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  When Kent State's Golden Flashes football team played Bowling Green's Falcons in October at Dix Stadium, they brought a secret weapon: an orange cat named Hyperion - "Hype" for short. "Hype" was Kent State's representative in a cat-to-cat match up with "Pudge," another orange cat that has received a lot of attention on the web as Bowling Green's athletic mascot and feline good luck charm. However, Hype's mojo won the day as Â鶹¾«Ñ¡beat Bowling Green 24-21.   After the winter storm in January, Hype's human companion, Mahli Mechenbier J.D., a senior lecturer at Ken...

Andy Wyatt, Ph.D., received his undergraduate degree in English from Â鶹¾«Ñ¡in 2016, and is now the Assistant Director of Student Affairs at the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Florence Center in Italy. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2023, and his research focused on modern Italian literature and intellectual history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Andy had the opportunity to study abroad in the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Florence Semester program as an undergraduate, and the experience inspired him to pursue a career in Italy. He felt a connection to KSU Florence especially, because of how influe...