A failed effort to make the Stark Campus the southern branch of Akron University and the first student to graduate with a bachelor's degree from a Kent State branch campus were highlights for the year. However, the tragic deaths of four students on the Kent Campus who were shot by national guardsmen on May 4 during a protest against the war in Vietnam overshadows other news. It was an event that left a lasting mark on the university and the nation.
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Montage May 1, 1970
05/01/1970This issue spotlights the candidates for student president and vice president in preparation for election day. Montage editors bring to light discrepancies in this year's presidential ballot. 55 students try out for the bowling team.
Montage May 22, 1970
05/22/1970This issue reflects on the events of May 4 and four lives lost at Kent, including a front-page editorial and several articles and columns. The Stark branch, closed since the now infamous shooting, plans to reopen.
Montage June 1, 1970
06/01/1970Student president elections are postponed until fall. Several opinion columns ask questions and comment on the politics surrounding the May 4th shooting.
Montage June 8, 1970
06/08/1970Montage thanks its readers for another memorable year and reviews some of the year's highlights on page three. Page two features a faculty member's poem on the May 4th shooting. The Cobras extend their baseball season into the summer.
Montage Oct. 2, 1970
10/02/1970Director Morehart declares this day "Information Day," for the benefit of Stark students. Construction of a fine and professional arts building and a health and PE building is planned in hopes of expanding the campus to match its expanding student body.
Montage Oct. 9, 1970
10/09/1970The student senate forms a committee to evaluate faculty. A front page photograph shows there was little interest in "Information Day." Montage staff put out a call to action to Stark students that they perceive as apathetic.
