Editing Kent State University (section)

===Kent State shootings===
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[[File:May4thMemorial.JPG|thumb|The May 4 Memorial commemorating the [[Kent State shootings]]]]
Kent State gained international attention on May 4, 1970, when an [[Ohio Army National Guard]] unit fired at students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four and wounding nine. The Guard had been called into Kent after several protests in and around campus had become violent, including a riot in downtown Kent and the burning of the [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps|ROTC]] building. The main cause of the protests was the United States' [[Cambodian Campaign|invasion of Cambodia]] during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>Hildebrand, Herrington, & Keller; pp. 165-166</ref> The shootings caused an immediate closure of the campus with students and faculty given just 60&nbsp;minutes to pack belongings. Around the country, many college campuses canceled classes or closed for fear of similar violent protests.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kent State Shootings |url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1595&nm=Kent-State-Shootings |date=July 1, 2005 |work=Ohio History Central |publisher=Ohio Historical Society |access-date=September 23, 2009 |archive-date=August 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828181046/http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1595&nm=Kent-State-Shootings |url-status=live }}</ref> In Kent, schools were closed and the National Guard restricted entry into the city limits, patrolling the area until May 8. With the campus closed, faculty members came up with a variety of solutions—including holding classes in their homes, at public buildings and places, via telephone, or through the mail—to allow their students to complete the term, which was only a few weeks away at the time.<ref>Hildebrand, Herrington, & Keller; pp. 181-183</ref>

In 1971, the university established the Center for Peaceful Change, now known as the Center for Applied Conflict Management, as a "living memorial" to the students who had died. It offers degree programs in Peace and Conflict Studies<ref>{{cite web |title=Center for Applied Conflict Management |url=http://www.kent.edu/cacm/ |date=May 15, 2008 |work=Kent.edu |publisher=Kent State University |access-date=September 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303135344/http://www.kent.edu/cacm/ |archive-date=March 3, 2007}}</ref> and Conflict Resolution and is one of the earliest such programs in the United States.

In response to, and protest of, the Kent State shootings, [[Neil Young]] wrote the song "[[Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song)|Ohio]]" which was performed by the folk rock group [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]]. In remembrance of the tragedy, a group of professors and students created a website that features a map with oral histories and eyewitness accounts of the event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mapping May 4 |url=http://www.kent.edu/cacm/ |publisher=Kent State University |access-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-date=March 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303135344/http://www.kent.edu/cacm/ |url-status=live }}</ref>