DAILY KENT STATER Wednesday, March 10, 2010 • The independent student newspaper of Kent State University • Weather: Mostly cloudy HI 57, LO 43 SPORTS: Find out why Rodriquez Sherman is Kent State’s own version of Iron Man. | Page 6 No students injured in 3 a.m. shooting Matt Leingang The Associated Press COLUMBUS — An Ohio State University janitor who was about to lose his job walked into a main- tenance building for his early- morning shift Tuesday and shot two supervisors, killing one of them and fatally shooting himself. No students were hurt. Nathaniel Brown, 51, arrived for work at the nation’s largest universi- ty dressed in dark clothing, a hooded sweatshirt and a backpack. He then opened fire in an office suite using two handguns, campus police Chief Paul Denton said. Brown spent five years in prison in the 1970s and ‘80s for receiving stolen property but lied about it on his job application, records show. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Ohio State had done a background check on him. Ohio State released documents from Brown’s personnel file show- ing that supervisors complained he was tardy, slept on the job and had problems following instructions. The university sent him a letter March 2 informing him his employment was to end Saturday. About a half-dozen other employees were in the building when the shooting began, Denton said. He described the shooting as work-related but didn’t describe a motive. The shooting was reported at 3:30 a.m. yesterday. Police tactical units surrounded the building and found Brown with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a garage bay, Denton said. He was pronounced dead at a cam- pus hospital several hours later. Brown had been scheduled to work his normal third shift, Den- ton said. One of the victims, building services manager Larry Walling- ton, 48, died at the scene. The oth- er, operations shift leader Henry Butler, 60, was in stable condition at Ohio State University Medical Center, officials said. Ohio State janitor opens fire and kills co-worker, himself $350K in licensing among best in nation Jenna Staul Daily Kent Stater Kent State has ranked among the top research universities in the country for its technology patent- ing and licensing operations. The university brought in a total $351,680 in licensing income in the fiscal year 2008, according to the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), spending $18,444,358 on research activities for the year. The university registered six new patents that year and had 25 patent applications pending, according to AUTM. “It’s a measure of efficiency,” said Greg Wilson, associate vice president for economic develop- ment and strategic partnership. “At Kent State, we have a mod- est research base, not as big as a Case Western or an Ohio State, but where we rank consistently high is scale by research dollar — licensing income per million dol- lars of research.” Several products are in the early stages of development through university’s research departments, including MRI contrast agents, new anti-cancer compounds and 3D visualization technology, according to Wilson. The university currently has a $46 million research budget fund- ed by external donors for research in areas including bio-science, business and computer science. AUTM reported that no start- up companies launched through the university in 2008, but Wilson said 16 companies have emerged through the university’s research. Kent tech company Alpha- micron, which is staffed by sev- eral adjunct-professors, stemmed from the university’s Liquid Crys- tal Institute in 1997. The business is currently housed in the univer- sity’s Centennial Research Park. Alphamicron CEO Bahman Taheri said though his company does not license its products through Kent State, university start-up businesses can play an important role in the city’s eco- nomic development. “You won’t have progress in the town unless you have this type of development,” Taheri said. “Most of our employees have one or two degrees of sepa- ration from the university. Either they worked there, got their degrees there or know someone from Kent State.” President Lester Lefton said though most students are unaware of Kent State’s research operations, both the revenue and clout brought to the university through product licensing is inte- gral to the university. “It’s not obvious to a 19-year- old student who comes to Kent State that it affects the quality of her education,” Lefton said of the uni- versity’s research. “What you care about is the quality of the institu- tion and does it have the resources to do what you want it to do. But they are intricately connected.” Contact administration reporter Jenna Staul at [email protected]. KSU research earns national rank ALICE program gives hands-on training Simon Husted Daily Kent Stater Surviving a school shooting takes more than just a code red alarm. Renee Romine, training and development associate in Kent State’s human resources department, said locking the door, turning the lights off and sitting still have their places in the beginning of a school shooting crisis. However, steps like these won’t always prevent an armed attacker from reaching you, and students, faculty and staff must know what to do when a dangerous gunman encounters them. “You don’t have to think of the situation as helpless,” Romine said. “There are things you can do to pre- pare yourself.” At the workshop Alert, Lock- down, Inform, Counter, Evacuate (or ALICE), Romine and KSUPD Sgt. Joseph Hendry instructs students, staff and faculty how to respond in these dangerous situations. The workshop teaches how to respond to an active gunman threat in a way that will result in a higher chance of survival. Many of the responses, Romine said, are left out when schools teach students about their lockdown procedures. In the workshop, Romine uses an example from the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. Romine said the gunman, Sueng-Hui Cho, was not a skilled marksman but killed 32 people before killing himself because traditional lockdown pro- cedures conditioned students to stay quietly still either under a desk or on the floor, making them easy targets. She said after the massa- cre, investigators learned Cho had visited shooting ranges to practice his aim. At the range, Cho asked for all of the targets to be taken off any hangers and lain on the ground. See JANITOR, Page 4 KSU safety workshop offers tips on how to neutralize gunman MATTHEW GRCIC | DAILY KENT STATER Participants in yesterday morning’s Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate training program learn how to take down a gunman. ALICE was created shortly after the Columbine shootings by two Texas law enforcement officers and was adopted by many institutions all over the U.S. See SAFETY , Page 4 FOUR THINGS NOT TO DO WHEN ENCOUNTERING A GUNMAN n Don’t negotiate with the gunman. n Don’t target the weapon when attacking the gunman. n Don’t pick up the gunman’s weapon n Don’t sit on the ground with your back facing the door See ELECTION, Page 4 USG DIRECTOR WINNERS Executive director: Justin Pierce Director of Community Affairs: Brianna Lawhorn Director of Governmental Affairs: Kevin Papp Director of Academic Affairs: Brett Fodor Director of Student Involvement: Tessa Villers Director of Communications: Kathryn Hetz Director of Programming: Jeffrey Hammond Director of Business and Finance: Mikayla Farrell Director of Student Advancement: Chad Budy React to this story and more at KentWired.com More than 2,000 take part in vote Nick Glunt Daily Kent Stater The blank plasma screen out- side the Undergraduate Student Government office in the Student Center was the cause of about 25 people’s stress last night. Slowly filing in between 6 p.m. and 6:30, these people anxiously awaited the results of the USG elections for the 2010-2011 academic year. Pierce wins election for executive director EMILY HORNE | DAILY KENT STATER Drew Patenaude, sophomore business management major, congratulates opponent Chad Budy, sophomore accounting major, on his new position as director of Student Advancement. Somadina Nwaokafor, junior construction management major, and D’Angelo V. McCornell, junior business management major, cel- ebrate their respective wins as senator for the College of Technology and senator for the College of Business Administration. When that plasma screen turned on and the results were revealed, excitement spread through the small crowd. It revealed Justin Pierce’s victory for executive director. He topped his opponent Matthew Gustoff by 363 votes, 1092-729. A total of 2,309 voters logged onto FlashLine yesterday between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., beating out last year’s total count of 1,387 votes. Scott Sherwood, USG’s current executive director, said it was the highest turnout he’s seen in his four years at Kent State. LATEST UPDATES AT KENTWIRED.COM Sign up to receive breaking news updates from Kent State student media at KENTWIRED.COM “ “I’m happy for all the winners. Everyone put a lot of work into their campaigns, so I’m glad it worked out.” SCOTT SHERWOOD
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DAILY KENT STATER Wednesday, March 10, 2010 • The independent student newspaper of Kent State University • Weather: Mostly cloudy HI 57, LO 43
SporTS: Find out why rodriquez Sherman is Kent State’s own version of Iron Man. | page 6
No students injured in 3 a.m. shooting
Matt LeingangThe Associated Press
COLUMBUS — An Ohio State University janitor who was about to lose his job walked into a main-tenance building for his early- morning shift Tuesday and shot two supervisors, killing one of them and fatally shooting himself. No students were hurt.
Nathaniel Brown, 51, arrived for work at the nation’s largest universi-ty dressed in dark clothing, a hooded sweatshirt and a backpack. He then opened fire in an office suite using two handguns, campus police Chief Paul Denton said.
Brown spent five years in prison in the 1970s and ‘80s for receiving stolen property but lied about it on his job application, records show. It wasn’t immediately clear whether Ohio State had done a background check on him.
Ohio State released documents
from Brown’s personnel file show-ing that supervisors complained he was tardy, slept on the job and had problems following instructions. The university sent him a letter March 2 informing him his employment was to end Saturday.
About a half-dozen other employees were in the building when the shooting began, Denton said. He described the shooting as work-related but didn’t describe a motive.
The shooting was reported at 3:30 a.m. yesterday. Police tactical units surrounded the building and found Brown with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a garage bay, Denton said. He was pronounced dead at a cam-pus hospital several hours later.
Brown had been scheduled to work his normal third shift, Den-ton said.
One of the victims, building services manager Larry Walling-ton, 48, died at the scene. The oth-er, operations shift leader Henry Butler, 60, was in stable condition at Ohio State University Medical Center, officials said.
Ohio State janitor opens fire and kills co-worker, himself
$350K in licensing among best in nationJenna StaulDaily Kent Stater
Kent State has ranked among the top research universities in the country for its technology patent-ing and licensing operations.
The university brought in a total $351,680 in licensing income in the fiscal year 2008, according to the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), spending $18,444,358 on research activities for the year.
The university registered six new patents that year and had 25 patent applications pending, according to AUTM.
“It’s a measure of efficiency,”
said Greg Wilson, associate vice president for economic develop-ment and strategic partnership. “At Kent State, we have a mod-est research base, not as big as a Case Western or an Ohio State, but where we rank consistently high is scale by research dollar — licensing income per million dol-lars of research.”
Several products are in the early stages of development through university’s research departments, including MRI contrast agents, new anti-cancer compounds and 3D visualization technology, according to Wilson.
The university currently has a $46 million research budget fund-ed by external donors for research in areas including bio-science, business and computer science.
AUTM reported that no start-up companies launched through
the university in 2008, but Wilson said 16 companies have emerged through the university’s research.
Kent tech company Alpha-micron, which is staffed by sev-eral adjunct-professors, stemmed from the university’s Liquid Crys-tal Institute in 1997. The business is currently housed in the univer-sity’s Centennial Research Park.
Alphamicron CEO Bahman Taheri said though his company does not license its products through Kent State, university start-up businesses can play an important role in the city’s eco-nomic development.
“You won’t have progress in the town unless you have this type of development,” Taheri said. “Most of our employees have one or two degrees of sepa-ration from the university. Either they worked there, got their
degrees there or know someone from Kent State.”
Pres ident Lester Lef ton said though most students are unaware of Kent State’s research operations, both the revenue and clout brought to the university through product licensing is inte-gral to the university.
“It’s not obvious to a 19-year-old student who comes to Kent State that it affects the quality of her education,” Lefton said of the uni-versity’s research. “What you care about is the quality of the institu-tion and does it have the resources to do what you want it to do. But they are intricately connected.”
Surviving a school shooting takes more than just a code red alarm.
Renee Romine, training and development associate in Kent State’s human resources department, said locking the door, turning the lights off and sitting still have their places in the beginning of a school shooting crisis. However, steps like these won’t always prevent an armed attacker from reaching you, and students, faculty and staff must know what to do when a dangerous gunman encounters them.
“You don’t have to think of the situation as helpless,” Romine said. “There are things you can do to pre-pare yourself.”
At the workshop Alert, Lock-down, Inform, Counter, Evacuate (or ALICE), Romine and KSUPD Sgt. Joseph Hendry instructs students, staff and faculty how to respond in these dangerous situations.
The workshop teaches how to respond to an active gunman threat in a way that will result in a higher chance of survival. Many of the
responses, Romine said, are left out when schools teach students about their lockdown procedures.
In the workshop, Romine uses an example from the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre. Romine said the gunman, Sueng-Hui Cho, was not a skilled marksman but killed 32 people before killing himself because traditional lockdown pro-cedures conditioned students to stay quietly still either under a desk or on the floor, making them easy targets. She said after the massa-cre, investigators learned Cho had visited shooting ranges to practice his aim. At the range, Cho asked for all of the targets to be taken off any hangers and lain on the ground.
See JANITOR, Page 4
KSU safety workshop offers tips on how to neutralize gunman
MATTHEW GRCIC | DAILY KENT STATERParticipants in yesterday morning’s Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate training program learn how to take down a gunman. ALICE was created shortly after the Columbine shootings by two Texas law enforcement officers and was adopted by many institutions all over the U.S.
See SAFETY, Page 4
FOUR THINGS NOT TO DO WHEN ENCOUNTERING A GUNMAN
n Don’t negotiate with the gunman.n Don’t target the weapon when attacking the gunman. n Don’t pick up the gunman’s weaponn Don’t sit on the ground with your back facing the door
See ELECTION, Page 4
USG DIRECTOR WINNERSExecutive director: Justin PierceDirector of Community Affairs: Brianna LawhornDirector of Governmental Affairs: Kevin PappDirector of Academic Affairs: Brett FodorDirector of Student Involvement: Tessa VillersDirector of Communications: Kathryn HetzDirector of Programming: Jeffrey HammondDirector of Business and Finance: Mikayla FarrellDirector of Student Advancement: Chad Budy
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More than 2,000 take part in voteNick GluntDaily Kent Stater
The blank plasma screen out-side the Undergraduate Student Government office in the Student Center was the cause of about 25 people’s stress last night.
Slowly filing in between 6 p.m. and 6:30, these people anxiously awaited the results of the USG elections for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Pierce wins election for executive director
EMILY HORNE | DAILY KENT STATERDrew Patenaude, sophomore business management major, congratulates opponent Chad Budy, sophomore accounting major, on his new position as director of Student Advancement. Somadina Nwaokafor, junior construction management major, and D’Angelo V. McCornell, junior business management major, cel-ebrate their respective wins as senator for the College of Technology and senator for the College of Business Administration.
When that plasma screen turned on and the results were revealed, excitement spread through the small crowd. It revealed Justin Pierce’s victory for executive director. He topped his opponent Matthew Gustoff by 363 votes, 1092-729.
A total of 2,309 voters logged onto FlashLine yesterday between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., beating out last year’s total count of 1,387 votes. Scott Sherwood, USG’s current executive director, said it was the highest turnout he’s seen in his four years at Kent State.
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““I’m happy for all the winners. Everyone put a lot of work into their campaigns, so I’m glad it worked out.”
ScoTT Sherwood
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CHeers TOn Cheers to the university for holding a session yesterday to discuss what to do when someone enters a classroom with a gun. Campus safety is always important, especially in light of yesterday’s shooting at Ohio State.
n Cheers to the Kent State men’s basketball team for clinching the Mid-American Conference regular-season championship with a 74-61 win Friday over Akron. Good luck to the Flashes in this week’s MAC Tournament.
n Cheers to the Kent State researchers who recently discovered the heaviest anti-matter ever found. The discovery puts researchers one step closer to understanding the universe’s Big Bang Theory.
Jeers TOn Jeers to the university for not working to fix vandalism and neglect problems in properties it owns off-campus. If university officials have plans for these properties, they should take better care of them.
n Jeers to the low voter turnout for the Undergraduate Student Government elections held yesterday. Students should have taken more of an interest in the elections because the results will affect them directly if they’re on campus next year.
n Jeers to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for calling the Sept. 11 attacks a “big lie” perpetrated by the U.S. to justify the war on terror. The president’s comments are just the latest in his ongoing vitriol toward America.
FOR YOUR INFORMATIONtodAY’s eventsn Commuter/Off Campus Students meetingWhen: 5 p.m.Where: Student Center Room 321
n Women’s Resource Center film “The Lioness”
When: 5 p.m.Where: Kiva
n Undergraduate Student Government public meeting
When: 5:30 p.m.Where: Student Center Governance Chamber
n Speaker: Studio Luz When: 6:30 p.m.Where: Cartwright Hall Room 306
n KSU History Club meetingWhen: 7:15 p.m. Where: Student Center Room 311
n Battle of the BandsWhen: 8 p.m.Where: Rathskeller
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“Black United Students, ‘cause I felt I could bring order to the board as secretary.”
– Jazmine BeidlemanSophomore sociology major
“Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, ‘cause we relate across all cultural boundaries.”
– Ricky Ruckkus Graduate student in business
“A&S Student Advisory Board. I saw there were things that needed to be changed, and I couldn’t wait for someone else to
change it for me.”– Dierre Clift
Junior sociology major
“Relay For Life. I like to help people in need as much as I can.”
– Courtney WhiteGraduate student in public relations
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Dear Congress, get with the program
SUMMARY: Kent State owns seven properties that sit empty, raising safety concerns and housing questions. Minimal work is
done to keep trespassers out, and it doesn’t seem like these houses will be available to students to rent.
An inconsistent and out-of-place applause arose in the back of the Ratt. Though my Killian’s Red was satisfying, this incongruous applaud distracted my attention. I looked over and saw a student, overly dressed and, perhaps, overly excited, climb the couple steps of the stage. I felt embar-rassed for him. The applause, though welcoming, was awkward. People didn’t know who he was, and after his speech, no one knew he was finished or what his main points were. They were glorified and unrealistic dreams for Kent’s campus. I have to admit, though, if I was up there, I would give the same quixotic speech.
He came down from the stage and quickly walked back to his seat, comforted by his friends and “supporters.” The fluorescent light glimmered off his gelled hair and silver tie. It made me kind of sick.
A couple minutes later, another young student came to the podi-um. She uncomfortably climbed the stage in her excessively high heels. I didn’t know what she was trying to prove. Again, a superfi-cial applause arose from the small and confused crowd. They were supportive of the event -- at least it seemed. Perhaps the uncomfort-able feel was due to the fact that only a select number of people knew who each person was.
I went back to drinking my beer, enjoying a simple conversa-tion with a couple friends. As the beer continued to flow and our conversation became louder in tone with each sip of beer, I felt we were disturbing something. We soon found out the event was for student government. These were stump speeches to get elected. Although I should know and rec-ognize these faces because of the Kent Stater’s effort of highlight-ing candidates each week, I was admittedly ignorant of who they were. My friends’ faces agreed.
Our conversation turned to student government — whether consciously or not is a different question. My friend argued that the work it does is very good for campus. I couldn’t have agreed more. I am an avid reader of the New York Times on campus, and if it wasn’t for Undergraduate Student Government’s continuous support of the readership pro-gram, I’d be sulking over the lost comfort of the newspaper between my fingers.
Student government has also started the stand-up comedy nights Thursdays in the Ratt, spon-sored local musicians and brought the Broken Lizard Disorientation
DID YOU KNOW?
On this day in 1959, Tibetans banded togeth-er in revolt, surrounding the summer pal-ace of the Dalai Lama in defiance of Chinese occupation forces.— History.com
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NATE BEELER’S VIEW
Don’t just let these homes sit abandonedYesterday, the Daily Kent Stater ran an
article about the abandoned houses owned by Kent State located a block
from the university’s north campus that sit unoccupied or vacant, and even more across the city.
Some of the houses have been owned by Kent State University for more than two years, yet they still sit empty. Kent Police Lt. Jayme Cole told the Daily Kent Stater that these houses are “not a problem.” Well, two big issues important to Kent students and residents come to mind.
First, the university needs housing. The locations of these houses are prime real estate for students. As university officials continue to get rid of dorms and add more people per room in the Centennial dorms this fall, it is a wonder they don’t rent the houses to students now, especially considering after a year or
more of ownership, they still don’t know what they will be doing with the houses.
Second, some houses have broken windows and unlocked doors that lead to trespassing. One neighbor said she has witnessed a car’s window being broken as it sat near a lot and unauthorized people entering and exiting the houses on several occasions. She doesn’t feel safe and wants to keep people who don’t live near her from entering these houses. Concerns raised by the community are always a problem and deserve to be addressed.
While Kent State spends enough money to keep the outside of the houses preserved, the insides are unaccounted for. While people are coming and going, no one really knows what kind of activity is going on inside of the houses or what kind of condition they will be in to use in the future (if that’s the plan).
Kent State should consider a few options. It
could tear these houses down if it doesn’t have a use for them in the future or fix them up for students to rent in the meantime. The univer-sity might even consider selling these houses to other Kent residents who might help make these houses accessible to students to rent.
As the conditions deteriorate, neighbors worry and students look for housing options, the residences continue to sit abandoned. While the university and downtown areas are under a revitalization process, it certainly does not show with all of these empty lots. As of now, nothing positive comes from the university owning these houses.
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Breaking records and breaking boundaries
A face behind the name
tour this past fall. They have also been continuing Flashfest each spring, though the musical line-ups have gone down over the years. Moreover, student govern-ment is the small voice in the ears of the administrators on campus. Admittedly, student government enriches the experience here at Kent State.
However, as I adamantly argued with the arrogant beer flowing through my blood, the student government needs to get out on campus more, create a big-ger name and face for itself. This debate should be held on a warm spring day when the esplanade is filled with the flow of students, awakened from the slumber of winter. The students could then see the candidates, hear the issues and choose to care or not to care. The Risman Plaza would then be more than a concrete slab but a true public sphere of debate, exem-plifying the glory of university. The students would be more connected with the issues of the student gov-ernment, the candidates and their relationship to the administration.
The next day in a class of mine, a petition sheet circulated. When it finally reached me, my curious excitement turned to disappoint-ment. The sheet was asking for signatures for an individual to run for student government. I didn’t know what the person looked like, what her ideals were or why she ventured to run. I didn’t know the person, so I didn’t sign. I sup-port USG, but how candidates are chosen and represented needs to change.
Last spring when elections were held, voter turn-out was minuscule considering the size of Kent State. If USG wants to be truly represen-tative of the student body, debates such as the one held in the Ratt need to be more publicized and held in areas where all students can be involved, not just select friends or fellow candidates. I need a face behind the name.
David Busch is a senior psychol-ogy and history major and columnist
It’s women’s history month. And basketball season.
I happen to be both a proud woman and a basketball fan, so I cannot ignore the accom-plishments of the record-breaking Huskies.
For those of you who aren’t basketball fans, the Huskies are the women’s basketball team from the University of Connecticut that just broke its own record for a winning streak by winning its 71st game in a row. The Huskies’ winning streak started in 2008, and the team will probably win the NCAA championship this year.
Records aside, the UConn basketball team is one of the classiest sports teams I have ever seen. It stepped off of the court after breaking an astounding record, showed respect to the other team and left the court as if it just won a normal game.
The could-be trash talkers handle them-selves as true role models as Division I athletes should.
In light of the great team the Huskies are and the records they have broken, they are still absent from the radars of most sports fans who would rather watch anything but a woman in a jersey. Many praise the Huskies for being
Welcome to America, home of the world’s finest medical treatment facilities that most of the citizenry can’t even afford. To your left, you will notice staggering unemployment. To your right, an embar-rassing national debt. And right over there, you’ll see the bipartisan bickering that’s preventing any timely progress to resolve any of said problems.
So what if health care is not reformed? Some of our fine senators, like John Barras-so (R-WY), might be right by saying those 30 million lower tax bracket, uninsured Americans really need to step it up a notch and start a savings account or something.
And how about another one, Sen. Tom Delay, defending a claim that people are unemployed because they “want to be.” Because, well, hot dogs and Ramen noo-dles aren’t really that bad when feeding a family, right?
Next, I should mention Sen. Jim Bun-ning (R-Ky), whose filibuster in the Senate, at least until yesterday, wasted perfectly good time and managed to block the extension of federal unemployment ben-efits being passed. Interestingly enough, without such extensions more of a burden will be placed on Bunning’s already cash-strapped state, which has an unemploy-ment rate far higher than the national average.
One may wonder if Republican sena-tors like Delay, Barrasso and Bunning actually want to get re-elected or if they actually feel threatened enough by the Tea Party whackos to pull out the big guns and prove to be just as irrational.
As if we didn’t already have enough
“good, female athletes,” instead of simply con-gratulating them for being the talented athletes they are, gender aside.
I tuned in to ESPN to watch some highlights and interviews from the latest win, and I was surprised to see all of the athletes interviewed about the team’s new record were men. ESPN seemed to forget the millions of female athletes they could have interviewed about the team, including one of many talented women who play in the Women’s National Basketball Asso-ciation (WNBA).
In the world of sports and beyond, women and men still live in a separate but equal exis-tence. It seems as if gender roles are too hard for society to disregard or reconstruct. Even in something as universal as sports, the sports
evidence that our leaders are completely out of touch with working-class Americans, now we have these idiots giving that per-ception a more stable foundation.
Is this really the shape Washington is in? Between the party system and financial greed, politics in this country has been reduced to an elitist three-ring circus that hardly resembles classical democracy at all. If Plato, Rousseau and even Locke were watching this, what would they think of a system where a corporation has the same legal standing as a human being? Some-thing’s gone terribly wrong.
I hope I’m not strange for not subscrib-ing myself to one of the two leading polar-izing platforms. There used to be a sticker on my refrigerator that said, “Democrats treat dogs like people and Republicans treat people like dogs.” I may have some beef with the right, but that doesn’t mean I don’t think liberals are just as silly — they just don’t make it as publically obvious.
The most important problems with America cannot be resolved by aligning to one point of view and brushing off con-flicting opinion as heresy simply in order to feel included in a political party. That’s why we have Congressional hearings and
world cannot celebrate for women without relentlessly pointing out that they are women first and athletes second.
When I was a young girl, I remember going to a Cleveland Rockers game. I was so excited to see a reflection of myself as I looked out into what was then the Gund Arena.
Most people probably did not know Cleve-land ever had a professional women’s basket-ball team, and that’s probably why the Cleve-land Rockers don’t exist today. Sadly, women’s sports at the professional, collegiate and even high school level cannot garner the same respect, funding or support as men’s sports.
Sports are one of the most lucrative indus-tries in our country, and the social divisions within it speak a lot about the social divisions that exist outside of it.
I congratulate the Huskies for being more than an outstanding women’s team. Congratu-lations for simply being champions.
Marchaè Grair is a senior electronic media management major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected].
summits. These exist to tell all sides of a particular issue. Yet our men and women in Congress are so dead-set on dedication to their party to even agree on legislation that would, at the least, stabilize the very back-bone of the American people.
As I write this, the bill to extend unem-ployment benefits is probably being voted on in the Senate, but to what avail? Most senators probably made up their mind after finding out who drafted the bill.
“Damn the people,” one may say. “A Democrat proposed this garbage!”
What’s the point of being represented by anyone if they will only see issues as either black or white, with little area for something in between? Desperate times call for desper-ate measures. Sure, supporting the public’s health and job security might be expensive. Yet cost didn’t stop an entire decade of unprecedented spending supported by the same people who now are against health care reform. This reminds me of something: hypocrisy.
Regardless of one’s view on national spending or the size of the fed, Washington still needs to function at the end of the day. We should all be questioning if these people we’ve elected actually serve our interests or if they are so hypnotized by their own desire for power that they’ve forgotten their job description.
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Butler wrote a letter Feb. 11 rec-ommending that Brown be termi-nated, according records released by the university. Even though col-leagues had made a special effort to help Brown, he was not improving, the letter said.
Denton declined to say whether other employees were targeted. Police also didn’t describe the con-tents of Brown’s backpack.
The other employees in the build-ing at the time have been offered grief counseling, Denton said.
“This is a tragic event, and our hearts go out to all of the families,” said Vernon Baisden, assistant vice
president for public safety.Police released two 911 calls. In
one, a caller tells the dispatcher that he pulled into the garage and heard gunshots. He identifies Brown as the shooter and says Brown was in the process of being fired.
Brown, who was still on proba-tion as a recent hire, had recently complained to a union representa-tive that his supervisors were being unfair in their evaluation of him, said Richard Murray, president of Com-munications Workers of America Local 4501, which represents custo-dial workers at Ohio State.
“He was frustrated and upset, certainly. But he didn’t make any threats or anything,” Murray said. The union couldn’t do more with the case because Brown didn’t file a formal complaint, he said.
Brown was released from prison in 1984 after serving about five years on a charge of receiving stolen prop-
erty, records show. Messages seeking additional information were left with a state prisons spokeswoman.
On his job application, he checked “no” when asked if he had ever been convicted of a felony or misde-meanor. Ohio State’s policy on back-ground checks depends on the type of job position, Baisden said.
Both shooting victims had worked for the university for about 10 years. Family members reached Tuesday declined to comment.
Classes went on as scheduled Tuesday. More than 55,000 students attend the main campus in Colum-bus. The maintenance building is next to a power plant and across the street from Ohio Stadium, home to the university’s football team.
Pierce, who missed the big reveal because of class, was ecstatic when he heard the results.
“(The other elects) have great leadership potential, but I want to see what else I can squeeze out of them,” Pierce said. “I promise every single director and senator will do something impactful.”
Pierce’s campaign focused on four main points. These points make up something he calls the L.E.A.D. Movement.
Firstly, he wants to start “link programs” to connect the student body, student organizations and the administration.
Secondly, he hopes to make USG more well-known on cam-pus through advertising and through a freshman outreach pro-gram that attempts to get fresh-men more involved on campus.
Thirdly, Pierce said all direc-tors and senators should be accountable for their actions because he believes this year’s student government will affect the student government 10 years from now.
Finally, he hopes to show every culture and organization on campus they have something in common so he can bring them
together.USG adviser Donna Carlton
and Sherwood were present for the reveal.
“I’m happy for all the win-ners,” Sherwood said. “Every-one put a lot of work into their campaigns, so I’m glad it worked out.”
Some losing candidates hastily fled the scene after the results were revealed, while others stuck around with obvi-ous disappointment.
Carlton said the losing can-didates are more than welcome to apply for the appointed posi-tions. Sherwood and Pierce will choose who will fill these posi-tions through an interviewing process. The applications are due Friday.
Current Diversity Sen. Taiwo Adesina said she was disap-pointed, having lost the election for director of academic affairs. She plans on running for one of the appointed positions.
“I’ve got great ideas for the stu-dent body that I want to see hap-pen,” Adesina said, “even if I’m not in the position I want be in.”
“He grew up doing lockdown as well (in school),” Romine said. “And so that’s how he trained.”
Compliance is the worst thing to do in these types of incidents — far worse than attacking the gunman, Romine said.
“If you comply, you’re going to die in these situations,” Rom-ine said.
“In some cases it may be different, but when you have someone shoot-ing and killing people and they say to stop, you don’t want to comply.”
Romine said most gunmen in these situations aren’t skilled shooters and the best way to sur-vive may just be to constantly move and keep distanced from the gunman.
Romine advises to first look for
a nearby exit but if none are rea-sonably nearby, a person’s next best option is to enter a room full of other students, lock the door and barricade it with as many items as possible.
Romine advises four things not to do when you encounter an active gunman:
n Don’t negotiate with the gun-man. According to the workshop, the gunman typically has thought the incident through and wants to take as many lives as possible before taking his or her own life.
n Don’t target the weapon when attacking the gunman. Attacking may save you and your peers’ lives, but people often focus too much attention to the weapon, Romine said. The most effective way to distract and/or neutralize the gunman is to attack or throw items at his or her head.
n Once the gunman has dropped his or her weapon, do not pick it up. Holding it may cause a dangerous and misleading pic-ture when authorities arrive. To eliminate the threat of the weapon,
Romine advises to keep it under or in a trash can.
n Don’t sit on the ground with your back facing the door. Inci-dents involving a gunman can happen very abruptly, Romine said. Attention must be focused on the door.
“If you’re in lockdown, you want to be in planning mode,” Romine said. “If the gunman gets in here, you want to be up, ready and moving. You want to be in a position so you can take action if need be.”
To learn more about how to survive an active gunman threat, students can visit the Human Resources Web site and register for an ALICE Training workshop. The next three ALICE workshops will be offered April 6.
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POLICE BLOTTERThe blotter is a record of
charges filed by the police. The listings do not represent con-victions or reflect guilt. It is the Daily Kent Stater’s policy to publish on-campus and off campus arrests, charges and inci-dents of interest to the public.
CAMPUSMONDAYn An alcohol violation was reported at Verder C-lot. n Criminal mischief was reported at the Tri-Towers Rotunda.
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Today’s birthday (3/10/10) This year you will weave together dif-ferent elements to achieve success. You may begin with logic, but you take the next step into the realm of imagination by following a dream. Then you make your dreams concrete using all of your creative talents together.
To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19)Today is an 8. Ideas flow easily today, allowing you to express your desire, formulate a plan and consult with co-workers. Then, roll up your sleeves and get busy.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)Today is a 7. Your less-than-perfect world places you at home when you wish to be climbing mountains. A fe-male produces the perfect plan to make work enjoyable.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)Today is a 6. As the sand filters through the hourglass today, set aside imagina-tion in favor of practical considerations. Money may be an important factor.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)Today is a 6. An older person bows to the creative inspiration of a female. She understands the practical problem. You work out the cost.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)Today is a 7. If you want things to work out as quickly as possible, step back for a moment and allow an idea to unfold. Two minutes now will save hours later.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Today is a 7. Allow your imagination to run wild. Let your logical mind control the spending. Another person may contribute.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)Today is an 8. The more you satisfy your practical desires, the better you work with your team. Group creativity incor-porates logical decision-making.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Today is an 8. You learn about karmic results today. Reasonable effort has pro-duced fiery, even argumentative results. Deal with the fallout immediately.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)Today is a 6. Divide your attention between group responsibilities and your recreational desires. Both can happen if you manage time well.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Today is a 5. If at first you don’t suc-ceed, try something new ... really and truly different. It may not feel logical, but it will work.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)Today is a 6. A dream image reveals the creative direction of someone in your circle. They weren’t keeping secrets; they just weren’t talking.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)Today is a 7. The girls in your group take a practical approach. Find a unique angle to convince the guys. Logic prob-ably isn’t enough
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Iron man had a damaged heart, but does this superhero have a weakness?
Rodriquez Sherman is the man with a knee brace that has the ability to stop on a dime, juke a defender out of his shoes and penetrate his way to the hoop for an easy score.
After redshirting last year to recover from an offseason knee surgery, the junior has lead the Kent State offense to a Mid-American Conference title as its point guard — different from his former role as a shooting guard before this season.
With the MAC Tournament starting this Thursday for the Flashes, sports reporter Cody Erbacher sat down with Sherman after practice and asked him about the transition into a different position and how he has contributed to the team.
It’s tough to determine a weakness for a superhero with Iron Man and Sherman’s abilities.Both men have experience and talent that can be compared with the best of their peers. But all good has to come with a bad. “My 3-point shooting,” said Sherman about his weakness. The interesting part about his weakness is that he isn’t a bad shooter. It’s that he doesn’t shoot enough because he passes up an open shot for the opportunity to cut to the hoop. “I don’t even think about taking the three sometimes,” Sherman said.
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It’s like my best friend now. At first I didn’t like the fact that I had to wear a brace but once I got used to it and comfortable with it, it’s almost like a shield and it’s keeping my knee tight.
The point guard position, how do you like it?
Of course he’s going to be better because he’s taller. It might look better coming from me because I’m small. We call each other the “dunksters” because we get a lot of dunks. We’re kind of in competition to see who can get one each game.
No. (Sophomore guard) Ian Pinckney. Watch out for him. His dunking ability is crazy.
Of course it’s less pressure, but I’m going into the MAC Tournament as if its my last season because if I wouldn’t have redshirted, it would be my last season. It’s the type of mindset I have and hopefully that mindset will rub off on everybody. Play every game like it’s your last game.
I like the point guard position. It’s tough because you have to do a lot of things but with the type of team we have, our team helps each other with everything. It’s a tough position, but I’ve been working pretty hard, working on the ball handling. I’ve been doing better vocally and leading by example.
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To start off, you’ve had that brace on all season. How have you been feeling with it?
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Early in the season, you told me you weren’t where you need to be vocally as a point guard. Are you at that point now?
I still don’t think I’m at where I need to be vocally. I’ve gotten a lot better though. At first I wouldn’t say anything, and now I can come to the team and say what I have to say. I can talk down and encourage but I do more encouraging than talk down because who wants to be talked down to?
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Anthony (Simpson) has a great dunking ability — probably the most well known to Flash fans. Do you think you’re better at the dunk?
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Compared to the seniors on the team, do you think there is less pressure for you going into the MAC Tournament?
His Archrival
His WEAKNESS
If there is a villain that wants to prevent Sherman from competing at his full potential, he said the best way is to defend using the 2-3 zone defense, “because when people play zone they want you to shoot the three.” Luckily, Sherman isn’t alone and he has a supporting cast to help him defeat the other teams in the Mid-American Conference. “Rod’s role on our team is to do a lot of things,” Ford said. “He doesn’t shoot a lot of three’s because we’ve got other guys to do that.”
Stories by Cody ErbacherPhoto Illustration by Daniel R. Doherty and Phil Botta
IronMan
What are your thoughts on playing Ohio in the first game?
MAC TOURNAMENT PREVIEW
Rodriquez Sherman is the man with a knee brace that has the ability to stop on a dime, juke
He can’t be stopped! Injuries, surgeries and position changes have tried, but failed!
Being the focal point behind the Kent State offense is a tough task; one that requires brains and brawn.
But a little help from an iron costume in the form of a day-to-day knee brace doesn’t hurt.
Rodriquez Sherman uses the brace to help him perform his duties on the Kent State team without a struggle.
Rod’s a great slasher,” Kent State coach Geno Ford said about Sherman’s greatest ability: cutting to the hoop. “He can get to the rim really well. He can do it off the dribble or off the catch.”
Although Sherman hated the idea of the obtrusive metal object on his leg, he is now able to refer to it as his “best friend.”
Just as Tony Stark changed into the man inside the Iron Man suit after being in hostile captiv-ity, Sherman changed into a point guard after repairing his leg.
Both of the superheroes were a bit shaky during the beginnings of their new occupation but have been able to beat the odds and master their trade.
“He played the wing his entire life — in high school, for three years in our program.” Ford said. “And all the sudden he’s a point guard. The consistent production we’ve gotten from Rod has been why we’ve had a lot of success.”
Ball-handling drills helped Sherman. Millions of dollars invested into an energy source placed in a chest cavity helped Stark.
Surprisingly, Sherman may be more similar to Iron Man than people would think.“I do got some metal in my knee,” Sherman said about a couple screws in his knees.
“It was left from my surgery.”So the question still remains that was asked by the media,
and apparently answered by Tony Stark claiming he is the superhero at the end of the Iron Man movie: Who is the Iron Man?
Is it the man that uses his brains to tear apart oppo-nents defenses while sprinting to the hoop for an easy bucket? Or is it the man that uses his brains to build and then wear a costume while sprinting through bullets?
“Absolutely there’s more to come,” Sherman said. “If they’re naming me to Iron Man and there’s an Iron Man 2 coming out, of course there’s more to come.”
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Do you think you two are the best on the team?
We know it’s hard to beat a team three times and we’ve beaten them twice. We’re going to have to go extra hard because now they know what we’re going to do and we’re going to know what they’re going to do. We’re looking at this as a tough matchup.
