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Soon after the May 4, 1970 shootings, 9-year-old Jonathan Pannor sent a letter to Kent State. The letter's penmanship was slightly sloppy and slanted to one side, but the young writer made his point clear. "I have heard about the fight you all had," Pannor wrote. (6) comments
All day, events will take place to commemorate the shootings of May 4, 1970, which killed four Kent State students and injured nine others. At 9:45 a.m., the Victory Bell will be rung 32 times in honor of those killed at Virginia Tech. All day long, a visual representation of the lives lost in the Iraq War will be on display in the form of boots in the Commons by the Victory Bell. (2) comments
Last night PRIDE!Kent elected its executive board for next year. Each of the six new board members had one major focus for fall - raising attendance. Colleen Eltibi, freshman sociology major, was elected president; Emily Costa, junior anthropology major, was elected vice president; Ashley Dill, sophomore sociology major, was elected treasurer; Ally Oulton, sophomore sign language major, was elected secretary; Leora Rzepka, sophomore school health education major, was elected allies chair; and Theodore Trimm, junior education major, was elected programming director. (1) comment
Political activist Tom Hayden told a crowded audience in the Kiva last night that Americans must "expand the searchlight to history" to recover the lost stories of social movements while working toward the future. "The least discussed and most important of our democratic rights is the full disclosure of our history," he said. (0) comments
m DeWeese Health Center's pharmacy should expect to pay about double the price, if they haven't already, as a result of a federal law passed in January. The Deficit Reduction Act was enacted with the intention of decreasing taxpayers' burden of Medicaid and Medicare costs while curbing government spending for those programs, according to a White House press release. (0) comments
came to Kent State with what he calls a goal to serve God by reaching out to the international students on campus. He has been doing so ever since by leading the Chi Alpha Christian group. Bortner, who is also president of United Campus Ministries and Ohio district director of Chi Alpha, said the group at Kent State is uniquely focused on international students. (0) comments
Indigo will be the color this September. Anne Bissonnette, curator of the Kent State Fashion Museum, is in charge of the worldwide exhibit, beginning in fall. She said she decided to put this exhibit together as an off-shoot of an exhibit she did on colors in fashion during 2004. (0) comments
All the end of spring semester tasks - packing up, returning used books, studying for finals and finding a new place to live - may be stressful, but finding parking doesn't have to be. "We still have meter officers out giving tickets during finals week, no exceptions," said Loretta Nichols, parking services enforcement officer. (0) comments
Walk across a busy, mid-day campus and dozens of students can be seen doing a sort of multitasking — moving to their next destination while talking on their cell phones. According to a study done late last spring, 90 percent of Kent State students have cell phones, said Jim Zentmeyer, associate director of Residence Services. (1) comment
Each year, five outstanding Portage County teachers are awarded the Coleman Foundation Portage County Educator of the Year Award. This year, two of those five spend their teaching days here in Kent. Jonathan Secaur, a high school physics teacher at Theodore Roosevelt High School, was awarded High School Educator of the Year. (0) comments
This will be an important summer for the University Library, and the planned renovations are more student-focused than ever. "We've never seen anything like this," said Barbara Schloman, assistant dean of Libraries and Media Services. "Anytime we have to move materials it's a very big deal, but to have this opportunity is terrific. (0) comments
As the semester comes to a close, so too does the Kent State University Planetarium. The last public show was held April 27, but the Planetarium will reopen in the fall with different programs and new demonstrations. "What we do changes all the time," said Brett Ellman, associate professor in the department of physics. (0) comments