Kent State Incident Analysis

Each time police and firemen got control of the situation, the building was set on fire again. The National Guard eventually pushed the marchers back with tear gas and bayonets as the marchers threw stones; many arrests were again made on this day. (8) On May 3rd, the Kent State campus was filled with Ohio National Guardsmen. James Rhodes, the Ohio governor arrived in Kent and called the protestors, "the worst type of people we harbor in America," and stating that every force of law would be used to deal with them. (9) Rhodes also indicated that he would seek a court order declaring a state of emergency. A crowd gathered later that night and the Ohio Riot Act was read to them. The students were protesting the Guardsmen being on campus by blocking the streets. When they were promised that they would be able to talk to Major Satrom and Kent State president Robert White about this situation the students moved off the streets. Once they moved, the Guardsmen immediately began use tear gas to break up the crowd, breaking the promise. (10)

genders. Women may have the same political rights, however they are still degraded and seen as inferior to men. So, women in politics are now trying to prove that they are just as capable as men are. However, their attempts are being suppressed due to the inappropriate comments against them. Sexist remarks in the media against female political candidates is the reason why there is a smaller amount of women in government.

Earlier in the weekend, university officials banned all protests and assemblies on campus. Students ignored this ruling and began congregating around eleven AM for the scheduled twelve noon protest. When the protest began, a Kent State police officer patrolled the campus with several guardsmen in a jeep announcing that the protest was illegal and everyone must leave the campus immediately. In response to this dispersion call, the students became violent, throwing rocks and attacking the jeep. The general in charge of the guardsmen in Kent, General Canterbury, ordered the guardsmen to arm themselves and fire tear gas in an attempt to disperse the crowd. As the crowd of

In response to the tragedy and the Cambodia invasion, mass rallies were held in almost every major city in that month. The elite demographic, which includes doctors, lawyers and other professionals also flooded into Washington to display their opposition not only to the war but the increasing domestic violence. The incident dramatically affected Americans and it was further indicated through public opinion polls, which pointed blame towards the National Guard. To many Americans, the domestic upheaval following Cambodia and Kent State suggested that the country was becoming unhinged according to Melvin Small. Newspapers such as the New York Times suggested that the United States was as divided as it had been since the Civil War. Individuals that would identify themselves as pro-war now felt that the war’s cost in terms of domestic consequence outweighed the benefits of continuing the war. The White House was now in full damage control following the Kent State shootings. Public opinion polls showed a 31 percent approval for the war following the Kent State massacre. In response, White House officials anxiously discussed how to contain the uproar. According to David Anderson and John Ernst in their book titled, “The War That Never Ends: Student Opposition to the Vietnam War,” White House officials agreed that it was important to avoid steps that would further

This is an issue with I am constantly torn. There is something so simple and almost beautiful in a people voting and deciding as a group can’t we just vote our way to utopia?  However, when you think about the politics behind what even ends up on a ballot, you can start to feel powerless, and the vote meaningless; I understand why these women would want to fight for something greater.

On May 1 1970 a massive demonstration was held at Kent State, on the Commons (a grassy area in the center of campus that is used as a gathering place for rallies) and another one was planned for May 4. The students were angry and there were many who were calling to "bring the war home."

The Women’s Suffrage Movement of the 1920’s worked to grant women the right to vote nationally, thereby allowing women more political equality. Due to many industrial and social changes during the early 19th century, many women were involved in social advocacy efforts, which eventually led them to advocate for their own right to vote and take part in government agencies. Women have been an integral part of society, working to help those in need, which then fueled a desire to advocate for their own social and political equality. While many women worked tirelessly for the vote, many obstacles, factions, and ultimately time would pass in order for women to see the vote on the national level. The 19th Amendment, providing women the right to vote, enable women further their pursuit for full inclusion in the working of American society.

In modern day America there seems to be an advocate group for anything and everything you could possibly think of. From Amnesty International all the way through to The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights. Without the support and tireless action of advocate groups, many voiceless people would (and sometimes do) fall through the cracks in the system, or are outrightly abused and accept it because they think no one cares about them.

For my UTEP event I went to the fossil and rock exhibit. Although I was limited to only a few exhibits, those exhibits were very interesting. Some of the exhibits that I saw were the rock, fossil and history exhibits. The one I found most interesting was the rock exhibit. This exhibit was made up of rocks found in this general area (El Paso New Mexico and Mexico). It had a wide range of rocks from crystals to quarts to obsidian rocks. The one I found most beautiful was the Calcite crystal. This crystal was from Durango Mexico and it almost looks like a white rose. This experience for me was very educational. I learned many things like, how the pressure on a rock can affect the way it looks and feels. I also learned that at one point El Paso

This essay will be a reflection of what the incident was, how it has affected me, what I have learned from this incident, as well as the way my behavior has changed as a result of the incident and the University Student Conduct process. Setting the scene the incident happened on April 17, 2017 at 9:55 AM at Tiger Avenue Parking Structure, on Level 4. The violations I was charged with are according to the letter I was sent are “ 200.010(C) CONDUCT for which students are subject to sanctions falls into the following Categories: 2. Forgery, alteration, or misuse of University documents, records or identification, or knowingly furnishing false information to the University. 11. Violation of University policies, rules or regulations or of campus

The events at Kent State were a catalyst that helped strengthened the American Citizens’ hatred of the Vietnam War and distrust in the Government that promised to end the war.

Kent State administration are discussing about adding a fall break. Melody Tankersely, said that the fall break is being discussed, but the fall break is not official yet. Tenkersely said that this topic is been discussed for several months, they think it’s an idea but not well planned to be showed to the people who will review it, she also thinks that without fall break student will be away from home for a long time. Jade Jarrett, was happy about having a fall break, her opinion was that being in collage for continuous 10 weeks had been hard, and especially freshmen students were their first break away from collage is thanksgiving and they didn’t have a chance to have a break from the tough transaction they experienced. In her over 2o years at Kent State, she noticed a change in the student body demographics, were many students used to go home for the weekends, now because of student out of state it’s harder to do.

Women used to be thought of as the stay at home mother by men. She was supposed to take care of the children and take care of the home. Seeing a woman in the workforce was desirable as long as she had an education. Women were seen working in factories or as teachers but they had no say in the government. Thanks to a few women dedicated to making a difference, women have become more independent and now have a say in the government if they choose too. The movie Iron Jawed Angels depicts a group of women who wanted women to have a voice in politics. First thing they had to do was get women the right to vote.

These protests affected the government’s decision on rolling thunder and on the 31 March 1968 Lyndon B. Johnson announced that there would be no more bombing above the 20th parallel. Although Lyndon B. Johnson reduced the amount of bombs being dropped, the bombs themselves had caused huge devastation to Vietnam and by ‘1970 the Americans had dropped more bombs on Vietnam than they had on any other previous target’ . These protests had caused more uproar in 1970 at Kent state university national guards openly shot at protesters killing them; this helped destroy the governments mandate even more by more American citizens questioning the mandate of the containment policy.

Political representation for women is incredibly low, with over 3,562,742,960 billion women in the world today (7:32pm 30/10/14) there is simply not enough women in power locally or internationally (in-text referencing). World-wide, women make up approximately 15% of the worlds elected politicians which is a main contributor for why females are the poorest of the poor (in-text referencing). This is due to minority representation within governments around the