give to them on Christmas. The Kent Police Department invites everyone in the community to come out and support this cause and help local children. ckleinma@kent.edu
Nursing students use medical robots Kent State researchers study viral messages Toni Hunt Education, Health and Human Services Reporter
The College of Nursing integrates new medical technology — with smart-pump IVs and SimMan 3G manikins — and practices in classrooms. This semester, the College of Nursing received a $14,000 grant with the help of simulation lab coordinators and grant writers, including nursing professors Jennifer Shanholtzer and Jeremy Jarzembak. Shanholtzer said the motivation behind writing grant proposals is for introducing future health care professionals to equipment they will use in their career. “By having the pumps, it makes our simulation lab more realistic,” Shanholtzer said. “(It) also helps our students with using the pumps in a clinical setting.”
Simulation labs
Jarzembak said The Olga A. Mural Nurse Simulation Lab in Henderson Hall sees more than 1,400 students each semester. He said it is important for nursing students to have hands-on experience in these labs. Putting students in urgent health care scenarios makes students think, Jarzembak said. “Key takeaways are exposing students to certain standardized patient conditions, as there is no guarantee that students will experience a certain condition in the hospital setting before they graduate,” Jarzembak said in an email. “In the Simlab, we ensure our students will be exposed to complicated conditions that when faced with them in a real patient situation, our students will have the experience to know how to handle the situation.” The simulation lab is equipped with not only smart-pump IVs, but also SimMan 3G manikins that are controlled by sensors and embedded with computer chips. The manikins respond with simulations of physiological and neurological reactions to medications students administer to them. The SimMan manikins have blink-
ing eyes, active pulses and lungs that can be adjusted based on the condition the professor wants the students to learn about. De'Ajah Greene, a senior nursing major, said the experience students receive in the simulation labs allows students to make mistakes and learn from them before working with an actual patient. “Sim lab is a great way to draw everything together and apply the information (learned in class),” she said. “When you make mistakes, you never will forget (them). It’s really helpful.” Greene said being able to interact with the other nursing students in the simulation lab makes for a better learning experience overall. “I like when they allow us to function as one nurse (unit),” she said. “You don’t have to feel like you’re alone. It allows for everyone to get a chance to think and find out what is going on with the patient.”
Smart-pump IVs
Smart-pump IVs are computerized infusion pumps that have the ability to be personalized for each unique patient. The pumps are equipped with drug libraries that help prevent errors and promote accuracy in the simulation lab and hospitals. Shanholtzer said the IVs used in previous settings didn’t have the safe havens smart-pump IVs have now. The advanced technology can be seen at a variety of hospitals in northeast Ohio, including Cleveland Clinic, Lake Health and other Cleveland Clinic affiliates. Shanholtzer said the pumps are fairly new to hospital settings and bringing them to Kent State will be more of an advantage for students to learn. “Our students are learning the smart-pump technology almost at the same time that nurses are learning this technology,” Shanholtzer said. “It’s a newer piece of equipment that they’re using in the clinical setting, say in the last five years, and our students are right on par with that.” Jarzembak said he thinks it is a
great teaching process that exposes students on how to use smartpump IV technology at the beginning of their careers. “The simulation lab provides for a safe environment,” Jarzembak said. “It helps to build confidence.”
Medical robots
Darwin Boyd, assistant professor in the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology, is also familiar with students using hands-on technology for their learning experiences. Boyd is the faculty advisor of the robotics team, which uses another form of autonomy—the state of existing or acting separately from others, according to Webster’s Dictionary—similar to SimMan 3G manikins. Boyd said the presence of robots will be increasing in medical settings, as well as helping students who can’t physically attend school by showing up in their places via live camera feeds. “Robots are important,” Boyd said. “There are some students (who) go to school as a telepresence robot because of health conditions. That provides a lot of opportunity.” Boyd said although the students in the robotics team don’t work with medical robots, they do create robots for competitions that communicate on their own like the manikins used in the simulation lab. “The robot has to be aware of where it is,” Boyd said. “It has to be able to run around on the simulated surface. It has to be able to do a lot of that stuff by itself. That kind of awareness and sensors and so forth can also be applied in the medical field.” Boyd said it’s important to incorporate the technology among different groups of students for learning purposes and to bring all subjects together. “There’s the technical stuff,” he said. “Then there’s (a variety) of different areas. You have communications, you have mechanical and you have programming. You have to be able to tie all of that together.” thunt7@kent.edu
Gabrielle Woodard Arts and Sciences Reporter Imagine there is an earthquake in Kent. As normal college students, the first place a student goes to for more information is Twitter. But among all the tweets, the student is unable to find information from Kent State telling students what to do. Researchers from Kent State, in conjunction with researchers from the University of Arkansas and San Diego State University, have received a $ 1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study why things go viral on social media, along with human behavior during a disaster. “We want to make sure that the public can receive the most important alert messages from the official agencies as quick as possible,” said Xinyue Ye, assistant professor of geography and the director of Kent State’s Computational Social Science Lab. Students are helping with the research by collecting public messages on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram from all over the world. They track how the message got started, how fast it traveled and how long it lasted. “This research is really interesting and worth the funding,” said Amber Sitz, a junior psychology major. Researchers are studying different network structures and whether those structures impact the speed and distribution of messages on social media. “We hope to find how the real networks and simulated network are different and learn from our simulations how we can understand (and) promote the diffusion of social media messages,” said Jay Lee, a researcher and professor in the geography department. Disasters like the wildfires in Southern California are being studied to learn about human activities and concerns. Once these patterns are understood, they can be applied to promotional messages such as sales as well as government and political messages. “We hope through this project and the volunteer platform we can encourage these young people to play a more active and important role in our society,” Ye said. gwoodard@kent.edu
Residents prepare to move out over winter break Ryan Landolph Residence Life Reporter As the end of the semester nears, residents have less than two weeks to prepare to move out for winter break. According to Kent State’s winter break housing website, students will be unable to enter their rooms during the break, so it is imperative they have a plan to make sure they have everything they will need. Kelvin Mancebo, a sophomore aeronautics major and resident assistant (RA) in Korb Hall, reiterated the importance of being prepared. “(If residents) pack as they go throughout their week, it definitely makes life easier,” Mancebo said. “They can pack things that they probably will not use during finals week in between study breaks, and once they are ready to leave, they can make one last effort to get everything they need.” Packing is just one thing that students can make sure to do to make moving out easier. There are plenty of other suggestions that can make residents’ lives less stressful. “Students should take any items they use on (a) daily basis,” Mancebo said. “They should
also take any food they have because chances are, it will expire by the time they are back.” Mancebo listed other tips for residents, including taking back summer clothing, removing anything perishable to prevent an insect infestation problem and going through the checklist they are given by their RA. The last tip is key in Mancebo’s eyes. “An easy way to go about the closing process is to go through the end of the semester checklist that the RA gives (a resident) right before they leave,” Mancebo said. “If (residents) do everything that is on there, then they should be fine.” Tyler Hevener, a sophomore business management major, agreed with Mancebo. During last year's winter break, he said. He followed the checklist, which made it much easier to move out. Out of any suggestion, however, Mancebo said simply being out of the room on time is the most important thing a resident can do. “Some people think (the RAs make sure that residents are gone)…by Friday at 5 p.m. to simply get them out of here, but they fail to realize that their key stops working after that time,” Mancebo said. According to Kent State's housing website, students can stay on campus over break, but
Samantha Karam / The Kent Stater Keondra Wright, a freshman theater studies major, packs clothes in preparation for winter break.
they have to make sure they fill out an application. For those students, it must be noted that meal plans will not be active during that time. While some are more important than others, Mancebo made it evident each of these rules and suggestions make everyone’s life easier.
“Following these rules and suggestions helps speed up the process because (each resident’s) respective area desk deals with less issues and makes our lives easier when we enter resident’s rooms,” Mancebo said. rlandol1@kent.edu
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On Modista Fashion Group presents ‘School Dayz’ Felicia Guadagni Fashion Reporter
Fifteen student designers had their high schoolinspired collections on display during Modista Fashion Group’s annual fashion show Saturday night. The show, titled “Modista High: School Dayz,” took place in the Kent State University Ballroom from 7-9 p.m. in front of a full crowd. Alyse Rohloff, public relations director for the show, said she was impressed by the audience attendance and said she hoped the audience appreciated and enjoyed the show. See the extended article on KentWired.com.
Cheers&Jeers Cheers to ... Jimmy Carter, the 39th president, being cancer-free.
Learning to be selfish Amanda Paniagua Columnist A trusted mentor once said to me, “Amanda, every once and awhile you have to learn to be selfish.” When I first heard this, I was taken aback a little because I didn’t quite fully understand what she meant. This is partly because as a society, we tend to think of selfishness as a negative attribute to possess. And indeed, in some cases it can very much be. For example, if we purposefully hurt or use others for personal gain, we are acting in a potentially negative way. My personality is one that is incredibly giving. I consider myself an empath; someone who feels with all of themselves the emotions that others are feeling. I tend to take a lot more upon my shoulders than I should and when everything becomes due, I run around in a frantic panic mode not knowing for sure if I’ll get it all done or accomplished. Somehow, I end up fulfilling my responsibilities, but I’ve come to find this is not the healthiest way to live. Additionally, I tend to put everyone else before myself. Again, this can be seen as a good thing in our society: to be selfless, caring and loving toward others. Indeed, I would hope this is the kind of person I am most days, but there is a cost to being this kind of person. This past semester, I have begun to understand exactly what selfishness means for me. In the midst of final projects, papers, assignments, work and personal commitments, I have learned to say “no” to certain things. For example, I tried to take a second job this semester due to my financial worries, but when I was honest with myself, I realized it would do me more harm than good. I have, in the past, been active on campus in student organizations. This semester though, I had to focus on the reason I’m here: school. It doesn’t help that I want to do my best to stand up for what is right in the world. Fighting for social justice (on campus and off) is a daily struggle. This can also take its toll on a person. Sometimes you just have to turn off the news and meditate. Sometimes I doubt myself. Sometimes I get stressed. Sometimes I just need a mental break from it all and need to unwind with a good meal and some Netflix. And that’s OK. My mentor used the term “selfish,” but for me, it has been a delicate realization that selfishness is sometimes just self-care. The only person who is going to take care of me is, well... me. To be quite honest, I wasn’t really sure what to write about this week. I often comment on current events or social justice concerns I have, but this week I decided to talk about myself. This week I decided to be selfish. And you know what? It feels pretty good. azabudsk@kent.edu
Jeers to ... the recall of more than one million beers by Carlton & United Breweries, an Australian brewing company, after they received complaints that the bottles possibly contained broken glass.
OUR VIEW We commend The New York Times In light of the San Bernardino, California, shootings — now being considered an act of terrorism by the FBI — The New York Times published a front-page editorial about gun violence Dec. 4. The subject matter is drawing attention for its call to restrict guns in America, but it’s also drawing attention because it’s the first editorial published on the newspaper’s front page since June 13, 1920. When the Times last published a frontpage editorial nearly 100 years ago, it was a criticism of the Republican Party nominating Warren G. Harding for president. We believe it is surprising no other world event since then has warranted a frontpage editorial from the Times, but this is a byproduct of the world around us. It’s an example of how desensitized peo-
ple are becoming to the news of mass shootings. We live in a time where mass shootings, although still horrific, are becoming a normal thing to hear about in the news. However, the issue is one that deserves the treatment it received in the Times. As the Stater editorial board has said before, something has to change in this country. We commend the Times for keeping the issue of gun violence real to us all and not letting the issue simply die down. Even if it took the paper 95 years to decide an issue such as this, to warrant such a bold statement on its front page.
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Shattering the brass ceiling Alex Delaney-Gesing Guest Columnist On Thursday, Defense Secretary Ash
military combat positions is detrimental to
jobs will become open to women beginning
ed. In this day and age, a person should not
Carter announced all U.S. military combat
in the new year. The decision was made as
part of a commitment Carter made to “build a force of the future,” USA Today reported.
While women have served in all branch-
es of the military since the establishment of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act in 1948, they have been barred from
occupying combat positions for the majority of the time since.
Following former Defense Secretary
Leon Panetta’s 2013 declaration that
military services must integrate females into all jobs by 2016, various branches
have already gradually begun to open up combat roles for women. With Carter’s announcement, the integration process will be sped up significantly.
Following a 30-day review period (end-
ing Dec. 31), the current ban on women will be lifted. All military branches are required
to comply with the policy change by no later than April 1, according to Carter.
“Women will be subject to the same stan-
dard and rules that men will,” Carter said. “There will be no exceptions.”
Republican congressional leaders in the
House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have already expressed their disdain
over Carter’s announcement, claiming the change will weaken the nation’s military strength and fighting capabilities.
This thinking — allowing women into
the U.S. military’s strength — is unwarrantbe denied an occupation based on their race, gender or sexuality. Don’t we, as a society, know better?
An estimated 300,000 women have
served as military personnel in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Los Angeles Times Times reported. Also, more than 10,000
combat action badges and Bronze stars have been earned by female service members.
For years women have fought alongside
men in positions that weren’t necessarily
‘’open’’ to them. At the front line, it does not and should not matter one way or another what their gender is.
If women perform just as well, and in
some cases better than the opposite sex, why
shouldn’t they be permitted the same opportunities? Women are finally being given the
chance to meet the same merits as men. They have already proven time and time again they are no less courageous or dedicated
in serving their country when compared to their male counterparts.
Contrary to what the Republican congres-
sional leaders believe, the standards of the
military aren’t being lowered, they’re being
raised. And for female service members, the opportunity to shatter the military’s ‘’brass
ceiling’’ will finally be possible, and the military will be stronger than ever.
adelane3@kent.edu
Less ethanol is better Bloomberg View Guest Columnist Is the Environmental Protection Agency in the pocket of Big Oil? Is it siding with “climate deniers?” The claims are as ridiculous as they sound, but they may become more common now that the agency has released its newest “ethanol mandate,” which requires less use of the biofuel than Congress and the agricultural lobby called for. Ignore the critics: Lowering the ethanol requirement is good for consumers, cars and the planet. Under the renewable fuel standard released this week, the EPA is calling for 18.1 billion gallons of ethanol to be blended into the nation’s gasoline supply next year. This is 4.1 billion less than Congress required in its 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, which was a well-intentioned effort to reduce the Middle Eastern chokehold on American energy after 9/11. Supporters of the law also claimed it would help keep prices low at the pump and be better for the environment. But the oil market and the world have changed in eight years. Increased U.S. production of oil from fracking and other technologies has the country far less dependent on foreign oil than anyone could have foreseen. And cars are more efficient. In addition, the claims of ethanol’s earthfriendliness appear dubious: Reports from the National Academy of Sciences, the United Nations and the Environmental Working Group found that corn ethanol may actually have higher emissions than petroleum-based gasoline. And that doesn’t even account for the fossil fuels that go into raising, harvesting and shipping ethanol to market. Finally, there is the American taxpayer and consumer to consider: The industry has received tens of billions of dollars in subsidies and tax breaks since the 1980s. Meanwhile, since 40 percent of U.S. corn goes into biofuels, Americans pay an estimated $40 billion a year more at the grocery store. This is not to say that moving toward biofuels is a mistake. Other technologies, such as the use of switchgrass and other “cellulosic” materials that humans don’t eat, show promise. But for now they cost far more, which is exacerbated by Washington propping up the ethanol industry. Ethanol backers are right that the large oil companies, which also get more than their fair share of taxpayer largesse, will benefit from having less biofuel blended into their gasoline. So what? That doesn’t change the argument against ethanol. The agricultural lobby and its congressional allies — not to mention presidential candidates stumping for Iowa votes — are unlikely to take this defeat quietly. The EPA, consumer groups, environmentalists and free-market conservatives need to stand strong, even if that means making common cause with Big Oil.
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School of Theatre and Dance presents faculty show Cameron Gorman General Assignment Reporter This past weekend, Kent State's School of Theatre and Dance presented its 2015 faculty show in the E. Turner Stump Theatre. The show, "Dance ‘15: Moving Parts," premiered several faculty choreographed pieces, including Falter, choreographed by the show’s artistic director Joan Meggitt, who doubles as an assistant professor of dance. "Waiting for Yellow," a piece depicting the pursuit and search for happiness, also debuted and was choreographed by faculty member Tanya Mucci. "Peripheral Moments," which included audio poetry, was choreographed by associate professor Jeffrey Mark Rockland and "Crash/Ride," a jazz piece inspired by drumming and drum rhythm, was choreographed by associate professor Kimberly Karpanty. “You choreograph the best about something that you know,” Karpanty said. “When you want to choreograph about your own experience and your dancers maybe have not had that experience, it is part of our job to help them find something in their own lives that they can relate that to.” Each dance provided a different experience to the audience and appealed to a different sentiment and identity. "Empty Roads," depicting loss of home and country and choreographed by associate professor Barbara Allegra Verlezza, was haunting in its choice of the sound of wind in preference over the complete use of music. “The germ of what (the choreography) comes from is autobiographical,” Verzella said. “When it’s not, it’s disingenuous. Even the most abstract, minimal, non-narrative pieces — that’s a choice. It should come from the choreographer.” The show also included "Dancin’ Fosse," a tribute to the iconic American choreographer Bob Fosse and his work. The number was a collaboration between musical theater and dance students, and was choreographed by Maryann Black, assistant professor of dance. “It’s very interesting seeing the interplay between the world of theater and the world of dance, because as a musical theater major, (we're) train(ed) in dance to use that as part of our storytelling,” said Connor Reese, a senior theatre studies major and performer. "It’s interesting seeing how you can take the skills you learn in one medium and blend it and apply it to another.” Behind the scenes, students like Sophia Phillips, a freshman theatre studies major and student lighting designer, devoted time to making the vision of the production a reality. “My design is lighting design, but as a designer, I have worked closely with costume," Phillips said. "Even in my own piece, (in which costumes were) designed by Ryan Rankin — he talked about what he was going to use, down to the chemical and how it would affect me, and he did it — it went all wrong. But, you know, you roll with it. You work with it. It’s art. Don’t worry about it.” The students involved with the production, dancers and designers alike, worked long and strenuous hours on the show, often while balancing the schedules of full-time students. Few, however, seemed to mind the burden. “Being a student dancer really takes up a lot of our time here at the university, but in a very good way,” said junior dance major Madison DeLong, who also danced in the show. “We all pretty much live here. We’re always here, but a lot of friendships come out of that.” cgorman2@kent.edu
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Former Daily Kent Stater editor reflects in new memoir Alexis Wohler CCI Reporter William G. Armstrong Jr., former editor of what was then known as The Daily Kent Stater in the spring of 1970, shared his experiences writing for the newspaper in his newest book, “My ‘68: A College Reporter’s Memoir of a Turbulent Year.” Armstrong said the best activities at Kent State included opportunities given to him through working for The Stater. “As reporters then, just as now, we had the responsibility of accurately covering public events, looking behind the (scenes) and meeting virtually every prominent speaker who visited campus,” Armstrong said. “Coupled with this was an intense period of activism on American campuses, fueled by distaste for the war in Vietnam, the threat of being drafted and a global rise in students’ assertion of their social and political agendas.” Serving on the Stater staff provided Armstrong the opportunity to be in-the-know, and to learn things before anyone else. It also gave him the opportunity and the edge to be competitive, quick and accurate, and to portray the events of the day as he saw them. “It was a lively time to be enrolled in school, and Kent State offered lots of ways to make the learning process fun and exciting,” Armstrong said. “It was a beautiful campus full of stimulating people and ideas.” Armstrong said social and political issues were part of his daily life while in college. “As journalists, we received great training from the School of Journalism faculty and we had considerable confidence in ourselves and in the belief that we could do these jobs, as well as most of the big-league professionals,” Armstrong said. “We were entrusted with running a reliable, firstclass, award-winning newspaper by ourselves, with very little faculty involvement.” Armstrong said there was movement by students of the New Left – a group called Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) – who opposed the war in Vietnam and embraced any perceived cause that led to what they saw as social injustice or they believed linked a university (including Kent State's) to the defense establishment. According to Armstrong, the group targeted institutions at Kent State that benefited from government funding, such as the ROTC and the Liquid Crystal Institute (LCI). “Ironically, today the LCI is one of Kent State's most renowned resources and a centerpiece of applied and basic research,” Armstrong said. Armstrong covered both the Rockefeller and Kennedy campaigns, as well as a political convention. During his time as editorial page editor for the Stater, he came up with the idea for a column called, “See How They Run." His goal with the column was to see as many
appearances of the three major presidential candidates as he could. The were Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace. “As a political science major and as a student who had been involved in a political campaign, I was a political junkie and wanted to observe how the process played out,” Armstrong said. Armstrong met all three presidential candidates and had short interviews with each of them. “The most intimate was a small group meeting in midSeptember, 1968 with Nixon in Cleveland, in which about 25 local Ohio reporters sat in an informal discussion and listened to the candidate and got to ask him questions,” Armstrong said. The biggest challenge as a political reporter involved trying to get credentials for Nixon’s late October, nine-city, whistle stop train tour through Ohio, he said. “On the day before the train tour began, I took a bus from Kent to Cincinnati, where the journey was to begin, got a room in the same hotel as the national media were staying, and early the next morning did my best to blend in and act like I belonged with the national media. And it worked,” Armstrong said. During his first five weeks as the editor of the Stater, Armstrong had a calm experience. On the night of April 30, 1970, though, everything began to change. President Nixon had announced on TV American troops in Vietnam would cross the border into Cambodia to wipe out communist troops who had been impeding military supply lines. “The enormous frustration that we felt as journalists — and that I still feel — was that we were never able to report on the most significant and important event of our lives,” Armstrong said. “Within two hours of the shooting on May 4, our campus was closed by court order, the dorms and buildings evacuated, and of course, our staff and readers and faculty were widely scattered. Sometimes in the years since I have mulled the possibility of re-assembling that same staff for the purpose of writing and reporting what we might have reported on May 5, 1970.” Armstrong said one rule he would insist on, if he was given the chance to write a paper for the day after the May 4 shootings, would be the staff could only write about what they knew about on May 4. In other words, nothing that transpired after the deadline could be written. He asked himself the question, "Could we do this? Would we have the discipline to produce an objective
(and) accurate newspaper dated May 5?" As for his new book, Armstrong said he wrote it partially as a personal memoir for himself because he loves doing what he did as a journalist in 1968-1969, and partly to share that era with today’s student journalists. “These were exciting times,” Armstrong said. “A number of parallels exist between the issues we covered then and what student journalists are covering today. Issues such as racial unrest, income disparities, the impact of foreign wars and a contentious and potentially historic presidential election on the horizon. I lived through an exciting, turbulent and consequential time. In my view, there was no other year quite like 1968.” After 47 years of thinking about writing the book, it took Armstrong three months to write. He was able to reconstruct events and place them in context with contemporary tools. Margaret Garmon, a faculty member within the Communication Studies department, worked with Armstrong on the Stater staff in the late 1960s. She described Armstrong as a professional person from a journalistic standpoint. “We were part of a group of students who covered events here at Kent State," Garmon said. "I recall that Bill was always a solid presence who carefully and calmly weighed all options and choices, even under deadline." Harold Greenberg, an acquaintance of Armstrong's, has known him since Armstrong was the editorial page editor of the Stater in 1968, when Greenberg was the editor. “He always got along with everyone... and was always reasoned,” Greenberg said. “I admired how he stood by his views while always being objective, impartial and ethical. His work as a journalist was always clear and clean.“ Armstrong said he thinks every reporter should cover a political election in their career and that student journalists should be emboldened to write about what they observe. Furthermore, he also said they should be prepared to offer, in separate opinion pieces, crucial analyses that put their reporting in context. “One of my friends said recently that taking the bus to Cincinnati could serve as a metaphor for my life,” Armstrong said. “What he meant by that was that if you are determined to do something, assess the risks and are willing to take a chance, you can usually get what you want. Part of this involves acting the part and dressing the part. That’s how young reporters have to behave, and I believe it’s also a good model for other goals in one’s life. I’d do this all again in a heartbeat.” awohler@kent.edu Photos Courtesey of William G. Armstrong Jr.
School of Nursing attracts students across the country Shane Beneke Health Reporter
Kent State prides itself in being one of the top schools of nursing in the country. Named the sixth largest nursing school in the nation by Modern Healthcare in 2010, the accredited college is one of the largest and most comprehensive programs in Ohio. The school also boasts over 350 partnerships with hospitals, clinics and healthcare organizations and unique opportunities for learning. According to the website for Kent State’s Office of Institutional Advancement, the College of Nursing has a network of more than 12,000 alumni. The School of Nursing’s success has brought a number of students from the corners of the United
States and the world. Sara Euler, a junior nursing major, came all the way from Northborough, Massachusetts, just for the nursing program. “I was originally looking for schools in Boston, but they were just too expensive," Euler said. "I also looked at other smaller schools around the country, but I never got that ‘feeling.’” Kent State’s Simulation Lab — a lab that creates mock scenarios for students to experience realistic nursing settings like hearing a patient’s heartbeat or taking blood pressure readings — was one of the deciding factors that made Euler choose Kent State.
Challenging curriculum and the admittance process
However, admittance into Kent State alone is not the most difficult part of the nursing program. The curriculum is not only challenging, but students have to apply in order to advance within the program. “(The application) is based off your cumulative and science GPA," Euler said. "In the summer is when you apply for the fall semester to get in, and the end of the first semester is when you apply for the spring semester." Euler recalls there were 350400 people in the pre-nursing major at the beginning of her freshman year. However, only around 110 students are accepted each semester. Sharon Cunningham, manNate Manley / The Kent Stater Nursing professor Jeremy Jarzembak shows his students how to take a ager of communications and urine sample from a catheter at Henderson on Friday Nov. 6, 2015. marketing for the College of
Nursing, said students are first admitted to the university as pre-nursing. Once they achieve 30 credit hours and complete their four required science courses, they can apply to the nursing college and move forward in the nursing sequence.
Growth in diversity
The nursing program's achievements and recognitions have attracted a wide variety of students to the college. While nursing has been a field that has been traditionally filled by white females, diversity in the school has grown significantly in recent years due to the field becoming more popular to all individuals. “Our enrollment of underrepresented minorities has remained fairly stable at just under 16 percent and it’s stayed between 13-16 percent for the last several years," Cunningham said. "Our international population is fairly small at the undergraduate level, but is increasing steadily." The College of Nursing’s male population is currently just under 15 percent, which has remained fairly stable in the last several years. Andrew Cozzoli, a sophomore pre-nursing major, said: “More and more guys are being introduced to nursing and you see more men in the field and that (helps) to have male stereotypes being eliminated.” Stereotypes about nursing being a feminine profession have created a stigma for men going into nursing. However, Cozzoli added that those negative ideas are slowly changing as more men start to enter the nursing world. See the extended article on KentWired.com sbeneke@kent.edu
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Miller wins title at Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Dan Armelli Sports Reporter
At the toughest tournament of the season for the Kent State wrestling team, three Kent players were able to place at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Collegiate Wrestling Invitational. The highlight of the weekend was fifth-year senior Ian Miller winning his bracket. Overall, Kent State finished in eighth out of 40 teams with 65 points. Miller ended the weekend winning each of his five matches, never trailing in any of them. He earned a technical fall in his first match and followed up with four straight matches with riding time. He remains undefeated on the season with an 11-0 record. Fifth-year senior Mike DePalma and senior Mack McGuire were the other Flashes that were able to place,
finishing fifth and seventh respectively. DePalma, who went 4-2 in the tournament, was able to get two technical falls and a riding time before being dropped to the consolation bracket. McGuire, who also went 4-2, won twice with riding times before losing to defending NCAA champion Cody Brewer from the University of Oklahoma. McGuire rebounded, finishing with two wins in his final three matches, one with riding time. Four other Flashes were able to get at two wins on Friday: fifth-year senior Tyler Buckwalter, fifth-year senior Mike Vollant, fifth-year senior Cole Baxter and redshirt freshman Kyle Conel. The Flashes (4-1) will begin MAC dual meet play against Buffalo 2 p.m. Sunday in the M.A.C. Center. darmell1@kent.edu
Graham Smith / The Kent Stater Kent State University senior Caleb Marsh tries to pin Northern Illinois University’s Trace Engelkes during Kent’s final home match of the season in the M.A.C. Center on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015. Marsh won 10-4 over Engelkes and the Flashes won 27-6 bringing their record to 8-12 overall.
Spicer's career night leads Flashes past CSU Hockey splits weekend series versus Oakland Stephen Means II Sports Reporter
Senior center Khaliq Spicer set a new career high of 22 points and added eight rebounds to lead Kent State (4-2) past Cleveland State (2-6), 66-62. For Spicer the game was something that was four years in the making. Coach Rob Senderoff called the game a true testament of his growth over the past four years. “Khaliq’s biggest hurdle is just believing in himself whether things go well or don’t go well,” Senderoff said. “Tonight things went well and he was able to dominate inside.” “There’s going to be times when he doesn’t make a basket and he is going to have to play through that. I think that as a senior he’s been able to do that a little bit differently than he has at any other point in his career.” Redshirt junior forward Jimmy Hall added a solid all-around game of 14 points, nine rebounds and a seasonhigh six assists along with a big-time charge in the second half that helped seal the vic-
tory for the Flashes. The game was a back-andforth affair for the majority of the second half with both teams being in the double bonus by the six-minute mark. There were nine players between both teams to commit three or more fouls including redshirt senior guard Xavier Pollard, eight points, who fouled out with four minutes left in the game. “I thought we did a good job handling pressure,” Senderoff said. “We didn’t shoot it great, but we found a way to win the game without shooting it well. Especially from three.” The Flashes made only two shots from three-point range, including what gave them a five-point lead in the second half by grad student Galal Cancer, five points. Freshman Rob Edwards and junior Andre Yates led the Vikings with 14 points each. Senior forward Vinny Zollo added 10 points and 11 rebounds. The Flashes will return to the court Monday, Dec. 7 where they will travel to Newark, New Jersey to take on New Jersey Institute of Technology. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. smeans2@kent.edu
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Alex Ledet // The Kent Stater Junior Center Khaliq Spicer dunks the ball against the Toledo Rockets. The Flashes triumphed over the Rockets 67-60. Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015.
Flashes finish homestand with win Ty Sugick Sports Reporter After losing to Cleveland
State Wednesday, the Kent State women’s basketball team
bounced back with a dominant
and seven rebounds. Following
her was junior guard Larissa
Lurken and redshirt freshman guard Tyra James with 15 points a piece.
The Flashes' top three play-
21-point win against North
ers performed as expected, but
day night.
team’s extremely low percent-
tistics, it can be seen that the
Although they didn’t make a
42-26 in this game.
turned around in the second
Flashes were able to take
in the second half.
fiercely competitive first half.
three-pointers on the night,
the early stages of the game, but
Usually putting the shots up in
Flashes went 0-5 from behind
turned to the paint for scoring.
Dakota State University Satur-
what was not expected was the
Looking at the final box sta-
age from three-point range.
Flashes were out-rebounded
three in the first, the Flashes
Stiff defense is how the
half to split the pair attempted
command of the game after a
The team attempted seven
The offense moved very well in
which is rare for their offense.
the shots struggled to fall. The
bunches, the Flashes instead
the arc and only shot 39.5 per-
They finished the night with 50
cent from the field.
In the third quarter, the
Flashes forced turnover after turnover, before converting
those turnovers into points. Kent State forced 34 turnovers Nate Manley / The Kent Stater Freshman guard Paige Salisbury drives into a CSU defender for a contested layup in the M.A.C. Center on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. The Flashes lost 60-49 to Cleveland State.
game in a row with 27 points
throughout the night.
Sophomore forward Jordan
Korinek led the team for the third
Kent State hockey split its weekend series versus Oakland this past weekend. The Flashes (9-5-2) will face-off with Rochester College (9-9-1) Friday and Saturday night. Game One A highly offensive game came down to the wire for the Kent State Hockey Club as it came out on top over the Oakland University Grizzlies with a 6-5 victory. "Our offense was firing on all cylinders, coach Jim Underwood said. "We had a smaller lineup tonight so we only had three lines of forwards and we got offense from all three lines, which is really good for our team. Six different Flashes tallied goals in the game with freshmen Xavier Sudlow and Connor Ganley registering their first goals as Flashes. Sophomores Jon Buttitta and Chance Taylor and junior T.J. West also scored goals for the Flashes. A last minute penalty by the Flashes gave the Grizzlies a chance to tie the game. With the Grizzlies pulling their goaltender, the Flashes had to battle off a six on four for the last 1:18 seconds of the game to pull out with a win. "Our guys did a phenomenal job. They played good positional hockey," Underwood said. "They had their bodies in shooting lanes, sticks in passing lanes and they (Oakland) really didn’t get any other chances the rest of the game.” Sophomore goaltender Sky Buller stopped 31 of the 36 shots he faced, while the Flashes ended with the lead in shots at 37. The Flashes take on the Grizzles again Saturday at 8:45 in Rochester.
“One of our focuses is going to have a fast start. In our first five minutes of the game we need to set the tone of the game and sustain some offensive pressure,” Underwood said. “We do need to tighten up a little in our defensive zone. Last night wasn’t our best defensive performance by giving up five goals but all we need to do is get grittier in front of our net, help our goaltender with some blocked shots and dig a little harder for those loose rebounds and get them out of harms way." Game Two A slow start to the game led to the Kent State Hockey Club falling to Oakland University Grizzlies 6-2 Saturday night. “We came out flat,” Underwood said. “Oakland had a lot of energy and was ready to go.” Buttitta scored both goals for the Flashes giving him a total of four points in the two games against Oakland. “The thing about Johnny is that he is one of the hardest working guys out there,” Underwood said. “He generates a lot of time and space on the ice and always plays for the team. He is developing into a young leader on this team.” “We are pretty banged up right now so we are going to have to plan practice around getting a few of the guys some rest,” Underwood said. “For defense, we need to work on quick release and having the confidence to shoot through traffic. On offense we need work on supporting the puck this week. We just need to work hard and prepare for two very important league games next weekend." cyamnits@kent.edu
of their 75 points in the paint.
The Flashes improves to
(3-4) on the year and will look to become .500 Tuesday evening as they take on the (3-4)
Bradley University Braves.
Tip-off is at 8 p.m. in the Renaissance Coliseum.
tsugick@kent.edu
Max McCarty / The Kent Stater Kent State forward Jon Buttitta, #14, skates towards the net while defending the puck during their 3-2 victory over the University of Pittsburgh Friday, Nov. 6, 2015.