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SGA President Brandon Henderson talks plans for fall semester

SGA President Brandon Henderson talks plans for fall semester

Ciara Pate
September 14, 2020

With the semester in full swing, Student Government Association (SGA) President Brandon Henderson is poised to start accomplishing his goals for UMKC.   Despite present circumstances, Henderson is working toward the plans he set for himself before the pandemic,...

Black Lives Matter protests lead to police reforms in Kansas City

Black Lives Matter protests lead to police reforms in Kansas City

Ciara Pate
August 26, 2020

At the end of May, protests erupted across the United States and the world in response to the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police. The protests centered around police brutality and the lack of immediate discipline for the police officers that killed...

Play review: The beauty that is ‘For Colored Girls’

Play review: The beauty that is ‘For Colored Girls’

Ciara Pate
October 24, 2019

Women of color, namely black women, deal with a variety of heavy issues daily. KCRep’s choreopoem, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” written by Ntozake Shange, captures every ounce of it, leaving its audience in tears. Covering...

Baladí: The new Spanish literature magazine at UMKC

Baladí: The new Spanish literature magazine at UMKC

Ciara Pate
October 22, 2019

Baladí. An Arabic word defined as something of little value or not worthy of attention or appreciation. Though that may be the name of the new Spanish literature magazine on campus, it sure is proving its importance. Releasing their first issue at the beginning of October,...

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