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UMKC students win big at the MBEA Student Media Competition
By Amina Dalton on April 28, 2020
UMKC students won big at the Missouri Broadcast Educators Association (MBEA) Student Media Competition. Of eight UMKC entries, seven won. There were four first place,...
Graduation blues: UMKC seniors react to postponed commencement ceremony
By Amina Dalton on April 14, 2020
The coronavirus has turned this semester into one unlike any before it. With campus closed, students have to take all of their classes online. A...
Rap royalty: the queens of hip hop
By Amina Dalton on March 11, 2020
Hip hop emerged in the early 1970s and changed what people knew as music. When DJ Kool Herc began scratching records, it enticed everyone who...
A lesson in black history: student groups host trivia session, discussion
By Amina Dalton on February 19, 2020
How well do you know your black history? The UMKC groups Students for Justice and the collegiate chapter of the National Association for the Advancement...
It all starts with a vision: Students dream big for the future
By Amina Dalton on February 10, 2020
The African American Student Union (TAASU) looked to the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to create the “I Have a Vision” vision board...
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Criminal justice professor uses sticky notes to humanize Kansas City homicides
By Amina Dalton on February 4, 2020
Homicide rates in Kansas City have been on a steady incline for years. With 138 homicides in 2018 and 151 in 2019, criminal justice professor...

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