By Rachel Evans, Guest Writer

May 14, 2020 • 1 Comment

The University of Akron’s Robotics Team was getting ready for the NASA Robotics Mining Competition at Kennedy Space Center scheduled for later in May, when their plans were brought to a halt by the global COVID-19 pandemic. On March 10, The University of Akron President Gary L. Miller announced that all in-person classes, as well as student organization meetings, would be canceled through the end of the Spring 2020 semester due to COVID-19. Since then, the Robotics Team has been working virtually, getting ready for next year's competition. “The biggest effect is that we cannot continue building the robot,” Gina...

By Colleen Gaffney, Guest Writer

May 14, 2020 • No Comments

Students with a passion for pottery at The University of Akron have banded together to form a new club called ‘Seize the Clay’ based in Folk Hall, the arts building on campus. The new club welcomes students of all experience levels, with a focus on creative freedom and learning. Last year, UA didn’t have a ceramics club as the previous one no longer existed on campus. as the previous ceramics club no longer exists on campus. Junior Shirer Delancey, president of Seize the Clay, knew that she wanted to create a new club with a teaching aspect. “I wanted something completely new and different from the past club,”...

By Paige Shultz, Guest Writer

May 9, 2020 • No Comments

Can you imagine being in the hospital during this pandemic? Not only that, can you imagine not being able to have family visit because they fear spreading the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) to you? According to the American Childhood Cancer organization, there are 15,000 children in the United States that get diagnosed with cancer every year. Right now, we are in the midst of a pandemic that is grabbing the world’s attention, but that doesn’t mean cancer just goes away. There are still children sitting in hospital beds undergoing chemotherapy, with their lives changing just as much as the average person who is...

By Amanda Swaney, Guest Writer

May 9, 2020 • 2 Comments

Campus Focus is a student ministry organization at The University of Akron that can sometimes be overlooked, but strives to provide students with a place to learn more about having a relationship with God and making lifelong friendships. Their mission is what they call the four B’s: to see each student believing in Jesus, belonging to a family, becoming a disciple and building God’s kingdom. Campus Focus was started in 1972 by Ed Tubs, who had just moved to Akron and was living on Buchtel Ave. Tubs had a heart to share the Gospel with college students in Akron and that’s exactly what he did. Tubs began a small...

By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief

March 11, 2020 • No Comments

One person is in isolation at Mercy Medical Center in Canton after testing positive for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of cases in Ohio to four. This is the first confirmed case of community spread as the patient, a 53-year-old male, did not travel outside of the United States and had minimal contact with members of the community. “This is a positive case from Stark County, with no history of travel outside the U.S. and no known contact with someone else with the disease COVID-19… that is the definition of community spread,” Dr. Amy Acton, director of health for the Ohio Department...

By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief

March 10, 2020 • No Comments

Three confirmed cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) were announced on March 9, 2020 by Gov. Mike DeWine, just two days after testing for the virus became available in Ohio. Gov. DeWine first made the announcement of the three confirmed COVID-19 cases via Twitter, where he also declared a state of emergency for all of Ohio prior to signing the Executive Order 2020-01D. Declaring a state of emergency allows for different state departments and agencies to respond quicker and more efficiently, according to a news release from the office of Gov. DeWine. This afternoon we learned that three Ohioans have tested...

By Kaitee Horstmann, Copy Editor

February 27, 2020 • No Comments

For the fourth consecutive year, The University of Akron School of Nutrition and Dietetics partnered with the Akron RubberDucks baseball team for their annual RubberDucks Hot Dog Recipe Challenge. Four UA student finalists competed in the recipe challenge on Feb. 12, in hopes of having their hot dog recipe featured at the first RubberDucks home game of the 2020 baseball season. According to a UA press release, the student finalists included: Megan Hollendonner – “Bases are Loaded” Emily Ellis – “The Hawaiian Dog” Elexis (Lexi) Hamby – “The Duckin’ Good Fiesta Dog” Jacob Green – “The...

By Kaitee Horstmann, Copy Editor

February 20, 2020 • No Comments

The University of Akron will be hosting its 14th annual ‘Rethinking Race: Black, White and Beyond’ event in the final week of Black History Month and into March, with a wide array of events spanning from Feb. 24 to March 7.  Rethinking Race aims to engage students and attendees in difficult conversations about race through a variety of programming, such as discussions, a film festival, keynote speakers, artist performances and panels. According to a UA press release, Rethinking Race is actually a part of more than 100 syllabi for classes across UA and continuously invites people to deepen their understanding of race. Dr....