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UMKC students win big at the MBEA Student Media Competition

UMKC students win big at the MBEA Student Media Competition

Amina Dalton
April 28, 2020

UMKC students won big at the Missouri Broadcast Educators Association (MBEA) Student Media Competition. Of eight UMKC entries, seven won. There were four first place, two second and one third place across five categories. The MBEA Student Media Competition showcases individual...

Graduation blues: UMKC seniors react to postponed commencement ceremony

Graduation blues: UMKC seniors react to postponed commencement ceremony

Amina Dalton
April 14, 2020

The coronavirus has turned this semester into one unlike any before it. With campus closed, students have to take all of their classes online. A city-wide “stay-at-home” order mandates that people only come out of their homes for essential items only. Libraries, small businesses...

Rap royalty: the queens of hip hop

Rap royalty: the queens of hip hop

Amina Dalton
March 11, 2020

Hip hop emerged in the early 1970s and changed what people knew as music. When DJ Kool Herc began scratching records, it enticed everyone who heard. It was different, cool and new. Hip hop is now the most-streamed genre in the world.  At first, hip hop was all about storytelling...

A lesson in black history: student groups host trivia session, discussion

A lesson in black history: student groups host trivia session, discussion

Amina Dalton
February 19, 2020

How well do you know your black history? The UMKC groups Students for Justice and the collegiate chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) hosted a Black History Month trivia session and discussion last week in Haag Hall. President...

It all starts with a vision: Students dream big for the future

It all starts with a vision: Students dream big for the future

Amina Dalton
February 10, 2020

The African American Student Union (TAASU) looked to the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to create the “I Have a Vision” vision board event last week in the Multicultural Student Affairs office. A vision board is a collection of pictures or written positive affirmations...

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