Ford wins MAC coach of the year award DAILY KENT STATER Tuesday, March 9, 2010 • The independent student newspaper of Kent State University • Weather: Mostly sunny HI 52, LO 37 LATEST UPDATES AT KENTWIRED.COM Sign up to receive breaking news updates from Kent State student media at KENTWIRED.COM Police program aims to clear up confusion Elizabeth Rund Daily Kent Stater Reality and fiction will crash, col- lide and be picked apart in the Kent Police Department’s new citizen police academy program. “It’s a chance to educate residents who are interested in how we do things and why we do things,” said Lt. Jayme Cole of the Kent Police Department. Cole explained that most of the complaints the department receives are based on misconceptions of how their job is done. For example, two or three units may arrive at the scene of a car crash. While an observer might be led to think that there are too many officers not doing anything construc- tive, police argue they are all playing a critical role. For instance, one offi- cer may be taking a statement while another is directing traffic. Another officer may even be taking sketches of the area. Sometimes people who are angry call in, but they’re not always sure what they are angry about, Cole said. The main goal of the citizen’s academy program is to give resi- dents a better understanding of what has happened when they pick up a paper and read about an incident, Cole said. The program has been in the works for about a year, though simi- ‘It’s a chance to educate’ Samantha Laros Daily Kent Stater The Kent Police Department will invest $45,900 in community policing programs over the next two to three years with increased awards from the federal Justice Assistance Grant. “The uniqueness this year is that the ARRA program (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) put special funds into the JAG (jus- tice) funds,” Kent Safety Director William Lillich said. “We are receiv- ing a one-time award of $71,400 to be split between the Kent Police Department and the Portage Coun- ty Commissioner’s Office.” JAG is given by the Bureau of Justice Assistance to lower jurisdic- tions. The amount awarded is based on a formula based on population and frequency of Part 1 crimes, which are serious felonious offenses such as murder, arson and rape, Lil- lich said. “We’ve been using this process for 15 years or so, and Kent almost always qualifies,” he said. In past years, the Kent Police Department was awarded about $11,000 to be split between city and county levels. Lillich said the KPD’s share ranged from $6,500 to $7,000. This year, the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act gave $2 billion to the JAG program, according to Recovery.gov. The money was made available to state and local jurisdictions in the fall. The Kent Police Department will receive about $45,900, its share of the $71,400, when the Kent city budget is finalized. Lillich said the KPD hopes to improve its visibility and “deter- mine the needs of different citizens,” focusing on low-income housing and high student-occupied areas. A portion of the money will be used to implement a series of citi- zen police academies over the next two years. The rest of the money will go towards biking equipment, uniforms and police dogs, as well as bicycle and K-9 unit special train- ing. Lt. Jayme Cole of the KPD said training is key for officers who have not worked on bikes before. He said he remembers taking about 40 hours of bike training when he was new to the force. “A lot of police work is based on routine,” he said. “You find the best way to do things and do it every time. Patrolling on a bike is vastly different. You have to learn how to navigate obsta- cles and avoid emergencies, (and) the radio is different.” Cole also said a strong K-9 patrol is crucial to community relationships. “Our dogs are very popular,” he said. “We take them down- town, to schools and to the heri- tage festival. They open up a gate- way to start a conversation.” Cole said he hopes the new fund- ing will bring back the community presence he remembers when he first joined the force and improve the relationship between the city’s residents and its police force. He said there is no distinction between students and non-stu- dent residents of Kent, and each group should benefit equally from the new programs. Some students feel differently about this notion. “I don’t like the cops because they are biased against college students, “ said Tom Bromagen, sophomore recreation and tourism management major. “They treat you like a criminal before knowing the details and without proper cause.” Bromagen, like many other students, said he thinks it was the police department who escalated the situation from a large, controlled party to an angry “riot” during Col- lege Fest last April. Cole said when he approaches a scene, he has no way of distin- guishing between college stu- Kent police department to invest in community policing projects Kent State men’s basketball coach Geno Ford was named the 2010 Mid- American Conference Men’s Basket- ball Coach of the Year in an official announcement made by the league office yesterday. Ford, who is in his second season as the head coach, led the voting with 13 first-place votes, trailed by Akron’s Keith Dambrot (10) and Ball State’s Billy Taylor (1). Ford led the Flashes to the their fourth regular- season conference title in school his- tory, finishing with a record of 23-8 after starting 10-7. “As for winning awards, that kind of stuff happens when you win championships,” said Ford in the MAC weekly teleconference. “I’m very fortunate. I’ve got an unbeliev- able staff. It’s really a deal where I’m fortunate to have good people around me.” The award marks the seventh time in Kent State’s history that its head coach has been awarded the honor. Jim Christian last received the award in 2008. “We have great support from the University and Athletic Administra- tion here at Kent State,” Ford said. “Our success is made possible due to the commitment we receive from Director of Athletics Laing Kennedy and President Lester Lefton.” The MAC Player of the Year was also announced yesterday with the award going to Western Michigan’s David Kool, who won with 13 first- place votes. Senior guard Chris Singletary finished in second with six votes and sophomore forward Justin Greene finished third with two votes. The Flashes will take on Ohio on Thursday in their first MAC Tour- nament game at 7 p.m. at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. — Cody Erbacher E Main Street E Erie Street E College Ave S Willow Street E Main Street Haymaker Pkwy S Lincoln Street E Summit Street S Depeyster Street lar programs in other communities have been around for years. While still in the planning phase, the academy is likely to be three to four hours a week for 10 to 15 weeks. The academy will include explana- tion on topics like DNA and finger- prints. It will also be likely to involve outside speakers and a trip to the detectives’ bureau. “It’s a great way to show people the reality as opposed to a crime drama,” Cole said. The academy will be open to all Kent residents, but there will be a screening process. The screening process is intended to keep criminals or potential criminals from learning things about DNA and fingerprints that would help them get away with committing a crime. The academy will be free for resi- dents to attend, with funding for this program coming from a federal grant awarded to the police department. Cole explained that the grant was not specific in terms of what the money could be used for, just that it has to be spent in three years. The hope is that part of the federal money will fund this program for two years. William Lillich, Kent public safety director, said the original estimate for five sessions of the academy would cost roughly $19,000. While this academy will not focus on teaching residents how to form neighborhood watch groups, Cole said he certainly encourages citizens to get involved in keeping their com- munity safe. See PROGRAM, Page 4 ADDRESSES OF PROPERTIES OWNED BY KENT STATE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WEST OF CAMPUS, NEXT TO FRANKLIN HALL, AND THE DATES THEY WERE BOUGHT. UNOCCUPIED BUILDINGS 214 S. Willow St., acquired on July 1, 2009. 219 S. Willow St., acquired on Feb. 27, 2009 220 S. Willow St., acquired on July 1, 2009. 225 S. Willow St., acquired on Feb. 12, 2009. 231 S. Willow St., acquired on Feb. 3, 2008. 206 E. Erie St., acquired on Nov. 4, 2009. 213 S. Depeyster St., acquired on Nov. 4, 2009. OCCUPIED BUILDING 202 S. Lincoln St., acquired on Apr. 9, 2008. VACANT LOTS 220 S. Lincoln St., acquired on Oct. 1, 2007. 425 E. College Ave., acquired on Dec. 13, 2007. University properties show signs of neglect, vandalism Crimes reported at houses and buildings owned by Kent State dents and residents. And Lillich said he does not believe all the issues between students and the police can be fixed through community polic- ing measures. “Seeing a cop on a bike probably would not prompt me to walk up and say hi,” Bromagen said. “We’d just like to open (students) horizons a little bit,” Lillich said. “Sometimes getting along in your neighborhood can make your life in college easier.” Contact public affairs reporter Samantha Laros at [email protected]React to this story and more at KentWired.com React to this story and more at KentWired.com See HOMES, Page 4 Regina Garcia Cano Daily Kent Stater Four out of seven unoccupied buildings Kent State owns in the neighborhood west of campus have broken windows, are unlocked or have other damages. The status of the properties, which include five houses, a for- mer bar at 213 S. Depeyster St. and the former Record Courier offices at 206 E. Erie St., may have led to reported crimes. A criminal case report filed by the Kent Police Department on Oct. 11, 2009 describes an incident at 214 S. Willow St. as “Rape – sub- stantially impair (sic) judgment.” The report stated the incident hap- pened on the property’s yard. The case is still open. In addition to the vacant build- ings, two empty lots and an occu- pied house are owned by the uni- versity in the same area of the city. Three more criminal case reports related to the properties have been called into Kent City Police. At least four incident reports have been filed where the crimes were not significant enough, nor were witnesses available to move the complaints to investigations of criminal activity. Dean Tondiglia, associate direc- tor of public safety of the Kent State Police Department, said when a crime is committed off campus at a university property, the local jurisdiction would respond on the case and the KSUPD will later be notified. Tondiglia confirmed his department was notified by the Kent Police Department on the Oct. 11, 2009 case. Tom Euclide, Kent State’s asso- ciate vice president for facilities planning and operations, said he had no knowledge of the incident. Euclide said the university is spending as little as possible on the buildings, but enough to keep them safe as Kent State plans future uses for them. “Plans are not definite,” Euclide said. “We are still work- ing overall on the initiative of the $200 million investment in renovations to campus.” He said renovations could include furbishing some of the houses as student residences or staff offices, or demolishing some of the properties to extend the University Esplanade stretching downtown to cross state Route 59 at Erie Street. The final decision is still about two months away, near the school year’s end. Conditions of the properties Euclide said after the houses became university property, they were locked if unoccupied, and windows were either screwed shut or boarded if broken. However, during an investiga- tion by the Daily Kent Stater that included three visits to the proper- ties, broken windows, open doors, litter and considerable amounts of snow were observed. An egg carton, three beer cans, Styrofoam plates and cups could be seen inside one room at 214 S. Wil- low St. There was graffiti in another room. The basement door was open and two windows were broken. The garage door was open and three of its windows were broken. A bottle of alcohol was at the garage’s entrance; plastic cups and building mate- rials were inside. In a room at 220 S. Willow St., a beer carton, one beer bot- tle, several beer caps and a bro- ken mirror were found. Two of the properties’ windows were broken. The garage door of 225 S. Willow St. was open. After being questioned on the current status of the hous- es, Euclide said a maintenance staff member would inspect the properties. But a week later, a reporter for the Daily Kent Stater visited the buildings and did not see any changes. SHAYE A. PAINTER | DAILY KENT STATER Log on to FlashLine between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. today to vote for Undergraduate Student Government candidates. 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Police program aims to clear up confusion
Elizabeth Rund Daily Kent Stater
Reality and fiction will crash, col-lide and be picked apart in the Kent Police Department’s new citizen police academy program.
“It’s a chance to educate residents who are interested in how we do things and why we do things,” said Lt. Jayme Cole of the Kent Police Department.
Cole explained that most of the complaints the department receives are based on misconceptions of how their job is done.
For example, two or three units may arrive at the scene of a car crash. While an observer might be led to think that there are too many officers not doing anything construc-tive, police argue they are all playing a critical role. For instance, one offi-cer may be taking a statement while another is directing traffic. Another officer may even be taking sketches of the area.
Sometimes people who are angry call in, but they’re not always sure what they are angry about, Cole said.
The main goal of the citizen’s academy program is to give resi-dents a better understanding of what has happened when they pick up a paper and read about an incident, Cole said.
The program has been in the works for about a year, though simi-
‘It’s a chance to educate’
Samantha LarosDaily Kent Stater
The Kent Police Department will invest $45,900 in community policing programs over the next two to three years with increased awards from the federal Justice Assistance Grant.
“The uniqueness this year is that the ARRA program (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) put special funds into the JAG (jus-tice) funds,” Kent Safety Director William Lillich said. “We are receiv-ing a one-time award of $71,400 to be split between the Kent Police Department and the Portage Coun-ty Commissioner’s Office.”
JAG is given by the Bureau of Justice Assistance to lower jurisdic-
tions. The amount awarded is based on a formula based on population and frequency of Part 1 crimes, which are serious felonious offenses such as murder, arson and rape, Lil-lich said.
“We’ve been using this process for 15 years or so, and Kent almost always qualifies,” he said.
In past years, the Kent Police Department was awarded about $11,000 to be split between city and county levels. Lillich said the KPD’s share ranged from $6,500 to $7,000.
This year, the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act gave $2 billion to the JAG program, according to Recovery.gov. The money was made available to state and local jurisdictions in the fall.
The Kent Police Department will receive about $45,900, its share
of the $71,400, when the Kent city budget is finalized.
Lillich said the KPD hopes to improve its visibility and “deter-mine the needs of different citizens,” focusing on low-income housing and high student-occupied areas.
A portion of the money will be used to implement a series of citi-zen police academies over the next two years. The rest of the money will go towards biking equipment, uniforms and police dogs, as well as bicycle and K-9 unit special train-ing.
Lt. Jayme Cole of the KPD said training is key for officers who have not worked on bikes before. He said he remembers taking about 40 hours of bike training when he was new to the force.
“A lot of police work is based
on routine,” he said. “You find the best way to do things and do it every time. Patrolling on a bike is vastly different. You have to learn how to navigate obsta-cles and avoid emergencies, (and) the radio is different.”
Cole also said a strong K-9 patrol is crucial to community relationships.
“Our dogs are very popular,” he said. “We take them down-town, to schools and to the heri-tage festival. They open up a gate-way to start a conversation.”
Cole said he hopes the new fund-ing will bring back the community presence he remembers when he first joined the force and improve the relationship between the city’s residents and its police force.
He said there is no distinction
between students and non-stu-dent residents of Kent, and each group should benefit equally from the new programs.
Some students feel differently about this notion.
“I don’t like the cops because they are biased against college students, “ said Tom Bromagen, sophomore recreation and tourism management major. “They treat you like a criminal before knowing the details and without proper cause.”
Bromagen, like many other students, said he thinks it was the police department who escalated the situation from a large, controlled party to an angry “riot” during Col-lege Fest last April.
Cole said when he approaches a scene, he has no way of distin-guishing between college stu-
Kent police department to invest in community policing projects
Kent State men’s basketball coach Geno Ford was named the 2010 Mid-American Conference Men’s Basket-ball Coach of the Year in an official announcement made by the league office yesterday.
Ford, who is in his second season as the head coach, led the voting with 13 first-place votes, trailed by Akron’s Keith Dambrot (10) and Ball State’s Billy Taylor (1). Ford led the Flashes to the their fourth regular-season conference title in school his-tory, finishing with a record of 23-8 after starting 10-7.
“As for winning awards, that kind of stuff happens when you win championships,” said Ford in the MAC weekly teleconference. “I’m very fortunate. I’ve got an unbeliev-able staff. It’s really a deal where I’m fortunate to have good people around me.”
The award marks the seventh time in Kent State’s history that its head coach has been awarded the honor. Jim Christian last received the
award in 2008.“We have great support from the
University and Athletic Administra-tion here at Kent State,” Ford said. “Our success is made possible due to the commitment we receive from Director of Athletics Laing Kennedy and President Lester Lefton.”
The MAC Player of the Year was also announced yesterday with the award going to Western Michigan’s David Kool, who won with 13 first-place votes.
Senior guard Chris Singletary finished in second with six votes and sophomore forward Justin Greene finished third with two votes.
The Flashes will take on Ohio on Thursday in their first MAC Tour-nament game at 7 p.m. at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
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lar programs in other communities have been around for years.
While still in the planning phase, the academy is likely to be three to four hours a week for 10 to 15 weeks. The academy will include explana-tion on topics like DNA and finger-prints. It will also be likely to involve outside speakers and a trip to the detectives’ bureau.
“It’s a great way to show people the reality as opposed to a crime drama,” Cole said.
The academy will be open to all Kent residents, but there will be a screening process. The screening process is intended to keep criminals or potential criminals from learning things about DNA and fingerprints that would help them get away with committing a crime.
The academy will be free for resi-dents to attend, with funding for this program coming from a federal grant awarded to the police department.
Cole explained that the grant was not specific in terms of what the money could be used for, just that it has to be spent in three years. The hope is that part of the federal money will fund this program for two years.
William Lillich, Kent public safety director, said the original estimate for five sessions of the academy would cost roughly $19,000.
While this academy will not focus on teaching residents how to form neighborhood watch groups, Cole said he certainly encourages citizens to get involved in keeping their com-munity safe.
See PROGRAM, Page 4
ADDRESSES OF PROPERTIES OWNED BY KENT STATE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WEST OF CAMPUS, NEXT TO FRANKLIN HALL, AND THE DATES THEY WERE BOUGHT.
UNOCCUPIED BUILDINGS 214 S. Willow St., acquired on July 1, 2009. 219 S. Willow St., acquired on Feb. 27, 2009220 S. Willow St., acquired on July 1, 2009. 225 S. Willow St., acquired on Feb. 12, 2009.231 S. Willow St., acquired on Feb. 3, 2008.206 E. Erie St., acquired on Nov. 4, 2009.213 S. Depeyster St., acquired on Nov. 4, 2009.
OCCUPIED BUILDING202 S. Lincoln St., acquired on Apr. 9, 2008.
VACANT LOTS220 S. Lincoln St., acquired on Oct. 1, 2007.425 E. College Ave., acquired on Dec. 13, 2007.
University properties show signs of neglect, vandalism
Crimes reported at houses and buildings owned by Kent State
dents and residents. And Lillich said he does not
believe all the issues between students and the police can be fixed through community polic-ing measures.
“Seeing a cop on a bike probably would not prompt me to walk up and say hi,” Bromagen said.
“We’d just like to open (students) horizons a little bit,” Lillich said. “Sometimes getting along in your neighborhood can make your life in college easier.”
Four out of seven unoccupied buildings Kent State owns in the neighborhood west of campus have broken windows, are unlocked or have other damages.
The status of the properties, which include five houses, a for-mer bar at 213 S. Depeyster St. and the former Record Courier offices at 206 E. Erie St., may have led to reported crimes.
A criminal case report filed by the Kent Police Department on Oct. 11, 2009 describes an incident at 214 S. Willow St. as “Rape – sub-stantially impair (sic) judgment.” The report stated the incident hap-pened on the property’s yard. The case is still open.
In addition to the vacant build-ings, two empty lots and an occu-pied house are owned by the uni-versity in the same area of the city. Three more criminal case reports related to the properties have been called into Kent City Police.
At least four incident reports have been filed where the crimes were not significant enough, nor were witnesses available to move the complaints to investigations of criminal activity.
Dean Tondiglia, associate direc-tor of public safety of the Kent State Police Department, said when a crime is committed off campus at a university property, the local jurisdiction would respond on the case and the KSUPD will later be notified. Tondiglia confirmed his department was notified by the Kent Police Department on the Oct. 11, 2009 case.
Tom Euclide, Kent State’s asso-ciate vice president for facilities planning and operations, said he had no knowledge of the incident.
Euclide said the university is spending as little as possible on the buildings, but enough to keep them safe as Kent State plans future uses for them.
“Plans are not definite ,” Euclide said. “We are still work-ing overall on the initiative of
the $200 million investment in renovations to campus.”
He said renovations could include furbishing some of the houses as student residences or staff offices, or demolishing some of the properties to extend the University Esplanade stretching downtown to cross state Route 59 at Erie Street. The final decision is still about two months away, near the school year’s end.
Conditions of the propertiesEuclide said after the houses
became university property, they were locked if unoccupied, and windows were either screwed shut or boarded if broken.
However, during an investiga-tion by the Daily Kent Stater that included three visits to the proper-ties, broken windows, open doors, litter and considerable amounts of snow were observed.
An egg carton, three beer cans, Styrofoam plates and cups could be seen inside one room at 214 S. Wil-low St. There was graffiti in another
room. The basement door was open and two windows were broken. The garage door was open and three of its windows were broken. A bottle of alcohol was at the garage’s entrance; plastic cups and building mate-rials were inside.
In a room at 220 S. Willow St., a beer carton, one beer bot-tle, several beer caps and a bro-ken mirror were found. Two of the properties’ windows were broken.
The garage door of 225 S. Willow St. was open.
After being questioned on the current status of the hous-es, Euclide said a maintenance staff member would inspect the properties. But a week later, a reporter for the Daily Kent Stater visited the buildings and did not see any changes.
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Students who wish to carry more than 18 credit hours per semester may soon be able to self-register for those hours after a revision of the policy for course overload.
At this afternoon’s Faculty Senate meeting, Tom Janson said it is unneces-sary for students with solid GPAs to go through deans to register for additional credit hours.
“Currently, students who want to carry more than 18 hours as an undergraduate student must go to the dean’s office and get a signature,” Janson said. “If there is a sufficiently high GPA, the student can automatically register over 18.”
This would mean students meeting GPA requirements could go over the tradi-tionally allotted 18 hours when registering for their courses online.
Previous to the discussion of course
overload came comments from Presi-dent Lester Lefton on “nothing of urgent nature.”
Lefton’s comments focused on student conduct reform, diversity and inclusions, encouraging students to step out of their comfort zones in courses on campus and infrastructure issues across the campus.
“We are in the process of continuous self-improvement,” Lefton said. “I think that for a number of years, a lot of these everyday things were just not tended to.
“It’s a matter of self-improvement. It’s a matter of continuous improvement.”
The Faculty Senate moved on to adopt the merging of the departments of sociology and justice studies into a single administrative unit to be known as the department of sociology.
The merging will not affect students in a negative way, said Timothy Moerland, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
“This action has been the topic of indi-vidual and departmental consultations,”
Moerland said. “The combination will be transparent to students.”
Robert Frank, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs, said the merging of the two programs was well planned by each department.
“They had done extensive internal conversations so it was appropriate that would be passed easily because they had done all their homework,” Frank said.
After passing the motion, members discussed the inactivation of the Horticul-tural Technologies and Industrial Trades Technology majors on the Geauga cam-pus. Both motions passed in Educational Policies Council on Feb. 22.
Conflicts from the last Faculty Sen-ate meeting, on Feb. 8, were discussed as well.
After tension between the provost and Faculty Senate members at the last meeting about the wording of Kent CORE, the new LER system, the docu-ment was taken to the Executive Com-
Senate revises 18 credit-hour policymittee to be resolved.
Members of Faculty Senate saw the conclusions of the provost and the Executive Committee at yesterday’s meeting and faced less opposition than previously.
“I actually feel that the people who have been misled in all this is not Faculty Senators — it’s the Board of Trustees,” Professor of marketing Pamela Grimm said. “I suspect their understanding of what was passed is completely different than what was actually passed.
“I do feel badly that the Board may come away with an understanding that is completely different than what we’ll be acting on.”
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Salem offers horticulture bachelor’s degreeKyle NelsonDaily Kent Stater
The horticulture program at the Kent State Salem Campus introduced a four-year bachelor’s degree at the beginning of the semester, giving students more opportunities for a career in the ever-growing field of green services.
Academic Program Director Stan Jones said the horticulture program itself has been in place for almost 20 years. The four-year program, howev-er, just started this year and has already increased in popularity with at least 70 students in the program.
“Right now our enrollment has virtu-ally doubled compared to the past few years,” Jones said. “Part of that is the type of classes we offer and the expansion of the bachelor’s program.”
The associate’s degree program trains students for careers in landscape manage-ment, turf management, tree care, nursery,
greenhouse and other related professions. Upon completion of the program, Salem has a career assistance program to help place students in different positions.
Junior horticulture major Paul Snyder, while not yet ready to graduate, is plan-ning on using the career assistance service that the school offers.
“They’re very good at finding work for students, even an internship,” Snyder said. “Several of the classes also have different businesses come in and tell the students what they do and what positions they might have available. (The school) does a good job of helping us network and find different opportunities.”
Despite the sagging economy, the green industry is still hiring students to work in the various fields.
“Jobs are still very strong, despite the economy being slower,” Jones said. “We get a lot of calls for position openings both for full-time jobs and internships. Most all of our students that graduate
find work shortly thereafter, so we’re holding our own.”
Tyre Proffer is one of the professors who has helped the students at Salem find success.
“The program is very much directed toward getting people jobs in the green industry,” Proffer said. “Our course is dedicated to that purpose. A lot of our classes have lab work so students can get more practical application.”
It is that practical application that has helped students succeed.
“Hands on is really a big key,” Jones said. “We have several classes where (the students) don’t sit in a classroom. We go to different locations throughout Ohio and beyond.
“We also have a wonderful location where students can learn that’s called Draime Estate Botanical Gardens. That’s a (Kent State) site where we do educational training in horticulture. We send a lot of students out there.”
One of the biggest draws of the pro-gram is the relatively low cost of admis-sion compared to other universities.
“It’s a lot cheaper than going to Ohio State University,” Snyder said. “Most of the classes are two days a week so you still have time to work. You can get pretty much the same degree for a lot less.”
The program also draws from all walks of life, giving different students different opportunities.
“It’s a very diverse group,” Proffer said. “We have people who are learning their first trade and people learning their third or fourth. We have people who just got out of high school and people who are 50 years old.”
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take the time to vote for the 18 positions, as the representatives who win have a major influence on
programs and services at the university.
At the beginning of this month, I read a most inter-esting news report in Time (“Homeschooling: German Family Gets Political Asylum in U.S”). A German family with two children was granted polit-ical asylum to this great coun-try on the grounds that they home school their children.
Whaaaat? If that’s your reac-tion when you read the above, then do keep reading, because this promises a tirade now on the eligibility of immigrants to this country. Being an “alien” myself, I know how hard it is to find a job in this country, let alone figure out a way to immi-grate here. But that’s OK, I got it now. I need to have kids and home school them.
Immigration rulings like this expose the vulnerabilities in a system that was suppos-edly designed to act as a sieve, catching those “desirable” to stay and weeding out those “unnecessary” to this country. So what makes this case dif-ferent? What makes it differ-ent, I say, is the way in which sometimes the system may and clearly has been exploited (in this case at least), clearly bypassing the immigration sieve.
Seeking political asylum used to be the last defense a person had, when life became intolerable in one’s own coun-try due to a lack of tolerance and where there was danger to one’s life. The dislike for a country’s rules and regulations did not make you eligible for political asylum. In my opin-ion, homeschooling does not qualify as a valid reason to be granted political asylum.
A reading of another article (“Top home-school texts dis-miss Darwin, evolution,” AP) with the results of a recent study on homeschooling disturbed me still further. The results of the study on home-schooling pointed out
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On this day in 1959, the first Barbie doll went on display at the American Toy Fair in New York City.—History.com
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NATE BEELER’S VIEW
It’s time to rock the vote Today, students will have the opportunity
to decide what next year’s student government will look like.
The Undergraduate Student Government is holding elections today for its 18 elected direc-tor and senator positions. The winners, along with seven appointed positions, will lead Kent State’s government next year.
Students can vote for the positions between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. today simply by logging onto FlashLine and clicking the provided link to vote.
With that in mind, we want to encourage students to do just that because of USG’s impact on the student population at Kent State.
If you’re not sure what USG is, let us tell you. The 25 directors and senators play a large role in programs and events offered at the uni-versity. USG is responsible for bringing in the campus’s biggest events, such as the Jay Sean concert in February, and the group also orga-nizes services such as the on-campus recycling program put into place by this year’s executive director, Scott Sherwood.
On a smaller level, there is a senator for each individual college offered at the university. Those senators are responsible for organizing smaller events within the college, such as meet-and-greets with the dean.
And it’s not just events. USG also has ser-vices such as judicial advocates, who assist stu-dents when they are required to go to a Judicial Affairs hearing. According to the USG Web site, these advocates help students understand the process of the hearing and any possible sanc-tions.
Despite all that, a lot of students aren’t as familiar with their government as they should be.
Just before the elections last spring, the Daily Kent Stater polled 50 students. None of the 50 knew who their individual senator was, and 21 didn’t even know USG existed.
While the Stater didn’t conduct a similar poll this year, it’s fair to say that a significant enough portion of the student body is unfamil-iar with their student government. And that’s not a good thing.
Now, perhaps some of the blame can be lev-eled at the directors and senators for not getting their names out there more often. But students also have the responsibility to find out for themselves what their elected representatives do for them.
So why not find out? Research the organiza-tion online. Or better yet, visit the office in per-son. It’s located on the first floor of the Student Center, so it’s not very hard to find.
But the best way to start familiarizing your-self with the student government is by voting in today’s elections. Last year, just 1,387 students — a tiny fraction of the total number of students at the university — voted in the election. This year, it’d be nice to see a more significant por-tion of students vote for their representatives.
It’s especially important for underclassmen who will be around next year when these rep-resentatives are in office. If elected, these can-didates will be making decisions that influence the university next year — so it makes sense to vote.
The Stater ran profiles of the candidates for eight days leading up to today’s election, so take a look at KentWired.com if you’re unfamil-iar with the candidates. Don’t use unfamiliarity as an excuse not to vote, especially because it’s so easily fixed.
So don’t forget: You have from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. today to make your voice heard, so take five minutes out of your day to vote. Don’t miss out on the opportunity.
The above editorial is the consensus opinion of the Daily Kent Stater editorial board whose
members are listed to the left.
Sonali Kudva
Ben Wolford
The existentialist left conservative
that while home-schooling is an option, most people who choose this option are those who are self-proclaimed Evan-gelical Christians. And this is exactly what the family from Germany was. One has to won-der, does faith have anything to do with this immigration decision? There could be a precedent then of those who petition for homeschooling on the basis of not liking one’s curriculum, or the professors one has at school.
While home-schooling is a choice by some parents who wish to keep their children away from a more liberal curriculum involving those aspects of science not in keep-ing with one’s faith (read: evolution), it is not a choice that should allow someone to go against a country’s law and bypass it.
This decision in fact shows, to me at least, the support of this stance. It appears to trivi-alize what asylum as a concept stands for. It also gives others license to do the same. And far more alarmingly, it sees a trend that gradually shows us giving credibility to the ridiculous, of giving people the easy way out from systems they do not like rather than encouraging a revolution for change.
Sonali Kudva is a journalism graduate student and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected].
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It’s been two years and four months since the death of Norman Mailer. In honor of him, here are some excerpts from a discussion between Mailer and William F. Buckley on Fir-ing Line in 1968.
Buckley was interviewing Mailer about his latest book, “Armies of the Night,” published in 1968, which recounts the anti-Vietnam War demonstration at which Mailer got drunk and was arrested. You can find the whole thing on YouTube.
NM: So far as I know my reasons for getting drunk that night and so far as they had a point, one of the points was that I’ve always found the Left to be as stuffy as the Right. In other words, the extreme Left is about as boring as the extreme Right, and I think both suffer ter-ribly from this … I just wanted to get up there and show them a man can be drunk and make no pretensions about it and have a marvelous time.
WFB: Is there a point at which you would have considered that you would not have been prepared to disobey the law, that is to say if the penalty was enormous?
NM: Let’s say if the penalty had been life imprisonment, what I would have done is been forced to go underground or leave the country or turn into an enemy of the country.
WFB: Well, aren’t you in one sense an ene-my of the country?
NM: No, sir. Not yet.WFB: What do you mean, not yet?NM: I still believe that this country is a
marvelous country and that one fights within this country. If one’s completely wiped off the board, in other words if you really have no way to fight your ideas any longer in this coun-try, then you have to decide one of two things, which is either one, your ideas are wrong, or two, the country is wrong.
WFB: Correct, but we have for instance Mr. Gore Vidal, who says that unless we elect an anti-Vietnam War president in November of 1968, he will renounce his citizenship. His reasoning is that if in fact the American people ratify a war that he considers so detestable, then he will finally be convinced the American people are not worthy of being associated with. You don’t share that, do you?
NM: Well, I don’t because for one thing I don’t think the vote is a pure expression of the
people at any given time, anyway. The vote is much too crude an instrument to measure what real feelings are in the country. Moreover, poli-tics is extraordinarily complex and dialectical and contradictory …
The way I work, and it’s very difficult to explain this to people, but I don’t think in cat-egories. I try to think in this way, that the world is better off if every so-called type in the world is better. In other words, it’s a better world when the cops get better and the criminals get better. It’s a poorer world when the cops are dull and the criminals are dull.
In other words, as an existentialist, what I believe is that what’s really important about a moment is how much life there is — how much psychic life, how much spiritual life, how much physical life.
WFB: I think we’d better stop and rescue that from banality.
NM: Please do because I can’t see where the banality is.
Ben Wolford is a junior newspaper journalism major and a columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected].
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Demand clean energyOur country is in an energy crisis, and it
hurts young people more than anyone. Old and dirty power plants are polluting our neighborhoods, our friends and neighbors are losing their jobs, energy bills have skyrocketed and we’re spending billions of dollars to buy oil from overseas. This crisis is a threat to the future of young people who are entering the job market and getting started in life.
Fortunately, we have a solution in front of us. Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., Lindsey Gra-
ham, R-S.C., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., are about to introduce a bipartisan bill that will tackle energy and climate change in a compre-hensive way. Strong legislation will support investments in clean, renewable energy that will create millions of jobs nationwide, reduce pollution and make our country more secure.
That’s why I’m joining a diverse group of everyday Americans to make calls to Ohio Sens. Brown and Voinovich asking them to vote for comprehensive clean energy and cli-
mate legislation. I know plenty of other young people who want the jobs and security that come with a clean energy economy. It’s time to ask our senators to make that happen.
Katy Robinson is a sophomore electronic media major.
At a time when good government is under assault in nearby countries, Colombia has offered strong proof of its fealty to democracy and respect for the rule of law.
The Colombian Constitutional Court’s decision shutting the door on a referendum that would have allowed President Alvaro Uribe to run for a third term won’t go down well with everyone, given that the president is hugely popular for crippling a leftist insur-gency. Yet it was undoubtedly the right deci-sion, and Uribe and his followers have bowed to the will of the court.
That’s the way it’s supposed to work in a democracy, but it often doesn’t. Witness events in Venezuela, where Hugo Chavez has used his authority as president to undermine the courts, stack the legislature with slavish follow-ers and intimidate all forms of opposition in a drive to become president for life.
In accepting the court’s decision, Presi-dent Uribe said he had only one wish: “To be able to serve Colombia from whatever trench, under whatever circumstance, until the last day of my life.”
A third term for Uribe would have hurt
the country’s democratic stability. As coura-geous and dedicated as he has been in leading the fight to overcome leftist guerrillas, Uribe is right to clear the path for a successor.
Chavez, among others, should learn (but won’t) from this lesson in democracy. No one is entitled to stay in power beyond reasonable constitutional limits, and no president can claim to be indispensable forever.
The above editorial was originally published March 4 in the Miami Herald. Content was made available by MCTCampus.
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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.
CITYThuRsdaYn Shimere M. Robinson, 27, of Kent was charged with drunken driving at the intersection of North Mantua Road and East Crain Avenue.
n Meagan L. Domdera, 22, of Akron was charged with drunken driving at the intersection of River Street and Haymaker Parkway.
FRIdaYn Michele M. Largent, 31, of Kent was charged with drunken driving at the 1400 block of Franklin Avenue.
n Joseph E. Forte, 23, of Youngstown was charged with drunken driving at the 1600 block of East Main Street.
n Lee J. Brooker, 41, of Kent was charged with disorderly conduct and trespassing at the intersection of Water and Columbus streets.
n Colleen S. Goodrich, 37, of Kent was charged with disorderly conduct at the 400 block of Brent-wood Drive.
saTuRdaYn Jabari O. Dorsey, 25, of Kent was charged with obstructing official business at the 600 block of Morris Road.
n Robert E. Hicks, 27, of Kent was charged with obstructing official business at the 600 block of Morris Road.
n Karee D. Beasley, 18, of Kent was charged with underage drinking at the 600 block of Morris Road.
n Matthew G. Rutkus, 31, of Kent was charged with criminal damage and disorderly conduct at the 100 block of East Main Street.
n Evan P. Pavl, 22, of Stow was charged with public intoxication at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and College Street.
n Ryan J. Haubert, 25, of Kent was charged with possession of drug paraphrenelia at the 1600 block of Franklin Avenue.
n Alexzandra L. Weber, 18, of Kent was charged with drunken driving and underage drinking at the intersection of Linden and East Main streets.
CaMPusThuRsdaYn John D. Cope-Flanagan, 21, of Westwood, Mass., was charged with a miscellaneous drug offense and possession of drug paraphernalia at Prentice Hall.
FRIdaYCriminal damage was reported at Lake Hall.
Theft was reported at White Hall.
n David J. Patterson, 18, of New Philadelphia was charged with a miscellaneous drug offense and possession of drug paraphernalia at Koonce Hall.
n William R. Sekerak, 18, of Cortland was charged with a miscellaneous drug offense and pos-session of drug paraphernalia at Koonce Hall.
n Justin P. Firehammer, 19, of Chagrin Falls was charged with disorderly conduct at Prentice Hall.
n Constance E. Czekaj, 19, of Richfield was charged with underage drinking at Olson Hall.
n Stefanie D. Wilson, 19, of Mansfield was charged with underage drinking at Olson Hall.
n Bryan M. Policicohio, 20, of Cuyahoga Falls was charged with underage drinking at Olson Hall.
n Lindsey M. Reiser, 20, of Sharon, Pa., was charged with underage drinking at Olson Hall.
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Theft was reported at Centennial Court A.
n Anthony J. Renzelli, 19, of Steubenville was charged with underage drinking at the Music and Speech Center C-lot.
n Justin C. Kaufmann, 19, of Bloomingdale was charged with underage drinking at the Music and Speech Center C-lot.
n Tearle L. Pierce, 20, of Canton was charged with underage drinking at the sidewalk near Fletcher Hall.
n Samantha J. Stone, 22, of Salem was charged with a miscellaneous drug offense and possession of drug paraphernalia at Midway Drive near the Student Center.
n Joseph J. Worman, 22, of Galena was charged with a miscellaneous drug offense and possession of drug paraphernalia at the Music and Speech Center C-lot.
n Riley M. O’Brien, 18, of Delaware was charged with a miscellaneous drug offense and possession of drug paraphernalia at the Music and Speech Center C-lot.
sundaYCriminal damage was reported at the Business Administration Building and Dunbar Hall.
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Criminal mischief was reported at the Tri-Towers Rotunda.
n Alexander R. Plas, 21, of Elyria was charged with open container at Verder C-lot.
Community’s concernsMaintenance crews visit the
houses regularly to plow snow, Euclide said, adding that if staff members observe any problems at the houses, they notify the Office of the University Architect.
Euclide said he was notified of two break-ins that occurred during the Fall 2009 semester.
But neighbors living in the rental units located next to 214 and 220 S. Willow St. say they have wit-nessed more than two break-ins to both properties.
“It didn’t take long for peo-ple to figure out that the houses are vacant and open,” said Jean Hopkins, junior sociology major. Hopkins, who lives next door to one of the properties, witnessed one of the break-ins.
“People kept going in and out in September and October,” she said.
A Kent State student, who admitted trespassing the house at 214 S. Willow St., said the door was not locked when she entered the property. She was able to access the rooms in the second floor, which the student described as color-ful. The student asked to remain unnamed for fears of reprisals.
Euclide said the inside condi-tions of the properties vary depend-ing on the previous ownership.
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HOUSEUniversity properties show signs of neglect, vandalism
Some were divided to function as rental units and one was occupied by a single family.
Hopkins, who has lived in her current apartment for the past two years, said she is concerned the vacant properties will attract crime to her neighborhood.
“I saw somebody breaking the mirror of a car that was parked over there,” Hopkins said, as she pointed at the driveway of 225 S. Willow St.
Not up to city’s code Code enforcement officer Troy
Loomis said city officials usually contact the owners of properties that have broken windows or doors and ask them to board the house for safety purposes.
Loomis said the city’s Depart-ment of Community Develop-ment does not require a written complaint to carry out an inspec-tion. It oversees issues related with exterior property maintenance. Loomis said the university’s hous-es do not have “obvious defects” that he could have noticed while driving around the neighborhood. However, Loomis added, he would survey the properties again.
The commissioner of the city of Kent’s health department, John Ferlito, said he has not received any complaints this year regard-ing the three university-owned properties described by the Daily Kent Stater. The department man-ages complaints related to litter. He said he must receive a complaint in order to inspect a private property,
even if it is state-owned.“All vacant structures and
premises thereof or vacant land shall be maintained in a clean, safe, secure and sanitary condi-tion as provided herein so as not to cause a blighting problem or adversely affect the public health or safety,” according to the city’s code.
After hearing a description of the conditions of the houses, Ferlito asked the Daily Kent Stater to file a complaint so that he could visit them because they are not in accordance with the city’s Building Code.
Kent Police Lt. Jayme Cole said these abandoned houses are “not a problem” for the city and does not recall officers bringing the properties to his attention in an interview with the Daily Kent Stater. Later the same day, a Daily Kent Stater reporter saw a police officer walking next to 214 and 220 S. Willow St.
Unauthorized people who have entered the houses have definitely committed a crime, Cole said. Possible charges they could face include tres-passing, breaking and enter-ing, graffiti, criminal damage and vandalism.
Contact public affairs reporter Regina Garcia Cano
Neighborhood watches have the potential to be problematic. They tend to be formed in response to something that has happened.
The hope is that those complet-ing the program will be able to go back out to their neighborhoods and be able to share what they learned to make the watch groups more effective.
“It’s the same vein (as creating a neighborhood watch), but going a different route,” Cole said.
Lillich agreed.“The hope is that there will be
information that flows back into the community,” he said.
The city of Kent is a mix of permanent residents and stu-dents moving in and out every few months. This dynamic has posed many challenges for the police department and may pose a challenge for this program, Cole said.
Though most students reside within Kent for eight to nine months out of the year, Kent Police Chief James Peach has yet to decide whether students will be admitted into the program.
The citizens police academy pro-
gram is part of a broader police pro-gram that was first outlined to the Kent City Council.
Lillich said the broader pro-gram will include increased n e i g h b o r h o o d p a t r o l l i n g , increased foot patrols, a rein-statement of the bicycle patrol and a joint patrol between the city and Kent State.
Some aspects of the program may take years to fully reach all areas of the city, but grant have provided the money to start the ball rolling Lillich said.
Contact public affairs reporter Elizabeth Rund at [email protected].
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Today’s birthday (3/9/10)Develop new structures in your life this year to accommodate your urge to bring logic and reason to even the most imaginative schemes. You can double your abil-ity to set goals and achieve them when you visualize each success.
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 a 6. Romance is definitely in the picture. Probably best to keep that out of the workplace, though. Deal with problems early so you can relax together later.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is an 8. Either you travel, or out-of-town company arrives. Work may take a back seat to social activities. Conversation reveals your next move.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) Today is a 7. Everyone’s willing to talk now. This is good, because you make more progress in far less time. Take a vote early.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is a 6. Earlier you did what your partner told you to do. Now it’s your turn to apply elbow grease for the creative results you desire.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is an 8. A female brings new information to the table. Your group wants to take the most practical approach possible, as time is a huge factor.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7. At least everyone’s clear about what you want. They may not want to go along, but they know what you said. You know what they want, too.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is an 8. With lots of house-hold issues to care for, you may lose focus on all else. Keep in touch with co-workers to stay in the loop.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Today is a 7. If talk were as cheap as some say, you’d come out a winner in every department. Dress up a practical message with stirring content.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 7. Work out some finan-cial details now to save yourself problems later. Search through your desk at home to find all the appropriate documents.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is a 5. You need to contain your overly demanding behavior. No one doubts your love of the project. Ease up for greater suc-cess.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 7. Do your work in private if possible. Sharing now only confuses the issue. Firm up your ideas for presentation later.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is a 6. Maintain a cash re-serve for unexpected expenditures. Someone springs a surprise with a price tag. Take it in stride if you can.
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Stories by lance lysowskiPhoto Illustration byDaniel R. Doherty & Phil Botta
Humes is a 5-foot-8 guard known for her knack of penetrating opposing defenses, her ability to run Kent State’s offense with her passing skills and the unlikely ability to rebound.
Jones, a six-foot junior college transfer, uses her mid-range shot to give the Flashes’ opponents trouble.
The Flashes’ two leading scorers even have inverse demeanors. Humes is a boisterous player, while Jones is quiet and restrained.
What allows these two players to play together so perfectly? Jones said it’s simple — opposites attract.“Me and her just have a good chemistry on the court for some reason,”
Humes said. “She just knows where to cut (to the hoop). If we can have two people in double-digits scoring, as good of scorers me and Taisja are, it just increases our chances of winning. If we can do that, and as a team with a good defensive effort, we would be unstoppable.”
Kent State coach Bob Lindsay said the team’s success is sitting on the shoulders of the two players who bring different skill sets to the table.
“Well, Humes is a different kind of player than Jones,” Lindsay said. “Humes is a playmaker. She makes other players around her better. Taisja’s more of an individual scorer; that’s probably what she does the best.”
The Flashes are 11-4 when the duo score in double digits, and the team is 4-0 when the two reach 20-plus points.
Jones averaged 14.9 points per game during the regular season, while Humes averaged 14.4, but the two players know that it’s going to take more than just them to win a Mid-American Conference Championship.
Both players agreed that the adversity the team has faced, which has included ten games down the stretch that ended in a ten points or fewer scoring difference, has the team prepared for the upcoming tournament.
“I think we can just buckle down when it really counts,” Jones said. “Close games seem better for us because when we’re blowing someone out they just may come back.”
The two may not have much in common besides being the top two offensive players for Kent State, but that alone could help the Flashes win the conference and earn the team’s first NCAA Tournament berth since 2001-02.
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The duo’s archrivals
The duo’s weaknessesJust as kryptonite cripples Superman, turnovers and defensive lapses do
the same to Taisja Jones and Jamilah Humes.Although Humes led Kent State with 109 assists during the regular season,
the junior guard also turned the ball over 104 times.Humes laughed when talking about her obvious weakness and attrib-
uted the turnovers to her on-court vision, which may not match that of her teammates.
“I know that I get a lot of assists in a game, but (I’m) also getting a lot of turnovers,” Humes said. “I’ve been trying to work on that, but sometimes I see things on the court in my mind that my other teammates don’t see. That’s why me and Taisja have that good chemistry. Not everyone sees that.”
Jones’ weakness, defense, does not show up on the stat sheet, but Kent State coach Bob Lindsay said both players share weaknesses with their other teammates.
“They probably have the same weaknesses that all of the other players have,” Lindsay said. “They’re turnover prone, and we obvi-ously need to make better decisions with the basketball.”
Jamilah Humes and Taisja Jones despise the Bowling Green basketball team.
The Falcons have won the Mid-American Conference six years in a row and swept Kent State during the regular season this year.
Bowling Green’s leading scorer, junior guard Lauren Prochaska, was the 2008-09 MAC Player of the Year, averag-ing 17.3 points per game, but Humes and Jones said their nemesis’ success is not the reason they despise them.
“We can’t stand them,” Humes said. “We think they are very cocky. We’ve got to beat the best to be the best.”
The Falcons captured another regular season champi-onship, finishing above the Flashes in the MAC East Division.
Kent State coach Bob Lindsay said it’s not surprising that Bowling Green is on his team’s mind, but he believes that every team has the same mentality.
“I think if you asked any team in the league what team they are shooting for, it’d be Bowling Green because they’ve won the league the last five years,” Lindsay said. “They’ve lost two straight years in the tournament, but teams are always going to be gunning for them. They have a bulls-eye on them every time they go out there.”
