By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief
February 12, 2020
On Jan. 31, students at The University of Akron received an announcement through Zipmail with an update on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and new travel restrictions being enforced in the United States. In the announcement, Dr. Joe Urgo, Executive Vice President and Provost, as well as Lisa Ritenour, Director of Student Health Services, said UA will be temporarily restricting University-sponsored travel to China until further notice. “While the spread of the virus in the United States is still considered to be low risk, we take these actions out of an abundance of caution and with guidance from federal agencies to proactively protect our campus community,” the announcement said. UA’s decision came after the U.S. Department of...
By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief
February 9, 2020
The University of Akron alumni Matthew A. Cherry (2000-03) once tweeted in 2012 that he would be nominated for an Oscar one day. I'm gonna be nominated for an Oscar one day. Already claiming it — Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) June 2, 2012 Then, through a project that began as a Kickstarter in 2017, Cherry not only received the nomination: he received one of the highest awards available in the film industry. As the third category to be awarded during the 92nd Academy Awards, the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film went to “Hair Love” by Matthew A. Cherry and Karen Rupert Toliver. In a previous interview with The Buchtelite, Cherry said the inspiration for “Hair Love” was a lack of representation for the relationship between...
By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief
February 5, 2020
When he learned his seven-minute short film “Hair Love” was one of the five nominees for the Best Animated Short Film Academy Award, UA alumnus Matthew A. Cherry (2000-03) was filled with joy. “We actually took a video of it,” Cherry said. “Everybody came over to the house and it was really cool also because Issa Rae, who voices the mom in our short film, she announced the category.” But “Hair Love” isn’t just an animated short film: it is also a children’s book that has been nominated in the Outstanding Literary Work in the Children’s category of the 51st NAACP Image Awards. Both the ‘Hair Love’ book, illustrated by Vashiti Harrison, and short film tell the story of the relationship between an African-American father,...
By Kaitee Horstmann, Copy Editor
February 5, 2020
The University of Akron’s chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) will hold its first pitch contest in Kolbe Hall Room 103 on Feb. 6 from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m. Student participants will be given a public relations situation and an hour to come up with a ten-minute campaign pitch for a real client. The client for PRSSA’s first pitch contest at UA will be the Cuyahoga Valley National Park and the winning pitch will be decided by a group of local public relations professionals and UA professors. “The perks are not only experience… for PR majors but it also includes free PRSSA membership which usually is a $65 annual fee,” Bryce Chekan, UA’s PRSSA Chapter President, said. PRSSA is a student organization for students...
By Elizabeth Heckler, Social Media Editor
February 12, 2020
By Kaitee Horstmann, Copy Editor
February 12, 2020
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February 4, 2020
