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Flashes look to ride momentum into homestretch of regular season SWAT stands at the back door of building 5 of the Villages at Franklin Crossings during a hostage situation on Sunday. Nate Manley / The Kent Stater
Suspect dead in Silver Meadows hostage situation Jenna Kuczkowski General Assignment Reporter
Kent State junior guard Kevin Zabo celebrates as teammate sophomore Jalen Avery hits free throws to extend the lead late in the second half against The University of Akron at the James A. Rhodes Arena on Friday. Kent State beat Akron, 70-67. Nate Manley / The Kent Stater
Nick Buzzelli Sports Reporter Jimmy Hall said Kent State “gave up” a lot of games in Mid-American Conference play that it should’ve won. First, there were the home overtime losses to Northern Illinois University, Central Michigan University and Bowling Green State University. Then there was the blowout against the University of Toledo on Feb. 11, a team the Flashes beat by 24 the first time they played this season. After snapping the University of Akron’s 30-game winning streak at the James A. Rhodes Arena Friday night, Hall realized that the road win over the league’s best team gave him and his teammates a sense of confidence moving forward in a season marked by inconsistencies. “I feel like we all believe that we got it in us. We just got to get hot at the right time right now,” Hall said. “We gave up a lot of games that we shouldn’t have so just right now is about getting hot at the right time and taking off.”
With four games left, the Flashes currently sit in fourth place in the MAC’s East Division, two games out of a three-way tie for second. But because Kent State faces University at Buffalo, Ohio University and Akron one more time — the three teams ahead of it in the standings – it has an opportunity to gain ground in the head-tohead matchups. The Flashes are currently 1-2 this season against those three teams, with the two losses being by a combined 31 points. However, if there’s one statistic that has been indicative of Kent State’s unpredictability during the 2016-17 campaign, it’s the number of unforced errors committed from game-to-game. For example, in their Jan. 17 game versus Buffalo, an 82-69 loss, the Flashes committed 19 total turnovers. Against Toledo four days later Kent State had just eight while recording 14 assists. In its seven conference wins thus far, the Flashes averaged 12.4 turnovers per game, a hair below its season mark of 14.1. But in their seven league losses, that number hovers around 17.1. For head coach Rob Senderoff, the extra pos-
sessions – or lack thereof – can be the difference between a win and a loss. “If we can (take care of the basketball), we got a chance. If we don’t do that, we shoot ourselves in the foot,” Senderoff said following the Akron game. “Take care of the basketball, stay within yourself, make simple plays and we have a chance to win.” Despite the fact that league play has been erratic – a four-game losing skid, two straight wins on multiple occasions and back-to-back losses – Hall is reassured in his team heading into the homestretch of the regular season. “In our locker room, in our minds, we’re the best team in the MAC. We try to go out there and play as hard as we can to win every game,” he said. “Sometimes, we get aside from ourselves and our principles. So whether it’s a tight game or we blow someone out, we take our wins as we can right now.” nbuzzel1@kent.edu
TEDx urges students to 'Rewind, Rethink, React and Respond' Session One
McKenna Corson Diversity Reporter TEDxKentState kicked off its first session Saturday morning in the univeristy’s Student Center,, focusing on the theme of “Rewind,” with four speakers sharing personal stories of their past and focusing on how others could better their future. Videos of past TED Talks and a dance performance were shown between speakers. Assistant dance professor Gregory King spoke first. He spoke of race, gender and sexuality issues, sharing his personal experiences with all three. He started his speech with a question: “What makes me black? Am I black because of the color of my skin or the practice of my people?” King talked of family struggles, cultural differences and the question of beauty. He ended his speech with: “Who are we? We are all pieces of each other, vessels of triumph if we choose to embrace the struggles of the person sitting next to us.” King then tore his notes, letting the pieces of paper fall onto the stage. Keri Richmond, a senior public relations major, was the next to speak. Richmond spoke of growing up in foster care. She discussed the hard work that enabled her to go to the White House, where she worked alongside other interns who grew up in foster care. She fought to help children growing up in the system, so they could reach their full potential. “I think a lot of the time we find ourselves ashamed of some of our past experiences or where we came from or where we grew up,” Richmond said. “We don’t always want to share or shed any light on it." The third speaker, Phil Kim, an associate professor of business at Walsh University, spoke of the beauty of failure and second chances. Kim, a high school dropout, talked about how his failures also led to his success. “It doesn’t matter how far you’ve fallen,” Kim said. “Today is an opportunity to get back up … Don’t dwell on your past mistakes. Everyone learns through failure. Be yourself. Everyone has constraints. Everyone deserves a second chance, and it’s time to start living yours.” The final speaker, Jennifer Kulics, Kent State associate vice president and dean of students, spoke on strategies to improve self-worth and the others around us. “Today I challenge you — and I challenge myself every day — to think about what it is that
After almost nine hours of negotiation, Kent City Police announced a suspect is now dead following a barricaded hostage situation. An unidentified male suspect held a female hostage within a laundry room in building five of The Villages at Franklin Crossings after police tried to apprehend him. According to Lt. Mike Lewis, the female hostage was rescued safely. “At approximately 9 p.m. tonight, this turned into a hostage rescue operation,” Lewis said. “The male suspect involved with the situation is deceased at the scene. (The Bureau of Criminal Investigation) will begin on this investigation, not the Kent Police.” Kent officers originally came to the complex to investigate suspicious persons at 12:30 p.m. “When we tried to make contact with him in the laundry room, that’s when he barricaded himself,” Lewis said. “The male suspect then advised that he had taken a female hostage. At that point, we evacuated the building and we activated our regional Metro SWAT team. The female hostage is uninjured and has been taken to the hospital for evaluations.” Lewis said Metro SWAT arrived onsite at approximately 2 p.m. They negotiated with the suspect and made attempts to bring the situation to a safe resolution. He said he couldn’t discuss whether or not the suspect shot himself or if it was an officer-involved shooting due to the ongoing investigation. Lewis declined to comment if there was a weapon found on scene. Police do not know if the suspect had a relationship with the hostage. “There is very limited information I can share. This is not our investigation,” Lewis said. Neighbors and community members gathered outside the complex for hours. Dozens said they watched once police arrived.
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we can control, not what we can’t control,” Kulics said. “It is about the power we have in the can. What can we control?" Kulics said that by using six tactics – self-talk, gratitude, compassion, smile, befriend, be well — “We can improve our own life and we can improve the lives of others."
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Cameron Hoover General Assignment Reporter The second round of speakers sought to motivate listeners to Rethink their current situations. Popular cultural topics such as the U.S. education system, refugees, social stigma and climate change were discussed throughout the round of five speakers. The first to speak was Jeffery Huston, a senior lecturer of health sciences. He conveyed the main point of the U.S. education system failing students, parents and teachers alike. Throughout his 15-minute speech, Huston outlined some of the main problems. “The Industrial Age saw the rise of the factory assembly line, which increased efficiency and created a system in which management aimed to keep workers submissive and controlled,” Hus-
ton said. “This model was applied to K-12 education and eventually to higher education as well. Today’s education continues to follow the same model of teaching and learning.” According to Huston, standardized testing is one of the main reasons for America’s educational missteps, despite being fourth in the world in perstudent funding. He said that a possible solution to the educational crisis is through systems thinking, which he defined as “the belief that an organization is a system, meaning that there are organizational properties in an interrelated whole.” Huston’s speech ended with a call to arms, encouraging everyone at the event to push for more systems thinking. The next speaker, communication studies graduate appointee Daniel Socha, focused on the concept of cultural humility in order to effectively welcome refugees. As Socha has spent much of his life researching new approaches to intercultural communication through his experiences with refugees, he gave humorous examples of cultural assumptions. Socha explained how refugees he was teaching asked about basketball and the Cleveland Cavaliers’ trip to the NBA Finals in 2016.
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The Center for Student Involvement kicks off their annual Commuter Appreciation Week on Monday. The event focuses on getting commuter students to participate in oncampus activities and showing them they are appreciated for being a part of the Kent State community. Alexis Chukanye, a sophomore prenursing major at Kent State's Geauga campus, said she plans to drive from Cleveland to Kent to attend the event. “I’m attending this event because I think involvement in my school is important," Chukanye said. "I go to a regional campus, so getting the chance to visit main campus for this awesome event is really rewarding." The Center for Student Involvement encourages all students, commuter or not, to attend the event as a way to meet new people and to get acclimated to life on campus. For students like Isaiah Barnett, a sophomore fashion merchandising student and commuter, participating in activities outside of the classroom is a great way to relax and become a part of the on-campus atmosphere. “Anytime I can be a part of something fun on campus, I’m there," Barnett said. "I think it’s pretty cool that commuter students are shown recognition because sometimes people forget that not everyone lives on campus." The event is free for all students and will be located in the Nest on the second floor of the Student Center. It begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 10:30 a.m. Monday through Thursday. There will be games, food and prizes for students in attendance. kcaldwe9@kent.edu
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HOSTAGE Suspect dead in Silver ... “I’ve been out here just watching since it started,” said Brent Chaney, a resident of another building in the complex. “This is a first for me, being this close to something like this in real life — with the SWAT team and all that stuff — (it’s) something I’ve never seen before." Lewis said residents of building five should be able to return to their
homes after the investigation is finished by Monday morning. “We’ve made every effort to accommodate the residents as best we can. Big credit to the Kent Fire Department and the Red Cross who have helped us out today by taking care of the residents,” Lewis said. “The residents are safe and sound. They have warm shelter tonight, thanks to the Red Cross.” Lewis said additional information will be released Monday morning. jkuczkow@kent.edu
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Alicia Krynock Architecture and Environmental Design Reporter Kent State is two weeks into an eightweek competition between universities to reduce waste. Recyclemania began Feb. 5 and will run until April 1. The competition features weekly contests between residence halls, faculty and students, as well as a nationwide competition between over 600 universities throughout the U.S. and Canada. Last year, this event resulted in 79.3 million pounds of recycled materials nationwide and prevented an estimated 122,000 MTCO₂E (metric tons CO₂) greenhouse gas emissions. Current rankings are available on the live scoreboard. In 2016, Kent State came in as 100 out over 200 schools that participated, with a recycling rate of 35.7 percent.
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In light of the heroin epidemic across Ohio, Kent State hosted a talk Thursday led by an associate medical director from Summa Health Systems titled “Recovery Rocks: The Science Behind Addiction.” Students packed the Kiva to listen to Nicole Labor, who specializes in addiction care at Summa Health System St. Thomas Hospital, as she spoke about the underlying reasons people become addicted. According to Labor, all of these aspects are derived from a neurological perspective that focuses on the
individual and their disease, not the drug they are abusing. “Addiction is not a psychological illness,” Labor said. “There are psychological elements to it, but it is certainly not a moral failing. It is a neurological illness.” The event focused on two major functions in the human brain: the frontal cortex and the midbrain. The frontal cortex represents one’s ethics, goals and rationalization. The midbrain is very primitive, meaning it does not weigh consequences or think about the future. Labor listed marijuana, alcohol, heroin, crack, crystal meth and Xanax as the most common drugs that are
usually abused. Labor said it does not matter what kind of drug it is: Addiction is caused by over-dependence on dopamine. Labor also spoke about how addiction distorts the dopamine levels in the brains of addicted individuals, who require far more dopamine in comparison to individuals who are not addicted. “Addiction is a broken pleasure sense; it's a dysfunctional rewards system,” Labor said. “We need that rewards system to survive, but when it gets dysfunctional, that’s when we have addiction.” For Carolyn Good, a health education graduate student who attended the
event, addiction is a personal trauma. “I have addicts in my family," Good said. "I have multiple alcoholics in my family, but they are all recovered so far." Erica Tannhof, a freshman special education major, attended the event because she wanted to learn more about addiction. “I found it very interesting,” Tannhof said. “I’ve never dived into the world of addiction, as no one in my family has gone through anything like that. I wasn’t used to that kind of thing, but I wanted to find out more information.” Although Labor said that addiction will never truly be defeated, there are ways to successfully minimize the
devastating effects it can cause for individuals and their families. Instead of making a drug that is temporarily popular illegal, Labor said she believes society has to stop focusing on the drug and start focusing on the addiction itself. Addiction will come back in different forms and will not go away, she said. Labor said she advocates for society to change the way it views drugs and addiction, which involves recognizing how addiction is an actual disease and not representative of amoral values. Labor said she hopes that this will lead to a more progressive view of addiction and help stop the disease early on. thaughn@kent.edu
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Flashes fall short in Pink Meet Scott Lendak Gymnastics Reporter
Kent State President Beverly Warren received undivided attention from both Kent State and Central Michigan University fans before Sunday’s PINK Meet. “I remember when this gymnastics team painted ‘Bev Strong’ on the rock in front of campus,” Warren said as she addressed the issue of breast cancer to the crowd. “That picture hangs in my living room and I make sure to look at it every day.” To see the extended article, visit KentWired.com.
Cheers&Jeers Cheers to ... teaching kids manners. A restaurant owner in Italy gave a family a 5 percent discount, citing the family’s “polite children.” Jeers to ... hawks in Orlando, Florida, that have been attacking golfers at the Orange Tree Golf Club. The course has signs posted that read, “Umbrella advisable!”
Feminism: The dirty word Madison Newingham Columnist The fight for women’s rights has been ongoing since the latter half of the 1800s, constantly sidelined by other issues and drowned in misinformation. First, let’s clear these rumors of misandry. Feminism is another word for equality. They are synonymous. Women want to have equal rights – period. To dumb down the conversation, the following is a feminist statement: “I want equal pay.” I stress the word equal and note that in no context will this ever mean “more.” The following is a misandrist statement, sometimes known as radical feminism: “I want female supremacy. Women deserve more rights than men. I only care about women.” I know this seems extreme, but I have heard over and over from those against closing the gap that feminists stand for these misandrist values, and it is simply not the case. No feminist will argue superiority and anyone who does is not a feminist. Do not let the extreme radicals of any movement represent the entire movement. Equal opportunity does not equate to equal rights. I have the same opportunity as a man to pursue a career in law, for example. Though I have that access to higher education and a legal position in the public sphere, that does not inherently mean I will reap equal benefits or equal work. In other words, sure, I have the ability to become an attorney, but economic justice has not yet been achieved, despite expanding career opportunities. I have compiled some interesting statistics in regards to the gender gap to support this notion. The American Association of University Women (AAUW) has completed an analysis of census data and have consequently estimated that the gender gap will not close until 2152. This is unacceptable, and if we want to see success as a nation with inherent values of liberty and equality, we must mobilize the cause further. For example, families do better when both parents are on equal playing fields — not only as a family unit, but from an economic standpoint. The world of work is skewed against mothers. The AAUW reported that it takes mothers six months longer to earn what fathers make in a year. We must stress to our sons and daughters that they can do and be anything, that they are equally important to our country and world for the same reasons. The average woman earns 78 percent of her male counterpart’s salary, according to CNN. I want to stress the word average here. This statistic is far more unbalanced for women of color than for white women. In the struggle for economic justice, the conversation must be inclusive of all women. Helping a subset is helping no one. That is not justice. To breakdown the gender gap, the AAUW differentiates several groups by ethnicity and demographic. American Indian and Alaska Native women earn, on average, only 59 percent of their male counterparts. Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander women earn 65 percent. White, non-Hispanic women earn 78 percent. Finally, Asian American women earn 90 percent. While it is impressive that Asian American women are the closest in closing the gap, we have yet to achieve justice for these women and compensation for their equal abilities to perform in the workforce. To demonstrate how multifaceted a problem the gender gap represents, consider debt in this equation. See the full article on KentWired.com. mnewing2@kent.edu
Congress needs to compromise Nicholas Hunter Columnist Congress works slowly. It has worked at varying speeds over the years with even more varying levels of success, but it has always gotten things done at a sluggish pace. This is, in part, by design; the founding fathers who put together the U.S. Constitution put obstacles in front of Congress to check its power. I would venture to guess, however, that the pace of today’s Congress is not what they had in mind. Nearly every aspect of congressional activity is politically charged, and with a commonly close split between Republican and Democratic numbers within Congress, nearly every congressional activity ends up being a nasty battle. If members of Congress are elected with the implication that they are supposed to work for the people who elected them, then they are extremely bad at their jobs. But it does not have to be this way. Members of Congress claim to have the best interests of the country in mind when making decisions — and I believe that is largely true. There are certainly some people who get into politics for the power or glory (or more corrupt reasons), though I am confident that most people who pursue political office do so because they care about their community and country. The issue is that, after they win an election, the focus shifts to what policy they can pass. At first that seems like the right course of action; they create policy — of course, that’s what they’re focused on. But many go into office with specific policy already in mind, before they have consulted their fellow members of Congress. Some do so with full knowledge it will get rejected by half of Congress. Why? If they care about helping American people, they need to address problems, not party agendas. Answers can’t be given before the question is asked. To be effective in any problem-solving group, the first thing that needs to happen is all members of the group needs to collec-
tively identify the problem. Next, they need to ask, “What can we do to solve that problem?” Then, select a diverse team of people to tackle the issue. Everyone will likely have some sort of different answer; that is good. Each person can bring their answer to the table, these answers can be talked through and, after hard work, real debate and lots of compromise, a solution can be brought to the table. On paper, this is how Congress works: they choose committees that are tasked with coming up with legislation to solve specific issues. But, in reality, members of these committees that are from different parties publicly bicker and refuse compromise, then the proposal from the majority party in congress passes their legislation. The part that is missing from the intended operating model of Congress is debate and compromise. This may seem obvious — we’ve all learned this in elementary school — but this is something that Congress does not even attempt to do. This largely comes from partisan politics. There will always be fundamental differences with how people from different backgrounds believe an issue can be solved. For example, when it comes to health insurance, Republicans want to allow price competition between private health insurers to drive medical costs down. On the other hand, Democrats believe that government regulation is needed to keep medical costs down, and both sides can find information to back their stance, and that’s fine. What isn’t fine is settling on a policy without reading the other side’s proposal or slowing or shutting down the government until you get your way. Nothing gets done. Instead of working on appeasing voters by saying the things they want to hear, Congress can begin winning voter approval by using their power to make a real, tangible impact on their lives. And that starts with being willing to compromise. nhunter6@kent.edu
Where is our voice? Alan Neff Letter to the Editor
May 1970 was a time that witnessed this country during a war that divided us as a people. As citizens gathered in the nation’s capital to protest the Cambodian Incursion and the events at Kent State, units of the 2nd Marine Division stood at ready south of the Potomac River. In both ranks, north and south of the river, were men that carried the scars of combat in a war fallen from favor. South of the river, few, if any, relished taking up arms against their fellow citizens. This force, if unleashed, may have paled all the acts in the years leading to this event. Command realized the gravity of the folly Washington was about to repeat, and the Marines were never deployed across the
river against their nation. Today, the nation and our constitution are under attack by forces from within our government. According to the claims of these foes of liberty, the free press is now “the enemy of the American people.” These same opponents of freedom discredit our courts, attack individual judges and replace facts with lies, only to repudiate all as “fake news.” How long before these neo-fascists turn their sights to discrediting the American people? The only voice standing against this tyranny is from the honorable U.S. Senator, John McCain. May I be so bold as to suggest that we join forces before the river is crossed? aneff1248@gmail.com
Does Donald Trump have a mental illness? Matt Poe Columnist Yes, I did just ask that. I wish I could see the reactions of those who read that headline and what their faces convay. I imagine some of you may blatantly think “yes” to that question, while others may wonder why I’d pose such a question in the first place. Nevertheless, I believe it’s something that needs to be asked, even if a definitive answer is unlikely attainable. We all know by now that Donald Trump says and does whatever he sees fit. His audacity and ability to somehow blend fact and fiction and convey it to millions of people is both frightening and quite impressive on a commitment level; ladies, find a man committed to you in the same way His Orangeness is committed to fabricating his own version of truth. Just look to his comments from this past weekend’s rally for further proof. God, I hope the Swedish are OK. Obviously, none of this is new to myself or the rest of the world and, as consequence, we’ve developed a typical pattern with how we assess the outlandish things His Orangeness says: He says something bewildering, the media and public discuss it ad nauseam. He says something even crazier, we move on to that latest comment. Wash, rinse and repeat. I always believed His Orangeness said and did the things he does because he is a power hungry, egotistical, narcissistic pile of goo that is hellbent on ensuring our earth ceases to spin around the sun and rather revolve around his every doing. While most of that is true, I came across a great op-ed in The (failing) New York Times asking a question that had somehow elude me all this time. It goes something like this: Does Donald Trump act the way Donald Trump does because Donald Trump is mentally ill? One congressman from California even stated The White House should have a psychiatrist on staff to see if His Orangeness is suffering from a mental illness. In short, the article concludes that it’s a dangerous from an ethical standpoint for psychiatrists who have not treated Trump to speculate on the state of his mental health, leaving no definitive answer. After all, his father, Fred Trump, suffered from Alzheimer’s disease at the end of his life, and those who have had a family member with Alzheimer’s are more likely to develop it as well. One out of nine people over the age of 65 have Alzheimer’s, and that’s just one of the many mental illnesses there are. Trump is 70 years old, even though he doesn’t look the part because he’s been taken apart and reconstructed more times than Darth Vader. As you know, I love making fun of His Orangeness in whatever area I can. That being said, mental illnesses and how we treat people with them in this country is something I’m passionate about and have written on the matter before. When it comes to His Orangeness and his mental health, I believe it’s something we’ll have to consider keeping a close watch on for the next hopefully only four years. Maybe he is suffering from some disease or illness that, with the proper care, could inhibit some of the behaviors he shows. But that would require him to ask for help and, from what we’ve witnessed during this young presidency and for most of his public life, Donald Trump is not the type of man to seek guidance or help from others. No amount of medication, care or treatment can alleviate that. mpoe3@kent.edu
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KSU named Tree Campus for ninth straight year Henry Palattella Administration Reporter Kent State has once again been recognized for its foliage: the university has been named a Tree Campus USA school for the ninth straight year. The program — which was created in 2008 — honors universities around the country not only for their forest management, but also for getting their staff and students involved in conversation. To be named a "Tree Campus," a university has to meet the five guidelines set by the Arbor Day Foundation: it must have a campus tree-advisory committee, a campus tree-care plan, an annual expenditure for campus trees, a service-learning project and an Arbor Day observance on campus, Arbor Day program manager Mary Sweeney wrote in an email to the Kent State community. The service learning-project and Arbor Day observance have to have student involvement, which was something that Kent State excelled at. “(Kent State links its) tree planting with campus diversity events, which is really impressive since a lot of time treeplanting doesn’t reach into the AfricanAmerican or Hispanic communities, so having that focus on campus diversity events is really great,” Sweeney said. The university also held two Arbor Day events this past year in conjunc-
tion with the Child Development Center, as well as a service learning project that was held on April 30, 2016. Students went to the wetlands restoration behind Henderson Hall and planted 130 native trees and shrubs. The Arbor Day Foundation also takes into consideration is how a university deals with the removal of trees. “We actually, as a committee, are dealing with the issue (of moving trees) right now and trying to bring some constant guidelines and definitions," said Heather White, Kent State grounds manager. "We’re all talking the same language about it." One of the biggest problems the university runs into in relation to moving trees is construction, which is something White had to deal with over the summer. “The most recent (transplanted trees) came off of Summit Street due to the Summit Street construction and the Student Center paved lot construction,” White said. “The good thing is we knew these projects were coming, so we knew ahead of time that this entire row of trees (were) going to be sacrificed.” In total, the university moved eight trees with an average diameter of eight inches, White said. “On every project we do on — campus in construction, trees are always a component," White said. "We don’t
A tree in downtown Kent, Ohio, shows the season’s autumn colors on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Clint Datchuk / The Kent Stater
have an equation that says one tree down equals." "Any construction on campus is going to have to follow some requirements to make sure the trees are protected during that process.” Some trees on campus have to be removed or trimmed down, which is where the tree care plan comes in. “(Removing or cutting down trees) doesn’t effect you becoming a Tree Campus because we recognize that college campuses need to keep their students safe,” Sweeney said. “What
we look at is in the tree care plan that you have policies for protecting trees as much as you can in construction.” White said that the university takes location into consideration when deciding which trees need to be cut. “We have to be aware of where a tree is located,” White said. “Is it over a building or sidewalk? Is it over a street or is it in the middle of a lawn that no one walks around? So, the location of the tree matters. Some species don’t do as well if you remove them.”
There are over 950 contagious acres spread out across campus, White said. White realizes that the foliage on campus requires constant upkeep. “We’re very cognizant of the tree population on campus and what it looks like, so we’re constantly out,” White said. “People do take notice of the trees. I have a number of trees that I’m watching right now.” hpalatte@kent.edu
Nursing students use poetry to help cope in profession New pitch
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Abigail Winternitz College of Nursing and Public Health Reporter Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center hosted “Healing Stanzas," a workshop hosted in celebration of the College of Nursing’s 50th anniversary, Thursday evening. The workshop is part of the Wick Poetry Center ’s “Traveling Stanzas” program which, according to Wick Poetry Center Director David Hassler, aims to facilitate a global conversation through the voice of poetry. “Poems say things in a new and different way,” Hassler said. “It’s a form of communication that a lot of people have yet to experience fully.” Hassler, who led the workshop, explained to the students why he thought poetry was relevant to the nursing field by talking about how poetry can be used as a tool to understanding or coping with harsh realities. “Poetry shines a new light on the things in our mind that, if left alone, could end up traumatizing us,” Hassler said. “By giving those things shape and clarity through poetry, we can work through them.” Hassler then had the students read the poem “Ode to My Body,” a poem written as part of the “Traveling Stanzas” program. The poem detailed different parts of the human body — including ears, eyebrows, wrists and belly button — and how they were important in everyday life. The students were then asked to write and share their own “Ode to My Body” poems, which ranged from talking about anything from eyelashes to kidneys. Ashley Yurkovich, a senior nursing major, said the whole workshop experience was eye-opening to her. “As a nursing student, I’m always looking for little ways to connect with my patients,” Yurkovich said. “I hadn't really thought of poetry as a way to do that before tonight, but I think it would help to make a patient's day, and so I’m all for it.” Jess Paul, a senior nursing student, had already experienced the “Ode to My Body” poem before the workshop. “My freshman year I went to the (Deweese) Health Center for a sinus infection, and the check-up room they had me in had the “Ode to My Body” poem hanging up,” Paul said. “I remember thinking it was really cool and it reminded me to stay positive about my situation.”
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The “Ode to My Body” poem was written by a 12th-grade class at the Maplewood Career Center in Ravenna as part of the “Traveling Stanzas” program. Designed by Erin Stearns.
Tracy Motter, associate dean for Undergraduate Programs, was also present at the workshop. Motter said she was impressed by her students and their dedication to writing their poems during the workshop.
“Nursing can be a demanding and stressful occupation,” Motter said. “It’s important that our students learn how to slow down and reflect on the tougher aspects of the profession, and give them meaning. Poetry is a good way
to do that.” The Wick Poetry Center plans to display the poems created at the “Healing Stanzas” workshop in Henderson Hall. awintern@kent.edu
The Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation will be hosting its first pitch competition, CEBIpitch. Students are able to bring a business idea for a chance to win cash prizes to help fund a startup business. This gives students an opportunity to grow their businesses and transform into successful business owners. “The CEBIpitch competition will provide students with mentorship opportunities, business pitch experience and funding to propel their business startups forward," said Shawn Rohlin, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation. The six finalists will compete for cash prizes totaling $5,000 at the Final Live Pitch Competition and Awards Ceremony on April 13 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center. Six finalists will be announced March 1 and will receive additional private mentoring with business experts, academics and investors. The finalists will also receive pitch training from Brian Bowles. Bowles is a Kent State graduate and is the CEO of Ready Set Pitch, a business in Cleveland that helps college students, high school students and startups create a good pitch presentation. To apply, students should register and submit a two-minute video pitch of their business idea by Friday. At least one team member must be an entrepreneurship major or minor. mlugen@kent.edu
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DeVos appointment creates concern among education majors
U.S. VP Mike Pence swears in Betsy DeVos as the education secretary in the vice president’s ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, in Washington. Olivier Douliery/Abaca
Hannah Wagner Education, Health and Human Services Reporter Newly appointed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos created a stir on Kent State’s campus among education majors, making them question how her appointment will affect their careers. Blake Strozyk, a junior integrated language arts major, joked with his class about dropping his major after the appointment of the new educational secretary. “I do have some concerns,” Strozyk said. “I find it troubling when a federal bureaucracy leader has never been a teacher or attended a public school.” Strozyk said he has been gauging the reactions of his education professors, who have seemed anxious, wondering where education is going to go. “Education is always changing,” Strozyk said. “But, if you’re in it for the right reasons, no matter who is in charge, I believe you can be successful.” Cultural foundations graduate student Kait Klonowski said she is disappointed in DeVos' appointment and feels it was a step backward in improving the education system. “People are jumping through hoops to reach standards to keep receiving funding,” she said. “Schools that aren’t achieving will be set up to lose.” With 20 years of teaching experience, Klonowski said DeVos’s lack of teaching and public school experience puts more concern on funding schools in rural areas. “The biggest thing is to remind people it’s easy to target schools and teachers that aren’t performing well,” Klonowski said. “They are disregarding social and economic structures.” Klonowski said that the question should not be whether a school is good or bad, but about an equitable system to fund schools so everyone has an equal opportunity. Instead of grouping schools as needing to be fixed, it should be society, she said.
Jeffrey King, a junior managerial marketing major, said he believes DeVos is someone that will reform education. King attended a private high school, saying it was the only option unless he wanted to attend the failing public school in his district. “I feel if Betsy DeVos was failing and the option was there when I was in high school, she could have helped my parents,” King said. “I believe she will reform schools and help kids get an education to further their career.” William Kist, a professor of literacy courses in teaching, learning and curriculum studies, said he isn’t necessarily surprised DeVos was appointed. “We have had decades of policy makers who had absolutely no experience in policy education making policy decisions,” Kist said. “While I think many educators are shocked, it is not unheard of.” Kist said the issue whether policy is going to be driven by test scores could potentially impact educational students at Kent. “If it turns that funding is attached to test scores, then that will impact the work lives of future teachers,” Kist said. “We just can’t know for sure.” Getting more educators politically involved is the best way to show the general public that there are many successes in public schools Kist said. “I think the good news for students is that this appointment won’t impact them too directly,” Kist said. “I think there will still be plenty of jobs and many ways of impacting future students’ lives.” Kist said he focuses on what a great career teaching is, and others need to do a better job of sharing how they make a difference in someone’s life everyday through teaching. Strozyk said he believes in the public school system. "It's an opportunity to mix people with a diverse background and help broaden the spectrum," he said. hwagner8@kent.edu
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TED TEDx urges students to ... He then recognized that generalizations will naturally occur, and there is nothing we can do to truly deter them. He challenged the audience to use these generalizations to question stereotypes about people and to focus on individuals, rather than groups. The third speaker, graduate student Jess Krieger, spoke to the crowd about how animal agriculture was one of the main causes of global climate change, and how her work and research at Kent State were helping fix this problem. Krieger worked on creating an alternative to meat produced from animal agriculture. Krieger sees in vitro meat as the next step for human consumerism when it comes to food if we want to save our planet. “I was so energized by the idea that I could grow the foods that people know and love without hurting the environment,” she said. The penultimate speaker was Gary Myers, who spoke about a new way for people to eliminate social stigma: virtual leadership. Virtual leadership curriculum is a game that participants play while learning about others’ personalities through completion of tasks. The only way for these tasks to be completed is through group cohesiveness and taking on leadership roles. The TEDxKentState event saved 11-year-old Krish Mehra for last, with a speech about getting schoolchildren excited about coding. Mehra established the importance of coding with a quick survey of the audience, asking the crowd if they had ever searched for something on Google or bought something online.
Session Three
Nicholas Hunter General Assignment Reporter The first to take the stage was Amanda Leu, the coordinator for the office of academic diversity outreach for the College of Communications and Information. Leu focused around the idea that, instead of creating new ways for students to overcome barriers to getting a good education, there should be an effort to get rid of the barriers set up by school systems. Leu spoke about what she called “high-impact learning experiences,” specifically, university study abroad programs and internships. She said that while universities offer a variety of different programs, many students may not take advantage of them for reasons
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that range from financial issues to simply not having a car to get to an internship. The solution to that, Leu said, is to focus on “study away experiences … where you can go study in another part of the United States, which is so much more cost-effective than study abroad, but is just as beneficial.” The next speaker was senior visual communications design major Will Scharlott. He spoke about his time working on an app for people in India, where “80 percent of people who rely on (cellular) data in India rely on 2G data.” Scharlott explored how he created a ride sharing app — like Uber — for an Indian market that can operate differently depending on what level of data a person can use. The third speaker was Aaron Bacue, an assistant communication studies professor. He explored the idea of active listening. He suggested different ways to focus when others are speaking. Next up was associate English professor Keith Lloyd, who began his talk by stomping down three times on the stage. Lloyd moved on to a story about his family trip to the Kentucky wilderness, where they all stopped to admire the scene. As he stood looking as everyone else began walking to the car, he said that his daughter turned back to him and said “’If you hold onto it too long, you lose it.’ The final speaker of the session, Regis Coustillac, a poet and teaching artist at the Wick Poetry Center, began his talk with ten seconds of silence. Coustillac spoke about his work as a teaching artist for the Wick Poetry Center and how silence was one of his most effective tools in teaching. He is currently working with both children and adult refugees that have settled in the greater Akron area; many of whom have little grasp of the English language. Coustillac’s goal is to use the idea of silence in the realm of political discourse. He said adding silence to discourse means leaving space open to hear one another’s opinion without immediately rejecting it.
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Baseball, softball split results in opening weekend stretch Erik Svensson Sports Reporter
Baseball The Kent State baseball team won all three of its opening weekend games against Belmont University. Friday, in the first game of the season for Kent State, the team shut out Belmont 15-0. The Flashes recorded nine runs in the first eight innings and finished the game with another six runs in the ninth. Among the six runs of the final inning, senior Dom Iero hit a grand slam, giving Kent State its final four runs. Saturday, Kent State shut out Belmont once more, winning 3-0. The Flashes recorded one run in the fifth inning, and added two more runs in
the ninth. In the final game of the weekend, Kent State (3-0) won 5-4. The Flashes began the final inning down 1-3. The team recorded four runs in the top of the ninth, passing Belmont for the first time. In the bottom of the ninth, Belmont scored one run. However, Kent State held its lead, ending the game and the weekend. Softball The Kent State softball team went 1-3 during the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic in Cathedral City, California. The Flashes played four different teams over the course of the weekend. Friday, Kent State first defeated the University of San Diego (3-5) by a score of 6-2, with San Diego's two runs
coming in the first inning. The Flashes split the day, losing the second game 4-3 to University of Oregon (8-0). The games scheduled for Saturday were postponed to Sunday due to rain and Kent State’s game against University of Arkansas — originally scheduled for Sunday — was cancelled. On Sunday, Kent State first faced Saint Mary’s College of California (4-6), who shut them out by a score of 4-0. The final game was called in the bottom of the sixth due to time constraints, with Kent State losing to University of California-Berkeley (7-1) with a final score of 8-7 — a game that ended the Flashes’ weekend. esvensso@kent.edu
Kent State sophomore Issac Bast struggles against his opponent from Eastern Michigan University on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017. Aaron Self / The Kent Stater
Wrestling falters after close affair with Old Dominion Samantha Ross Sports Reporter
Kent State then-freshman outfielder Sydney Anderson races safely to first base after the University at Buffalo player misses a passed ball in the first of their double header games Saturday April 23, 2016. The Flashes would go on to win their first game 8-0 by the fifth inning. Aaron Self / The Kent Stater
Kent State’s wrestling (2-15, 0-8 Mid-American Conference) won five out of the 10 bouts, but didn’t beat Old Dominion University (7-10, 3-5 MAC,) which won 23-19. Devin Nye, a 285-pounder, earned a pin in the first period of his match against Old Dominion. Flashes freshman Cory Simpson earned his first career MAC dual victory when he defeated Steven Simpson by a score of 9-4. “Cory never gave up and had a really good third period,” coach Jim Andrassy told Kent State Athletics. The Flashes had a winner at the 149 weight class when sophomore Casey Sparkman beat Larry Early 5-2.
Sophomore Isaac Bast had a close match against Old Dominion’s Seldon Wright. Wright had Bast in a pin, but he was able to escape in the waning seconds of the match to get the 9-8 victory. “Isaac was amazing today,” Andrassy said. “His approach was really smart. He’s as healthy as he’s been this year and looked as good as we’ve seen him this year.” The Flashes' junior Jerald Spohn dropped to the 174 weight class and received a 14-5 0 victory against Old Dominion’s Antonio Agee. Kent State will be back in action March 4 and 5 when they travel to the University of Northern Iowa for the MAC Championship. sross39@kent.edu