All posts by Sam Danley
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UMKC hosts fourth annual Zine Con
UMKC art students Noah Kellough and Madelyn Stewart spent the last few months putting together a zine, a self-published magazine, about Stewart’s dog, Molecules. The...
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State reconsiders funding arts campus
Following a string of setbacks, proponents of UMKC’s Downtown Campus for the Arts received a rare piece of good news this week when lawmakers re-introduced...
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UMKC cuts out-of-state tuition for 15 states
In an effort to boost enrollment and attract students from outside Missouri, UMKC announced two new programs to reduce out-of-state tuition costs. The first program...
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Q&A with Marianne McKenzie
UMKC student Marianne McKenzie recently directed a one-act play called Trench Warfare. Described as a surreal take on the lives of two infantry soldiers stationed...
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Conversation with David Johnson
A few weeks ago, U-News sat down with Sherry DeJanes, a local attorney and founder of SMART KC, a group opposed to the streetcar expansion....
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Drag Race star talks transgender sisterhood
Television reality star Monica Beverly Hillz stopped by campus last week for UMKC’s premiere Trans Awareness Month event. Hillz, a Chicago based drag performer and...
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Q&A: Smart KC Founder Sherry DeJanes
Sheery DeJanes is a local attorney and founder of SMART KC, an organization opposed to the streetcar expansion project. U-News spoke with DeJanes this week...
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Athletic task force issues report
The Committee on Institutional Efficiency (CIE) Intercollegiate Athletics Task Force released its final report at last week’s faculty senate meeting. All but one of task...
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Charges dropped in sexual assault case
Jackson County Prosecutors recently dropped charges against Juan Contreras, the man accused of raping a UMKC student in Johnson Hall last February. According to a...
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Tropes and tragedies | Trans + Allies talk media representation
Jerry Springer, Tyra Banks, Oprah Winfrey– why would these names come up in a conversation about transgender media representation? When UMKC’s Trans + Allies met...
