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UMKC announces closure of current Diversity and Inclusion division
Jazlyn Summers, Managing Editor • October 28, 2024

  Chancellor Mauli Agrawal announced the closure of the central office of Diversity and Inclusion on Friday Oct. 25, as UMKC plans to move to a decentralized campus inclusion structure beginning Nov....

Trending Stories
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The intersection, 51st Street and Troost Avenue, where the accident occurred.

UMKC student killed at 51st Street and Troost Avenue on Thursday

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UMKC Student waiting to use crosswalk at 51st and Troost.

University student’s life was changed after seeing another’s get cut short

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The sorority banners in the Student Union.

New Delta Zeta members talk rush

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SGA members at a Sept. 6 meeting.

UMKC student government says surprise tuition increase felt like a “company memo”

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Phi Delta Theta Fraternity House.

A new fraternity is in the works to start at UMKC this semester under uncommon circumstances.

News Feature
Chancellor Mauli Agrawal sits in his office on Oct. 28, 2024.
After a fatal accident near campus, Chancellor Agrawal hopes to improve traffic safety
Aurora Wilson, Editor-in-Chief • October 28, 2024

 When Chancellor Mauli Agrawal heard about the passing of UMKC Conservatory student Yuxi Wu, he thought about the parents who were left without a daughter.    “For somebody who is older, my wife and I think of all of our students as part of a family. That was the first piece–think of the parents,” Agrawal...

Domestic violence awareness board in HAAG Hall.
Alex Unseth (left) and Jazmin Romo (right).
UMKC community members gathered at the memorial concert.
A student looking at The Internet Archive.
Members of the group standing.
A display made by the Women's Center.
Directors of Internal Affairs Alex Unseth at a former Sept. 9 SGA meeting.
UMKC Student waiting to use crosswalk at 51st and Troost.
Men's basketball team celebrates shot.
The Women’s soccer team.
A student looks at the Draft Kings app, a sports betting company.
The women's soccer team.
Softball team surrounding its gloves.
Jamar Brown dunks the ball against the Avila Eagles on Nov. 6, 2023.

Jalen McNeal, Staff Writer

September 22, 2024

Sports
Men’s basketball vs Avila (Nov. 6, 2023)
Kansas City Athletics partners with KSHB 41
Zach Gunter, Sports Editor • October 26, 2024

  Kansas City basketball is coming to local TV.    In a press release on Thursday, the athletic department announced a new partnership...

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Oct 26 Women's Volleyball University of Missouri - Kansas City vs. South Dakota 1-3 L
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Oct 20 Women's Soccer University of Missouri - Kansas City vs. St. Thomas 0-1 L
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Lifestyle & Culture
Event attendees listen to a speaker.
UMKC Library holds 4th Annual Rainbow Read-In
Liv Centa, Staff Writer • October 29, 2024

 The Miller Nichols Library hosted the annual Rainbow Read-In on Oct. 11 to highlight LGBTQ+ literature, original stories and poems.   This...

Event attendees listen to a speaker.
A collection of Hunt’s art. Left to Right: Bird of Flight, Over the Moon and Flowers in the Rain.

Carter Galloway, Staff Writer

October 25, 2024

The Starbucks in the Student Union.
An attendee doing batik.
Caitlyn Ayala (left) holding her “last doll” as Marlon Perez-Morales (right) explains the custom.
An assortment of pumpkins.
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