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Lexi Smith at the Miller Nichols Library.

Meet a Roo: Lexy Smith

Karine Robinson, Staff Writer
November 12, 2024

  Lexy Smith is a senior third baseman for the Kansas City Roos softball team and leads the team in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging, home runs, runs batted in and total bases.     You became a top hitter last season, ranking in the top three for batting...

Unseth with his work on a piano.

Alex Unseth’s symphony of success

Karine Robinson, Staff Writer
September 22, 2024

  Self-taught composer Alex Unseth is a business undergrad student and in 2023 he entered into a prestigious worldwide music competition winning the 2023 Best Symphonia of the Year award .    The Symphonina Foundation has an annual composer competition for the Best Symphonina...

Men’s Basketball Delivers Defeat to South Dakota

Karine Robinson, Staff Writer
January 31, 2024

  On Saturday, the Kansas City Roos men’s basketball team faced off against the South Dakota Coyotes in a game that ended with a 81-57 victory for the Roos.     Kansas City delivered a performance coded with teamwork and strategy during UMKC Law School Night at...

Cody Tapp

Meet A Roo: Cody Tapp

Karine Robinson, Writer
November 8, 2022

Before Cody Tapp lent his voice to 610 Sports Radio, UMKC communications professor Peter Morello saw something unique in the UMKC alumni.      “Cody was a leader, both free-spirited and had such a high capacity for discipline,” Morello said. “I knew that he...

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