On a rather sad note, today is the anniversary of the Kent State University shootings which took place in the midst of anti-Vietnam War protests. On May 4, 1970, four Kent State University students, Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Lee Scheuer, and William Knox Schroeder, were killed by the National Guard. Nine others were injured. The Kent State campus closed for six weeks after the shootings. Protests and a national student strike led to demonstrations at other college and universities. The Kent State campus remained closed for six weeks.
Alpha Xi Delta Sandy Scheuer, an honors student studying nursing, was shot walking between classes. Jeffrey Miller was a Phi Kappa Tau. According to Phi Kappa Tau’s website, he “followed his older brother Russ Miller, Michigan State ’65, associated Alpha Alpha chapter as a legacy in 1968, and later transferred to Kent State.” May they all rest in peace.
Glyphix Studio is a Kent State student design team. It is an “award-winning, creative and collaborative classroom program that allows students within the School of Visual Communication Design the opportunity to engage in thoughtful client-based and self-guided investigation into design problems.” They did an excellent job telling us about the lives that were lost.
