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As a result of his changing sched-ule, Kent State’s new provost Todd Diacon will begin his new job two months earlier than expected.

“Dr. Diacon had the flexibility to start in the provost job earlier than we had

originally antici-pated when the president had the conversa-tions with him,” current Provost Robert Frank said. “This will be a good out-come for all involved. He can focus exclu-sively on Kent State, [and] it’s just the best outcome in terms of how to work together.”

Diacon will take over as provost April 2 instead of the originally planned

June 1, and Frank will officially leave Kent State that day for the University of New Mexico. Frank said there won’t be any overlap between their terms or job shadowing for Diacon.

Frank said New Mexico wanted him there early, so it worked out that Diacon was available early, too.

“[New Mexico was] certainly inter-ested in me being available earlier than June 1, but the conversation arose once President Lefton realized that the pro-vost could come earlier ... and it worked out well for everybody involved.”

Diacon, deputy chancellor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, said his availability changed because

he and his boss, C h a n c e l l o r Robert Holub, are both leav-i n g . U M a s s has not hired a replacement for either of them, but with his boss leaving, Diacon is avail-able to come to Kent State early.

“It’s a positive because that means I’ll get there earlier and I can gather information and learn about the cam-pus two months earlier,” Diacon said.

Diacon said he may not be able to start many initiatives before the end of the semester, but he still expects to be busy.

“I’ll certainly be focusing on learn-ing as much as I can about the opera-tions of academic affairs and about the university in general,” Diacon said. “Mostly it’s for me to gather infor-mation, learn what important issues are facing the campus and academic affairs, and it’s my opportunity to get to know faculty and staff and students before the summer break begins. It’s a head start.”

Provosts grateful for extra transition time between jobsDiacon will arrive early from UMass Amherst; Frank will leave early for New Mexico

KSU students with ties to the school react to tragedy

ONE DEAD, FOUR INJURED IN CHARDON SHOOTING

Residents shocked as shots shatter quiet town of Chardon

Caitlyn Callahan ccallah8@kent.edu

Several Kent State students who graduated from Chardon High School were astounded to hear that their school had been the site of a shooting Monday morning. Some of these stu-dents have siblings who still attend Chardon, while others have parents who work in the build-ing. The general consensus among the students seemed to be a reaction of pure shock that their small, close-knit community could fall victim to such violence.

Danielle Malone, sophomore English major: “I have a little brother who is a freshman, and his name is Joey, as well as three cousins Leah, sophomore, Drew, senior, and Andrew, also a senior. Drew was chased down the hall-way by the gunman. The gunman then ran out of the school and down toward our local pool and then he ran to Route 6 where he was picked up by police. I woke up to eight missed calls this morning and was told by my sorority sis-ter to call my mom because there was a shoot-ing at my old high school. I called my home and spoke to my brother, and he assured me that all of our family members were safe. Once I hung up with my brother, I was genuinely shocked by the shooting. I started to shake and couldn’t stop crying. Chardon is a picturesque small town. It’s a town where people don’t even lock their doors — the last place I would have ever thought any-thing like this would occur.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF THOMAS ONDREY | THE PLAIN DEALER A distraught Ava Polaski, a sophomore, leaves school grounds with her mother Misty Polaski following a shooting in Chardon, Ohio on Monday, Feb. 27. A teenager described as a bullied outcast opened fire in the cafeteria Monday morning, killing one student and wounding four others before being caught a short distance away, authorities said. The suspect, whose name was not released, was arrested near his car a half-mile away, the FBI said. He was not immediately charged.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF MARVIN FONG | THE PLAIN DEALER An arrangement of flowers is placed near the Chardon High school sign, Monday, Feb. 27. Gunfire erupted at the school Monday morning, killing one student and injuring four others.

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Witnesses give first-hand accounts of the shooting

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(AP) — Geauga County Com-missioner Mary Samide’s voice trembled with emotion as she spoke after learning that a Chardon High School student had died from inju-ries suffered in a shooting at school Monday morning.

“This has rocked our community to the very soul,” she said. “We’re terribly upset. To lose someone ... It’s personal, very personal. This is a small com-munity — it’s like your own son, your own daughter. I can’t imagine, or ever would have imagined, this would hap-pen … We’re heartbroken.”

Her comments were echoed by others in the semi-rural town of about 5,000 residents.

“Not in Chardon,” said Pat Mar-tin, Antiques on the Square owner and former Chardon Square Associ-ation president. “We are a storybook community and it certainly proves to us it can happen anywhere. It will forever change our community. Peo-

ple are really just numb and [there are] a lot of tears.”

Chardon resident Dan Ziehlke lives and works near the school.

“We’re known for the Maple Festival and the biggest snowfalls in Ohio,” he said on Twitter. “Small, peaceful, safe. That’s Chardon.”

He described his neighborhood as eerily quiet after a morning filled with sirens and helicopters hovering overhead.

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Editor’s note: At the time of press, rumors of a sec-ond student death were being reported by the media. However, nothing was confirmed.

Sophomore Danielle Samples said she was leaving the Chardon High School cafeteria when she heard “pop, pop, pop.”

The sounds, coming from inside the cafeteria where students were having breakfast, stopped her in her tracks.

She didn’t know it then, but the “pops” were in fact gunshots, which killed one student and injured four others. Police received a call at 7:38 a.m. reporting the shooting.

Samples, after hearing the shots, said some-one stuck his head out of the boys’ bathroom near her. He looked into the cafeteria and yelled for everyone to get into a classroom.

“I don’t think I’ve ever run that fast before in my life,” the 16-year-old said.

She ran up some stairs and into a classroom, ducking with several others.

“It was crazy,” she said. “Everyone was silent. Everybody was shaking.”

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Malone said she canceled a doc-tor’s appointment, and she doesn’t have Monday classes. “I stayed glued to the TV and social media sites to get updates from high school friends and teachers,” she said. She also said she is driving back to Chardon Tuesday for the vigil there.

Savannah Robertson, fresh-man integrated science major:

[she attended Chardon and both of her parents work there] “It was a horrible way to wake up. I had a text from one of my friends saying Chardon had a shooting. From there I pretty much broke down with worry for my parents and the fact I could have lost one of them. My dad is a science teacher, and my mom is an intervention specialist. I was just in shock because Chardon is the last place I would have ever thought this would happen. I still haven’t talked with my parents because they are still getting everything under control and getting debriefed. I’m really just still in shock, and I haven’t turned off the news. It’s just weird seeing their fac-es and names on the news because I know them. I’m very proud of all the students banding together and show-ing how strong our school is through a time like this.”

Robertson said she had one class Monday at 9:55 a.m., which she was planning to go to, but she was so glued to the news that she accidentally missed it. “I was glued to the TV ‘till 1:00 p.m. and then I realized I have midterms and a five-page paper due, so I had to snap back into reality. I keep checking back on Facebook to see if anything new has happened, and it’s nice to see the increased support between students and graduated students. I wish I could go home, but I have early classes tomorrow and projects I need to do, so unfortunately, I’ll be staying here and hoping my prayers get to the students and the families.”

Tara Marthe, sophomore psychology major:

[attended and had siblings there] - “Obviously these events are beyond upsetting, and terrifying actually. I never thought that something like this could have happened there. I’m just very thankful to all of the teachers and faculty for their brave

and competent actions and happy that my brothers got out today, to be honest.”

Bryan Haag, junior information design major:

[attended Chardon] - “I found out this morning through the local news and Facebook. It almost feels surreal that this happened at my high school. Mad or upset wouldn’t be the best words, but speechless comes pretty close. I have friends that are still in high school and they were keeping me updated through-out the morning. It really hits you hard when you knew your high school as this peaceful place and then this happens and you know it will just skew how everyone will view it from now on.”

Kelly McCaffery, freshman visual communication design major:

[attended Chardon] - “It’s hard to believe something like that could happen in such a small town. Liter-ally everyone knows each other, we all know each other’s business, and for the most part everyone’s there for each other. Even though he didn’t get that chance to experience it, it’s hard to believe he was so down in the dumps and went to such great lengths. Why would Chardon of all places have a shooting?”

She said she found out when her roommate told her she saw it on Face-book, and then her phone had several texts about a shooting at Chardon.

She had two classes Monday that she went to as usual. “During my classes I was on Facebook, and it was really hard for me to concentrate. I just kept hearing all these different things.”

She said according to one story, her old math teacher, Mr. Ricci, ran the shooter out of the school. She said she is going to the vigil Tuesday at St. Mary’s.

Caroline Boetger, sophomore photo illustration major:

[attended Chardon] - “I follow 19 Action News on Twitter. I woke up shortly after the shooting hap-pened and saw a tweet from 19 Action News saying ‘Possible Shooting at Chardon High School.’ This was before any information had been put out, and it hadn’t been confirmed yet. So it was the first thing I woke up to, and I was so worried and wanting more details. I was freaking out and calling my friends to make sure their families were OK. I ended up going to class to try and distract myself. I was [and still am] com-pletely shocked. I’m not the type of person who pretends things like this don’t happen, but I never thought a shooting would occur in Chardon. We’re a small, tight-knit city and serious violence isn’t something we deal with a lot. It’s heartbreaking, but I’m proud of my hometown for coming together so strongly to face such a tragedy.”

Many students used Facebook and Twitter to send thoughts and prayers to families and friends in Chardon. The Kent State chapter of To Write Love On Her Arms is hold-ing a candlelight vigil Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Risman Plaza for the families and students of Chardon.

Caitlyn Callahan is the safety reporter for the Daily Kent Stater.

The school was on lockdown for 90 minutes. Students then evacuated to Maple Elementary School across the street where parents were told to pick them up.

Daniel Parmertor, 16, died Monday after being life-flighted from the Geauga County school. Two others, who were in critical condition as of Monday at 4 p.m., were taken by helicopter to MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. Another two students, one in serious condition and one in stable condition, were ground-transported to Cleveland Clinic, said Chardon Police Chief Tim McKenna at a press conference Monday afternoon.

Police have a juvenile suspect in cus-tody, but are not releasing his name as no formal charges have been filed. However, Nate Mueller, a Chardon High School junior whose right ear was grazed by a bullet, identified the shooter as T.J. Lane.

Bob Farinacci, the attorney representing Lane, told WKYC-TV Lane’s family is “dev-astated by this most recent event.”

He described Lane, a sophomore, as a “fairly quiet and good kid” who had good grades and was taking extra classes with hopes of graduating in May.

“He pretty much sticks to himself but does have some friends and has never been in trouble over anything that we know about,” Farinacci said.

Mercedes Roskelly, 18 and a recent grad-uate of Cardinal High School, said she saw a photo Monday of the alleged gunman on Twitter, holding a gun and a sign with the words “Chardon High School Massacre.”

“You don’t think that some kid’s going to come in with a gun,” Roskelly said. “You can walk around Chardon at night and not have any worries.”

Samples, who said the high school doesn’t have any metal detectors, was amazed at the school and authorities’ quick response.

“Everybody was in a panic,” she said, “but it was amazing how fast the kids got from the cafeteria to a classroom with the doors locked.”

Daniel McClelland, Geauga County Sher-iff, said the school district started preparing for events like this several years ago. The dis-trict practiced lockdowns a few times a year.

“As a result of that training, units of law enforcement were quickly placed inside the school upon arrival,” he said, “and we believe that helped lessen the tragedy that occurred.”

Chardon Schools Superintendent Joe Bergant said the district’s schools, which house about 3,100 students, will be closed Tuesday. Grief counseling is available at the middle school from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the rest of the week.

“I’m asking that our teachers and our fac-ulty and all support staff … stay home and spend some time reflecting on family,” Ber-gant said. “Any parent who hasn’t hugged or kissed your kid in the past day, take that time.”

Chardon, which has a population of about 5,100, is about 36 miles north of Kent. McKenna said the investigation is ongoing and will be “very long.”

Courtney Kerrigan is the opinion editor and Taylor Rogers is the

editor for the Daily Kent Stater.

From Page 1 WITNESSESWitnesses give first-hand accounts...

David Boyle of Ravenwood Mental Health Center said in a press confer-

ence Monday there is no normal response to an event like the shooting.

Reactions will vary. Some will take it in stride, while others will be distraught.

“It is our opinion that it’s best for you to talk about and deal with these events as soon as you can after the event and thereby reduce the long term impact of this terrible tragedy,” he said.

Boyle said it’s normal for people to still be grieving long after the chaos has subsided. He suggested they call and speak with someone if they’re experiencing depression.

You can contact the health center at 440-285-3568.

— Chardon officials are planning a prayer vigil Tuesday starting at 7 p.m. at the Church of St. Mary, 401 North St., near the school. — Kent State’s To Write Love On Her Arms chapter is holding a candlelight vigil Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Risman Plaza.

From Page 1 TRAGEDYKSU students with ties to the school react to tragedy

Chardon City Councilwoman Nancy McArthur and other city officials commended the school and safety forces for their han-dling of the incident. She was glad to be at a meeting in nearby Lake County rather than at her job on the west side of Cleveland when her husband called with the news. Their 13-year-old son attends the middle school.

“I don’t know what to think,”

she said. “It could happen any-where … You just don’t ever expect it to happen in your front yard.”

Chardon City Hall last week hosted a newly formed Geauga County Opiate Task Force, orga-nized after Chardon Schools Super-intendent Joe Bergant approached Mayor Phil King about problems in the district.

“He said he has seen an increase in violence and fights, and would like to do some public education,” King said.

Bergant said destructive behav-iors appear to be on the rise.

“It’s an ever-present problem in

all schools,” he said. “We deal with it day in and day out. As a county, we need to do something with it.”

In the shooting aftermath, King said, “I think the community’s going to come together fine. This is a very good community.”

Martin agreed.“We all look out for each other,”

she said. “It will make us more dil-igent to continue to look and listen and keep track of things. I think it will bring us closer together than really be a detriment to us as a community.”

Prayer vigils have been planned for Monday and Tuesday nights.

From Page 1 RESIDENTSResidents shocked as shots shatter quiet town of Chardon

BRIAN SMITH I DAILY KENT STATER Chardon Schools Superintendent Joe Bergant speaks at a press conference on Feb. 27, after the school shooting at Chardon High School. Bergant urged parents to stay home and spend time with their families.

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For two years, Twitter has allowed users into the minds of high-ranking celebrities with its validation software as it verifies the sources of celebrity tweets. Now, Facebook is trying to rep-licate this feat.

Facebook is currently testing its own validation software with the hope of verifying celebrities on their site with the use of a government ID submission, according to AFP. With this updated version to the website’s “subscribe” feature, Facebook seems to be focusing on stealing away Twitter followers.

But what Facebook doesn’t realize is that Twitter really cannot be replicated. Back in November, Dave Smith of the International Business Times comment-ed that while “Facebook is driven by real people, Twitter is driven by celebri-ties and brands.” Though I understand why Facebook would want to tap into this market that Twitter has so effective-ly implemented, the barriers instituted for both celebrities and their subscribers through Facebook are just too high.

Within this update, Facebook requires celebrities to register under their own names, so fans of Lady Gaga will instead have to search for her real name, Stefani Germanotta, according to the Daily Mail. Fans will subsequently have to subscribe to her page first before they are allowed access to any of her updates or information, and subscrip-tion usually just means more spam. Twitter, on the other hand, advertises an easy way to keep up with your favorite celebrities without hassle, without spam and with easy access, and it is this fea-ture that will mark Facebook’s venture as one eventually doomed.

The process Facebook will undergo in order to verify and authenticate celebrities, by forcing them to sign up with a government-issued form of identification, will probably be more effective than Twitter’s secretive veri-fication process. Usually, it may take a few tries to weed through the simi-lar Twitter account names before you can find that “real” celebrity. With its 175 million users, it must be harder for Twitter to effectively verify the identity of every Twitter account, and when asked last March about its pro-cess, Twitter simply commented that “we continue to very selectively verify accounts most at risk for impersonation on a one-off and highly irregular basis,” according to the Wall Street Journal.

It comes down to the simple fact that we as a society steep ourselves in routine. If I want to find out more about a celebrity’s personal life, I’m not going to log on to my Facebook account and subscribe to their page. I’m going to follow them on Twitter, where they can give me a updates each day on the most recent information in their lives. While Facebook will spam me with messag-es on latest updates, I can choose on Twitter whether or not I want to look at certain tweets, and it is this sense of control that gives Twitter its edge.

It’s a matter of society sticking to its trends. Facebook was originally set up for social networking through friends, family and old acquaintances. Twitter’s purpose was broader, allowing users to connect with their idols, role models and people who they can meet only in their dreams.

Facebook seems to be behind the curve in terms of breaking into this “celebrity market.” Google Plus was already verifying celebrity users’ accounts back in August, but there hasn’t been any major change or switch to start using Google Plus more to fol-low celebrities.

Facebook should stick to what it orig-inally started for ― reconnecting with you with those you know personally. Facebook should be trying to build onto this reputation through features like its Timeline application instead of trying to simply siphon off a few Twitter users.

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If you are graduating from college in May, there is one thing on your mind: Life post-graduation. More than ten years ago, graduating with a college degree was sure to give you an edge in the work force. A high GPA was thought of as a plus and almost your golden ticket to a post-graduation job. However, despite graduating with a 4.0 GPA, these things will only get you so far in today’s job market.

What sets students apart from their peers in the current seemingly impenetrable job market? The answer is internships.

A 2010 study by the National Association of Col-leges and Employers found that 42.3 percent of the seniors who had internship experience and applied for a job received at least one job offer, while only 30.7 percent of seniors without internship experience who applied for a job received an offer.

Various universities have realized the importance of internship experience and have taken serious ini-tiatives to motivate students to intern. Some univer-sities have even made internship experience a grad-uation requirement for all students. It would seem unfeasible for a large university such as U. Texas to require internship experience among all graduates, but is the university doing enough to promote intern-ship experience and make interning accessible to all students?

Over the last decade, UT developed programs such as the Bill Archer Fellowship Program, where UT students live and intern in Washington, D.C., for a semester while earning in-residence credit, and the UT Semester in Los Angeles Program. Such pro-grams offer students some of the best experiences of their college careers. However, they are limited to only a small number of students per semester.

As paid internships are rare, one of the biggest drawbacks to interning is the lack of pay for students.

Many students cannot afford to spend a summer or a semester working for free, as they have tuition and other finances to pay. Although many universities promote the importance of internships, few discuss this critical aspect of interning.

One may say that as an intern, a student can earn college credit for their work, which will make up for the lack of pay. Although this may be true for intern-ships during the school year, summer internships are not always counted as course credit. In order for an internship to translate into summer course credit, many students must enroll into the summer session and pay for summer tuition. In other words, some students will work for free and then have to pay almost $2,000 to the university to obtain the credit.

To preach the importance of internships and gen-uinely promote this experience among students, UT must find a way to bridge the gap between unpaid work and gaining experience. One way to do this is to develop a program where a student receives a salary or even a stipend from the university while working in an unpaid internship. This would truly promote internship experience among students and therefore increase the opportunity of post-graduation employment. However in times such as these, where university funds are short, UT could also allow all summer interns to receive credit without paying the full summer tuition.

These measures are key to promoting internship experience among students. In addition to the natural competitive edge in the job market that comes with being a Longhorn, UT students will gain increased attention from future employers with internship experiences.

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Bridging the gap between unpaid work and experience

It has been going on for thousands and thousands of years; an issue that has more than two distinct sides to it. The death penalty, or punishment by execution for a crime, has been a con-troversy for some time now, but it can be more complicated than being for or against it.

Some believe that the death penalty, or capital punishment, is appropriate in certain situations, but not in others. Some are pro- or anti-death penalty no matter what.

I believe in the saying “an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind,” but I’m not strictly anti-death penalty. In certain situations, the death penalty seems to be acceptable.

According to ReligiousTolerance.org, “In almost all states that perform executions, the death penalty is limited to cases involving aggravated murder. However, there are a growing number of states that also allow the execution of convicted child molesters.”

This seems reasonable because aggravated murder generally indicates a murder committed with intent and under serious circumstances.

In most situations, however, I feel as though if the option of a life sentence with no opportunity of parole is avail-able, then that is what the perpetrator’s punishment should be.

Life without parole seems to be more of a punishment than the death penalty. Prisoners who have committed vicious crimes are stuck inside of a cage for the remainder of their natural lives, thinking about what they have done.

Making them live a life of misery seems to be more of a punishment than just killing them. If I were in the convicts’ lace-less shoes and orange jumper, I would pick death over a life in prison.

Imprisonment is not just for pun-ishing those who have violated laws; it is also for protection of the public and rehabilitation for the convicts. Life in jail protects the public and punishes, and hopefully rehabilitates, the pris-oner. Although if they have no chance at parole, a life sentence is more of a punishment and act of protection than rehabilitation.

Many have protested the death pen-alty due to it being “cruel and unusual punishment,” but did the criminals who have caused harm to others and their families think about being “cruel and unusual” when they were slaugh-tering human beings? I would say not.

There are, however, restrictions on capital punishment. When men-tal illness, race and/or juveniles are involved in a case, there are limitations.

Anyone on trial for a crime who is suspected to be mentally disabled must go through psychoanalysis to prove that they are, because if they are, they cannot be executed.

Equal protection under the law for people of any race can be violated in any case. To be considered unconstitutional, proof that racial discrimination against the defendant must be presented.

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights was ratified in 1992, stating that offenders who committed their crime when they were under the age of 18 are not capable of receiving capital punishment.

All three of these restrictions seem fair and just. Under certain circum-stances, the death penalty is appropri-ate. If the perpetrator is unable to be rehabilitated, the death penalty should be used, but a life sentence without the possibility of parole seems to be more of a punishment.

Taylor Miksic is a freshman news major and columnist for the Daily Kent

Stater. Contact her at tmiksic@kent.edu.

Is the death penalty too ‘cruel

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Taylor MiksicColumnist

A week ago, Republicans organized a hearing that included a panel of male witnesses talking about President Barack Obama’s new contracep-tion rule. The rule requires religious employers to offer health insurance coverage that includes contraceptives and other birth control services.

As a result, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi organized a meeting with her policy com-mittee to talk about the same rule. In her meet-ing, Pelosi invited someone the GOP had denied in its hearing — Sandra Fluke, a female witness.

Have we stepped back into the Stone Age? When did it become OK for women to sit around while the men make the decisions for everyone? Let’s be real; if you want an opinion about birth control, a woman is your best bet. This is 2012, and women have a voice.

Women sure don’t need a group of men — who don’t know all there is to know about birth control — to make a decision about something so important to their daily lives.

Darrell Issa, House Oversight Committee chairman, explained that they had originally denied Fluke because she wasn’t qualified to appear on the panel because the subject was on religious freedom, not health care or birth control.

Either way, the idea that issues directly relat-ed to women can be discussed and decided upon without consulting women is absurd.

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

are listed above.

Panel needs women’s opinion

Kelli Fitzpatrickkfitzpa4@kent.edu

As of March 5, a student with a basic meal plan should have $897.35 left, accord-ing to Dining Services. With Spring Break and Easter coming up, you might not be on campus for much of the rest of the Spring semester and will need some crafty ways to make it through that meal plan money.

Jessica Kalar, senior nutrition and food major, has lived on campus for three years, during which time she has come up with creative ways to cook healthy meals.

“I like to take advantage of the basic things I can get on campus,” Kalar said. “I get a wrap full of nothing but grilled chicken and take it back to my dorm to mix it with rice.”

Kalar, who volunteers with Campus Kitchen, said she prefers to make her own meals because food served on campus can be dry or unhealthy. To avoid eating over-cooked meat, she requests burgers to not be cooked the usual well-done and uses on-campus ingredients to make meals in her room. Kalar said she uses salad bar ingredients to make spinach and cheese-filled crescent rolls or taco dip.

Sarah Caron, recipe developer and blog-ger on Sarah’s Cucina Bella, also recom-mends taking advantage of the salad bar.

“You can gather ingredients for fresh salsa there or pick up veggies for a quick and easy stir-fry,” she said in an email. “You can also grab a couple [of] prepared hard-cooked eggs for egg salad or even deviled eggs for a party.”

When it comes to necessary appli-ances, Kalar said a crockpot is great for residence hall cooking.

“A crock pot is essential when you live on campus if you want to make something that tastes like it comes from home,” she said. Kalar said she cooks chicken breast and salsa in her crock pot and serves it on tortillas for an easy meal.

Caron said a small food processor is also great for making hummus for half the cost of that bought in the store.

The following is a list of simple and inexpensive recipes made with goods you can find both on campus and off. Leftover spices and herbs will keep for months to use for other meals. Pick your favorite to shake up your dinner-at-the-Hub routine.

Kelli Fitzpatrick is the student finance reporter for the Daily Kent Stater.

Sarah’s recipe tips• Get creative by combining simple

ingredients like cooked rice with your favorite sauce and veggies.

• Stock up on your favorite spices and oils from the market or off-campus to boost foods, “just a few that you love so that you can transform ordinary foods into something delicious.” Try curry powder, cumin or sweet paprika for unexpected zing.

• Save money by making your own dips and clipping coupons for things you buy regularly, like pasta, cereal and sauces from coupons.com, smartsource.com or redplum.com.

• Make easy chili with salad bar ingre-dients like kidney beans, tomato puree, chicken, onions and peppers.

Jessica’s Recipe Tips• Add less liquid to a cake mix to

make whoopie pies on a sprayed cookie sheet. Bake according to instructions and frost with your favorite icing.

• Quick peanut pad thai: drain the broth from ramen noodles in to a bowl. Mix with peanut butter, hot sauce and orange juice and pour over noodles.

• Use a blender to make healthy smoothies with fruit, yogurt, juice and ice.

• Make a five-minute taco dip with cheese, sour cream, tomatoes, guacamo-le and olives from salad bars or markets. Refrigerate in a plastic container.

• Take a cooking class to hone your skills!

Oreo MilkshakeKraftrecipes.com

On-campus ingredientsChocolate syrup [$3.19]Oreos [$5.99]Quart of milk [$1.89]Pint of vanilla ice cream [$4.99]

You’ll also needBlender

1. Make yourself — and a friend or two — a tall glass of chocolatey good-ness. Layer bottom of glass with choco-late syrup.

2. Finely chop four Oreo cookies. Quarter some more cookies [about two per serving] and place in blender. Add milk and ice cream and blend until smooth.

3. Pour into syrupy glasses and gar-nish with chopped cookies.

Aglio e Olio (Garlic Pasta)Sarah Caron, tablespoon.com

On-campus ingredients, available at Eastway market:

Spaghetti [$2.29]1/2 cup olive oil [$3.59]Salt and pepper [$1.99 (or nab some

free packets from the Hub)]

Off-campus ingredients, available at Walmart:

10 garlic cloves, minced [$1.48 for a jar of pre-minced]

2/3 cups parsley, chopped [$2.88]Romano cheese [$2.98]

You’ll also need:Cooking pot, skillet

1. Bring pot of water to a boil and stir in pasta. Chop ingredients while waiting for water to boil with pasta.

2. Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in garlic, stirring until golden brown.

3. Toss garlic oil with pasta and stir in parsley, salt and pepper. Top with cheese and prepare for a night of garlic breath — totally worth it.

Super Simple ParfaitSarah Caron, tablespoon.com

On-campus ingredients:Yoplait Whips raspberry yogurt

[$1.20]Dark chocolate bar [$1]

Off-campus ingredients:Raspberries [$2.98]

A five-minute dessert that’s chocolaty and healthy to boot. Chop the chocolate bar. In a tall glass, pour in half of the yogurt and half of the chocolate. Repeat with the remaining yogurt and chocolate and top with raspberries.

Grilled Fish Taco EntreeBetter Homes and Gardens. Recom-

mended by the Campus Kitchen at Kent State

On-campus ingredients:1 tablespoon olive oil Salt, pepperTortillas [$4.59]Tortilla chips [$3.99]Salsa [$3.99]

Off-campus ingredients:1 pound fish fillets [$3.98 for two

salmon or tilapia fillets]1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 teaspoon chili powder [$2.28]1/2 teaspoon cumin [$2.28]

You’ll also need:GrillBaking dish

1. Arrange fish in square baking dish. In a bowl, whisk lemon juice, oil, chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper. Pour over fish. Cover and chill for 15 minutes. Drain fish and wrap all tortillas in foil.

2. Grill fish and tortillas for four to six minutes, until fish flakes easily and torti-llas are warm.

3. Cut fish into pieces and serve in tor-tillas with salsa and chips. You guessed it … fiesta time!

Quickie French OmeletBetty Crocker

On-campus ingredients:Two EggsTwo teaspoons butter [$6.49]Salt and pepper

You’ll also need:Skillet, whisk

1. For those not-so-hungry mornings or a late-night snack. Beat eggs in a bowl with a fork or whisk until well-mixed.

2. In an 8-inch skillet, heat butter until sizzling, tilting skillet to coat bottom with butter.

3. Pour the mixed eggs into the skillet. While sliding the skillet rapidly over the heat, quickly stir the eggs with a fork to spread them over the bottom of the skil-let. When they are thickened, let stand a few seconds to lightly brown the bottom.

4. Run a fork under the edge of the omelet to loosen from skillet. Add desired filling [tomatoes, onions, spinach, etc. will need to be purchased off-campus].Fold omelet in half and turn onto a plate. Season with salt and pepper.

Breakfast for DinnerInspired by Wild Goats Café’s French

toast, peanut butter and banana style

On-campus ingredients:Buttermilk waffles [$3.49]Peanut butter [$3.79]Syrup [$4.99]Banana [99 cents]

You’ll also need:Toaster

1. Easy enough for the residence hall and good enough for any of the day’s meals. Toast two waffles until golden brown.

2. Chop banana. Spread peanut butter on waffles and place banana slices on top.

3. Drizzle with syrup, pair with a cup of your favorite beverage and enjoy!

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On-campus cuisineMeal plan money + less than $10 = tasty meals

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Katie Paukstkpaukst@kent.edu

Students at Kent State Tus-carawas campus are able to use their stage at the Performing Arts Center for the first time, while tackling serious real-life issues in the internation-ally known play, “The Vagina Monologues.”

“The Vagina Monologues” is a collection of monologues exploring the taboo issues of women in today’s society. The monologues aim to empower women and discuss topics ranging from childbirth to vio-lence and abuse of women.

The purpose of these events is to raise awareness about vio-lence against women and girls as well as raise money for local beneficiaries working to end violence.

Eve Ensler first performed the assortment of monologues in 1996, and now the Arm Mundi Sodalicium, a perform-ing arts student organization at Tuscarawas campus, is hosting the 2012 monologues at the Per-forming Arts Center Wednes-day at 7:30 p.m.

This performance will be a first for Tuscarawas, as stu-dents on that campus haven’t acted on their own stage since 1992. This is also the first per-formance done by students in the newly constructed Perform-ing Arts Center.

“We thought it would be a wonderful marriage between fostering arts and giving stu-dents on campus the opportu-nity to feel that they can change the world,” said Bill Auld, assistant theater professor at the campus’s School of Theater and Dance.

“The script is written in a way that the emotion is there on the page,” Auld said. “It contains many good pieces for actresses and addresses mul-tiple topics that are not only universal but also relevant to women today.”

Open auditions were held, with a total of 10 women being cast for the monologues. The cast ranges in ages from 19 to 37 and has various majors from theater to English.

Stephanie Tenan, 27, a theater design and technology major, is one of the women in the play.

“We are doing something that matters, we are giving back,” Tenan said. “We are put-ting the spotlight on something that isn’t talked about and put-ting the quietness all on stage.”

Carrie Kirkpatrick, presi-dent of AMS and a senior electrical engineering major, is ecstatic about AMS’s first time presenting a play.

“I think it’s wonderful,” Kirkpatrick said. “It’s great to get a women’s side because you don’t get to talk about this stuff in society.”

The production has also cre-ated a new atmosphere for the students in and working with the play, because it is every-one’s first time being a part of something new to the campus.

“It’s my first acting experi-ence, and so far it has been chal-lenging but fun and reward-ing,” said Gabrielle Neavin, cast member and senior Eng-lish major. “There is room for personal growth and discipline with being in this show.”

Tenan, who has been admir-ing the stage for some time now after being a crew member for the Performing Arts Center, said the campus has such a fan-tastic sage, and now they finally get to use it.

The Tuscarawas campus and community have also been very responsive to the play and all of the publicity AMS has been promoting.

Crystal Corrigan, promo-tions manager for the show, said a lot of creativity went into promoting the show. Corrigan designed four different flyers to promote the “The Vagina Monologues” throughout the campus and community.

“I decided to use four differ-ent silhouettes of women from the Victorian ages,” Corrigan said. “I thought every one of these women could be related back to the play.”

Tickets, on sale now at the Performing Arts Center box office, are $5 and proceeds ben-efit COMPASS, a crisis inter-vention and advocacy support system for all victims of sexual assault. For more information, call 330-308-6400.

Katie Paukst is the regional campuses reporter for the Daily Kent Stater.

‘Vagina Monologues’ comes to Kent State Tuscarawas campus

Diacon also said in the course of learning about Kent State, he may be asked to give his opinion on various issues. He said he’ll do so “depending on how much I understand the situation at hand.”

Frank has accepted the pres-idency at New Mexico, his alma mater, but he said he will not begin his term there until June 1 “as we always planned.” He said he’s currently “getting

pulled between Kent State and New Mexico every day,” so he is grateful President Lester Lef-ton brought Diacon in early.

He said the extra time in New Mexico will be beneficial because he can then set up a transition office to help him learn the ways of the university.

“When you take over a presidency ... there’s so much you need to learn about the institution before you start and make educated decisions,” Frank said. “For me to have two months to do that learning before I actually make day-to-day operational decisions is an incredible opportunity.”

Carrie Blazina is the academics reporter for the Daily Kent Stater.

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Provosts grateful for extra transi-tion time between jobs

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By Nancy Black Today’s Birthday (02/28/12) The way you see the world inspires others, spreading self-knowledge and faith. Let new friends earn your trust. Home, family and friends are the center of your universe. You keep it all steady. What will you learn this year? Where will you travel?

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. Get ready for another great learning experience. Your abil-ity to concentrate will be enhanced marvelously for the next two days. Resist the temptation to splurge.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Today is a 7. Edit the presentation again for clarity and brevity. You’re entering a two-day domestic phase. Get practical, and watch for a new source of inspiration.

Gemini (May 21-June 21) Today is a 6. An antique figures into your plans. Go over financial infor-mation with an expert. Step into the spotlight, and let it rip. Sing out for what you care about.

Cancer (June 22-July 22) Today is a 7. Speak, email and send your messages out. You may be un-der a bit more pressure. Slow down and think it over. Let your partner choose the color.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Today is an 8. Little successes add up. Enjoy gorgeous moments. Your good manners gain you brownie points. Network socially, and spread the good vibes around.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Today is a 7. Writing, recording and communications go well today. Prepare in private for the attention that’s coming later. Go over plan-ning and schedules. Edit the speech down to it’s most powerful form.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) Today is a 7. You’re probably think-ing about it too much. Trust your instincts for a brilliant solution. Be open to new ideas, even if they seem crazy.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Today is a 9. You don’t have to do the boring stuff. Delegate to someone who’s better than you at that, and focus on what you do best. Reward with rest and relaxation.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 9. There’s gain with-out pain, although it does require discipline. You can be very convincing now, and move forward with celerity. Don’t dodge the acknowledgement.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Today is an 8. You can get farther when you team up with a partner. You get a boost of confidence. Go ahead and dream. A plan, a team and actions make it real.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 6. Solving problems comes easily, especially when you let your higher sense prevail. Creativity flows, and it’s so romantic ... share it with someone interesting.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Today is an 8. You find new answers to old questions. You’re motivated to take action. You’re imaginative, inspired and just plain lucky. Take a step.

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There’s a certain cool factor about 1970s fashion that no other decade can touch. Perhaps the fact that the silhouettes, fabrics and motifs merge together to create a highly glamorous look that maintains a relaxed, casual appeal. It’s no won-der that ‘70s style has been a runway mainstay as of late, and thanks to The Grey Colt, located in Hudson’s First and Main streets, the look is just as attainable here in Northeast Ohio as it is in New York, London, Milan and Paris.

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This spring, color blocking is still going to be a popular styling technique, but this time around, it is focused more on shoes. Areas of contrasting shades give a shoe with minimal detail more interest. Instead of extremely vibrant hues, like those repeat-edly color blocked with last season, opt for more neutral tones. It is always a wise choice to invest in shoes that can be worn with both black and brown clothing, and luckily in this season, doing so is right on trend.

Ashley Jaros is a fashion correspondent for the Daily Kent Stater.

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Best and worst dressed: The Academy Awards

Worst Dressed:4. Emma Stone - Her entire look was a replica of Nicole Kidman at the Academy Awards back in 2007... yikes!5. Sandra Bullock6. Busy Phillips - Apparently she’s too “busy” to check if her gown, shoes, and accessories matched.7. Sacha Baron Cohen - Can’t decide which was worse — the ridiculous military outfit or spilling ashes all over Ryan Seacrest.

The Academy Awards is the biggest event of the year in Hollywood, so of course it’s assumed that celebrities put forth their best efforts to look stunning and stylish for the camera. Most of the stars looked style savvy on the red carpet with long sleeves, white and bold colors being the dominating trends. But with the good come the bad, and of course there were a few fashion blunders. Here’s my list of the best and worst actors of the Oscars:

Best Dressed:1. Rooney Mara - The white Givenchy gown was a refreshing change from her usual all black ensembles. 2. Jessica Chastain - The intricate detailing of her McQueen gown was stunning, and I love how she wore minimal jewelry to not distract from it.3. Jean Dujardin

Ashley Jaros is a fashion correspondent for the Daily Kent Stater.

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