When Kent State President Beverly Warren announced she had breast cancer on April 7, the university's gymnastics team knew its job.
“We were all just talking in the gym and (later) in the locker room after we heard about this,” said Samantha Gordon, a junior gymnast. “It was just a mutual decision like, ‘We need to do something.’ "
Painting the rock located on the front of campus in preparation for the MAC Championships has been a tradition for the team.
This year, however, the team focused painted the rock pink and white to symbolize breast cancer, in honor of Warren.