UNews won second place for best overall newspaper and a total of 14 awards during last week’s Missouri College Media Association (MCMA) awards. Competing in Division I against the largest schools in Missouri, the newspaper built on last year’s success and earned two additional...

The Graduate Student Council conducted a survey focusing on the effect that COVID-19 has had on graduate students at UMKC.  In the survey, graduate students were asked to describe how the pandemic has affected their lives and their department, and what they think could...

UMKC confirmed nine cases of COVID-19 on campus as the first week of the spring semester comes to a close.  Two of the new cases were from individuals who visited the Student Health and Wellness center on Jan. 22. One reported case involved an individual in the Durwood...

Activist group KC Kisaan Rally is taking to the streets for their third rally tomorrow, raising awareness for the Indian farmers’ strike.  Over 70 people protested in support of the last farmers’ strike on Dec. 26 in Kansas City.  “We gathered in Kansas...

The UMKC Student Government Association (SGA) Supreme Court has decided to uphold the SGA Senate confirmation of Daphne Posadas as SGA’s new vice president, it announced on Dec. 7. The decision comes less than a week after SGA Senator Trenton Garza filed a petition against...

Reports from students within UMKC’s Theatre Department describe a pattern of unsafe work conditions during stage productions. These conditions have caused falls, concussions, and shattered props. Students claim there are safety issues within the department. Michelle Lawson,...

Mahreen Ansari became the new Student Government Association (SGA) president on Monday evening at the last student senate meeting of the semester.SGA Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexander Higginbotham swore in Ansari at the start of the meeting. Ansari was the vice president...

Henry Gamber: Trump is the underdog right now. What he needed was a miracle, and that miracle didn't happen. I don't expect the trajectory of the race to change much at all as a result of the debate. (9:40) Henry Gamber: I agree. I'm glad this debate didn't turn as heated...

Around 100 protestors occupied the Kansas City Hall Plaza on the night of Friday, Oct. 2 in response to a video showing an officer kneeling on a pregnant woman during an arrest.  The video shows KCPD Officer Newton pulling 25 year old Deja Stallings onto the ground,...

What are you willing to risk for a higher quality education? COVID-19’s unprecedented and lasting effects present an ethical dilemma to the university administration: move all classes online, sacrificing the quality of education while ensuring minimal transmission of the...

UMKC began the demolition of Oak Place Apartments on July 7. The apartment building, which sits on the western edge of the Volker Campus, has been a problem child for the university since 2017, and the problems with the building are far from over.  Oak Place Apartments...

Looking for a flexible on campus job where you can study for classes, talk with your co-workers and relax with coloring books? Look no further, the Alumni Fund Call Center is for you. The call center, located on the first floor of the Cherry Street Parking Garage, is a part...

Junior Chase Ford and senior Tedeja Dean won recognition as All Regional Witnesses at the American Mock Trial Association Regional Competition in Lawrence, Kansas. The award comes at the end of an emotionally challenging competition season for UMKC’s Mock Trial team. In...

Annechka Safronov and Marcus Thieu were crowned Roo Royalty last Saturday at UMKC’s Court Warming Coronation basketball game. The game was the culmination of a series of Court Warming events hosted by the Union Programming Board (UPB) to generate school spirit and student...

Students looking to find a career in what Harvard Business Review describes as “the sexiest job of the 21st century” are in luck. UMKC is launching a new data science program to propel students further into data education with workshops designed to provide hands on research...

With the passing of a tenant’s bill of rights in Kansas City last December, the issues of housing and homelessness in the city have received significant media coverage.  One topic that receives less attention, however, is the effect of winter weather on Kansas City’s...

On Jan. 19, UMKC sophomore Mahreen Ansari spoke at the Reale Womxn’s Rally in Kansas City. Ansari, who is the Instagram, photography, videography, and equity lead for the Sunrise Movement KC, spoke about the intersectionality of climate change and its effects on black indigenous...

Amid a 20% budget cut to student organizations, group leaders have found it harder to get their annual budgets approved by the Student Government Association (SGA). Many students are concerned the SGA has prioritized its own funding over other student organizations.   “SGA...

Music majors, step aside. This past weekend, the Conservatory’s dance ensemble hosted its fall concert, showcasing pieces choreographed by UMKC dance faculty, the late Leni Wylliams and one by guest artist Christopher Huggins. “It was really powerful and expressive,”...

They’re in our movies, T.V. shows and books, and if you’re lucky, you may very well have your own story about them. You might have guessed it, I’m talking about ghosts here. These ghastly spirits have become enmeshed in our culture, easily seen in popular shows like...

Did you know UMKC is haunted? Whether it’s the ghost of Harriet Barse at Epperson House, the spirits of the Dickeys in Scofield Hall or the ghost of actress Vaughn Burkholder rumored to still haunt the Kansas City Repertory Theatre, UMKC certainly has its fair share of...

The Big Search KC, a nonprofit group that raises awareness for missing people through organized drives, found nine missing children and teens during the weekend of Oct. 19. “People had no idea no idea that there were even missing kids,” UMKC Adjunct Instructor Alison...

Getting research experience when you’re an undergraduate can be extremely difficult, especially for non-STEM students. However, one option for students wanting to try their hand at research is UMKC’s undergraduate research journal, Lucerna. The UMKC Honors College college...

All things considered, Missouri is a solidly red state. With supermajorities in both the state Senate and House and control of all state-wide elected positions beside the state auditor seat, the GOP has a strong grip on Missouri.  So when State Auditor Nicole Galloway’s...