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All content by Kristina Aiad-Toss

Actions at yesterdays Board meeting

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
December 8, 2016
The Phi Delta Theta fraternity, of which Duncan Unternaher was a member, held of vigil in his remembrance last night.

Remembering Duncan Unternaher

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
December 6, 2016

EXL announces new ‘unclasses’

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
December 1, 2016
Wilson names chief of staff

Wilson names chief of staff

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
December 1, 2016
World AIDS Day

World AIDS Day

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
November 29, 2016
UA's American Legion division is giving 10 Christmas trees to student-veterans.

[Photo] American Legion Post 808 gives Christmas trees to veterans

November 29, 2016

Changes coming to Gen Eds

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
November 22, 2016
Demonstrators hold signs as they march down W. Market Street during the protest in Highland Square on Tuesday night.

Anti-Trump protestors march through Akron

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
November 17, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump spoke during a rally on the campaign trail at the James A. Rhode Arena at UA this summer.

Anti-Trump protest in Highland Square tonight

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
November 15, 2016
Student Jessie Armstead performed in The America Play last in the Sandefur Theatre in Guzzeta Hall.

Theater program returns to UA

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
November 9, 2016
Left to right: President of the Knight Foundation Alberto Ibarguen, UA President Matthew Wilson, Dr. Gerald Austen, Dean Eric Amis, Professor Matthew Becker.

[Photo] Knight foundation gives $3 million for polymer research

November 3, 2016
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[Photo] Choose your adventure

By Kate Tasseff, [email protected]
October 31, 2016
Dr. Cohen, political science professor, moderated the debate between the College Democrats and Conservative students.

Blue, red debate

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
October 27, 2016
Tricker Bailey Payne does a flip in Tampa, Florida.

Another Red Bull athlete comes to campus

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
October 24, 2016
UA student Amanda O' Reiley visits a castle in Spain during the DISSTA study abroad program in Valladolid this summer.

[Photo] Easier than you think to study abroad

By Logan Lane, Managing Editor
October 24, 2016
UA student Amanda O' Reiley visits a castle in Spain during the DISSTA study abroad program in Valladolid this summer.

President Matthew Wilson (left) sits next to Board Chair Roland Bauer (right).

President, provost named

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
October 19, 2016
President Matthew Wilson will step down this summer. (Buchtelite file photo)

Trustees look to name president, provost

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
October 17, 2016
Local Akron drag queen Malibu Peru performed in the Student Union Theater on Tuesday as part of National Coming Out Day.

Life of a drag queen

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
October 13, 2016
World-champ Zip ingests cocaine from kiss

World-champ Zip ingests cocaine from kiss

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
October 10, 2016
Meet the new student trustee: Zachary Michel

Meet the new student trustee: Zachary Michel

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
October 10, 2016
Members of the Secular Student Alliance Van Tran, Daniel Schuhmacher, Nicholas Hurt, Nicholas Kogovosek, and Ron Swanson hold up signs at their annual "Ask an Atheist" even.

Ask an atheist

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
September 29, 2016
Members of the Secular Student Alliance Van Tran, Daniel Schuhmacher, Nicholas Hurt, Nicholas Kogovosek, and Ron Swanson hold up signs at their annual "Ask an Atheist" even.

[Photo] Oneness for prosperity and peace

By Abigail Bashor, [email protected]
September 29, 2016
Akron students attend leadership symposium in Vietnam

Akron students attend leadership symposium in Vietnam

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
September 27, 2016

Scholarship campaign to raise $20 million

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
September 21, 2016
Students talk with EXL staff about their ideas in Beirce Library.

[Photo] Founder, a director resign; EXL continues

September 21, 2016
Diversity Week 2016

Diversity Week 2016

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
September 19, 2016

Zombie event to break world record

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
September 19, 2016
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[Photo] The dig on campus construction

September 19, 2016
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[Photo] The dig on campus construction

By Grant Morgan, Editor in Chief
September 19, 2016
Buchtelite file photo.

Enrollment down, hopes up

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
September 14, 2016
Buchtelite file photo.

[Photo] Diversity: A Commitment or a Buzzword?

March 2, 2018
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[Photo] Make the Career Fair work for you

September 15, 2016
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The Amazon store on Exchange Street.

[Photo] Pick up at the Amazon store

September 14, 2016
Interim President Matt Wilson welcomed freshmen at New Student Convocation last Friday.

Welcome, freshmen

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
September 12, 2016
ZPN hosts late night bingo

ZPN hosts late night bingo

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
September 12, 2016
The flags were put into the ground in Coleman Common last week.

[Photo] 2,997 lives, 2,997 flags: remembering 9/11

September 15, 2016

New Student Convocation

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
September 7, 2016

In with the new

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, News Editor
September 7, 2016

Graphic design seniors showcase work

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor
May 2, 2016
Zips for Akron Hope's first-place winning cupcakes.

[Photo] Akron Hope takes the cake in Cupcake Wars

April 27, 2016
President Scarborough will fill seven administrative positions for next fall semester.

Scarborough looks to round out his team

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor
April 25, 2016
InfoCision Stadium - Summa Field. (Buchtelite file photo)

$2 million to attract new students

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor
April 25, 2016
Ballroom Dance Club hosts Masquerade Ball

Ballroom Dance Club hosts Masquerade Ball

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor
April 19, 2016
Jimmy Catania signs the gender equality promise at ZPN's event during Gender Diversity Week.

Students sign the gender equality promise during ZPN's event for Gender Diversity Week.

[Photo] Ice cream for gender awareness

April 18, 2016
Ashley Trunik, a nursing major, raps "Welcome to Miami" during Alpha Phi's Florida-themed Songfest performance.

Songfest raises $6,845 for kids with cancer

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor
April 13, 2016
Two "wounded" students, Angelica Corrado and Kasey Serrano, protesting against University leadership outside the Student Union on Tuesday, a day before the Board meeting.

[Photo] Quiet meeting, quiet protest

By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
April 13, 2016
The Board of Trustees held its last meeting on Feb. 10 on the third floor of the Student Union, pictured here.

[Photo] Away from the main

April 11, 2016

Slacklining pro to appear on campus

By Kristina Aiad-Toss
April 6, 2016
Rape Crisis Center table ran by Leanne Grimes (left) and Amanda Balner (right).

[Photo] Nursing, Social Work Career Fair

April 6, 2016
From right to left on yesterday's panel: Michael Strong, dean of students; sociology professor Kathryn Feltey; trustee Olivia Demas; student trustee Darnell Davis; and trustee Warren Woolford.

[Photo] Concerned students speak up

April 6, 2016
Anna Cartwright spins the wheel to win the first showcase round at the Price is Right event in the Student Union Ballrooms.

Hult Prize team makes final round in Dubai

Hult Prize team makes final round in Dubai

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor
March 28, 2016
UA student Ben Holda, a sophomore, admires an artistic rendition of a map of Akron at Big Love Fest.

[Photo] Akron gives ‘Big Love’ to community

By Preston Davis, writer
March 16, 2016

Faculty union, administration reach agreement

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor
March 14, 2016
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[Photo] Akron feels 'the Bern'

March 14, 2016
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Women's rights activist, Sandra Fluke, speaks in the Union Ballroom on March 9.

[Photo] Women's activist Sandra Fluke talks millennials, politics

March 14, 2016
Remembering tomorrow plays at Akron's Got Talent

[Photo] Akron's Got Talent

March 14, 2016
Funds promised, but not budgeted

Funds promised, but not budgeted

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor
March 9, 2016
Faculty voting on strike-authorization

Faculty voting on strike-authorization

By Kristina Aiad-Toss, Photo Editor
March 7, 2016
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[Photo] All it takes is a vote

March 2, 2016
The local jazz band called Blu Pi plays music at Starbucks during ZPN's event for Black History Month.

[Photo] Jazz Group “Blue Pi” Entertains Crowd in the Student Union for the Conclusion of Black History Month

March 2, 2016
Housing Fair

UA student Rachel Graham takes part in a laser tag tournament.

[Photo] Laser tag in Union draws 200

February 29, 2016
Board of Trustees Chairman Jonathan Pavloff.

Q&A with Board Chair Jonathan Pavloff: rebranding, President Scarborough, faculty, more

By Grant Morgan and Kristina Aiad-Toss
February 18, 2016
Senior Amanda Palmer, left, and junior Lauaren Thompson, right, at last Wednesday's event.

[Photo] Mardi Gras Celebration

February 17, 2016
Team from Phi Delta Pheta take part in the Zips for St. Jude all-nighter fundraiser.

[Photo] UA raises money for St. Jude Research Hospital

February 17, 2016
President Scott Scarborough, Board of Trustees Chair Jonathan Pavlov

President Scott Scarborough, Board of Trustees Chair Jonathan Pavlov

Ashley Bair silently protests by holding up the Akron Beacon Journal "Scarborough must go" ad at a Board meeting.

[Photo] How we got here

September 13, 2016
Students, faculty, and administrators waiting for the board meeting's public session to begin.

Students, faculty, and administrators waiting for the board meeting to start.

Students, faculty, and administrators waiting for the board meeting's public session to begin.

[Photo] Could Trustees' meetings be more timely?

February 10, 2016
President Scott Scarborough, Board of Trustees Chair Jonathan Pavlov

President Scott Scarborough addresses the Faculty Senate

President Scarborough addresses the Faculty Senate.

President Scott Scarborough addresses the Faculty Senate

Dr. Phillip Allen of the Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences asks a question of President Scott Scarborough at the Faculty Senate meeting.

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