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PARTA invests in natural gas for Portage County Jenna Kuczkowski Managing Editor In its effort to become an “all in one” compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle hub, PARTA has plans to build a natural gas fueling station in Kent with part of their nearly $2.2 million grant through the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) Program. PARTA recently awarded the $2.8 million design-and-build contract for the station to Clean Energy California. The station will be the first CNG station in the county. Claudia Amrhein, PARTA’s general manager, said the station is slated to open in June 2018 with groundbreaking happening earlier thhatyear. The station will feature one fueling island with a canopy along the driveway leading to PARTA’s administrative offices near Dix Stadium. There will be a dual-hose dispenser and compressor, and the station will also be open for public use. “We saw an opportunity to bring CNG to Portage County,” Amrhein said. “This will be the first and only CNG fueling station here in the county. So that will offer other organizations the opportunity to convert their fleets to CNG, which will have economic benefits we believe.” David Hacker, an associate professor of geology with a specialty in petroleum, said compressed natural gas has a few benefits over the more widely used diesel or gasoline. “(CNG) is a cleaner fuel as far as less emissions and greenhouse gases being produced,” Hacker said. “It’s also cheap right now because of the abundance of natural gas available within the country.” Amrhein said the $2.2 million grant back in 2012 had an 80/20 match rate, leading PARTA to contribute another $600,000 for a total of $2.8 million. She said the grant money has been used this far to renovate PARTA’s bus service stations so that they able to service CNG vehicles.

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PARTA buses sit parked at the PARTA headquarters across the street from Dix Stadium on Summit Street, where the CNG pump will be built next year. Jenna Kuczkowski / The Kent Stater

“The renovation project in three of our bus bays was completed in 2016,” Amrhein said. “So we will be able to safely store and service CNG vehicles, which you can't do without those CNG compliant interfaces.” In continuing with the idea of becoming a “one-stop shop” for CNG vehicles, Amrhein said PARTA hopes to make their current bus wash CNG compliant as well. With an additional two grants, PARTA plans to add eight new CNG buses to its fleet through funding by the CMAQ program, as well as the Diesel Emission Reduction Grant (DERG). “We have two buses on order right now that should arrive next June, hopefully at the same time

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that the station is up and ready to be operational,” Amrhein said. “Then between 2018 and 2021 (we) will receive six more CNG transit buses, and those will replace existing diesel buses that, by that time, will be out of their useful life.” Looking toward the future, Hacker said that while he believes CNG will gain more popularity as a fuel source, it won’t be the only one. “Right now, we are using CNG to continue to diversify our energy needs so we're not as reliant on gasoline and spread out our energy uses,” Hacker said. “I don’t see it as taking over completely as an energy source, just like electric cars, but only as becoming an alternative.” Vehicle use isn’t the only grow-

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ing use of natural gas in Ohio. “(Natural gas) certainly has grown as a fuel source for electricity generation,” said Matthew Schilling, the public information officer at Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. “That’s largely due to to availability of natural gas in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia." A m rh e i n s a i d s h e e x p e c t s early usage of the station will be low because prior to the station being built, there was no place to fuel them in Portage County. She is hopeful that PARTA will see a return on their investment in the first five years, but will be continually updating their projections as construction continues. “We're going to spend this next

year or so while it's being constructed educating folks about the benefits of CNG and raising awareness so that we can make those projections maybe by next year,” Amrhein said. “Our mission is to make positive impact on the Portage County community through our transportation services. By building (the station), we're making a significant investment in the infrastructure, which can benefit all Portage County. ... We see it as just an investment in our community today and in the future.”

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OHIO’S POLITICAL ROUNDUP: The 2018 governor’s race heats up

Laina Yost Enterprise Reporter Gov. John Kasich, Ohio’s longstanding Republican leader, will soon be out of office, clearing the path for a wide-open gubernatorial campaign in 2018. Without the challenge of taking on a wellknown incumbent, candidates along both sides of the aisle are lining up to take their shot at his seat. As it stands now, eight candidates from both parties have officially declared their gubernatorial candidacy. Some have statewide recognition, while others are relatively unknown. All candidates currently or have previously held an elected office in Ohio. For many undecided voters, the list below serves as a primer for the candidates.

Democratic Candidates

Former Democratic U.S. Rep. and Kent State alumna Betty Sutton describes herself as a “leader who works for Ohio.” Sutton stresses jobs and workplace development in her campaign, promising that she will bring change as governor. She released a plan to create a new state agency, the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, which is dedicated to creating new jobs and working with educational institutions. The proposal is a cornerstone of her nascent campaign. “If we are to create opportunities for Ohioans to obtain the jobs that will dominate the economy in the 21st century, we must ensure that our public schools, community colleges and universities like Kent State have the resources they need to prepare students in every part of our state for them,” Sutton said. Nan Whaley, the mayor of Dayton, emphasizes community within her campaign. Whaley, an Indiana native who moved to Dayton, is a University of Dayton and Wright State University graduate. Whaley holds pharmaceutical companies responsible for the heroin epidemic, and said they must be held accountable. She’s pledged

to do so as governor. Whaley claims that she will move Ohio forward like she did Dayton, through public service, educational opportunities and workforce development. Whaley’s record, however, is marred by poor education grades on the most recent report cards released by the Ohio Department of Education. Dayton City Schools received an F in both graduation rate and Ohio’s standardized testing, although the schools did earn an A in progress under her watch. Whaley, who is running for Dayton’s mayoral election in November, is not permitted to use funds raised by her committee until the mayoral election has passed. Whaley has raised $504,929.43 as mayor, but she is only allowed to transfer $200,000 once the election is over. Sen. Joe Schiavoni, the youngest candidate in the race at 38 years old, is a Youngstown native and a former Senate minority leader. He’s been a state senator for eight years, and stepped down as minority leader to focus on his gubernatorial campaign. In Schiavoni’s statement announcing his candidacy, he criticized the Republican field for their actions. He touts strong relationships with various labor unions, and the bulk of his

fundraising for his 2014 senatorial campaign came from such organizations. Schiavoni said he wants to focus on Ohio’s infrastructure, public education system and the opioid epidemic. He’s taken particular issue with a Republican-led small business tax cut, which kept around $1.1 billion from state coffers in 2016, according to The Columbus Dispatch. “I have said for months that tax cuts should not be a priority when our schools are not adequately funded and our state is facing the worst public health crisis in decades,” Schiavoni told The Toledo Blade. Schiavoni released a job growth plan he would implement as governor that would repeal the small business tax cut put in place by the GOP. Schiavoni has also introduced a plan in the Senate to invest $50 million in public transportation and work with educational agencies to develop programs to meet workforce demands. Former Democratic State Rep. Connie Pillich is promoting her experience as an eight-year military veteran in her run for governor. Pillich laid out her plan for health care, which she calls “Medicaid-for-All.”

In it, she offers two options on the state exchange — one that offers Medicaid and the other that offers coverage under the state health insurance plan available to state employees and lawmakers. It would make government health care available to all Ohio citizens who opt to buy into the program. “I got the best leadership training in the world serving on active duty for eight years,” she told WOSU Radio. “So I have leadership to offer our state and to make this dream a reality.” Pillich, who is running on a progressive Democrat platform, explained in a campaign video that she can improve Ohio’s schools, rebuild infrastructure and bring back industry jobs. She was one of the earliest candidates to declare her campaign. In 2014, she lost a bid for state treasurer to incumbent Republican Josh Mandel. In campaign financials, Republicans lead the way with almost $4 million combined for money raised. Pillich has raised $547,060.87, giving her the highest number on the Democratic side, while Schiavoni and Sutton trail with $341,755.00 and $275,048.87 respectively.

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Republican Candidates

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When people say, ‘We don’t know who you are,’ that’s good, because if they’d know who I was I would be part of the problem.”

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– Jim Renacci Republican Representative

Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine has focused much of his campaign on the opioid epidemic. DeWine, as attorney general, sued Ohio drug companies for their role in the opioid crisis. The move drew mixed reactions from the other candidates, but DeWine said the industry mislead patients about the dangers of drug overdoses. Whaley and Schiavoni both said that the lawsuit was a move in the right direction. DeWine also created a $1 million grant for foster care to help recruit new families to take in children whose parents were addicts. “There is a growing chasm between the number of available foster families and the increasing number of children who enter the child welfare system because one or both of their parents are drug addicts,” he said in a press conference. DeWine made a $1 million loan from himself to his campaign, which made him the candidate with the most money on hand. Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted has stirred some controversy in his gubernatorial campaign. Questions arose when a $1 million donation was received by Ohio Conservatives for a Change — a proHusted committee. As secretary of state, Husted cannot make his own super PAC. Husted opposed DeWine’s move to sue drug companies, and said a lawsuit would require too much time that Ohio doesn’t have. He served as both a state representative and senator before his time as the top election official. In 2012, Husted came under fire for enforcing a rule limiting in-person early voting. The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court, which declined to hear it. Ultimately, Husted acquiesced, allowing early voting the weekend before the election. Ohio Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor decided to run with the backing of Kasich. Taylor has already developed a tax plan for if she became governor, one she said is simple enough to fit on a postcard. “We have listened to our business and individual taxpayers and proposed changes they have told us will move the needle for Ohio,” she said in an interview with the Blade. Taylor said she is different than the other candidates because she describes herself as the “true conservative” in the race. “It’s not just my words — everybody says they’re conservative, my opponents are saying it — but my track record proves it. My record in the legislature. My willingness to challenge the status quo and take on my own Republican Party because I refused to vote for a tax increase,” Taylor said during a Delaware Area Chamber of Commerce meeting. Republican Rep. Jim Renacci is hoping to capture the same anti-establishment sentiment that pushed Ohio toward President Donald Trump in 2016 in his run for governor. Renacci, a wealthy business owner from Wadsworth, is positioning himself as a political outsider with business acumen. “When people say, ‘We don’t know who you are,’ that’s good, because if they’d know who I was I would be part of the problem,” he told Dayton Daily News. “I’m not part of the problem.” Renacci has shown strong support for several of Trump’s policies and plans, including the defunding of sanctuary cities and the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Renacci staffed his campaign with multiple former Trump campaign members in Ohio. He is endorsed by the NRA, Citizens for Trump and Bikers for Trump. In recent polling done by Gravis Marketing, a nonpartisan research firm, DeWine has come out on top of fellow Republicans and Sutton has topped among the Democrats. However, the majority of pollers responded they were undecided as of yet. The election for a new governor will be held on Nov. 6, 2018.

Contact Laina Yost at lyost5@kent.edu.

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Opinion

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.

THE OPINION PAGE IS AN OUTLET FOR OUR COMMUNITY’S VARIED VIEWS

Rejecting Hobbesian thought Maddie Newingham

In what is admittedly an untraditional lede, I have to apologize: My article this week takes a glass-half-empty approach, and I’m sorry for that. Thinking about the current condition of our nation, I recalled that somebody a long time ago suggested to me that our country is in this abhorrent state because our time as the premier country on the global stage has expired. But how could the United States fall from such a stratified status, and why? Can we fix it? In Hobbesian thought, our environment is unfixable; people are fatalistic and horrible to each other and will always act accordingly. Humans are animals and, in crisis, will be self-serving. Under this philosophy, we have government because we must protect ourselves from our evil intentions. I do not like this line of thinking, and I do not think we must be this way. Maybe I am grossly naive, but we have created and progressed brilliant societies. At some point, I would like to think good can and will prevail, and that we will not destroy each other. But, back to the fall of our nation: I think we have not hit American greatness yet. Looking at what we have done to our own people, how can we argue what we have done is best? We, as a country, have ensued in ethnic cleansing against Native Americans, have lynched our black community, have caged Japanese citizens and dropped two nuclear bombs on cities abroad. That is not greatness. We have done some great things, but this cannot be our peak. The argument can be made by looking at historical trends that perhaps our democracy is failing. We were not designed to be a democracy, but have adopted this political governance. Though a despotic demagogue has a seat in the Oval Office, not every leader we’ve had is great, nor does this lead me to believe we are failing and falling to some collapse of power.

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North Korea reportedly tested its sixth nuclear explosive this Sunday, triggering a 6.3-magnitude earthquake while capturing the attention of the U.N. Security Council.

I think if we do not change, then yes, we deserve to fall. But we are not beyond hope. We have rotted our politics, but it isn’t doomed. We just need to be drawn back to a collective good and desire to progress. We will absolutely fail to be a great nation if we cannot return to statesmanship. After all, the rest of the world is moving forward, and we are not. The rest of the world is working on solutions for climate change, medical advancements and poverty, but we can’t

At some point, I would like to think good can and will prevail, that we will not destroy each other. – Maddie Newingham

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Kent State completed one pass for one yard in a 56-3 loss at Clemson. The Flashes attempted only five passes, tallying 0.2 yards per pass.

even open one eye across the aisle. I hate to break it to the conservatives who want to transgress or stay as is, but society progresses. It just does. Whenever I have these discussions, I think that we are so behind, but we’re not doomed if we save ourselves. We do not have to collapse. We just have to care about people, and that’s what we’ve failed to do up to this point. Maddie Newingham is a columnist. Contact her at mnewing2@kent.edu.

Cheers&Jeers Cheers to ... University of Southern California football player Jake Olsen, a long-snapper who’s been blind for most of his life, for his first play in regular season action with the team.

Jeers to ... getting stuck between a rock and hard place. A man in North Carolina tried to evade police at a traffic stop by jumping into the ocean, only to end up with a shark circling beneath him. The shark left the man unscathed, though police caught him afterward.

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The government is failing Houston

JOSEPH McGRELLIS’S VIEW

Drew Taylor

Experiments may be the way to go about testing legitimacy of ideas. In theory, if going the route of experiment-based studies and just observing to collect data, this could take a large amount of time, but could yield fascinating results. The idea would be to find the perfect habitat for human equilibrium, creating environments in which we slow the flow of cortisol in the brain. This, in turn, will slow the effects of feeling stressed and overworked. If researchers adequately executed this, they could find the triggers to more productive workers. Factors of our daily lives that seem commonplace drive our daily performance, but think: The environments you’ve been subjected to in the last 24 hours may just be dictating how you feel at this very moment.

As the world watched the devastation Hurricane Harvey caused last week, another domestic news story may have gone under the radar: It was reported this week that Republicans in the House of Representatives are looking at making major cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, also known as FEMA. The reason for this potential cut in funds for FEMA would be to use the money, which could be as high as $876 million, to help pay for President Trump’s frequently-discussed wall on the United States-Mexico border. This cut was proposed before Harvey wreaked havoc in the Gulf of Mexico. Had Harvey not happened, this cut would likely have happened without any real pushback. However, bad timing and the use of funds on a useless wall are not the only problems with this proposed cut to FEMA. The proposed bill shows a lack of empathy those in office have toward the victims of natural disasters like Harvey. Yet, FEMA wasn’t the only organization threatened with budget cuts; a $2.6 billion cut to the Environmental Protection Agency was also proposed. By trying to gut the EPA, the government is ignoring evidence suggesting that climate change will provoke more extreme weather, leading to more damage and, most importantly, more deaths. President Trump has claimed that he will donate $1 million of his own money to those affected by Harvey. While this would be a respectable gesture, it doesn’t do nearly enough for the victims or show any attempt to prepare for future storms. A $1 million donation, a relative drop in the bucket in relation to projected costs in the wake of Harvey, doesn’t excuse the political reality: Trump proposed large cuts in funds and jobs to the EPA, as well as promoted Scott Pruitt, a well known climate change denier and someone who has sued the EPA 14 times, as administrator of the agency. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott declared Sunday a “day of prayer” in Texas, which is also a kind-hearted gesture toward his state. Yet, Abbott also supported House Bill 1774, which went into effect this week that makes it more difficult for Texans to receive payments from insurance companies. So, while politicians this week have talked the talk when it comes to helping those affected in Houston and other places where Harvey crossed paths with, they have failed in action. Without the backing of our own elected officials, it may just be the role of the constituency to lift up the nation after devastating events like Harvey.

Kyle Fitch is a columnist. Contact him at kfitch5@kent.edu.

Drew Taylor is a columnist. Contact him at dtaylo78@kent.edu.

How cortisol is controlling your day Kyle Fitch The environment plays a role in our lives every single day. Why would things like light and air temperature cause your life to change? How can the color of a room make you smile, the music behind a conversation engage you and different smells fill you with nostalgia? The hormone cortisol brings about these somber, joyful and passionate thoughts. Cortisol peaks in your body around 8 a.m., reaching a low at approximately 11 p.m. Air temperatures can also change the way you think. A room temperature below 68 degrees Fahrenheit is shown to double

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the amount of errors made by a worker. A room at 77 degrees is thought to be the optimal working temperature, and gave workers the longest amount of productivity with the smallest amount of errors. Along with temperature, lighting has a significant effect on our our day processes — for example, steering clear of direct fluorescent lighting can help you operate at your peak potential. It can, and will, drain a person of energy after long periods of time. Workers who step outside to experience warmth and natural sunlight will perform beyond expectations. How can people use this to better life? They can figure out the best conditions to be productive, but how productive is that? Is the human dependence on technology correlated? Will we one day be able to turn a “lazy Suzy” into a “productive Patty” with the right environment?

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Not all students on board with tobacco-free campus policy Natalie Frank remembers the first time she felt the affects of a cigarette.

“I lit it right before I got on my bike, and I was riding it and just like, this tingly awesome feeling just like went right through my body, and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is awesome,’” she said. “So I just got these weird-like vibration(s), and then, I don’t get that anymore unless if I haven’t eaten or smoked for a couple of days or something.” It’s a feeling that is now against policy on Kent State’s tobacco-free campus. The tobacco-free campus policy, which went into effect July 1 and prohibits the use of cigarettes, tobacco products and vapes on campus, is now in full swing. Students who want to smoke now have to walk off school property to light up, causing smokers and non-smokers alike to voice frustration over the restrictive policy. “There’s a few places off school grounds you have to go. You have to walk a decent way if you want to do it without having to worry about security, and the problem is most of the time it’s at night when I want to do it,” said Alex Rule, a freshman exploratory major. “Because it’s like end of the day, I just want to relax, and you have to walk all the way out of your way. It’s not even that safe out where you’re walking, because it has to be off campus.” Now, when he wants to smoke, Rule usually goes to the local BP station or down the road from Lake Hall, usually a 20 to 30 minute walk. “I mean, I feel like a lot of people who are opposed to it, ... they automatically see someone doing it and think you’re the devil,” Rule said. “You’re the worst person ever and stuff like that, but really it’s just like, ‘No, I want to just make this decision for myself and worry about it for myself.’” The policy is still new to most students, especially those who haven’t been on campus this summer, when Kent State made the policy official. It's a change that may seem jarring. “I just, I really don’t feel like people are going to like abide by it. I think that they’re just like, like earlier today, I saw people hiding like back there smoking a cigarette. I guess people just don’t know what to do,” Frank said. She noted that most of those in her art program smoked. “You can’t ask a group of like 18 through 22-year-olds who just moved out of their houses to stop smoking,” she said. “Like — it’s not gonna happen. People are gonna make their own choices about things, like regardless of if you try to like shame them out of it.” Some at the university level, however, have a different view of the “ban.”

“No one’s saying you have to quit or anything like that, or we’re not taking away students', you know, right to smoke,” said Sierra Baker, a health educator for the University Health Services department. “People, you know, sometimes do call it a ban, but it’s really not a ban; you just can’t smoke on Kent State property. And I’m sure you’re aware, you know, this is just like the trend almost in higher education. Many campuses are smoke-free now. So now we’re one of them, so that’s really great.” Baker facilitates the university’s smoking cessation program, offered for free to students and held for eight weeks over seven sessions. “Staying quit,” as is said in the program, is not easy, and Baker said the amount of students in the program has remained level since Kent State enacted the ban. While there was an increase in those interested in quitting, most didn’t follow through. “A lot of times, smokers know the health risks associated with smoking, you know. It’s not really news to anybody, yet they continue to smoke, so I think that sometimes it kind of goes hand in hand,” Baker said. It is not only smokers, however, that feel the decision should should be made by students. “Well, my biggest thing is they went straight from a smoking campus all the way to a ban. You know, and the ban hasn’t worked at Cleveland State, (University of Michigan)," said Harrison Sorm, a freshman psychology major. Sorm is the vice president of Young Americans for Liberty, a “non-partisan, libertyminded group.” Along with Kevin Cline, the group's president, Sorm created and circulated a petition against the smoking ban. “So the issue that we’re fighting for with the petition is we’re trying to show them that you can’t just go to a straight, all-out ban,” Sorm said. “And people always go with the argument of, ‘Well, it’s because it’s affecting other people’s health.’ I would give them that if it didn’t also extend to non-tobacco products. They expand this to e-cigarettes, vapes, which may be nicotine or non-nicotine. They expand this to chewing tobacco and snus as well, which is another form of chewing tobacco.” The petition has been signed both in hard copies, which have gathered 250 signatures, and online, including Facebook, where it has gathered support Sorm has not yet counted. “You can’t enforce something like this. It’s the same idea of telling people you’re not allowed soda on campus when you can go to the Circle K down the street and get, you know, a Mountain Dew,” Sorm said.

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A lot of times, smokers know the health risks associated with smoking, you know. It’s not really news to anybody, yet they continue to smoke...”

– Sierra Baker A health educator for the University Health Services department

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Natalie Frank, a senior art education major, smokes on the sidewalk across from Kent State on Thursday. Kent State banned smoking and general tobacco use on July 1. Carter Adams / The Kent Stater

“You know, you can’t tell people you can’t do these things because there’s ways around it, especially when you can’t enforce it, you know, on a city-wide level, let alone a university level.” Another concern Sorm voiced was the lack of receptacles for smokers. “The biggest thing here — and people are still smoking on campus — professors, students, you know, they’re still smoking,” Sorm said. “So it didn’t fix anything. For me, the biggest issue with it is they didn’t try anything less restrictive. They didn’t try to necessarily designate smoking zones. You know, they had the little ashtrays set up, but that didn’t necessarily mean that’s a smoking zone. Now they took everything away, so the kids who do smoke are just going to litter everywhere.” Frank echoed the concern, but the views of are much different. “We are tobacco-free on campus," said Heather White, a grounds manager. “OK, so the ship has sailed about having designated areas. That’s just not even on the table. There are no designated areas, and it is much less work for the grounds department being tobacco-free.” Still, the petition continues to circulate. Though Sorm and others need the support of at least 8 percent of the student populous in order to present the petition to the Undergraduate Student Government, the statement made by the petition is important in and of itself. “It shows people that there is an alternative. It shows people that there are people who will challenge, you know, the university, and will challenge USG and that you don’t have to necessarily hide or be silenced," Sorm said. "There are groups out there like Turning Point USA, like Young Americans for Liberty, you know, there are groups that will give you an outlet if you don’t necessarily agree with other people on campus, because if you don’t agree with others on campus, you’re not going to fit in." For now, however, the policy remains in place. There are no designated areas or sand-filled pots, only signs with the no smoking symbol over the outline of a wafting cigarette. “It’s not going to work. ... It’s like, it's taboo and people like to do what they’re not supposed to do,” Frank said. She inhaled the smoke from a cigarette balanced in her hand — an L&M Turkish Blend. “It’s like thing one (and) thing two complex,” she said. “It’s like you tell me not to do something, I’m just going to do it. Now I have to do it.” Contact Cameron Gorman at cgorman2@kent.edu.

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OTHER SMOKE-FREE CAMPUSES • The Ohio State University • Bowling Green State University • Miami University • Ashland University • Cedarville University • Cleveland State University • Columbus State Community College • Cuyahoga Community College • Ashland University Dwight Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences • Eastern Gateway Community College • Hocking College • John Carroll University • Malone University • Mount Carmel College of Nursing • Mount Vernon Nazarene University • Northeast Ohio Medical University Frank poses for a portrait while smoking a cigarette on Wednesday.

• Notre Dame College • Ohio Christian University • Ohio Dominican University • Owens Community College • Rhodes State College • Sinclair Community College • The University of Akron • University of Cincinnati • The University of Toledo • Wright State College • Zane State College • Ohio University

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Not all students on board with tobacco-free campus policy Natalie Frank remembers the first time she felt the affects of a cigarette.

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A lot of times, smokers know the health risks associated with smoking, you know. It’s not really news to anybody, yet they continue to smoke...”

– Sierra Baker A health educator for the University Health Services department

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Natalie Frank, a senior art education major, smokes on the sidewalk across from Kent State on Thursday. Kent State banned smoking and general tobacco use on July 1. Carter Adams / The Kent Stater

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FLASHES OPEN SEASON AT CLEMSON

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Sandra Whalen (left) and Bryan Agee of Kent, Ohio, cheer after Kent State's Quan Robinson recorded an interception in the first half of Kent's matchup against No. 5 Clemson on Saturday.

Clemson players surround Kent State quarterback Nick Holley during the first half of the game.

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Kent State cornerback Jamal Parker watches a play in the second half of the Kent State vs. Clemson game.

Kent State cornerback Demetrius Monday dives to tackle Clemson's Deon Cain. Cain beat Monday for a 61-yard touchdown on the play.

Clemson's Darlin Rencher drives through the line for a short gain in the second half.

A Kent State helmet sits on the sideline adorned with a sticker for Tyler Heintz, a freshman lineman who passed away this summer during the team's conditioning. Kent State quarterback Nick Holley dodges a tackle in the first half of Kent State's matchup against No. 5 Clemson.

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Flashes outmatched by Tigers in opener Kent State cornerback Jerrell Foster takes on Clemson wide receiver Ray-Ray McCloud during the second half of the Flashes' matchup against No. 5 Clemson on Saturday. Austin Mariasy / The Kent Stater

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Kent State cornerback Jerrell Foster attempts to break up a pass intended for Clemson wide receiver Tee Higgins during the season opener against Clemson Saturday. Austin Mariasy / The Kent Stater

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The Kent State Flashes waited on the field with linked arms in preparation for the Clemson Tigers to run down The Hill. An overwhelming energy from the Clemson crowd took over the game before it even began. The national champions had a chip on their shoulder, and any thought of a hangover from last season was quickly disproven. The Flashes experienced the wrath of the Tigers firsthand. “We played a tremendous team,” Kent State interim Coach Don Treadwell said. “We knew that coming in, and they didn’t lead us to think anything different on the field.” The Tigers drove right down the field and scored on their first possession when running back C.J. Fuller rushed for a 26-yard touchdown to give the Tigers the lead. They never looked back. The Flashes tried to change momentum when junior Shane Hynes made a 37-yard field goal to put the Flashes on the board. Hynes’ make was his 23rd career field goal, which ranks sixth among Kent State’s all-time leaders. The Flashes gained 120 total yards and just a single yard through the air on five attempts. “Ball control was certainly a thought going into the game,” Treadwell said. “You have a dynamic, explosive offense on the other side, and we wanted to utilize the clock as much as we could in our favor today.” The Tigers went on to win the game 56-3. “We have game one under our belt,” Treadwell said. “That’s probably the biggest thing as far as coming out of a game like we played today. The good news is you learn so much about your team in a real game versus going through the weeks of preseason.” Quarterback Nick Holley, who had 53 yards rushing on 10 carries, led the Flashes offensively. True freshman Kesean Gamble saw action as both linebacker and running back as he finished with 21 yards rushing and two tackles. Holley has rushed for over 50 yards in sev-

en of eight career starts as quarterback. “If there’s one thing about Nick Holley that we know, it’s that he’s one of the most fierce competitors we have,” Treadwell said. “The game is played physical, but he just has to keep rolling.” It was a different story for the Tigers' offense as they had 15 different players with a reception. Clemson tallied 665 yards led by junior quarterback Kelly Bryant in his first career start. Bryant finished with 236 passing yards, including one touchdown pass and an added 77 yards on the ground with a rushing touchdown. “It was as clean as a performance could’ve been,” Clemson Coach Dabo Swinney said. “They did a lot of unusual stuff offensively, but we managed it well. We were dominant up front and didn’t miss a lot of tackles. I was very pleased with how we played today.” For the Flashes, safety Quan Robinson and linebacker Matt Bahr made transitions to new positions from last year. Robinson intercepted his first career pass, and Bahr had a careerhigh nine tackles. “You have to give credit to those guys,” Treadwell said. “They have put themselves in a position to where the coaches can use them in multiple ways, even if they didn’t play those positions last year.” Despite the loss, Treadwell expressed that he was proud of the leadership he saw. “We had two captains today, Matt Bahr and Will Matthews,” Treadwell said. “They were very good at moving forward and sharing things that we needed to share with our team before the game, during the game and postgame.” Treadwell said the team would have to regroup, find out what they can do better and get ready for next week. “We will look at the tape and make sure our kids were doing the fundamentals well,” Treadwell said. “It will give us an idea of what we need to improve on. Our focus now should be on getting ready for our first home game next week.”

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A view of the La Tuna Canyon Fire La Tuna Canyon Wildfire, Los Angeles, USA on Saturday. (Rex Features via AP Images)

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