‘Tis the season to eat. ‘Tis the article of what not to eat. Here are the top five worst Thanksgiving dishes. 5.    PeasI don’t care if you put butter in it, sugar in it or season it up real good. It doesn’t matter. We don’t want it. Especially on Thanksgiving....

Dear Reader, I’m due to get out of here in December, and boy has it been a long road. I remember the first day of college for me. I thought I was grown. Little did I know I really was! I was buying toothpaste, toilet tissue, feeding myself, making all of my own decisions,...

Senior Brittany Blockmon had no choice.  Childcare for her daughter had fallen through, and she had no one else to turn to. Blockmon faced the same choice of many UMKC students: either skip class or try your luck and bring your child with you. Blockmon chose her education,...

This pain I have runs deep.  There have been times since the murder that I’ve sat in class and looked around at my peers and thought, “You have no idea what I’ve been through.” It’s mentally, physically and emotionally tearing me apart. It’s like every...