Kent State University students, wearing all black, marched across campus Wednesday, holding a “funeral” for the now-shuttered LGBTQ+ Center, Women's Center and Multicultural Center that they say state legislators killed with Senate Bill 1.

While decrying the loss of support services for specific groups of students, the protesters also called on the university to not "over comply" with the bill, worrying further aid, scholarships and other unique opportunities for students will be taken away.

Senate Bill 1 calls for universities to end all diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The university has previously said that provision of the bill, which went into effect over the summer, meant it would need to shutter the centers.

The Ohio Student Association, a statewide student activist grou

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