Correct, 10 years after the fact my mother did not want me to go to Kent State. Number one, I really had no idea what had happened at Kent State as I was a child. Number 2, we lived in NE, Ohio and it was one of many state schools I was looking at.
My boss (from years ago in the AF) attended around a decade after the event, and related how almost no one on the campus talked of the event....it was like a forbidden topic, and the Chancellor had a strong thumb on all activities...nothing was approved unless it came from his own personal desk.