Gangrey
Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

For $12 An Hour, He Gets Naked

Tim Botos: JACKSON TWP. — His beat up Asics running shoes tossed aside, a barefooted Andrew Rihn stretched his leg muscles and swiveled his head back and forth to work the kinks out of his neck.

Art professor Chad Hansen slammed the door shut on room 134 of the Fine Arts building at Kent State University's Stark campus. The dozen students in Hansen's evening Drawing I and II classes formed a semi-circle around him as Rihn warmed up at the head of the class.

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