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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Homicide rates in Kansas City have been on a steady incline for years.  With 138 homicides in 2018 and 151 in 2019, criminal justice professor Ken Novak took note of the homicide trends by recording each one on a sticky note and posting them on his office door. The chilling...

Amina Dalton, Emma Lane UMKC announced last week that it will no longer require applying students to submit ACT/SAT scores.  “We are proud to be the first university in the UM System to adopt this approach, as we join a growing number of U.S. colleges and universities—more...