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A building by any other name ...

* Some believe it's best to wait until a person dies to name a building after them - just in case.

Kent State University probably should have taken that advice.

Kent State's board of trustees last week struck the name of Paul H. Jones from its Child Development Center. It's now the Kent State University Child Development Center. The decision was made after the recent guilty plea by former state representative Paul Jones to multiple counts of tax evasion and fraud.

The building was named after Mr. Jones in 1990, when he used his clout in the Ohio House to get $1.56 million in state funds to build the ...

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