LATEST UPDATES AT KENTWIRED.COM Sign up to receive breaking news updates from Kent State student media at KENTWIRED.COM DAILY KENT STATER Source seeker: If you know someone who would like to share his or her memories of May 4, 1970, as part of our 40th anniversary coverage, please contact Stater editor Doug Gulasy at [email protected]. Monday, April 26, 2010 • The independent student newspaper of Kent State University • Weather: Rain HI 56, LO 40 Barker found guilty College Fest ends with few issues BURR the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: The story behind 'Ohio' SPRING 2010 MAY 4TH ON RECORD PICK UP A COPY OF THE BURR Read stories about May 4, 1970, the centennial celebration and more. On newsstands today, where you would normally find the Daily Kent Stater. SHAYE A. PAINTER | DAILY KENT STATER Portage County Sheriff’s officials escort Adrian Barker from the courtroom Friday afternoon after he was found guilty of murder, felonious murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence. Anthony Holloway Daily Kent Stater Adrian Barker, a 22-year-old University of Akron student, was found guilty of murder and felo- nious murder (death resulting from felonious assault) of Kent State student Christopher Ker- nich by a Portage County jury last Friday afternoon. Barker was also found guilty of felonious assault and tamper- ing with evidence. He was found not guilty of the assault to Ker- nich’s friend Chris Pataky. The sentencing date is still pending. Portage County Prosecutor Victor Vigluicci made an appear- ance for the reading of the ver- dict. “Justice was served,” Vigluicci said outside the courtroom. He said the recommended sentencing would be no less than what is required by law, which is 15 years to life. Reaction After two and half hours of deliberation, jurors brought their final decision into the courtroom as the family members of both Barker and Kernich held their breath. The silence of the courtroom was immediately broken as Judge John Enlow read the jury’s verdict, finding Barker guilty of murder, leaving Barb Barker, Adrian’s mother, inconsolable and distraught with emotion. “Don’t take my baby away,” she cried as sheriff deputies escorted Barker out of the court- room. “God, no, please. Don’t let them take my son away.” Other supporters of Adri- an called out to him as he was escorted from the courtroom. “There is another step,” one woman yelled. “We’re behind you all the way, Adrian.” Adrian’s brother, Sean Barker, said his brother’s legal fight is far from over. “Adrian is a valuable member of the Shaker Heights communi- ty,” he said. “Anyone who ever See BARKER, Page 5 Jury convicts Barker in murder of Kernich knew Adrian knew he wouldn’t have done it. We’re going to push for an appeal.” The Kernich family and friends left the courtroom first and headed to East Main Street, the location where Kernich was assaulted. They placed flow- ers on the grass strip where friends took him after he was attacked. They circled around the flowers, holding hands, saying a prayer and smiling. The incident The verdict came nearly five months to the day when Chris- topher Kernich and his friends were walking home in the early hours of Nov. 15, 2009. At 2 a.m., Barker, Barker’s high school friend Ronald Kelly and Kelly’s roommate, Glen Jefferson Jr., were leaving Phi Sigma Kappa next to Firestone, when Kernich and friends began to leave Euro Gyro. After pulling out of the Fires- tone parking lot and nearly hit- ting Kernich’s group, Jefferson pulled down East Main Street toward campus and into the Jack Kohls Money Penny driveway. Kernich and his friends crossed the street and passed behind Jef- ferson’s white Honda Civic. At 2:24 a.m., Kernich laid on the ground, unconscious and beaten, while friends dragged him off the street and into the grass. Police detained Barker and Kelly after arriving on the scene and had Jefferson talk to an officer before allowing him to leave. Tom Buchanan, Portage Coun- ty assistant prosecutor, said the victim, Christopher Kernich, was the best witness for the prosecu- tion’s case. Buchanan said Ker- nich marked the attacker with his blood when DNA experts said it was Kernich’s blood on Barker’s shirt and shoes. Buchanan also said Barker marked himself as the attacker when he punched Kernich in the head, leaving a swollen hand. Assistant Prosecutor Con- nie Lewandowski reminded the jury of Tyler Martin’s testi- mony in which he spoke about the moment after Christopher Kernich was struck from behind and falling to the ground. In that moment Martin said he locked eyes with Kernich and said, “It was like he was dead.” Mar- tin’s testimony also included an account of Barker celebrating after Kernich was down, telling the crowd, “I’ll kill you just like I killed him.” The prosecution retold Megan Prescott’s eyewitness account of how Kernich seemed like he didn’t want to fight. “He dropped his hands down, and that’s when Barker came from behind like the coward he was,” Lewandowski said, recounting Prescott’s testimony. The prosecution emphasized how purposeful Barker’s actions were that night and urged the jury to return a verdict of guilty on all charges. Defense attorney Scott Michael Lear began his closing statement by reminding the jury their role in maintaining a just and fair democracy. He stressed his belief that the Kent Police Department’s biggest mistake was latching onto a theory, which therefore caused witnesses to change their original testimonies in order to correspond with the prosecution. “I don’t anticipate that they were coming in here and lying,” Lear said of the witnesses. “I think they honestly believe now that theory they were fed was true.” RACHEL KILROY | DAILY KENT STATER Police dress the wound of a College Fest partier Saturday night on College Avenue. Re:Creating fashion SAM VERBULECZ | DAILY KENT STATER The Re:Create fashion show wowed a sold out Cartwright Hall on Saturday night. Courtney Earls, freshman fashion merchandising major, sports a piece designed by Jamie Reynolds, senior fashion design major. Check out KentWired.com for a story about the show. Teams raise more than $80,000 for cancer research Ashley Sepanski Allison Smith Daily Kent Stater Cold rain drizzled softly as cancer survivors walked the first lap of Relay for Life around the track at 10 a.m. Saturday. People with umbrellas lined the edges of the track and applauded the survivors. The dreary weather did not hinder the survivors as they marched. This rain was nothing compared to what they had gone through. Rain doesn’t dampen spirit at Relay for Life So began this year’s Relay for Life at the Liquid Crystal Track. The 24-hour fundraiser for cancer research ended at 10 a.m. yesterday and brought in $80,838.47, topping last year’s total by more than $2,000. After the survivors finished the first lap, the people on the sidelines joined in and began a long 24 hours of walking. Some would be there the entire time. Others belonged to a larger team and came and went as they pleased. A little girl ran up and jumped into her grandmother’s arms. “Can I walk around with you, grandma?” “You sure can.” See RELAY , Page 8 See COLLEGE, Page 5 Nicole Stempak Kelly Byer Anthony Holloway Daily Kent Stater By 10 p.m. on Saturday night, the rain was gone, but thousands of revelers remained on College Avenue for College Fest. That changed 15 minutes later. With shouts of “Party’s over,” “Get inside” and “Move toward campus,” officers from the Kent Police Department and several other local departments began clearing out lawns and porches along the street and shepherding the crowd away from College Avenue. Some in the crowd, unhappy with the dispersion, hurled beer bottles in the direction of the officers. Many joined in chants of “Bullshit” and “F—k the police.” But one thing didn’t happen: a bonfire. Unlike last year, when College Fest ended in riots and fire, College Fest 2010 ended with the crowd trudging toward Lincoln and Willow streets. By 11 p.m., College Avenue was quiet, and it stayed quiet yesterday. All that remained of Saturday’s festivities were trash bags full of cups, cans and bottles on the side of the road. According to the Kent Police Department, 51 people were arrested for Saturday’s festivi- ties. Throughout the day, about 25 houses had parties. Police make 51 arrests at all-day block party “ I think (police) are doing a better job this year in preparing for it. JAMES GOGGIN COLLEGE FEST ATTENDEE
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SHAYE A. PAINTER | DAILY KENT STATERPortage County Sheriff ’s officials escort Adrian Barker from the courtroom Friday afternoon after he was found guilty of murder, felonious murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence.
Anthony HollowayDaily Kent Stater
Adrian Barker, a 22-year-old University of Akron student, was found guilty of murder and felo-nious murder (death resulting from felonious assault) of Kent State student Christopher Ker-nich by a Portage County jury last Friday afternoon.
Barker was also found guilty of felonious assault and tamper-ing with evidence. He was found not guilty of the assault to Ker-nich’s friend Chris Pataky. The sentencing date is still pending.
Portage County Prosecutor Victor Vigluicci made an appear-ance for the reading of the ver-dict.
“Justice was served,” Vigluicci said outside the courtroom.
He said the recommended sentencing would be no less than what is required by law, which is 15 years to life.
ReactionAfter two and half hours of
deliberation, jurors brought their final decision into the courtroom as the family members of both Barker and Kernich held their breath.
The silence of the courtroom was immediately broken as Judge John Enlow read the jury’s verdict, finding Barker guilty of murder, leaving Barb Barker, Adrian’s mother, inconsolable and distraught with emotion.
“Don’t take my baby away,” she cried as sheriff deputies escorted Barker out of the court-room. “God, no, please. Don’t let them take my son away.”
Other supporters of Adri-an called out to him as he was escorted from the courtroom.
“There is another step,” one woman yelled. “We’re behind you all the way, Adrian.”
Adrian’s brother, Sean Barker, said his brother ’s legal fight is far from over.
“Adrian is a valuable member of the Shaker Heights communi-ty,” he said. “Anyone who ever See BARKER, Page 5
Jury convicts Barker in murder of Kernich
knew Adrian knew he wouldn’t have done it. We’re going to push for an appeal.”
The Kernich fami ly and friends left the courtroom first and headed to East Main Street, the location where Kernich was assaulted. They placed flow-ers on the grass strip where friends took him after he was attacked. They circled around the flowers, holding hands, saying a prayer and smiling. The incident
The verdict came nearly five months to the day when Chris-topher Kernich and his friends were walking home in the early hours of Nov. 15, 2009. At 2 a.m., Barker, Barker ’s high school friend Ronald Kelly and Kelly’s roommate, Glen Jefferson Jr.,
were leaving Phi Sigma Kappa next to Firestone, when Kernich and friends began to leave Euro Gyro.
After pulling out of the Fires-tone parking lot and nearly hit-ting Kernich’s group, Jefferson pulled down East Main Street toward campus and into the Jack Kohls Money Penny driveway. Kernich and his friends crossed the street and passed behind Jef-ferson’s white Honda Civic.
At 2:24 a.m., Kernich laid on the ground, unconscious and beaten, while friends dragged him off the street and into the grass. Police detained Barker and Kelly after arriving on the scene and had Jefferson talk to an officer before allowing him to leave.
Tom Buchanan, Portage Coun-
ty assistant prosecutor, said the victim, Christopher Kernich, was the best witness for the prosecu-tion’s case. Buchanan said Ker-nich marked the attacker with his blood when DNA experts said it was Kernich’s blood on Barker’s shirt and shoes. Buchanan also said Barker marked himself as the attacker when he punched Kernich in the head, leaving a swollen hand.
Assistant Prosecutor Con-nie Lewandowski reminded the jury of Tyler Martin’s testi-mony in which he spoke about the moment after Christopher Kernich was struck from behind and falling to the ground. In that moment Martin said he locked eyes with Kernich and said, “It was like he was dead.” Mar-tin’s testimony also included an account of Barker celebrating after Kernich was down, telling the crowd, “I’ll kill you just like I killed him.”
The prosecution retold Megan Prescott’s eyewitness account of how Kernich seemed like he didn’t want to fight. “He dropped his hands down, and that’s when Barker came from behind like the coward he was,” Lewandowski said, recounting Prescott’s testimony.
The prosecution emphasized how purposeful Barker’s actions were that night and urged the jury to return a verdict of guilty on all charges.
D e f e n s e a t t o r n e y S c o t t Michael Lear began his closing statement by reminding the jury their role in maintaining a just and fair democracy. He stressed his belief that the Kent Police Department’s biggest mistake was latching onto a theory, which therefore caused witnesses to change their original testimonies in order to correspond with the prosecution.
“I don’t anticipate that they were coming in here and lying,” Lear said of the witnesses. “I think they honestly believe now that theory they were fed was true.”
RACHEL KILROY | DAILY KENT STATERPolice dress the wound of a College Fest partier Saturday night on College Avenue.
Re:Creating fashion
SAM VERBULECZ | DAILY KENT STATERThe Re:Create fashion show wowed a sold out Cartwright Hall on Saturday night. Courtney Earls, freshman fashion merchandising major, sports a piece designed by Jamie Reynolds, senior fashion design major. Check out KentWired.com for a story about the show.
Teams raise more than $80,000 for cancer research Ashley Sepanski Allison SmithDaily Kent Stater
Cold rain drizzled softly as cancer survivors walked the first lap of Relay for Life around the track at 10 a.m. Saturday. People with umbrellas lined the edges of the track and applauded the survivors.
The dreary weather did not hinder the survivors as they marched. This rain was nothing compared to what they had gone through.
Rain doesn’t dampen spirit at Relay for Life
So began this year ’s Relay for Life at the Liquid Crystal Track. The 24-hour fundraiser for cancer research ended at 10 a.m. yesterday and brought in $80,838.47, topping last year’s total by more than $2,000.
After the survivors finished the first lap, the people on the sidelines joined in and began a long 24 hours of walking. Some would be there the entire time. Others belonged to a larger team and came and went as they pleased.
A little girl ran up and jumped into her grandmother’s arms.
“Can I walk around with you, grandma?”
“You sure can.”
See RELAY, Page 8
See COLLEGE, Page 5
Nicole StempakKelly ByerAnthony HollowayDaily Kent Stater
By 10 p.m. on Saturday night, the rain was gone, but thousands of revelers remained on College Avenue for College Fest.
That changed 15 minutes later. With shouts of “Party’s over,” “Get inside” and “Move toward campus,” officers from the Kent
Police Department and several other local departments began clearing out lawns and porches along the street and shepherding the crowd away from College Avenue.
Some in the crowd, unhappy with the dispersion, hurled beer bottles in the direction of the officers. Many joined in chants of “Bullshit” and “F—k the police.”
But one thing didn’t happen: a bonfire. Unlike last year, when College Fest ended in riots and fire, College Fest 2010 ended
with the crowd trudging toward Lincoln and Willow streets.
By 11 p.m., College Avenue was quiet, and it stayed quiet yesterday. All that remained of Saturday’s festivities were trash bags full of cups, cans and bottles on the side of the road.
According to the Kent Police Department, 51 people were arrested for Saturday’s festivi-ties. Throughout the day, about 25 houses had parties.
Police make 51 arrests at all-day block party “I think (police) are
doing a better job this year in preparing for it.
JameS goggincollege fest attendee
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n Centennial Time CapsuleWhere: Student CenterWhen: 8 a.m.
n Speaker, Ned ParksWhere: Student Center Room 310 ABWhen: 8:30 a.m.
n Glass SaleWhere: Student Center lobbyWhen: 10 a.m.
n Architectural Egg DropWhere: Verder Fourth Floor LoungeWhen: 3:30 p.m.
n Living Arts Graffiti WallWhere: Verder VCD StudioWhen: 6 p.m.
n Speaker, Dr. AsanteWhere: KivaWhen: 7 p.m.
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n Goodyear Executive Professor lectureWhere: Cartwright Hall Room 306When: 5:30 p.m.
n Speaker, Dean MooreWhere: KivaWhen: 6 p.m.
n Reduce! Reuse!Where: Verder Piano LoungeWhen: 9:30 p.m.
n Centennial Time CapsuleWhere: Student CenterWhen: 8 a.m.
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n American Marketing Association meetingWhere: Business Building Room 106When: 4:30 p.m.
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SUMMARY: Saturday’s College Fest avoided the problems of last year, with the night ending with no major issues at about
10:15. That’s a credit to both students and police officers, who both seemed to have learned their lesson.
Late last week, I was greeted with the sad news that a Belgian bishop volun-tarily resigned, after admitting to sexually abusing a child many years ago. The news came among a slew of other resignations by high-ranking clergymen across Europe, stemming from abuse cover-ups to mis-used orphanage funds.
Needless to say, my heart sank at that point. Like many Catholics, I had tried to convince myself for years that these cover-ups only took place in one or two dioceses where the bishop simply panicked when learning of the disturbing revelations.
Even when it became clear that many U.S. bishops were involved in cover-ups, I kept telling myself that it was only a prob-lem in America, but the clergy in Europe, where the true roots of Catholicism lie, remained steadfast to their morals. Now, it appears I have no excuses to give myself. Widespread cover-ups in the Catholic Church are a reality.
As with many Catholics, my faith in our church has not been shaken. Only in our church hierarchy.
Perhaps what is most frustrating about this scandal is the effect it will have on the younger generation of Catholic priests. The really good priests will now have to live with the stereotype of being a child molester, while potential priests may just stay away from the seminary altogether.
And in a world where warlords kill thousands in Africa and half of the U.S. population is against universal health care, we desperately need good priests to advo-cate for what is right.
In the midst of this devastation, I am still convinced that the Catholic Church
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DON WRIGHT’S VIEW
A much happier endingAt this time last year, the city of Kent
and the university suffered a major black eye after the riots of College
Fest, when students threw bottles and set a bonfire in the middle of College Avenue in response to what they called excessive force from the police.
This year, the story was very different. Saturday’s version of the annual block party ended when police officers began clearing parties on the street at around 10:15 p.m. Though some bottles were thrown in the direction of the police officers, the end of the night was relatively tame — and that’s a credit to both students and officers.
It was easy to see that both groups learned their lesson from last year’s riots.
The officers looked prepared to deal with anything that happened, and while they made numerous arrests — 51 in total — they didn’t resort to using rubber bullets like last year.
Meanwhile, the students had also learned their lesson. While they were clearly unhap-
py with being dispersed (there were chants of “Bullshit” and “F—k the police”), most responded to the police by leaving the street. Some threw bottles, but the number who did was tiny compared to the entire crowd.
We’re glad this year’s College Fest didn’t turn into the mess that last year’s did, main-ly because it prevents another major scar for the city and the university.
After the riots last year, footage of the fires appeared on CNN, and newspapers around the country picked up the story.
That coverage didn’t put the university or its students in a good light at all. Many outsiders painted a broad picture of Kent State students as drunken fools, and that’s not exactly the type of school that parents are eager to send their kids to.
So that’s why we’re glad to see Saturday’s festivities end so well in comparison.
While there were certainly some bad eggs in the crowd, it’s important to point out that the majority of students didn’t act out at all. They were simply having a good time, and
they listened to the police when it was time to leave. They might not have been happy about it, but they listened.
And while the police officers were dressed in riot gear, they were just being prepared. For much of the night, they simply stood in clus-ters along the sidewalk, ready to act if some-thing happened.
It’s important to note that with additional block parties coming up — Shermania and Drinkin’ on Lincoln come to mind — stu-dents should follow the example of Satur-day’s crowd. It’s all right to have a good time, but the night should end peacefully. Causing problems is more trouble than it’s worth.
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Sam Twarek
Molly Cahill
Never eat a burrito on St. Patrick’s Day
Real change starts with people, not clergymen
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I’m not exactly sure how I am going to survive without college.
For the past four years, I’ve relied on some key factors that simply won’t be in my life any-more. I could count on a friend in class to lend me notes when I missed a lecture. I could count on a fellow Daily Kent Stater staffer to help me with a layout or a photo. I could count on my room-mates to call me a cab when I had one too many drinks downtown.
In all honesty, I’m terrified to leave college. Hearing words like job security, pension and 401(k) make my skin crawl.
Life must go on. So, in looking back, let these dos and don’ts be a final testament to the good (and not so good) times I am leaving at Kent State.
Do drink. A lot. Yes, school is very important, but these are the last times in our lives where drinking three days out of the week is socially acceptable. Stop making excuses. Work hard. Play hard.
Don’t fall head-over-heels for someone too quickly. There are definitely a few things I wouldn’t do again in this category. Enough said.
Do yourself a favor and take an art history class. Choosing that as my minor has been one of the most rewarding decisions I’ve ever made. Sitting in a near-pitch- black room gazing at Mondrians, Pollauiolos and Boschs can be like an out-of-body experience. Talk to Diane Scillia in the art his-tory department; she’s one of the most intelligent women you’ll ever meet.
Don’t waste all of your money on textbooks. I used textbooks for every one of my classes freshman year, and probably only two or three classes since then.
Do take some time out to go to church if you are religious. I am not a die-hard Catholic by any means, but every once in a while, sitting in on a mass helps to focus
Frank Yonkof
will overcome these obstacles and become a leading example of redemption. But change will have to start with the Catholic lay peo-ple, not the clergy.
In order to prevent the abuse and cover-ups from happening again, we must under-stand how it happened in the first place. Unfortunately, many bishops handled abuse claims like CEOs protecting their organiza-tion. Once more, their prominence as higher-ranking clergymen probably helped them avoid tough questions that needed to be asked.
Like many Catholics, I had grown up loving the church’s traditions. Of course, the traditional role of the higher clergy is something else I love, with their elaborate clothing and the special duties they perform. Although it is the same mass celebrated around the globe, communion feels much more special when it is distributed by a bishop, which is kind of sad when you stop to think about it.
I had unknowingly elevated the clergy to a higher level in my own mind. While the office of bishop calls for a humble individual to act the role of a “shepherd,” I was looking for a leader with all the pomp and circumstance. As much as I would like to believe this is my own personal problem, I fear that many Cath-
olics around the globe are the same way.Ironically, the clergy themselves have
sought to downplay their own roles with the reforms of Vatican II in the 1960s. The pope no longer wears an extravagant Papal Tierra and is no longer carried around on a portable throne. Even at the parish level, the role of priest has shifted. The majority of parishio-ners no longer go to a priest to seek advice for tough decisions, and many priests come down from the pulpit to give their homily.
Perhaps we Catholics are afraid to give up the old traditions that really have no spiritual merit. To be honest, I don’t even know why we use incense in the church, but I know that my heart longs for it. As one priest I know pointed out, people think traditions like the Latin mass will hearken us back to a time where we don’t feel so insecure.
In reality, it’s all about nostalgia. But this very role provided a blanket of secrecy to the bishops, which eventually led to the cover-ups. So it’s clear that something has got to change.
But before we can ever hope for change in the church, we as Catholics have to re-evalu-ate the role of these traditions and the role of the clergy. This self-reflection is certain to be a difficult task and might force us to give up the traditions we love, but this is one of the central themes of Christianity: The right thing is always hard to do.
Frank Yonkof is a sophomore newspaper jour-nalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent
you’re sure they’re OK after a trip/fall. I am thinking in par-ticular of a night when a good friend of mine fell backward into an eight-foot sewer pit. When this girl eventually climbed out of this hell-hole, she looked like a wet rat. Thank God she was fine because I laughed as soon as it happened.
Do stay on good terms with your roommates. Even if they happen to be lazy, selfish or bor-ing, stay on their good side. There is nothing worse than coming home to an awkward silence.
Don’t be afraid of the police. They are mostly here to help. Stay out of their way and they should stay out of yours.
Do see your college experience in the grand scheme of life. There are plenty of times when I have made mistakes like not studying, drinking when I shouldn’t have ... and some illegal activities. But, in the bigger picture, I’m glad I did all of them. These are the times to make those mistakes. Enjoy them.
Finally, never eat a burrito on St. Patrick’s Day. A communal dorm shower is not such a good place to vomit up an entire order at Chipotle after an early-morning Irish car bomb. Trust me.
Sam Twarek is a senior visual journalism major and guest
columnist for the Daily Kent Stater.
A FINAL TOAST: SeNIOr cOLumNS
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Why does our opinion of a thing or per-son so affect our ability to enjoy it? Michael Jackson is one of those subjects that never fails to get a rise out of people; everyone has an opinion. He is a gifted musician, but after he was accused of child molestation, many hesitated to even listen to his music.
I think it must be that people equate buying a CD or seeing a movie with sup-porting the beliefs of the people who put it out. With so many people in our country, it seems downloading a song off iTunes is equated with casting your vote in favor of the people who produced it. I don’t think it should, though.
Sometimes I think we lend too much cre-dence to a person’s reputation as defining their value.
In the advertising world, for a celebrity to endorse a product they need to have an image that is aligned with how the com-pany selling the product wants it to be per-ceived. Not long after the whole Tiger Woods scandal broke, the ads we were so used to seeing on TV began to disappear. Was this because he was suddenly no longer able to play golf?
No, it was because despite the old adage that “all publicity is good publicity,” he had become damaged goods. Advertisers wor-ried that no one would want to buy prod-ucts associated with a man caught schtoop-ing someone other than his wife. Hell, we almost impeached one of our presidents for committing the same “crime.”
As a composer, Richard Wagner produced some of the most enduring operas ever written. His reputation as an anti-Semite, though, has followed him even into death. His beliefs may be reprehensible to those who don’t prescribe to the same, but does it necessarily follow that we should also boy-cott his works?
This is how we end up banning books. We
decide that the point of view or message con-tained within its pages is so harmful that no one should even be exposed to it. You don’t have to agree with what is said to recognize it as having cultural relevance or meaning. “Thriller” will always be one of the best songs to shake your groove to on Halloween.
We spend so much time worrying about how we will look in the eyes of our friends if we appear to support a person society has deemed persona non grata that we overlook the fact that Bill Clinton was a good president or that Mel Gibson is a great actor. People should learn to think for themselves rather than rely on society as a whole to form their opinions for them. Judge a work by its own merit, not by what the TV has said the person has done. Believe me, it is entirely possible to watch “Braveheart” or “The Little Mermaid” without turning into a neo-Nazi.
Molly Cahill is a senior pre-journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater.
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CITYFRIDAYn Elizabeth L. Wilson, 20, of Gahanna was charged with certain acts prohibited at the 100 block of South Water Street. n Blake J. Keller, 20, of Kent was charged with underage drinking at the intersection of Franklin and Erie streets. n Jesse A. Zahoransky, 28, of Streetsboro was charged with drunken driving, fleeing and
eluding and driving on the sidewalk. CAMPUSTHURSDAYn Theft was reported at Taylor Hall and the Stu-dent Recreation and Wellness Center. n Adam J. Stanley, 20, of Alliance was charged with underage drinking at Koonce Hall. n Aleksandra L. Kampe, 19, of Newbury was charged with underage drinking at Koonce Hall. n Amanda L. Sundberg, 18, of Galloway was charged with underage drinking at Koonce Hall. n Audrey R. Moore, 19, of Massillon was charged with underage drinking at Koonce Hall. FRIDAY n An alcohol violation was reported at Kent Hall.
n Jordan M. Elias, 19, of Loveland was charged with underage drinking at Fletcher Hall. n Kaitlin A. Woods, 19, of Cleveland was charged with disorderly conduct at McGilvery Hall near Lincoln Street. n Kayla E. McGarry, 18, of Euclid was charged with disorderly conduct at McGilvery Hall near Lincoln Street. n Kelly N. Tunney, 18, of Cranberry Town-ship, Pa., was charged with underage drinking at Fletcher Hall. n Kelsey E. Derrick, 18, of Willowick was charged with disorderly conduct at McGilvery Hall near Lincoln Street. n Kristyn N. Sawatsky, 19, of Meadville, Pa., was charged with underage drinking at Fletcher Hall. n Steven V. Mlinaric, 18, of Walton Falls was charged with underage drinking at Fletcher Hall.
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COLLEGECollege Fest ends with few issues
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BARKERBarker found guilty
Lear said to the jury that the steps the police department took immediately following the incident were mistakes that led to the misidentification of Adrian Barker. He noted the police’s use of the “show-up” method for witnesses to identi-fy the attackers. He quoted Dr. Solomon Fulero, an earlier wit-ness called by the defense, as saying that a witness’s account of shocking events is suscep-tible to contamination due to the circumstances.
“They weren’t expecting something like this to hap-pen,” Lear said. “So are they susceptible to contamination? Make no mistake, part of that contamination is from the Kent Police Department.”
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‘People will come’College Avenue was quiet at
10:20 a.m. except for the sound of car tires on wet pavement. The sky was grey and the air was damp and chilly.
“We have champagne,” yelled one man as he and his friends headed down College Avenue, removing bottles from a plastic CVS Pharmacy bag.
Bryan Bowen, senior justice studies major, said he thought more people would show up once the sun came out.
“As soon as the weather clears, people will come and the police will follow,” Bowen said.
Bowen and some of his friends said they saw the same cop ride by almost every half hour.
“Speak of the devil,” Bowen said as the cop cruised by at 10:48 a.m.
By 1:40 p.m., two police cars were stationed on College Avenue. A couple officers were walking around while two stood on the curb of Willow Street and College Avenue.
One man walked down the street with a double hose beer bong. Moments later, two men and a woman headed down the street. They held their red plastic cups with their left hands, keeping them close to their left leg, as they passed the police.
Two officers went up to talk to junior sociology major Laura Adams, junior communication major Becky Akosi and junior fash-ion design major Ashley Gerber.
“They were really nice, but they were really nice last year, too,” Akosi said. “Then at 8 p.m., they got mean.”
Micah Bryan, junior philoso-phy and law major, hobbled down College Avenue on crutches. He sprained his left ankle playing bas-
ketball the week before but was determined to go out and have a good time.
“I would’ve gotten out some-how, eventually,” he said.
Rain started pouring at 2:20 p.m., ending one house’s small bar-becue. Some people huddled under the tents. Others were unfazed.
‘They’re doing a better job’By 3 p.m., College Fest was just
warming up. But not in terms of temperature.
Bottles, crushed cans and plas-tic cups lay in yards and scattered along sidewalks. As a light rain turned into a steady shower, par-tygoers continued to come and go.
Melissa Marthey, junior human development major, had her sweat-shirt hood up because she said it had rained twice since 12:30 p.m., when she arrived at the block party.
“This is the shittiest weather I’ve ever seen,” she said.
Around 6:30 p.m., most of the crowd had drifted to the middle of College Avenue. On each side of the street, small groups of police stood in riot gear. Some partiers got in a fight and police broke it up. Duct taped on a telephone pole was a folder of “What to do if you’re stopped by the police” pamphlets.
James Goggin, a resident of Cleveland, who held a Coors Light can and beer bottle in his hand, said police seemed to be pretty lenient for most of the afternoon.
Instead of making arrests for open containers, most officers dumped the alcohol of those who wandered onto the sidewalk, he said.
Goggin said he saw one party-goer who walked into the street and had his beer dumped, only to do it two more times before police arrested him.
“I think they’re doing a better job this year in preparing for it,” he said.
‘Party’s over’Around 7:30 p.m., the lawns
remained full of people and beer
cans. The sound of glass beer bottles shattering could be heard all over College Avenue as people walked on the crowded and littered sidewalks.
Police presence maintained steady through evening, pick-ing up only while the sun started to set. Arrest numbers didn’t explode, but a steady number of drunken patrons found their way into the company of police. One man, according to police, exposed himself to a group of girls.
Kent City Police Chief James Peach said around 8:45 p.m. the police presence was a preventative act. He said the police weren’t there to ruin the party because “we want everyone to have a good time.”
About the same time, police equipped themselves with pepper ball guns. When asked if the guns were precautionary or expected to be used, Peach replied by saying he carries but never expects to use it.
As 10 p.m. approached, the crowd grew rowdier. They began singing “Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole” and chanting various other sayings. The police moved from the sidewalk to the street.
A standoff of sorts took place as students stood on the edges of lawns and police stared back at them. Some in the crowd began to throw bottles, which led to the police clearing parties.
At 10:50 p.m., with most of the crowd gone, a police officer got on a megaphone to warn a few strag-glers: “Party’s over. Leave the area immediately.”
Ten minutes later, the street was silent and the rain had begun again.
accounts of Jefferson’s involve-ment in the case and how he was sent home that night in Novem-ber without giving any statement or having any questioning by the police, despite the fact that three of the nine eyewitnesses claimed Jefferson was directly involved in the attack on Kernich. Lear also brought to light how Jef-ferson shaved his head after the incident, but before his police interview on Nov. 17, something he said differentiated his appear-ance from the night in question.
Lear told the jury that despite the prosecution learning that Jefferson kicked Kernich, they never deviated from the theory they had from the beginning of the investigation.
The defense retold the exchange between Detective Mark DiJerome during his video interview with Carl Belfiore, Kent State student and witness, from which Lear said, “When you can listen to an inter-view and you can see the theory
by the questions asked, you can tell, one, he is locked in.”
To emphasize the doubt in Barker’s identification, Lear said of the nine written statements from Nov. 15, three listed Jeffer-son as the attacker and two more claimed it was a man in a white shirt but couldn’t further identify the attacker between Barker and Jefferson.
Lear ended his closing state-ments by urging the jury to remember that they cannot rely on the evidence presented by the prosecution and therefore should deliberate a verdict of not guilty for Adrian Barker.
“He’s the man that should be charged with murder,” he said of Jefferson.
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Last season, sophomore quar-terback Spencer Keith developed chemistry on the field with his fellow classmate, wide receiver Tyshon Goode.
Although Goode missed time this offseason with a concussion, the chemistry with his starting quarterback was still strong as the sophomore caught four passes for 58 yards and a touchdown in an intra-squad scrimmage Saturday at Dix Stadium.
With Kent State’s spring game coming up this Friday, here are a few players to keep an eye on moving forward.
Keith: After starting six games in his freshman campaign, Keith has shown this spring how early playing time vastly improved his game. On Saturday, Keith com-pleted 14-of-24 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns.
Kent State coach Doug Martin said Keith is making a statement to the rest of the Mid-American Con-ference with the strides he’s made.
“Spencer is a different type of player now because of the experi-ence he got last year,” Martin said. “And he’s one of the best quarter-backs in the conference now.”
Senior linebacker Cobrani Mixon: Mixon is the anchor of Kent State’s linebacking corps and led the Flashes’ defense with 108 tackles last season. The senior has missed the majority of off-season workouts because of an injury, but his presence on the sidelines is still intact. The senior dressed in full pads for Saturday’s scrimmage despite not being able to play. Mixon is on many people’s Bed-narik Trophy Pre-Season watch list for the nation’s best linebacker.
Sophomore running back Dri Archer: The Flashes are in a predicament. Martin has three running backs on his roster who
Keith, Archer shine in scrimmage Women’s golf wins 12th straight titleRachel JonesDaily Kent Stater
Keeping up with tradition, the No. 33 Kent State women’s golf team won its 12th straight Mid-American Conference Cham-pionship, and junior Martina Gavier was named the individual medalist this weekend.
Gavier said it is amazing the team won the tournament again.
“That just shows that coach Mike Morrow has done an amaz-ing job recruiting great players, coaching us and leading us the right way,” Gavier said. “We strive for championships and moments like this, so it’s pretty rewarding. Hopefully, we can continue on our 12 MAC titles in a row.”
Morrow said he was proud of the victory and the impression it leaves about the women’s golf program.
“I’m really proud of how the girls performed and stepped their game up,” Morrow said.
“I think it shows we have a very good program, obviously; the best in the MAC for the past 12 years. We have great competi-tors, and they’re very consistent and very powerful.”
One of those competitors is Gavier, the 11th Kent State golfer to win the MAC in the tourna-ment’s 12-year history.
Morrow said she played a solid game throughout the com-petition, which Gavier credits to her attitude.
“I just really tried to stay relaxed and confident through-out the entire tournament,” Gavier said. “When you play like that, the good score and the good numbers just tag along.”
Gavier posted a 218, winning the tournament by three strokes.
But it wasn’t as easy as it sounds.
The Flashes had to battle cold, windy conditions all weekend, experiencing a rain delay of 45 minutes on Sunday.
“(There were) tough condi-tions, so you had to stay mentally strong to get through it,” Gavier said.
The tournament, hosted by the University of Toledo, also brought tough competition.
“The conference is definitely getting a lot better, as far as the number of golfers and the qual-ity and depth of the teams,” said
Morrow. “I see a huge improve-ment in the competition.”
Gavier said she did not think about the other teams while she was playing.
“We knew we were kind of at the top of the field here, so our team came really confident and not really thinking about anyone else,” she said. “We came to do our best, and we knew that that would be enough to take a trophy home.”
Every Kent State golfer placed in the top 20 at the tournament.
Sophomore Shamira Marshall placed fourth with 223 strokes and sophomores Mercedes Ger-mino and Mandi Morrow tied for sixth with 226 strokes.
Morrow said a tough regular season and raw talent helped the golfers place where they did.
“As the players come into the program as freshmen, they are surrounded by very professional players,” Morrow said. “They probably learn as much, if not more, from these players as they do for the coaches.”
Agreeing, Gavier said she thinks that contributes to the fun the teammates have together.
“We all learn from each other, help each other out and try to keep the team together,” Gavier said. “That’s what I love about our team.”
With a strong bond and con-fidence from its latest victory, Morrow said he hopes to carry this momentum into the rest of the postseason.
“Our goal is to have a great show at the NCAA Regionals (which begin May 6) and save our best for the NCAA Champi-onships (which begin May 18),” Morrow said. “We’re planning on keeping it going.”
Finishing 15th last year, the team is hoping to win the NCAA Championships this year.
“The past few years I was at Kent, we came up short, and that was heartbreaking,” Gavier said. “I’m really hoping this year we can make it. We still have a quite a bit to go, but we’re ready.”
RACHEL KILROY | DAILY KENT STATERSophomore running back Dri Archer breaks past defenders in Saturday's scrimmage. Archer finished fourth on the team last season with 773 all-purpose yards.
would receive starting consider-ation, but the starting job is senior running back Eugene Jarvis’ to lose.
Archer impressed in Saturday’s game again, as the sophomore broke tackles at the line of scrim-mage on his way to a 65-yard touchdown run. A challenge facing Martin could be how to use Archer in the offense. The sophomore has been given time at punt returner, but the Flashes’ offense could use his game-breaking speed.
Junior cornerback Josh Pleas-ant: Kent State’s starting corner continues to show shutdown ability in spring practice. During
a two-minute drill in Saturday’s scrimmage, the junior intercepted a ball and returned it 59 yards for a touchdown. The secondary is said to be the Flashes’ thinnest position, but the play of Pleasant and his counterpart, junior Norman Wolfe, may put that statement to rest.
Freshman quarterback Cedric McCloud: The most intriguing position battle this offseason has been at the backup quarterback spot. McCloud has displayed arm strength and mobility, but his decision-making has been incon-sistent. Measuring 6-foot-4 and 234 pounds, McCloud has the physical tools to be a competent
quarterback at the collegiate level, but neither he nor junior quarter-back Giorgio Morgan have taken advantage of the opportunity.
Martin said he is still wait-ing for a player to take the job in spring practices.
“What’s lacking right now is our backups on offense,” Martin said. “We particularly need some-one to step up and take the backup quarterback job.”
The Seattle Seahawks drafted for-mer Kent State wide receiver Jame-son Konz Saturday afternoon in the seventh round of the NFL Draft.
Konz, who also played line-backer and tight end in his Kent State career, was drafted as a fullback. He was taken with the
38th pick of the seventh round, the 245th pick overall.
The 6-foot-3, 227-pound Konz caught 21 passes for 298 yards and two touchdowns last season for the Flashes. He started all 12 games for the team.
He jumped — literally — into
draft discussion with his perfor-mance at Kent State’s Pro Day in March. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.38 seconds and registered a 46-inch vertical leap, higher than any player at the NFL Combine.
Konz’s selection marks the fourth straight year a Kent State
player has been drafted. Former Kent State quarterback Julian Edelman was selected in the sev-enth round of the 2009 draft by the New England Patriots, who con-verted him to wide receiver.
—Doug Gulasy
Seahawks draft former KSU wide receiver in seventh round
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The Kent State baseball team’s offense continued to carry the Flash-es this weekend as the team swept Buffalo in a three-game road series.
“Anytime you go on the road it’s difficult to even win the series,” Kent State coach Scott Stricklin said. “It’s certainly very good for us to sweep Buffalo and help our chances in the Mid-American Conference.”
On Saturday, the Flashes played the Bulls in a doubleheader due to inclement weather. In the second game, Kent State held a 4-3 advantage heading into the seventh inning. Senior left fielder Anthony Gallas doubled to left center field and was driven in by sophomore second baseman Jim-my Rider’s two-out single. After the Bulls walked a batter, sopho-more catcher David Lyon hit a two-run double to give the Flashes a 7-3 lead.
Gallas went 7-for-14 on the weekend with two home runs and seven runs batted in.
“The amazing thing is that the outs he recorded, he couldn’t have hit the ball harder,” Stricklin said. “His outs were loud and he had a great weekend for us. He contin-ues to be a rock defensively for us in left field, a great senior and a great leader for this team.”
The Flashes added on an insur-ance run in the top of the ninth to secure the series sweep. Junior pitcher Kyle Hallock earned the vic-tory with 5 2/3 innings pitched, three earned runs and two strikeouts.
The left -hander ’s record improved to 4-3 with a 6.06 earned run average.
Stricklin said the team’s pitch-ing staff had an impressive week-end on the road.
“I thought our pitching was solid, and our defense was very good,” Stricklin said. “(Sopho-more pitcher) David Starn and Hallock had good outings, and continue to get better.”
After starting the season slow, the team’s pitching staff has con-tinued to improve as the Flashes’ ERA is 5.01, compared to their opponents’ 6.71 ERA.
“We’ve become more consis-tent,” Stricklin said. “Our pitching staff battled this weekend. (Junior pitcher) Robert Sabo struggled a bit, but got us into the fifth inning of his start with a lead. We are con-tinuing to get better.”
On Friday, the Flashes defeated the Bulls 9-4 behind Gallas’ four RBIs and six strikeouts by Starn, who earned his sixth win of the season.
Saturday’s first game was a 16-8 victory in favor of Kent State. Junior right fielder Ben Klafczyns-ki’s grand slam in the sixth inning aided the Flashes’ victory. Klafc-zynski went 2-for-2 on the game with six RBIs.
The Flashes will travel to Youngstown State on Tuesday to face the Penguins at 5 p.m.
JESSICA KANALAS | DAILY KENT STATER Sophomore shortstop Mary Holt gives her teammates high-fives during the top of the sixth inning at yesterday’s game against Akron. The Flashes scored seven runs during the inning and went on to beat the Zips 9-1.
Reynolds sets MAC wins recordBrad TanseyDaily Kent Stater
The Kent State softball team won three out of four games this week-end, including a sweep over Akron, to maintain its position at the top of the Mid-American Conference.
After yesterday’s 9-1 victory over the Zips, senior pitcher Kylie Reyn-olds became the Mid-American Con-ference’s all-time leader in wins with 78 for her career.
On Friday, the Flashes (24-17, 11-3 MAC) split with Ohio, losing the first game 2-1 and winning the second game 5-1.
Reynolds said the team was real-ly hoping to get the win at Ohio, but the loss fueled the fire for the rest of the weekend.
“Overall, I think we did really well this weekend,” Reynolds said. “We’re starting to play more consis-tent with bringing our whole game to the field.”
Kent State has won 11 out of its last 16 games, including seven out of its last eight.
Reynolds took the loss for Kent State in game one Friday, pitching a complete game with six strikeouts.
The only run Kent State scored was on a sacrifice fly by sophomore catcher Jessica Blanton, which scored junior outfielder Beth Cinadr.
The offense came to life in the fourth inning of game two when Cinadr doubled to left field. Junior third baseman Jessica Carmichael and Blanton followed with a pair of singles. With two on and two out, sophomore shortstop Mary Holt blasted a three-run home run to give the Flashes a 4-1 lead. Holt went 2-for-3 with three RBIs in the Flashes’ win.
Kent State scored again in the top of the fifth when freshman out-fielder Lauren Grimes singled up the middle. She later scored after a single by Carmichael.
On Saturday, Kent State
defeated Akron 4-0.Carmichael said the offense came
together after Friday’s loss.“Our offense pulled together,
and defensively we did make the plays when we needed to,” Carmi-chael said. “We were in some tough situations at times.”
In the top of the fourth inning,
Carmichael hit a solo home run to break a scoreless tie.
“Hitting home runs are always great,” Carmichael said. “I kind of got off to a slow start at the begin-ning of the season, so now that I can come back and get going again is huge for me.”
After a one-out double by Holt in
the top of the sixth inning, senior first baseman Alyssa Frobase hit a triple which scored pinch run-ner Lauren Brocklehurst.
The Flashes scored again in the seventh after singles by Grimes, Holt and senior out-fielder Leah Archual.
Kent State finished the sweep of the Zips yesterday with a 9-1 victory.
In the second victory against Akron, Reynolds also broke the school record for career shutouts (27), while picking up her 17th win on the season in the team’s victory against Akron.
“Shutouts are something I always aim for in every game that I throw,” Reynolds said. “I wish I could have thrown more this year, but as a pitcher, I feel that’s the best job you can do.”
The Flashes scored first in the top of the fourth inning after a double by senior infielder Amy Hair, which scored Brocklehurst, who pinch ran for Blanton, who singled earlier in the inning.
Kent State increased the lead to 2-0 in the fifth after a two-out single by Cinadr to score Archual, who reached on an infield single.
The Flashes exploded for seven runs in the top of the sixth inning to make the score 9-0. Carmichael hit her second home run of the weekend in the inning. She has a team-leading nine home runs on the season.
Kent State has a one-game lead over Central Michigan for first place in the MAC. The Flash-es return to action tomorrow with a doubleheader at Cleveland State beginning at 3 p.m.
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Around noon, the sun came out. More people started to walk the track.
Each tent lining the track was raising money for cancer research. Some offered massages and others had henna tattoos, but the brothers of Kappa Sigma found a different way to fundraise.
Every few minutes, whistles screamed across the field. The group of Kappa Sigmas ran to a girl, picked her up and put her in a makeshift jail. Her friend had donated a dollar to Kappa Sigma to capture her, and she’d have to pay a dollar to be released.
A woman ran up to tents and danced the chicken dance if someone donated money. A man pulled a seat on wheels and offered chariot rides.
The clouds blew back in front of the sun and, again, it began to rain. The walkers trudged on, umbrellas in hand.
As the sun began to set behind the clouds, the participants began to prepare for the Luminaria Ceremo-ny. Each white paper bag twinkled behind the thick black letters of loved ones’ names. Uncle Dale, Grandpa Richard, Aunt Jeannie.
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RELAYRain doesn’t dampen spirit at Relay for Life
ered near the start line on the track and walked a lap in silence for the memory of all those who had lost their battle with the disease. The sound of shuffling feet was the only thing to be heard.
Later, two students stood by a luminaria dedicated to the memory of Robert Zuckerman, a history pro-fessor who had bladder cancer. He died in early 2008.
“He was here my freshman year,” one student remembered.
“Yeah, I met him when I was 12,” the other said.
Tara Jackson, the faculty advis-er for the Relay For Life student organization, said the ceremony was touching.
“My father died from colon can-cer about 15 years ago, and then my uncle from the same thing, so it’s definitely there,” she said. “I bought several luminarias. It’s for a good cause.”
As the sun began to rise the next morning, only a few hours separated the walkers from completion. Some stray team members who had ven-tured home for a few hours of sleep and shelter from the cold returned to the track to finish their walk.
At 10 a.m., announcers called all participants to the entertain-ment tent at the center of the track. Twenty-four hours of walking, run-ning, supporting and giving had finally come to an end. It was time to begin the closing ceremony.
The brothers of Kappa Sigma
gathered next to Kent locals like Heather Malarcik and her fam-ily. Kent firefighters stood behind second-year architecture students. Everyone moved in, standing shoul-der to shoulder with the early morn-ing sun breaking through the hover-ing rain clouds.
After a couple playful awards, final words of thanks and encourage-ment were addressed to the crowd.
“Relay for Life gives us all the opportunity to celebrate the cancer survivors in our lives and support them in their fight against this dis-ease,” one announcer began. “Relay for Life also gives us time to remem-ber those we have lost. They are never far from our hearts, and it’s our relief that we can come together and remember their lives.
“It is for all the people we’ve lost, all the people who continue to survive cancer and all those who will still hear those dreaded words, ‘You have cancer,’ that we pledge to fight back. Relaying is how we choose to make a differ-ence against this disease.”
A few moments later, the entire crowd of students, adults, survivors and fighters made its way to the track once more for a final lap.
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Today’s Birthday (4/26/10) This is your year to mend the damaged and restore whatever’s been lost. You prove indefatigable in the pursuit of independence. Perseverance, backed by a rich sense of humor, provides a way to express your passions to family and associates.
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. A lot of pieces come together today, and you see a way to repair something that you thought was permanently broken. In the process, you save a ton of money.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is an 8. The best thing you can do for your associates is to state your opinion and reinforce it with action. Don’t let anything distract you.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) Today is a 7. Bring water and snacks everywhere you go. You may not have time for a regular meal until later. You’re running on emotional fuel all day.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)Today is a 6. Take today off if at all possible. You need time to recuper-ate from exciting weekend activi-ties. Your signifi cant other cleans up any leftover messes.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)Today is an 8. Something seemed broken on Friday. Today, you see just the way to repair or adjust ele-ments so that they work together perfectly. Tweak, but don’t use a sledgehammer.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Today is a 6. Use whatever means of persuasion you need to convince your signifi cant other to relax. Less stress equals more fun, so lighten the mood.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is an 8. Everything goes like clockwork today. You set house-hold goals and someone else takes care of them. Meanwhile, you cheerfully handle whatever arises at work.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 6. Let your signifi cant other take the lead now. You’re perfectly happy to go along with any plan, reasonable or not. Main-tain a playful attitude.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)Today is a 7. Use your persuasive powers to move others as early as possible. The weather could shift, and you need to be on the road before that happens.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Today is an 8. It really is all about you and your most intimate friend. Get together early to make the most of the short time you have.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)Today is a 6. You wake up today knowing that you have the power. Now you need to decide what to do with it. Try making everyone around you happier.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)Today is a 7. Ask your group leader to work some magic and make obstacles disappear. Everyone needs to see the opportunity and enthusiastically embrace it.
horoscopeField Jacket found on campus - contact Peggy 330-672-5822.
FOUND: Akron, Yellow lab female, approximately 5 years old, call 330-798-0249
LOST: ferret around Lake and Miller St. Reward. If found call Brad at 330-388-1157
Lost jump drive at main library on a blue rubber key chain. Contact
Alexa at 330-853-6946. Reward of $25 if returned.
Spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bath duplex. LR and Family Room, W/D, A/C, $960/mo, Available July (330))630-9285
NOW LEASING FOR FALL5,4,2,1 bedroom Houses.Efficiency. Good Location Near KSU.Call (330) 554-8353
Whitehall East Townhomes - 4 or 5 bedroom leases, with 3 bathrooms, great rent options with all inclusive plans. Some newly rennovated, all units washer/dryer and dishwaher included. Call or text today 330-990-4019. www.whitehall-east.com
4-BEDROOMS SUMMER OR FALL$1200 includes most utilities and washer/dryer. (330) 714-0819
Now leasing for fall. 2br apt $699-750 a month includes gas, water and trash. Many great amenities. Hurry in now, before you get locked out. (330) 673-8887
Now accepting applications for summer and fall! Studios, 1&2 bedrooms still available-Hurry In! 330-678-0746
**Summer and Fall Specials** Furnished/unfurnished studios, 1&2 bedrooms, Call now 330-678-0123
Enjoy spacious 4&5 bedrooms duplexes with 2 full baths. Great condition, great location, A/C, W/D, dishwasher, deck, garage. $350/bedroom includes all utilities. 330-808-4045
GREAT PRICES! GREAT PROPERTIES!3, 4 & 5 bdrm properties starting at $1000/mo. Call Rich at 330-807-6090
Now Leasing for Summer and Fall.2 BR Apts. Heat, Trash & Water pd.Pool, Pets welcome, $665-$725.Close to KSU 330-673-5364
Stow: 2 & 3 bed townhomes with one car garage. Pets welcome, 10 min from KSU. Prices $665-$850 call (330)686-2269.
All real estate advertised herin is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.” State and local laws forbid discrimination based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. If you feel you have been wrongfully denied housing or discriminated against, call the FHAA at 330-253-2450 for more information.
KENT/BRIMFIELD. Newer 3 & 4 Bdrm duplexes. 1 car garage. $900-$1100 per month. 330-338-5841 or 330-329-1118 kentarearentals.com
Kent near downtown and campus 2 bedroom apartment, all utilities paid except electric, $350/bedroom + security deposit. (330)676-9440
Apartments for Rent:3 bedroom apartment Half of a home. Living Room, kitchen,bath. No pets. One bedroom available now $330/month. 330-673-8505
1 bedroom apartment in a house. Kitchen, living room, bath. Separate entrance. No pets. One year lease. Available in August. 330-673-8505
Spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bath duplex. LR and Family Room, W/D, A/C, $960/mo, Available July (330)630-9285.
Spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bath duplex. LR and Family Room, W/D, A/C, $960/Spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bath duplex. LR and Family Room, W/D, A/C, $960/Spacious 3 bedroom, 2 bath duplex.
mo, Available July (330)630-9285.
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rental listings!
LANDLORDS!Get your rental listed for FREE on www.kentcribs.com. Call 330-672-
2586!
2 bedroom 1.5 bath apartment $585/month + deposit & electric.Heat, water and trash included(330) 312-0066 or (330) 968-4930
Two bedroom, 1.5 bath condo, updated, all appliances, FREE HEAT. One block to KSU. Units available starting in June. No Pets. 330-957-3083.
Available in Fall! 3 bedroom units close to campus. Well-maintained starting at $800/month. Call today 330-329-2535
Nice 5 Bedroom House, (330) 697-5170
1 & 2 bedroom apts. All utilities included except electric AND we have ample parking! Call to schedule your tour today. (330) 678-0972
Available For FallHuge 4 bedroom units in great condition. Deck, garage, large yard, washer/dryer hook up. $275/bed includes water and trash. (330) 612-4057
Special and Spacious! 2 & 3 bedroom apartments. Gas heat paid. Sign up now for fall and receive $35 off a twelve month lease. Ask about a reduced security deposit. 330-678-0823
2 bedroom apartment 5 miles from campus. $800 a month gas, cable, internet, and beach pass included. Call Seth, (419)651-1775.
Nice 2 bedroom apartment. Close to downtown. Mature tenants, non-smoking, no pets. $625 + utilities. 330-688-1187.
Nice 2 bed condo, one block from campus. $725 with water and heat. 216-570-8131.
Quiet 2 bedroom; furnished unit with kitchen, living room, bath; on bus route; serious nonsmoking mature student; air conditioning; and internet; Call 8am-8 pm (330) 678-1717
Available for Fall - 4 bedroom on Summit, $375/room, includes ALL UTILITIES. 330-678-3047 or BuckeyeParksMgmt.com
Available for Fall - Efficiencies on Lake & Willow, $425/month, includes ALL UTILITIES, 330-678-3047 or BuckeyeParkMgmt.com
Available for Fall - Single rooms in a rooming house, starting at $225/ month includes ALL UTILITIES. 330-678-3047 or BuckeyeParksMgmt.com
Available for Fall - Large 3 bedroom townhomes — Large bedrooms, dining area, lots of storage, washer and dryer in basement. $375/room includes gas & trash. 330-678-3047 or BuckeyeParkMgmt.com
Available Fall: Triplex, each unit 3 Bedrooms, 1 bath, large yard. $800. (440) 953-8687 www.yourhomerental.com
Tallmadge Pointe Apartments, Spacious 1&2 Bedroom, $530-$670, contact Patience for details at 330-416-3934
Three Bedroom House on Lincoln, Call Josh at 419-357-4897. Very close to campus.
Fall. Near KSU, 2 bedroom condo, 1.5 bath, washer/dryer in building, $660 +gas +electric. Call Drew 440-921-3524.
S. Lincoln St. condo, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 bath, no pets, heat included, $725/month. 216-524-0745
Now Leasing for Fall. Kent 4 bedroom house. 330-626-5910
Downtown 3 bedroom Kent available immediately or for Fall, $600 +utilities. 440-725-3933
1 or 2 bedroom, Kent. 927 S. Water. $500 includes trash & water. Near campus & on bus route. Parking, big yard, & porch. Chris 330-221-4411
1&2 Bedroom Houses One block from campus Available in August (330)673-0650
Now leasing for fall- spacious, partially furnished, 6 bedroom house, holds 8. 4 single rooms at $380/mo, 1 double at $600/mo, 1 double at $560/mo. Includes all utilities, cable, internet, washer and dryer. a must see! Non-smoking/no pets. 330-847-6432
Three bedroom apartment, $325 per room, includes utilities. 8 miles from campus. 330-310-0278.
Great campus condo. 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath. Available August. Call Dr. Miller at (330) 618-7764
Hidden Pines Townhouses, 4 lg BR’s, 2 bath, W/D, wood floors, ceramic tile. Spacious, very clean! ALL utilities included option as low as $320/BR. www.hidden-pines.com/ or 440-708-2372
Available Now Nice two bedroom ranch duplex on KSU Busline. Cable, AC in LR $525/mo+util. (330)650-9536 or (330)808-0288
Starting this summer: 3 males searching for 1 roommate. 4 bdrm house, newly remodeled, furnished. 1402 Franklin St. A/C. $400 includes utilities. Off street parking. [email protected].
Very Clean, Quiet 2 bedroom, 1 bath, gas, heat, water, appliances included. Available May 1. 330-760-1884
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