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MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME Conel captures third-place NCAA finish after year off from wrestling

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2018 Courage Award recipient inspires others with her battle against mental illness Meghann Morrow Student Affairs Reporter Just over a year after recovering from an overdose attempt, freshman early childhood education major Nina Schubert is setting an example for those who struggle with mental illness around the country every day. After receiving the Courage Award from Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Schubert is taken aback by how much support and praise she’s received since that day. “I was always nervous about sharing my story, and to see that it has helped inspire others and motivate others makes it worth it,” Schubert said. “So many incredible things have been happening since the award, and it’s just been such an incredible journey." When presented with her award, Kasich spoke highly of Schubert. “She’s an inspiring example of leadership at a young age on such a difficult issue,” Kasich said. “You know what? We love you, Nina, for the fact that you’re stepping up and stepping out and helping people to get their lives back.” The Nightingale Project, a student-based organization, shares and raises awareness on mental illness to help those who are struggling. The organization has been up and running as an official student organization since October 2017, helping adolescents in psychiatric hospitals. "Recovery isn’t linear, and I have had my fair share of ups and downs, but recovery has been so worth it," Schubert said. "To be able to share my journey and knowledge and make a difference, even if that has been for just one person." The organization acts as a safe haven in which people can reach out and also work together to end the stigma surrounding mental illness. Members of the organization raise money and create different projects to

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help those struggling with their mental health. Schubert held an event Thursday night where people made tie blankets for patients at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital. Schubert said this was their first round of blankets and have yet to be donated, but her long-term goal is to bring some joy and love to people’s lives. “This was the first psychiatric unit I was admitted to after an overdose attempt,” Schubert said. “I was still very new to recovery and was extremely scared. The incredible team there was so kind and supportive, but also made sure I was working on my recovery and bettering myself. I left the hospital after a little over a week and felt so great, and I just want to be able to give back to them and help other patients there." Schubert hopes to continue her success with the Nightingale Project. She said the organization is very near and dear to her heart, and she hopes that it will reach as many people as possible. “I hope that there isn’t a day where mental illness is shamed or that it isn’t taboo to talk about,” Schubert said. “I hope that the Nightingale Project is able to expand and hopefully one day be able to raise money and help people who can’t afford treatment. I hope to continue creating blankets for adolescents in hospitals all over the United States.” Schubert also runs her own mental health Instagram account as a way to inspire and tell her story through a series of pictures. “I had fully started recovery a little over a year ago, and at the time, I started a recovery Instagram, @nourishing.nina, and used Instagram as my platform to share my journey,” Schubert said. “I am still very active on my recovery Instagram and have met so many amazing people because of it.” Schubert said she wanted to help people the way others on Instagram and treatment programs have helped her in the past. She

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wanted to be able to share what she’s learned over the past four years and help others stick with their recovery process. When asked to give advice to someone with mental illness, Schubert had more than enough words of encouragement to share. “Be honest and ask for help,” Schubert said. “Getting help showed me a healthier way to live. It showed me that medication can be so helpful and work on helping the chemical imbalance in my brain.” Schubert said she uses her support system and therapy to help stay on track with recovery and stay accountable for her actions. She said it’s important to love and take care of yourself for the sake of your mental health. She works hard to not compare herself to others and their journeys with mental illness.

“Recovery is something you work on every day; it doesn’t take a break," Schubert said. “Some people think you go into a treatment facility and come out healed, but it isn’t like that. You still get urges and have bad days. What treatment does is help you know when you’re struggling and not turn to destructive behaviors. We want people to be aware of that. We want people to know it can take a while, but it is worth it.” The Nightingale Project meets every second and fourth Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. If interested in joining the organization, please contact Nina Schubert at aschube1@kent.edu.

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Officer Vance Voyles tells students how they could have improved on their handling of a scenario involving a man breaking into cars Thursday. David Williams / The Kent Stater

KSUPD wraps up Police Experience Academy David Williams Safety Reporter KSUPD’s Police Experience Academy came to a close Thursday evening at Crossroads Church in Kent. The academy lasted four weeks and covered a wide range of police training practices, including detective work, K-9 handling and procedures, traffic stops and basic criminal law. Participants put what they learned in previous classes to the test with dispatch scenarios in which the students, acting as the responding officers, attempted to diffuse a situation with a potential suspect,

played by KSUPD officers. After each scenario, the officers told participants what they did well and how they could improve on their response to certain situations. One specific scenario had two officers responding to a suspect, believed to have a mental disorder, wielding a knife. The scenario ended with the officers convincing the man to drop the knife. Another involved a suspect suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. KSUPD officers explained how calls involving mental illness, or CITs (Crisis Intervention Teams), need to be handled very carefully and with proper training.

“It’s very important for officers to stay calm and focused,” KSUPD Community Resource Officer Tricia Knoles said, “even in very hectic and chaotic situations.” A majority of the participants in the academy were students, some of whom are criminology and justice studies majors with hopes of pursuing a career in law enforcement. Other participants included some campus faculty and staff. “Some of these situations occur more frequently than others, but you need to be prepared to deal with any of them at any given time,” said officer Vance Voyles. Contact David Williams at dwill191@kent.edu.

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Graffiti: Art or vandalism? A look at ‘tagging’ in Kent Jarrett Theberge Visual Arts Reporter When it comes to expressing oneself through the means of visual art, there is an abundance of different media and techniques one can use. Graffiti offers a more adventurous and daring approach, but there is a problem: It’s illegal. If you walk along the Cuyahoga River in Kent and find yourself underneath the Haymaker Parkway bridge, there is an ample amount of graffiti covering most of the abutment wall and the support pillars. The question remains: Is graffiti artistic expression or an act of vandalism? Graffiti, defined in the city of Kent’s ordinance on the subject, is “any inscription, design, word, figure or mark of any type drawn, marked, painted, tagged or written upon any building, bridge, fence, gate, rock, structure, tree, wall or other property visible to the public which defaces, damages or destroys any public or private, real or personal property, without privilege to do so.” Lt. Mike Lewis of the Kent Police Department said officers will perform foot patrols downtown and in the parks with the intent of catching taggers in the act. “Several years ago, one of our officers even pursued a graffiti suspect through the Cuyahoga River, and he was apprehended in the river trying to escape,” Lewis said. The city takes the act of defacing public space seriously. So much so that it is against the law to be in possession of a can of spray paint in certain parts of Kent, especially by the river. Lewis said this is a preventative measure to help combat the already growing problem of graffiti vandalism. Despite the law against it, graffiti is a hobby for many and can use it to place

Graffiti sprawls across the wall next to the train tracks along the Cuyahoga River in Kent Sunday. Alexander Wadley / The Kent Stater

obscene images or slogans to get a rise out of the public, as well as those whose job it is to keep the park welcoming and clean. Sam Tuttle, the park supervisor for Kent Parks and Recreation, said hate symbols like swastikas or vulgar sex references take priority when it comes to removing graffiti. “We get it all the time,” Tuttle said. “When we can, we try to respond as soon as it’s altered. The Haymaker bridge is

especially difficult because it’s such a massive area.” Tuttle said the undersides of Fairchild Avenue and Main Street bridges will often have multiple pieces show up overnight. To prevent the paint from lasting, the tunnel under the Fairchild bridge was finished with a vandal coating so that it can easily be taken off with a power washer. In 2013, the park had teamed up with the

School of Architecture and Environmental Design and painted over the tag-ridden wall under the Haymaker bridge with a plain coat of paint. Just one week went by before tags started to appear again. If it is against the law to place graffiti in public and there are organizations that remove it so promptly, why do people still do it?

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It is graffiti by its technical definition, but I see it as an art form.”

Lindsey Pucella, a photographer who has been documenting her travels with graffiti crews in Cleveland for the past four years, said graffiti as a culture offers a competitive environment that centers around artistic creation. The fear of getting caught by the police and being the first to claim the best spots fuels the game by weighing the risks and rewards. While Kent has its issues with graffiti as vandalism, Pucella said the amount here is not even close to places like Akron or Cleveland, where there exists a culture of graffiti crews that scour the city looking for the best spots to tag. “Groups want to have the best spot on the wall,” Pucella said. “They want to have the best spot on the freeway or if a train is going by. It does get less competitive in abandoned buildings though because there is so much wall space.” Pucella said tagging is difficult in Kent due to the shortage of abandoned structures. Because of the lack of competitive environment for graffiti in Kent, Pucella said the paint under the Haymaker bridge is more of a

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nuisance than any kind of artistic expression. “When I look at that, I don't really see graffiti at all, as opposed to people just scribbling,” Pucella said. “It is graffiti by its technical definition, but I see it as an art form. I don't see art under the bridge.” In a sense of constructive vandalism, tag groups will cover up indecency on occasion and replace it with something more meaningful. However, Pucella said there is a fine line when it comes to doing this, as it creates bad blood between groups. Serious graffiti artists don’t take their craft lightly. The materials used on some of the more technical pieces shown on Pucella’s Instagram page feature paint that has to be purchased at higher prices opposed to cans you can get at Walmart. So depending on where you live, graffiti is as legitimate an art form as any other. If you still find yourself standing on the banks of the Cuyahoga River under the Haymaker bridge, look toward downtown, and you’ll see a mural painted on the other side. A piece that was legally sanctioned by

Graffiti sprawls across the walls under one of the bridges above the Cuyahoga River in Kent Sunday. Alexander Wadley / The Kent Stater

the city. Elaine Hullihen, an artist and former Kent State student, was the lead artist in the design of the mural for the Haymaker Farmers Market. In 2012, Hullihen painted the mural with a group of other contributors, and it incorporated the themes of vegetables and

Graffiti sprawls across the wall next to the train tracks along the Cuyahoga River in Kent Sunday. Alexander Wadley / The Kent Stater

community, partnered with the Wick Poetry Center to include poems written by students. The brown and orange parts of the mural were intended to be a sort of wallpaper for the composition, and each pattern makes a reference to the history of Kent. Much like how graffiti artists take advantage of public space to express themselves, Hullihen and her team used the mural to bring the community together. With the commissioned and legally sanctioned mural juxtaposing the painting considered vandalism on the other side of the river, Hullihen said the intention was not to send a message of anti-graffiti. However, the mural itself is covered in a similar protective coating to the one used under the Fairchild bridge to easily remove any tags that may be placed on the mural. To Hullihen, graffiti and approved murals are both art in her mind. Graffiti can give character to a location and create memories that last for years. “I remember standing on Main Street on the bridge over the river and looked over to the wall by the train tracks when I first moved to Kent, and in simple white letters was the quote, ‘I worry that religion starts wars,’” Hullihen said. “I don’t know if you can still see it, but that was something about Kent that really drew me in, and it was thoughtful.” Using blank space as a canvas to create something meaningful is not the same as making vulgar and offensive jokes or references. Hullihen said you should be able to decipher where the artist or the vandal is coming from in each piece you look at. “I can understand property owners not wanting their property vandalized,” Hullien said, “but on the other hand, being a part of the city or town, graffiti is kind of awesome.” Contact Jarrett Theberge at jtheberg@kent.edu.

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Gymnastics picks up Senior Night win, loses star Stypinski to injury Libby Schrack Sports Reporter The crowd that filled the M.A.C. Center Friday night fell silent when Kent State gymnast Rachel Stypinski ended her Senior Night floor routine early due to an injury. Stypinski, coming off a careerhigh beam routine that scored a 9.975, prepared herself for her final floor routine on her home turf as a member of the Flashes. She began the routine with a powerful double-layout backflip that resulted in what appeared to be a serious leg injury. Kent State coach Brice Biggin said Stypinkski didn’t break her ankle and is waiting for an update on Monday to make sure there are no other injuries. Despite the star’s injury, the Flashes finished the meet with a score of 196.325 to win the Kent State Tri-Meet over No. 18 George Washington (195.650) and Temple (195.075). “A positive from tonight was that we made a lot of routines,” Biggin said. “They are doing their job. This is how we really felt this team was going to be like this year. In the last couple weeks, they have really come together.” Biggin was pleased with the overall team performances, but couldn’t help but reflect on Stypinski’s injury. “Losing Rachel at the end of the meet was obviously tough on the team,” Biggin said. “But it was really tough on her because she has meant so much to this program.” Junior Alyssa Quinlan, who is graduating early, was also recogniz at Senior Night. Quinlan also had a career-high

on the balance beam with a 9.85. “I was just so excited to compete one last time in front of everyone and just show them what I could do,” Quinlan said. Quinlan said she told herself that today was just one more meet and to take it all in. Senior Michaela Romito also had solid routines and was very pleased with her team. “Tonight was a great step in progress for (Mid-American Conference) Championships next week,” Romito said. Romito hopes the team improves on cleaning up little details and sticking more landings. “I was so excited to compete tonight,” Romito said. “It’s bittersweet. Our bodies are about done, but yeah, it was a really exciting atmosphere.” Romito is close with her teammate Stypinski and had nothing but praise to say about her friend. “Rachel is one of the greatest teammates,” Romito said. “She is just so influential in the gym, and her success is just something to admire.” Biggin expressed his pride in coaching this unique senior class. “This senior class has literally been one of the hardest-working, best attitudes and great leaders in and out of the gym,” Biggin said. “They are so determined, and when you get a whole class that determined, it is contagious to our younger athletes.” Contact Libby Schrack at eschrack@kent.edu.

Kent State senior gymnast Rachel Stypinski finishes her bar routine during the Flashes' win at the Kent State Tri-Meet Friday. Stypinski left the meet due to injury. Madeline Zupko / The Kent Stater

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Kent State wrestling pulls top-25 finish at NCAA Championships Kayla Proctor Sports Reporter After suffering through one of the worst seasons in its history just a year ago, Kent State’s wrestling team finished 22nd in the country at the 2018 NCAA Championships. Above Kyle Conel’s upset victories over Kollin Moore, the 197-pound weight class’s No. 1 seed, and overall third place, the Flashes’ finish was a major accomplishment. The team went 2-12 last year, its worst record since 1971. It only finished fourth in

the Mid-American Conference Tournament. Its highest-rated wrestler this season was Casey Sparkman, who ranked 33rd in the final rankings before the tournament. Most of Kent State’s points came from Conel’s victories, but 135-pounder Anthony Tutolo beat Arizona State's Ali Naser, 5-2, in his first match on Thursday. He lost in the second round later that day, then again in the consolation bracket on Friday. Tutolo earned an automatic bid to the NCAA meet after placing sixth at the MidAmerican Conference Tournament.

Tutolo lost to Stevan Micic from Michigan by a major decision in the second round, then went into double overtime against West Virginia's Matthew Schmitt in the consolation finals, but got pinned in the last four seconds of the match. “It feels good to be in Cleveland and go out and win,” Tutolo said after his first match. “I know all of my friends and family are here, so that’s awesome.” Tutolo’s father was in the stands. He’s one of the wrestlers’ top fans and has a reputation for being loud and enthusiastic at his son’s meets. Kent State coach Jim

Kent State wrestler Anthony Tutolo grapples with Arizona State's Ali Naser during the NCAA Wrestling Championships at Quicken Loans Arena Thursday. Austin Mariasy / The Kent Stater

Andrassy even said they attempt to keep Tutolo’s dad as far in the stands as they can to keep him from distracting his son. “I love my dad,” Tutolo said. “He kind of takes all of the pressure off of me because he freaks out so much and worries so much.” Tutolo is a junior. Andrassy sees him as one of the team’s top wrestlers next season. “Hopefully we can keep him focused and get back here next year,” Andrassy said. Kent State heavyweight Stephen Suglio was outweighed by nearly every person he wrestled this year. Last year, he competed at 197 pounds (where Conel wrestled this season) and moved up to heavyweight this year. In many matches, his opponent weighed 30 or 40 pounds more than he did. Because he used to wrestle at a lower weight, “I wrestle very differently than a lot of these guys have seen before,” Suglio said. “I didn’t expect to make it this far (to the NCAA Championships),” Suglio said, “I ended up getting the starting spot for heavyweight midway through the season and stole a spot to qualify. I’m just glad I was able to make it this far in my career.” Suglio lost his first match by a fallover against Penn State’s Nick Veils. He moved on to the next round when Eastern Michigan’s Gage Hutchinson forfeited because of a shoulder injury. Suglio had beaten Hutchinson during the regular season. Suglio lost his final match to Purdue’s Shawn Streck, 12-3. Suglio, a fifth-year senior, had worried he would miss his final year of wrestling because he had to student teach this semester. He often couldn’t make practice because of his schedule. “He thought he was done with wrestling,” Andrassy said, “and I asked him if he wanted to do that. He said he didn’t have a choice. We worked with him to find ways to keep him, and it all worked out.” Junior Casey Sparkman was wrestling in his second NCAA Championships. Last season, he went 1-2 in the tournament. This year, he got an automatic bid after placing second in the MAC. Sparkman lost to Duke’s Mitch Finesilver in the first round by a major decision, 12-3. Sparkman lost his second match to Lehigh’s Ian Brown in a sudden victory. “I understand that someone has to come in and go 0-2, but I believe he is too good to be going 0-2,” Andrassy said.

Contact Kayla Proctor at kprocto6@kent.edu.

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COVER

‘One of the greatest moments of my life’

On the cover: Kent State wrestler Kyle Conel celebrates after defeating No. 1 seed Kollin Moore of Ohio State for the second time in as many days to secure third place at the NCAA Wrestling Championships at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland Saturday. Austin Mariasy / Kent State University

Conel shocks wrestling world with third-place win at NCAA Championships

Kent State's Kyle Conel grapples with Appalachian State's Randall Diabe during day one of the NCAA Wrestling Championships at Quicken Loans Arena on Thursday. Conel won all three of his matches on the day. Austin Mariasy / Kent State University

Kayla Proctor Sports Reporter

t may have been the biggest upset in Kent State wrestling history and one of the biggest ever in the NCAA Championships.

Kent State’s Kyle Conel was facing the nation’s No. 1 wrestler in the 197-pound weight class in the quarterfinals of the tournament at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on Friday. Entering the tournament unseeded, Conel wasn’t even a starter for the Flashes for half of the season. He had to win a “pigtail round” just to get into the main tournament. A minute and a half into the match, Conel and Ohio State’s Kollin Moore were on their feet, fighting for an advantage, when Conel pulled Moore toward him. He flipped Moore to his back and held both of Moore’s shoulders to the ground. A pin. Match over. 18,000 people in the stands were already shouting and screaming before Conel even stood up. After the referee slapped the mat to show Conel had won, the crowd didn’t break its standing ovation for five minutes. Conel stood up and shouted in triumph. He walked to the edge of the mat and hugged Kent State coach Jim Andrassy. The coach was jumping up and down in excitement, and the two walked out of the arena to waiting reporters. Tears were in Conel’s eyes as he answered questions. “The greatest feeling in the world,” he said. Conel went on the finish third in

the tournament, the second-best finish ever for a Kent State wrestler. (Dustin Kilgore won a national championship in 2010 after being ranked among the nation’s best all season.) Conel almost wasn’t on the Kent State team this season. He left the team early last season, feeling overwhelmed by a lot of things going on in his life. “I didn’t feel I would ever wrestle again,” Conel said. “I didn’t watch wrestling. I didn’t think about wrestling. I had zero intention of coming back.” But last summer, he and his brother went to a trial martial arts class. “I went out there, and I'm like, ‘Wow, I kind of missed this,’” Conel said. So he texted assistant coach Matt Hill and rejoined the team. Conel had to lose 50 pounds to get back to his wrestling weight. “I didn’t think I was going to be able to make it down,” he said. “But I did it.” Conel won his pigtail match Thursday over Randall Diabe of Appalachian State, 3-2, then beat Preston Weigel of Oklahoma State, 5-0, then beat South Dakota State’s Nate Rotert, 8-2. He was the only wrestler in the tournament to go 3-0 on the first day. The next morning, Conel pinned Moore in front of a crowd that was about one-third fans that had come to Cleveland to follow Ohio State. Conel was pinned in the semifinals Friday night by eventual champion Michael Macchiavello of North Carolina State. The loss put Conel in the consolation bracket, where he pinned Jacob Holschlag of Northern

Iowa Saturday morning. That set up a second match a few hours later with Moore for third place. Conel took a 2-0 lead in the first period and never fell behind. The final score was 5-3. That earned Conel third place. He already had earned All-American status by placing in the top eight. “This is one of the greatest moments of my life,” Conel said after beating Moore a second time. “A part of me thought that (doing well at the tournament) could happen, and another part of me thought it couldn't. It didn't feel real until yesterday (after he beat Moore for the first time).” Conel, who grew up about an hour away from Cleveland in Ashtabula, Ohio, had dozens of friends and family at the tournament. “I’m very glad I get to represent Kent State,” Conel said. “There’s so many people behind me. This is not a one-man show. I am so thankful and grateful. “I feel like all this hard work has paid off, and I feel like I pushed through a lot of adversity this year.” Andrassy beamed all weekend as he talked about Conel. “Kyle’s gone through a lot in his life,” Andrassy said. “If he doesn’t write a book about it or make a movie, I will. ... What he’s gone through to where he’s at now, people wouldn’t believe it.” “This isn’t just about wrestling. This is a life thing for him.”

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Kent State wrestler Kyle Conel celebrates after pinning No. 1 seed Kollin Moore of Ohio State at the NCAA Wrestling Championships at Quicken Loans Arena Friday. Conel's victory earned him a spot in the Flashes' record books as the only unseeded all-American in school history. Austin Mariasy / Kent State University

Contact Kayla Proctor at kprocto6@kent.edu.

I’m very glad I get to represent Kent State. There’s so many people behind me. This is not a one-man show. I am so thankful and grateful.” – Kyle Conel Kent State wrestler

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‘One of the greatest moments of my life’

Conel shocks wrestling world with third-place win at NCAA Championships

Kayla Proctor Sports Reporter

t may have been the biggest upset in Kent State wrestling history and one of the biggest ever in the NCAA Championships.

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Contact Kayla Proctor at kprocto6@kent.edu.

I’m very glad I get to represent Kent State. There’s so many people behind me. This is not a one-man show. I am so thankful and grateful.” – Kyle Conel Kent State wrestler

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OPINION

March Madness: It’s crazy to not pay the athletes

JOSEPH McGRELLIS’S VIEW

Drew Taylor As a lover of college basketball, this month is probably my favorite month of the year. March Madness is here, and it’s as crazy as ever. From Loyola-Chicago’s buzzer-beater against Miami to Buffalo’s shocking beatdown over Arizona to UMBC achieving one of the greatest upsets in sports history by beating Virginia and becoming the first No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in the the NCAA Tournament, it’s been insane. College basketball, especially the tournament, has always been something I enjoyed growing up. The talent might be of lower quality than the NBA, but the games are fun to watch. The bands playing their schools’ fight songs, the student section chants and the alumni getting excited for their team, it’s all part of the wonderful experience of college ball. But recently, I can’t help but feel a tiny bit guilty while I watch. While the tournament produces a ton of revenue for the schools and the NCAA, the players who actually play the game are forbidden to receive a single penny for their performance. Some of the players are looking forward to future NBA careers, but the rest will never make any money for their hard work and success on the court. It’s unfair to these players. They are bringing in the money for everyone else but themselves. The coaches get paid salaries up to seven figures. Universities are able to use players’ performances in the tournament for marketing purposes. An example is Florida Gulf Coast University still embracing the “Dunk City” nickname that it was given by fans and media years ago. In the previous fiscal year, the NCAA alone reported more than $1 billion in revenue. This includes all sports for both men and women, but the men’s basketball tournament is the top money maker. Yet, for whatever reason, the players driving the revenue are not allowed to take a share of the profits.

The athletes are not only disallowed from being paid by their schools, but from groups that may want to sponsor them as well. It makes no sense that a college superstar is not able to make money by signing a shoe deal with Nike or Adidas, or is not allowed to be paid from a Subway commercial. Some have argued that if players are paid, it will bring an end to possible corruption in college sports, where players are paid under the table against NCAA rules. This is not entirely true; even if they are paid, there is still a chance of extra money being given in secret for players to choose one school over another. But that does not mean that the players should not get paid at all. While you enjoy March Madness this next couple of weeks, just remember that these players’ talent and hard work is exploited. If we really care about these athletes, we should fight to let them be compensated. Drew Taylor is a columnist. Contact him at dtaylo78@kent.edu.

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While you enjoy March Madness this next couple of weeks, just remember that these players’ talent and hard work is exploited.” – Drew Taylor

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OPINION

Continuous update of mass, school shootings in US Editor’s Note: Each dot on this map represents either a mass shooting or school shooting that has occurred since Jan. 1, 2018. All information is compiled from the Mass Shooting Tracker. Its definition of a school shooting is any weapon that has been fired on a school campus, whether or not it results in an injury or death. Regardless of the physical damage, a gun being fired on or near a school contributes to the fear students face in society today.

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, shocked the world after beating Virginia by 20 points and becoming the first No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1 seed.

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Where’s the investment in college education? Bruno Beidacki There once was a presidential candidate who advocated for offering free higher education in the U.S. Not only was his run not successful, but Bernie Sanders was also heavily criticized for raising an argument in favor of tuition-free public universities. Even if Sanders did win, there is no guarantee that he would have accomplished his plans of making public universities tuition-free. It is indeed a task that would take decades, but there is no reason for the American population to completely ignore a future in which people can go to college without having to drown in debt. One of the harshest criticisms of Sanders’ plan was its democratic socialist roots. According to the most recent Human Development Index report, a United Nations composite statistic that takes into account life expectancy, education and income per capita, the U.S. ranks 10th in the world. Who is above us? Norway, Denmark, Iceland, the

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Netherlands and Ireland, to list a few. All of those countries can be considered socialist democracies, based on the percentage of income that goes to taxes, as well as the amount of government involvement in the management of public goods and services. It is possible to live in a country in which freedom and opportunities for financial growth exist, but where the government also guarantees that anyone who wants to can go to college for free. Another common argument against it is that it is just too expensive. Those who oppose the measure claim that countries like Finland and Sweden can only offer higher education with no cost because their population is significantly smaller than ours. Except it’s not only countries with small populations that offer college for free. Brazil has a population of around 210 million people, and there are a total of 298 public universities in the country. No financial burden, no eternal debt. Brazil also ranks lower than the U.S. in virtually every economic category. Brazil’s gross domestic product is lower, and so is its GDP per capita. The South American country also has significantly more social issues. In addition, Brazil’s maximum tax for an individual is 27.5 percent, while in the U.S. it can get up to 40 percent. In other words, the Brazilian

government has less money to work with, and Brazilian citizens pay less taxes than Americans. How can Brazil, even with a screwed up economy, major civil and human rights issues, an unjust judicial system and dozens of other major problems, still figure out a way to make college free? Compromise. Resources are limited, so investing in higher education means reducing investment in other things. Dow Jones subsidiary MarketWatch published an article that claims Brazil spent $36 billion on the military compared to $618 billion spent by the United States. More than that, only three of the 10 countries that spend the most money on the military offer free higher education. For the sake of Americans’ personal finances, we have to reduce college tuitions and work toward a tuitionfree system for public universities. If developing countries with less money and more social problems than the U.S. can do it, so can we. After all, if the U.S. wants to justify its title as the “greatest country in the world,” the first step is to follow what other countries are doing and offer tuition free higher education to its citizens. Bruno Beidacki is the opinion editor. Contact him at bbeidack@kent.edu.

Russian president Vladimir Putin won another election in his home country, which means he will be in power for another six years.

Cheers&Jeers

Cheers to ... natural beauty. Taiwan has made history and joined the Guinness World Records after a rainbow lasted for 8 hours and 58 minutes, the longest ever recorded.

Jeers to ... fugitive horses. A herd of escaped horses made the news after they blocked traffic on an Atlanta-area highway.

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Seeing Double Alexander Wadley Photo Director For years, Kent has made it a tradition to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day the Saturday before its actual date — otherwise known as Fake Paddy’s Day. When St. Patrick’s Day happens to land on a Saturday, however, what happens then? Apparently, the party doesn’t stop. Partygoers took the opportunity to celebrate their Irish blood (or use other people’s heritage as an excuse to celebrate) twice in a week, leaving many seeing double. From bagpipes blaring in the city streets to a wholesome bar culture awash in green tint, the sights never stopped on both days. The town would not let this opportunity go to waste. St. Patrick’s Day won’t land on a Saturday again until 2029, so celebrators will have to be content with celebrating Fake Paddy’s Day until then. Contact Alexander Wadley at awadley@kent.edu.

From left to right, Hannah DeAscantis, Robert Lawrence, Joe Wolnik and Erin McNamara stand outside of the Zephyr fence in protest. They said that they were kicked out of Zephyr Pub for allegedly vandalising the fence; however, the St. Patricks’s Day celebrators said they only shook the fence a bit and gave it a little kick. Alexander Wadley / The Kent Stater

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Partygoers pose for a portrait Saturday during Kent’s unique holiday, Fake Paddy’s Day. Alexander Wadley / The Kent Stater

Partygoers and bar crawlers wait outside of Ray’s Place on St. Patrick’s Day in Kent Saturday afternoon. Alexander Wadley / The Kent Stater

From left to right, St. Paddy’s Day celebrators Luke, Des and Brian pose for a portrait while waiting in line Ray’s Place in Kent Saturday morning. Alexander Wadley / The Kent Stater

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Review

‘Tomb Raider’ doesn’t reach its full potential Alex Novak Entertainment Reviewer Lara Croft is returning to the silver screen in the brand-new reboot of "Tomb Raider." The well-intentioned thriller keeps the audience engaged, but falls short due to its uninspiring plot. Based on the 2013 reboot of the 1996 video game, the film follows Croft (Alicia Vikander), who unlocks the key to her father’s mysterious past and follows his trail to the remote island of Yamatai to search for the lost tomb of Himiko, an ancient mythical queen of the island said to have power over life and death. Upon her rocky arrival from their treacherous shipwreck, she is immediately captured into the hands of Trinity, an organization with a mission to harness the power of the tomb and weaponize it. Many of the action scenes are entertaining and fresh, keeping viewers on the edge of their seats to see what happens next. The various streetfighting scenes and the opening bike chase included in the film are all well put together and original. At the same time, it can feel bland and slow at times. There are a few holes that it skips over, which do not hurt the plot but do take away from the story’s overall impact. Moreover, the character development is largely unexpressed and simple — an unsatisfying

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component of the film. The emotional supply of Lara’s connection to her father alone — being finally reunited with him and then trying to figure out a way to stop Trinity — is enough to validate the story as intensely performed by Vikander and Dominic West, respectively. Still, the characters do not carry enough weight to make the viewing experience fulfilling. The film falls into the action movie trap of lots of thrilling fight scenes, but it doesn’t make up for its lack of story. Croft's character shows a likeness to her father as she leads Trinity to Himiko’s tomb. Her bravery and determination make her a character that the audience can easily root for, and it is provided by an excellent delivery from Vikander. Croft is able to solve the mystery of the tomb in the end following the twists and turns that wait around every corner and propel this film into its intensified conclusion. With quite a few jump scares scattered throughout and an ultimate adventure, the film tells a compelling story, although it probably includes some things that could have been edited out and kept others in that might have served the story better. It is not a well-crafted movie, but it definitely leaves audiences wondering where her father’s secretive life will lead her next. Contact Alex Novak at anovak12@kent.edu.

It is not a well-crafted movie, but it definitely leaves audiences wondering where her father’s secretive life will lead her to next.” – Alex Novak Entertainment Reviewer Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

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