By Megan Parker and Kaitee Horstmann

November 19, 2019 • No Comments

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...

By Kaitee Horstmann, Copy Editor

November 19, 2019 • No Comments

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...

By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief

November 18, 2019 • No Comments

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...

By Enrique Antonio, News & Opinion Contributor

November 18, 2019 • No Comments

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...

By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief

November 5, 2019 • No Comments

Beginning in the fall 2020 semester, The University of Akron School of Law will offer a new Blended Online Juris Doctor (J.D.) program to make law school more accessible to part-time students. The new program allows part-time students to attend classes in person only two nights a week, while completing remaining coursework online during the first two years of the four-year program, a UA press release said. Having online classes during the first two years would give students the opportunity to “take the remaining courses on their computer each week at a time that fits their schedule,” Christopher J. Peters, dean of Akron...

By Kaitee Horstmann, Copy Editor

November 5, 2019 • No Comments

Sponsored by The University of Akron Foundation and the College of Health Professions, faculty have developed the free program “Finding a Better U” (FABU) to help local residents improve their heart health starting in November 2019.  With heart disease as the No. 1 cause of death in Summit County and all over the United States, the program aims at lowering high rates of the disease and Type 2 Diabetes locally, a UA press release said. Each week, over 100 local residents living in Akron’s AMHA apartments and Alpha Phi Alpha will have access to free exercise and nutrition classes through FABU. UA faculty running...

By Katie Shuber, News Contributor

October 29, 2019 • No Comments

In the heart of downtown Akron, near the Akron Art Museum, there’s a 100-year-old Greek-American Fusion food restaurant run by a father and daughter duo. Western Fruit Basket is located at 115 E Market St. and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.  Greg Megois, the owner of The Western Fruit Basket, was encouraged by his daughter, Melissa Miyiakis to purchase the restaurant just five years ago after hearing of the restaurant going up for sale from an old work colleague. After improving fruit basket quality, they got deals with local events for catering downtown, such as Crafty Mart, Pechakucha,...

By Megan Parker, Editor-in-Chief

October 23, 2019 • No Comments

In supporting adoption in Summit County, the Jockey Being Family Foundation will provide adoptees and their siblings a monogrammed backpack with a blanket and teddy bear inside. In addition to the backpacks for the children, the foundation will also provide a Parent Resource Tote that has resources for post adoption needs. The National Backpack Program has given over 30,000 backpacks to families across the United States since 2005, according to the foundation’s website. “Our signature backpack program provides newly adoptive children with something to call their own and provides them with a sense of belonging,”...