All posts by Samantha Anthony
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Rate My Professors – Helpful Tool or Useless Toy?
“Unclear, difficult, frustrating, depressing, deceitful and terrible.” It sounds like a negative review for a new film or novel, but this kind of feedback is...
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I’m Not With Her – Why Hillary Shouldn’t Run Again
People don’t have to know me for long before they learn about (or at least begin to suspect) my political views. I’m an intern at...
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Students respond to spike in sexual assaults on campus
Do you consider yourself well-informed about campus crime? Maybe you’re less in-the-know than you think. According to the October 2018 Campus Crime and Safety Report,...
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Students discuss modern implications of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
With midterm election results fresh in their minds, students, professors and community members met on Wednesday for a book discussion about Margaret Atwood’s groundbreaking classic,...
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Fierce and unpredictable: How drag changed this UMKC student’s life
“I wasn’t nervous—I had so much adrenaline. But after the first song was over, I couldn’t stop shaking.” Christian, a 22-year-old UMKC student and part-time...
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UMKC becomes stop on Pro-Life demonstration tour
The dreary, cold weather may have kept some students from going to class last Friday, but it did not prevent one young woman from facing...
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5 Tips for Traveling on a College Budget
It’s no secret that vacation can get expensive pretty quickly. If you’re bummed about not being able to afford travel while you’re in college, this...
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“I have to do it for her” : Being a college student and a parent
For some students, the reality of college does not include study parties, dorm life, or loads of pizza—instead, there are diaper changes, burp rags and...
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Pay for school, skip the rent: Why one UMKC student decided to go homeless
Samantha Anthony Affordable housing as a college student can be hard to find. But would you be willing to sleep in your car to save...
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It Will Rock You (Mostly)
Making a movie about Queen is no easy task. How do you condense 30 years of incredible music and the story of Freddie Mercury, who over time has been...
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Kameron Sheffield on making music for film
Imagine getting the chance to make background music for a short film. That’s exactly what UMKC student Kameron Sheffield did, but he wouldn’t quite call his compositions “songs.” Sheffield...
