By Megan Parker and Kaitee Horstmann
November 19, 2019
Cleveland native Yvette Nicole Brown is well-known for her role as Helen in the hit series “Drake & Josh” and her role as Shirley Bennett on NBC’s comedy series “Community.” One thing people may not know about Brown is that she graduated from The University of Akron in 1994 with a degree in communication and was involved with the number one college radio station in the country: WZIP. Before receiving the Alumni Honor Award on Nov. 9, Brown stopped by WZIP in Kolbe Hall to not only visit where she got her first media exposure, but also to talk with students involved with the media organizations. “This makes me feel at home,” Brown said while sitting with students in WZIP after a live radio interview with Justin Miller. During...
By Kaitee Horstmann, Copy Editor
November 19, 2019
Students at The University of Akron are left with mixed opinions as several campus leaders announced that Five Star Fridays will be gradually coming to an end in the coming semesters. Five Star Fridays utilizes a four-day schedule where students must schedule their classes for Monday through Thursday so they can use their time on Friday for extracurricular activities. First implemented in Fall 2018, the goal was to give students more time to participate in cooperative education and gain work experience, as well as engage in internships, co-curricular activities, research, lab work and more “I think five star Fridays are a good idea in theory,”Jeremy Noll, a graduate security studies major, said. “But there were problems with the implementation,...
By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief
November 18, 2019
Founded in 2013, Zippython is The University of Akron’s miracle network dance marathon chapter dedicated to raising money for Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) hospitals. The first dance marathon chapter started in 1991 at Indiana University in the memory of a fellow student who passed away from HIV/AIDS, according to the dance marathon website. Last year, each student-run chapter raised a total of over $43 million. All of those funds went directly to local CMN hospitals. For Zippython, as well as the Kent State University and Walsh group, the local CMN hospital that receives 100 percent of the funds at the end of each academic year is Akron Children’s Hospital. Junior Abigail McKenna, a social work major and executive director of Zippython,...
By Enrique Antonio, News & Opinion Contributor
November 18, 2019
On Oct. 29, the Zips Program Network (ZPN) at The University of Akron hosted a root beer kegger in the Jean Hower Taber Student Union in honor of alcohol awareness week. The kegger took place from 8 to 11 p.m. and was open to all current UA students interested in root beer and activities with peers and friends. Activities included trivia and corn hole, along with a root beer pong championship where the grand prize was a gift basket. The food and fun activities served as an intended reminder by ZPN of the genuine effect having fun without the influence of alcohol can have. Junior Allyson Monroe, house chair of Kappa Kappa Gamma and a political science major, said she believes in the positive effects an event like this can have on the student...
By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief
November 5, 2019
By Kaitee Horstmann, Copy Editor
November 5, 2019
By Katie Shuber, News Contributor
October 29, 2019
