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"Let's Recap" Edition

Give a Uniquely Akron Gift: The Peanut Shoppe of Akron

Give a Uniquely Akron Gift: The Peanut Shoppe of Akron

By Audrey Fleck, Correspondent April 15, 2025

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the city received daily calls about one business in particular. The calls kept coming in nearly daily for eight months.  “The city was getting calls every day, ‘When...

Courtesy of Downtown Akron Partnership

Beyond the Books: Banned Books Box

By Amore Hill, Arts Editor April 15, 2025

Are you book shopping for a bookworm who seems to have every popular book you can think of? Are you in Akron looking for unique book finds?   Banned Books Box sells banned or challenged literature...

2024: A Year in Book “Quotes”

By Emily Sesto, Opinion Editor April 15, 2025

January: “You may not be a goddess, but nor am I a god. Despite our mundane lives, perhaps we make out own magic with words.” Ruthless Vows by. Rebecca Ross   February: “None of us are really...

Machael Fabisch as Evan Hansen

Dear Evan Hansen Sparks Insightful Conversations About Mental Health

By Olivia Richardson, Layout Editor April 15, 2025

Content Warning for brief discussions of suicide.  Broadway in Akron continued its 2024-2025 run with “Dear Evan Hansen” back in mid-November. Following “TINA: The Tina Turner Musical,” “Dear...

What is Retrenchment?

By Audrey Fleck, Correspondent April 15, 2025

Two weeks before the start of finals for the 2024 fall semester, University of Akron students found out that their school had initiated the retrenchment process.  While it has been no secret that the...

Photo courtesy of Julie Cajigas.

The Journey of Mckenna Vietmeier, Assistant Director of Communication

By Emma Garee, Correspondent April 10, 2025

If you are part of the school of communication, there is a huge possibility that you know Mckenna Vietmeier, or have heard of her from other professors. Mckenna Vietmeier has been at the University of...

Courtesy of UAkronPark.com

Campus Parking Frustrations

By Odeliz Beltran and Amore Hill April 10, 2025

A Conversation with U Akron Park: What campus parking has to say about student's frustrations Most University of Akron students have faced the universal horror of not being able to find a parking space...

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