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Anthony HollowayDaily Kent Stater

More than 1,200 people representing diverse communi-ties across Ohio came to Lorain County Community College on Friday to listen to President Barack Obama and see if he had answers to their concerns.

Sheila McVay, Cleveland resident and employee of the Hugo Boss clothing company, said she was there with the hope President Obama could help her and fellow workers.

“This is our last year here, and they’re sending our jobs overseas to get them (suits) made at a cheaper price and

Hundreds flock to Lorain County to see Obama

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HANNAH POTES | DAILY KENT STATER

A member of the crowd raises his hand with a special request

for President Obama. Jordan Brown told the

president that he had no question,

he only wanted to have the honor

of shaking Obama’s hand.

sending them back to the United States to sell them for the top dollar,” McVay said. “We lived here all our life, and we worked here. We’ve lived here, and we have our home (here) and now the job is moving and there are no jobs. So we’re trying to save this job.”

McVay wasn’t the only advocate for keeping jobs in Ohio. Joel Arredondo, president of Lorain City Council, said he thinks President Obama sees Lorain’s biggest need.

“I think he realizes the fact that this is the America, main-stream America, whatever you will call it, the urban area, the depressed area and that people need jobs, and that’s all people want is jobs,” Arredondo said.

He said the president is fighting an uphill battle against time because people expect results soon.

Residents look to president for answers

Simon HustedDaily Kent Stater

Another Honda Civic was sto-len from the C-Science lot Wednes-day during business hours, Kent State Police reported.

Since Nov. 1 of last semester, there have been six model year 1998-2000 Honda Civics stolen and one failed theft attempt that occurred off campus. Four of the thefts occurred on campus and two occurred off campus.

Anyone with information regarding these thefts is asked to call Kent State University Police Services at 330-672-2212.

Cody Erbacher | Daily Kent Stater

Nobody would have guessed sophomore forward Justin Greene would be posting team-leading

numbers at the beginning of the season — including himself.

But Greene posted his third career double-double with 23 points and 13 rebounds in Kent State’s 87-70 win over rival Akron.

GoingMen’s basketball defeats Akron in dominating fashion

Greene

Greene leads the Flashes (12-7, 3-2 Mid-American Conference) with 254 points, averaging 13.4 points per game. His 6.2 rebounds per game are also first on the team, and he is the only player to start in all 19 games this season.

“My teammates do a good job of looking for me,” Greene said. “The whole preseason they were telling me to make plays. I’ve just been trying to deliver for them.”

The win vaulted the Flashes into a four-way tie for first place with Akron (13-6, 3-2), Buffalo (10-6, 3-2) and Miami (6-12, 3-2) and showed the sold-out crowd of 6,204 why the team deserved to be atop the standings as Kent State won its second straight game in domi-nating fashion.

The Flashes have scored more than 50 second-half points and more than 80 total points against two MAC power-houses in Buffalo and Akron.

The second half started in a stalemate with a 35-35 score, but following a quick basket by 7-foot Akron center Zeke Mar-shall, Kent State went on a 22-2 run, including 19 unanswered points, to take the score to 57-39.

Greene, who proved he was able to play against one of the MAC’s biggest players as he played a major role in keeping Marshall in check, ignited the run with a three-point play over Akron’s freshman center.

“We saw a lot of courage (in Greene) stepping up to the challenge,” junior guard Rodriquez Sherman said, referring to Greene’s play against Marshall. “He went up strong every time. We believe in Justin.”

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Senior guard Chris Singletary was quiet on the offensive side during the first half, but he scored all 10 of his points in the second half.

Kent State led Akron by as many as 20 points in the second half, while Akron couldn’t regain a lead after Mar-shall’s bucket at the beginning of the half.

Although it looked as if Kent State couldn’t be stopped, Singletary said the crowd played a huge role in the Flashes’ success.

“It was really important just hav-ing that energy,” Singletary said. “It was really easy to feed off that energy. When we win that crowd is going to be like that.”

The Zips used a 14-1 run to take a 29-22 lead in the first half and keep the Flash fans quiet, but Kent State tied it up with a 9-2 run right before half-time, which included four points from Greene.

Kent State showed its capability to provide multiple players with high scoring totals as five players scored in double-digits: Greene (23), senior guard Tyree Evans (14), senior guard Mike McKee (14), Sherman (13) and Single-tary (10).

The Flashes will return to the court Tuesday at Toledo before coming home next Saturday to face Western Michi-gan.

Contact sports reporter Cody Erbacher at [email protected].

RACHEL KILROY | DAILY KENT STATER

Above, sophomore

forward Justin Greene

goes up for two against

an Akron defender.

Greene led Kent State

with 23 points in the Flashes' 87-70 victory.

Right, Kent fans cheer on

the Flashes.

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Hondas targeted by thieves

Nicole HennessyDaily Kent Stater

War plunges into each crevice of humanity, making us abandon subtlety.

Wars are fought for respect, commodities, territories, religions or ideologies.

But they are not fought by countries; they are fought by men and women who must eventually forget the burnt bodies and the smell of flesh. They must forget the sound of bombs and guns.

The following are accounts of war and the war fought within upon returning:

Lt. Tom Saal was headed up a mountain just outside of Hue in Vietnam.

It was drizzling. The China Sea lay just on the other side of the mountain, which was dense with bushes and rocks. Reveling in the beauty of the scenery, he climbed to the top. He stepped up on a rock to get a better view, and just as his boot made contact, there was an explosion, and he was shot straight up into the air.

“Both of my boots were blown off, my right foot was hanging off. There was blood every-fuckin’-where,” Saal said as he recalled stepping on a land mine.

Veterans seek peace after warHelping other people eases two vets’ pain

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Sn Kent Anti-Racist Action meeting When: 8 p.m.Where: Student Center Room 320

n Poster saleWhen: 9 a.m.Where: Student Center second floor n Haiti donation tableWhen: 11 a.m.Where: Student Center Lobby

n Undergraduate CouncilWhen: 2:30 p.m.Where: Student Center Room 204

n Relay for LifeWhen: 6 p.m.Where: Governance Chambers

n Evil GeniusesWhen: 7 p.m.Where: Student Center Room 313

n 8 Ball tournamentWhen: 8 p.m.Where: Cyber Café

n Poster saleWhen: 9 a.m.Where: Student Center second floor

n Cornhole tournamentWhen: 10:30 a.m.Where: Student Center Ballroom

n Haiti donation table When: 11 a.m.Where: Student Center Lobby

n Middle Eastern Student Association meetingWhen: 5:30 p.m.Where: Student Center Room 303

n Habitat for Humanity meetingWhen: 7 p.m.Where: Henderson Hall Room 201

n Speaker, Leonard DinnersteinWhen: 7 p.m.Where: Kiva

n Kent Interhall CouncilWhen: 7 p.m.Where: Governance Chambers

n Undergraduate Student Government allocations meeting When: 8 a.m.Where: Student Center Room 310C

n Campus ConversationsWhen: 9 a.m.Where: Student Center Room 312

n Poster SaleWhen: 9 a.m.Where: Student Center second floor

n Prayer meeting, h2o MinistriesWhen: 1 p.m.Where: Student Center Room 312

n American Marketing Association meetingWhen: 4:30 p.m.Where: Business Administration Building Room 106

n Women’s basketball vs. Central MichiganWhen: 7 p.m.Where: M.A.C. Center

n History Club meetingWhen: 7:15 p.m.Where: Student Center Room 311


n Passport fairWhen: 10 a.m.Where: Cyber Café

n Eighth annual MLK Jr. Day celebration When: 1 p.m.Where: Kiva

n Kent State Free Thinkers meetingWhen: 6 p.m.Where: Student Center Room 309

n Delta Sigma Theta fashion show When: 8 p.m.Where: Student Center Ballroom

n PRIDE!Kent meetingWhen: 8 p.m.Where: Governance Chambers

n The DiveWhen: 9 p.m.Where: Bowman Hall Room 133

n USG Comedy NightWhen: 9 p.m.Where: Rathskeller


n Student Financial Aid workshopWhen: 10 a.m.Where: Student Center Room 319

n Center for Adult and Veteran ServicesWhen: 10 a.m.Where: Student Center Conference Suite

n Haiti donation table

When: 11 a.m.Where: Student Center lobby

n Recalculating Your Route, Student Success

When: NoonWhere: Governance Chambers

n Gymnastics vs. George WashingtonWhen: 7 p.m.Where: M.A.C. Center

n “Where the Wild Things Are”When: 11 p.m.Where: Kiva

n Student Financial Aid registrationWhen: 8 a.m.Where: Cartwright Hall Lobby

n Student Financial Aid parents workshop When: 9 a.m.Where: Cartwright Hall Room 306

n Men’s basketball vs. Western Michigan When: 2 p.m.Where: M.A.C. Center

n The Identity Project When: 5:30 p.m.Where: Bowman Hall Room 137

n “Where the Wild Things Are”When: 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.Where: Kiva

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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 cam-pus arrests, charges and incidents of interest to the public.

CAMPUSTHURSDAY■ Two alcohol violations were reported at Allyn Hall.

■ A miscellaneous drug offense was reported at Verder Hall and Clark Hall.

FRIDAY■ An alcohol violation was reported at the East-way S-37 parking lot.

■ An alcohol violation was reported at the inter-section of Hilltop Drive and South Lincoln Street.

■ An alcohol violation was reported at Allyn Hall.

■ An alcohol violation was reported at the East-way S-37 parking lot.

■ An alcohol violation was reported at the inter-section of Hilltop Drive and South Lincoln Street.

■ An alcohol violation was reported at Allyn Hall.

■ Jeffrey Schleis, 18, of Barberton was charged with underage drinking at Allyn Hall.

■ Alexa Mallernee, 19, of Massillon was charged with underage drinking at Allyn Hall.

■ Benjamin Brown, 18, of Hudson was charged with underage drinking at Allyn Hall.

■ Timothy Mitchell, 18, of Canton was charged with underage drinking at Allyn Hall.

■ Andrew Dixon, 19, of Hudson was charged with underage drinking at Allyn Hall.

■ Thomas Bromagen, 19, of Amherst was charged with underage drinking at the Koonce Hall S-37 Lot.

■ Andrew Wascovich, 19, of Northfield was charged with underage drinking at the sidewalk of Franklin Hall.

■ Matthew Caine, 20, of Solon, was charged with underage drinking in Eastway lot.

CITYFRIDAY■ Trent D. Blauch, 21, of Kent was charged with public intoxication at the 100 block of North Water Street.

■ Charles D. Castellucci II, 22, of Kent was charged with public intoxication at the 100 block of North Water Street.

Jennifer ShoreDaily Kent Stater

A new organization launched this semester, America 101, aims to forge connections between Ameri-can and international students.

The organization hosted a launch party with more than 300 attendees Saturday night.

“It’s something that I thought up last semester,” said America 101 founder Jason Steinberg.

As an English as a Second Lan-guage instructor at Kent State, Stein-berg slowly realized international students were not getting to know the Americans. The international students stayed closely knit with each other instead of branching out. As a result, their English did not improve in the way Steinberg had hoped.

“It’s not really a matter of lan-guage, it’s a matter of culture,” Steinberg said.

He said he believes even though students may intellectually under-stand American culture, it is impor-tant to integrate it into their persona so they can deal with the nuances, subtleties and the complexities of college life. He said part of the expe-rience of coming to a new country is getting involved with those who live there.

While studying German transla-tion as an undergraduate, Steinberg found himself pursuing relation-ships with foreign students.

“We’re in a small town, and international people bring a variety and color and a lot of interesting things,” Steinberg said.

Although his personal passion for international relations proved to be enough to spur a new business, Steinberg recruited his sister Julia and his brother David. Steinberg said David is the creative one with technical skills, he is the teacher and Julia is in charge of public relations and marketing.

Julia, a Kent State graduate, spent the past few years working

in New York City, where diversity is an everyday occurrence.

“I really do miss being part of a more diverse group of people and just living in a city where cul-ture is something that is celebrat-ed,” Julia said. “People don’t nec-essarily shy away from diversity here, but I think that they may be a little scared.”

Parties and other social gather-ings provide the perfect environ-ment for international and Ameri-can students to get to know and understand each other, Jason and Julia said.

“I would ask everybody to be open-minded and to be excited to meet new people,” Julia said. “You never know who you might need, and you never know what you might have in

common with somebody.”The connections made between

international students are invalu-able in a business aspect, Jason said. International students are going to be important in their countries, he said, which is why they are here and in a self-serving way, it’s help-ful to get to know them.

Breaking down barriers between the two groups is a factor that grad-uate student Carrie Circosta thinks is important.

“I think a lot of it is that Ameri-can students do not know what to say, and international students are scared that there might be a lan-guage barrier,” Circosta said. “We need to do something more to bring the two together.”

America 101 is still in the process of expanding and planning future

events. Steinberg hopes social events, individual consultations and a course of study are in the future. Since they are in the begin-ning stages, all three siblings are not doing anything business-wise.

Jason encouraged students to visit www.america101.ning.com, have confidence and make new friends.

“Go say hi to somebody you don’t know. Take a chance. Smile at somebody. It goes a long way,” Julia said. “It’s going to be a really good thing.”

Contact arts and sciences reporter Jennifer Shore at

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New group aims to close cultural gaps

COURTESY OF JULIA STEINBERGAmerican and international students gathered on Saturday night to have fun and create connections.

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We can help the region, too

Procrastinators Anonymous

White people don’t blow up planes?

SUMMARY: According to a Kent State-sponsored study released last week, the university contributes billions of

dollars to Northeast Ohio every year. Students should also do their part to help out the region financially.

DID YOU KNOW?On Jan. 25, 1905, at the Premier Mine in Pre-toria, South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond was discovered during a routine inspection by the mine’s superintendent.— from History.com


NATE BEELER’S VIEW



Procrastination. We all do it at one time or another. College students, as a breed, have it down to such a well-practiced art form that it sometimes seems to be the natural order of things rather than something to avoid. Trust me on this; I have quite a few years of experi-ence racked up.

The trick to doing it successfully is, of course, like any bad habit, to know when to quit. Remember, eventually that project will be due or the day of that midterm will arrive. As the saying goes, “Your grandmother can only die so many times before people start to become suspicious.”

Almost three years ago now I was plan-ning a trip to Greece and Turkey with my moth-er, and as anyone who’s ever traveled abroad can attest, the first thing you need to do is get your passport. I no longer remember what was going through my mind to make me do this, but I kept putting it off again and again.

The worst part of procrastinating on some-thing of this level of importance is that you always end up lying to cover up your stupid-ity until you eventually explode with the stress of it all. And not much more than two weeks before we were set to leave, I did exactly that. I came clean to my mom about the fact that I

hadn’t even filled out the paperwork. I was a stressed-out mess, and if she hadn’t been the more level-headed of the two of us, I probably wouldn’t have made it on that trip.

Now for most people this would be a hopeless situation, but I had two things going for me. The first is a mother who knows peo-ple, and the second is a big heaping pile of luck. As it turns out, we knew someone who did business with a company called Instant Passport that expedites passports and visas. It’s not cheap, of course, but they managed to get my passport to me less than 48 hours before we were set to leave. I still got to go on that trip and had a great time.

But a word to the wise: Get your passport now. Even if you aren’t planning on going anywhere, it’s also useful as a backup form of identification when you apply for a job.

With the first full week of classes upon us, and a heap of projects and homework loom-

ing on the horizon, we can’t afford to fall into old habits. Thomas Jefferson once said, “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”

Anybody who knows me would probably tell you I’m the last person to give advice about not procrastinating, and maybe they’re right. But you know what they say, “Those who can’t do, teach.” In this case it should be, “Those who can’t ever seem to get anything done on time can tell you more about the con-sequences of your actions than a goody two-shoes who never does anything wrong.”

So from one habitual procrastinator to potentially another, there is a time and place for everything. Try not to put things off wil-ly-nilly, rather prioritize and stagger. It may seem silly to say something so obvious, but believe me, you don’t want to be the one sit-ting hunched over a laptop, typing furiously, at 4:30 in the morning.

Molly Cahill is a senior pre-journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact her at [email protected].

L ast week, President Lester Lefton released the findings of a university study that sought to measure how

much money Kent State adds to the local economy.

The results said the university brings $1.96 billion annually to Northeast Ohio, which Lefton said proves Kent State is a “leading business enterprise” in the region.

We agree with that. You can’t argue with billions of dollars and thousands of jobs, which is what the university provides for Northeast Ohio.

But the question amid all this is what Kent State students provide for the region.

The results of the study did say that non-local students and visitors to the university spend $64 million per year in the region. That’s also a significant number, and it’s one we should attempt to increase as much as we can.

We’re not saying that students should go out and spend money they don’t have on things they don’t need. However, we should attempt to help out the region where we go to school as much as we can.

It’s no secret that Ohio is struggling through this recent economic recession — perhaps to a higher extent than a lot of other states. Northeast Ohio has been especially hard-hit by the crisis.

With that in mind, it’s important we do our part to help the local economy as much as we can.

It doesn’t have to be much. It’s as easy as going to a local store and spending $5 every week, or every two weeks, even. Without student income, local stores and restaurants would struggle to make a profit — or even break even. Some would inevitably close, making Kent a less attractive place to spend

your time.According to the study’s results, Kent

State graduates will receive an average of $1.1 million more in their lifetimes than someone with just a high school diploma. The study also said that on average, students will receive $4.80 for every dollar they spend in Kent State tuition.

Those are some pretty significant figures, too. They show going to college in Northeast Ohio does a lot to help us in the long run — so why shouldn’t we help Northeast Ohio in return?

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

members are listed to the left.

Molly Cahill

To be honest, most of us had seen this coming.

The first terrorist incident in the Obama presidency was sure to spark a massive wave of criticism from the right, and the attempted Christmas Day attack by a Nige-rian nationalist did just that.

It didn’t matter that former President George W. Bush was president during the biggest ter-rorist attack in our nation’s his-tory. Conservatives were pissed at Obama for letting this happen. (If you are reading this on KentWired.com, I’m sure a commenter has already tried blaming 9/11 on President Clinton.)

“Now, I want you to remember, it took him three days to respond to the Christmas Day Fruit of Kaboom Bomber, three days,” said Rush Limbaugh. ”And when he came out after those three days, he was clearly irritated that he had to do it ... He comes out here in less than 24 hours to speak about Haiti.”

Even though the Obama administration came out that day and condemned the incident, con-servatives were still in an uproar about an attack that never took place.

But even on a social level, this so-called “crotch-bomber” has given right-wingers the opportu-nity to attack the idea of political correctness.

A s s o m e o n e w h o o f t e n reads right-wing blogs like thefoxnation.com, I can attest that conservatives hate “political correctness,” or P.C. as it is often called in the blogosphere. To them, P.C. represents everything that is unfair or unjust about this coun-try.

To these conservatives, P.C. is almost always linked to liberal-ism. So it should have been no surprise that these people were convinced that liberals are mak-ing us unsafe.

But what surprised me was the level of discussion that politi-cal correctness had in the follow-ing weeks in the real world. One expects this from the online wing-nut community, but not from the general public.

From waiting in line at the gas station to eating New Year’s Eve dinner with my relatives, everyone was talking about how political correctness and liberals were put-ting this nation in grave danger.

A n d t h e o v e r w h e l m i n g response I got from these people was that the Arabs should be forced to go through extra security to ensure everyone’s safety. Racial

profiling, according to these con-servatives, must become a policy. Apparently, white people don’t blow up planes.

But in the next breath of air, they would always criticize the government for taking away everyone else’s rights at the air-port. One guy I talked to even thought the botched Christmas attack was staged by the govern-ment in order to take away more of our rights.

Looking back in the recent his-tory of our great nation, it is impor-tant to remember that Republicans created this post-9/11 world full of heightened security. After all, they passed the Patriot Act. Not saying that’s a bad thing, but it’s the truth.

It is important to keep this “crotch-bomber” incident in con-text. Sure, it was a scary thing, but it was also a good reminder. We have let our guard down since 9/11, and every so often we need reminders. We were lucky this time.

To say increased security mea-sures should only be enforced on Arabs and other foreign people is just crazy. Back in 2001, the Taliban were able to recruit John Walker Lindh, a 20-year-old white guy from California.

If we really wanted to stay safe, tightened security should affect all people and not just certain groups. It’s just plain dangerous not to think anyone could be a terrorist.

Perhaps the most important thing anyone could take out this whole debate is that terrorism is an ongoing threat. It doesn’t matter which administration is in power, the security vs. rights debate is always going to be the backdrop of any terrorism incident.

But if you are not content with the way things are, do as I do and simply don’t fly.

Frank Yonkof is a sophomore news-paper journalism major and columnist for the Daily Kent Stater. Contact him at [email protected].

America needs to take charge in Haiti relief


The world has responded with tremen-dous generosity to the destruction in Haiti after last week’s earthquake, but the break-down of security and order there threatens to multiply the already terrible death toll if the food, water and medicine pouring into the country can’t be distributed properly. Relief officials now estimate that the death toll could rise as high as 200,000, with hundreds of thousands more left seriously injured or homeless.

With people desperate for food, water and shelter, looting has broken out in the coun-try’s shattered capital, Port-au-Prince, and thousands of residents are trying to flee the destruction for outlying areas, some of which are in even worse shape. Reports from small-er towns such as Titanyen and Leogane sug-gest thousands of bodies have been dumped in mass graves over the past few days with-out any effort to identify them or perform last rites and that no aid of any sort has man-aged to reach many communities because of impassable roads and poor communications. Officials are now warning that conditions are so dire, the country could sink into anarchy or even civil war unless immediate steps are taken to stabilize the situation.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to send 3,500 more peacekeeping troops to Haiti, and the first waves of a planned force of 5,000 American soldiers and Marines

have already arrived on the island nation and taken over key tasks, such as the running of the airport. Haiti’s own police and military forces disintegrated in the quake’s aftermath, so foreign troops are the only forces capable of maintaining a semblance of order there. But even with the arrival of the Marines and an expanded contingent of U.N. peacekeep-ers, the international boots on the ground are going to be stretched painfully thin.

To put things in context, Baltimore has about one police officer for every 200 resi-dents, and that’s for a city that, for all its problems, is completely functional. To have the equivalent law enforcement presence in Haiti, you’d need nearly 50,000 troops.

Given the history of American occupation and meddling in Haiti’s affairs, the presence of American troops is a tricky business, but the U.S. needs to take charge both in the effort to restore order and in the effort to rebuild. Policing operations need to focus on stop-ping looters and preventing a resurgence of the criminal gangs that have terrorized the population in the past, but foreign security forces should avoid becoming entangled in disputes between property owners and the squatters who have erected tent cities on any available piece of land. In a city where half the quake’s survivors have been rendered homeless, every effort must be taken not to alienate the millions of people who have sud-

denly become refugees in their own coun-try.

Meanwhile, reconstruction efforts should begin with rebuilding Haiti’s shattered infrastructure: hospitals, schools and gov-ernment buildings and basic services such as water, electricity and telecommunications. This is a commitment that will take years, if not decades, to fulfill, but in undertaking it the U.S. is making a statement to the world of our dedication to humanitarian principles that, because of our size, resources, experi-ence and proximity, we have a unique abil-ity and responsibility to uphold.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton needs to continue to focus on working closely with the Haitian government to ensure that our efforts there are effective and remain welcome. For all the resentment American might has bred throughout the world, and in Haiti in particular, now is an opportunity to show how our power can be used for good.

The above editorial was originally published Jan. 21 by the Baltimore Sun. Content was made available by MCTCampus.

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Students can grab a partner and register online for the first Kent State/Lake Erie Monsters cornhole tournament tomorrow in the Student Center Ballroom from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“Right now we are trying different activities that interest students,” said Michael Dukles, graduate assistant for the Center for Student Involvement. “Along with the cornhole tournament, we have a Late Night at Kent State series featuring comedians and bands in the Rathskeller.”

Registration for the tournament is $20 for teams of two, which includes tickets to the Lake Erie Monsters hockey game on Feb. 5. All registered teams will compete for the grand prize — 18 tickets for the Lake Erie Monsters luxury suite. Second-and-third place win-

Kent State, Lake Erie Monsters to host cornhole tournament

His face is covered in wrinkles now, a map of his life, sometimes crisscrossing each other, and other times running parallel, like the three deep-set lines in the center of his forehead.

Saal’s memories of war, which he now turns into poetry, include images of a naked, crucified enemy soldier “hanging Christ-like, from a makeshift cross erected from bamboo.”

Upon waking from a nap to make this discovery, he recalls feelings of “intense anger, turning into total depression, turning into apathy, turning back to anger, not leaving depression.”

“I absolutely shut down at that point. I lost all faith in God and my fellow man that day,” he said.

On May 15, 1970, Saal was dis-charged from the Marine Corps and sent home with two Purple Hearts: one from the explosion and one from an incident of friendly fire.

“I pretended I was never there (Vietnam). I never talked about it with anybody, which made the dreams that much worse. Veterans were coming home from Vietnam, and we were spat on. I felt like that big,” he said as he paused to demonstrate less than an inch of space between his forefinger and thumb.

“People would ask how many babies we killed. We shut down.”

Saal soon finished school and started a new life as an English teacher. A few years later, he mar-ried a fellow teacher with whom he later had four daughters.

For 30 years, he managed to keep everything “bottled up.” But that changed when two planes crashed into the Twin Towers in New York.

“(9/11) it really depressed me,” he said. “When the Berlin Wall went down, I thought the end of the world wasn’t going to happen via war. And then this shit hap-pened.”

In the winter of 2002, former Pres-ident George W. Bush announced the invasion of Iraq.

“When this war came along, Vietnam vets by the hundreds just started cracking up,” Saal said. “That’s when I got bad, then pro-gressively worse.”

The war in Iraq affected Saal in such a profound way that it began to consume his life, the veteran added. While grading papers at the kitchen table, Saal would smoke marijuana and clip articles about the war.

“I was smoking pot on the way to school. I didn’t care about any-thing but ending the war,” Saal


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said. “I would put the butt of my joint out on the school wall.”

In May 2006, he had a break-down, something he claimed “was just a matter of time.” Subsequent-ly, he retired from teaching and had to quit smoking pot.

After spending two weeks in a psychiatric ward and six months learning how to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder, Saal was able to begin to deal with all of the thoughts he kept secret for so long and began to help other veterans address their unresolved issues.

As a housing specialist at the Freedom House in Kent, a local shelter for homeless or displaced veterans, Saal helps with military benefit applications, housing and counseling.

“I get better each day, and one of the reasons I get better is that I con-tinue to help people,” he said. “It (helping people) allows me to do what I knew was gonna have to be done when this war started. Now I know I can’t end the war, but I can help people who are coming home from it.”

Dustin Szarell, a veteran of the war in Iraq, came to the Free-dom House after tensions at home became unbearable for him. He said he was getting into fights with friends and family members and self-medicating himself with alco-hol. He was also having flashbacks and nightmares.

When Szarell joined the Army in 2003, he said he knew he was going to be deployed eventually, so he used the military training to prepare himself the best he could.

“You grow up pretty quick once the first bullet flies by your head,” Szarell said. “The experiences I encountered made me more (of) a man; I was a lost boy for quite a while.”

While the war in Iraq was devoured by reporters and broad-cast on televisions in living rooms across the country, Szarell said he would read Stephen King novels to briefly escape the reality of war and the desert heat.

Szarell said the media never highlighted the Good Samaritan acts Marines do in Iraq, such as providing people with food, teach-ing kids to read and helping build houses.

While working with and against Iraqis, Szarell added, he was able to see and begin to understand another culture first-hand.

“They’re very faithful to their religion, they benefit from what they read in the Quran,” he said. “There were some that said we were a gift from Allah, we gave them life. I didn’t want to let them down. If I was able to reach one individual that day, that was good for me.”

Szarell recalls seeing a flash of light and an explosion one day when he was heading with his

unit to their base after a raid in Fal-lujah.

“The Humvee went up into the air and went down,” he said. “I don’t remember anything else.”

The roadside bomb explosion resulted in traumatic brain injury and hearing loss. He wouldn’t know this until he regained con-sciousness 25 minutes later.

“My memory’s not good since I have residual bruises in my brain,” Szarell said. “My short-term mem-ory is weaker than my long-term.”

After just a month and a half of recovery, Szarell stayed in Iraq until 2005, when he decided to join the National Guard.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Szarell spent four weeks helping the New Orleans Fire Department. He recalls an orphan-age and offering to children with-out foods items from the Toys for Tots program.

“It touched me a lot. I don’t have kids of my own, but I have a 6-year-old niece,” he said. “I kind of gave back to society; a humanitar-ian thing. I felt good about that.”

When he got back to Ohio, he said there was a huge bag of mail from all of the children from the orphanage thanking them. He also found out he was being sent to Kosovo.

Szarell believes Americans have been trying to teach people from the Middle East a democratic state of mind that they don’t want to be taught.

“I’m not one of those people that’s trying to be political,” Szarell said. “I don’t consider myself anti-war. I understand we’re fighting for a purpose, but not everyone should be there to experience that.”

Back at home, Szarell began to readjust to civilian life. After about four months in the Freedom House, Szarell was able to start going to school, get his car up and running and maintain his now two-year sobriety. He now lives and works as a case management assistant at a three-quarter house for people trying to stop drinking or using drugs.

Though he would not sign back up for the Army, he thinks “there is something more to this life than reflecting on something bad that happened.”

As the war in the Middle East continues, Tom Saal continues to oppose it.

“I can sometimes justify the world’s anger towards us, espe-cially third-world countries,” he said as he mentioned cities such as Baghdad. “We’ve blown the shit out of them.”

Contact features reporter Nicole Hennessy at [email protected].


ners will participate in a future ceremonial puck drop for a game and receive two tickets for a lux-ury suite. Fourth place receives two tickets for a Monsters game in a luxury suite.

The top eight teams from the preliminary rounds will battle for the championship at the Quicken Loans Arena prior to the Monsters game on Feb. 5.

Students can register by going to www.theqarena.com/store/kent or stopping by the Center for Stu-dent Involvement in Room 226 of the Student Center. The deadline to register is tonight at 11:59.

— Michelle Bair

Michael MarotAssociated Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — This is perfect for the Indianapolis Colts: They have Peyton Manning and they’re back in the Super Bowl.

The four-time MVP threw three touchdown passes and the Colts rallied from an 11-point, first-half deficit to beat the New York Jets 30-17 yesterday in the AFC cham-pionship game.

The Colts (16-2) are now head-ed back to the NFL title game for the second time in four years and their fourth Super Bowl in fran-chise history.

“We talked about being patient against these guys,” Manning said. “We knew it would be a four-quarter game.”

Fans counted down the final seconds, streamers and confetti hung in the air, flash bulbs popped incessantly and when the official announcement was made, roars cascaded from the rafters.

The Colts’ career rushing lead-er, Edgerrin James, presented the team with the Lamar Hunt Trophy, which goes to the AFC champs, and some players savored the cel-ebration by staying on the field long after the official celebration ended.

“The guys have always been a

very confident bunch and they do a great job of hanging in there,” Caldwell said. “Peyton had just an outstanding game. He’s one of those guys that can adjust to dif-ferent situations. ... A real cham-pion.”

Manning finished 26-of-39 for 377 yards. He became the first player in league history with sev-en 300-yard postseason games. That broke a tie with Kurt Warner and Joe Montana.

The Jets’ magical run ended with their first road loss in six games.

New York (11-8) built a 17-6 lead and took advantage of trick plays. But the Jets lost running back Shonn Greene with a rib inju-ry in the second half, and rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez was shut out over the final two quar-ters.

“Today wasn’t our day. There’s no question,” said Ryan, who declared his Jets the Super Bowl favorites before the playoffs. “You have to give credit to the Colts. Obviously they’re the cream of the crop right now.”

Caldwell became only the fifth rookie coach to reach the Super Bowl. Only two others — San Francisco’s George Seifert and Don McCafferty, of the Baltimore Colts — have won it.

But Caldwell does have Man-ning, who drove the Colts right through New York’s No. 1 ranked defense with his uncanny preci-sion.

Manning kept dropping passes right over the fingertips of defend-ers, and the Jets couldn’t stop him.

Pierre Garcon set career highs with 11 catches for 151 yards. Rookie Austin Collie had a career-best seven catches for 123 yards, his first 100-yard day as a pro. And the Jets allowed three TD passes for the first time all season.

After falling behind late in the first half, Manning responded. He took the Colts 80 yards in four plays, hooking three straight times with Collie, including the 16-yard TD pass that made it 17-13 with 1:13 to go in the half.

Manning was just getting start-ed.

The next time he got the ball, he took the Colts 57 yards in eight plays, connecting with Pierre Gar-con in the back corner of the end zone to make it 20-17 with 8:03 left in the third quarter.

He sealed it midway through the fourth when Dallas Clark caught a 15-yard TD pass to make it 27-17.

It sure didn’t look like it would end this way during a scoreless

the first quarter.The Colts uncharacteristically

struggled to get first downs, and settled for field goals instead of scoring touchdowns.

New York also changed tactics, creating its big plays through the air.

Sanchez, the fourth rookie quarterback to lead his team to the conference title game and lose, used a beautiful play-action fake to fool rookie cornerback Jacob Lacey. Lacey, who started in place of the injured Jerraud Powers, was burned for an 80-yard TD pass by Braylon Edwards giving the Jets a 7-3 lead.

After the Colts cut it to 7-6, Jets receiver Brad Smith lined up in the TigerCat formation and con-nected with Jerricho Cotchery for a 45-yard pass to the Colts 12. It was Smith’s first career comple-tion out of an offensive formation. Three plays later, Sanchez barely avoided a sack and found Dustin Keller for a 9-yard TD pass to give the Jets a 14-6 lead with 4:53 to go in the half.

The Jets made it 17-6 after Joseph Addai’s fumble set up Jay Feely’s 48-yard field goal.

That’s when Manning and the Colts took over — and closed it out.

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning throws downfield against the New York Jets during the second half of the AFC Championship. The Colts defeated the New York Jets, 30-17, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis to advance to the Super Bowl.

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Colts drop Jets, reach Super Bowl

Barry WilnerAssociated Press

NEW ORLEANS — They sure ain’t the Aints anymore.

The New Orleans Saints are heading to their first Super Bowl after battering Brett Favre and beat-ing the Minnesota Vikings 31-28 in overtime Sunday on unheralded Garrett Hartley’s 40-yard field goal.

Favre threw away Minnesota’s best chance to win, tossing an inter-ception deep in New Orleans terri-tory in the closing seconds of regu-lation. Then the Saints won the coin toss, and soon it was over.

The team that had no home five

years ago after Hurricane Katrina ravaged its city and the Superdome overcame a slew of mistakes in the biggest game the Big Easy has ever seen.

“This is for everybody in this city,” said coach Sean Payton, the architect of the Saints’ turnaround. “This stadium used to have holes in it and used to be wet. It’s not wet anymore. This is for the city of New Orleans.”

Forget the paper bag masks and that long history of losing that start-ed in 1967. Moments after Hartley’s kick, they were toasting their home-town winners on Bourbon Street.

And in the Superdome, once a

squalid refuge after Katrina, they boogied in the aisles as confetti cov-ered the field.

“It’s a moment I’ve been waiting for a long time and obviously we’re not done yet,” said Drew Brees, Pay-ton’s hand-picked quarterback for the Saints’ renaissance.

The Saints (15-3) will meet Pey-ton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts (16-2) in the Super Bowl in two weeks in Miami.

It’s the first time the top seeds in each conference made the big game since the 1993 season.

“Brett prepared us, but now we’ve got another challenge in Pey-ton,” safety Darren Sharper said.

Saints beat Vikings in OT, reach first Super BowlThe biggest error was made

by Favre. Flushed from the pocket, he seemed to have room to run to set up a field goal. Instead, the 40-year-old quarter-back threw across his body and was intercepted by Tracy Porter at the 22.

That finished off Minne-sota’s chance for its first Super Bowl trip in 33 years — and the opportunity to win it for the first time.

New Orleans won the coin toss, Brees guided it to the Min-nesota 22 and Hartley, suspend-ed at the start of the season for using a banned stimulant, split the uprights 4:45 into OT.

“Just helping my team get to Miami,” Hartley said. “Just doing my part.”


Josh JohnstonRegina Garcia CanoDaily Kent Stater

Concerns about health care took a backseat to jobs and the economy during President Barack Obama’s Town Hall meeting Friday at Lorain County Community College.

The people of Elyria did not ask about the health care reform bill currently in Congress, but they quizzed the president for an hour on how to get or generate more jobs in the area.

Obama spoke to a crowd hit hard by the economic downturn in the second stop of his “White House to Main Street Tour.”

Addressing students, communi-ty members and business leaders, Obama downplayed the criticism this past week of his health care agenda and party by assuring the audience that he would keep fight-ing for them.

“So long as I have the privilege of serving as your president, I will not stop fighting for you,” Obama told the audience of more than 1,200. “I’m not going to walk away just because it’s hard.”

After his opening remarks, Obama fielded questions on topics

ranging from Pell Grants to intel-lectual property rights protection overseas.

Valerie Fultz, a worker in the financial services office at LCCC, asked the president if his adminis-tration would continue to increase Pell Grants. Obama replied with a straight yes.

“We made enormous invest-ments into higher education,” he continued. “We significantly increased the level of each Pell Grant, and we also put more mon-ey so that we could have more Pell Grants.

“One thing I have to say though, even as we put more money into the student loan program, we’re also trying to reach out to universi-ty presidents and administrators to figure out how we can reduce the inflation in higher education. The fact is, the only thing that has gone up faster in costs than health care is, guess what? Higher education. Trying to find creative ways for universities to do more with less is going to be important.”

However, job-related ques-tions dominated the discussion. While he gave no specific solu-tions, Obama said he was working with Congress on a “jobs bill” that would benefit industries that aim

to help the country become energy efficient. He said Ohio received the largest sum toward clean energy, highlighting a $25 million invest-ment on an Elyria-based plant.

The unemployment rate in Ohio, at 10.9 percent — or 641,000 peo-ple — in December, has increased three-tenths since November. The state’s current unemployment rate is above the national average, according to the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services.

Jerome Lowery, 29, of Elyria, asked the president how he could get a job after being convicted of a felony and never being previously employed.

“I couldn’t get a job. I felt dis-criminated,” Lowery said after the meeting. “Then I went to jail, (so) now I’m wearing two coats of dis-crimination. But (I’m) still trying. I’m overwhelmed that I got to say to the president what I wanted to say. I feel appreciated.”

Lowery also asked Obama to read a poem he wrote on Inaugu-ration Day last year. The president took the poem and said he would read it later.

Despite the serious topics of the meeting, Obama kept the mood light by joking with audience members and promising to per-

sonally look into each situation. In many cases, he directed the people to leave contact information with his staff.

A single mother of three told Obama her youngest child almost died of lead poisoning last year. She said she contacted the Envi-ronmental Protection Agency and received no help.

“I guarantee you that somebody from the EPA is going to call you in about five minutes,” Obama replied, causing the audience to laugh. “Before you sit down, there’s going to be a phone call from the EPA.”

One audience member, Jordan Brown, didn’t have a question, but just wanted to shake the presi-dent’s hand.

After the question and answer session, Obama took the opportu-nity to address the current health care bill going through Congress and correct the myths some people hold. The president reassured the crowd that the reform bill would benefit all Americans.

“None of the big issues that we face in this country are simple,” he said. “Everybody wants to act like they’re simple. Everybody wants to say that they can be done easily. But they’re compli-

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cated. They’re tough. “The health care system is a big,

complicated system, and doing it right is hard.”

Before and after appearing at LCCC, Obama toured local manu-facturing plants, including EMC Precision Machining and the Rid-dell factory. He was accompanied by Gov. Ted Strickland, Sen. Sher-rod Brown, Reps. Betty Sutton and Marcy Kaptur and Elyria Mayor Bill Grace.

In his closing statements, Obama reiterated his promise to keep fighting for Americans.

“I want to march forward with you,” he said. “I want to work with you. I want to fight for you. I hope you’re willing to stand by me, even during these tough times because I believe in a brighter future for America.”

Contact public affairs reporters Josh Johnston and Regina Garcia Cano at [email protected] and

[email protected]. Public affairs reporter Darren D’Altorio contributed to this report.

“(With) the American pub-lic and the way the world works, you can’t have a five-year plan, a 10-year plan,” he said. “You have to have a one- and two-year plan.”

While jobs were a hot top-ic among those in line, not everyone was there to hear about jobs. Frank Whitfield, who was with his faith-based group, Eden Vision, was one of them.

“Just bringing the youth out here to be exposed to an African-American male leader and allowing them to see what they can do,” he said. “We’re looking to being exposed to different avenues of being a leader.”

Craig Phillips, superinten-dent for North Ridgeville City Schools, said he was there to be a part of the experience.

“It’s very exciting,” Phillips said. “Whether you are Demo-crat or Republican, this is an American day. I’m just anx-ious to hear his message and his vision for the future.”

He said if he were able to ask the president a question, he “would love to hear his plans for education in Ohio.”

After the speech, Mary Teleha, biology professor at Lorain Community College, said she enjoyed hearing Obama’s message.

“I feel better after listening to him after the week of news we’ve had,” she said. “I think he did a good job at address-ing different things.”

Cleveland resident Yvette Zeigler said the speech was “invigorating.”

“I liked the talk about health care,” she said. “More and more of my pay is going to insurance. It’s good to know he is going to make affordable health care for everyone.”

Contact public affairs reporter Anthony Holloway

at [email protected].

PHOTOS BY JESSICA KANALAS | DAILY KENT STATERLeft, President Obama addresses community members at Lorain County Community College during a town hall meeting Friday. Topics ranged from issues felt locally to wordwide. "Almost $25 million of our investment went to a plant right here in Elyria that's helping produce the car batteries of the future," he said. "That's what we're going to keep on doing for the rest of 2010 and 2011 and 2012, until we've got this country working again." Right, Obama takes a question from a community member about social security. Below, Obama shakes hands with community members after the meeting.

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Today’s Birthday (1/25/2010). Your attention leans toward internal feel-ings. Your decision-making process takes place in seclusion this year, and family members or associates may feel that you’ve withdrawn from them, which you have. Allow the inner balance you discover to shine through in relationships.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. If you’ve done your homework, you now are on top of the work game. Others struggle to bring their minds on line while you race ahead.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 7. Somebody throws zingers your way, and you wonder why you didn’t see them coming. It doesn’t matter. You still have to face the music. Resolve things privately.

Gemini (May 21-June 21)Today is a 6. Hopefully you made a priority list on Friday. You need it now to help you get through a busy Monday. Congratulate yourself later.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)Today is a 6. You’re pulled in two directions at once. Work demands your full attention, yet relationships draw your mind away. Work first.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)Today is a 5. Expect to find yourself in the spotlight. You can showcase your practiced efforts. Remember the associates who got you where you are today.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)Today is a 5. You have more than enough to do today. In fact, you have enough for the rest of the week. Prioritize with logic, not emotion. Then focus on one thing.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)Today is a 7. Ideas you’ve been throwing around take shape. Relax as you begin to understand exactly what sort of effort is required to achieve your goal.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 5. Prepare yourself for some good news. It’s about time! Optimism increases exponentially as new ideas take shape. Get prac-tical later. There’s plenty of time.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)Today is an 8. It’s hard to remain logical when you’re being pulled in so many directions at once. Focus on what’s right in front of you.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Today is a 7. Plagiarism is the highest form of compliment. So use other people’s words to your advantage, and thank others when they use yours.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)Today is a 6. As long as you un-derstand your desires, you’ll get along fine with others today. Boost everyone’s spirits by involving them all the way to the end.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)Today is a 6. Brace yourself! New ideas are flying fast and furious now. Make sure the idea’s author gives you a clear enough picture so you can take action.

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Wrestling opens MAC season with win over NIU Rachel JonesDaily Kent Stater

After struggling early, the Kent State wrestling team was able to overcome a nine-point deficit to win on the road in its Mid-American Conference regular season opener against Northern Illinois on Friday.

In one of the earlier matches, freshman Tommy Sasfy (149) possibly broke his left ankle during competition. Kent State coach Jim Andrassy said Sasfy was pulling his opponent back when his ankle got trapped underneath.

“It happened in the very beginning of the match, but he finished,” Andrassy said. “He just sucked it up and finished.”

Andrassy said they would not know the extent of Sasfy’s injury until today.

After the early setbacks, the team turned around when senior Obie Simpson (165) pinned the Huskies’ John Oden.

“ I w a s expecting him to win,” Andrassy said. “Was I expecting him to pin? No.”

Hailing from the Chicago area, Simpson had a lot of fans in the stands that night. Andrassy was just as excited as they were, especially because the pin helped motivate the team.

“We could have definitely used a spark, and Obie was that spark,” he said.

Simpson’s spark ignited something in his teammates, as the Flashes scored 29 straight points following his pin after being down 9-0.

“The seven guys who did win looked pretty well,” Andrassy said. “I’m proud of that.”

One of those wrestlers was redshirt sophomore Dustin Kilgore. At 184 pounds, Kilgore (26-1) scored a major decision win over Zach Benzio.

“He was just dominating these guys,” Andrassy said. “That’s why they call him ‘The Killer.’”

The match ended in a 22-8 major decision, keeping Kilgore ranked fifth nationally.

“This was just another match for Dustin,” Andrassy said. “It was just another guy he got to beat up on.”

The closest match of the night was between sophomore Troy Opfer and Izzy Montemayor.

“It was a close match, but he won,” Andrassy said. “He’s been struggling to get wins late-ly, so I’m glad he won.”

Opfer won with a 2-1 decision in his first MAC dual match.

Redshirt sophomore Bren-dan Barlow (27-6) also stood out. Wrestling at 285 pounds, Barlow defeated Dakota Green-

haw with a 5-1 decision.

Even though it was the team’s f i r s t M A C match, the Hus-kies are not Kent State’s toughest competition.

“It was just another match,” Andrassy said. “We just had to do what we had to do.”

The outcome, however, was significant.

“It puts us in a pretty good position,” he said. “Now, we have to continue winning until we get to Central (Michigan) because they’re going to be our toughest match.”

Andrassy said he is going to use the team’s two-week break with a different practice schedule. He plans on having the wrestlers train as hard as they can for four days, and then he will give them three days off to recover.

“At this point , training becomes a little different,” he said. “It’s not about mak-ing weight. We’re not worried about preparing for competition. We’re just worried about train-ing hard.”

By next week, Andrassy says the team will start preparing for its match against Buffalo, which is Feb. 7.

Contact sports reporter Rachel Jones at [email protected].

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Flashes use late run to clinch win Lance LysowskiDaily Kent Stater

Behind junior forward Taisja Jones’ career-high 26 points, the Kent State women’s basketball team defeated Ball State 72-63 Saturday night.

Kent State coach Bob Lindsay said the team had to win the effort battle in order to secure a victory, and the Flashes did just that.

“We were going to have to get the loose balls, get the rebounds,” Lindsay said. “I felt we did that. I thought that was the difference in the game. I felt we played harder than they did.”

Led by junior center Ellie Shields’ eight rebounds, Kent State (11-7, 4-2 Mid-American Conference) held a plus-14 rebound margin on the game. The Flashes also forced 17 Ball State

(9-10, 3-3 MAC) turnovers, which the team turned into 27 points.

Kent State failed to maintain its leads until there were just over two minutes left in the second half. After Ball State senior forward Danielle Gratton was whistled for a technical foul, Kent State senior forward Yoshi-ca Spears received the inbounds pass and drained a three-pointer to give Kent State the 67-58 lead.

Jones led the way for the Flashes down the stretch with 18 points and four rebounds in the second half. The junior college transfer has scored 20 or more points in seven of her last eleven games. The forward went 7-for-9 shooting in the second half and 9-for-14 on the game.

Senior guard Rachel Bennett said the team is built to succeed, but the Flashes must outwork their oppo-nent in order to win.

“We came into the game saying we need to play harder,” Bennett said. “Our effort had to be more to win this game. We have the talent; we have the scorers on our team. We just need to come in with a full effort.

In the end, we wanted it more.”After trailing by 10 points with

just over four minutes to play in the first half, the Cardinals rallied with a 9-0 run to close out the first half as the Flashes held a 32-31 lead at half-time. Kent State’s late second-half surge, however, was too much for the defending MAC champions.

Lindsay said playing in close games will only help the team down the stretch.

“I think this is the kind of game you can build off of,” Lindsay said. “We need to get wins now because some of those road games (later in the season) are going to be tough. We were a little loose with the ball at times, but overall I felt it was a pretty good game.”

The Flashes will wrap up their four-game homestand at 7 p.m Wednesday when the team hosts Central Michigan.

Contact sports reporter Lance Lysowski at [email protected].


Women’s basketball rallies behind Jones

Flashes men and women lose first dual meet by close scores

Jody MichaelDaily Kent Stater

The Kent State track and field teams fell to its rival Akron in a dual meet Friday at the Kent State Field House. Akron won by final scores of 75-73 and 78.5-72.5 on the men’s and women’s sides, respec-tively.

Sophomore Diana Dumitrescu led the women’s team by placing in three events — third in the 60-meter hurdles, second in the long jump and first in the triple jump with a

jump of 39 feet, 4.5 inches.Senior sprinter Juliet Alrich

won and improved her time in the 400-meter dash by finishing in 57.67 seconds. Senior middle dis-tance runner Jessica Lhotsky was victorious in the 800 with a time of 2:14.37. Alrich and Lhotsky later teamed with senior Rachel Crafton and sophomore Tiffany Jones to win the 1,600 relay in 3:55.97.

The Kent State men also tri-umphed in its relay, with junior Matt Moffett, senior Curtis Eaton Jr., freshman Javon Walker and junior Destin Heasley running a time of 3:14.59 to finish ahead of the Zips by more than two seconds.

Moffett also won the 400 with a time of 48.63, and Heasley came first in the 800 in 1:51.33. Both fin-ished less than a second ahead of the second-place Akron athlete in

Akron zips past KSU track teams


Flashes use deep roster in win against E. MichiganKatie CorbutDaily Kent Stater

The Kent State gymnastics team showed the rest of the Mid-American Conference what it can do when hitting on all cylinders in a 195.175 to 191.000 victory over Eastern Michigan in the team’s conference opener Friday at the M.A.C. Center.

The win was a much-needed one after last week’s defeat in Pittsburgh.

Kent State (2-1, 1-0 Mid-American Conference) swept the vault with junior Christina Lenny placing first (9.850). Sophomore Rachel Goldenberg and freshman Lauren Wozniak tied for second (9.775).

On the bars, senior Lydia Bar-rett led the way with a 9.8. Fresh-man Rachel Guida and sopho-more Erin Rothrock tied for sec-ond with a 9.775. Lenny followed closely behind with a 9.750 third-place finish.

Tying Lenny for third-place was freshman Stephanie Smart, who impressed Kent State coach Brice Biggin and the crowd with her solid routine and stuck dis-mount.

“I can’t say enough positive things about Stephanie,” Biggin said. “She’s struggled a little bit on and off, but in the first two meets she has come out and performed greatly.”

Senior Brittany Kopp started the beam rotation with a solid per-formance (9.675). Junior Christine Abou-Mitri won the event with a routine that scored a 9.825.

The Flashes finished the eve-ning on floor, once again sweep-ing the scoreboard with Lenny (9.875), Abou-Mitri (9.825) and Barrett (9.8).

While the team’s floor score was an impressive 49.025, Big-gin still feels there is room for improvement.

“We’re still trying to find a floor lineup,” Biggin said. “We graduated three awesome floor routines last year, so we’re start-ing to put things into place. We’ve


Gymnastics earns first MAC victory

MATTHEW GRCIC | DAILY KENT STATERGymnast Carly Conroy flashes a smile in the middle of her floor exercise routine Friday at the M.A.C. Center. Conroy finished fourth with her routine as Kent State beat Eastern Michigan 195.175-191.000.

COURTESY OF KEVIN STONEJunior forward Taisja Jones drives the ball down the court during the Flashes’ game against Ball State Saturday night. Jones scored a career-high 26 points as Kent State defeated the Cardinals 72-63.

their respective races.In the men’s high jump, soph-

omore Dean Wood and freshman Kenneth Agee finished atop the results and also reached NCAA provisional qualifying marks by clearing 7’0.25”.

Junior Scott Hilditch placed in his two events, winning the mile in 4:14.85 and finishing second in the 3,000 behind senior teammate Aiman Scullion’s 8:20 time.

The track teams will head to Mount Pleasant, Mich., this week-end for a Saturday invitational with Eastern Michigan and host Central Michigan.

Contact sports reporter [email protected].

got some good depth and some good numbers to play with.”

Lenny was very pleased with the outcome of the meet and reit-erated the importance of having such great depth on the team.

“The freshmen are really step-ping up,” Lenny said. “But there is still a lot I can improve on.”

Lenny took home the All-Around award with a 39.200 and Abou-Mitri followed closely behind with a second place finish (39.125).

“This is the type of meet we were expecting them to be real honest with,” Biggin said. “We trained hard all year and were disappointed last week. We need-ed to show ourselves we were a

much better team than what we performed last week.”

Biggin praised the crowd after the meet ended.

“It’s a tough place to come into for other teams because it’s a big crowd,” Biggin said. “It’s loud and they’re intimidating. They certainly help our team out.”

The Flashes will next battle the George Washington Colo-nials at 7 p.m. Friday in the M.A.C. Center.

Contact sports reporter Katie Corbut at [email protected].

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