Grad students unsatisfied with leadership
By Logan Lane, Copy Editor
May 4, 2016
Filed under Archive
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...
Quiet meeting, quiet protest
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
April 13, 2016
Filed under Archive
Out in Orrville at UA’s Wayne College campus, it was a quiet day for both trustees and protesters. Yesterday, April 13, was the UA Board of Trustee’s last meeting of spring semester – its first meeting reviving the annual tradition, stopped eight years ago, of meeting at a location off...
Away from the main
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
April 11, 2016
Filed under Archive
Not since eight years ago has The University of Akron Board of Trustees held a meeting anywhere other than main campus. Yet the Board’s next meeting, slated for this Wednesday, April 13 at 10 a.m., will be at UA’s Wayne College, which is a 40-minute drive from downtown Akron. The last time a Board ...
UA must refund $4.1 million to students
By Logan Lane, Copy Editor
March 2, 2016
Filed under Campus News, Showcase
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 ...
Remembering Donald McIntyre
By Megan Hanft, Writer
February 22, 2016
Filed under Campus News
On Feb. 14, Donald McIntyre of the Department of Polymer Science passed away at the age of 87. He attributed 30 years of service to The University of Akron in his field. McIntyre grew up in Detroit and found his passion for chemistry in high school. He encountered several teachers that influenced hi...
Swider comes to campus to promote her new book
By Sara Syed, writer
February 1, 2016
Filed under Campus News
Within 24 hours of her book’s release, Sarah Swider, an alumna and assistant professor of Wayne State University, came to UA on Jan. 29 to discuss the conditions that millions of informal workers and laborers endure due to authoritarianism and morbid working conditions in China. Swider promoted he...
What you might have missed
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
January 25, 2016
Filed under Campus News
Finals week is demanding, and it’s often difficult for students to keep up with anything other than studying, finishing final projects, and taking tests. Then, when winter break comes, many take full advantage of the respite from classes by directing all their focus to other aspects of their lives...
Ad campaign seeking reform in UA governance
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
December 15, 2015
A new campaign is in progress to reform the way top decisions are being made at The University of Akron. Paid for by “Advocates for The University of Akron, Students and Faculty,” the campaign has so far included five three-quarter-page black-and-white ads printed in the Akron Beacon Journal. “STOP”...
In June, a ‘literal political campaign’ to change UA’s name by January 2016
By Grant Morgan, Managing Editor
December 7, 2015
Filed under News
It started early this year as a post on a zipsnation.org forum. Since, the topic of a UA name-change — a rebranding, a new slogan, a marketing tagline, whatever one might call it now — has been persistently in the news. But last Friday, The Devil Strip released a story about an administrative email tha...
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