editor’s letter:
I didn’t want this semester’s issue of The Burr to be a static magazine, something readers would pick up and say, “Huh, interesting” and then throw aside and forget. I wanted to cover issues that were alive, evolving and relevant.
Most of all, I wanted this to be a resource for you — to show how you are affected by these stories every day.
Cary Smith and Randi Petrello explore the effects of poverty in the Portage County area and what that means for Kent State and the people of this community working through slow economic times.
We also take a look at students empowering themselves via roads less traveled. Josh Cribbs lets us peek at his life of football, marriage and fatherhood as a college junior, while Rachel Myers gives us a first-person account of her experiences in Afghanistan this summer.
The magazine is filled with stories about your college, county, country and world. I hope you not only enjoy them but also remember them.

Dana Curcio
Editor

Staff    
art director
Jesse Woodruff

photo editor
Glenn D. Luther

asst photo editor
Pat Jarrett

chief copy editor
Melissa Ramaley

managing editor
Jamie Carracher

asst managing editor
Jaclyn Youhana

cyburr editor
Leslie Stroope

 

cyburr webmaster
Rami Daud

marketing manager
Lorain Ogden

sales manager
Libby Repko

advertising manager
Russ Lynn

ad designer
Sean Mooney

production manager
Kate Common

adviser
Ann Schierhorn