Students will lace up their tennis shoes and test their dodging abilities on Friday with victory in their hearts and balls in their hands.
Full-time job as a stay-at-home dad
As Joe Ciavarella reads a bedtime story to his 3-year-old daughter at 8 p.m., he wraps up a busy day of work, classes, Play-Doh and Barbie dolls.
Teachers are searching for a constructive way to emphasize the importance of self-worth within education, and a solution may have been found.
Before attending Youngstown State University, shy and soft-spoken Carissa Santangelo never thought about joining a student organization. She quietly read "Harry Potter" books and kept to herself.
Roman Rudnytsky will return to the Dana School of Music for a guest piano recital on Feb. 26 at 3 p.m. Rudnytsky, who was a Youngstown State University faculty member since 1972, has traveled all over the world and has played concerts in nearly 95 countries.
Alumnus reflects on YSU
Youngstown State University alumnus William Williams said he remembers anti-war protests outside of Kilcawley Center in the1960s.
An animal rights gathering scheduled for this Saturday will be not only a demonstration but also a celebration.
Textbooks, notebooks, pens and pencils are common items in most college classrooms. But some students are forgoing these bulky items for something lighter and perhaps cheaper:
In May of 2011, communications professor George McCloud was traveling through China. A dust storm grounded his flight, stranding him at a Beijing airport with nothing to do for hours.
YSU student starts website design company
Like all college students, Matthew Sprankle is no stranger to long, late-night work sessions. The darkened room, the frenzied typing, the glowing computer screen, the desk littered with empty energy drink containers — it's a scene familiar to anyone who has ever had a paper du
Keilyn Davis describes himself as essentially introverted — a man with unwavering faith. He is on a mission to embrace his own pursuit of happiness through music, expression and the art of honesty.
Gay rights activist raises awareness
Gary Daniels, associate director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, spoke to Youngstown State University students on Tuesday afternoon in Kilcawley Center's Ohio Room.
Nontraditional student learns from ‘school of hard knocks’
Some families have fostered children from abusive or neglected homes, successfully ridding the child's life of behavioral and developmental problems.
A suspected terrorist turns surveillance footage in to fine art
When interdisciplinary Hasan Elahi stepped off a plane in Detroit he was unaware that he was about to embark on the most adventurous art project of his career — one that would involve allegations of terrorism, government surveillance, watch lists and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Youngstown State University will celebrate African-American History Month, beginning Saturday.
YSU looks for strong showing in RecycleMania 2012
The annual RecycleMania tournament is back, and Youngstown State University is hoping for another strong showing.
Students and faculty reflect on black heritage, history
For Victor Wan-Tatah, director of Africana studies at Youngstown State University, black history means more than a month of commemorating.
Seventeen Youngstown State University students rang in the new year in London as part of the London Dublin Study Tour.
Local artisan gives new meaning to tying the knot
Courtney Schindler worked at Movies 8 in Boardman and as a hostess at the Springfield Grille after graduating in 2008, but said she knew that wasn't what she wanted to do for the rest of her life.
Youngstown State University will celebrate African-American History Month, beginning Saturday.
When assistant women's basketball coach John Cullen sought to improve on last year's 6-24 season, he thought of the challenges he faced while coaching boys basketball at Canfield High School for 28 years.
For George and Jennifer Dimos, time management is crucial. Like most married couples, they've got bills to pay, a house to maintain and work to do.
Spotlight Arena Theater presents ‘Riff Raff’
Sophomore Breylon Stubbs and senior Cheney Morgan will be dealing with guns, drugs and hustlers this weekend.
Local organization offers new community of faith
A local pastor and Youngstown State University graduate is getting down to the basics of Christianity with the Project 614 worship experience, and he's not picky about who joins him.
Locals create comedic drama
Former Youngstown State University student Mike Forney is out to give his past love life a chance. He's decided to revisit his previous relationships, but he's not calling his exes.
Local organization offers new community of faith
A local pastor and Youngstown State University graduate is getting down to the basics of Christianity with the Project 614 worship experience, and he's not picky about who joins him.
Ohio-based band to visit campus
Alternative rock band Red Wanting Blue will pass through Youngstown to play a student-only show at Youngstown State University's The Hub as part of its tour.
Holiday tradition or controversial disaster?
As Cheryl Guyer watches customers become aggravated over the topic of replacing "Merry Christmas" with "Happy Holidays," she said she believes that the elimination of "Merry Christmas" is pointless.
"Christmas is such a secular holiday today that so many people celebrate it without thinking about what they're celebrating," said Guyer, a religious studies major at Youngstown State University who has worked retail during the holiday season for several years.
Local couple remembers 80 years of Christmas in the city
Claire Maluso, 82, remembers the hustle and bustle of downtown Youngstown during the Christmas season. In the 1960s, she worked for the Strouss Company, which was located in the former Phar-Mor Building on West Federal Street.
Claire Maluso was the plaza director from 1988 to 1998. Today, she is a member of the Cityscape board.
Author addresses incarceration issues
One decade ago, attorney and author Michelle Alexander was put in jail for participating in a sit-in in California. She joined a group of protesters who disagreed with a bill that would try juveniles as adults.
Alexander and the other participants were chanting slogans from their jail cell and "quite frankly, having a good time," she said.
Downtown Youngstown's holiday parade, festival and tree-lighting ceremony rang in the Christmas season on Saturday.
The afternoon began on West Federal Street with crafts, train rides, food and holiday vendors. Children of all ages gathered to take a picture with Santa and Mrs. Claus.
In honor of the holiday season, the Pittsburgh Pirates will begin their annual winter caravan.
From Dec. 13 to Dec. 15, the Pirates will visit 17 communities in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Players and coaches will meet with fans and the media.
Jacob McIntyre said he feels comfortable doing what most men wouldn't.
When McIntyre was in sixth grade, his aunt taught him to knit. He picked it up overnight.
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company's Eva Paxhia visited Youngstown State University's Lincoln Building on Wednesday to warn students that "the geeks are taking over."
Stephen Gage, professor of music at Youngstown State University, gave an impassioned speech Wednesday afternoon entitled "Music and Words to Live By," in conjunction with the Last Lecture Series hosted by the Student Government Association.
On his way to conduct afternoon Mass at St. John's Episcopal Church, the Rev. Bradley Pace walks briskly across Youngstown State University's campus, carrying a thick stack of books under his arm.
This month, Pace is reading four books: one written by a Muslim, one by a Jew and two by atheists. He said his reading material reflects a broad trend that is sweeping America.
While walking through a swarm of students released after a morning class, the sun highlights a book and freshly written essay in a student's hand. But a dual role emerges as the student's book turns into a microphone, the essay into a song, the sun into performance lights and all of campus into an audience.
November marks Hip-Hop History Month. Hip-hop turns 37 this year, but artists commemorate the genre every day while working to make names for themselves.
Even though she's a Youngstown State University senior, Sharon Courtney has kept a reminder of her childhood: a small blanket covered in deer, rabbits and birds.
She also sleeps with a dragon pillow pet she was introduced to a few years ago.
Members of Youngstown State University's Student Social Work Association are "adopting" the elderly this holiday season.
The day after Thanksgiving is now regarded as the official start of the holiday season — and holiday shopping.
Locals let loose on karaoke stages
Jaye Mills plays the songs he loves and hates at the Lemon Grove Cafe every Wednesday night.
Meat Loaf isn't his favorite, so that's when he typically rushes outside to smoke a cigarette.
Campbell Memorial High School senior Rhea Herns has always battled low self-esteem. Most other students, she said, didn't understand her — until she joined band.
Youngstown State University's global education program, in conjunction with the visiting diplomat series and the Dr. James Dale Ethics Center, sponsored a lecture by Cuban Ambassador Jorge Bolanos on Friday.
Junior Dani Jones has been smoking for three years. She's tried quitting, but said it's just not feasible.
"I want to quit smoking, especially now that it's getting cold out," she said.
Local singer opens for Trace Adkins at Covelli Centre
Sarah Turner sings that "it's 563 miles to Nashville, Tennessee" in her first single entitled "Youngstown."
That's how far she travels twice a month to pursue her dream of becoming a country music star.
But she'll never forget where she came from.
Facade will pay respect to once-grand theater
If it weren't for the former Liberty-Paramount Theater, Rita and Jack Russell would never have met.
Theater troupe time travels to the ‘40s
The 1940s represented the prime of radio broadcast — a time when "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was continuously playing over the air.
YSU network technician remembers military service
Iraq is dusty, desolate, hot, humid and, above all, sandy. That's how David Olekshuk remembers it.
A student's phone call to John Schupp, then an instructor at Cleveland State University, began with a chemistry question.
Visible through a downtown window, a patchwork of art grows unfettered, stretching from floor to ceiling in some places. Sketches and sculptures stand side by side in an exhibit as diverse as each artist's message.
Tunnel teaches anti-oppression
Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity members spent part of Monday afternoon opposing discrimination in the Tunnel of Oppression, sponsored by the Youngstown State University Office of Housing & Residence Life.
A fifth-floor wall of Maag Library titled "University Presidents: The Men and their Legacies" commemorates the university's first six presidents. Below the exhibit sits an easel holding a portrait of the seventh — and first female — president: Cynthia Anderson.
City of Cambridge an outlet for time travel
The imagination of Charles Dickens has come alive with life-size mannequins lining a five-block stretch of Cambridge, Ohio.
The Renaissance man can
Ever wonder how many other students share the same major as you? In Craig Ziobert's case, no one does.
Katianne Timko dances to the beat of her own drum. Although she's from an athletic family, she had zero interest in sports and said she doesn't even know how to sweat.
Photographs of Youngstown residents depict disgust and resentment, to name just a few of the responses brought on by controversial pamphlets and fliers strategically placed in their paths.
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