The Akron Zips Men's Soccer Team captured its 15th Mid-American Conference Tournament title and seventh consecutive league tournament title win on Sunday, Nov. 11 against Western Michigan. According to GoZips.com, Akron has now won four consecutive games and outshot SIU Edwardsville, West Virginia and Western Michigan by a combined 52-20 margin, including 22-7 on goal, in three MAC Tournament contests. The win helped come about by junior Marcel Zajac (Mississauga, Ontario) who had two of the three second-half goals. Along with the two second-half goals, Zajac was selected as the Tournament Most Valuable Player. Western Michigan was outshot 17-10, including 11-2 on goal. The Zips received a game-high of three shots apiece from sophomore David Egbo (Enugu, Nigeria), redshirt junior, Skye Harter (Copley, Ohio), Abdi Mohamed (Westerville, Ohio) and Zajac. While the first half ended scorelessly, the Zips continued their aggressive offense in the second half when Egbo found the...

On Saturday, Nov. 3, the Akron Women’s Swimming and Diving team defeated Ball State in a Mid-American Conference dual. Currently, in the NCAA rankings, the Zips sit at number 22 while Ball State is unranked. The Zips managed to place first in every event except for the one-meter, three-meter diving events and the 100 backstrokes. In the first event of the day, the 200 medley relay, sophomore Paulina Nogaj (Radom, Poland), sophomore Paula Garcia (Madrid, Spain), senior Sadie Fazekas (Windsor, Ontario) and senior Ragen Engel (Springfield, Ohio), brought the top time of 1:45.50. The Zips took the top two places in the 500 freestyle event with freshman Avery Movold (Prince George, British Columbia) taking first with a time of 5:04.38 and sophomore Brooke Lamoureux (Belleville, Ontario) touching second. Ball State held on to the top three scored within the one-meter dive, however senior Karly Crail (Edgewood, Ky.) came in fourth with a score of 237.08 In the three-meter...

After the first weekend of the sixth annual Zippy Open Rifle Tournament, the Akron rifle team has taken the lead in both air rifle and smallbore. According to GoZips.com, the first round of competition occurred on Oct. 27-28 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and the final weekend of competition will happen on Nov. 10-11, also from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For air rifle, junior Kera Kaufman (Delmon, S.D.) took the lead by scoring 590 out of the possible total 600. Head coach Newt Engle told GoZips.com that this type of performance was what he was looking for before the team’s next match against Morehead and Nebraska. "I was glad to see this performance by Kaufman because she has been creeping up on greatness and now that she is over the 590 hump, I expect she will never look back," Engle said. The Zips success continued on the smallbore range, where junior Anthony Jackson (Seven Valleys, Pa.) scored a season-high of 579 and junior Cierra Terrizzi (Dallastown, Pa.) beat her personal best with 581...

On Oct. 23, The University of Akron Department of Athletics announced that former Cincinnati Reds’ third baseman Chris Sabo will be the head coach of the newly revived baseball team. Akron’s baseball team was eliminated in July of 2015, along with 215 jobs, when former President Scott Scarborough attempted to cut $40 million in expenses as the University faced a $60 million shortfall, according to cleveland.com After the elimination of the team, former Zips players lobbied for the University to bring back the program, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. Then, on Oct. 11, 2017, former UA President Matthew Wilson and Director of Athletics Larry Williams gave recommendations during a board of trustees meeting for baseball to be reinstated. Now, three years after its elimination, Akron baseball is scheduled to return in the Spring of 2020 and resume competition in the Mid-American Conference, according to GoZips.com. Williams said to GoZips.com that the University is excited to...

The University of Akron Dance Company will be performing its Fall 2018 Dance Concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Kolbe Hall Daum Theatre on Nov. 15,16 and 17. Tickets for this event can be purchased by calling 330-972-7895. General admission is $12, student admission is $6 and seniors, UA alumni, faculty and staff admission is $10. According to the UADC website, the faculty choreographer is visiting professor Nick Carlisle with guest choreographers Holly Bass, Kaleb Reilly and Mary-Elizabeth Fenn. The performance will include five total routines; “4 Women”, “Orientation”, “The Facade of Solitude”, “Exceptions” and “How Creativity Happens”, according to the performance highlights. The first routine, "4 Women,” is choreographed by Carlisle, who said on the UADC website that the “dance is dedicated to my Mother.” With a Master of Fine Arts in dance performance and choreography from Case Western Reserve University, Carlisle has been at UA since 1997, according...

“Assassin’s Heart” by Sarah Ahiers was a very pleasant surprise since I found this book in my local library during one of their annual sales and bought it on a whim. We follow 17-year-old Lea Saldana, who has been trained her whole life as an assassin and worships the God of murder. Her professional title is a Clipper, which are lawfully sponsored murderers. I know, seems strange at first, but you get used to it. In Lea’s world, Family comes before family. This means that the clipper Family you belong to comes before your blood family. Lea was born to the first of the nine clipper Families, with the Da Via’s being second. In this world, clipper Families will marry to gain something, not for love. When Lea enters into a secret relationship with Val Da Via, she must keep it secret from everyone. For most of Lea’s life, she has been treated as one of the best, despite some hardships in her family. Until one night, she awakes to flames. Our assassin’s world...

Two weeks ago on Oct. 26, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” debuted on Netflix. This is a live-action version of the eight-issue comic published by Archie Horror in 2014. This comic series is a spin-off from another comic by Archie Comics called “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” which ran from 1971 to 2009. Many people are probably familiar with the television adaptation of this comic which aired in 1996 and ran until 2003. This Netflix Original Series is much more chilling than “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” with gory scenes and dark witchcraft present throughout. Luckily, Salem the beloved cat is still present as Sabrina’s “familiar.” But, he doesn’t talk… yet. The show focuses on teenage Sabrina, who is half-witch and half-mortal and must choose which life to follow once she turns 16, which is coincidentally on Halloween. Sabrina lives with her two aunts, who are also witches, but she attends a regular high school where she has a boyfriend and many other friends....

In 1971, the first Starbucks store opened in the Pike Place Market of Seattle and 11 years later, Howard Schultz, the current chairman emeritus, joined as the Director of Retail Operations and Marketing. After traveling to Italy in 1983 and learning of the popular espresso bar, Schultz convinced the original founders to experiment with the coffeehouse idea and the first Starbucks Caffè Latte was served, according to a Starbucks timeline. Then in 1985, Schultz founded Il Giornale which sold brewed coffee and espresso beverages made from Starbucks coffee beans before eventually acquiring Starbucks in 1987. Now, almost 50 years after the first store opened, Starbucks has over 29,300 stores across the globe and has grown to be the 34 most innovative company in the world, according to Forbes. According to Business Insider, one of the things Starbucks does better than most competitors is they claim to have over 87,000 possible drink combinations; including their seasonal fall and holiday...

Nov. 20 marks Transgender Day of Remembrance, an event started in 1999 to honor people whose lives have been lost to anti-trans violence. According to GLAAD, a non-governmental LGBTQ organization, the day was started by Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to Rita Hester. The vigil commemorated all the trans people that were killed since Hester’s death. Since then, the tradition is carried on by cities who host their own vigils, such as Cleveland, and in the hearts and minds of LGBTQ folks and allies.   To commemorate trans lives, The Buchtelite would like to pay respect to the Ohioans that have lost their lives to anti-trans violence. Below is a list of some trans individuals who have died within the past few years. This is by no means a complete list, as LGBTQ hate crimes often go unreported. If you know a person who lost their life due to anti-trans violence and would like them to be added to this list, please contact editor-in-chief@buchtelite.com. Betty Skinner, 52, Cleveland Bri...

Halloween is a time to don your favorite costume and indulge in tricks and treats while watching spooky horror classics with friends. Here are some ways members of the Editorial Board spends the holiday of haunts: The Akron Tradition Brooklyn Dennison Editor-in-Chief editor-in-chief@buchtelite.com Halloween, like many holidays, can take a toll on your bank account. There are costumes and candy to buy, and plenty of places to visit like pumpkin patches and haunted houses. However, you can save a little bit of cash by going to a relatively inexpensive haunted house right here in Akron. The Haunted Schoolhouse & Laboratory, located on 1300 Triplett Blvd., has tickets starting as low as $20 for college students on select days. The price covers both attractions- the schoolhouse and the laboratory- which are two separate buildings in the same location. The tickets can get as high as $30 per ticket on the busiest nights. Their website has a calendar where you can see the price of a...

Despite thanking the LGBTQ community and ensuring their safety in a 2016 tweet, President Donald Trump and his administration have done nothing but rollback LGBTQ rights that took decades to establish. Some of these rollbacks, according to The Leadership Conference, include barring trans-individuals from entering the military and unclear statements about allowing funds to schools that discriminate against LGBTQ students. One of the most recent events is a proposal to legally change the definition of “sex” that will omit trans people from discrimination, a New York Times article explains. Although, citizens may not immediately be able to do much about the atrocities made against LGBTQ rights, one thing they can do is vote for LGBTQ-friendly candidates this mid-term election. Citizens of Ohio; which is a state that does not have nondiscrimination laws for LGBTQ people, can work to secure queer rights on a state-level by voting in candidates that care about civil rights. Here...

As a junior year Psychology student, I know how daunting testing sounds. Midterms are only a taste of what finals hold, but with a lot of studying and self-care, you’ll be just fine. My first tip is simply said, but difficult to be done: Don’t stress too much. A little stress here or there never hurt anyone, but keeping yourself up all night for a week preparing for midterms will hurt you more than help you. First and foremost, you need to make sure you’re taking care of yourself. This includes four major aspects: adequate sleep, proper ‘brain’ food, staying hydrated and taking breaks to decompress. I try to average five to six hours of sleep a night, with the goal being eight hours if I can. Sometimes it’s not possible, and that’s okay. Sleep is very important though, so make sure to make time to get enough shut-eye. Eating and drinking while preparing to study are also very important. There are certain kinds of food proven to enhance memory and recall. Seeds,...