All posts by Nathan Zoschke
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Kansas City streetcar: Main Street corridor route set to open in early 2015
2-mile starter line could be extended south to UMKC’s Volker campus A planned $102 million downtown streetcar line is on track to open in early...
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Ari Shapiro pays homage to progress in gay rights
National Public Radio correspondent Ari Shapiro reflected on more than 50 years of progress in gay rights at the UMKC Pride Keynote Address. Shapiro, 34,...
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Student Profile: Riddhiman Das- Foreign entrepreneurial students face uncertain future in the U.S
Riddhiman Das, a 21-year-old computer science graduate student, appears to have a bright entrepreneurial future. He has already helped launch two tech startups in Kansas...
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Nursing and Health Studies: School changes its name, dean appointed to Health Commission
The UMKC School of Nursing changed its name on March 4 to the UMKC School of Nursing and Health Studies. The name change was enacted...
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Grammer matter to
As an Arts and Sciences student, it is mandatory to take three semesters of a foreign language, but how much knowledge is actually acquired in...
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STALKING: ‘Creeped out’-College-age women are frequent targets
With the advent of cell phones and social media, stalking has become a growing concern. In 1990, California became the first state to enact an...
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Dyson reflects on past, sets vision for future at MLK Keynote Address
Distinguished civil rights author and scholar Michael Eric Dyson delivered UMKC’s fifth annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Keynote Address last Wednesday. Dyson said his speech...
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briefly mentioned: Student housing approved for Hospital Hill campus
A $29.3 million housing development near the Hospital Hill campus was approved by the UM System Board of Curators last Thursday. The plan calls for...
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Mass shootings revisit gun control debate
Mass killings in the U.S. were committed once every two weeks between 2006 and 2010—the last year for which FBI data is available. Recent mass...
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Discussion continues on downtown arts campus
The most likely scenario for the proposed Downtown Arts Campus is a phased build out, beginning with the relocation of the UMKC Conservatory of Music...
