Stone on May 4 Film: 'I Can't Make Them All'

Acclaimed director, creator of "The Untold History of the United States" hedges answer on question of May 4 movie.

Award-winning director Oliver Stone, speaking to journalists before his presentation this evening at Kent State University's 43rd commemoration of the May 4, 1970 shootings, would not say if he's interested in making a movie about the Vietnam war protests that ended in tragedy. Instead, when asked whether he was considering such a project, Stone repeated a line he told a Plain Dealer reporter this week when asked about a possible movie about the shootings that killed four and wounded nine on campus. "I can't make them all," Stone said. The acclaimed director was one of two big-name speakers who visited Kent this weekend for the annual commemoration, which this year included the formal dedication of the May 4 Visitors Center. Stone said he …

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Two Student Deaths, Armed Robbery, Acorn Corner Updates: Kent's Top Stories in April

In case you missed it, here's a quick recap of the stories readers most clicked on during the month of April 2013.

Here's a look back at the most popular stories on Kent Patch in April: "Like" Kent Patch on Facebook to make sure you don't miss out on the top stories of May. 

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Kent State May Act on Tuition Next Month

State cap on tuition increases expected to be 2 percent.

Students at Kent State University may see another increase in tuition starting in the fall. For two years running, the Kent State Board of Trustees has voted to raise tuition each fall at its second meeting of the year, which is typically held either in May or June. Kent State President Lester Lefton said that if the board acts on tuition it will likely come in May, before Ohio legislators are expected to take final action on the state's more than $61 billion biennial budget in June. "I can’t speculate on what the board’s going to do," Lefton said at the board's March meeting. "General fees and tuition are likely to be capped by the legislature at 2 percent ... if the current budget bill moves forward." Budget proposals from Gov. John …

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Amanda Harnocz

9:44 am on Friday, April 26, 2013

Hey Jesse, the story has been updated to reflect that. Thank you.   more ›

Kent Earns 'Town-Gown' Award

International Town-Gown Association bestows inaugural honor on city, university

Kent State University and the city of Kent have been selected as the winners of the Larry Abernathy Award from the International Town-Gown Association (ITGA). The award honors the town-gown relationship that best represents the spirit of ITGA.  The award was announced at the spring Bowman Breakfast, Kent's semi-annual meeting and celebration of town-gown relations. “This presentation best exemplified a town and university working together cohesively and promoting partnership and resources between all entities including the town, university, leaders, students, faculty and staff, neighborhood residents and businesses,” said Beth Bagwell, ITGA program director. Larry Abernathy, the former mayor of Clemson, S.C., had a passion for town-gown …

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Kent State's Lefton Commended for Strengthening City, Campus Relations

Students respond negatively on social media to president's retirement

The Kent and Kent State University community responded with mixed reaction to the news that President Lester Lefton will be retiring when his contract ends in July 2014. Community and campus leaders praised Kent State's 11th president for his leadership in strengthening town-gown relations, yet students and others used the announcement to sharply criticize the 66-year-old Boston native on social media. Town-Gown Renewal "Lester’s got to be commended on what he brought to the table to help the city of Kent and the university as a whole get what we had to get done dowtown with our redevelopment," Kent Mayor Jerry Fiala said. "Lester had the personality to help Kent get done what we needed to get done." Lefton came to Kent in 2006, at about …

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Mars

2:17 pm on Sunday, April 21, 2013

Best point yet. No one ever talks about how the university ploy really works. Good ol' boys club if there ever was one.   more ›

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Kent State Touts Lefton's Achievements

11th president of Kent State to retire effective July 1, 2014

As part of this morning's news that Kent State President Lester Lefton is retiring the university's communications office distributed a list to media of Lefton's accomplishments during his seven-year tenure thus far. Lefton's legacy is clear. He helped spark hundreds of millions of dollars in expansion projects both on campus and in the Kent community. It's a bit early to say how that legacy will endure and what it's lasting effects will be, but it's worth noting the accomplishments. There are certainly a lot of them. Here are the 14 bullet points the university distributed to local media this morning. They're worth taking a look at:  

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