<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/stories/kent-state-survivor-discusses-student-dissent.html" dsn="news"><featured/><pubDate>10/26/2021</pubDate><title>Kent State Survivor Discusses Student Dissent</title><description>On the first Friday in May 1970, following President Richard Nixon's announcement that American forces in Vietnam just invaded neighboring Cambodia, about 500 Kent State students gathered to protest...Franklin &amp; Marshall College offers students a hands-on education that emphasizes close relationships with faculty. Students flourish in a supportive community that treats them as an individual, and their successes continue long after F&amp;M. The College is a national leader in launching students and alumni to opportunities where they make a difference in the community and the world.</description><author>Peter Durantine</author><image><img src="/uploads/files/780482476549156804-1024px-kent-state-site-of-jeffrey-miller-s-body.224.0.576.768.full.jpg" alt="This 2007 photo shows the  site where Mary Ann Vecchio kneeled over the slain body of Kent State student Jeffrey Miller on May 4, 1970."/></image><image-caption/><tags><tag>American Studies</tag><tag>Government</tag><tag>History</tag></tags></item>