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Lady split St. Francis 1-1

Matthew Balsinger The University of Akron softball team advanced to 22-25 on the season with a 1-1 game split in a doubleheader against St. Francis. In game one, the Zips downed St. Francis by a final score of 10-4. The Zips had a greater hitting efficiency, hitting 13-28 at bats with nine runs batted in [...]

Queen Genevieve, the laptop

Aine McCarthy For the past couple of weeks, my attention span has degenerated to little more than that of a gnat. When I think of my brain lately, I am often reminded of eggs in a frying pan and how closely they resemble the effects of crack. Luckily, I don’t need narcotics to sizzle my [...]

Protest for part-time

Matthew Balsinger In light of looming changes to compensation for part-time faculty, members of the Ohio Part-Time Faculty Association (OPTFA) were on campus Wednesday afternoon to hold a rally for what they consider to be a large problem at The University of Akron, as well as to bring attention to the financial compensation for part-time [...]

Akron All-City Musical returns

Beau Brown Talented high school students from around the Akron area once again amalgamate for the second Akron All-City Musical, which will be performed at the Akron Civic Theatre in June. Last year, thousands came to see these performing arts students from high schools such as Copley, St. Vincent-St. Mary, Firestone, Garfield, Akron Early College [...]

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  • Undrafted Zips get taken

    Undrafted Zips get taken

    Matthew Balsinger Every year after the National Football League (NFL) draft, there is a period of signing undrafted free agents who were not drafted during the seven rounds of the regular draft. Though none of the graduating Akron Zips were drafted in the seven rounds of the draft, there were two players who were picked [...]

  • Letter from the editor

    It is customary for the Editor-in-Chief to write a column for the semester’s final edition of The Buchtelite. Some have viewed this as the final opportunity to voice any qualms they may have with the university, its policies and hope that this final column will right any injustice or wrongdoing that they had experienced during [...]

  • Zips athletics: a year in review

    Zips athletics: a year in review

    DJ Johnson The end of the 2012-13 school year is on the horizon as graduation lingers for a select group of us. Over the last four years I have had the opportunity to cover a variety of teams here at UA, highlighted by the men’s basketball and football teams. While the athletic department as a [...]

  • Running in the red

    Running in the red

    Matthew Balsinger Financial woes at The University of Akron have many students and faculty members concerned, as the university looks to face a projected $26.7 million deficit for the 2014 fiscal year. “I want to know how the university is in such a hole,” junior education student Rachel Ake said. “I’m spending $5,000 a semester, [...]

  • Zips Softball Springing forward

    Matthew Balsinger The University of Akron women’s softball team advanced to a three game winning streak over the weekend as they split a series with Northern Illinois 1-1, and swept Western Michigan 2-0. The Zips faced off against Nothern Illinois in a double header last Friday. In game one the Zips fell 3-0, however they [...]

  • Speech contest awards UA students

    Speech contest awards UA students

    Katelyn Freil A speech contest held last Tuesday awarded five students from various classes around campus. Paige Dobbins, a freshman anthropology major at The University of Akron, won the first prize of $1,000 at the UA School of Communication Speech Competition for her speech titled “Removal of the Penny from Circulation.” “This competition has reinforced [...]

  • Student’s passions lead to busy life

    Student’s passions lead to busy life

    Victoria Teresko Imagine balancing being a full time student, an athlete, a coach, and having a part-time job. This is a reality for Patsy Ford, a junior studying mechanical engineering. Ford is passionate about women’s rugby. She has been playing for six years and this year she became the assistant coach for The Lady Buzzards [...]

  • Zips football spring game

    Zips football spring game

    Matthew Balsinger The Akron Zips football team took to the field Saturday afternoon in the annual spring game, where the blue squad defeated the white squad 16-7 at Infocision Stadium. Redshirt sophomore quarterback, Kyle Pohl, and the first string offense showed incredible improvement over this time last year; Pohl has led the blue squad offense [...]

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