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Community members gather for annual May 4 candlelight walk and vigil

Community members gather for annual May 4 candlelight walk and vigil

Adrianna Quinlan, Reporter May 4, 2024

Yellow lights shone brightly in the night as students and community members walked around campus for the May 4 annual candlelight walk and vigil.  The walk started at 11 p.m. at the Student Commons...

A plaque inside the May 4 Visitor's Center.

Chair of May 4 Task Force speaks on activism efforts, upcoming events

Parker Gorman, Reporter April 14, 2024

Editor's note: Sophia Swengal is an opinion writer for KentWired. She was interviewed due to her relevance to the article. Sophia Swengel is a sophomore history major at Kent State University — and...

OPINION: Great moments in revolutionary culture: Blood stains, shame and life after death

OPINION: Great moments in revolutionary culture: Blood stains, shame and life after death

Sophia Swengel, Opinion Writer March 14, 2024

I woke up on February 25 to a headline pulled straight from 1963: a man had set himself on fire in political protest. Instead of a persecuted Vietnamese Buddhist monk, it was a serviceman who considered...

OPINION: Great moments in revolutionary culture: On ageism and the generation gap

OPINION: Great moments in revolutionary culture: On ageism and the generation gap

Sophia Swengel, Opinion Writer February 26, 2024

Giving tours at the May 4 Visitors Center in the fall, I guide first year classes through the hollowed gallery, discussing the terse disconnect between the long-haired, fringe-sporting baby boomers and...

Illustration by Sophia Swengel

OPINION: Great moments in revolutionary culture: Femininity and the human experience

Sophia Swengel, Opinion Writer February 16, 2024

There is an art to eyeliner. The perfect curve, the streak of white on the waterline. It’s a ritual I partake in every morning before attending my biweekly lecture on the Vietnam War — or maybe it’s...

OPINION: Great moments in revolutionary culture: watch more weird movies

Sophie Swengel, Opinion Writer February 1, 2024

When I asked my editor if I could title my column Great Moments in Revolutionary Culture — a nod to an old, underground Kent mag clipping featuring a pre-Pretenders Chrissie Hynde — I had a challenge...

Leaders of the Kent State Candlelight Vigil holding four candles in honor of the lives lost May 4, 1970.

53rd annual candlelight vigil commemorates lives lost on May 4

Jillian Flack, Reporter May 4, 2023

Stars were not the only thing that lit up the sky of the Prentice parking lot last night: dozens of small white candles did as well. Illuminated by these flames, a memorial read four names: Allison Krause,...

Chair of the May 4 Presidental Advisory Community Roseann "Chic" Canfora talks to attendants of the May 4 Commemoration event on May 4, 2022.

Canfora, May 4 survivor, uses storytelling to empower students

Francesca Malinky, Reporter April 3, 2023

Roseann “Chic” Canfora is a name synonymous with the tragedy and activism surrounding the May 4, 1970 shooting. Canfora currently works with students to document and teach using her lived experiences. Chic...