World AIDS Day 2015
By Sofia Syed, Arts & Life Editor
November 30, 2015
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a fatal disease which has caused approximately 658,507 deaths in the United States, according to AIDS.gov, the U.S. government’s website about AIDS. There are more than one million people living in the U.S. who live with HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus,...
SpringFest 2015 announces performing artist
By Sofia Syed, Arts & Life Editor
April 27, 2015
Rapper Hoodie Allen has been announced as UA’s 2015 SpringFest performer. On April 17, Hoodie Allen confirmed the performance by tweeting: According to Billboard.com, Hoodie Allen puts a little more pop music into his rap. Allen began working with a producer in 2009 that he met at a college...
Student receives engagement award
By Tyler Coventry, Copy Editor
April 15, 2015
UA’s Kevin J. Karas has been named a 2015 Newman Civic Fellow by the Campus Compact, a “coalition of college and university presidents, committed to fulfilling the public purposes of higher education” according to their website. Karas intends to graduate with a degree in Human Motivations, a...
Forget relaxation, volunteer
By Spencer Skolnick, News Writer
March 30, 2015
Some UA students used spring break as time away from school to volunteer with The University of Akron’s Alternative Spring Break. For four days over spring break, 91 volunteers—UA students and advisors—traveled in three groups to Winder, Georgia; Marion, South Carolina; and Manteo, North Carol...
