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KentStater

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...

The day according to students

Kristine Gill May 3, 2010

Eyewitnesses recount what they saw May 4Alan Canfora woke on the morning of May 4, 1970 after a difficult sleep. Helicopters had passed over campus all night, dropping canisters of tear gas. Martial Law...

Days before May 4

Jackie Valley May 2, 2010

John Flynn’s father called him May 4, 1970, he made his message clear: Stay away from Kent.When John Flynn’s father called him May 4, 1970, he made his message clear: Stay away from Kent.“He called...