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Kent police prepares for Halloween
The corner of Water Street and Main Street, littered with costumed partygoers during downtown Kent’s Halloween Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. Clint Datchuk / The Kent Stater
Madison MacArthur Safety Reporter As Kent Halloween draws near, Kent City and University Police have made preparations for the holiday and the drunken hijinks that ensue. Each year, the Saturday before Halloween is deemed the unofficial “Kent Halloween” for Kent State students are able to celebrate on a weekend. “It’s the busiest day of the year for us by far,” said Mike Lewis, the administrative lieutenant for Kent City Police. “We don’t have the resources to deal with the — I’m told — 20,000 people that come to the city.” To cater to the increased masses, additional police forces are brought in to help. “We depend very heavily on outside agencies who give us a hand for that:
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University Police, Brimfield Police, Stow PD, Aurora PD,” Lewis said. “There’s a number of different departments and that includes Metro SWAT.” The Metro SWAT team will be joined by other departments of similar size to create a regional team that can be deployed whenever needed. “We have (Metro SWAT) on Halloween every single year just for the manpower aspect of it,” Lewis said. While downtown fills with Kent State students and visitors, the police will be joining the crowds. “We deploy a number of walking teams just to get out to prevent problems, to look for any violations, parties that are out of control or underage drinking violations,” Lewis said. However, while they partake in the celebration, Kent State students are not
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officer within the department, said every working officer will be on duty Saturday. “Typically, this is what we do every year,” Knoles said. “We bring in extra manpower just to provide extra services and extra patrols in the area and to assist anything that could be happening in our joint jurisdiction area.” Kent State University Police Chief Dean Tondiglia has specific goals for the Halloween festivities. “Our goal is to make sure that all of our students and community members have a safe, enjoyable Halloween night,” Tondiglia said. “It isn’t so much that we’re there to spoil the fun; we’re there to make sure that people are able to participate in Halloween safely and be assured that we’re there to try and maintain that safety.”
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Thursday, October 26, 2017
Sex Week kicks off with Condoms on the K
Clara Varndell, a sophomore public health major, adjusts her "condom fairy" wings during Condoms on the K on Monday. The event kicked off Kent Interhall Council's annual Sex Week. Adriona Murphy / The Kent Stater
Kassandra Kaczmarek Arts and Entertainment Reporter Dressed in a tutu covered in condoms, the "condom fairy,” known formerly as Clara Varndell, a sophomore public health major, passed out an assortment of condoms Monday in order to educate students on safe sex. Kent Interhall Council kicked off the first day of Sex Week 2017 Monday with the annual Condoms on the K event in Risman Plaza. “I have been the condom fairy since my junior year of high school," Varndell said.
"I would buy hundreds of condoms and give them to my friends to promote safe sex and prevent pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted infections." This year’s Sex Week theme is Donuts — ”A hole lot of fun.” “Each year, (KIC) comes up with a different sexually oriented theme, without being too out there,” said Mary Simon, a junior psychology major. Last year’s theme was Mermaids and Seamen,” Members of KIC and even some volunteers joined to pass out a variety of different condoms to students passing by Risman Plaza. Corey McGinnis, a freshman College of
the Arts general major, was passing by and decided to join in and help out. “I want to attend all of the events for Sex Week," McGinnis said. "It is a good week to learn about safe sex and different kinds of sex, as well as sexuality. I am especially excited for the drag show because I watch RuPaul’s religiously." This year the organization was able to bring RuPaul’s Drag Race Queen, Aja, for the drag show. It is the first time they will have a celebrity at the event. “You don’t have to be having sex to be involved in Sex Week,” said Celina Soussou, a junior education major. “We are here to encourage
students to talk about the subject. Students who are talking about sex are talking about safe sex.” In the past, this event has been held in the middle of Sex Week. “Last year, Condoms on the K was done on a Wednesday, and it was just passing out condoms,” said John McDermott, a sophomore marketing major and KIC programming director. “I thought it would be a good idea to make it on Monday so that we could also pass out flyers with information for all of the events throughout the week.” Contact Kassandra Kaczmarek at kkaczma3@kent.edu.
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Sex weeks delves into STI education at STIgma event Audrianna Modon College of Education, Health and Human Services Reporter
Abigayle Feasel, a freshman integrated language arts major (left), and Cailey Coates, a freshman exploratory major, react to the speaker during the I Love Female Orgasm presentation Monday in the Kiva. Samantha Karam / The Kent Stater
Students talk the Big O during Sex Week Emily McMahan Student Life Reporter The first night of Sex Week began Monday, with Lindsay Fram and Marshall Miller, sex educators with the organization Sex Discussed Here!, going “deep” in their presentation of I Love Female Orgasm. The Kiva was packed full of both men and women eager to learn more about sexuality and female orgasms. “I really liked their teaching techniques,” said Cyra Shields, a freshman pre-fashion design and merchandising major. “They really engaged the crowd
and made it easier to learn.” Students laughed and asked questions as the presenters engaged the audience with questions like: What have you heard about masturbation? What have you been told about female orgasms? Where is the clitoris? “I specifically chose to kick off Sex Week with this event because I think it is marketed in a way that draws attention and brings a large audience of students,” said John McDermott, the director of programming for Kent Interhall Council and coordinator of Sex Week. “It educates students on things that aren’t necessarily easy to talk about it in a fun, creative way.”
Fram shared her journey of becoming a sex educator with the audience and why she believes open conversation about taboo topics, such as female orgasms, is so important. “I was destined to be a sex educator from a really young age,” Fram said. She explained there were times in her life she was forced to bite her tongue when speaking about her sexuality. She and Miller believe education and openness about topics regarding sex will lead to safer, more pleasurable experiences for students. Contact Emily McMahan at emcmaha1@kent.edu.
The STIgma: The truth about sexually transmitted infections event held in the Tri-Towers Rotunda Tuesday addressed sexual education with a fun and humorous vibe. The free event provided about 40 attendees with cotton candy, lube and tampons. STIgma is a new program, and this was the first time it was presented to the public. Summer Wigley, a higher education and student personnel graduate student at Kent State, led the event. She is also a graduate assistant at the Women’s Center. Wigly said the event was about having a conversation on how to destigmatize STDs, "especially since they are so prevalent on a college campus." She wanted to approach the topic of STIs and prevention in a way that wouldn’t send students running. The event encouraged crowd participation; attendees created groups to brainstorm and write their suggestions on how Kent State can create events or provide services to help prevent and treat STIs. Suggestions included everything from a “get tested day” to condom balloon animals. “Admittedly, I was nervous,” Wigley said. “Just because it is a taboo topic, so how do you present it in a fun, creative way and not in this traditional way that we’ve always understood about sexual education?” Abstinence was not brought up in the presentation, other than to point out that if a person wishes to stay abstinent, that is their own way to control their sex positivity, is their choice and is totally OK. Wigley supported her approach and distinguished the difference between this sexual education event and a common sexual education class by explaining, “I am not your elderly sex educator.” She explained how to have a healthy sex life and the different ways in which life goes on after a diagnosis of an STI. The STIgma presentation discussed stigmas surrounding STIs and ways to deal with your own diagnosis or the diagnosis of a friend. “I enjoyed it just because it was a different event that they had that I don’t think they had last year,” said Stephanie Groeschen, a junior psychology major. “And it is something that is super common. STIs are super common on a college campus, so it’s cool to just learn more about, just in case I experience it or someone else I know has to deal with that.” The event sparked conversation between students in a productive and forward-thinking way regarding STIs and prevention. “There was no fear-mongering,” said Charlie Yonker, a sophomore art history major. “There wasn’t like ... you’re going to die if you have sex tomorrow, and it was very open and non-judgmental.” Yonker later went on to say her own preconceived notions about STIs were opened up during the event, and she came to a realization. “It really is something that can happen to you,” Yonker said. “So you need to accept it and be proactive in your treatments.” Contact Audrianna Modon at amodon@kent.edu.
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Kent State worker shares experience with orthorexia, the ‘new’ eating disorder
EATING TURNS OBSESSIVE CARBS
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Dylan Thacker Recreation and Fitness Reporter
Deanna Lavanty was hungry all the time. She started to feel this way after cutting out fat in her diet. In order to supplement her lack of nutrition, she found herself eating up to nine bowls of cereal per day. Pair this with quinoa, fruits, vegetables and lean, dry-cooked protein, and she thought she was living a healthy lifestyle. But eating to these extremes had the opposite effect. “I would sit down in a restaurant, read the menu and leave because there was nothing I could eat,” said Lavanty, who is now a Kent State dietitian. “If friends were with me, they'd leave the restaurant too, not willingly though. My thoughts were preoccupied with food as I continued omitting fat from my diet. I was anxious. I became depressed. I was lethargic, and eventually my menstrual cycle stopped.” Orthorexia nervosa, though not formally recognized as a clinical eating disorder in the fifth addition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, has been a condition discussed among the medical community since the late 1990s, Lavanty said. “For people with orthorexia, eating healthily has become an extreme, obsessive, psychologically limiting and sometimes physically dangerous disorder, related to, but quite distinct from anorexia,” said Steven Bratman, the medical director of Prima Health Care based out of Northeast Ohio. He coined the term orthorexia in 1996. While anorexia nervosa and bulimia cause those suffering from the disorder to obsess over weight and calories, orthorexia is the fixation of eating only healthy, or so-called “pure,” foods. The psychological condition has been popularized in recent years due to organic and whole food trends, and it can be easy for people to succumb to this disorder.
MEAT
What normally starts out as an innocent attempt at eating healthy can turn into food choices becoming so restrictive it can have serious health consequences. Lavanty decided to eat less meat because she had a hard time identifying it in the cafeteria in college. With all of the new knowledge on fats coming out, she began to cut that out of her diet as well. “To achieve that took discipline, but the discipline was really a response to what became almost a phobia of dietary fat,” Lavanty said. It follows the same pattern as any other eating disorder. Kelsey Ravin, a Kent State alumna, wrote a thesis on orthorexia during her time as an undergraduate. She found the characteristics of people suffering from orthorexia are similar to those with eating disorders. People develop depression, mood swings and anxiety. They constantly think about food every day and feel guilty when they eat food outside of their diet. Eating out becomes almost impossible, which affects personal relationships. “Every day is a chance to eat right, be good, rise above others in dietary prowess and self-punish if temptation wins,” said Karin Kratina, a registered dietitian for the National Eating Disorders Association. When Lavanty went to the doctor for her amenorrhea, which is one or more missed menstrual periods, she was referred to a dietitian. This confused her because she thought her diet was perfect. After filling out a three-day food log, the dietitian was impressed with the types of foods Lavanty was consuming, except for one problem: no fats. She described to her the difference in healthy and unhealthy fats and recommended 70 grams per day. “There was no way, after four years of avoiding fat like the plague,” Lavanty said, “and practically developing a phobia against it, that I was going to consume 70 grams of fat per day.” Some studies are finding that media has a big role in orthorexia. The rise of lifestyle books, magazines and websites producing misinformation about health can lead to unhealthy diets consisting of only certain food groups.
“People with eating disorders know a lot about food and food science,” said Marjorie Nolan Cohn, former Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics spokesperson. “They don’t always have accurate information. Sometimes their sources are magazines or blogs that might not be reputable.” However, when the dietitian asked her to try out her method for just one month, Lavanty changed her mind. “I unintentionally lost ten pounds,” she said. “I was energetic and, eventually, the amenorrhea was resolved. I never felt better, physically and mentally. It became obvious to me that food has a medicinal effect on the body.” Unlike other eating disorders, orthorexia equally affects both men and women. “Society pushes healthy eating and thinness, so it’s easy for many to not realize how problematic this behavior can become,” Bratman said. Some medical community members are now pushing to get orthorexia classified as an eating disorder, but it may take time, as more research still needs to be developed around the issue. “Like so many girls and women, I’d had an eating disorder when I was younger, from age 10 until I went vegan when I was 20,” Ravin said. “If you really want to psychoanalyze that, I imagine I just found a new way to have control over my eating behaviors.” One of the best ways to avoid orthorexia is to know what a truly healthy diet looks like. “Knowledge is power," Lavanty said. "Go to experts to learn how to be healthy, rather than succumbing to what you read on the internet. Striving to be healthy is good, but obsessing over it will affect your mental health in the long run.” She encourages people suffering from orthorexia or other eating disorders to see a skilled practitioner. “See a dietitian to develop a diet that is right for you," she said. "See a personal trainer for advice on fitness. Your mind and body will thank you."
Contact Dylan Thacker at dthacke2@kent.edu.
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– Deanna Lavanty
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Thursday, October 26, 2017
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COVER
WHEN CLEAN
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Kent State worker shares experience with orthorexia, the ‘new’ eating disorder
EATING TURNS OBSESSIVE CARBS
FAT
SUGAR
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Dylan Thacker Recreation and Fitness Reporter
Deanna Lavanty was hungry all the time. She started to feel this way after cutting out fat in her diet. In order to supplement her lack of nutrition, she found herself eating up to nine bowls of cereal per day. Pair this with quinoa, fruits, vegetables and lean, dry-cooked protein, and she thought she was living a healthy lifestyle. But eating to these extremes had the opposite effect. “I would sit down in a restaurant, read the menu and leave because there was nothing I could eat,” said Lavanty, who is now a Kent State dietitian. “If friends were with me, they'd leave the restaurant too, not willingly though. My thoughts were preoccupied with food as I continued omitting fat from my diet. I was anxious. I became depressed. I was lethargic, and eventually my menstrual cycle stopped.” Orthorexia nervosa, though not formally recognized as a clinical eating disorder in the fifth addition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, has been a condition discussed among the medical community since the late 1990s, Lavanty said. “For people with orthorexia, eating healthily has become an extreme, obsessive, psychologically limiting and sometimes physically dangerous disorder, related to, but quite distinct from anorexia,” said Steven Bratman, the medical director of Prima Health Care based out of Northeast Ohio. He coined the term orthorexia in 1996. While anorexia nervosa and bulimia cause those suffering from the disorder to obsess over weight and calories, orthorexia is the fixation of eating only healthy, or so-called “pure,” foods. The psychological condition has been popularized in recent years due to organic and whole food trends, and it can be easy for people to succumb to this disorder.
MEAT
What normally starts out as an innocent attempt at eating healthy can turn into food choices becoming so restrictive it can have serious health consequences. Lavanty decided to eat less meat because she had a hard time identifying it in the cafeteria in college. With all of the new knowledge on fats coming out, she began to cut that out of her diet as well. “To achieve that took discipline, but the discipline was really a response to what became almost a phobia of dietary fat,” Lavanty said. It follows the same pattern as any other eating disorder. Kelsey Ravin, a Kent State alumna, wrote a thesis on orthorexia during her time as an undergraduate. She found the characteristics of people suffering from orthorexia are similar to those with eating disorders. People develop depression, mood swings and anxiety. They constantly think about food every day and feel guilty when they eat food outside of their diet. Eating out becomes almost impossible, which affects personal relationships. “Every day is a chance to eat right, be good, rise above others in dietary prowess and self-punish if temptation wins,” said Karin Kratina, a registered dietitian for the National Eating Disorders Association. When Lavanty went to the doctor for her amenorrhea, which is one or more missed menstrual periods, she was referred to a dietitian. This confused her because she thought her diet was perfect. After filling out a three-day food log, the dietitian was impressed with the types of foods Lavanty was consuming, except for one problem: no fats. She described to her the difference in healthy and unhealthy fats and recommended 70 grams per day. “There was no way, after four years of avoiding fat like the plague,” Lavanty said, “and practically developing a phobia against it, that I was going to consume 70 grams of fat per day.” Some studies are finding that media has a big role in orthorexia. The rise of lifestyle books, magazines and websites producing misinformation about health can lead to unhealthy diets consisting of only certain food groups.
“People with eating disorders know a lot about food and food science,” said Marjorie Nolan Cohn, former Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics spokesperson. “They don’t always have accurate information. Sometimes their sources are magazines or blogs that might not be reputable.” However, when the dietitian asked her to try out her method for just one month, Lavanty changed her mind. “I unintentionally lost ten pounds,” she said. “I was energetic and, eventually, the amenorrhea was resolved. I never felt better, physically and mentally. It became obvious to me that food has a medicinal effect on the body.” Unlike other eating disorders, orthorexia equally affects both men and women. “Society pushes healthy eating and thinness, so it’s easy for many to not realize how problematic this behavior can become,” Bratman said. Some medical community members are now pushing to get orthorexia classified as an eating disorder, but it may take time, as more research still needs to be developed around the issue. “Like so many girls and women, I’d had an eating disorder when I was younger, from age 10 until I went vegan when I was 20,” Ravin said. “If you really want to psychoanalyze that, I imagine I just found a new way to have control over my eating behaviors.” One of the best ways to avoid orthorexia is to know what a truly healthy diet looks like. “Knowledge is power," Lavanty said. "Go to experts to learn how to be healthy, rather than succumbing to what you read on the internet. Striving to be healthy is good, but obsessing over it will affect your mental health in the long run.” She encourages people suffering from orthorexia or other eating disorders to see a skilled practitioner. “See a dietitian to develop a diet that is right for you," she said. "See a personal trainer for advice on fitness. Your mind and body will thank you."
Contact Dylan Thacker at dthacke2@kent.edu.
‘‘I would sit down in a restaurant, read the menu and leave because there was nothing I could eat.
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– Deanna Lavanty
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OPINION
Turning Point USA is opposite of what Kent State stands for Former Kent State Student Leaders As former student leaders at Kent State, we feel obligated to address recent on-campus demonstrations organized by the Kent State chapter of Turning Point USA. These demonstrations do not reflect the values of the Kent State community. During our tenure, we commonly found ourselves in disagreement on issues we believed to be fundamental to our success as individuals, and in turn, as a society. Despite our disagreements, we constantly sought to elevate the dialogue on campus. If there is one thing we all agree on, it is that the opportunity for civil discourse must exist at Kent State and college campuses across the country. Unfortunately, these demonstrations by Turning Point USA are little more than cheap publicity stunts, which serve to stifle civil discourse. Additionally, they have achieved nothing but to make a mockery of the hard work, dedication and values that student leaders exhibit daily. In their attempts to criticize “political correctness” and “safe spaces,” these students have demonstrated a fundamental misunderstanding of freedom of speech and freedom of association. Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences. To many, the current drive toward inclusive language is not an attack on free speech, but rather a natural occurrence within a society that increasingly understands the power language has over those who are disadvantaged. Freedom of association, a right which conservatives hold dear, protects safe spaces as much as it protects Turning Point USA’s right to exist. Members of Turning Point USA may look to this editorial as proof that their tactics are working, but this could not be further from the truth. Much like a spoiled child who throws tantrums, these demonstrations attract attention. In the same way as this spoiled child, the attention drawn from these misguided demonstrations has proven a message cannot succeed on intent alone. A message no longer matters when it has painted its messengers as weak and ineffective. The national Turning Point USA has nearly confirmed as much, stating the demonstration “clearly crossed the line and delved into the very obscure and inappropriate” and “the execution and imagery was poor in taste (sic).” We, the undersigned, encourage Turning Point USA and all other student-led organizations at Kent State to listen to one another, promote healthy and conducive dialogue on campus and move forward with mutual respect and understanding.
Cheers&Jeers
Cheers to ... Going up from here. A British man nearly recreated the famous scene from Pixar’s “Up,” tying 100 large, colorful balloons to a lawn chair and floating almost 16 miles.
Yaarub Alwan Former President, American Medical Student Association Hannah Armenta Former Editor-in-Chief, The Kent Stater Marissa Barnhart Former Editor-in-Chief, The Burr Magazine Former Student Success Leader Former Undergraduate Student Leader, CCI Commons Bruno Beidacki Founder, Kent State Tennis Club 2017 Homecoming King John Best Former Education Officer, KSU ACM Michael L. Brown Former Phi Sigma Kappa Treasurer Former Phi Sigma Kappa Community Service Chair Former Phi Sigma Philanthropy and Academic Service Chair Angel Cezanne (formerly Mack) Former Editor-in-Chief, Luna Negra Magazine, Intern/Teaching Artist, Wick Poetry Center, 2014 Kappa Tau Alpha, 2014 Matthew Chernesky Former President, Kent State Political Science Club Founder, Kent State Student Diversity Action Council Former Vice President, Kent State College Democrats Former Senator At-Large, Undergraduate Student Government Former Membership Affairs Director, PRIDE! Kent Erik Clarke Former Director of Business & Finance (2012-13), Undergraduate Student Government Former Eminent Recorder (2013-14), Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity Matthew Cola Former Senator for the College of Undergraduate Studies, Undergraduate
Jeers to ... Hell from above. A woodpecker in Snellville, Georgia, has been vandalizing cars by pecking at rearview mirrors, subsequently shattering them.
Student Government Former Secretary, Kent State Political Science Club Former Resident Assistant Former Philanthropy Chair & Fellowship Chair, Kappa Sigma Schad Dalton Former President, Kent State College Democrats Katrina Darst Former President, Kent Student Liberty Alliance Sharon Darts Former Leader, KSU Camel Club Jessica Denton Former President, May Fourth Task Force Anthony Erhardt Former President, Kent State College Democrats Christine Francisco Former President, Kent Interhall Council Former President, Kent State College Democrats Christina Freund Former Vice President and co-founder, Gay Rights Revolutionaries Former Student Success Leader Grace Goodluck Former Political Director, Kent State College Democrats Former Chair, Ohio Student Association, Kent Former Chair, United Students Against Sweatshops Local 27 James King Former President, Students for Obama Former Secretary, Kent State College Democrats Former President, National Capital Chapter of the Kent State Alumni Association Chelsea Knowles Former Graduate Student Trustee, Board of Trustees
Corey Moore Co-founder and Former President, Kent Student Liberty Alliance Ryan Pasquino Executive Director, Kent Interhall Council Brittany Rees Former Editor-in-Chief, Fusion Magazine Amelia Skidmore Former Allies Chair, PRIDE! Kent Bryan Staul Former President, Kent State College Democrats Former Senator At-Large, Undergraduate Student Government Melinda Stephan Current Imperfect Citizen of the World Former Editor-in-Chief, Fusion Magazine Former Member, Graduate Studies Council Brandon Stephens Former President, PRIDE! Kent Former Vice President, Kent State College Democrats Dallas Trescher Former President, Kent Interhall Council Former KSU Tour Guide Former Student Success leader Former Relay for Life committee member Founder of AMF Kent Chapter Caleb Valle Former Vice President, PRIDE! Kent Former Group Leader, Columbus Program in Intergovernmental Issues Patrick Williams Former Editor-in-Chief, The Burr Magazine Tom Zocolo Former President, Kent State Students for Sensible Drug Policy
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Thursday, October 26, 2017
SHANNON KOVACH’S VIEW
Greek life needs an overhaul Matthew Olienechak
The dumpster fire at First Energy Stadium Jack Kopanski I’ve searched and searched for positives about this season, and like many Cleveland Browns fans, have had my patience worn paperthin with this team. Last season, expectations were simple: The team was going to suck. That made 1-15 all the more palatable last year. Now, though? Maybe I was looking at it with orange and brown lenses, but I expected more out of this team. Coach Hue Jackson had one year under his belt with this organization, and the team walked out of the draft with three first-round picks, including the first overall selection and a quarterback that some looked at as a potential cornerstone for this team. In the second year of a lengthy rebuild, hopes were high for just some improvement. Seven games into the year, it’s safe to say this team is considerably worse
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than last year’s team, something I didn’t think was possible. Now the question becomes what — or more so who — has become the biggest source of problems in Cleveland: Jackson or rookie quarterback DeShone Kizer? On the one hand you can point and say that Kizer is the one making the poor decisions and throwing the interceptions that is putting the team in poor situations. He has been nothing more than a liability in the red zone, ending any drive right when it was starting to get good. While the other options aren’t any more appealing, this year should have been dedicated to having Kizer sit and learn before throwing him into the flame. On the other hand, you could just as easily point to Jackson’s mishandling of just about everything on this team. Jackon’s play calling is abhorrent. While the o-line hasn’t been what it was anticipated to be, and even after an preseason of saying he wanted to make a point of running the ball more, Isaiah Crowell went missing for the first four weeks of the season. The very first mistake he made, as mentioned earlier, was when he named Kizer the starter.
Now, Hue can’t seem to commit to anybody, as all three quarterbacks on the roster have seen playing time in the last two games, with none of the moves due to injury. This fluctuation at such an important position is going to destroy a rookie’s confidence before he’s even able to develop any. Jackson needs to go, and it needs to happen soon. To put it in economic terms, Jackson is a sunk cost. For a long time, I said what this team needs is a sense of consistency. The example I always pointed to was the Cincinnati Bengals and Marvin Lewis. They stuck with him through some of the worst seasons, and now, while they are not Super Bowl contenders, Bengals fans can expect to win games. I’ve been in favor of rebuilds, but at this rate, Van Wilder’s college career will be shorter than the amount of time it will take to turn the Browns around. I don’t know the answer(s) to this team’s perennial struggles, but as loyal a fan as I’ve been, I’ve reached a point where I don’t know how much more mediocrity I can take. Jack Kopanski is a columnist. Contact him at jkopansk@kent.edu.
It’s undeniable that Greek life has incredible influence on college campuses around the country, with millions of participants across the country. But do they really add anything of worth? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that those who join either a sorority or fraternity don’t have a good time or get anything out of it. But it would be irresponsible to focus on the good times without realizing that there is a darker side as well. Probably one of the biggest problems with Greek life, or at least one of the most well documented, is the hazing epidemic. While those who participate might view it as nothing more than a playful way of breaking in the new members, there are many who would disagree. Chief among them, the parents of one Timothy Piazza. An eager applicant to the Penn State chapter of Beta Theta Pi, Piazza had been put through “the gauntlet,” where he was made to chug bottles of alcohol throughout the night. Quickly becoming heavily intoxicated, he ended up falling down the stairs at least twice that night. Piazza would end up dead due to brain damage and excessive alcohol consumption. It could have been avoided. But his so-called “brothers” did nothing to help him, even waiting 40 minutes after finding him unconscious before contacting 911. Beyond harming their own members, Greek organizations have also been plagued with sexual assault and harassment allegations for almost as long as they’ve been around. Frat row remains a threatening location for many women making their way home at night. I obviously don’t believe that every fraternity and sorority acts in this matter. And they can do a lot of good, particularly when it comes to charity work. But currently, the system is stacked in such a way that allows the toxicity to spread. Many wealthy alumni and government officials were members of Greek life in their college years; they remember it fondly and often resist any attempts to change it for the better. And so, we continue to allow an environment of irresponsibility and violence to prosper. So, what could be done? University-led reform would go a long way to making things better. Better oversight and more regulation. And perhaps, at the most extreme, the campus administrations could push the organizations to put their efforts almost entirely toward charitable works. Sure, something that drastic would completely change the college party scene and likely lead to many people no longer wishing to pledge, but it would do a lot of good for this nation. Instead of spending four years entrenched in a culture of exclusivity, we would see a generation of college-educated adults leaving their colleges with a sense of charity and community. Matthew Olienechak is a columnist. Contact him at molienec@kent.edu.
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Thursday, October 26, 2017
SPORTS
Stellar final round pushes golf to fourth place finish in Dallas
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Henry Palattella Sports Editor Coming into the final round of the Royal Oaks Invitational in Dallas, the No. 14 Kent State men's golf team was struggling. The team was sitting in ninth place at -1 after shooting rounds of 283 and 284 — a far cry from leader Baylor, who shot a -22. But all changed in the final round, as the Flashes battled strong winds to shoot a 282 in the final round, the second-lowest score. That score allowed them to leapfrog Michigan, Pepperdine, UTSA, New Mexico and Liberty. Bjarki Petursson led the Flashes with a 211 total, good for 12th overall. Petursson, Chase Johnson and Gisli Sveinbergsson all shot an even 71 in the final round. Holt and Johnson finished tied for 17th, while Sveinbergsson finished tied for 39th. The biggest turnaround for the Flashes came off the clubs of Chris Doody. Doody shot a 79 and 78 in the first two rounds but responded by shooting an exceptional 69 in the final round, the second lowest score of the day. No. 7 Baylor's Cooper Dossey finished in first place with at -11, while his team finished in first place at -25, 19 strokes above second place No. 17 Arkansas. The Flashes will play their final tournament of the fall Nov. 3rd and 4th at the Ka'anapali Classic in Hawaii. They will return in the spring at the Louisiana Classics in Lafayette, La. Feb. 26 and 27. Contact Henry Palattella at hpallatte@kent.edu.
Kent State sophomore Gisli Sveinbergsson tees off on the 16th hole at the Mid-American Conference championship in Nashport, Ohio. The Flashes won the conference, while Sveinbergsson won the Golfer of the Year Award. Erik Svensson / The Kent Stater
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Thursday, October 26, 2017
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