Akron Women’s Soccer to Face Dayton for First Time at Home
By Robert Corts, Sports Contributor
September 8, 2017
The Akron Zips Women’s Soccer team is looking for their second home win of the season against the Dayton Flyers, Friday, Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. This will be the first time in the history of the program that the two will teams face off at UA’s FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field. During Akron’s last...
Survivors celebrated at Relay for Life event
By Kaitlin Erdman
April 13, 2016
This past weekend, The University of Akron held its annual Relay for Life event in The Louis and Freda Stile Athletics Field House. This event is held to celebrate cancer survivors and remember those who have passed. It also provides a support system for those who are currently battling cancer. This...
Be the next Zippy: tryouts Wednesday
By Natalie Orr, News Editor
April 4, 2016
On Wednesday, April 6, The University of Akron is hosting Zippy tryouts at 2 p.m. in the James A. Rhodes Arena (Lab 4). To qualify for the position, one must be a full-time UA student and have registered before the actual try-out date. According to Olivia Hartjen, a UA student in charge of the regis...
UA must refund $4.1 million to students
By Logan Lane, Copy Editor
March 2, 2016
The University of Akron will return $4.1 million to its students after the Ohio Department of Education discovered UA’s facilities fee was improperly raised during the summer. In its 2015 - 2016 budget, UA raised students’ facilities fee from $18.55 per credit hour (up to 12 credit hours) to ...
Tryouts for Zippy’s heir
By Nicholas Summers, Copy Editor
February 18, 2015
UA is holding tryouts for a new student to take the forthcoming vacant Zippy mascot position. On Thursday, Feb. 19 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the James A. Rhodes Arena Lab 4, students who registered to audition will begin the first of two rounds of tryouts. “Every judge will ha...
Student government tracking use of tuition
By Grant Morgan, Arts & Life Editor
January 22, 2015
The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) is currently in talks with university president, Scott Scarborough, to discover what student fees actually pay for. Just how expensive a university education is can be seen on regular bills; what can’t be seen is exactly where all of that money...
UA football coach fired sparking national search for replacement
November 28, 2011
By: Chris Coon After a 2-22 overall record in two seasons at The University of Akron, Director of Athletics Tom Wistrcill announced Saturday that Rob Ianello will not return as head coach of the football team. "Earlier today, I informed Coach Ianello that he has been relieved of his duties, effective i...
