By Matthew Hogan, Guest Writer
December 12, 2018
The classic quote, “Why not Akron,” has never been more relevant than it is today. 2018 saw the launch of the Bowery Project downtown and with it, a promising future for the city. A full article on what the project entails can be found in a piece written by Crain’s Business, here. In summary, the $42 million Bowery Project will be breaking ground to revitalize an important stretch of Main Street near the Civic Theater later this year. The project will create just under 100 new apartments as well as 40,000...
By Brooklyn Dennison, Editor-in-Chief
November 21, 2018
When I was a child, I used to take my parents' old Queen CD’s and play them nonstop. So when I began watching the movie about frontman Freddie Mercury, I was thrilled. Unfortunately, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the 2018 movie about Mercury’s life, did not meet my expectations. “Bohemian Rhapsody” was not a terrible movie. It had plenty of funny, heartfelt moments. However, to me and plenty of LGBTQ people, Mercury was a queer icon. Because of this, I was expecting much more and much better LGBTQ representation...
By Réyna Pérez, Guest Writer
October 3, 2018
“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
“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...
By Sharon Marquart, B.A. in French, Minor in Studio Art The University of Akron, Class of 2000
September 17, 2018
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...
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