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The independent news website of The Kent Stater & KSTV

KentStater

Crowd agrees with Seale

Nick Glunt May 4, 2010

First Amendment focus of speechBobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panthers Party, emphasized yesterday the importance of the First Amendment and the rights associated with it. He was one of two keynote...

Tin soldiers and Nixon’s coming

Sarah Steimer May 3, 2010

David Crosby handed Neil Young a copy of Life magazine back in the spring of 1970. On the cover was a black-and-white photo of a wounded Kent State student, freshly shot by a member of the Ohio National...

Lewis: We all have a right to protest

May 3, 2010

Civil rights leader addresses activism in front of full houseU.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), one of the top civil rights leaders of the 1960s, said he didn’t feel worthy to be on the “very special ground”...

Students weigh in on significance of Kent State shootings

Sarah Spaulding May 3, 2010

For some, May 4 remembrance is just a day off of classesForty years ago today, Kent State students gathered on Blanket Hill with the intentions of changing the world; little did they know the impact they...

Embracing the past

Dedication ceremony officially recognizes May 4 memorial location as part of the National Register of Historic PlacesOscar Ritchie Hall looks out to the east over the Commons and Blanket Hill. Today, there...

Shootings have inspired art across the country

Kyle McDonald May 3, 2010

Sculptures, plays, songs have come from May 4 Over the course of the past 40 years, the Kent State shootings have influenced countless works of art across many mediums. Many examples can be seen without...

In the shadows of May 4

Jackie Valley May 3, 2010

Gailya Porter remembers being outside of her dorm with friends on a warm Thursday evening at Jackson State College. She remembers the echo of the footsteps as city police officers and state highway patrolmen...

Candles burn in memory of lives lost

Melissa Dilley May 3, 2010

A square glass lantern lights the grass around the Victory Bell. Over the next 30 minutes, the single flame turns into hundreds of others that illuminate a path from Main Street to Blanket Hill.The flames...

University administration learns to embrace May 4

Jenna Staul May 3, 2010

Students blamed governor for tragedyThey weren’t mad at the administration, said Patrick Mullen, chairman of the university’s Board of Trustees and a Kent State alumnus.They were mad at the governor.Mullen,...

Imagine yourself here, 40 years ago

DKS editors May 3, 2010

For two hours today, pretend you don’t own a cell phone.Pretend you don’t have a Facebook account or a laptopto access it. Then imagine you know family and friendswho are fighting a war halfway around...

Visitors Center not open for 40th anniversary

Nick Glunt May 3, 2010

Room 101 of Taylor Hall was the office for the Daily Kent Stater in 1970, but today it is the future site of the May 4 Visitors Center, a three-room permanent exhibit planned for completion in no less...