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Future and Lil Uzi Vert’s collaboration album, “Pluto x Baby Pluto,” released Nov. 13. (Pitchfork)

Album review: Future and Lil Uzi Vert’s “Pluto x Baby Pluto”

Kayl Auch
November 23, 2020

Just months after rapper Lil Uzi Vert released his long-awaited album “Eternal Atake,” he collaborated with fellow rapper Future to put together the album “Pluto x Baby Pluto.” The album consists of 16 songs that clock in at just under an hour. I know I am going to...

Red and Black shapes for the cover of the new $NOT album, "Beautiful Havoc"

Album review: $NOT’s “Beautiful Havoc”

Kayl Auch
November 10, 2020

“Beautiful Havoc” can be summed up in four simple words: album of the year. Florida-based rapper $NOT (real name Edy Edouard) did not have a single miss on this album.  $NOT put himself on the map when he released the single “GOSHA” on YouTube in 2018. The song...

iPhone 12 review

iPhone 12 review

Kayl Auch
October 28, 2020

Apple released its newest iPhone, the iPhone 12, which comes in at a hefty $799. The iPhone 12 isn’t the only phone Apple announced. Alongside it comes the iPhone 12 Mini, the iPhone 12 Pro and the iPhone 12 Pro Max – Apple’s biggest iPhone ever. All four versions of...

Trump Rally Photoessay

Trump Rally Photoessay

Kayl Auch
October 19, 2020

The following photos were captured at a Trump rally which took place on the Country Club Plaza on Oct. 18. A red pickup truck drives past the rally while honking. A woman waves American flags as cars pass by. A demonstrator and passerby began screaming at each other...

Album review: Bryson Tiller’s                                        “A N N I V E R S A R Y”

Album review: Bryson Tiller’s “A N N I V E R S A R Y”

Kayl Auch
October 8, 2020

Singer-songwriter Bryson Tiller released his third studio album, “A N N I V E R S A R Y” on Oct. 3. The album, which consists of 10 songs, comes three years after the release of Tiller’s sophomore album, “True to Self.” Between the two, Tiller dropped a handful of...

Travis Scott x McDonald’s meal review

Travis Scott x McDonald’s meal review

Kayl Auch
September 15, 2020

The Travis Scott burger from McDonald’s seems like it is going to be the next Popeye’s chicken sandwich.  There are countless videos online of people pulling up to the drive-thru window, playing “SICKO MODE” and ordering the Houston rapper’s signature meal....

Views of an empty campus

Views of an empty campus

Kayl Auch
April 22, 2020

I took these pictures on a Wednesday at around 11 a.m. which happened to be an absolutely beautiful day. The weather was warm and the skies were pretty clear. The only thing that was missing were the people. Campus was completely empty. There was no one talking,...

Three underrated players who could come up big for the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV

Three underrated players who could come up big for the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV

Kayl Auch
January 29, 2020

Finishing the regular season 12-4 and as the number two seed in the AFC, the Chiefs paved their way to Super Bowl for the first time in 50 years. Everyone in KC could tell you Mahomes, Kelce or Mathieu are some of the biggest playmakers on the field and in the entire league....

Athletics sees increase in ticket revenue, stagnant attendance following rebranding

Athletics sees increase in ticket revenue, stagnant attendance following rebranding

Kayl Auch
December 4, 2019

When UMKC hired Dr. Brandon Martin as a new athletics director in December 2018, he was tasked with restructuring nearly the entire athletics department. Since then, Martin has created the ‘Roo Promise,’ hired three people to help with external relations and rebranded...

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