Jaelen Crider was a heavily recruited football prospect coming out of high school. He was a four star recruit with offers from Michigan State, Iowa and LSU. During Crider’s freshman season, things took a turn for the worst. Before the ninth game of the season Crider has told his training staff his ankle felt off. He got very sore fast and he could only describe it as ankle fatigue. He ended up picking Toledo to play college football. He did…
Police reform efforts have slowed down since the death of George Floyd almost two years ago, but activists continue to call for big changes in policing. On November 2, 2021, voters in Cleveland passed Issue 24, which proposed the creation of the Community Police Commission. The passage of Issue 24, now known as Charter Section 115, also addresses the existing Civilian Police Review Board, which was called “disempowered,” by critics. “There’s been an issue over a period of many decades…
Mark Zuckerberg released many statements in the past somewhat similar to, “the metaverse is the future of the internet,” and, “A future with just a pair of glasses.” Despite this, data from surveys through Ispos in January 2022 shows that out of 1,000 respondents who were 18 or older, a large percentage of U.S. citizens feel uninterested, concerned, or confused about the metaverse and virtual reality. This survey was conducted representatively across the country over a 12 hour time period….
When parents take their children to school, something that may not be on their mind is how many students their children are attending school with. But, school enrollment is a topic that can make or break the funding that public schools receive. If a school has low enrollment, funding can get taken away or lowered to reflect the amount of students a school district has. Not only can this affect a graduating class, but if enrollment is dwindling, staff can…
“More Ohioans died from firearms in 2021 than almost any year on record, according to preliminary data from the Ohio Department of Health.” Firearm homicides in the U.S occur nearly 25 times higher than in other countries. Furthermore, suicide by gun occurs nearly 10 times more than in other countries. At the current rate, it’s estimated that 1 out of 100 Ohio children will die by a gun. A staggering and frightening number. The United States averages nearly 110 deaths…
Attendance is the name of the game and in the last few seasons of the MLB the Cleveland Guardians and the Cincinnati Red have both placed in the bottom half of the league for attendance. In the 2017 and 2019 seasons both Ohio teams have not placed higher than 19th in overall attendance out of 30 team in Major League Baseball. In 2017 a year after the Cleveland Baseball Team made it all the way to the World Series, they…
The American diet is constantly changing and it is pretty common to hear about new dietary restrictions. There is constantly new information and new research that is published to change peoples’ perceptions of their own diet. Although it is something that is constantly being talked about, a recent survey shows that 59% of Americans don’t follow any nutritional rules at all. According to the survey, 19% of Americans follow a low or no carb diet, while 10% of people are…
A group in Warren took to East Market Street, Saturday, protesting the reopening of a Valley injection well that state regulators linked to seismic activity. Connor Steffen was there, speaking with protesters as well as the company CEO at the center of the controversy.
There are a lot of people who don’t prioritize nor value sleep. If you were to ask 100 people wether or not if they feel as though they get enough rest at night, majority would probably say no. What they don’t understand are the benefit and overall good that the proper sleep does for your body and mind. It probably sounds redundant, but first you have to truly understand what sleep is. Sleep is a naturally recurring state of mind…
ISSUE STORY: Jalen Bankston The issue that I would like to speak on today is the employment, or lack thereof, in the city of Kent right now. Unemployment is a problem in many more cities than just kent, but today we are going to specifically talk about issues at businesses in the kent and Akron area. You don’t have to look around the city long to see that unemployment is a true issue in the area. Everywhere you turn, you…