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American Places The ghosts of Kent State A famous Vietnam War protest -- and its tragic consequences -- still haunts an Ohio college campus. By John Woestendiek Sun Staff April 13, 2003 KENT, Ohio - Sun plays off the streaks of gray in Alan Canfora's ponytail as he strolls the same green hills where he and 12 other Kent State University students were shot by National Guardsmen in 1970. He was a longhair then, too - opposed to the Vietnam War and the invasion of Cambodia; opposed to how, after student rioting, rifle-toting National Guard units had been called on...