| I was a Junior in High School...and I was active in peace protests since I was 14 (jr. high). I heard about the escalation of the war, I was part of our local area demonstrations -- much later I heard about the tragedy at Kent and was stunned ... I was on the Student Council, and also a "hippie peacenik" and that caused confusion among my peers on a High School level -- eggs were tossed at me during rally's by my friends on the council and my friends who were "jocks" -- and it was difficult for me to reconcile events in that childish fashion, looking back, I can only imagine the guilt, fear & feelings of betrayal on both sides when confused kids were ordered to fight other kids (ROTC v Students).
"Remembering Kent State, 1970," Reporter/Producer Mark Urycki's hour-long documentary, was originally aired in conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the tragic events at Kent State University that are considered by many as a landmark moment in American social history. On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsman fired on a group of protestors on campus, killing 4 students and wounding 5 others. The documentary has won numerous awards from local, statewide, and national organizations including a national Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, a Clarion Award from the Association for Women in Communications, and Program of the Year from the Ohio Educational Telecommunications Commission.
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