The morning of Monday, May 4, 1970, was sunny in Kent, with a nearly cloudless, enamel-blue sky and a mild fourteen-mile-an-hour southwesterly breeze. There was a bit of a chill in the air, and a thin shroud of dew blanketed the Commons. Students began moving across campus. Despite all that had happened since Friday night, the university remained open with classes as usual with midterm exams beginning that day.i
