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Originally posted by adduncan
For example, when I say the name "Kent State", what's the first thing that comes to mind? $10 says it's that infamous photo of a student lying dead on the sidewalk with a woman screaming over him. 30 years later, no matter what else Kent State does for its students, faculty, the community, etc, that is what people remember. A Kent State graduate could find a cure for cancer today, issue a press release tomorrow, get it approved by the FDA next week, people will still remember that Vietnam protest image first and foremost.
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I remember seeing a documentary on I think the 25th anniversary of the shootings, where students said that they were tired of hearing about May 3 and that it was the admin that kept talking about it....they wished that it would be downplayed, because they chose Kent for its academics and hated that the shooting was the first thing everyone thought of. So it's a double edged sword - that is the thing that makes people look at you, but it's also the thing that might make people look away.
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