Abigail Bottar

Abigail Bottar is a junior at Kent State University. She is pursuing a major in political science with a concentration in American politics and minors in history and women's studies. Additionally, Abigail is starting her second semester copy editing for The Burr.

To Understand Ohio: How to Understand America

By Andrew Meyer - WKSU & Abigail Bottar • Aug 27, 2020

Author David Giffels spent a year traveling around Ohio with the idea that by getting a better understanding of Ohio, he might get a better understanding of the nation as a whole this election year. The people he encountered in his journeys and what he learned from them are in his new book, "Barnstorming Ohio: To Understand America." Giffels said he wrapped up his research just as the coronavirus pandemic shut down the state and the country.

Kent State Prepares for Its Virtual May 4 Commemoration

By Andrew Meyer - WKSU & Abigail Bottar • May 1, 2020

Monday marks the 50^th anniversary of the day National Guardsmen opened fire on Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War.

The university planned a number of events for the days leading up to and including the anniversary of the May 4^th shootings. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the school has shifted to a roughly hour-long virtual commemoration.