The Kent State mess didn’t help matters for the GOP candidate (Rhodes wasn’t running in ‘70, State Auditor Roger Cloud was the nominee, and he lost by a 54-43% margin, an embarrassment). The left tried to exploit it and blow it well out of proportion far beyond OH boundaries. The ultraleft thugs were trying to take control of the campus and those in power wanted to restore some order. The left was always looking to provoke violence so they could be martyred for their cause. It makes you sick, because THEY were on the wrong side. Well, you can read the big long Wiki entry on it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings
Cloud’s article also mentions a fiancial scandal with the GOP state treasurer.
I’m glad there wasn’t violence at my mom’s college Knox. John Podesta was very successful in bending the administration to his will.