Advertisement

Roo News

The Student News Site of University of Missouri - Kansas City

Roo News

Roo News

All content by Lindsey Temaat
As many as 50% of teenagers report believing they are addicted to their cell phones. (Getty Images)

Does social media impact our mental health?

Lindsey Temaat
January 20, 2022

Crystal Lum spends eight hours a day on Instagram and Twitter. The UMKC health sciences major said she has integrated social media into her daily routine, so much so that it feels “weird” to go without it.  Lum’s story isn’t unique. In fact, CNN reported in 2019...

Louis Tomlinson hosts the Away From Home Festival and global streaming event

Louis Tomlinson hosts the Away From Home Festival and global streaming event

Lindsey Temaat
August 31, 2021

There’s something to be said about artists that grow up with us. For many, spending over a year in isolation brings up nostalgia for simpler times. It may bring memories of being a zit-faced pre-teen jamming out to “What Makes You Beautiful” in the back of a minivan, times...

Questions with the provost: everything students need to know about COVID-19, tuition costs, and a ‘full capacity’ fall semester

Questions with the provost: everything students need to know about COVID-19, tuition costs, and a ‘full capacity’ fall semester

Lindsey Temaat
August 22, 2021

Anticipation for a full-capacity fall semester has been building since last spring. Chancellor Mauli Agrawal told Roo News in April that, barring a drastic shift in the course of the pandemic, students would return to in-person classes. Despite the recent uptick in COVID-19...

SGA NEWS

Tim Nguyen wins SGA presidential race

Lindsey Temaat
April 1, 2021

Tim Nguyen became UMKC’s SGA president-elect for the 2021-22 school year last Friday, garnering 295 votes (52.3%) over incumbent Mahreen Ansari’s 261 (46.27%).  Nguyen ran on community service and professional development platforms aimed to increase student success....

Williams poses for a photo on Zoom with members of the UMKC Enactus team during their virtual national competition in May 2020. (Lindsey Temaat)

Making a difference, one handshake at a time

Lindsey Temaat
March 25, 2021

Ben Williams is a shining example of a professor who knows how to support his students during the pandemic.   Williams is the assistant teaching professor for the Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation Department at the UMKC Bloch School of Management and is the...

Tim Nguyen runs for SGA president, targets student involvement, professional development

Tim Nguyen runs for SGA president, targets student involvement, professional development

Lindsey Temaat
March 24, 2021

UMKC junior Tim Nguyen is the former president of the UMKC Pre-Dental Society, a supplemental instruction (SI) leader, a discussion group leader for the Honors College and a teaching assistant for two chemistry classes.  Now, Nguyen is running for SGA president to continue...

Four UMKC students standing from left to right, Kyle Potts, Malavika Rajaram, Mahreen Ansari, Abigail Weiler.

UMKC Onward Party: SGA President Ansari leads re-election effort

Lindsey Temaat
March 8, 2021

Mahreen Ansari’s world changed completely when they were sworn in as SGA president this past November. Ansari, a third year political science major, was initially the SGA vice president, but took the top office after former President Brandon Henderson resigned for mental health...

Picture of Taylor Swift when she first became famous on the left from 2008 and Taylor Swift more recently on the right

Review: Taylor Swift releases first of re-recorded tracks

Lindsey Temaat
February 26, 2021

Singer Taylor Swift released “Love Story (Taylor’s Version)” on Feb. 12, a re-recording of the 2008 chart-topper that made Swift a household name. After fighting a public battle with record executive Scooter Braun for the financial and artistic rights to her original...

Blue and Yellow color block back ground and circles with the faces of Morgan Parker on the left and Colin Rohach

SGA Confirms Supreme Court Justices Parker and Rohach

Lindsey Temaat
February 16, 2021

The UMKC SGA unanimously confirmed Morgan Parker and Colin Rohach as associate justices of the SGA Supreme Court on Feb. 8 at their student senate meeting. The internal affairs committee conducted candidate interviews prior to Monday night’s meeting and voted to endorse...

Freshmen, Abigail Weiler smiling with her arms crossed and the words UMKC SGA above her and Abigail Weiler, Chief of Staff below her

SGA Appoints Abigail Weiler as Chief of Staff

Lindsey Temaat
February 4, 2021

SGA President Mahreen Ansari appointed Abigail Weiler as chief of staff this week, making her one of the first freshmen to serve on the executive branch in at least four years. Weiler is a political science major, serves as the secretary for UMKC Delta Zeta, and writes for...

SGA NEWS

SGA Introduces Student Organization Advisory Committee

Lindsey Temaat
January 31, 2021

The first meeting of the Student Organization Advisory Committee will be on Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. on Zoom.  Caroline Moriarty, UMKC SGA speaker of the senate, introduced the new committee at last Monday’s SGA meeting, stating that the group would allow student organizations...

Health Equity Institute launches funding to seed community research

Health Equity Institute launches funding to seed community research

Lindsey Temaat
October 20, 2020

The UMKC Health Equity Institute (HEI) is launching a mini-grant program this month to seed research collaborations focused on improving health in Kansas City’s underserved areas.  The HEI has between $12,000 and $15,000 to put toward this initiative, said Jannette...

“Music Unites All” at 2020 Billboard Music Awards

“Music Unites All” at 2020 Billboard Music Awards

Lindsey Temaat
October 19, 2020

The Billboard Music Awards (BBMA), hosted by Kelly Clarkson, aired on NBC on Oct. 14 with the theme “Music Unites All.”  The BBMAs, originally scheduled for April 29, celebrated music from 2019. Nominations for tracks like Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next” and...

Load More Stories
Donate to Roo News