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Layoffs highlight UMKC budget struggles
By Lucas Cuni-Mertz on May 1, 2018
Amid budget cuts across the UM system, UMKC last week announced the elimination of 17 academic and administrative jobs. Interim Chancellor and Provost Barbara Bichelmeyer...
Costly WAC membership puts a strain on UMKC’s budget
By Lucas Cuni-Mertz on April 10, 2018
As budget cuts continue to plague UMKC, scrutiny is intensifying on the athletic program’s costly participation in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). UMKC joined the...
Sly James calls for gun control, social justice in State of the City address
By Lucas Cuni-Mertz on April 2, 2018
Mayor Sly James delivered an empowering, socially conscious State of the City address Tuesday night at the Westport Plexpod Commons. In his seventh SOTC speech...
UMKC dominates in 79-59 win over UTRGV
By Lucas Cuni-Mertz on February 24, 2018
The UMKC’s women’s basketball team (10-17, 6-6 WAC) got off to a fast start and never looked back in their 79-59 victory over UT Rio...
‘Art of the Brick’ opens at Union Station
By Lucas Cuni-Mertz on January 30, 2018
To many, Legos are a simple, classic toy. At Union Station’s newest exhibit, Art of the Brick, however, they are the medium used for fantastic...

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