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Tuition, housing costs still at forefront of As technology takes off, the future remains unknown presidential campaign Ryan Landolph Resident Life Reporter With the presidential debates heating up, college tuition has been an important area of concern for many candidates. Democratic candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has been advocating free higher education for students in the United States, which is a system currently in place for international students in various countries overseas and in Europe. When Sanders spoke at Cleveland State University on Nov. 16, he explained his concept for tuition costs in America, calling it “a process in which every public college and university in America is tuition-free.” With Kent State being one of the public universities Sanders referenced, students would fall into his tuition plan — something similar to what the university's students would be subjected to if they studied in Germany, according to Top Universities.

Tuition costs

Photo courtesy of Matt Unger An aerial view of Franklin Avenue in downtown Kent.

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Unger’s drone in mid-flight.

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Recreational drones have become extremely popular, and as Christmas approaches, it doesn’t look as if the popularity will diminish anytime soon. However, not all operators are aware of the issues and concerns associated with drones. Drone privacy and restrictions have been a hot-button topic amongst drone owners and operators. In July 2015, Kentucky resident William Meredith was arrested for shooting down a drone that was flying over his property. The case was eventually dismissed, but it brought up many questions about drone privacy and the legal issues surrounding drone use across the country, including in Ohio.

What is a drone, and how do you get one? Lauren Buchanan / The Kent Stater Photographer Matt Unger keeps a close eye on his drone as it flies above dorms at Kent State.

T h e F e d e r a l Av i a t i o n Administration expects a million drones will be sold this holiday season and announced

rules for the registry of drones. A drone is an unmanned remote controlled aircraft, but in the consumer market, the name has also come to mean a four-bladed helicopter. A fiscal report by Parrot, a leading drone maker, said the consumer market for drones has tripled since last year. This year, many retail stores featured drone sales in their Black Friday ads, including Target, Best Buy, Walmart and J.C. Penney. Prices for these drones start at $25 and currently can be purchased and flown by anyone. Taylor Suchan, a drone owner from Peninsula, Ohio, got a drone as gift from his grandfather and said he thinks people’s privacy is the biggest deterrent from consumers buying drones. “If you get drones with cameras, people are going to think they are being spied on, especially if you don’t regulate them," he said.

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With tuition costs either free or miniscule for international students in countries such as Germany, Finland, France, Sweden, Norway, Slovenia and Brazil, according to The Washington Post, there is a big discrepancy compared to what students pay in tuition at Kent State. As stated by The Washington Post, “Americans can earn a German undergraduate or graduate degree without speaking a word of German and without having to pay a single dollar of tuition fees: About 900 undergraduate or graduate degrees are offered exclusively in English.” On the other hand, according to Kent State’s tuition website, in-state residents pay is a little over $10,000 each semester for its undergraduate degree, while outof-state residents pay more than $18,000 for the same studies. While this is a substantial amount of money, Andria Blackwood, a grad appointee of geography at Kent State, does not think price makes a difference. “I believe education is priceless,” Blackwood said. “No matter what happens in a person’s life, no one can take away his or her education. It becomes part of a person’s identity.”

Costs of living

Like tuition prices, there is a big difference in the costs of living in the aforementioned overseas countries and Kent State. “The cost for the majority of our room types is $3,232 (each semester),” said Jill Church, director of Residence Services. However, there are still plenty of opportunities available for students to have their room and board rate decreased. “Housing contributes one million dollars in scholarships annually,” Church said. “These are student room scholarships.” Comparatively, it is considerably more expensive to live in a city overseas.

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New fraternity joins How College of Public Health received accreditation Kent State campus Megan Hermensky Faculty/Academics Reporter

Kayla Sturm Greek Life Reporter The Greek life community at Kent State added a new fraternity called Phi Kappa Psi this semester. “We, as a fraternal community, cannot say no to fraternities because of our open-door policy,” said Curtis Cofojohn, president of the Interfraternity Council. “It’s pretty much like, ‘Hey, welcome to Kent, hope you do well.’”

The process

The Interfraternity Council (IFC) has a different, and fairly easy, process than the Panhellenic Council (PNC) when bringing a new chapter to the community. “(IFC) headquarters contact our Center for Student Involvement office and consults with them about statistics about the campus to see whether or not they think they could be here and prosper,” Cofojohn said. “We have a large campus with a lot of men who are potential fraternal members, so it’s very opportunistic for them to come here.” After headquarters contact the CSI office, there are a couple more steps that follow. “They come to campus and, pending IFC vote, are given associate membership, which is basically (a) one year temporary status to see if they can one: rush, and two: maintain their organization and adapt to the Greek environment here at Kent State, which is highly competitive in grades, fundraising, community service, philanthropic events and social status within the community,” Cofojohn said. Each chapter has its own event that raises money for an individual charity, according to Cofojohn. "(Every) year, we also put on a local community charity ... to raise collective funds from all 24 chapters and come together once a year," Cofojohn said. The fraternity life at Kent State strives to succeed in the community. “I think the largest achievement of fraternity life at Kent State is an ongoing one. I believe it is our reputation as Greeks," said Kirk Baglia, a member of Phi Delta Theta.

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The Kent State College of Public Health received its first accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health. The college received accreditation for five years, the maximum amount of time that CEPH is able to award this accreditation to a school the first time it applies. Ken Slenkovich, the assistant dean for the College of Public Health, said that this accomplishment had been a goal of the college for a long time. “CEPH…has guidelines for what you need to do in order to become accredited," he said. "So we knew that from day one of the college. We’ve always been working toward meeting those." The guidelines have allowed the college to grow with the university. “There’s things like, you have to have qualified faculty, you have to have a certain ratio of the number of faculty and the number of students, you have to have certain curriculum in place and so on," Slenkovich said. "As we built the college, that was kind of our roadmap." According to CEPH’s Data on CEPH Accreditation, overall, CEPH has accredited 57 schools and 110 programs. In 2015, CEPH has accredited two schools and five programs, as well as conducted 16 site visits to schools, from January to June. The College of Public Health is one of two colleges this year that had an entire college accredited instead of just one or more programs within the school. After the college submitted a self-study comparing itself against the CEPH’s criteria to be accredited, a team of CEPH

Samantha Karam / The Kent Stater Graduate students (from left to right) Matthew Nichols, a Ph.D. student in health policy and management; Naomi Carlson, a master’s student with concentrations in public health and environmental health; and Carissa Smock, a Ph.D. student in health policy and management, study in Lowry Hall on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015.

members was sent to Kent State for a site visit this past February, according to Slenkovich. The members then held a series of meetings with the faculty, students, external partners and administrators to determine if the college met the standards. A report was written up and sent to the CEPH board and council, who met in October and determined that the standards had been met. “When you apply for your first time, (being accredited for five years) doesn’t happen that often because usually they (CEPH) find something wrong… but we were very happy that we got it for five years,” he said. Slenkovich believes that this accreditation will help attract future students to the programs the college offers. “One of the things that students look for when they’re

considering coming into a public health program is (whether it's) accredited by CEPH," he said. "Now we’re in that sort of elite group of schools across the country, 50 or so, that will be on their list. What it tells the student is, we have successfully met some rigorous standards that the accrediting body has established, so you can trust the education you get here.” Slenkovich also said that this accreditation will help students become more marketable in more than one way. “There are some career paths in public health that require you to have a degree from a CEPH accredited program or school (and) scholarships that are only available to students who are attending CEPH accredited schools, so there’s those kind of benefits,” he said. “There’s a new credential (where) public health

students can take an exam to get (but) you have to have graduated from a CEPH accredited school in order to take the exam. So now our students can sit for the exam and then get that just as an additional credential that makes them more marketable for jobs.” Students already in the public health program at Kent State have expressed their enthusiasm over learning that the college received accreditation. Katelyn Hembree, a sophomore public health major, is one of them. “It felt like a huge success for the whole college because I know it was something the faculty and staff were working hard to do,” she said.

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Pulling double duty: Students manage work and classes Maggie Wachtel Finance Reporter Being a full-time college student can get stressful. Having to deal with exams, homework and studying can be time consuming. Students' schedules can get even busier when one mixes in a time consuming job. According to a survey done by the Citigroup in 2013, four out of five college students have a job while still attending college full-time, working an average of 19 hours per week. Krittika Chatterjee, a career counselor for Kent State’s Career Services Center, encourages students to work while still going to school, but warns them not to get overwhelmed. “It is important to prioritize because balancing classwork and a job can be a lot to take on all at once,” Chatterjee said. “Your job should not interfere with school work or take priority over school.” For some Kent State students, not letting a job interfere with school is easier said than done. Lauren Wilson is a sophomore exercise science major. She works at least 35 hours a week as an assistant manager at OshKosh B’gosh, a children’s clothing store. Wilson said the decision to work full-time came after realizing how many bills she had to pay. “I pay for my cell phone, car insurance, and my apartment,” she said. “Now you add in groceries and any other random expenses and you realize working part-time isn’t an option for me.” Wilson does admit that her job

whelmed, but working so much has paid off, she said. “I wanted to learn things that college couldn’t teach me (so) I branched out of my comfort zone and did things I thought I’d never do,” Hoover said. “One semester I was a full time women’s lacrosse official. It was different and ... actually fun.” Working off campus can provide students with different experiences, but having an on-campus job can be a better route for some. Katherine Donovan is a junior nutrition major who works on campus at the Kent Market 2 in the Student Center. She said having a job on campus has major benefits. “Management understands that we have class and they have to work around our schedule,” Donovan said. Donovan said working on campus also allows her to manage her time better. She doesn’t have to worry about commuting or dealMORGAN HOOVER ing with co-workers who SENIOR JOURNALISM MAJOR don’t understand what it’s like to be a full-time student. Wilson, Hoover and Donovan nanny, and runs her own phoall agree having a job benefits tography business. For her, the decision to work them. They have money to pay their bills and don’t have to rely multiple jobs was an easy one. “I needed the money and I like on their parents for everything. Although Wilson has a mesto support myself and not have to rely on loan money,” Hoover sage for college students trying said. “I wanted to do anything to balance school and a job: If you’re in a position where you possible to be independent.” Having so many jobs requires don’t need to work, then don’t. “Through all the long shifts good time management skills. Hoover says she lives by her and work hours, you have to planner and has to write every- remember that you’re still a thing down. She is also taking college student,” she said. “Try 18 credit hours this semester and to have some fun.” admits that she often gets overmwachte2@kent.edu can get in the way of her school work. She goes to class Monday through Friday from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. and then works 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. most nights. “I get extremely overwhelmed,” Wilson said. “I tend to miss a few homework assignments and I never study as much as I should.” Wilson isn’t the only college student dealing with a demanding work schedule. Morgan Hoover, a senior journalism major, has worked up to five jobs during a semester. This semester, Hoover has taken on three jobs. She is a junior varsity lacrosse coach at Stow High School, a full-time

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning in September on pure, powdered caffeine products that are currently being marketed to consumers and sold in bulk over the Internet. These products are 100 percent caffeine, with one single teaspoon equivalent to 25 cups of coffee. The FDA said they are aware of two deaths caused by these products. “Powdered caffeine is quite dangerous, as it is very concentrated and quite easy to ingest a toxic dose,” said Angela DeJulius, director of University Health Services. One of these deaths was 18-year-old Logan Stiner of LaGrange, Ohio, who died on May 27, 2014. Stiner was just days away from his high school graduation when he was found unresponsive by his family. He died of cardiac arrhythmia and seizure from acute caffeine toxicity. According to the coroner, the caffeine level

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DRONES Here come the drones... The FAA’s task force released its suggestions, which includes users must be at least 13 years old and register drones 8.5 oz. or more, which includes many toy drones, weighing less than a can of soda. The FAA task force’s suggestions are not yet law but will be part of future drone legislation. Although drones are often used recreationally, they are also used in various industries. Farmers use drones to get aerial views of their fields and crops for cheaper than using planes and helicopters. Fire departments are also using drones to fly above fires to determine where they are hottest and how they are spreading. Departments also use drones in search and rescue operations on terrain emergency vehicles cannot access to search for missing people.

Restrictions and registration

The popularity of consumer drones has raised questions on what drone owners can and can’t do. There are currently few rules regulating consumer drone use because it is so new. These rules include drones cannot be flown near crowds or within five miles of an airplane or airport or higher than 400 ft. “People don’t understand (drones) and aren’t educated about them yet,” said Blake Stringer, a Kent State aviation professor and lead faculty for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). “All they hear about are these instances where people aren’t doing the right thing with them.” The FAA is currently leading a public outreach campaign to promote safe and responsible use of unmanned aircraft systems, according to its website. It developed No Drone Zones, where drone owners from across the U.S. can see where they can and can’t fly their drones, as well as register airspace. “There will be some kind of educational or pilot requirement for owners,” Stringer said. “Owners will be aware of the airspace that they can operate in.” In 2014, the FAA partnered with the

in his system was 23 times the level of a normal coffee or soda drinker. Mariah Gunther, a sophomore journalism major, went to high school with Stiner. “A lot of people don’t know how dangerous pure caffeine can be,” Gunther said. “Logan overdosed because he just got it off of Amazon.” Gunther said the substance should be better controlled. “I am not totally for it,” Gunther said. “There are better, safer and easier ways to get energy.” The product is sold as a dietary supplement to boost alertness and athletic performance. Amazon and other distributors do not have warnings about the possible dangers associated with their products. Symptoms of caffeine overdose can range from erratic heartbeat, vomiting and seizures. The Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 7, now in effect, which prohibits the sale of pure caffeine products and powdered alcohol for human consumption.

Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International and the Academy of Model Aeronautics to create the Know Before You Fly education campaign. The campaign’s goal is to educate drone users on safety and restrictions. “The Know Before You Fly campaign really covers…the things you need to make sure that you are not doing to keep yourself out of trouble,” Estrin said. Stringer said the administration can only do so much because of the advances drones are continuing to make, but the FAA plans to have the registry completed in the next few weeks. “The FAA is trying to regulate an industry that has yet to be regulated,” he said. Ohio is working to regulate drone use as well. Ohio House Bill 228, if passed, could cause drone operators who fly without permission or violated privacy to be arrested. Drone privacy violations would fall under the same category as crimes like aggravated rioting, disorderly conduct and inciting to violence. Photographer Matt Unger invested in a $4,000 drone to get a new angle in his business. Unger knows that if HB 228 passes, he would have to keep a close eye on his drone to avoid getting in trouble. Overall, he said he feels confident and educated enough in drone operation to steer clear of jail time.

A privacy issue

“The privacy thing is complicated,” said Joe Vacek, an associate professor of aviation at the University of North Dakota. “It divides itself out into two major realms.” The first area of drone privacy involves the Fourth Amendment, which protects Americans against unreasonable searches and seizures. The U.S. Supreme Court has held U.S. citizens do not have Fourth Amendment rights in cases regarding drones. People have argued drones give law enforcement "eyes in the sky," which, according to some, is unreasonable. Vacek said he used to have the same opinion, but he now disagrees. “The expectation of privacy is diminished because cameras, especially on

bparke12@kent.edu mobile devices and now airborne ones, are becoming common,” he said. The second major realm of drone privacy is the civil privacy of data. Data and information about people is gathered online and aggregated, and that data is not always accurate. “Allowing that data to be collected so easily using drones as a mobile gathering platform, but not counterbalancing that with any sort of civil right to correct that or challenge that really has serious social implications,” Vacek said. Matt Mishak, a municipal prosecutor in the city of Elyria who is on the board for the Northern Ohio Unmanned Aircraft System Association, said both the public and drone operators need to make adjustments to better understand the privacy issue. “The fact is that there’s no reasonable expectation of privacy in your backyard from public airspace," Mishak said. “The public needs to understand that this is public airspace up there, and just because somebody’s flying a drone, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re nefarious and they’re going to be causing harm or doing something bad.” Mishak, who also co-founded a company called Dronewerx, uses drones for aerial photography. If there are people nearby when he’s taking photos, he said he takes time to explain what he is doing with the drone and has had positive experiences. “On the other hand, if you show up and you start flying a drone around and people don’t understand it and you’re not talking to people, I think that causes immediate suspicion and fear,” Mishak said. “Just a little bit of communication goes a long way.” Another reason behind the complexity of drone privacy is how quickly drone technology changes and evolves. “Technology is changing so rapidly that we’re playing legal catch-up,” said Sam Estrin, who is on the board of advisers for Drone Universities, a drone ground school in California. "Because we’re playing legal catch-up, you’re finding drone operators in situations where the law provides no coverage one way or the other, so there’s a lot of room for interpretation.”

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TUITION Tuition, housing costs... According to Top Universities, locations such as Germany and France will cost students slightly over $10,000 a year to cover living costs, but in places like Sweden, “the costs of living in Northern Europe are among some of the highest in the whole of Europe.” Also, students do not get some of the same benefits living off campus like they would in these places with free tuition, as they do in public universities. “Students who live on-campus do better academically, get connected to students, staff and faculty at higher rates and graduate sooner,” Church said.

More than money

While money is a big factor in determining whether or not students will attend a university, making education free will have larger, overarching effects on students. “Free tuition would provide the opportunity for more unfortunate young people to be able to obtain an education and work toward a career,” said Connor King, a sophomore athletic training major. “This is important because it could contribute to having a wiser and more qualified country for certain jobs all across the world. Also, this is important for poorer people who may not have the chance to go to college and receive a degree due to money.” The likely increase in the From Page 1

HEALTH College of Public Health... “It increases my pride to be a College of Public Health student since we are now among some of the best schools in the nation of public health. This reassures me that I am getting a top education in public health because our amazing faculty and programs are up to the standards of the CEPH.” From Page 1

FRATS Open door policy brings... "We have broken many stereotypes about fraternities by living out the principles upon which we were founded, excelling in academics, and outwardly taking steps to benefit the greater community."

The data

Although the process does not take much time to bring a new fraternity to campus, it does take time to build up the numbers in membership. Throughout the years, membership numbers will generally fluctuate up and down. In spring 2008, IFC had 397 members. In spring 2009, membership increased to 474. Further down the road, in spring 2013, membership increased to 605 and by spring 2014 membership had risen to 630. By spring 2015 there was a total of 701 members part of the fraternity Greek life community. There is a growing interest in both fraternity and sorority life,

number of students has Blackwood concerned. “I would be a little concerned with the volume of students,” Blackwood said. “(Kent State) has a hard time placing them all in dorms as it is. I wonder where they would put all the students on and around campus. I also would worry about studentteacher ratio. I am a firm believer in classroom teaching and hands-on learning. I would want that to remain in place.”

Expectations

While this plan is far from concrete, if Sanders is elected president, it appears bringing free tuition to public universities is important to him and would likely be high on his agenda. There will be opposition to his plan, however. “I think my biggest reason for being opposed (to Sanders’ plan) is that I just do not see how we could realistically fund free education for millions of people without a big raise in taxes,” said Chris Martin, a junior exercise science major. Also, with free tuition could come other ramifications. "If we were to offer free higher education, I would like to see it tied in some way to community service,” Blackwood said. “It would be great to see the opportunity for higher education go full circle by having students give back to the communities that supported their studies.” rlandol1@kent.edu As for the future, Slenkovich isn’t sure what’s in store, but the college is taking steps to get a better picture of what it might look like. “We’re actually right now in the process of beginning a strategic planning process for the college to say, ‘Okay, what’s the next accomplishment, or set of accomplishments, that we want to achieve over the next five years,'” he said. mhermen2@kent.edu which affects the future of Greek life as a whole.

The future of fraternity life

As numbers in the Greek community increase, the fraternity life at Kent State still show excellence in all they do. “The thing that I’m most excited about to see is, how big ... we get," Cofojohn said. "How much further can our community continue to push the envelope and still be efficient, relevant, and most importantly, effective?" Displaying positivity and hard work will help Greek life expand membership in the future. “We have broken many stereotypes about fraternities by living out the principles upon which we were founded, excelling in academics and outwardly taking steps to benefit the greater community,” Baglia said. With these achievements, the hope is for there to be more reason for students to see the Greek community in a positive light. ksturm4@kent.edu


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Dec. 7, 1962

Cheers&Jeers Cheers to ... Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, who was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year.

Jeers to ... a death threat directed toward Andre Carson, a Muslim Indiana Congressman.

The NBA is doing everything right Jacob Ruffo Columnist In a year where (between horribly played and

officiated games), the NFL is trying its hardest to lose fans, the NBA is doing everything absolutely right.

Between the undefeated Golden State War-

riors, Kobe’s last season, the impact the rook-

ies have had on the sport’s association and the amount of great games, the NBA is far more interesting and entertaining than anything else you could be watching.

The storylines make for can’t miss games every

night: Will Kobe go off in his last game? Will the Warriors finally lose? Will this be the game that

the Warriors’ Stephen Curry scores 100 points on only three point shots? How many points will the Houston Rockets’ James Harden score tonight?

The reason the NBA is amazing this year is

because just about every team is fun to watch. (Even the New York Knicks! The Knicks.) Sure,

the East Conference is still not very good, but at least the teams are finally entertaining. The rook-

OUR Warren deserved bonus, but VIEW process is flawed The Kent State Board of Trustees voted to give President Beverly Warren a $75,000 performance bonus and 2 percent raise at its meeting Tuesday. Warren was praised for her first year of service to the university, laid out in a strategic road map with five major priorities: students first, a distinctive Kent State, globally competitive, regional impact and organizational stewardship. Warren, who makes $450,000 a year, said she will donate her $9,000 raise back to the university for student scholarships. The bonus was the maximum allowed under her contract. We do not have an issue with President Warren’s bonus; she is leading the school in a positive direction and has accomplished many of the goals she set at the beginning of her term. We do take issue with the board’s methods of awarding her a bonus. The trustees used the same process to award bonuses to former President Lester Lefton and should have stopped this act before Warren ever took office. The decision to give the bonus is made

able teams.

Everyone is healthy, too. Even the the Chicago

Such is the reality beyond the greenhouse-gas emitting conference in Paris.

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The above editorial is the consensus opinion of The Kent Stater editorial board, whose names are listed above.

The Orange County Register Guest Column

which gives huge boosts to previously unwatch-

On the opening day of the United Nations

Then there’s the difficulty of getting an

in a few games this season. This means the star

Climate Change Conference in Paris, Presi-

agreement with developing nations, who

power is higher than it has been in a long time.

dent Barack Obama said the event was “a

need fossil fuels to lift their peoples out of

Older superstars such as the San Antonio Spurs’

turning point ... the moment we finally deter-

poverty. Last week, Secretary of State John

Tim Duncan and Minnesota Timberwolves’ Kevin

mined we would save our planet.”

Kerry branded India and its 1.25 billion

Garnett are still playing well, too.

Centers are relevant again. Duncan, the New

Orleans Pelicans’ Anthony Davis, Sacramento

Kings’ DeMarcus Cousins and even overrated loser Dwight Howard of the Houston Rockets’

French President Francois Hollande was

people a “challenge” on climate change

more apocalyptic, warning the world was at

because they keep building carbon-spew-

a “breaking point” on climate change.

ing power plants.

Also jetting in to attend the conference

Arvind Subramanian, the Indian govern-

are former California Gov. Arnold Schwar-

ment’s chief economic adviser, replied that

zenegger, who signed the landmark Global

such an attitude was “climate imperialism”

tiny bit more of popularity behind the main sto-

Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which has

that would “spell disaster for India and

rylines. These little popularity boosts add up big

greatly increased energy costs, and cur-

other developing countries.”

time. Even rapper Lil B is boosting NBA recog-

rent Gov. Jerry Brown, who, before leaving

nition by having “feuds” with big name players

Harden, Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell West-

California, blasted Republican governors and members of Congress for denying cli-

overrated loser are doing well.

So many moving parts are getting the NBA a

brook and Kevin Durant.

Teams that have no business being talked about

are getting national attention due to some of their

players or strategies. For the first time in a long time, the NBA isn’t negative. For example, Knicks

star player Kristaps Porzingis has been playing beyond anyone’s wildest expectations already.

mate change. Although some sort of agreement likely

In addition, China this year OK’d the building of 115 coal-fired power plants. In California, residents have seen that carbon taxes have funded the high-speed rail boondoggle. And Schwarzenegger’s

will be hammered out in Paris, the only real

landmark legislation and other laws have

turning point at hand is that Obama soon

increased energy costs so high that 15 per-

will be gone from office.

cent of people in the central county of Tulare

For one thing, the climate data used to

and other counties suffer “energy poverty,”

justify Draconian regulations are just not

meaning 10 percent or more of their incomes

theory is that they’re too busy complaining about

reliable. Writing this year in the Telegraph of

go to energy, according to a recent Manhat-

It’s 2015. This is about the NBA. LeBron James

London, Christopher Booker detailed how,

tan Institute report. That’s a major reason

for 30 years “the official temperature records

California now has the nation’s highest pov-

... were systematically ‘adjusted’ to show the

erty rate.

No one is complaining about the officiating. My

the NFL’s referees.

was not mentioned once. Take that in for a second; that’s how interesting the NBA is this year.

jruffo@kent.edu

Earth as having warmed much more than the actual data justified.”

Samantha Karam Columnist I wish I could say with absolute certainty that the shooting in San Bernardino, California, last week will spark active reform regarding gun control in America, but that’s not true. The truth is Americans have been discussing the issue of gun violence for years and nothing’s been done to fix it. Rather than a reality where a mass shooting leads to immediate action and prevention, this is how it plays out: Shootings, like the one in California, happens. America grieves, mostly via social media. Politicians send prayers to the victims and their families. President Barack Obama makes a statement. Everyone talks about how we should start actively responding to gun violence. Some people demand stricter gun laws. Others argue against those people because of the Second Amendment. And, around this point, the debate starts to evaporate and we focus on other things. It’s so frustrating that all Americans do after mass shootings is talk in circles about how we need to restrict guns or we need to oppose restriction because the Second Amendment says we have a right to bear arms. We just talk and talk. Meanwhile, more people are buying guns and using them. There have been shootings in movie theaters, elementary schools, colleges and in Planned Parenthood Clinics places. These shootings can and do happen anywhere. The same goes for post-shooting discussions. I walk down the Esplanade on campus and hear students debating like politicians on the Senate floor. That’s great. However, it’s time we move beyond mere debating. We need to finally act and do something other than just acknowledge this blatantly devastating issue. We discuss diagnosing mental health or the lack there of, putting metal detectors in schools and instituting background checks for anyone wanting to buy a gun. All of these factors are important, but why are we still in phase one of reform? We’ve acknowledged that there’s a clear problem. That’s the first step. But we’ve been standing in place for years now while the number of shootings rapidly increases. Let’s finally move forward. It’s pathetic that after years of mass shootings in America, all I can say in response to the devastation is that we are a nation that’s acknowledging and talking about ending gun violence. The debate over gun control really resonated with me back in 2O12, after the movie theater shooting in Colorado. It was the first time I paid attention enough to understand the gravity of what some people are capable of. It scared me. I waited for active response. Three years have passed and I’m still waiting. Mass shootings are becoming common. California will turn into just another tally on the board if we respond the way we’ve been responding. It’s like Americans are waiting around for a massacre so heinous we have no choice but to start acting to combat gun violence. I think we’ve already witnessed such a shooting. To me, every shooting is heinous enough. I just wish my standards met those of the people in charge.

Climate conference at odds with reality

ie classes of the last few years have been great,

Bulls’ Derrick Rose, prone to injury, has played

through a secretive evaluation and an oral vote of the trustees reminiscent of the university’s secrecy during its presidential search. During the process, the school shredded documents related to the search, required search committee members to sign confidentiality agreements and signed a contract addendum with its private search firm, Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates, giving the firm the power to decide what records would be released to the public. We are tired of a public university refusing to be transparent about its actions. The process should be changed to be more open so the university community knows how it chooses and evaluates its most important employee. Again, we admire a lot about our new president and suspect our trustees feel the same way. But next year, how about letting those who pay the taxes and tuition be in on the discussion?

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Downtown Kent gears up for holidays with decorations Bailey Purpura Downtown Reporter As the holiday season approaches, downtown

Kent has prepared with lights, decorations and

different displays of holiday spirit in its stores and restaurants.

Carnaby Street Style on Erie Street is just one

of the shops downtown celebrating the holidays

with decorations. Other decorations adorning the town include strung lights and trees inside businesses' display windows.

Emma Kennell, owner of Carnaby Street

Style, said she loves all the decorations that are put up in her store.

“Doing the decorations in here is my absolute

favorite thing,” Kennel said.

Along with Carnaby Street, businesses such as

Fresco Mexican Grill & Salsa Bar and Gracylane

boutique also participated in the holiday decorating. Fresco has a tree adorned with lights as cus-

tomers walk into the restaurant with hanging candy canes free for the taking. “I think having the decorations up really puts people in the holiday spirit,” said Emily Clark, a waitress at Fresco. At Gracylane, everything people see hanging in the trees can be purchased in the store. Dominique Burrell, a Gracylane employee, said it is an easy way to make the store look festive while also showing off the store's products. “It’s easy to sell and fun to restock,” Burrell said. With finals week right around the corner, the decorations in popular studying spots around town are a motivation for some students to get through their cram sessions before going home for the holidays. “I don’t think it is a distraction at all,” said Rachel Murrey, a sophomore nursing major. "It really makes me motivated to get through finals week." bpurpura@kent.edu

Bailey Purpura / The Kent Stater Holiday decorations at Fresco Mexican Grill & Salsa Bar in downtown Kent on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015.

Fashion School receives new knitting machine Felicia Guadagni Fashion Reporter Kent State's Fashion School recently purchased an industrial knitting machine capable of utilizing 32 individual rolls of yarn. The machine, a Stoll CMS ADF-3 multigauge knitting machine, is the only one in an educational setting in North America. According to a Fashion School press release, the machine weighs more than 3,000 pounds and is 10 feet long. The installation of the Stoll machine will offer manufacturing knitwear production opportunities to fashion school students. Kevin Wolfgang, TechStyleLAB manager, said the manufacturing machine will eventually be used for a knitwear class that will introduce manufacturing software programming. However, the school is still in the initial stages of learning how to use the machine. “We’ve had the machine less than six months, so we are still in the very beginning stages of implementing it,” Wolfgang said. The Stoll machine works by creating patterns on the knit programming software and sending those patterns to the machine to manufacture. Wolfgang, lead IT user support analyst James Ahmad and associate fashion professor Linda Felicia Guadagni / The Kent Stater James Ahmad, an IT analyst, starts up the Stoll machine in the Fashion School to produce a basic patterned Ohrn are the only people who have training on the machine. Wolfgang and Ahmad have had two black and white scarf on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015.

weeks of training, while Ohrn has had five. “It can take several hours to come up with the basic pattern of a scarf on this machine,” Ahmad said. “The software programming is what is so time-consuming.” The machine was provided by private donations totaling about $130,000. Ohrn said there is a need for this type of machine at the Fashion School due to knitwear ’s prominent role in the industry. “If you think of what people wear, everyone has something knit on every day,” Ohrn said. “When we look at what is taught at fashion schools around the country and the world, knitwear is the only part that often gets missed and the one area a lot of students don’t have much knowledge in.” Wolfgang expanded on Ohrn’s sentiment and said the goal is for students to be aware of the manufacturing element of design, which the Stoll machine will provide. “We are sending students to work for major companies that use these types of machines after graduation, like Macy’s,” Wolfgang said. “We aren’t preparing them to open an Etsy shop.”

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Students look forward to holiday traditions Paige Verma Student Life Reporter As finals near and holiday break is just around the corner, students are starting to think about what they do for the holidays. While some might travel and some might never leave their houses, students do different things when the holidays come around. Lucas Porcelli, a freshman exploratory major, spends his holiday break at home and celebrates with immediate family. Porcelli says his sister comes home for the holiday and they spend the day relaxing and watching Christmas movies and “Alvin and the Chipmunks.” Junior nursing major Lena Parteleno also spends her holidays at home, and friends and family come over for lunch or dinner. “One of my favorite childhood memories is helping my mom put up her Santa collection.” Parteleno said. “She has 50-plus Santas we put up around the house, and we have been doing it for years.” Freshman zoology major Riley Parker always gets together with family for the holiday. Parker travels every year to her grandparents’ house, where she will helps her parents and grandparents bake. “Traditionally, we play board games and GameCube, more the old-style stuff,” Parker said. Jordan Priddy, a junior marketing major, also does some traveling for the holiday. “We go to my aunt’s and church on Christmas morning,” Priddy said. “We do gifts at my

parents’ and at my aunt’s, and we all cook together.” Priddy also said she and her older brother always go and see Santa the day after Thanksgiving. Some people get together and have family parties, like freshman digital media production major Keith Medvetz does for the holiday. Medvetz’s dad’s side of the family always has a family party for the holiday, and he usually attends when he isn’t working. “Waking up early and opening presents was a tradition when I was younger,” Medvetz said. He also remembered one year watching the Polar Express movie with his mom at 4 a.m. on Christmas Day. Some students don’t have their entire family close by to have get-togethers and celebrate with family like others do. Sophomore biotechnology major Sabrina Adjiri used to celebrate the holiday with her family when she lived in California, but after moving to Ohio, there isn’t much family to celebrate with. “Celebrating big is a lot of effort for just three of us,” Adjiri said. Adjiri said because she’s Italian, every year for Christmas, they make seven different fish dishes to represent the seven fishes, which is part of a Southern Italian custom to celebrate Christmas. “We went to a movie once on Christmas, but as long as you’re all together, it’s ‘Christmas-y,’” Adjiri said. pverma1@kent.edu


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WRESTLING AND GYMNASTICS:

Balancing team and the individual Dan Armelli Sports Reporter At the Ohio Duals, dawn of the wrestling season in November, Chance Driscoll sat in one of the coaches’ chairs, calling out instructions to Kent State wrestlers. Driscoll isn’t a coach, he’s a member of the team. He had just completed a win via major decision over Tiffin University’s Travis Salyer. Following that, he was verbally and emphatically trying to help his teammates. Back in March, the Kent State gymnastics team was about to begin its last meet of the 201415 season, the MAC Championships, held in the M.A.C. Center. The Flashes had won the MAC title four times at home and were about to win their fifth. “We needed to win,” said sophomore gymnast Rachel Stypinski. “We wanted to send our seniors off with a good hurrah. Before we went, we all got together and were like, ‘It’s our last meet with these seniors. We know we didn’t make it to regionals, so let’s make this our best meet this season.’” Wrestling is one-on-one combat. Gymnastics involves one athlete performing by their own. But ultimately, both are team sports, with valuable reminders for each athlete that makes being part of a team so special. “It is an individual sport, but at the same time you need encouragement from your teammates,” said sophomore wrestler Stephen Suglio. “If you’re constantly focused on the individual aspect of it, it could be really lonely. Then it’s just like, ‘What am I doing this for?’”

Team chemistry

Wrestling head coach Jim Andrassy says a cohesive unit is essential. “Last year, with injuries and with the travel and with how hard our schedule was, we didn’t have the chemistry,” Andrassy said. “We didn’t have the right attitude to be successful. I think so far this year, we’re lightyears farther than where we were. Ultimately, for kids to be good, they need good workout partners. You look for kids that try to help each other and try to build that united team that can move forward.” For example, Driscoll, who wrestles at 141 pounds, works out with fifth-year senior Mike DePalma, a two-time NCAA qualifier who wrestles at 149 pounds. “Hopefully DePalma makes Driscoll good

and vice versa,” Andrassy said. Driscoll, who had to wait until his senior year at St. Edward’s High School to crack a starting spot, is a starter for the Flashes in his third year. He says attitudes can shape entire team chemistry. “If you’ve got four or five guys in the room who are real good, working real hard and just getting after it every single day, that’s contagious,” Driscoll said. “All the younger guys see that and think, ‘Man, they’re at where they’re at because of how hard they work.’" Junior gymnast Skyelee Lamano, whose hometown is Layton, Utah, says having a solid bond with her teammates is important. “I like the comfort of knowing that they’re there for me friend-wise, teammate-wise, and even just to push me,” she said. “Even if I’m not there in a lineup, they push me to get into a lineup. In all aspects, teammates are nice to have, especially since I’m so far away from home.” Senior gymnast Nicolle Eastman says that teamwork and friendship can help boost her own ability, even though she’s the sole athlete on the mat when she’s performing. “It gets really nerve-racking out there,” she said. “Having that relationship with your teammates and being able to talk to them and look to them for advice or just to feel comfort (is good). I think that makes it so much better, easier and calmer when you’re out competing.” One thing Andrassy talks about is great wrestlers needing to be a little selfish in order to be successful. Andrassy said every now and then he gets a wrestler, like Kent State alum and NCAA Champion Dustin Kilgore and fifth-year senior Ian Miller, who change how Andrassy treats them. “Ian has to do things different than some of these guys because his body’s built different,” Andrassy said. “He’s almost like a thoroughbred racehorse… He isn’t like a horse that’s pulling the sled. He’s a horse that you’re only racing once every four or five weeks. With wrestling, you have got to be careful. You have got to train people different. With that being said, it is individual, but also for us, it’s a team result as well.”

Being unselfish

But selfishness can go too far, Andrassy says. “The great kids or people are the ones that are able to be great athletes and also are able to help their team,” he said. Gymnastics coach Brice Biggin said he talks to his team about the importance of being unselfish. “What they have to learn is they may have been the best kid at their gym, and they may have been the best kid for quite a while,” Biggin said. “But now, everything they do, they may be fifth or sixth.There are some very difficult decisions we have to make as coaches when there are seven or eight girls who are all capable going in."

Redshirt junior wrestler and economics major Chance Driscoll.

Wrestling and gymnastics athletes spend a lot of time with their teammates in the wrestling room, in the gymnastics room, or on a bus heading to a meet. However, when it comes time for them to perform, physically, they are the only out there representing their teams. Miller, who has won three MAC Championships, says the aspect of wrestling he loves is having all eyes on him. “I like getting the big moves,” he said. “I like getting the crowd behind me. I like to be a crowd pleaser. I like to have the center of attention on me.” While Miller said wrestlers like he and Kilgore enjoy being on the mat to win for themselves, their wins end up helping the team. “If we’re winning for ourselves, we’re going to win for the team,” Miller said. “I think if we do well, be selfish and just think about ourselves, it’ll actually help the team in the long run.” Stypinski, the only member of the gymnastics team to make the NCAA Regionals last year, said she feeds off of competing alone, but her desire to do well for the team makes having a good performance that much more important. “I know I do a lot better under pressure than when I’m just here practicing,” she said. “I know I have to do well for the team and succeed (and) do well to help the lineup and... get the scores up.”

Buying in

Sophomore wrestler and integrated science major Stephen Suglio.

A lot of Kent State's wrestling and gymnastic athletes come from high schools where they were the best. Biggin said it can be tough for newcomers to understand an individual can have a successful day without the team necessarily doing well or

Nate Manley / The Kent Stater Redshirt freshman guard Tyra James goes for a layup in the M.A.C. Center on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015.

Ty Sugick Sports Reporter Kent State's women's basketball team lost 68-60 Tuesday on the road to the Bradley Braves of Bradley University. The Flashes shot under 40 percent from the field the whole night. On top of that, the team had 24 turnovers. Though Braves did not shoot any better from the field, the turnover turnovers got the best of the Flashes. On a positive note for the Flashes, junior guard and forward Larissa Lurken had a career night, totaling 25 points and seven rebounds. Lurken was one of only two Flashes to reach double-digits in scoring on the night. Sophomore guard Naddiyah Cross, that scored ten points. Kent State won the rebound battle by a plus 14 margin, the opposite of what happened in their Saturday night victory against North Dakota State University. Tuesday night's game also marked the end of a great run by sophomore forward Jordan Korinek, who finished the previous five games in double digit scoring. During that five game run, Korinek averaged 22 points and 7.6 rebounds. The Flashes will have two more games before conference play to clean up the rough areas of offense. Flashes take on against the Youngstown State University Penguins on Saturday at noon in the Beeghly Center in Youngstown.

Junior Skyelee Lamano.

Being selfish

Center of attention

Fifth-year senior wrestler and physical education major Ian Miller.

Junior Skyelee Lamano, senior Nicolle Eastman and sophomore Rachel Stypinski.

Lurken’s career night not enough

Senior Nicolle Eastman.

tsugick@kent.edu Sophomore Rachel Stypinski.

vice versa. “I think it’s hard for our freshman because everything they’ve always done in this sport has always been individualized for them,” Biggin said. “What they did really just affected themselves. When they come into college, that all changes completely. They have to really buy into the philosophy or they lose their individualism here. But they (can help) create a team atmosphere.” Andrassy said one of the best years since he’s been at Kent State was when Kilgore didn’t even place at the NCAA Championships and the team took 18th in the country. In the 2008-2009 season, Kent State sent a school record of six wrestlers to the NCAA Championships. “I think with wrestling it’s about (the individual and the team),” Andrassy said. “One of the things that we’ve talked about is we have the (11th) longest streak of having an All-American in the country. That’s mainly an individual thing, but it also shows a lot about our program.” Suglio is a wrestler who has shown the ability to buy into the team aspect. Suglio wrestled at 197 pounds before losing in a wrestle-off to redshirt freshman Kyle Conel for the starting position. Because of an injury to last year’s heavyweight starter Mimmo Lytle, Suglio moved up to heavyweight. Suglio said his transition from 197 pounds to heavyweight exemplifies how much of a team sport wrestling really is. “I think we have a certain goal that we want to reach as a team as far as where we want to place in the M.A.C,” he said. “Obviously it is a struggle having to move up (against) wrestling guys who are a lot bigger and stronger. When it comes down to it, I feel like in college, it’s more of a team thing. We’re all really good here, so we’re trying to reach this goal together.” Driscoll said that even though he’s an individual on the mat, he’s representing Kent State no matter where he goes. “I’m representing something that’s a lot bigger than myself,” he said. “When I step on the mat, I’m wrestling for my family, my team and who I represent. If I do something off the mat that’s stupid, that reflects on my coaches not only at Kent State but also at St. Edwards’s. I’ve got to conduct myself in a manner that makes my coaches proud of me.”

Hockey heads to face-off against Rochester Chris Yamnitsky Sports Reporter The Kent State Hockey Club moved forward from their split last weekend to prepare for two important league games against Rochester College. Practice this week focused on areas where the team is successful, carrying the puck out of the defensive zone with support. “Today we had a really good day of supporting the puck and getting in the habit of attempting 10 to 15 foot passes all the way up the zone, instead of going for that Hail Mary-type pass," Coach Jim Underwood said. "We are successful when we come out of our zone together and give the puck carrier two passing options. Earlier in the week, we did a lot of battle drills. It’s just a way to keep it in our mind that we have to compete everyday (and) every single shift to win (on) the ice out there.” The Flashes (9-5-2) face off against Rochester College (9-10-1) Friday and Saturday night in Rochester. “Rochester is a little bit of a mystery to us. Last year was the first year we played them and we split the games with them,” Underwood said. “They are off to a little bit of a slower start in our league standings, but do have a lot of games left to play. But we know if we show up... and put together a good fundamental game of hockey, we should be (able) to give ourselves a chance to win the games.” cyamnits@kent.edu

darmell1@kent.edu Photos by Dan Armelli and Alex Ledet / The Kent Stater

Max McCarty / The Kent Stater Forward Jon Buttitta faces off against a University of Pittsburgh player on Friday, Nov. 7, 2015.


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