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College changes LATEST UPDATES AT KENTWIRED.COM Sign up to receive breaking news updates from Kent State student media at KENTWIRED.COM Monday, April 12, 2010 The independent student newspaper of Kent State University Weather: Partly sunny HI 62, LO 44 Flashes split series with Buffalo, Reynolds breaks wins record | Page 8 DAILY KENT STATER Source seeker: If you know someone who would like to share his or her memories of May 4, 1970, as part of our 40th anniversary coverage, please contact Stater editor Doug Gulasy at [email protected]. Nick Baker Daily Kent Stater Pre-trial motions in the case of Ronald Kelly began Friday morn- ing at the Portage County Court of Common Pleas in front of Judge John Enlow. Kelly, 20, of Akron, is one of two defendants facing murder charges stemming from the assault and death of Kent State student Chris- topher Kernich last November. His co-defendant, Adrian Barker, 22, of Akron, appeared in court Thursday for similar proceedings. Barker’s trial is set to begin tomorrow, while Kelly’s is sched- uled to begin May 4. During Friday’s motions, officers and detectives from the Kent Police Department gave testimonies. Detective Mark DiJerome was called to testify regarding an issue with Miranda rights. DiJerome said Pre-trial motions begin in Kelly trial KELLY “In college, there is still a cliquey kind of atmosphere but it’s not as limiting,” he said. “The cliques meld together and you realize that you all take classes from sun- up to sun-down, you all study late into the night, you all have jobs to go to and you all have to somehow fit in food. So, everyone just lets you grow.” The pressures of college are very dif- ferent from those in high school. Michelle Mullenax, junior visual communication design major, explained that having dif- ferent priorities can allow her true self to show and find friends that will like her for who she is. “I’m just comfortable with myself, as opposed to high school, where you’re pretty confused,” she said. “You do Students give advice about getting the most out of college KERNICH TRIAL Defense raises issues with police tactics Kelly waived his right to speak with an attorney present and said the defendant “demonstrated a willingness to speak.” But Kelly’s official statement from the night of the incident does not indicate a waiving of Miranda rights. Defense for Kelly argued that the process of waiving Miranda rights was a questionable move on the part of the police. DiJerome testified to conducting an interview with Kelly that lasted approximately 15 minutes. The other key issue raised by the defense was the “show-up” process used by Kent police, in which wit- nesses identify suspects on scene and in person immediately follow- ing an incident. This process has been a focal point in the defenses of both Kelly and Barker. everything Sarah Spaulding | Daily Kent Stater E veryone is meeting new peo- ple in college, experiencing their first taste of freedom and figuring out what makes them happy. “It’s a huge change in your whole way of living,” said Dr. T. John Aka- matsu, director of Psychological Services. “Everything is different Why would you live your life for someone else ... Live it for you. NICHOLAS SINATRA SOPHOMORE FASHION DESIGN MAJOR and, almost by default, your image has to change because of that.” Nicholas Sinatra, sophomore fashion design major, has seen a different side of himself surface since coming to Kent State. He had plenty of friends but never allowed himself to really interact socially. Now, he has found that every- one starting a new life together lends himself or herself to more opportunities for finding life-long friends. things to try to make people like you. I don’t care about that anymore. Now, just (hanging out with) good people that I enjoy being around and that enjoy being around me makes me feel good.” Sinatra explained that doing what makes you happy gives you a much stronger outlook on yourself, whether it’s spending more than you should on a cup of coffee or watching TV in the middle of studying. “I pretty much, barring something illegal, do what I want to do, when I want to do it,” he said. “For example, I like to wear outlandish things. I usually can get away with it though, just because I feel like if I like what I’m wear- ing and I have the confidence to wear it then other people will like it too, and that’s usually the case.” Many students also change their majors in their pursuit of happiness. Mullenax came into college with a passion for art but is find- ing that a career in graphic design may not be for her. See LOANS, Page 5 See SELF-IMAGE, Page 5 See KELLY , Page 5 New student loan law may help students save Jenna Staul Daily Kent Stater The way you foot the bill for your college education could soon be changing thanks to a newly adopted federal student loan law. President Obama signed the sweeping financial aid legislation into law at the end of last month, altering the dynamic between pri- vate lenders and the federal gov- ernment — and potentially easing cost burdens on students. Direct Loans program to take place of FFEL The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act places restric- tions on private banks and widens the availability of federal lending for students, but some experts fear the act may not do enough to curb the rising rate of student loan debt. WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU: The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act will inevitably affect how higher education is funded in the future. But students should read between the law’s fine lines. Amanda Klitsch Daily Kent Stater Each April, little siblings come to spend a fun-filled weekend with their big siblings. This year, 1,000 sibs and students were registered for the weekend of fun. While most attended with their older brother or sister and participated in scheduled events, others found their own ways of having fun. Lil Sibs Weekend, which was co- sponsored by Kent Interhall Coun- cil and the Department of Recre- ational Services, featured inflata- bles, free food and the screening of “Where the Wild Things Are” as a dive-in movie. Along with these events, the Students’ siblings invade campus SRWC hosts many events for the weekend rec center hosted many tropical- themed events such as Tahitian Tag, Mount Climbwalla, Mon- soon Balloon Room and Jamaican Jousting. All events had an island theme, and many special events, known as temple games, offered tickets for big and little sibs to win prizes. The staff responsible for the event thought it incorporated everyone’s interests into the weekend. “We modeled this years event a lot after last year’s because it was so successful,” said Maralee Bradley, vice president of programming and development for KIC and junior integrated language arts major. The event can be compared greatly to last year’s event with just a few variations in activities and attendance. “The attendance is right on par with last year’s but this year’s See SIBS, Page 5 event is mostly geared toward stu- dents bringing their sibs whereas last year’s event involved the community more because of our 10-year anniversary that we cel- ebrated the same weekend,” said Jason Hawk, marketing coordina- tor for the rec center. A crew of all kinds Big and Little Sibs may not necessarily mean big sister and little sister or big brother and little brother. Many students brought their nieces or nephews, their boyfriends’ or girlfriends’ sibling and some just tagged along with a friend’s sibling. “It’s a good experience in a safe environment,” said Jaylynne Armour, 10, who attended the event with her big sister, freshman biology major Brianna Phillips. JESSICA KANALAS | DAILY KENT STATER Senior mathematics major Rachelle Fraise assists her 3-year- old sister, Jazelle, up the inflatable obstacle course at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center on Saturday. The inflatable course was one of several activities offered for Lil Sibs Weekend. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JESSICA KANALAS AND JUSTIN ARMBURGER
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LATEST UPDATES AT KENTWIRED.COM Sign up to receive breaking news updates from Kent State student media at KENTWIRED.COM

Monday, April 12, 2010 • The independent student newspaper of Kent State University • Weather: Partly sunny HI 62, LO 44

Flashes split series with Bu� alo, Reynolds breaks wins record | Page 8

DAILY KENT STATERSource seeker: If you know someone who would like to share his or her memories of May 4, 1970, as part of our

40th anniversary coverage, please contact Stater editor Doug Gulasy at [email protected].

Nick BakerDaily Kent Stater

Pre-trial motions in the case of Ronald Kelly began Friday morn-ing at the Portage County Court of Common Pleas in front of Judge John Enlow.

Kelly, 20, of Akron, is one of two defendants facing murder charges stemming from the assault and death of Kent State student Chris-topher Kernich last November. His co-defendant, Adrian Barker, 22, of Akron, appeared in court Thursday for similar proceedings.

Barker ’s trial is set to begin tomorrow, while Kelly’s is sched-uled to begin May 4.

During Friday’s motions, officers and detectives from the Kent Police Department gave testimonies.

Detective Mark DiJerome was called to testify regarding an issue with Miranda rights. DiJerome said

Pre-trial motions begin in Kelly trial

KELLY

“In college, there is still a cliquey kind of atmosphere but it’s not as limiting,” he said. “The cliques meld together and you realize that you all take classes from sun-up to sun-down, you all study late into the night, you all have jobs to go to and you all have to somehow fit in food. So, everyone just lets you grow.”

The pressures of college are very dif-ferent from those in high school. Michelle Mullenax, junior visual communication design major, explained that having dif-ferent priorities can allow her true self to show and find friends that will like her for who she is.

“I’m just comfortable with myself, as opposed to high school, where you’re pretty confused,” she said. “You do

Students give advice about getting the most out of college

KERNICH TRIAL

Defense raises issues with police tactics

Kelly waived his right to speak with an attorney present and said the defendant “demonstrated a willingness to speak.” But Kelly’s official statement from the night of the incident does not indicate a waiving of Miranda rights.

Defense for Kelly argued that the process of waiving Miranda rights was a questionable move on the part of the police.

DiJerome testified to conducting an interview with Kelly that lasted approximately 15 minutes.

The other key issue raised by the defense was the “show-up” process used by Kent police, in which wit-nesses identify suspects on scene and in person immediately follow-ing an incident. This process has been a focal point in the defenses of both Kelly and Barker.

College changesCollege changeseverything

Sarah Spaulding | Daily Kent Stater

Everyone is meeting new peo-ple in college, experiencing their first taste of freedom

and figuring out what makes them happy.

“It’s a huge change in your whole way of living,” said Dr. T. John Aka-matsu, director of Psychological Services. “Everything is different

“Why would you live your life for someone else ... Live it for you.NICHOLAS SINATRASOPHOMORE FASHION DESIGN MAJOR

and, almost by default, your image has to change because of that.”Nicholas Sinatra, sophomore fashion design major, has seen a different side

of himself surface since coming to Kent State. He had plenty of friends but never allowed himself to really interact socially. Now, he has found that every-one starting a new life together lends himself or herself to more opportunities for finding life-long friends.

things to try to make people like you. I don’t care about that anymore. Now, just (hanging out with) good people that I enjoy being around and that enjoy being around me makes me feel good.”

Sinatra explained that doing what makes you happy gives you a much stronger outlook on yourself, whether it’s spending more than

you should on a cup of coffee or watching TV in the middle of studying.

“I pretty much, barring something illegal, do what I want to do, when I want to do it,” he said. “For example, I like to wear outlandish things. I usually can get away with it though, just because I feel like if I like what I’m wear-ing and I have the confidence to wear it then other people will like it too, and that’s usually the case.”

Many students also change their majors in their pursuit of happiness. Mullenax came into college with a passion for art but is find-ing that a career in graphic design may not be for her.

See LOANS, Page 5See SELF-IMAGE, Page 5

SeeKELLY, Page 5

New student loan law may help students save

Jenna StaulDaily Kent Stater

The way you foot the bill for your college education could soon be changing thanks to a newly adopted federal student loan law.

President Obama signed the sweeping financial aid legislation into law at the end of last month, altering the dynamic between pri-vate lenders and the federal gov-ernment — and potentially easing cost burdens on students.

Direct Loans program to take place of FFEL

The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act places restric-tions on private banks and widens the availability of federal lending for students, but some experts fear the act may not do enough to curb the rising rate of student loan debt.

WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU:The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act will inevitably affect how higher education is funded in the future. But students should read between the law’s fine lines.

Amanda KlitschDaily Kent Stater

Each April, little siblings come to spend a fun-filled weekend with their big siblings. This year, 1,000 sibs and students were registered for the weekend of fun. While most attended with their older brother or sister and participated in scheduled events, others found their own ways of having fun.

Lil Sibs Weekend, which was co-sponsored by Kent Interhall Coun-cil and the Department of Recre-ational Services, featured inflata-bles, free food and the screening of “Where the Wild Things Are” as a dive-in movie.

Along with these events, the

Students’ siblings invade campusSRWC hosts many events for the weekend

rec center hosted many tropical-themed events such as Tahitian Tag, Mount Climbwalla, Mon-soon Balloon Room and Jamaican Jousting. All events had an island theme, and many special events, known as temple games, offered tickets for big and little sibs to win prizes.

The staff responsible for the event thought it incorporated everyone’s interests into the weekend.

“We modeled this years event a lot after last year’s because it was so successful,” said Maralee Bradley, vice president of programming and development for KIC and junior integrated language arts major.

The event can be compared greatly to last year’s event with just a few variations in activities and attendance.

“The attendance is right on par with last year’s but this year’s See SIBS, Page 5

event is mostly geared toward stu-dents bringing their sibs whereas last year ’s event involved the community more because of our 10-year anniversary that we cel-ebrated the same weekend,” said Jason Hawk, marketing coordina-tor for the rec center.

A crew of all kindsBig and Little Sibs may not

necessarily mean big sister and little sister or big brother and little brother. Many students brought their nieces or nephews, their boyfriends’ or girlfriends’ sibling and some just tagged along with a friend’s sibling.

“It’s a good experience in a safe environment,” said Jaylynne Armour, 10, who attended the event with her big sister, freshman biology major Brianna Phillips.

JESSICA KANALAS | DAILY KENT STATERSenior mathematics major Rachelle Fraise assists her 3-year-old sister, Jazelle, up the inflatable obstacle course at the Student Recreation and Wellness Center on Saturday. The inflatable course was one of several activities offered for Lil Sibs Weekend.

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY

JESSICA KANALASAND JUSTIN

ARMBURGER

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CAMPUS CALENDAR For the week of April 12-18

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DAILY KENT STATER240 Franklin Hall

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CORRECTiONSThe Daily Kent Stater recognizes the responsibil-ity to correct errors that occur in the newspaper. When errors occur in the newspaper, corrections will appear in this space as promptly as possible.

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n Building Fashion Show Ticket TableWhere: Student Center LobbyWhen: 10 a.m.

n Day of RemembranceWhere: M.A.C. Center PlazaWhen: 12:01 a.m. to 7 p.m.

n KSU Med Tech Club meetingWhere: Student Center Room 322When: 5 p.m.

n Dynasty Drill Team tryoutsWhere: Student Center Room 206When: 6 p.m.

n Relay for Life meetingWhere: Student Center Room 315When: 6:30 p.m.

n American Medical Student Association meetingWhere: Math and Computer Science Building Room 228When: 7:15 p.m.

n Kent Environmentalist Group meetingWhere: Student Center Room 302When: 8 p.m.

n Building Fashion Show Ticket TableWhere: Student Center Lobby When: 10 a.m.

n Speaker: Ned ParksWhere: Student Center Room 306ABCWhen: 8 a.m.

n American Red Cross BloodmobileWhere: Student Center Room 204When: 11 a.m.

n M.I.S.A. meetingWhere: Business Administration Building Room 213When: 5 p.m.

n Dynasty Drill Team tryoutsWhere: Student Center Room 206When: 6 p.m.

n Kent Political Union meetingWhere: Student Center Room 309When: 7:30 p.m.

n YogaWhere: Student Center Room 310ABWhen: 8 p.m.

n Building Fashion Show Ticket TableWhere: Student Center LobbyWhen: 10 a.m.

n Speaker: Deborah EastonWhere: Student Center Room 310 ABWhen: 8 a.m.

n Modern and Classical Languages Honors PresentationWhere: Student Center Room 310 ABWhen: 2:30 p.m.

n Softball vs. Robert Morris (double header)Where: Diamond at DixWhen: 3 and 5 p.m.

n American Marketing Association meetingWhere: Business Administration Building Room 106When: 4:30 p.m.

n Commuter/Off Campus Students meetingWhere: Student Center Room 321When: 5 p.m.

n Undergraduate Student Government public meetingWhere: Student Center Governance ChambersWhen: 5:30 p.m.

n Sex Toy PartyWhere: Twin Towers Studio AWhen: 7 p.m.

n History Club meetingWhere: Student Center Room 311When: 7:15 p.m.

n Battle of the BandsWhere: RathskellerWhen: 8 p.m.

n Building Fashion Show Ticket TableWhere: Student Center LobbyWhen: 10 a.m.

n Pie Purple AlexWhere: Student Center PlazaWhen: 10 a.m.

n English Conversation CornerWhere: Student Center Room 313When: 11:30 a.m.

n Movie: “Sherlock Holmes”Where: KivaWhen: 3 p.m.

n College of Education, Health and Human Services Student Awards CeremonyWhere: Student Center BallroomWhen: 3:30 p.m.

n Chat Book ReadingWhere: Student Center Room 310ABWhen: 6 p.m.

n Movie: “Vincent Who?”Where: KivaWhen: 7 p.m.

n “A Night in Harlem”Where: Oscar Ritchie Hall Room 250When: 7:30 p.m.

n Building Fashion Show Ticket TableWhere: Student Center LobbyWhen: 10 a.m.

n Architecture and Environmental Design Honors ProjectsWhere: Taylor Hall Room 131When: 11 a.m.

n Softball vs. Miami (doubleheader)Where: Diamond at DixWhen: 1 and 3 p.m.

n Baseball vs. Central MichiganWhere: Schoonover StadiumWhen: 3 p.m.

n Vagina MonologuesWhere: KivaWhen: 5 p.m.

n Habitat for Humanity Fashion ShowWhere: Student Center BallroomWhen: 7 p.m.

n Movie: “Sherlock Holmes”Where: KivaWhen: 11 p.m.

n Jack and Jill Cultural ActivityWhere: Oscar Ritchie Hall Room 134 and 250When: 12 p.m.

n Baseball vs. Central MichiganWhere: Schoonover StadiumWhen: 1 p.m.

n Softball vs. Ball StateWhere: Diamond at DixWhen: 2 p.m.

n Vagina MonologuesWhere: KivaWhen: 6 p.m.

n Movie: “Sherlock Holmes”Where: KivaWhen: 11 p.m.

n Baseball vs. Central MichiganWhere: Schoonover StadiumWhen: 12 p.m.

n Softball vs. Ball StateWhere: Diamond at DixWhen: 1 p.m.

n Vegan Iron Chef CompetitionWhere: Student Center Dining RoomWhen: 2 p.m.

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POLICE BLOTTERThe blotter is a record of

charges filed by the police. The listings do not represent convictions or reflect guilt. It is the Daily Kent Stater’s policy to publish on-campus and off campus arrests, charges and incidents of interest to the public.

CITYWEDNESDAYn Jeremy M. Walter, 27, of Stow was charged with drunken driving at the inter-section of West Main and Judith streets. FRIDAY

n Seth B. McMath, 20, of Dennison was charged with underage drinking at the 1600 block of East Main Street. n Breighann J. Donald, 20, of Union-town was charged with underage drink-ing at the 100 block of West Main Street. n Gregory J. Hogan, 24, of Twinsburg was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia at the intersection of River and Main streets. n John D. Kanotz, 20, of Canfield was charged with underage drinking at the 600 block of Vine Street. n Justin M. Moran, 22, of Kent was charged with assault at the 300 block of South Water Street.

CAMPUSTHURSDAYn Theft was reported at the Mathematics and Computer Science Building and the Student Wellness and Recreational Center. n Howard M. Yanof, 23, of Solon was charged with selling stolen property at Engleman Hall. n Daniel M. Cannon, 19, of Imperial, Pa., was charged with a miscellaneous drug offense and possession of drug para-phernalia at Clark Hall. n Nathan A. Kenee, 19, of Imperial, Pa., was charged with a miscellaneous drug offense and possession of drug para-phernalia at Clark Hall. FRIDAY n Criminal damage was reported at Cen-tennial Court B and Prentice Hall. n James H. Williams IV, 19, of Gah-anna was charged with underage drinking at Koonce Hall. n William O. Kaybuck, 19, of New Albany was charged with underage drink-ing at Koonce Hall. n Zachary M. Rozler, 18, of Gahanna was charged with underage drinking at Koonce Hall. n Jenna L. Martin, 18, of North Can-ton was charged with underage drinking at Koonce Hall. n Gregory T. Steuterman, 19, of Medina was charged with underage drinking at Koonce Hall.

Jenna StaulThe Daily Kent Stater

Kelsey Cunningham moved to campus last fall surrounded by a close group of friends from her hometown of Newton Falls. And of that tight-knit group, Cunningham recalls, the funniest was her friend Zach. She’d known him since third grade.

She remembers a moment when Zach spilled an entire shaker of cheese on her pizza at Eastway Cafe, and it makes her laugh cau-tiously over the phone.

“He was just hilarious — just one of the funniest guys,” Cunningham said. “He would always play jokes on me personally.”

Zachary Nolen was a biology major, a freshman like Cunning-ham, who lived in Newton Falls and

Kent State student dies in car accident

NOLEN

moved into a Clark Hall dorm room this fall. And like many stu-dents embark-ing on their first year of college, Zach had big plans, though his didn’t necessarily involve Kent State. He planned to leave the university after this year to enlist in the Marines.

“He wanted to change the world,” Cunningham said of Zach’s plans to become a Marine. “It was just something he always wanted to do.”

On March 31, Nolen was to travel to Cleveland to take his military entrance exam, one huge step toward realizing his dreams.

React to this story and more at KentWired.com

He and three others were driving along Route 5 in a 2008 Pontiac G-6 when they were struck from behind by a tractor-trailer and killed. Nolen was just 19.

Two other men, 21-year-old Joshua Sherbourne and 19-year-old Michael Theodore Jr., both hopeful Marine recruits, were also killed.

Cunningham was on her way to the local mall when the accident took place. She saw the traffic sur-rounding the accident and took a back route to avoid it. Later that day at a friend’s house she’d learn that her friend was killed in the crash.

She said that the tight-knit group of Newton Falls friends is sticking together now, affixed by a common sense of grief. Friends and family in Newton Falls have held both a wake and a candle-

light vigil, and a funeral was held last Tuesday.

“We haven’t had time to settle back into regular life,” she said. “We’re super close right now but I don’t know after it all settles down.”

Zach’s Clark Hall roommate Ankit Patel, a freshman chemis-try and pre-med major, learned of his friend’s death the following day when Zach’s girlfriend, a stu-dent at Newton Falls High School, called him.

“I thought it was a joke,” Patel said. “And I thought, how would his girlfriend have my phone num-ber? It still doesn’t feel real.”

As life slowly returns to nor-mal for Patel, he admits Zach’s death will make the remaining weeks of the semester tedious. His Clark Hall resident assistant

broke the news to his floor, but he hasn’t heard much of a response from neighbors. Zach’s belongings remain in their room, reminding him of the friend that he lost.

“He was so intelligent,” Patel said. “And so dedicated. He would spend hours everyday at the rec training for the Marines.”

For her part, Cunningham said the return to class without her friend has been difficult.

“He had probably one of the best smiles,” Cunningham said. “He’s always completely genu-ine. There’s been few times where I haven’t seen that smile.”

Contact administration reporter Jenna Staul at [email protected].

Polish president among dead in plane crash SaturdaySophia TareenThe Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Polish immi-grants and their descendants around the world shared the anguish of their mother country on Sunday, mourning the 96 victims of a devas-tating plane crash as they crowded into Polish-language Masses.

Millions of Poles have emigrated over nearly two centuries, establish-ing large communities in the United States and Britain. They coped with Saturday’s death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of other military, church and government officials through vigils, prayer and writing.

“It was like losing a family mem-ber,” said Blanche Weigand, whose mother immigrated from Poland to Chicago in 1950. “I’m from Chicago, but my heart is in Poland.”

Weigand grew up speaking flu-ent Polish and eating her mother’s pierogi, and stays in touch with her Polish cousins each week through Skype.

The nation is in mourning after the crash, which occurred in Russia near Katyn forest. The dignitaries had been on their way to Katyn to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the massacre there of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet forces.

Weigand said the crash makes her want to go to Poland, while her 88-year-old mother hasn’t been able

to talk about the tragedy at all. Instead, she cries, is plagued by headaches and recounts painful memories of being captured by Nazis.

“She’s reliving all of it and it hurts,” Weigand said.

Families of Polish descent packed churches in Chicago, Lon-don and elsewhere. At London’s St. Andrew Bobola Polish Roman Catholic Church, parishioners mourned one of their priests, Monsignor Bronislaw Gostomski, who died in the crash, along with Ryszard Kaczorowski, the last president of a Polish government-in-exile based in London during World War II and the communist years.

“When the Polish people have any kind of a tragedy, they pray, they go to church,” said Anna Szpindor, who was born in Poland and went to medical school there but lives in South Barrington, Ill.

“They feel this solidarity, this unity in a church environment,” the 55-year-old said before she entered Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Chicago.

In New York, several hundred people stood outside St. Stanis-laus Kostka Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn, unable to squeeze into its Polish-language Mass.

There are also significant populations of Polish descen-dants in Argentina and southern

Brazil. In Curitiba, Brazil, special Masses were celebrated Sunday morning to honor those killed in the plane crash, the Rev. Zenon Sikorski said.

The Argentine-Polish Cultural Association issued a statement saying it shares Poland’s “pro-found pain over the tragic acci-dent.”

An estimated 300,000 Poles emigrated to Argentina between 1897 and 1950. Laborers mostly went to larger cities like Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Rosario, while those with farming backgrounds principally settled in the north-east.

Dozens of mourners in the Chicago area, home to the largest concentration of people of Pol-ish descent outside of Poland, came Sunday to the largely Pol-ish St. Adalbert Cemetery in sub-urban Niles, Ill. They paid hom-age at a memorial sculpture to the 1940 Katyn massacre, which

was designed by Chicago artist Wojciech Seweryn, who was also killed in the crash.

The sculpture — featuring the Virgin Mary holding a wounded officer — was covered with hun-dreds of candles, flowers and Polish flags. Two journals lay at the memorial sculpture, filled with hundreds of entries in Pol-ish expressing sorrow, grief and shock.

“It is a great disappointment for Poland, this tragedy happened with Polish officers in 1940, now with the president in 2010,” one read.

Another read simply, “Never Forgotten.”

Many immigrants said they still have strong ties to Poland, with family or property there. Many make regular trips home, and some plan to eventually move back.

“The Poles keep their ties to Poland, that’s just a fact,” said

the Rev. Anthony Bus, pastor of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, the first Polish parish in Chicago. It opened in 1867.

Maria Balcer, 65, a recent immi-grant, sat in a pew at Polish Nation-al Catholic Church in Brooklyn and cried. She had been up until 2 a.m. watching television coverage of the crash, she said.

“The tragedy is terrible, a horri-ble feeling in my heart,” she said.

Teresa Karwowska, 56, her hus-band, Antoni Karwowski, 56, and their family attended a Polish Mass on Sunday morning and planned to attend a memorial service that day for the crash victims.

“What happened on Saturday, it kind of opened people’s eyes to what happened in the Katyn mas-sacre,” Karwowska said, in Polish translated by her son. She said the family would observe a week of mourning for the plane crash vic-tims with no music, no sports and prayer.

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SUMMARY: Last week, residents of Lake Hall were charged by Residence Services $5.66 each for vandalism to the building. While some residents may disagree

with the charges, they should understand that by accepting to live in a residence hall they are subject to the rules by which the buildings are governed.

It’s really no secret that I dis-like the Tea Party movement. Over the past several months, I’ve writ-ten numerous columns in which I use the Tea Party as an example of how Americans are getting crazier by the day.

Like so many Americans, my first encounter with the Tea Party was marred by confusion. While driving to work April 15, I passed one group of “patriots” as they protested outlandish government spending.

It seemed like a noble cause, but upon closer look, they were holding anti-Obama signs, even though he was only in office for fewer than 100 days and they were still paying Bush’s taxes for Bush’s war.

From that day, I quickly learned the Tea Party had little to do with actual issues. Instead, it is a group of people who hate Obama and everything he does.

While the roots of the Tea Par-ty remain debatable, the move-ment only exists on the scale it does today because of Fox News. Throughout the last year, Fox has nurtured this movement. If you went and talked to Tea Party pro-testers (like I did), many will tell you they are not involved in the movement, but only came out because they heard about a protest on the news.

Don’t get me wrong: On paper, the Tea Party looks great. Diverse citizens from across the country participating in the political pro-cess and demanding fiscal respon-sibly in Washington. Who could be against that?

In reality, things are not so peachy. For starters, the protests are filled with old, disgruntled Republicans. Having attended one last month, I can tell you there are no young people in sight. In a crowd of a couple hundred, I saw one college student, and it seemed like his dad made him come.

Even Kent State’s own Tea Party protest in Risman Plaza last semester turned out to be a joke with ridiculously low attendance. It is simply not a movement that is embraced by minorities or the younger generation.

Perhaps what is most frus-trating about the movement is how they manipulate the media. Because Fox News continues to claim the rest of the “liberal media” doesn’t cover the protests enough, the mainstream media has now given more coverage than the movement deserves.

At Obama’s speech in Strongs-ville last month, many in the media claimed there was an even number of Obama supporters inside as Tea Partiers outside, and their story reflected that angle. But this was simply not true.

In all honesty, the media is

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You (or someone completely unrelated to you) broke it, you bought it

Quick. Someone busts something in your residence hall, no one comes forward with information on the perp.

Who gets billed?Would it surprise you to find out it’s every-

one else in the hall?According to the Hallways Handbook,

“Students may be billed for damage to uni-versity property, whether by vandalism, horseplay or accident. All floor/community residents can collectively be held responsible for damages to public areas that cannot be attributed to specific individuals.”

Last week $1,302 was charged to the resi-dents of Lake Hall (which came to $5.66 per resident) for vandalism to a bathroom, win-dows and a drinking fountain in Lake Hall.

While some residents expressed dismay at having to pay for someone else’s misdeeds, it’s in the handbook. Also, the doors of resi-dence halls are locked. Someone in the hall or someone allowed in by a resident almost

certainly caused the vandalism. Therefore, the residents hold a collective

responsibility for what happens to their residence hall through the neglect of those living there and those visiting. To keep their living community nice, they agreed to these standards.

Also, the directors of the hall looked for those actually responsible before taking the step to charge everyone. Meetings were held at Lake Hall on Feb. 28 and March 1 to seek out possible information about the vandals, but no one came forward.

“Unfortunately, I have been unsuccessful at identifying an individual or a group respon-sible for the damages,” said Leah Shaw, resi-dence hall director at Lake and Olson halls, talking to a Daily Kent Stater reporter.

It may not seem fair, but the cost will get passed onto students if no one is caught. The real debate, however, is will the costs of vandal-ism get passed on to the entire Kent State student body, or just those living in the residence hall.

It seems fairer to charge those who live in the hall, even if the vast majority was not involved.

Keep in mind that residents also have a right to appeal the charge if they feel it is unfair. According to the university, about a half dozen Lake Hall residents appealed the fee they are being charged.

By very definition, it isn’t fair to charge someone for an offense they weren’t involved in, but there’s just no way to fairly pay for the damage if the perpetrators aren’t caught.

Residence halls are their own little worlds, so know their rules when you sign up, and don’t act shocked when you’re governed under the rules you agreed to follow.

The above editorial is the consensus opinion of the Daily Kent Stater editorial board

whose members are listed to the left.

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Why I hate the Tea Party

afraid of the Tea Party. Because the slogans and signs are so vague, many journalists are afraid to ask the angry masses some tough questions. Instead they let outra-geous claims about Obama being a “communist, Nazi, socialist, witch doctor, jihadist” slide by and become legitimate points of view that deserve to be heard to make a story fair or balanced.

Furthermore, the Tea Party actively tries to discourage anyone in the media who raises questions about the movement. Anyone who disagrees with the Tea Party is targeted or called out. I know this from first-hand experience.

Back in December, I wrote two sentences in a column poking fun at the Tea Party movement. Those two sentences earned the wrath of a 1,034-word e-mail from the head of the Portage County Tea Party.

To be honest, I have yet to read the whole thing. But I still look back on parts of it from time to time to amuse myself. Among the highlights include a predic-tion that by the time I graduate (in May of 2012), Sarah Palin will be president.

Another claim was the major-ity did not elect Obama in 2008, because the Tea Partiers refused to support the McCain/Palin tick-et and instead stayed home. This paragraph was followed by how great Palin is.

Yet another claim was that the Tea Party is a non-partisan orga-nization filled with Republicans, Democrats and Independents. Six weeks later, I was greeted by the RecordPub.com headline “Portage GOP teams up with TEA Party.”

While I can joke about the content, the e-mail actually had a serious undertone. In those 1,034 words, he was really trying to say, “Sit down and shut up. You don’t have any right to talk about the Tea Party.”

And as you can see, that’s exactly the opposite of what I’ve done. It’s about time we Ameri-cans stand up and reject this ridiculous movement. At the risk of being sued by the Tea Party for copyright infringement, all I can say is, “I want my country back!”

Frank Yonkof is a sophomore newspaper journalism major and

columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected].

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For some time now I’ve had a column idea tucked away so I could bust it out when I had nothing more pressing to write about.

I was never particularly sure how to approach the idea, but I knew before my time was up here at Kent State, I would make a public statement of some sort on the subject.

And for the record, I am not a proponent of the popular saying I used in my title.

But after doing a little bar hopping Friday night for the Kent Reggae Meltdown, I now have cause to tackle this weighty concept head on.

White people cannot dance.And when you put more of them together,

the results are scary. Set the whole scene to music not conventionally considered “white music,” and the whole thing gets tragically hilarious.

On a separate note, I happen to be a reg-gae lover. And I don’t mean Bob Marley. I’m talking the real stuff, the gritty, I and I, War Ina Babylon, Police and Thieves reggae.

Bloodclot!I have to give big props to my man DJing

at Water Street Tavern for actually having “Uptown Top Ranking” by Althea and Don-na, a personal favorite, but honestly, no one was dancing at Water Street Tavern except me.

He was pretty reluctant when I first asked him to take a request, and I suppose rightly so, considering someone asked him to play a Black Eyed Peas tune earlier in the evening.

But at Ray’s Place, for example, where white people were getting down in full effect, a band called Jah Messengers played for an older crowd. Of course the band had to offer up pop flair with covers like “Pass the Dutchie,” much to the delight of several old honkeys bobbing up and down.

I guess this column is inadvertently two-fold on things white people manage to do that irk me. Because I think very little offends me more than hearing how much someone loves reggae, and then hearing said person include 311 in the mix.

White people dancing does not offend me, per se. I am white. And from time to time a few moves can be coerced out of me. But I happen to have a sense of rhythm.

On St. Patrick’s Day, I went to a Cavaliers game with a friend of mine, and good lord, I have maybe never seen more dancing based from the elbows down.

One standout number played over the PA system was “I Feel Good” by soul brother No. 1 himself, James Brown. The Godfather must

be rolling in his grave after all the off-beat, full-arm claps and mistimed finger snaps and awk-ward hip movements made while still seated.

And then there are the white people dance anthems. From Bar Mitzvahs to office parties, certain tracks are sure to get the white folks moving. There’s the “Electric Slide,” “Jump On It,” the “YMCA,” the “Macarena” and so on. And then there are the instances when we must suffer through songs like “Who Let the Dogs Out” because they make white folks feel like they are back at Sandals, reveling in all that carefully tailored island flavor.

There truly is nothing like watching stuffy white suburbanites get moving to some real “ethnic” music to give them a feeling of a little culture.

It’s unfortunate, because maybe if white people could dance, better dance music would be played at their functions. I will not do the “Electric Slide” with anyone, ever.

Maybe, one day, the twist will be back in vogue. Until then, please check your wack moves at the door. At least at my door. That is my sincere plea.

Nick Baker is a senior magazine journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater.

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People during the week of April 5-10 will see a peaceful protest on the University of Kentucky’s campus in support of the legal-ization of concealed weapons on college cam-puses.

Participating students will wear empty holsters “to symbolize that students, faculty and guests are left defenseless on college cam-puses,” according to literature the protest’s organizers provided.

I own a handgun, and I’m aware the laws regulating the control of firearms are both important and very real issues for people.

I admire this coming protest’s organizers for their dedication to stressing the protest’s peaceful nature, but I cannot sit idly by and remain silent in the face of it.

On April 16, one week after this planned protest, I’ll face the third anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings. I attended Tech for both my undergraduate and graduate degrees and was teaching on campus the morning of the tragedy.

The responsibility for the safety of my stu-dents fell on me. I know colleagues who lost students and friends — one of my own stu-dents ended up in the hospital with a gunshot wound.

I experienced firsthand the emotional tur-moil left in the wake of such violence, and I feel especially repulsed by this planned pro-test, peaceful though it may be.

In so short a space I cannot fully articu-late my feelings, so in the interest of brevity I hope only to raise questions in the minds of those choosing to protest and those who will

undoubtedly encounter those protestors.I admit not all the ideas below are my own.

I’ve drawn inspiration from the late David Foster Wallace’s mediations on the future of America. Still, the essence of his argument applies here, so I’ve adapted it.

We’d likely all agree some places exist where people should feel safe and be safe: our own homes, our places of worship and our schools.

Sadly, we all know that none of these places are truly safe.

Each is equally penetrable by those wish-ing to harm others. Yet I cannot help but ques-tion whether or not the ideal that these places should be safe should be motivation enough to practice reasonable gun control.

What you have in your home is your own business. Individual religious communities or divine mandates decide if a place of worship should countenance weapons.

That leaves me with college campuses, which should be an ideal place of peace, tol-erance and the free expression of ideas — a place where weapons should be seen only as a reminder of why we work to better humanity.

For many people, idealism seems a rather

foolish reason to place themselves at risk, but is some idealism worth the risk? Are some ideals worth dying for?

Should college campuses — spaces set aside for the free exchange of ideas, debate and work towards the betterment of humanity — accept such risks willingly in order to be different from everywhere else?

Or do we allow college campuses to become just like so many other places in our world — full of fear, paranoia and cynicism? I have no easy answers, so I offer none. I know only what I believe, and what I hold to be valuable and worth dying for, and I completely reject the goals of this protest.

I do not intend this to be a letter protesting the right to bear arms. I mean this only as a way to begin a thoughtful conversation about the space of the university — its purpose and function — and how we, members of its com-munity, should think about its bounds.

I’ve been a part of a similar debate at Virginia Tech, which remains a weapons-free campus. I am not convinced that concealed weapons on campus increase individual safety; they create only the illusion of safety.

And perhaps that’s enough for some people. It’s not for me.

The above column by J. Seth Lee was originally published April 6 by the

University of Kentucky’s Kentucky Kernel. Content was made available by UWire.com.

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“(My major classes) are my least favorite classes now and when I graduated high school, that was what I wanted to do,” she said. “Now, I’ve been here so long that I just don’t want to do it anymore. Before you even come to college you have to really think about what makes you happy and try to work towards getting there.”

Being open to new experiences will help students find their niche. Sinatra said students should take the college experience for what it’s

Questions raised by the defense involved both the issue of witness-es being intoxicated and the scene being chaotic and not conducive to proper identification of suspects.

Kent police officer Benjamin Darrah was on duty the night of the incident and took part in the show-up process.

Kelly’s defense argued that sus-pects were presented to witnesses while in police custody and, given the short amount of time that had

Cut out the middlemanThe new law eliminates the

Federal Family Education Loan program, the public/private loan hybrid system used by 80 percent of universities just four years ago. In its place will largely be the existing Direct Loans program.

Under the FFEL, private lenders could receive subsidies from the fed-eral government by granting loans to students that were guaranteed by the federal government.

The new law mandates that fed-eral and private student lending are now totally different enterprises, but Kent State stopped participating in FFEL years ago, said Jeannette H. Jones, associate director of Student Financial Aid.

“It’s a much more streamlined process now,” Jones said. “Because of the elimination of the FFEL, more funding will be available through the Direct Loans and Pell grants, but I don’t know yet to what mag-nitude.”

The FFEL will cease to exist after July 1 of this year.

Haley Chitty, spokesperson for the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, said the act is intended to minimize the role of private lenders.

“Before, the student or the parent would have to select a lender, which could be complicated because differ-ent lenders offer different benefits,” Chitty said. “Some lenders would lend for two or three years, when the rates were high, and then leave the loan business after the rates weren’t favorable.”

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worth without fear.“Give yourself the freedom

to experience life,” he said. “It’s kind of scary at first but in the long run, if no one is holding your hand, you grow that much more. You have to do it yourself.”

Akamatsu said the most important thing to do is to take full advantage of what Kent State has to offer.

“Enable yourself to have something else to do than study. Give yourself the chance to meet new people. Hopefully as you try different things you will find things that work for you and fit for you and influence how you see yourself.”

Sinatra said more than any-

thing when students are trying to adjust to their new life in col-lege, they should keep a positive outlook.

“You can only let things bring you down for a period of time because otherwise it takes over your life,” Sinatra said. “Why would you live your life for someone else? Why would you live your life for depression? Live it for you.”

Contact student life reporter Sarah Spaulding

at [email protected].

elapsed between the incident and the identifications, witnesses were quick to identify Kelly and Barker.

The show-up identifications took place approximately 10 min-utes after the attack, according to officers at the scene.

Darrah explained that during the process, witnesses were asked to turn their backs while the suspects were taken out of police vehicles. They were presented individually to witnesses.

The way police officers phrased questions was also an issue. The defense pointed out that police could not identify the suspects in question as being guilty in any fash-ion at the scene because it would affect witnesses’ statements.

Darrah said the question asked

by police was: “Do you recognize the subject for any reason?”

Darrah also said while the sus-pects were handcuffed behind their backs, the restraints were not vis-ible and therefore not prejudicial.

Many witnesses had been drink-ing on the night of the incident, but they were “intoxicated but not falling down drunk,” Darrah said. Witnesses identified the suspects with “absolute certainty,” he said.

Contact public affairs reporter Nick Baker at [email protected].

Public affairs reporter Bo Gemmell contributed to this report.

Government lending expandsTo counter the elimination of

the FFEL, the Direct Loans and Pell grants programs will be expanded. So now, after students fill out their FAFSA forms, the lending process will be more streamlined — at least that’s what the law intends.

For instance, the maximum amount students can use through Pell grants will now rise in relation-ship with inflation, allowing stu-dents to receive funding amounts that are more in sync with the ris-ing costs of higher education. The White House also pledged for 820,000 additional Pell Grants to be awarded by 2012.

Jones said she encourages stu-dents to exhaust all federal financial aid options before seeking out loans from private lenders.

“Banks often require co-signers because students don’t yet have the established credit rating to be approved,” Jones said. “It’s going to require you to pay interest back at times while you’re still in school, and often that interest rate is much higher than what you would pay through Direct Loans. I’ve seen students paying interest rates at 12 percent, 13 percent.”

Forgetting it ever happenedOne of the most lauded aspects

of the act is the potential for students to get “loan forgiveness” — people in public service fields including nursing, teaching and firefighting may be able to have their loans excused after 10 years.

But there’s a catch. The forgive-ness element of the act only applies to students who take out student loans after July 1, 2014, so it won’t count for many people enrolled in college today. And some worry that the forgiveness portion of the bill will be addled with loopholes and unavailable for many public service

employees.“That’s one of our concerns,”

Chitty said. “Right now there isn’t even an application (to apply for loan forgiveness). And it doesn’t say what exactly will be required and how many students could be eligible.”

Private lenders aren’t happyPrivate lenders lobbied aggres-

sively against the passage of the bill. The New York Times quoted a Sal-lie Mae official as saying the act will mean the lending company, which spent some $900,000 lobbying the federal government in the fourth courter of 2009, will cut a third of its 8,500 jobs nationwide.

Jones said some students must turn to private loans to fund their education because of their finan-cial situations. But because of the elimination of the FFEL, the federal government will not continue to subsidize them.

“Some students have exhausted their options,” Jones said.

Chitty said Democrats, who con-trol both Congress and the Execu-tive Branch, are typically in favor of placing more regulation and restric-tion on banks that lend to students.

“President Obama ran on this platform, even when he was run-ning for the Senate,” Chitty said. “This also generally falls along Republican and Democratic lines. It’s not unexpected that Democrats would make a push for this when they have majori-ties in Congress and control of the Executive Branch.”

Contact administration reporter Jenna Staul at [email protected].

Mapping your own courseNo matter who students

enjoyed Lil Sibs Weekend with, they all found their own unique ways of having fun throughout the events. The ways of enjoying the weekend greatly varied for those who brought older sibs.

“I like to go out to eat with my sister and watch movies; it’s good bonding time,” said Lind-sey Reber, 17.

Others felt that many events were created for the younger sib-lings that attended the event, so they went on their own to enjoy time together.

“I think a lot of the events are geared toward little kids,” said Michael Fuzer, freshman aeronautical flight technology major. “We like to come and do all the inflatable activities they have here, and then we go do our own thing,”

Safe seas aheadFor many of the students who

brought younger siblings, it was a time to bring them to campus and enjoy the safe environment created by the event.

“It’s so nice that the univer-sity puts on an event like this for it’s students and their siblings, it’s good clean family fun,” said sophomore zoology major Emily Cosentino, who brought along her 11-year-old sister, Vivian. “I love coming here because it’s just fun to see Vivian having a good time.”

The last sailNo matter the reason for

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attendance, siblings and stu-dents enjoyed the activities offered and the fun they had just being with their sibling.

“I just wanted to come to spend time with my big sister,” said Whitney Gibson, 15, of her sister Alisha Driggs, freshman justice studies major, who was surfing away on the mechanical surfboard. “If every event is like this,” Driggs said, “we’re going to have a great time.”

For some, the event was more than just another weekend to spend time together; it was a weekend to make memories that both big and little sibs will have for a lifetime.

“I want to make those memo-

ries with them that I can before I have to go to the real world and get a real job,” said Stacy Des-marteau, senior integrated health studies major, of her two little brothers, Johnny and Jimmy. “It’s our third year coming to little sibs and the most special because it’s the last time we’ll get to do some-thing like this before I graduate, so we’re just having a good time and making fun memories.”

Contact Student Recreation and Wellness Center reporter Amanda

Klitsch at [email protected].

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The Kent Dance Ensemble performed over the weekend, displaying new and original compositions. The show, titled “Fresh Start,” comprised of five pieces, gave the 12 ensemble members the opportunity to learn techniques previously unfamiliar to them.

Sara Ciampa, student artis-tic director of “Fresh Start,” said emotions were high before opening night. According to Ciampa, approximately 400 of the 500 seats in the E. Turner Stump Theatre were filled.

“We were extremely pumped,” Ciampa said. “To us, it looked like a complete full house.

The opening piece, “More-raineSky: a study in mass & matter,” directed by guest artist Peter Kyle, included an extreme-ly physical regiment.

“It’s a lot of level changes,”

said Kim Karpanty, faculty artis-tic director and associate profes-sor of dance. “They have to jump in the air, land on the floor, roll and jump in the air again.”

Brandon Hall, a senior dance education major performing in the piece, admitted it was a challenge.

“I love challenging myself because it makes me think and develops me as an artist,” Hall said. “In the end, it became my favorite piece.”

Physical challenges weren’t the only obstacles to overcome. Guest artist Leanne Schmidt’s piece, “The Upper Hand,” had dancers improvising new mono-logues each night.

Ciampa, one of the dancers in “The Upper Hand,” faced com-ing up with new material for each performance.

“Every single story I tell is something that actually happened, only with a ridiculous twist and enthusiasm,” Ciampa said.

Karpanty explained that cast-

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Kent Dance Ensemble puts new and original moves in ‘Fresh Start’

ing and directing the student dances takes special attention.

“I usually cast them in at least one (dance) to their strengths and then I may give them a piece that’s really a challenge to them,” Karpanty said.

Ciampa at tested to Kar-panty’s method, admitting she wasn’t the most vocal member for yelling a completely impro-vised monologue.

Kent Dance Ensemble sup-ports itself through fundrais-ing in order to bring guest art-ists such as Kyle and Schmidt to Kent State. In addition to running car washes, the group held a “wigged-out” party and performs at several schools and developmental centers. All that coordination has created a tight-knit group.

“It’s a really great group of people who are really enthusi-astic and on top of their game,” Ciampa said.

Contact performing arts reporter Kyle McDonald at [email protected].

PHOTOS BY RACHEL KILROY | DAILY KENT STATERABOVE: Dancers perform “Prospect & Refuge: Stray” as part of the Kent Dance Ensemble concert “Fresh Start.” BELOW: Kent Dance Ensemble dancers perform “MoraineSky: a study in mass & matter” over the weekend.

TOP AND BOTTOM: Members of the Kent Dance Ensemble perform “Someday...” as part of the show, “Fresh Start”.

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SPORTSSports editor: Cody Francis • E-mail: [email protected]

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Lance LysowskiDaily Kent Stater

A strong outing from junior pitcher Kyle Hallock, solid defen-sive play and a record-tying perfor-mance aided the Kent State baseball team in their 5-0 victory yesterday over Eastern Michigan.

After splitting the first two games of the series with the Eagles, the Flashes shutout the Mid-Amer-ican Conference rival behind Hal-lock’s seven scoreless innings with six strikeouts. In the win, senior left fielder Anthony Gallas hit his 186th career RBI, tying him with Andrew Davis’ all-time school record.

After Hallock (3-2) left the mound, Kent State added an insur-ance run in the eighth inning, and sophomore pitcher Kyle McMillen pitched two scoreless innings to clinch the win.

Kent State coach Scott Stricklin said the team’s pitching staff car-ried the team on the weekend, most notably with Hallock’s outing yes-terday on the road.

“Hallock pitched great (yester-day),” Stricklin said. “He’s really come on in the past few weeks, commanding the strike zone and really helping us win.”

“It’s a mark I leave on the school from my achievements,” Gallas said. “It’s something good to reflect on how hard I’ve been w o r k i n g . I ’ v e been coming in

Baseball wins weekend series

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Gallas ties record in Flashes’ victory

Katie CorbutDaily Kent Stater

what this team has gone through, it’s been a trying season.”

Senior Lydia Barrett, partici-pating in her last competition as a Golden Flash, scored 9.8 on bars and floor and a 9.85 on vault that earned her eighth place in the meet. She was proud of her team and the struggles that were conquered over the season.

“The way we competed (Satur-day) was definitely one of the best meets to end on and will be one of those moments that we remember from our college careers,” she said. “We didn’t have perfect routines, but you can’t ask for much more than to go 24/24 routines in our biggest meet of the year, and beam really deserves a lot of credit for making that happen.”

She added that to start on that event and go 6/6 when they had been struggling on it says a lot about the team’s character and helped them enjoy the rest of the meet.

Biggin felt the girls did a great job of not being intimidated by the competition and earned many compliments for their poise. Stan-ford and Michigan are tied at sixth in the country, and Kent State fin-ished just three-tenths from the 17th-ranked team S. Utah.

“Our goal for this meet was to make a statement outside of the MAC conference,” Barrett said. “I definitely think we helped create a great reputation for Kent that will hopefully keep building in the next few years.”

Barrett said Kent State earned a lot of respect from some of the “big name” schools which will help the program in the future.

Juniors Christine Abou-Mitri and Christina Lenny were the only all-around competitors for the Flashes, and had off-routines on floor. Neither of the gymnasts qual-ified for the NCAA tournament but their coaches aren’t disappointed.

“We made routines, every once and a while someone didn’t do their best routine, but it’s a positive thing to take out a 5th place finish,” Biggin said. “It’s time for the girls to relax a little bit. A lot of them

the summer, e s p e c i a l l y Kent State’s role in the next NCAA nation-al tournament. C l e v e l a n d won the bid for the NCAA

Flashes finish fifth, team records no falls

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Gymnastics falls short at regionals

Jody MichaelDaily Kent Stater

The Kent State track and field teams split up and earned numer-ous top-10 scores in meets at Akron and Tennessee this weekend.

Two men’s distance runners each won an event at the Northeast Ohio Invitational in Akron. Senior Aiman Scullion took first in the men’s 1,500-meter run with a time of 3 minutes, 53.40 seconds, and

freshman Michael Heller won the men’s 3,000-meter run in 8:50.15.

Sophomore Diana Dumitrescu took third place in both the wom-en’s high jump (5 feet, 4 1/4 inches) and 100-meter hurdles (14.20).

“I think I did very well,” Dumi-trescu said, “especially in the hur-dles and 200 meters (seventh place) where I did personal records. I think I started this (outdoor) season with the right foot.”

In the men’s javelin, sophomore Dean Wood earned third place with a throw of 176-8, topping teammate and freshman Keith Hurst’s 158-11 effort. Hurst took second place in

Track and field teams divide and conquerScullion, Heller pace Flashes with victories

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Cody FrancisDaily Kent Stater

Senior softball pitcher Kylie Reynolds went into Saturday’s home game against Buffalo with one goal: to win.

But Reynolds, who was one victory away from becoming Kent State’s all-time wins leader going into the game, didn’t want to win for individual reasons. In fact, the senior didn’t even know a win would put her in the record books — she just wanted to earn another conference victory.

Reynolds achieved her goal and became the all-time leader in wins by dishing out 12 strike-outs and allowing only two runs en route to an 8-2 victory.

“Actually, I didn’t really know that (Saturday) was going to be the day,” Reynolds chuck-led. “I wasn’t really thinking about it, I was just hoping for another (Mid-American Confer-ence) win. I’ve just been trying to take it one game at a time for now.”

Senior Amy Hair hit a pair of home runs to aid Reynolds’ cause and give the Flashes (17-16, 4-2 MAC) their fourth con-ference win.

Kent State didn’t have the same offensive power in the sec-ond game of the series on Sun-day, losing 2-1 against Buffalo (11-21. 3-3) to put the Flashes in a four-way tie for first place in the MAC East with Miami, Bowling Green and Ohio.

After allowing two runs in the first inning, Reynolds went all seven innings for the second straight day, striking out 10 and allowing no more runs.

Kent State coach Karen Linder said her team was making good contact, but the balls were going straight to Buffalo’s defenders instead of hitting the gap.

“We had some hard hits today, but they were just right at people, and at the same time, I think Buffalo did a great job

defensively of making plays when they had to,” she said. “I think that was the difference.”

Linder said in a game that close, every play, and missed opportuni-ty for that matter, counts.

She specifically referred to a play in the second inning when the Flashes had runners on first and second with one out. Senior Leah Archual hit a ball hard to left field and sophomore Mary Holt took off from second. How-ever, Buffalo left fielder Ashley Bertot was able to make a play on the ball, getting the out and catching Holt at second to record a double play.

“Leah Archual hit a shot at left field and the left fielder caught us and caught Mary Holt too far off second base,” Linder said. “She made good solid con-tact, and if she hits a gap there, we score a run and have runners

on second or third with the pos-sibility of scoring a second run. In a one-run game, those plays are important.”

Linder also gave praise to Reynolds, not only for her per-formances in this weekend’s games, but for what she has done for Kent State softball.

“Kylie has done a tremen-dous job on the mound and she has obviously done a lot for our program,” Linder said. “In terms of giving us regional and national recognition, in terms of what she’s been able to do against really good teams across the country.

“You know any time Kylie is on the mound over the last four years, it didn’t matter who your opponent was, you knew going into that game that we had an opportunity to win that game.”

As far as Reynolds goes, she

is just taking her record and moving on to the rest of the season. She says she has oth-er goals that are more team-oriented.

“Our ultimate goal this year is to go further than we’ve ever gone. Obvious-ly right now we’re really focused on the MAC, but we’d really like to make Kent State known nationally.”

The Flashes will continue their eight-game home stand Wednesday as they take on Robert Morris in a double-header starting at 3 p.m.

Contact sports editor Cody Francis at [email protected].

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Hughes leads men’s golf to fifth-place finishSophomore jumps nine spots in final round

Rachel JonesDaily Kent Stater

The No. 49 Kent State men’s golf team finished fifth at the Robert Kepler Intercollegiate tournament thanks to sophomore Mackenzie Hughes’ final round yesterday.

With a 70, Hughes jumped nine spots from Saturday’s finish, land-ing him in seventh place. He ended his competition at Ohio State’s Scar-let Golf Course with 216 points.

Kent State associate head coach Rob Wakeling said Hughes played a nice round yesterday and hit the ball well.

“Scarlet’s a very tough course, so anytime you shoot par or better, you’ve done a nice job,” Wakeling said. “I think, even if you talked to him, he’d say that’s probably the highest he could’ve shot.”

But this was not a fluke. Wake-ling said Hughes has recently stepped it up on the greens this season.

“He’s come out strong here the last few weeks with his first victory two tournaments ago (at the Fireline Towson Invitational),” Wakeling said. “But any time you get top 10 in a tournament, it’s a big accom-plishment.”

Against 10 other teams, the Flashes finished with 878 points, one point away from a fourth place tie. Wakeling said he was a little dis-appointed with the end results.

“We felt like we were playing good enough to compete for the (championship) title,” he said. “I think we hit the ball well enough, but we weren’t scoring very well or converting the chances we had for whatever reason.”

Despite a disappointment in the score, Wakeling said he felt freshman Kevin Miller’s perfor-mance Saturday was one of the best moments of the tournament.

W i t h h i s friends and fam-i l y w a t c h i n g , Miller ended Sat-urday’s round with an even 71 par and a 10th place ranking.

“He’s done a HUGHESnice job for us this spring, and he continues to play well,” Wakeling said. “He’s improving tournament by tournament, so we’re excited to see the home stretch.”

Miller finished the tournament tied to junior John Hahn for 15th place with 220 points.

Junior Brett Cairns tied for 21st place with six other golfers. Cairns was the final golfer to contribute a score to the team total.

Kent State coach Herb Page referred to Cairns, Hahn and Hughes as “the big three” and said he wanted to see them be more con-sistent. Wakeling said he felt they have been improving but are not where they were before.

“I think John and Brett scored just about as high as they could,” Wakeling said. “For whatever rea-son, they’re just not making the putts they’re used to making. But they’re hitting the ball well, so if we could just get a few more putts to drop, I think they’ll be where they want to be.”

Eastern Michigan won the tour-nament, and Wakeling said the team is preparing to face them again at the Mid-American Conference Championships in two weeks.

Wakeling said he felt the team is improving but it will continue working hard this week.

“We’re just going to keep practic-ing and keep trying to get better,” Wakeling said. “That’s all we can do.”

Contact sports reporter Rachel Jones at [email protected].

the high jump by clearing 6-8.Other top performances in

Akron came from freshmen Mitch-ell Seawood in the men’s 110-meter hurdles (second, 14.59 seconds), Domenica Rossi in the women’s pole vault (third, 12-2 1/2) and Keri Dantley in the women’s triple jump (third, 37-5 1/4).

Junior Shavae Wright also finished third in the women’s 100-meter dash in 12.24 seconds.

The Flashes’ discus throwers had the team’s highlight performances at the Sea Ray Relays in Knoxville, Tenn. Sophomore Aaron Crabtree’s throw of 161-5 earned him second in

the men’s event.“Aaron Crabtree has been

training really hard and just has not had a big performance yet,” Kent State coach Bill Lawson said. “That was a great job by him.”

Crabtree also finished tenth in the shot put with a 52-10 3/4 toss. To find out how the rest of the track team fared, go to KentWired.com for the full story.

Contact sports reporter Jody Michael at [email protected].

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ABOU-MITRI

BARRETT

LENNY

Nine-tenths of a point stood between the Kent State gymnastics team and a spot at the NCAA Championships as the Flashes finished fifth at the Morgantown regional meet Saturday with a score of 194.825 — three spots behind Michigan (195.800) and an automatic bid to the national competition.

While Kent State didn’t place well enough to move on to the NCAA Championships, the Flashes hit 24 out of 24 routines and were the only team at the regional not to count a fall.

“To be honest, we couldn’t have done much better,” Kent State coach Brice Biggin said. “We hit 24/24 and didn’t have to count a fall. We had off-routines here and there but for

have been com-peting banged up: you can’t give 100 percent if no one feels 100 percent.”

Biggin said there is a lot to figure out over

gymnastics championship next year, and Kent State will be the host team for the competition.

Coaches and athletic staff will be flying down to Gaines-ville in two weeks to evaluate what’s involved in the huge undertaking of hosting the big-gest college gymnastics meet of the year.

“I’m so proud of everyone on the team for competing with their hearts and showing that we’re just as good as the top teams in the country,” Bar-rett said. “This season was so memorable because it wasn’t all smooth sailing.”

Contact sports reporter Katie Corbut at [email protected].

GALLAS

HALLOCK

In the f irst inning of yes-terday’s game, sophomore third baseman Travis Shaw doubled to center field with two outs. Gallas followed with a single to right field, giving the Flashes a 1-0 lead.

The RBI, which was one of seven by Gallas on the weekend, was the one that put him in the record books.

Gallas, who also tied the school record for walks in a career, said the records are arriving as a result of the hard work during his career.

early to hit and just taking care of what I need to take care of.”

After Kent State drew back-to-back walks in the top of the fourth inning, Flashes sophomore catcher David Lyon hit an RBI single. Junior outfielder Ben Klafczynski hit into a double play, but McMillen man-aged to score to give Kent State the 3-0 lead.

Gallas said the team has felt their offense coming on the past week, which was seen this week-end with the Flashes outscoring the Eagles 27-9.

“The past week the bats have been feeling good, we’ve been play-ing loose and just swinging at good pitches,” Gallas said. “It was a mat-ter of time before we started to get going. I think we’re going to start rolling here now.”

On Friday, the Flashes gave Stricklin his 200th career win. Soph-omore pitcher David Starn pitched seven innings, surrendering a run and striking out three. Gallas and Lyon combined for seven RBIs as the Flashes coasted to a 16-1 victory.

Although Stricklin was disap-pointed with the team’s 8-6 loss Sat-urday, he said he feels good about his team moving forward.

“We’re starting to peak at the right time,” Stricklin said. “That’s when you get into the conference, and we were inconsistent to start the year. We are playing better, we’re pitching better and our defense has been strong all year. Right now the bats are starting to wake up. When we start clicking on all cylinders, I think we have a chance to be a great team.”

Contact sports reporter Lance Lysowski at [email protected].

HANNAH POTES | DAILY KENT STATERSenior pitcher Kylie Reynolds throws a pitch to a Buffalo hitter. Reynolds earned her 71st career win Saturday to make her the all-time wins leader for Kent State.

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