Research and impressions about remembering May 4, 1970, and embracing the history it left behind were shared during the Jerry M. Lewis Lecture Series Friday afternoon.
To start the lecture, university...
Assistant professor of higher education Erica Eckert discussed how the university’s administration handled the events surrounding the May 4 shootings in her Thursday lecture titled “Where Were the...
Bearing Arms on Campus from KentWired.com on Vimeo.A group of roughly 30 participants with firearms ranging from rifles to handguns marched on Kent State’s campus Saturday to show their support for open...
It took 13 seconds, 67 shots, 28 Guardsmen, nine injured and four dead to make Kent State infamous on a Monday afternoon 46 years ago.President Nixon announced the invasion of American troops into Cambodia April...
Forty-five years ago, the identity of the Kent community was changed forever when Ohio National Guardsmen fired into a crowd of protesting students and passersby.After four Kent State students were killed...
Jerry M. Lewis, a professor emeritus in Kent State’s sociology department, has been studying May 4 and its effects since the events unfolded before him 45 years ago. He’s written numerous articles...
A Kent State emeritus professor discussed the behavior of violent sports fans in his “Classes Without Quizzes” lecture titled “Sports Fan Violence: An American Social Problem” Thursday evening...
Jerry Lewis, a professor emeritus of sociology at Kent State, witnessed the shootings on May 4, 1970 at Kent State’s campus, and had one question for clothing company Urban Outfitters on Monday.“How...
