By Brooklyn Dennison and Megan Parker

April 24, 2019 • No Comments

As the school year comes to an end, editors at The Buchtelite move on to future prospects, as is the case with current Editor-in-Chief Brooklyn Dennison and Copy Editor Megan Parker   Dennison will be graduating with a degree in media studies this May, leaving her leadership role to Parker.   For several weeks, the two of them have been discussing exciting changes for the future of the paper. Please see below for their following statements.   Brooklyn Dennison Editor-in-Chief   I entered...

By Brooklyn Dennison, Editor-in-Chief

April 22, 2019 • No Comments

As someone who is not an English major, I was extremely hesitant to take any type of poetry class. In my mind, poetry was dull, meaningless words written by old men.   However, when I took a class called “American women poets” for my women’s studies minor, I was quickly immersed in the world of poetry.   In middle and high school, my favorite poet was Edgar Allan Poe, however, I was taught that his poetry wasn't the norm. Poetry that was accepted were by people like Walt Whitman and Robert Frost....

By Réyna Pérez, Guest Writer

October 3, 2018 • No Comments

“I wouldn’t have been able to keep driving without the necessary repairs made to my car that ZipAssist helped me with,” one student said about ZipAssist, preferring not to be named. “My axle was bad, I had a busted tie rod in the front and a broken window in the back and more. It was hard enough to get to work, let alone school.  I didn’t know that I was able to get help for that until I remembered having heard about their services in class. So, when things got really bad, I finally went to see if they could...

By Isaiah Houde, Guest Writer

October 2, 2018 • No Comments

“I would not be where I am right now if I never joined WZIP, it changed my life for the better,”  former WZIP member, Dahmere Epperson, said. The college-run radio station, WZIP, is the ultimate experience for students at The University of Akron who are interested in media because it provides unlimited experiences that can last a lifetime. Epperson is just one example of someone who has gained a plethora of knowledge and experience that can lead him to the next step in life. The radio station is centered...

February 25, 2019 • 1 Comment

It is about time that the American people were educated and informed about what true "Socialism" is and is not.   The fact is that in true socialism, "the means of production" are owned and controlled by all of the people. In other words, in true socialism all of the workplaces and businesses are owned, controlled, and run by all of the people for the good and well-being of all of the people. They are not privately-owned by individuals and groups. In true socialism, we would not be totally equal in terms of how...

By Sharon Marquart, B.A. in French, Minor in Studio Art The University of Akron, Class of 2000

September 17, 2018 • 1 Comment

Dear President Green, Provost Ramsier and Members of the Board of Trustees, I am writing in response to the recent cuts that have been made to 19% of degree programs at the University of Akron. I graduated from Akron in May 2000 with a B.A. in French and a Minor in Studio Art, and I am currently an Associate Professor of French and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota. I attended Akron from 1997 to 2000 thanks to a Scholarship for Excellence that funded the entire cost of...