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LeBron James speaks on his future, Thomas, Trump Simon Hannig Copy Editor Monday was the Cleveland Cavaliers Media Day, and the first member of the Cavs to the podium was coach Tyronn Lue. Lue confirmed to reporters that former MVP Derrick Rose will be the starting point guard for the season.

Before Media Day even started, there was good news for one of their star players. Isaiah Thomas, who was acquired in the blockbuster trade over the summer from the Boston Celtics in the trade that dealt Kyrie Irving, is expected to return to the court before January.

Thomas is recovering from a right hip injury.

“Isaiah Thomas has successfully continued with the rehabilitation process related to his right hip impingement," the team said in a statement. "Based on his progress thus far and after several weeks of evaluation and monitoring with the Cavaliers medical team and Cleveland Clinic Sports Health, the team and Thomas are hopeful he will be in position to return by January. His status will be updated again, along with any further timeline adjustments, after the start of the regular season."

LeBron James also commented on Irving.

“Let’s do the Kyrie thing,” James said.

James spoke on if there was anything he could've possibly done for Irving to still be with the team.

"I was wondering whether it was something I could have done better to make him not want to be traded," James said. "Is it the way that the season finished? Or was it me coming back in the first place? Was it the coaching changes or the GM change, or, I don't know. I had so many

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different emotions go through my head. I don't think anybody in the organization saw this coming. It was definitely a shock."

James also stated there has been little to no dialogue between the two.

"I tried to do whatever I could do to help the kid out and so he could be the best player he could be," James said. "I tried to give him everything, give him as much of my DNA as I could. As I said throughout (last) season, at some point when he was ready to take over the keys, I was ready to give them to him."

James also covered his future in Cleveland, as he could leave next summer in free agency. "(My feelings on Cleveland) haven't changed, that's why I sit here today still in this uniform, still ready to lead this franchise to a championship," James said. "Any time I'm able to be a free agent or my contract is ending, I'll approach that when the summer comes. I don't ever cheat my teammates or cheat the fans or talk about free agency all year long, because I'm not going to give energy to something I can handle in the summertime when I should be focused on what I'm doing on a day-to-day basis to help this franchise compete for a championship."

He said what he wrote in the letter he penned when he returned home in 2014 has not changed. He wants to finish his career in Cleveland and retire as a Cavalier.

Then came what has been discussed all weekend: President Donald Trump, the NFL and protests.

"I salute the NFL, players, owners and the fans. There was solidarity, there was no divide. Even from that guy who tries to divide us,” James said.

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“The people run this country, not one individual and damn sure not him."

James also clarified his statement of calling President Trump a bum to longtime reporter Tom Withers.

“It’s almost like, ‘Tom, hey, I’m not going to be able to make it. I’m not coming.’ And then you would be like, ‘LeBron, guess what? You’re not invited.’ I wasn’t coming anyways,” he said. “So that was funny to me when I woke up and saw that (tweet). So my initial response was ‘you bum.’ ” James then added his thoughts on why he felt athletes are kneeling.

“It’s not about disrespect of the flag or our military and everybody that’s made this world free,” he said. “It is about equality, and people having the option and the freedom to speak upon things that they feel are (unjust).”

He went on to say how Trump doesn’t understand how much influence he has.

“He doesn’t understand the power that

he has being the leader of this beautiful country," James said. "He doesn’t understand how many kids, no matter the race, look up to the president of the United States for guidance, for leadership, for words of encouragement.

"We are at a time where the most powerful position in the world has an opportunity to bring us closer together as a people and inspire the youth and put the youth at ease, saying that it is OK for me to walk down the street and not be judged because of the color of my skin or because of my race — and he has no recollection of that and he doesn’t even care.”

James addressed Cavs fans voting for Trump and what they might think of his different political beliefs.

“At the end of the day,” he said, “I don’t think a lot of people (were) educated … on the individual and (the issues).”

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Kent State, Saudi university share ideas culture through workshop program Nicholas Hunter Academic Affairs Reporter President Beverly Warren stood in front of 300 female graduates in June 2016 at Effat University, an all-women’s school in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to deliver a commencement speech.

“It was an incredible experience to see young women — 300 of them graduated — and knowing they’re going to go out and be engineers, business executives, architects,” Warren said. “Those are their three top programs. And that’s where we’re going to intersect with them.”

Since then, the intersection has begun; this summer, seven architecture students from Effat came to Kent State for a five-week workshop at the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design. “(The workshop) was about digital design and construction methodologies, where they produced a number of really remarkable works with some of our faculty,” said Mark Mistur, the dean of the CAED. Mistur had a hands-on approach with the Effat students, giving lectures and being part of their design critiques throughout the workshop.

“I think the … seven students who came over were among the most curious, engaged, hard-working and … genuinely committed students I’ve ever seen,” Mistur said.

During their time in the U.S., they were also taken on “field trips” — one to Cleveland and another to Chicago. Bridget Tipton, who was the guide and driver for three of the Effat students on the Chicago trip, said her perspective changed after talking to the Saudi women on their six-hour drive.

“They were like, ‘We want to get everything we can out of this experience.

We want to see as much as we can,’" Tipton said. “But, all the while, maintaining the things that they believe. The majority of our conversations were around faith, identity and religious upbringing.”

Throughout their time in Chicago, Tipton and the Effat students spoke about a wide range of topics, from homelessness to the differences between Islam and Catholicism, to the roles of women and men in Saudi Arabia.

“There is an enormous barrier between men and women in Saudi Arabia,” Tipton said.

This rings true both metaphorically and literally; while there are cultural and religious norms creating a divide between the roles of men and women in society, the Effat students described to Tipton a literal wall in the workplace.

“And back home, what they call the 'mixed'

office is the one divided by a wall, because there are others that are entirely men’s firms and entirely women’s firms. So, the mixed office to them is the one where they share a wall but both work for the same company.”

Tipton said differences she discovered between her experience in the U.S. and the Effat students in Saudi Arabia helped her better understand her own place in the world.

“I’ve seen several parts of the world outside of (traveling to Florence, Italy,) so I already felt, arrogantly, that I had a complete view of the world, or at least semi-complete,” Tipton said. “I don’t have a self-centric or an American-centric or Kent-centric view of the world, even, so just hanging out with them changed that even more.”

To Mistur, the new understanding Tipton found of Saudi Arabia and Islam shows the workshop program is a success.

“We hope to contribute in ways we can, but we also look to learn and grow from there being here and our exposure to them,” Mistur said. “It was an absolute pleasure to have them here. I think that they will be our ambassadors at Effat University to bring more students over.”

Along with hopes of attracting more Effat students to Kent State for another workshop next summer, Mistur plans to expand the relationship between the two universities’ architecture programs. “(Effat) would also like to have another workshop next summer, so we’re talking about doing another workshop,” Tipton said. “We’re looking at linking their students, or giving their students the option to go to our Florence program and to study there for a semester.”

Mistur is beginning a prospective plan to send Kent architecture faculty to Effat University, where they would oversee “five to 10 day intensive, on-the-ground learning opportunities” for Effat students.

“We’re currently looking for two students that will have a full scholarship: two women from our college to go to Effat University in the Spring of 2018 for a full semester,” Mistur said.

The end goal of the two universities is a full-fledged exchange program.

“I really believe that we need to build relationships to places in the world that are rapidly changing,” Mistur said. “I think that Europe is a very, very interesting place to go, steeped in history which has many lessons in it, but that we should also expose our students to places in the world that are changing.”

Contact Nicholas Hunter at nhunter6@kent.edu.

Aroub Baajajah works on a project during the Effat program in the fabrication lab at he Center for Architecture and Environmental Design.

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Ahad Ibrahim works on a project in the fabrication lab of the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design. Photo courtesy of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design.

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'Hamilton' costume designer talks race, career, success in theater industry Quaylyn Hairston Entertainment Reporter "Hamilton" costume designer Paul Tazewell spoke about race and its influence on his career Monday at the E. Turner Stump Theatre at Kent State.

“Being a black man in theater, I wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world,” Tazewell said.

Presented by the College of the Arts in conjunction with the Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series, Tazewell shared his personal journey with a crowd of aspiring costume designers.

“I was glad to see so many students in attendance,” said John Crawford-Spinelli, the dean of the College of the Arts. “Mr. Tazewell is an extremely talented and insightful designer, and the stories he shared and advice he gave aspiring designers and artists was invaluable."

The Tony and Emmy Award-winning designer spoke on how being black affected his career, because of the few AfricanAmericans recognized in design costumes

for acts performed live on stage. As a costume designer, it shaped Tazewell’s career from the beginning.

“I was inspired because I saw how similar his journey was to mine,” said Autumn Stackhouse, a junior fashion merchandising major. “I’m currently in the Fashion School, and it took me years to realize that costume is the path I should go.”

An Akron native, Tazewell found himself in the performing arts program in high school, where he started developing a love for costume design. He graduated from New York University with a master's degree in fine arts.

Almost instantly, Tazewell witnessed a culture shock in the industry.

“I was typecast as a black costume designer for African-American shows,” he said. He then began to venture out to operas, classical musicals and plays to make a difference in his designing lifestyle.

“Joe Dowling, artistic director, used me in the most colorblind way,” Tazewell said. The production "Hamilton." blew his mind from day one.

“It was game-changing,” Tazewell said.

Emmy and Tony Award-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell speaks at the E. Turner Stump Theater in the Center for the Performing Arts Monday. Tazewell designed the costumes for “Hamilton.”

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In June 2016, Tazewell won a Tony Award for the Best Costume Design of a Musical in “Hamilton.”

Three months later, he received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program in NBC’s “The Wiz Live!”

“I felt validation of (being) a designer for 27 years,” Tazewell said.

He also has credit in Broadway plays like “In the Heights,” “Memphis” and “Jesus Christ Superstar.”

Tazewell encouraged young students to “be open.”

“He made me proud to be an aspiring costume designer,” Stackhouse said. “I felt like he was passionate about his job, and it made me more excited to go into the costume industry.”

Contact Quaylyn Hairston at qhairsto@kent.edu.

John Crawford-Spinelli, the dean of the College of the Arts (left), interviews Emmy and Tony Award-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell about his career after his speech Monday.

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Freshman runner Dunlap transitions to collegiate level Ian Kreider Sports Reporter Freshman Maddie Dunlap joined Kent State’s cross country team this fall after a stellar high school career. Dunlap her 2016 season as the Ohio High School Athletic Association Division II 1600-meter champion, and the second runner ever to receive Northeastern Buckeye Conference cross-country MVP honors over all four years of high school.

Her resume has only grown since she joined the Flashes this fall.

Dunlap immediately made connections on the team, as juniors Sarah Pack and Emily Henry let her stay at their house during running camp before Dunlap could move into the dorms, and immediately impressed both with her attitude.

“She caught onto the team atmosphere quickly and handled the stress of a workout extremely well,” Pack said. "She was very mature, especially for an incoming freshman, and she acted as a role model for others on the team.”

Dunlap’s running career has humble origins.

“I actually started running in seventh grade to get in shape for basketball,” she said.

That changed quickly.

Dunlap said running stuck because she enjoys the stress-relieving component and the fact that the running is both a team and individual sport.

Dunlap had an impressive start to her high school career, which saw her break the 19-minute barrier and make the Division II cross-country state meet in her freshman season. She would run at the state meet all four years in both cross-country and track.

She continued to improve in the 5k and dropped her time to 18:33, which got her eighth place at the state meet her senior year.

Her first collegiate race was at the Tommy Evans Invitational in Norton, Ohio. Dunlap’s debut featured multiple weather delays, but according to Henry, that didn’t deter the team.

“The team was able to stay really positive throughout the delays and now we know how to handle that situation if it were to occur at the MAC championship meet,” Henry said.

Dunlap’s performance proved Henry’s statements to be accurate.

She ran 18:09, 24 seconds faster than her best time in high school on a day when the weather was not ideal.

The team ran their first 6k of the season last weekend at the Redhawk Rumble in Oxford, Ohio. For many on the team, it was

Maddie Dunlap, a freshman nursing major, runs during a cross country meet Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017. Aaron Self / Kent State Athletics

their first 6k race ever.

Maddie Dunlap was one of them.

“I don’t have many goals for the 6k, yet Coach Ty has geared our training towards the 6k,” Dunlap said before the race. “So I know physically I am prepared, but I am just unsure of what to expect.”

Her training paid off, as she took third with a time of 22:28 (6:01 per mile).

Despite her accomplishments in high school, Dunlap says that running in college

was something she didn’t think about often.

“I never really got to the point where I realized that I was good enough to be on a Division I team because I always ran Division II in high school," Dunlap said. "There were always people who were better than me. I never really expected to get offers from Division I schools, but when I did, I realized that I may not be the best, but I can come on to a team and help out.”

She eventually choose Kent State after receiving offers from the UniversityAkron

and Youngstown State University.

“The team felt very welcoming,” Dunlap said.”They made me feel like I belonged here. I plan on majoring in nursing, and Kent has a great nursing program. All of those aspects together made me choose Kent.”

Dunlap and the Flashes will continue their season this Friday at the All-Ohio Championship meet in Cedarville, Ohio.

Contact Ian Kreider at ikreider@kent.edu.

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COVER

Cameron Gorman Features Correspondent President Donald Trump and his administration expanded restrictions on immigration and travel for eight countries Sunday, adding to limitations already imposed by a previous ban — a decision already sparking conversation in communities like Kent.

“Historically, travel bans in the United States were just masked forms of racism,” said Layla Fetters, a freshman history major. “We did it to the Chinese and other countries in the 1900s, and we ended up being super duper terrible to those countries that we were making these bans against, and incited violence against those people and ... it’s not OK for that to be our foreign policy goal.”

The order is the third version of a travel ban first issued in January, which was later amended by the Trump administration.

“To understand the current one, you have to understand what’s going on with the last two,” said Christopher Banks, a political science professor.

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Travel ban 3.0 strikes contemplation, dissent, defense across campus “Some of the restrictions are a little bit different. … They’re more permanent,” Banks said. “They don’t affect green card holders, as far as I understand it, and there are waivers of certain things, but basically it’s more of an indefinite ban that also adds on a couple of countries that weren’t in the other ban.”

Pushback on the ban is already evident, with the American Civil Liberties Union tweeting: “Trump just released Muslim Ban 3.0, late on a Sunday night. Tell @realDonaldTrump that you will not be distracted. #NoMuslimBanEver.”

In fact, some, like senior political science major Jonathon Beese, believe the addition of other countries was made to take away from the notion of

“There was one issued in January — Jan. 27, and that was a different kind of ban.

It’s been called a Muslim ban because it bars the entry or makes it very difficult for people to come into the United States from predominantly Muslim countries.

"Then it was revised after a lot of court challenges in March. This current one … apparently, it’s more country specific, but it adds on North Korea, and it also is a permanent, indefinite ban, which I think is the difference between the two.”

The new ban expansion limits travel permanently, rather than for the original ban’s duration of 90 days. The new measure also adds North Korea, Chad and Venezuela to the list of affected countries, joining Iran, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Libya. But, Sudan was removed from the list.

Banks explained the reasoning from the administration is centered around security. “The President is carrying out his duty to protect the American people,” said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a press statement.

“The administration is saying that those countries are being added because the Trump lawyers and bureaucracy has figured out that those present the greatest threat,” Banks said. “But I think it’s a little bit different in terms of the effect of it, and we don’t know where it’s going to sit with the United States Supreme Court yet.”

North Korea’s addition to the list of countries could be motivated by some political conflict due to recent quarrels between leader Kim Jong Un and President Trump, Banks said. The addition of the country strays from the previous ban’s focus on majority Muslim countries, and some, like senior political science major Thai Mcloughlin, noted the ban seemed more general.

“It seems like the parameters have changed for the ban," Mcloughlin said.

"It’s become less of a Muslim travel ban and more just like a high-risk country ban that doesn’t really follow a pattern.

I mean, I’d be very surprised to find a mosque in North Korea. … It’s blanket discrimination, and it’s just pretty sad.”

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a ban on Muslims.

“The reason the first one was struck down was because it was profiling people based on their religion: Muslims," Beese said. "But now that he’s added countries that are nonmajority Muslim, they’re going to make the argument that they can’t strike the ban down again ... For example, with Venezuela, it’s only select officials that are banned, and then with North Korea, there’s very little travel from this country to North Korea or back and forth.

“And, I just think it’s wrong to implement a ban on people purely because of their religion, and I also think it ratchets up this horrible discourse in our country that stigmatizes Muslims.”

Not all, however, believe the ban

President Donald Trump walks toward the White House with pilot James Thompson Jr., who completed his last Marine One flight, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington Sunday.

Olivier Douliery / Abaca Press / TNS

targets specific groups or those of similar backgrounds.

“I guess it would kind of add to our safety here," said Dawson Von Stein, a freshman athletic training major. "I mean, I guess you never know what comes in through the borders. I mean, the three new ones are known countries that kind of don’t like the U.S., so it’s not like it’s inappropriate.”

This is the most common argument likely to be found in defense of the ban, Banks said.

“The basic defense for all these things, no matter which iteration it is, (is) basically national security,” Banks said. “They’re saying that, ‘That was a campaign promise. We want to protect the borders, and this is one way we’re going to do it.’”

Syria Libya

Contact Cameron Gorman at cgorman2@kent.edu.

North Korea Iran Yemen

Venezuela

It’s become less of a Muslim travel ban and more just like a high-risk country ban ... ”

The new restrictions will be introduced over time, according to the Washington Post, and will go into effect Oct. 18 — though they will not affect those already with a U.S. visa.

However, as of Monday, the Supreme Court cancelled oral arguments scheduled for Oct. 10, according to Bloomberg — meaning the issue may drop to lower courts.

“There’s basically a mootness issue,” Banks said. “That means that the controversy's no longer alive. It’s just going to go away, so the courts don’t have any power over it. … I think part of the reason that this third ban was issued was to guard against the possibility that the court would say that this is moot.”

Chad

Somalia

– Thai Mcloughlin Political science major

The restrictions vary from country to country, according to CNN, entry as “immigrants and nonimmigrants” from Syria and North Korea is barred, while some travel from Iran will be allowed under exchange visitor and student visas with heavy vetting.

Original map courtesy of TNS

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

COVER

Cameron Gorman Features Correspondent President Donald Trump and his administration expanded restrictions on immigration and travel for eight countries Sunday, adding to limitations already imposed by a previous ban — a decision already sparking conversation in communities like Kent.

“Historically, travel bans in the United States were just masked forms of racism,” said Layla Fetters, a freshman history major. “We did it to the Chinese and other countries in the 1900s, and we ended up being super duper terrible to those countries that we were making these bans against, and incited violence against those people and ... it’s not OK for that to be our foreign policy goal.”

The order is the third version of a travel ban first issued in January, which was later amended by the Trump administration.

“To understand the current one, you have to understand what’s going on with the last two,” said Christopher Banks, a political science professor.

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Travel ban 3.0 strikes contemplation, dissent, defense across campus “Some of the restrictions are a little bit different. … They’re more permanent,” Banks said. “They don’t affect green card holders, as far as I understand it, and there are waivers of certain things, but basically it’s more of an indefinite ban that also adds on a couple of countries that weren’t in the other ban.”

Pushback on the ban is already evident, with the American Civil Liberties Union tweeting: “Trump just released Muslim Ban 3.0, late on a Sunday night. Tell @realDonaldTrump that you will not be distracted. #NoMuslimBanEver.”

In fact, some, like senior political science major Jonathon Beese, believe the addition of other countries was made to take away from the notion of

“There was one issued in January — Jan. 27, and that was a different kind of ban.

It’s been called a Muslim ban because it bars the entry or makes it very difficult for people to come into the United States from predominantly Muslim countries.

"Then it was revised after a lot of court challenges in March. This current one … apparently, it’s more country specific, but it adds on North Korea, and it also is a permanent, indefinite ban, which I think is the difference between the two.”

The new ban expansion limits travel permanently, rather than for the original ban’s duration of 90 days. The new measure also adds North Korea, Chad and Venezuela to the list of affected countries, joining Iran, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Libya. But, Sudan was removed from the list.

Banks explained the reasoning from the administration is centered around security. “The President is carrying out his duty to protect the American people,” said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a press statement.

“The administration is saying that those countries are being added because the Trump lawyers and bureaucracy has figured out that those present the greatest threat,” Banks said. “But I think it’s a little bit different in terms of the effect of it, and we don’t know where it’s going to sit with the United States Supreme Court yet.”

North Korea’s addition to the list of countries could be motivated by some political conflict due to recent quarrels between leader Kim Jong Un and President Trump, Banks said. The addition of the country strays from the previous ban’s focus on majority Muslim countries, and some, like senior political science major Thai Mcloughlin, noted the ban seemed more general.

“It seems like the parameters have changed for the ban," Mcloughlin said.

"It’s become less of a Muslim travel ban and more just like a high-risk country ban that doesn’t really follow a pattern.

I mean, I’d be very surprised to find a mosque in North Korea. … It’s blanket discrimination, and it’s just pretty sad.”

‘‘

a ban on Muslims.

“The reason the first one was struck down was because it was profiling people based on their religion: Muslims," Beese said. "But now that he’s added countries that are nonmajority Muslim, they’re going to make the argument that they can’t strike the ban down again ... For example, with Venezuela, it’s only select officials that are banned, and then with North Korea, there’s very little travel from this country to North Korea or back and forth.

“And, I just think it’s wrong to implement a ban on people purely because of their religion, and I also think it ratchets up this horrible discourse in our country that stigmatizes Muslims.”

Not all, however, believe the ban

President Donald Trump walks toward the White House with pilot James Thompson Jr., who completed his last Marine One flight, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington Sunday.

Olivier Douliery / Abaca Press / TNS

targets specific groups or those of similar backgrounds.

“I guess it would kind of add to our safety here," said Dawson Von Stein, a freshman athletic training major. "I mean, I guess you never know what comes in through the borders. I mean, the three new ones are known countries that kind of don’t like the U.S., so it’s not like it’s inappropriate.”

This is the most common argument likely to be found in defense of the ban, Banks said.

“The basic defense for all these things, no matter which iteration it is, (is) basically national security,” Banks said. “They’re saying that, ‘That was a campaign promise. We want to protect the borders, and this is one way we’re going to do it.’”

Syria Libya

Contact Cameron Gorman at cgorman2@kent.edu.

North Korea Iran Yemen

Venezuela

It’s become less of a Muslim travel ban and more just like a high-risk country ban ... ”

The new restrictions will be introduced over time, according to the Washington Post, and will go into effect Oct. 18 — though they will not affect those already with a U.S. visa.

However, as of Monday, the Supreme Court cancelled oral arguments scheduled for Oct. 10, according to Bloomberg — meaning the issue may drop to lower courts.

“There’s basically a mootness issue,” Banks said. “That means that the controversy's no longer alive. It’s just going to go away, so the courts don’t have any power over it. … I think part of the reason that this third ban was issued was to guard against the possibility that the court would say that this is moot.”

Chad

Somalia

– Thai Mcloughlin Political science major

The restrictions vary from country to country, according to CNN, entry as “immigrants and nonimmigrants” from Syria and North Korea is barred, while some travel from Iran will be allowed under exchange visitor and student visas with heavy vetting.

Original map courtesy of TNS

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OPINION

Numbers to know:

Offshore wind turbines: The future of renewable energy

$28,000 Amount saved over lifetime from maintaining a healthier lifestyle

Number of football programs in Division I FBS with fewer passing yards per game than Kent State

According to recent studies from John Hopkins University, a 20-yearold individual can save about $28,000 on health bills by maintaining or reaching a “healthy weight” by body mass index standards

Kyle Fitch When it comes to renewable resources, we need to be looking at every option available.

Given the current technology accessible, wind turbines are one of the best forms of renewable energy, and these enormous towers might be the future of energy as we know it.

The new turbines being built in the waters of Scotland are nothing less than extraordinary, as the creative spin on the wind turbine can and will power up to 20,000 homes. This technology will help offer better conditions to farm wind energy using open-sea conditions.

This is an excellent use of resources, because we will be receving a greater amount of wind to produce larger amounts of energy. So, the cost of keeping these large wind towers up will drop steadily.

As with most new ideas in the scientific field, we must think of the issues in two phases: first, the implementation, and second, the maintenance phase. Putting these turbines to use will be difficult because it seems like we already popularized wind turbine technology. But, people don’t see this is a huge step in the right direction for energy.

As a result, the second step of maintenance will be making sure we continue innovating.

The price of offshore wind turbines has seen a slow decline. Since 2012, the overall cost has dropped 32 percent. Predictions for the cost of floating turbines are expected to drop at a faster rate than offshore, due to the varying amounts of energy being put out.

Expenses also come from putting the turbine in place.

When moving a roughly 12,000-ton tower with four 75-meter blades, it could get complicated. This is where floating turbines become a little more expensive to start than traditional wind turbines.

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When it comes to the body of the turbine, as well as the blades, they are cutting-edge. The newly designed blades help solidify the turbine in the open ocean and lessen effects of waves.

The innovation of using the frantic weather of the sea, coupled with one of the best renewable resources on land, will have positive long-term effects environmentally with more economical outputs down the line.

If we can successfully implement this

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This technology will help offer better conditions to farm wind energy using open-sea conditions.”

Heading into Saturday’s matchup with the University at Buffalo, the Flashes rank 129th out of 130 Division I FBS college football teams in passing yards per game.

new breed of wind turbines on the shores of major wind currents, the gained energy will be unmatched. This also will support renewable energy for the purpose of giving it a new, solid foundation to be built from.

I believe we can get on track to doing away with older conventional energy methods, and I can say our generation will be the one to solve our energy crisis.

Kyle Fitch is a columnist.

Contact him at kfitch5@kent.edu.

Cheers&Jeers Cheers to ... Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. The billionaire lent Mavericks player and Puerto Rico native J.J. Barea his private jet so that Barea could bring supplies to the hurricane-ravaged U.S. territory.

Jeers to ... news that Twitter may be expanding its 140-character limit to 280. Television host Stephen Colbert tweeted the move “doubles the complexity of our nation’s foreign policy,” referencing President Donald Trump’s frequent social media tangents.

– Kyle Fitch

SUBMISSIONS: The Stater hopes to encourage lively debate about the issues of the day on the Opinion Page. Opinions on this page are the authors’ and not necessarily en­dorsed by the Stater or its editors. Readers are encouraged to participate through letters to the editor (email them to lmisera@kent.edu) and guest columns. Submissions become pro­­perty of the Stater and are subject to editing without notice.

Thursday, September 28, 2017

LeBron, D-Wade reunion comes at the perfect time

SHANNON KOVACH’S VIEW

Jack Kopanski

The kneeling protests and why they matter Matthew Olienechak I have no doubt that your news feeds are swamped with people voicing their opinion on the NFL protests. At that point, would any of you have the stamina to listen to yet another guy with a loud mouth give you his take on the situation?

Would he be able to say anything that mattered, anything that hasn’t already been said 100 times over?

I almost didn’t write this column, but I came to realize it was inevitable I would tackle this subject. I think it is important, and I’ve never really been one to keep my thoughts to myself.

So, where to begin?

President Donald Trump openly insults players who have taken part, screaming for their removal. “Faithful fans” say those involved are ungrateful, ignorant and undeserving of all that they’ve been “given.” A maelstrom of conflict and controversy consumes our social media streams, and the news

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cycle continues to feed into it while ratings increase.

It’s all because one man took a knee.

He didn’t take that knee because he wanted to protest the Trump administration. That’s just another attempted appropriation by liberals who lack the moral ambition to stand for any real cause, who cling to an unsustainable identity built only on opposition to a single man. He did it because in this country, people of color are oppressed; they’re oppressed by the highest branches of government, oppressed by our judicial system, oppressed by angry men championing a cause that was lost long ago.

It was never about one man. It never is. We can’t keep choosing easy targets.

We can’t keep attacking the symptoms of our broken society and ignoring the causes of it.

Those who have taken a knee during anthems played across the country realize that. They’ve chosen to make a statement, one that shows our country no longer stands for the ideals we claim it does. They’ve chosen to express their complaints in a peaceful manner, one that could have easily been ignored by their detractors. But their opponents

find themselves unable to let it go, raging furiously against the protestors and their cause.

Is it because it offends their sense of patriotism, which they defend while sitting on their sofas during the national anthem? Perhaps they see sports as a safe space, so much like the ones they routinely ridicule, and want it to be free of any ideas that might make them uncomfortable.

Or is it because they are afraid their identities as Americans, members of the greatest bastion of democracy this world has ever known, is built on lies and half-truths?

Whatever the reason, they’ve lashed out against these expressions of free speech. They’ll continue to, either until they’ve put out the flames of this movement or it consumes them and the corrupt systems they’ve chosen to defend.

It was former President John F. Kennedy who said: “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

I fear, for their sakes, that we may soon find the truth in those words.

Matthew Olienechak is a columnist.

Contact him at molienec@kent.edu.

From 2010-14, the world watched as LeBron James was the villain of the sports world as a member of the Miami Heat.

Joining forces with his friends Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, the Heat ran through the league to four straight NBA Finals appearances, with back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013. It seemed to be the perfect combination of raw talent and chemistry among some of the league’s top players.

With the announcement Tuesday that Wade would this time be joining James in Cleveland for the 2017-18 season, that chemistry will once again be on display for the league to enjoy.

Wade is definitely not where he once was from a talent standpoint, which is something expected to come with age. But once newcomer Isaiah Thomas heals up, the talent will be there when combined with James and Kevin Love.

Barring any kind of bizarre happenings, Cleveland is already on a collision course to meet the Golden State Warriors in their fourth straight NBA Finals matchup. After the Warriors’ addition of Kevin Durant last offseason, it was painfully clear the Cleveland Cavaliers needed to still do more if they were to compete with the “Big Four.”

I’m not sitting here saying Wade is going to find the fountain of youth in Cleveland and run roughshod over the league, but having someone like Wade on the team will undoubtedly allow James to have more fun on the court. And we all know that a LeBron who is having fun is a dangerous one.

Looking (way) forward, this move, combined with James’ reiteration that he intends to finish out his career in Cleveland, puts the Cavaliers one — albeit small — step closer to forming the infamous “Team Banana Boat” of James, Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul. (It’s not gonna happen, I know, but it’s fun to dream.)

Concerns about Wade’s health are warranted, but so long as he is healthy come playoff time, which proper rest should allow for, his presence will add an invaluable piece. In 13 years, he has only missed the playoffs twice. In high pressure situations like the playoffs, there is no substitute for experience.

The moves can’t stop here for Cleveland, though. While they have gained a significant amount of depth this offseason, numerous question marks still surround bench players such as Iman Shumpert and Richard Jefferson. It will be interesting to watch and see if first-time Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman can continue his run of early success with Cleveland.

Despite the recent winning culture that has developed around the Cavaliers, basketball has never been and still isn’t my number one sport to watch.

With the collective moves made this offseason, not only by the Cavs but the whole league, this season has my attention and excitement now.

Jack Kopanski is the general assigning editor.

Contact him at jkopansk@kent.edu.

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The Seeds of Wellness Program Kent State of Wellness is pleased to launch Year 2 of the Seeds of Wellness Program! Seeds of Wellness is a mini-grant program that provides funding for programs that reflect Kent State’s investment in health and wellness across the university system. A limited number of mini-grants, up to $1000, will be awarded to fund initiatives that focus on our priority areas.

HOW TO APPLY: Application is available online at www.kent.edu/stateofwellness.

FACILITATOR-LED PREVENTION WORKSHOPS:

Kent State of Wellness Student Ambassador Program Looking to get more involved on your campus? Looking for a way to have a positive impact on the overall health and wellness of students, faculty, and staff? We may have just what you’re looking for!

KSoW Student Ambassadors will spread information about the programs and resources for health and well-being across Kent State University. If you have questions about the program, please contact Akanimo Akpan (Graduate Assistant for Kent State of Wellness) at aakpan@kent.edu.

HOW TO APPLY Application is available online at www.kent.edu/stateofwellness.

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