Cover to Cover: Friendship subverts suffering in Hanya Yanagihara’s ‘A Little Life’
By Logan Lane, Managing Editor
October 10, 2016
Hanya Yanagihara’s newest novel, “A Little Life,” puts four recent college graduates in the heart of New York City. These young men, all of whom met at the same university, strike out into the city to begin their lives and careers. There’s Willem, an aspiring actor working as a waiter; JB, a maga...
Out with the old
By Logan Lane, Managing Editor
September 7, 2016
Over the summer, Scott Scarborough ended a short but controversial tenure as The University of Akron’s president. The Board of Trustees, the governing body of the University, announced Scarborough’s resignation on its May 31 board meeting. “The Board is charged with ensuring the effective governance, ...
Grad students unsatisfied with leadership
By Logan Lane, Copy Editor
May 4, 2016
University of Akron graduate students are not confident in President Scott Scarborough’s leadership, new survey results say. The Graduate Student Government (GSG) sent out the survey to 4,019 graduate students on Feb. 23 and garnered a 21 percent response rate (834 students). The survey’s...
New interim chief diversity officer
By Logan Lane, Copy Editor
April 27, 2016
The University of Akron has appointed Carl Wallace as its interim chief diversity officer, a press release announced yesterday, April 27. UA’s chief diversity officer directs outreach programs for minority students and promotes cultural awareness on campus. Wallace, a pastor and community leader, ...
New GenEd Core off to rough start
By Logan Lane, Copy Editor
April 19, 2016
In the original version of this article, it was incorrectly reported that 16 percent of fall 2015 students in a GenEd Core course decided not to take an additional GenEd Core course in the spring. In fact, 16 percent of these students did enroll in another GenEd Core course. A recent University of Akron Fac...
Bodenschatz, Galehouse win USG presidential election
By Logan Lane, Copy Editor
April 11, 2016
Megan Bodenschatz has won the the 2016-2017 Undergraduate Student Government presidential election, USG announced at its weekly senate meeting last Thursday, April 7. Bodenschatz and her vice president Sterling Galehouse received 57.6 percent of the vote, beating out Isaac Lampner and running-mate C...
Black Male Summit scheduled for this weekend
By Logan Lane, Copy Editor
April 6, 2016
The University of Akron will host its 9th annual Black Male Summit this Friday and Saturday, focusing on how media affects black male identity. The two-day event features more than 60 panel discussions, breakout sessions, and workshops. Russ Mitchell, managing editor at WKYC-TV, will moderate. ...
Choose your leadership
By Logan Lane and Grant Morgan
March 31, 2016
UA’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) is now holding elections for next year’s president, vice president, and senate members. If you are an undergraduate, you should have received an email this morning explaining how to vote. There is also a link to the bio page of the candidates. Voting...
What you missed over spring break
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
March 28, 2016
Kristina Aiad-Toss and Logan Lane contributed reporting While you were away on spring break, an update came about when and how students will be getting their fee refunds, UA’s faculty union and administration resolved their disagreements over contract negotiations, and two new members were appointed to th...
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 ...
Faculty senate votes ‘no confidence’ in Scarborough
By Grant Morgan, Logan Lane, and Nick Peterman
February 5, 2016
By a count of 50-2, the UA faculty senate voted no confidence in President Scott Scarborough at its last meeting on Feb. 4, 2016. The no-confidence resolution cited reasons why the “University has been negatively impacted over the past year,” including declining enrollment, miscommunication of the ...
When Subway leaves, where’s the healthy food?
By Logan Lane, Copy Editor
September 21, 2015
The Student Union Subway will no longer be a dining option, Aramark district marketing Manager Eugene Walters confirmed in an interview on Friday, Sept. 18. The departure of the popular food chain is a result of the inability of Aramark and the local franchisee to make a deal. “The franchisee o...
USG seeks transparency with ‘Town Hall’ series
By Logan Lane, Copy Editor
September 14, 2015
Last Thursday, Sept. 10, UA’s Undergraduate Student Government gathered at the Student Union Starbucks lounge to discuss a summer of radical changes, questionable cuts, and concerns over a lack of administrative transparency. USG’s Facebook page described the event as “an open forum where st...
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