News
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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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Councilman Quinton Lucas running for mayor
In his youth, Quinton Lucas was homeless. As a young adult, he graduated from Cornell Law School. When he was 30, he was elected to...
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UMKC Professor and GLAMA Work to Tell Kansas City’s LGBT History
Austin Williams (right), a UMKC Professor, directed his documentary “The Ordinance Project” to tell the story of the anti-AIDS discrimination ordinance that passed in Kansas...
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UMKC’s Dual Advisement System divides students and faculty
Students who have checked their university email recently, have probably a survey regarding UMKC’s dual advisement system recently. UMKC assigns students two academic advisors: one...
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Strategic plan may bolster student use of public transportation
Historically, UMKC has been primarily a commuter school, but in recent years the administration has worked to increase the number of students living on campus....
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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...
