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  Kent State Golden Flashes: KentSportsReport.com
But, Ohio State turned four Kent State miscues into scores on the way to a 48-3 rout over the Golden Flashes at Ohio Stadium in Columbus.
Kent State (3-3, 1-2 in the MAC) travels to Ohio State (6-0, 3-0 in the Big Ten) on Saturday for just the second all-time meeting between the schools.
Kent State continued its preparations for Ohio State on Wednesday.
kentstate.rivals.com   (257 words)

  
  Kent State shootings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kent State shootings, also known as May 4 or The Kent State Massacre, occurred at Kent State University in the city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970.
At Kent State, a massive demonstration was held on May 1 on the Commons, and another was planned for May 4.
The work was first performed on the Kent State campus on May 8, 1971 and was revived for the 25th commemoration of the tragedy in 1995.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kent_State_shootings   (2975 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Kent State University
Kent State University (KSU) is an institution of higher learning located in Kent, Ohio, which is about 40 miles southeast of Cleveland, and 12 miles from Akron, Ohio.
Kent State University is the only institution in the state of Ohio to offer a degree in Library and Information Science at this time.
Kent, Ohio A public university is an institution of university higher education that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or regional government.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kent-State-University   (1780 words)

  
 Kent State Massacre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Daffodils planted at the Kent State May 4 Memorial planted in memory of the 58,175 soldiers who died in the Vietnam conflict
Kent State University was placed in an international spotlight after a tragic end to a student demonstration against the Vietnam War and the National Guard on May 4, 1970.
At Kent, the day after the announcement to send U.S. troops into Cambodia marked the start of a weekend of anti-war protests that began on campus and spilled into the city of Kent's downtown.
www.geocities.com /RainForest/2556/kent.html   (558 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Kent State University, United States (Colleges, U.S.) - Encyclopedia
Kent State University, Colleges, U.S. Related Category: Colleges, U.S. Kent State University, mainly at Kent, Ohio; coeducational; founded 1910 as a normal school, became Kent State College in 1929, gained university status in 1935.
The university's academic programs and research facilities include the Honors Center (begun in 1961 as an honors program, became in 1970 a separate college), the Center for Peaceful Change, and the Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Insitute.
In May, 1970, national attention was focused on the Kent State campus when four students were killed by Ohio National Guardsmen during an anti–Vietnam War protest.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/K/KentStat.html   (228 words)

  
 Kenttrack.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kent State University track and field and cross country coach Wendel McRaven was named head men’s cross country coach and assistant men’s track and field coach at the University of Illinois, Fighting Illini men’s track and field coach Wayne Angel announced today (July 7).
McRaven tutored Kent State to five Mid-American Conference championships during his time as head coach with the Golden Flashes, winning five MAC Coach of the Year honors, while also earning Central Collegiate Coach of the Year, Mondo/USTCA Great Lakes Men’s Coach of the Year and Mondo/USTCA Great Lakes Women’s Coach of the Year accolades once.
McRaven came to Kent State in 1996 with the charge of revitalizing the cross country programs and the distance events on the track and field squads and had unprecedented success.
www.personal.kent.edu /~jwise/track.html   (671 words)

  
 CNN - y: Kent State forever linked with Vietnam War era - May 04, 2000
Kent State's campus in northeast Ohio is tranquil, with tree-covered rolling hills.
Most of the seniors currently at Kent State were born nearly a decade after the shootings at their school.
Kent State and its students have largely moved on, but the school's name will always be linked to a traumatizing, epochal event.
www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/views/y/2000/04/tuchman.kentstate.may4   (883 words)

  
 Kent State, May 4, 1970: America Kills Its Children
Twenty-five years ago this month, students came out on the Kent State campus and scores of others to protest the bombing of Cambodia-- a decision of President Nixon's that appeared to expand the Vietnam War.
On the eve of it, the exhausted plaintiffs settled with the state for $675,000.00, which was divided 13 ways.
The state issued a statement of "regret" which stopped short of an apology for the events of May 4th, nine years before.
www.spectacle.org /595/kent.html   (1870 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Kent State (1981) : Video   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
For instance, in an attempt to win as wide an audience as possible, Kent State jettisons most of the political background of the antiwar movement and focusses on the generational conflict.
Given that Kent State was filmed in Alabama, I thought the producers did a creditable job in recreating the look of the KSU campus.
I was at Kent State before, during, and after, the time of the shootings (1968-1975).
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6300185761?v=glance   (1327 words)

  
 Kent State University Fast Facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kent State University is a Carnegie Foundation Doctoral/Research University-Extensive, one of 90 public institutions to be so designated.
Kent State is Ohio’s second largest public university, and the largest residential university in Northeast Ohio.
Kent State University is one of the safest campuses in the United States, according to the FBI/UCR and Consortium for Higher Education Campus Crime Research.
imagine.kent.edu /media/content/facts.asp   (317 words)

  
 CT DEP: Kent Falls State Park
From the North — Pittsfield and Great Barrington, MA areas: travel south on Route 7 into Kent, CT. The park is located along Route 7 approximately 3 miles south of the intersection with Route 45, and approximately 4.5 miles north of the village of Kent.
Kent Falls, located in the northeastern section of the town of Kent, is a series of waterfalls on a mountain stream known as Falls Brook.
The flow in the cascade at Kent is normally heaviest in the spring when the winter snow is melting.
dep.state.ct.us /stateparks/parks/kentfalls.htm   (766 words)

  
 Read about Kent State University at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Kent State University and learn about Kent ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kent State University (KSU) is an institution of higher learning located in
Kent, Ohio, which is one hour south-east from
Kent State shootings, when four students were killed and nine were wounded by the
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Kent_State_University   (260 words)

  
 Kent State University on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
KENT, OH -- Brian Slease marches down W. Main Street in Kent, Ohio, with a crowd on Wednesday, May, 4, 2005.
Wednesday is the 35th anniversary of the student shootings at Kent State University.
KENT, OHIO -- Rock star Joe Walsh goofs around with the president of Kent State University where Walsh received a honorary degree, Saturday, December 15, 2001.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/K/KentS1tat.asp   (829 words)

  
 Kent State Shootings: A Chronology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A federal judge upholds the state's indictments of the students, but orders the state grand jury's report to be expunged from the record and physically destroyed due to its bias.
The "special" state grand jury is even further discredited when Ohio officials dismiss charges against 20 of the 25 individuals indicted by the grand jury.
The state of Ohio awards them a total of $675,000, to be split 13 ways, and the defendants sign a "statement of regret." Some victims claim the statement is an apology, but the defendants and their attorneys dispute that.
members.aol.com /nrbooks/chronol.htm   (1422 words)

  
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Kent State Alumni Association members can help Martin gain some well-deserved national recognition by voting him Liberty Mutual’s Coach of the Year.
Kent State University's President Lester Lefton will hit the road to meet alumni throughout the country at several receptions this fall and in Spring 2008.
Alumni and friends are invited to attend these receptions to remember, reminisce and talk about the future of Kent State with President Lefton.
www.ksualumni.org   (271 words)

  
 AllPolitics - Back in TIME for May 18, 1970
Six Kent State students who drove to Washington on the spur of the moment to talk with Ohio Congressmen were taken to the White House to see Presidential Adviser John Ehrlichman.
It took half a century to transform Kent State from an obscure teachers college into the second largest university in Ohio, with 21,000 students and an impressive array of modern buildings on its main campus.
She had placed a flower in a Guardsman's rifle at Kent State and said softly: "Flowers are better than bullets." "Is dissent a crime?" asked Allison Krause's father.
cgi.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1996/analysis/back.time/9605/20   (6627 words)

  
 Kent State University Planetarium
Kent State University Planetarium is maintained by the Department of Physics for use in astronomy courses, as well as for presentation of shows to groups outside the department.
The spherical star ball is capable of reproducing on the dome most stars visible to the naked eye from anyplace on earth.
Kent State University Planetarium normally presents more than one hundred shows per year to over 10,000 people.
planetarium.kent.edu /users/planet   (387 words)

  
 Career college education – Complete to Compete program
Update: Kent State to offer associate degree in horticulture technology at Ohio University Lancaster Campus.
Kent State University and Ohio University have formed a partnership
Adult education in Ohio has become more important for career development and success, and that is why Ohio University and Kent State have teamed up for the Complete to Compete college education program.
www.completetocompete.info   (201 words)

  
 KentStateSports.com—Official Web Site of Kent State University Athletics
Football: L 3-48 vs. Ohio State - Kent State Defeated By No. 3 Ohio State...
The 15th ranked Kent State women's golf team moved into a tie for eighth after two of three rounds at the Mercedez-Benz Women's Championships.
The Kent State cross country teams have one last chance to get ready for the postseason when both the men's and women's squads take part in the Falcon Invitational Saturday (10/13) at the Forrest Creason Course in Bowling Green, Ohio.
www.kentstatesports.com   (503 words)

  
 Ask Kent State
You are here: Kent State University > Ask Kent State
Kent State University, Kent State and KSU are registered trademarks and may not be used without permission.
The Kent State Web site is best viewed on an 800 x 600 screen with an up-to-date Internet browser.
www.kent.edu /askkentstate.cfm   (128 words)

  
 Kent State University College Hockey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kent, OH Kent State finally got on track vs Buffalo this past weekend with 6-4 and 5-2 victories vs #21 Buffalo.
Next up for Kent State is a CSCHL battle vs #9th ranked UM-Dearborn.
Kent St went 2 -1 this past weekend at the ACHA Showcase in Youngstown, OH.
www.homestylelofts.com /kenthockey   (154 words)

  
 Ohio Universities, Top Universities
Acclaimed Adoption Expert Adam Pertman Speaks at Kent State Oct. 19
Kent State, one of the public Ohio universities, is ranked by the Carnegie Foundation among the nation's top 77 public research universities, and among the 76 top colleges and
Ohio universities and offer classes and degree programs for regional, national and international students interested in thousands of career pursuits.
www.kent.edu   (163 words)

  
 Kent State Golden Flashes Merchandise at College Merchandise Co. your Kent State Golden Flashes Merchandise source
Kent State Golden Flashes Merchandise at College Merchandise Co. your Kent State Golden Flashes Merchandise source
Our Kent State Golden Flashes Merchandise includes Kent State University flag, jewelry, chair, watch, golf balls, golf headcovers, rug, pennant, wallet, mug, apparel, gifts, glassware, umbrella, and more.
All Kent State Golden Flashes Merchandise is officially licensed by the selected university.
www.collegeshade.com /kent_state_golden_flashes_merchandise_76_ctg.html   (194 words)

  
 Kent State University -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kent State University -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Kent State University (KSU) is an institution of higher learning located in (Click link for more info and facts about Kent, Ohio) Kent, Ohio, which is one hour south-east from (The largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port) Cleveland.
The photo won a (Click link for more info and facts about Pulitzer Prize) Pulitzer Prize for photographer (Click link for more info and facts about John Filo) John Filo.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ke/kent_state_university.htm   (234 words)

  
 Special Collections and Archives, May 4 Collection Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Welcome to the Department of Special Collections and Archives at Kent State University and to the May 4 Collection which encompasses an integral part of our archive.
The closest student wounded was 30 yards away from the Guard, while the farthest was nearly 250 yards.
The May 4 Collection and this Web site have been created to assist students, faculty, staff, community members and other researchers in locating information sources related to the Kent State shootings and their aftermath.
speccoll.library.kent.edu /4may70   (365 words)

  
 Kent State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
President Nixon's April 30 announcement that the US military had invaded Cambodia and 150,000 more troops would soon be drafted came at a time when many in the United States believed the war was drawing to a close.
Following two days of demonstrations and street parades in which windows were broken and an old ROTC building was ignited, the nervous Akron mayor called in the National Guard.
The widespread student movement was a major concern of the federal government even before the incidents at Kent State.
chnm.gmu.edu /hardhats/kent.html   (551 words)

  
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Alan Canfora is a survivor of the Kent State massacre of 1970.
At Kent State University, the reaction to Nixon's announcement
Kent and along with city officials, held a news conference.
www.cs.earlham.edu /~paulsjo/KentState.html   (1350 words)

  
 Kent State Golden Flashes | NCAA Football at CBS SportsLine.com
KENT, Ohio- Anthony Turner threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score to lead Bowling Green to a 24-14 victory over Kent State on Saturday.
Injuries weren't the only reason Kent State fell to Bowling Green on Saturday, but they certainly didn't help.
The air attack was solid, despite the loss to injury of a couple of quarterback Michael Machen's main targets.
www.sportsline.com /collegefootball/teams/page/KENTST   (219 words)

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