By: Sharon Slusser Will

Sharon Slusser Will
Wed, 15 Apr 2020 18:49:57 +0000

I was there. During the gassing of students a police officer threw a tear gas canister through our apartment window. To escape the gas we went out to our 3rd floor balcony where we were threatened by police. I still have the tear gas canister label. On May 4 We heard about the Kent State shootings on TV where my 2 roommates from Youngstown first heard that their HS friend had been killed leaving class.
Upon returning to school after it was reopened I remember leaving class in the C A E building and being faced with National Guardsmen marching toward me bayonets pointed. That was terrifying. We ran back into the building. We were under Marshall law at the time but were expected to go yo classes. It was a confusing and terrifying time and was my last quarter I graduated in a June. This event has shaped my politics for life.