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MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 2015 BlastOff photo page
Kent State professor arrested in Akron with 15-year-old in car
Members of the Kent State rugby team, Collen Carroll, president Hannah Henry and Holly Chesnick, sit atop the waterfall on Risman plaza, during Blast Off, recruiting new members for the fall semester on Aug. 30, 2015.
Akron Police arrested Kent State professor Willie J. Harrell, Jr. Wednesday night after he met a 15-year-old boy with what police said was the intent to pursue a sexual relationship.
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Reno Reda selected to wear Jason Bitsko’s 54 this football season Football is a game of numbers: completions thrown, yards gained, points scored. The list goes on and on. For the Kent State football team, the number 54 goes beyond the twill of the jersey.
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Matthew Merchant / The Kent Stater Students dance and sing along to MIMO on the Student Green during Blastoff 2015 on Aug. 30, 2015.
Neville Hardman Opinion Editor As Welcome Weekend began wrapping up, hundreds of students gathered Sunday evening for BlastOff on the Student Green and in Risman Plaza. Tables lined the area, creating crowds of students and activities stretched past the Student Center, including free hot air balloon rides. Different student organizations on campus attempted to attract potential new blood as groups of students passed by. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” said Alison Bussman, a freshman exploratory major. “When do you get to go in a hot air balloon?” Bussman made rounds before joining an extensive line for her ride, collecting freebies such as T-shirts, stickers and
Kent State ranks third university with Ashley Madison accounts Bruce Walton Senior Reporter Kent State reportedly received the third spot of the top 10 universities listed as the most registered emails on the Ashley Madison website. During the summer, an organization called “Impact Team” infiltrated the database of ashleymadison.com, a Canadian dating site for people in committed relationships to cheat on their significant others. The group then leaked the information of 32 mil-
a goldfish she immediately placed in her room. “There’s a lot to do,” she said. “There are a lot of people there.” As the last gap of summer before school starts, BlastOff has an air of excitement and energy. BlastOff is Kent State’s annual back-to-school celebration the day before fall classes start. The event is planned by Undergraduate Student Government, the Center for Student Involvement and the Office of Student Success. Dakota Steed, a sophomore exploratory major, stood on the grass with a custom-painted longboard, attempting to get students interested in a contest to win it for her business Noble Technique. People had to follow her Instagram page and then were given a raffle ticket. She’ll contact the winner, she said.
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lion accounts through their emails and account information, revealing public officials, company employees and members of universities. According to Inside Higher Ed, of the data leaked from the Ashley Madison site, 653 email addresses listed ended in “kent.edu.” Inside Higher Ed’s IT department found nearly 75,000 “.edu” emails, which they claimed was more than the “.gov” or “.mil” email addresses. The site also gave a disclaimer of the information that Ashley Madison doesn’t verify email addresses and the universities’ emails might belong to former employees or students. Jon Maletic, a computer science professor, said the news didn’t surprise him that a group compromised Ashley Madison’s information. Maletic said the problem with information
security falls in the realm of human error more than anything else. “You can go and hire great technical people, systems guys and gals and they can be very diligent,” he said. “You can pay them a lot, they can work really hard to keep your system secure, and all it takes is one person to hand out something or leave something on your desk and you’re compromised.” In his opinion, Maletic said Kent State’s emails surprised him, although statistically, he agreed the hundreds of emails may come from former students and faculty since emails aren’t terminated after their employment or enrollment. The emails listed compared to the thousands of total Kent State emails are a small percentage by themselves he said. Though the site may have a moral gray area, encouraging cheating with its slogan, “Life is short. Have an
Matthew Merchant / The Kent Stater Freshman entrepreneurship major Jaynanne Sheehan signs up for information from the Office of Global Education during BlastOff 2015 on Aug. 30, 2015.
Freshman Spotlight: How one freshman handled her first weekend at Kent Rachel Duthie General Assignment Reporter
Jaynanne Sheehan could not stop crying the day before she had to move into her dorm at Kent State for the first time. “(The next day) was so weird because I was by myself when I woke up because my parents were not home yet. It was just me packing all by myself. It was really sad emptying parts of my room,” Sheehan said.
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affair,” Maletic said the hackers still are in the wrong. “Legally, those people did something wrong. They broke into a private organization and stole information from them,” Maletic said. “That is a crime, no matter how you look at
it, they did break in and steal intellectual property. I think a lot of organizations are really upset by these sorts of break-ins because it happens quite a bit.”
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Wholly Habaneros opens in HUB Jacob Runnels Assigning Editor
Jacob Runnels / The Kent Stater Students line up at Wholly Habanero, located in the Student Center’s HUB, on Aug. 29, 2015. Wholly Habaneros is new to the HUB and offeres a create-your-own burrito bar.
Wholly Habaneros will open its doors Wednesday as the newest eatery in the Student Center’s HUB. The campus-based Mexican restaurant is replacing Jump Asian Express, which has been in the HUB for 10 years, and joins Wow Bao as one of the newest restaurants to appear in the HUB. The authentic Asian restaurant is replacing Nathan’s Famous and Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips. The changes came after Dining Services held several student focus groups last year, said Richard Roldan, resident district manager of University Dining Services. “As we were looking at options and what to do, Mexican was one (option) that was up there,” Roldan said. Roldan said the top three food choices students preferred in the focus groups were Mexican, Asian and Italian. With the addition of Wholly Habaneros, Roldan said it was important for them to expand to other ethnicities when it came to dining choices in the HUB. The replacements are part of a change in restaurant selection philosophy in the HUB that plans to offer patrons more variety when it comes to healthy or unhealthy choices. Patrons can choose a meal that’s either healthy or unhealthy at one restaurant, rather than having two restaurants serving strictly healthy or unhealthy options. “The freshness and variety that Wholly Habaneros exemplifies offers the student something
fresh (with) its choices and variety,” said Timothy Wright, assistant director of University Dining Services. “We have a lot of international students that may enjoy a wider variety of options and introducing concepts like Wow Bao and Wholly Habaneros allows the student population to enjoy different food models.” However, these restaurants raise concerns for students with food allergies. Megan Cascaldo, nutritionist for Dining Services, said Wholly Habaneros will be glutenfriendly. Although gluten products are handled in the kitchen, the staff is well-educated to prepare to serve someone with allergies. Students with allergies like celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder that makes the digestion of gluten difficult, said they are affected by any restaurant changes in the HUB. Ryan Ohlin, a junior integrated language arts major with celiac disease, said that his dining options in the HUB were limited. “Whenever I was in the HUB, Jump [Asian Express] was a good place to go,” Ohlin said. “Otherwise, I was looking at ice cream from Auntie Anne’s and French fries from Arthur Treacher’s.” Ohlin said that because Mexican food is often made of corn and rice, which are ingredients safe for those with celiac disease to eat, Wholly Habaneros is a good option at the HUB. The restaurant, which is open from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. during the semester, is associated with food services corporation Sodexo USA, which also manages Slice of Life Pizza in the HUB. jrunnels@kent.edu
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Skye McEowen / The Kent Stater Students and parents gather around the new campus branch of PNC Bank at the Kent State Student Center to get information and set up accounts on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. A table has been set up next to it to aid in helping students and parents. The branch officially opened Aug. 3.
Skye McEowen Assigning Editor As fall semester begins, students and faculty are adjusting to changes made at Kent State over the summer. This includes PNC Bank, the university's new banking service. Previously Huntington Bank, the change was made official July 1, as 11 new ATMs were placed around campus. The new PNC branch also replaced Huntington’s branch in the Student Center. “Kent State as a whole was very excited about this, as were we at PNC,” said David Grenert, campus branch manager. “We were very excited to join the Kent State community and family.” Jeannie Reifsnyder, Kent State’s senior associate vice president for finance and administration, said the university’s contract with Huntington Bank had expired, so a public request was put out for a proposal in which they got responses from five banks. She said the eight-member committee determined PNC had the best proposal. The factors taken into account included cost and the presence of the branch and ATMs on campus.
PNC began its transition into Kent’s main campus as well as the regional campuses earlier this month, officially opening the Student Center branch on Aug. 3. Once students arrived on campus, a table was set up next to the branch to help students with opening accounts and general inquiries. Overall, PNC has plans in place for aiding students with their banking needs. “What we’re really excited about is forming that tight relationship with Kent State and offering our expertise to both the school and the students,” said Drew Martin, executive vice president and retail market manager for PNC. “You look at financial education and how crucial it is to a student’s success.” Martin said students can also utilize PNC’s Virtual Student Wallet, which will help students monitor spending and check their accounts. The transition from Huntington to PNC went well, Grenert said. “It was very efficient, very quick (and) very seamless,” he said. However, the switch did cause issues for some students, especially those who bank with Huntington. “I didn’t like it because I have Huntington, and
that was really convenient,” said sophomore speech pathology and audiology major Nicole Hinds, who had set up a Huntington account when she came to Kent State. “I don’t really feel like switching.” For students with Huntington accounts, a Huntington ATM is available at the library on Kent State’s main campus as part of the new deal with PNC, Reifsnyder said. For students that already had PNC accounts, the news was more positive. “Last year I got PNC, so I’m totally happy about this,” said sophomore fashion merchandising major Sarah Botscheller. “When I heard that they changed, that’s so much easier for me because now I can go right on campus and get money out of the ATM without being charged." Grenert said he is planning financial literacy seminars for students. “My main goal with the students here is for them to never worry about their banking,” Grenert said. “You guys are here to get an education; that’s your primary goal.” smceowen@kent.edu
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“But at the same time, I was thinking, ‘I’m ready for this, it’s here.’ And I am. It’s easier than I thought. Everything is just so exciting now.” Her story is only one of the thousands of new students who arrived Thursday to participate in Kent State's annual Welcome Weekend festivities. Organized by the Center for Undergraduate Excellence, first-year students who moved in this weekend were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of events, ranging from ice cream socials to explorations downtown, in order to become more acquainted with the university. Sheehan, an entrepreneurship major, is no stranger to Kent. Her home is just 10 minutes away, so she is very familiar with campus and its class options. She said the university’s close proximity to her home was one of the major reasons she wanted to attend Kent State; however, she still experienced the unexpected. “Living with someone else is weird. You’re always with someone else, and you can’t really change in front of them,” she said. “I didn’t know that going to the bathroom had to be such a process, and I always forget that I have to key myself in everywhere. It’s just so different from home.” Despite her difficulties adjusting, Sheehan has found comfort in the activities she has attended all across campus. She couldn’t help noticing the energy surrounding convocation and the persistence for students to get involved inspired her to want to join organizations such as KSU Crew and student government. Her favorite event was going to her first FYE class in business, where she discussed “The Terrorist’s Son,” this year’s common reading book, and met with other like-minded classmates. “It was really cool. Our FYE teacher was an economics professor, and he gave us practical advice that I really enjoyed,” she said. “It made me really excited to take classes in business.” The final event of Welcome Weekend was Kent State’s original Back to School BlastOff, an outdoor event that allows students to find out about hundreds of different student organizations they can join. A hot air balloon ride, live music and an array of inflatables adorned the event. Despite its overwhelming nature, as tons of students are practically squished in together as they try to make their way through, Sheehan couldn’t imagine a more perfect way to successfully start her freshman year. “All of the clubs and booths seemed really interested in talking to everyone,” she said. “Even if you said you weren’t interested, they were still really nice." As the night dwindled, Sheehan was pleasantly surprised to find the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, an organization directly relevant to her major, plus CHAARG and Women’s Club Lacrosse to fuel her passion for exercise. Above all the radically different experiences she had these past couple of days, she couldn’t be more optimistic to start her journey as a college student. “My biggest goal is not to get straight As but to make sure I balance school and work while still having fun time,” she said. “I want to have stories to tell.”
“This is actually the first year I’m declaring as entrepreneurship,” Steed said, a sophomore exploratory major. “I’m definitely excited to meet all the new students in the program.” DJ Tyler Boshane opened BlastOff, followed by Ohio Weather Band, playing as students hopped from one table to another. As the tables were cleared, students flooded the stage on the Student Green for a laser light show sponsored by Undergraduate Student Government. DJ Mimo headlined, mixing tracks like Bastille’s “Pompeii,” Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness” and The Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face.” The only light on the green emanated from the stage and glow sticks worn around student’s necks or twirling in the air. “I loved the whole feeling of it,” said Kyle Baird, a freshman visual communication design major. “It was like being at a festival back home.”
Gwenn Volkert, a computer science professor, said these break-ins need more investigations to understand how these occur. Many of the solutions of the problems, Volkert said, need to rely more on the knowledge of how some hackers operate. “The more we find out about the hacker community in general, the more we can bring attention to the IT departments in general,” she said. “But you can’t be fought with passwords, it’s got to be really seriously protected.” Maletic said the increasing gap of knowledge of the technical security of average computer owners and professional hackers will put more people in danger and open to attacks like these. “You really need to understand what this machine is on your desk in order to protect you and yourself,” he said.
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Akron Police arrested Kent State professor Willie J. Harrell, Jr. Wednesday night after he met a 15-year-old boy with what police said was the intent to pursue a sexual relationship. Harrell has been charged with importuning and attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, both felonies, and violating adult curfew, according to News Channel 5. Harrell appeared in Akron Municipal Court Friday morning, and bond was set at $25,000. News Channel 5 reported Thursday the 44-year-old English professor was arrested in the parking lot of Smith Elementary School in Akron. Police said Harrell admitted to meeting the boy online earlier in the week, befriending him and then pursuing the relationship further. According to Channel 5, Akron Police responded to the school
parking lot around 11 p.m. after a call of a suspicious vehicle in the area. Police said they found a Ford Explorer with fogged windows and ordered the occupants to vacate the vehicle. They believe a sexual act did not occur. Kent State University issued this statement Thursday from university spokesperson Eric Mansfield: “University leaders are aware of the arrest, and Professor Harrell has been suspended pending the investigation. He will have no contact with our students, and his courses will be taught by other faculty members.” According to the Department of English’s website, Harrell, who has been at Kent State since 2003, taught College Writing II this summer and was scheduled to teach the Senior Honors Thesis/ Project and Individual Investigation English courses. Provost Todd Diacon named Harrell the 2014-2015 Provost’s
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On Clevlanders ‘Commit to Vote’ for Hillary Clinton Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton rallied supporters together to “Commit to Vote” for her in the 2016 election Thursday at Case Western Reserve University, her first stop in Ohio since she announced her bid for the presidency in April.
Make some room for art this semester Amanda Anastasia Paniagua
Columnist It is one thing to study a work of art in a textbook, but it is another experience encountering a work of art in real life. For example, when I had the opportunity to visit the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, I turned a corner and was met by Alexandre Cabanel’s Birth of Venus (1863) and quite literally had my breath stolen from me. The blues of the sky meeting the blues of the ocean in the image were beyond description. A glossy printed reproduction in a book will never capture the brilliant blue hues that a human eye can. It was a life affirming moment for me. Thankfully, you do not need to travel as far as Paris to experience great art. In fact, if you feel like being adventurous without risk of spending too much money this semester, I encourage you to visit nearby art museums. Both the Cleveland Museum of Art and Akron Art Museum’s permanent collections are free and open to the public. The Cleveland Museum of Art is located about an hour north of Kent and houses an impressive permanent collection ranging from antiquity to the contemporary. The museum has recently undergone renovations and is home to a grand, skylit courtyard complete with a café. Having been to museums overseas, I can say that Cleveland has a true gem in its midst. There are many works from various parts of the world. In the North wing you can browse their collection of ancient American civilizations, and on the way to the West wing there is a beautiful Japanese collection. Farther into the wing, you’ll encounter works from India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Both wings are on the second level of the museum. The Akron Art Museum is about 20 minutes northwest of Kent and houses a much smaller but equally impressive permanent collection. This collection’s earliest works date to the late nineteenth century, so if you’re more into modern and contemporary art, this collection is for you. Akron also houses a number of American works including pieces by Ohio artists. Akron’s museum is smaller in size compared to Cleveland but this, for me, creates a much more intimate experience with each piece. With so little ground to cover, you can always come back to a work that strikes your fancy and not feel like you’re missing out on any other piece in their collection. My favorite piece in the Akron collection is Mickalene Thomas’ 2008 work, Girlfriends and Lovers. The impressive work is 9 feet wide and presents the viewer with four women seated at a table who are dressed in colorful outfits. Juxtaposed with their fashionable Western dress are various African textile forms that connect the women visually to their ancestry. Perhaps what I love most about the work is the use of reflective glitter surfaces throughout the image that make the women shimmer and sparkle as you walk near them. Even if you are not in an art-related field, know that one of the great things about art is that it is open to interpretation. It is an intellectual exercise that can only sharpen our minds. What better time than now to sharpen yours? azabudsk@kent.edu
Cheers&Jeers OUR VIEW A violent society
requiring change
Summary: Mass shootings have become commonplace in our society, and our generation has become numb to the shock and tragedy of an event like murders on live television. Our politicians need to make tough decisions for meaningful gun violence change. Alison Parker and Adam Ward, two journalists with television station WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, were shot and killed Wednesday on live television by a disgruntled former employee. Although the murders were deplorable and horrific, many people watched the video or saw the still photos without a second thought. Newspapers, like the New York Daily News, ran the photos on their front pages. According to a Washington Post report, there have been 247 mass shootings this year, which are defined as shootings with four or more victims. Violence is everywhere in our society, and it has been for most of our lives. One of the most defining moments of our generation are the terrorist attacks on 9/11, when footage of the planes crashing into the Twin Towers was played over and over again. Since then, we have had Columbine, Virginia Tech, Chardon, Newtown, Aurora, Charleston and now Roanoke – a list
with a tragedy behind each name. After each event, we all hear, “How many more times does this have to happen before something is changed?” However, because our nation is so deeply divided politically when it comes to the issue of gun rights and gun control, nothing ever changes. We think there should be meaningful change from our politicians, with stricter requirements in place before a person can walk into a store and buy a gun. There should be mental health evaluations and background checks to determine the person is of sound mind to be purchasing a firearm. We need legal change and a willingness from our political leaders to make tough, possibly unpopular decisions, to prevent people from getting guns who should not have them and murdering innocent victims. The above editorial is the consensus opinion of The Kent Stater editorial board, whose names are listed above.
Cheers to ... a supermoon expected to appear twice in September. Jeers to ... two Virginia journalists killed by a gunman last week.
Colleges should get rid of higher out-ofstate tuitions Hannah Armenta Columnist To all of my out-of-state friends, I’m sorry. We drew the short end of the stick deciding to come to a college in a different state than we call our own. We pay more than $8,000 more per year in tuition alone than our native Ohioan friends — that is, unless we become a resident. I’m from California (I know, why did I move from California to Ohio?). My parents were gracious enough to pay for my first degree, but for my second one, I was on my own. Since I decided to come to Kent State — an out-of-state school— I wanted to make it as cheap as possible. I decided I wanted to become a resident of the great state of
How dry, how long? William Debuys Los Angeles Times
California, currently in the Great Drought, is a living diorama of how the future is going to look across much of the United States as climate change sets in. Now, the large dark bruise spreading across the state on the U.S. Drought Monitor map is a preview of a bone-dry world to come. Admittedly, recent summer rains have somewhat dulled the edge of this “exceptional” California drought, now in its fourth year. Full recovery, however, would require about a foot of rain statewide between now and January. A veritable deluge for places like Fresno, which in good times get that much only in a full year. To be clear, the current drought may not have been caused by climate change. After all, California has a long history of fierce droughts that arise from entirely natural causes, some of them lasting a decade or more. Even so, climate change remains a potent factor in the present disaster. According to the state’s Climate Change Center, California is on average about 1.7 degrees hotter than a century ago, and its rate of warming is expected to triple in the century ahead. The kicker is that hotter means much drier because as temperature creeps up, evaporation gallops. As a result, the droughts of the future will be effectively more destructive than those of the past. Throughout the state, draconian cutbacks in water use are in force. Some agricultural districts are receiving 0 percent of the federally controlled irrigation water they received in past years, while statecontrolled water deliveries are running about 15 percent of normal. A staggering 5,200 wildfires have burned across the state this year, and the fire season still has months to go.
Here is the unvarnished version as expressed in a paper that appeared in Science Advances in February: “The mean state of drought in the late 21st century over the Central Plains and Southwest will likely exceed even the most severe mega-drought periods of the Medieval era in both high and moderate emissions scenarios, representing an unprecedented fundamental shift with respect to the last millennium.” Let’s unpack that. Principal author Benjamin Cook of NASA and his colleagues from Columbia and Cornell universities are saying that climate change will bring to the continent a “new normal” more brutally dry than even the multipledecades-long droughts that caused the Native American societies of Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, and Mesa Verde in Colorado, to collapse. This, they add, will happen even if greenhouse gas emissions are significantly lowered soon. If California points the way to dry times ahead, it also gives us a glimpse of how a responsible society can adjust to a warmer future. In general, the state’s individual consumers and water districts are meeting conservation goals, thanks to a range of innovations and sacrifices. Perhaps most impressively, the state has adopted its own pioneering capand-trade program aimed at rolling back greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels. If they emit less, they can sell their extra permits in a state auction, creating incentives to cut carbon pollution. Adaptation could soften some of the blows, and possibly, if we act soon enough and strongly enough, we may manage to cap the overall changes at some still livable level. Eventually, California’s message will be heeded. Get ready.
Ohio in order to someday pay cheaper tuition. I can still remember the day I went to go change my residency. It was January. After living in the snow for three days, I already decided I hated it and wished I was walking the lovely 60-degree streets of San Francisco again. The lady behind the counter asked to see my California driver’s license. I gave it to her, thinking I was going to get it back. When she came back, I asked where it was. She shredded it. My heart broke, and it was the first time I realized that yes, I was now officially living in Ohio, a state I didn’t really know much about other than it had cows, seasons and Amish people. I’m now a resident of Ohio and reap all the benefits any Ohio student would have. But was it really necessary for me to officially become a resident of the state in order to go to school at an affordable cost? I don’t think so. Out-of-state residents receive the same education as our other peers and receive no special benefits for coming to an out-of-state school; in fact, we are penalized with a higher tuition. On one hand, it’s smart for schools to charge students out-of-state tuition. They get more money, and there is a higher chance the student will stay in the state and help to grow its economy. On the other, it drives away students from out-of-state who don’t want to give up their residency in their home state to make college cheaper. I think universities should have equal tuition for everyone, regardless of where you come from. harmenta@kent.edu
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Clockwise from top right: Matthew Merchant / The Kent Stater DJ MIMO performs at BlastOff on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. Cameron Croston / The Kent Stater A hot air balloon, which was giving students rides, floats above Manchester Field during BlastOff on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. Cassaundra Jackson / Kent Stater Ashlie Roederer, a Green Sash of the Green Dragon Kung Fu Club, performs a routine for the students during BlastOff on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015.
Kristi R. Garabrandt / The Kent Stater Briyannah Pearson, junior fashion major and member of Amazon Student, shows off free T-shirts available to students attending BlastOff on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015. Alex Ledet / The Kent Stater Graduate student Nathan Cardenas fences with Alex Dickinson, a sophomore from Cleveland State. Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015.
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Drivers: No-Touch! Get Home, Get Paid! Excellent Pay Per\Wk! Strong Benefits Package Including Bonuses! CDL-A 1yr exp. 877-704-3773 Penske is Hiring Diesel Mechanics in Youngstown, OH - All Experience Levels! Competitive Pay, Comprehensive Health Benefits, Retirement & More! Experience in repairing and troubleshooting Engines, Electrical, Brake, Transmissions, and Cooling Systems is a plus. Apply: www.gopenske.com/careers. Call: Penske Truck Leasing: 855582-2032 City of Hudson is seeking applicants for short term seasonal ground maintenance employment at Ellsworth Meadows GC. Applications may be obtained at www.hudson.oh.us or call Ellsworth Meadows 330-655-2267 8-3pm EOE Buckeye Sports Center in Cuyahoga Falls is seeking parttime help for this winter’s snow sports season. We’re looking for passionate energetic skiers and snowboarders to sell skis, snowboards, clothes, and accessories. Need to be available a minimum of 3 time slots per week, mid September through mid March. For more info, visit www.buckeyesportscenter.com [store info, join our team]. Call us at 330-929-3366 or stop by and fill out an application at 4610 State Road, Peninsula, Ohio 44264. Taking applications now through September 9th.
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Gemini (May 21-June 20) Today is an 8. Friends pry you from your comfortable shell over the next two days. Community bonds and projects call you to action. Go for having it all (as long as you get a full night’s sleep). Share resources and inspiration.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is an 8. Focus on your work for the next two days. Your pursuit of excellence is paying off. Learn from a master. Keep up with correspondence and communications. Keep your fingers on the pulse of your industry.
Today’s Birthday Rise into your own this year. Use your influence for a greater cause, especially after 10/13. Your natural precision grows family accounts after 10/27. Discover a kindred spirit and partner after 3/8. Forgiveness creates breakthroughs after 3/23. Share your love.
Cancer (June 21-July 22) Today is an 8. Focus, take on increased responsibility and earn a professional boost over the next few days. Career advancement is distinctly possible. Make decisions. Give up what you don’t need. Balance accounts. Someone influential is paying attention.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is an 8. Play with someone attractive today and tomorrow. Rearrange your schedule to include more fun. Don’t discuss money. Listen carefully, to avoid a communications breakdown. Follow emotions as well as intellect. Distractions cause mistakes. Focus on love.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is a 9. Get into an expansion phase today and tomorrow. You’d rather play than work. Business travel serves as a compromise. Avoid arguments by minimizing expense. Review all options and plan moves meticulously. Dream big. Listen for what’s wanted.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 7. Walk and talk with your partner. Attend to household matters today and tomorrow. It could get busy ... work from home. Family comes first. A private conference spells out the facts. Disagree persuasively. Rely on your schedule.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is an 8. Strategically manage finances over the next two days. Pay old debts before incurring new. Study ways to make and keep money. Negotiate contracts and file papers. Postpone an outing until done. Avoid bickering by keeping careful track.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is an 8. Update your skills over the next few days. Study with a talented teacher. Get expert assistance. Follow rules carefully. Avoid another’s controversy. Tie up loose ends, and take a break. The competition is smart. Be here now.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 9. Your partner can be a big help over the next few days. Hold meetings to resolve priorities, or waste time with upsets and misunderstandings. Resolve a financial issue. Be receptive, and offer support. Take care of each other.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 9. The next two days are good for business, which is lucky as bills come due. Your ideas are attracting attention. Prepare marketing and promotional materials. Share a juicy invitation. Publish after approvals by all involved. Hit “send.”
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Aries (March 21-April 19) Today is a 9. You’re getting stronger today and tomorrow, and more confident. Assert your wishes without stepping on anyone. Reassess your assets. Another source of revenue is possible. Stay out of somebody else’s argument. Tackle big goals, and get support. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 7. Finish up tasks today and tomorrow. It’s emotion versus reason. Take time for ritual and peaceful meditation. Public obligations could interfere with private time. New possibilities stretch old boundaries. Focus on keeping old commitments before making new.
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Softball head coach : Karen Linder resigns
SPORTS EDITOR: IAN FLICKINGER // IFLICKIN@KENT.EDU
Volleyball finishes Maryland Reno Reda selected to wear Jason Invitational with 2-2 record
Bitsko’s 54 this football season
Stephen Means Sports Reporter
Kent State ultimately finished 2-2 over the weekend at the Maryland Invitational. The team started out hot in its final matchup against Maryland (4-0) before losing 3-1 (25-19, 15-25, 21-25, 21-25). "Overall, I am pleased with how our team performed today and the weekend as a whole," said head volleyball coach Don Gromala in a press release. "We made some adjustments and mixed our lineup up a little after dropping the first set to Duquesne, and it really seemed to work out. We really like our depth and it allows us to experiment with different combinations on the floor." Senior Bridget Wilhelm was given all-tournament honors for her performance. She finished with a hitting percentage of .424 along with 2.47 kills per set, 10 blocks, 10 digs and three aces. Here’s how the team fared on Saturday’s slate of competition: Game 1: Kent State 3, Duquesne 1 (18-25, 25-19, 25-23, 25-21) Junior outside hitter Kelsey Bittinger posted a game-high 10 kills. Wilhelm added 12 kills on .435 hitting. Junior Drew Norberg contributed eight kills and a team-high of five blocks. Junior Katarina Kojic had 30 assists. Game 2: Maryland 3, Kent State 1 (25-19, 15-25, 21-25, 21-25) Senior opposite Kelly Hutchison led the Flashes with 20 kills and four blocks. Kojic tallied a season-high 37 assists. Kent State will play its home opener against Indiana State (2-1) as part of the Golden Flashes Classic Friday, Sept. 4 at 5 p.m. smeans2@kent.edu
MaKayla Brown / The Kent Stater The Kent State football team forms a huddle around the rock, which has Jason Bitsko’s football number, 54, painted on it, on Aug. 20, 2015. Kent State is bringing back Bitsko’s number for the season. Junior left tackle Reno Reda will now be wearing his number.
Ian Flickinger Sports Editor Football is a game of numbers: completions thrown, yards gained and points scored. The list goes on and on. For the Kent State football team, the number 54 goes beyond the twill of the jersey. Jason Bitsko, Kent State’s right tackle –turned- center, passed away Aug. 20, 2014, from an enlarged heart, leaving a 297-pound void on the field, but more importantly within the lives of friends, family, coaches, teammates and the Kent community. The would-be junior served on the team’s 15-member Leadership Council; coaches voted him winner of the Read Award, “given each spring to the player who exemplifies hard work and dedication beyond the call of duty.” Phil Steele of College Football Preview voted him 3rd Team All-MAC. As the Kent community mourned, the team dedicated its season to Bitsko, wearGraham Smith / The Kent Stater Kent State senior middle blocker Bridget Wilhelm goes up for a spike
ing decals with his number 54 on their helmets throughout the 2014 season. But the jersey remained untouched — the hurt too deep, the wound too new — for any player to don his number. After removing the helmet decals at the end of last season, the team missed representing their lost teammate and made a decision. This season, #54 will return to the field for the Golden Flashes, aiming not to replace but to honor Jason Bitsko. The chosen player needed to be a lineman who possesses the traits Bitsko exemplified, “...the same pride, passion and devotion that Jason Bitsko displayed throughout his life. The bearer of the jersey would hold himself to highest standards and take responsibility for the growth and continuity of teammates,” reads the athletic department’ s press release. Players and coaches voted and chose senior left tackle Reno Reda to be the first recipient. The 6'6, 294-pound Pataskala, Ohio native started 11 games last season
and was named to Athlon’s preseason AllMAC 4th Team. Reda received the honor Wednesday night at a team meeting. Head coach Paul Haynes and assistant head coach and offensive line coach Shawn Clark announced the decision during a Kent Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon held at Dix Stadium Thursday. “I was extremely honored and excited," Reda said. "I'm still at a loss for words because this is one of the best honors I've ever received. I have so much gratitude for my coaches and teammates for choosing me. When I stood in front of the team, Coach Clark started to get emotional. I somehow kept my cool until after I was able to speak to the team." The jersey will be worn annually by an offensive lineman, with the player honored in the meeting room for the offensive line. The Golden Flashes look toward the Sept. 9 season opener on the road against Illinois, start time 9 p.m. iflickin@kent.edu
Soccer finishes with tie against ACC opponent Louisville
during the game against MAC opponents Ohio University in the M.A.C. Center on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014.
Field hockey team defeats VCU Zac Sommer Sports Reporter
Coach Kathleen Wiler earned her 100th career win as the Flashes opened their season in dramatic fashion with a 4-3 double-overtime win against Virginia Commonwealth University on Saturday. “It’s great to open up at home in front of a great crowd and grind out a win,” Wiler said. “I couldn’t do it without my staff and the athletes that give their heart for the blue and gold.” After trailing VCU 1-0 in the first half, sophomore Jamie Fries responded early in the second by scoring her first career goal to tie the game. “It’s really exciting and nice to experience that with my teammates,” Fries said. “I got a touch on the cage and it went off the keeper’s pads and into the goal.” VCU answered with another goal before sophomore Alison Harmatz and junior Krysti Lober both scored to give Kent State a 3-2 lead with five minutes left in the second half. The Flashes allowed a late goal off of a deflection which sent the game into overtime. After a scoreless first overtime, junior Madison Thompson returned to the game after suffering a leg injury at the end of regulation. “I went down with just a couple leg injuries for the end of regulation and the first overtime,” Thompson said. A few minutes after her return, Thompson scored the gamewinning goal off of a shot deflection, giving the Flashes a 4-3 win over VCU. “That’s showing how teammates work for one another,” Thompson said. “They get all the credit for that goal. I was just Alex Ledet / The Kent Stater there to put it away and I’m so grateful I have such hard-working Freshman forward Hayden Pascoe makes a pass during a game against The University of Louisville at Zoeller Field on Friday, Aug. 30, 2015. The teammates.” The Flashes will travel to East Lansing, Michigan, to take on Flashes ended the game in a 2-2 tie. Old Dominion University Saturday, Sept. 5 at 3 p.m. Jesse Runner made it a 1-1 contest. Neither Kent nor lent job again of recovering and taking the Sports Reporter Louisville would score again during the game back to them to get the tie.” zsommer@kent.edu first half, although Kent trailed Louisville Both Kent and Louisville displayed a The Kent State women’s soccer team in total shots taken (6-4) but led in shots physical brand of soccer Thursday night. tied the University of Louisville 2-2 Friday on goal (2-1). The referees called a total of 36 fouls night at Zoeller Field. However, Louisville broke the tie just four throughout the game, with more than half The Flashes (1-1-1) failed to come away minutes after the start of the second half on (18) going to the Flashes. Marinaro said with the victory but managed to take the a chaotic goal by senior substitute Victoria that physicality may have allowed Kent to game into overtime, ultimately tying a Martinis. The team regained the lead 2-1, but bounce back and tie the game. tough Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) it wouldn’t stay that way for long. “We do want to play very physical opponent in Louisville. Kent State junior forward Jenna Hell- and be really strong and not get pushed “It’s an excellent result against an ACC strom was able to even up the game in the around,” said Marinaro. “That’s a team school that’s a very good team and very 65th minute on a goal that rolled under that can do that to you and I thought we athletic,” said head coach Rob Marinaro. “I the diving body of Louisville goalie Paige came back and battled hard against them and that’s why we saw a result." thought we defended extremely well. We Brown for the score. Aside from fouls, the referees handed Freshman forward Veronica Bosco had our opportunities and came out with assisted on the goal as the Flashes, for the out a total of four yellow cards (three given a nice result.” After going down 1-0 with 11 minutes second time in one night, showed resil- to Kent, one given to Louisville), including left in the first half, sophomore midfielder iency by fighting back to tie the game after one called on Marinaro, who yelled from the sidelines after a foul he felt was unfair Kristen Brots scored the tying goal for the going down a goal. was called on one of his players. “(I’m) extremely proud of them coming Flashes — her second of the season — on MaKayla Brown / The Kent Stater “The team did a nice job,” said Marinaro. a shot that ricocheted off the left post into back,” said Marinaro. “We went down one Midfield Ines Delpech protects the ball against a Virginia Commonnothing and battled back to tie it up and “It was really just a positive game all around.” the back of the net. wealth University player at Murphy-Mellis Field on Saturday, Aug. 29, jrunner1@kent.edu 2015. The Flashes won in double overtime, 4-3. Brots’ goal came in the 36th minute and then gave up another one but did an excel-