Editing Kent State University (section)

===1970s to 1980s===
[[File:KSULibrary09NEW.JPG|thumb|Kent State University Library via Esplanade, which extends from College Towers Apartments to the downtown area of Kent]]
Also in 1970, the university opened its 12-story library, moving from the previous home of Rockwell Hall to the tallest building in [[Portage County, Ohio|Portage County]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Michelle |last=Poje |title=PERC up: research papers aren't so bad with help from library |url=http://media.www.kentnewsnet.com/media/storage/paper867/news/2005/08/24/News/Perc-Up.Research.Papers.Arent.So.Bad.With.Help.From.Library-1517541.shtml |newspaper=Daily Kent Stater |publisher=KentNewsNet.com |date=August 24, 2005 |access-date=September 23, 2009 |quote=With its 12 floors of resources and well-known status as the tallest building in Portage County...}}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> Dedicated in 1971, the library became a member of the [[Association of Research Libraries]] in 1973.<ref>Hildebrand, Herrington, & Keller; p. 187</ref> Kent State joined with the [[University of Akron]] and [[Youngstown State University]] in establishing the [[Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy|Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine]] in 1973. It was the world's first medical consortium.<ref>Darrow, p. 17</ref> Today it includes a college of [[pharmacy]] and [[Cleveland State University]] as an additional consortium member.<ref>{{cite web |title=About NEOUCOM: Universities |url=http://www.neoucom.edu/audience/about/consortium/Universities |work=NEOUCOM.edu |publisher=[[Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy]] |access-date=September 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317042326/http://www.neoucom.edu/audience/about/consortium/Universities |archive-date=March 17, 2009}}</ref>

Kent State was again in the national spotlight in 1977 when construction was set to begin on the Memorial Gym Annex, adjacent to the area where the [[Kent State shootings]] had occurred in 1970. Protesters organized a [[Tent city#Kent State University|tent city]] in May, which lasted into July. Several attempts were made to block construction even after the end of the tent city, including an appeal to the [[United States Congress]] and the [[United States Department of the Interior|Department of the Interior]] to have the area declared a [[National Historic Landmark]], which ended up being unsuccessful. Additional rallies were held that year, including one attended by [[Joan Baez]] on August 20. After several additional unsuccessful legal challenges, construction finally began on September 19 and was finished in 1979.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tent City Chronology (Gym Annex Controversy) |author1=Slobodinski, Mikhail |author2=Schrager, Jennifer |url=http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/4May70/citychron.html |work=Kent State University Special Collections and Archives |publisher=Kent State University |access-date=September 23, 2009 |archive-date=February 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210100013/http://speccoll.library.kent.edu/4May70/citychron.html |url-status=live }}</ref>