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Rethinking Race: UA Students Learn about Harold Washington During Film Screening of Punch 9 and Q&A with Filmmaker Joe Winston
Rethinking Race: UA Students Learn about Harold Washington During Film Screening of Punch 9 and Q&A with Filmmaker Joe Winston
By Alexa Baumberger, Arts and Entertainment Editor • March 17, 2023

Students learned about Harold Washington’s turbulent journey becoming Chicago’s first Black mayor at The University of Akron’s “Punch 9 for Harold Washington” film screening and Q&A. This event on Tuesday, Feb. 28 from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. in the Jean Hower Taber Gardner Theatre was part of the Rethinking Race series on campus.  Rethinking Race is a two-week forum of events focusing...

Worst Best Picture Nominations:
Worst Best Picture Nominations:
By Liv Ream, Film Critic • March 10, 2023

Elvis: Listen, I love a good biopic more than anyone. Who doesn’t love a feel-good, rags-to-riches story? I have no interest in digging through the darker side of Elvis’s story and clearly, neither did director Baz Luhrman. So, what do you do when you want to shill a technically historically-based biopic? You rewrite a few minor details. Speaking of minors, no one cares if his first wife was 14...

Salem: A History of Injustice Airs Tonight, March 8, from 7 - 9 p.m.
Salem: A History of Injustice Airs Tonight, March 8, from 7 - 9 p.m.
By Stephanie Musarra, Contributor • March 6, 2023

"Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four” will be airing on March 8, 2023, at the Jean Hower Taber Student Union from 7 – 9 P.M.   This film is about a shocking example of discrimination shown toward the LGBTQ community in 1995. The screening of this documentary is free and open to the public.  Four Latino women who identified as lesbians were accused of sexually abusing...

De-Influencing has Taken over TikTok, What Will Become of Influencer Marketing?
De-Influencing has Taken over TikTok, What Will Become of Influencer Marketing?
By Hannah Wines, Managing Editor • March 2, 2023

At the beginning of the year, various TikTok users started sharing videos of products that were not "worth the hype" or were not worth spending money on.    This trend started on an incline when TikTok user Mikayla Nogueira posted a paid partnership with L'Oréal Paris, advertising their new Telescopic Lift mascara. In this video, it was alleged that she had applied false eyelashes for the "after"...

A Wounded Fawn: A Critique
A Wounded Fawn: A Critique
By Liv Ream, Film Critic • March 1, 2023

WARNING: If you plan on seeing this movie, do not read this review (spoilers!).     Finally, a film that is worth the hype. Shot on 16mm film, this film showcases plenty of grain, fluid colors, nature shots, gender politics, violence and all the gore you can ask for. If you love Greek mythology and righteous female rage, then I suggest you stop reading this and go watch for yourself.   We...

Salem: A History of Injustice Airs Tonight, March 8, from 7 - 9 p.m.
Salem: A History of Injustice Airs Tonight, March 8, from 7 - 9 p.m.
By Stephanie Musarra, Contributor • March 6, 2023
Hower House in Akron Ohio
Hower House: women’s history and the era of elegance
By Savannah Johns, Managing Editor • February 19, 2023
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Natalie Mowad tabling for SOuRCe The University of Akron Student Organization Resource Center
Opinion: get involved in sh*t
By Natalie Mowad, Editor-in-Chief • February 8, 2023

After my first semester in Fall 2019, I went home for Christmas break and told my mom I had no friends.   College is hard when you have no...

Attending PRSA Student Day with other PRSSA officers. (L to R) Abigail Stopka, VP of Events; Natalie Mowad, President; Camryn Moore, Treasurer; and Savannah Johns, Secretary.
Opinion: Getting My Sh*t Together, Reflections of a 2022 Grad
By Savannah Johns, Managing Editor • December 10, 2022

I’m in my third year at The University of Akron, but it doesn’t really feel like it. I can name (maybe) three buildings on campus, and I...

Rethinking Race: UA Students Learn about Harold Washington During Film Screening of Punch 9 and Q&A with Filmmaker Joe Winston
Rethinking Race: UA Students Learn about Harold Washington During Film Screening of Punch 9 and Q&A with Filmmaker Joe Winston
By Alexa Baumberger, Arts and Entertainment Editor • March 17, 2023

Students learned about Harold Washington’s turbulent journey becoming Chicago’s first Black mayor at The University of Akron’s “Punch...

Worst Best Picture Nominations:
Worst Best Picture Nominations:
By Liv Ream, Film Critic • March 10, 2023

Elvis: Listen, I love a good biopic more than anyone. Who doesn’t love a feel-good, rags-to-riches story? I have no interest in digging through...