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Red Bull gives them wings
Cleveland hosts eighth annual Flutag flying competition |
Amanda Codispoti
Summer Kent Stater
If drinking Red Bull really gives you wings, then few pilots drank it at the Flugtag competition Saturday in Cleveland.
Most pilots and their home-built “flying” crafts plummeted 25 feet into the North Coast Harbor after being pushed or propelled by team members off a barge.
Flugtag, German for “flying day,” is a competition sponsored by Red Bull in which 25 teams designed, built and attempted to fly a craft the longest distance over water for prizes. Saturday’s competition was the eighth Flugtag competition in America.
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Artists can apply for series |
Alex Hayes
Summer Kent Stater
The Sculpture Center of Cleveland is currently accepting applications for the 2005-2006 Window to Sculpture series.
The series offers sculptors the opportunity to learn how to install exhibitions and to display their work for an interested audience.
“We don’t set a limit for what we’re asking people to apply with,” said Deirdre Lauer, who is in charge of gallery exhibitions.
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Campus 8/18/04 |
| WWII photo book released by KSU |
Sarika Jagtiani
Summer Kent Stater
With the current conflict in the Middle East, the release of “Kilroy Was There: A GI’s War in Photographs” might be timely.
The book, published by the Kent State University Press, features pictures taken by Canton native Frank Kessler and text by Tony Hillerman. Both served in World War II.
The book’s title, “Kilroy Was There,” might be confusing to younger generations.
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| Kent State Stark announces speakers |
Kent State Stark has announced its featured speakers series for this year.
Monday, Sept. 20, a media panel of CNBC hostS Carlos Watson; BBC News correspondent Katty Kay; Al Jazeera bureau chief in Washington, D.C., Hafez Al-Mirazi; and a moderator, senior producer and PBS Newshour correspondent Terence Smith will discuss “The Global News Blue: Which Way is Up?”
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Nation 8/18/04 |
Gays in military forced to keep silent
Gayle Worland
Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO — Katy and her partner were still teary-eyed from the exchange of a promise to spend the rest of their lives together — made hours before one of them was to ship off to Iraq for more than a year. But when the two women said farewell at the base, all they could share was a hug.
Even as Americans debate whether it’s right to legalize same-sex marriage, caution remains a fact of life for servicemen and women communicating with a gay or lesbian partner back home.
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Nation 8/18/04 |
Underage drinkers continue to buck the system
Sarah Bahari
Knight Ridder Newspapers
FORT WORTH, Texas — On a busy weeknight, Travis the bouncer stood protectively at the doorway of The Library, a popular bar in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. His job sounds simple enough: Keep underage drinkers out.
But it’s not always easy. On a busy night, about 10 fake IDs pass through his hands. In the last two years, he estimates he has seen about 1,000.
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Athens 8/18/04 |
Phelps wins two gold medals
Mark Maloney
Knight Ridder Newspapers
ATHENS — Michael Phelps turned on the turbos yesterday, capturing two gold medals at the Athens Olympic Games. But it was Klete Keller who anchored the second gold, in the 400-meter freestyle relay, holding off Australian anchor Ian Thorpe.
Keller hit the touch pad in 7:07.33. The Aussies were timed in 7:07.46. The bronze-medalists from Italy were timed in 7:11.83.
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Cleveland 8/18/04 |
Museum shows sculptors’ work
The Cleveland Museum of Art brings a collection of limited-edition sculptural objects in their fall exhibit Needful Things: Recent Multiples.
This exhibit of mechanically mass-produced objects, commonly called multiples, will be on display from Sept. 19 through Jan. 2.
Some multiples are produced in infinite amounts and are intended for mass consumption.
This display is in part of the new Project 244 exhibition, and it offers a survey of 46 editions of 3-D work fashioned and prepared since 1944 by 44 international artists.
The 1990s marked a return to activism in art and renewed interest in multiples. They serve as an effective substitute to larger, more expensive and original works of art.
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Campus 8/18/04 |
Dissertations now filed online
Students will be able to file doctoral dissertations electronically this fall.
Daniele Finotello, associate dean of research and graduate studies, said this will be easier than the old method of filing.
Until this fall, students have had to hand deliver their dissertations to their respective colleges for review. Now they’ll be able to submit their work on a CD-ROM or diskette.
As students will no longer have to pay for heavier stock paper, printing and binding, online filing may be cheaper for students.
“Since it (dissertation) had to be done on good paper, it could be about $65,” said Finotello.
Although some dissertations are available on OhioLINK, this will centralize the process for Kent State students.
According to Finotello, 110 Ph.D.’s were awarded from Kent during the 2003 calendar year.
Students interested in filing electronically should contact their respective colleges or go to the Division of Research, Graduate Studies and Technology Transfer (RAGS) for more information. Workshops will be available in the library.
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