Thursday, March 20, 2008

Four Dead in Ohio

With Kent State down 23 with 11:20 to go, and the likelihood of it reaching the Round of 32 in serious jeopardy, I'd like to take this time to remember the four students shot on the school's campus on May 4, 1970. It was long before the tragedies at Columbine or Virginia Tech, and all because they simply wanted to protest America's invasion of Cambodia. The massacre also spawned one of the greatest songs by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

Who said I was just a sports guy?

3 comments:

SheilaM said...

Wow. Well done.

Scott Barrett said...

And who were these students (all of whom weren't even protesting but merely in the area of where others were) shot by? A crazed student? No. Try the Ohio National Guard. Be all you can be.

Rick Grosvenor said...

I'm shocked Scott possesses this much knowledge on a topic that has nothing to do with sports or Pearl Jam. Did you just read through the K volume of your Encyclopedia Generica?