In a sale that was announced in Late January, UMKC sells 10 homes to a local developer, CORE Urban Renew, in an effort to re-occupy the homes and revitalize the neighborhood.
All 10 homes are located south of Volker Campus, near Holmes and East 54th Terrace.
CORE...
Kansas City is home to four professional sports teams; women’s and men’s soccer, baseball and football. These teams and their players contribute quite a bit of time to philanthropy and advancing the greater KC area.
KC Current, the women’s soccer team,...
Out of five tournaments this semester, the UMKC debate team has won four of them, with just two active debaters.
“You really haven’t won until you’ve won your first debate,” says Jo Rice, the president of the team. He’s been with them since last...
The First Amendment.
The freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble.
We hear it all the time. We learned about it in school. We reference it jokingly. It’s almost second nature to us as American citizens.
But...
Bright lights.
Pressure to perform.
Focus. Focus. Focus.
Listen to the play.
Execute.
But how do you execute when you’re five thousand miles from home?
When you’re...
From now until Sept 21st, KC Rep is showing “The Color Purple,” a musical based on the novel of the same name.
The story is set in the early 1900s and follows a young Celie on her journey to self-love, despite what the world throws at her. The Color Purple is...
The Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library hosted a town hall on Sept. 9, titled “Civil Dialogues: Immigration and the American Future.”
This event is just one part of a series, and was designed by Linda Lorelle and Jean Becker to educate...
UMKC announced a new partnership with Kansas City Current, KC’s professional women’s soccer team over winter break. The release detailed the deal as “groundbreaking,” with opportunities for Current and Roo players alike.
The partnership has two main layers:...
An office does not sound like the type of place students would hang out at, have fun, or seek guidance–but that’s not true for UMKC’s Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) office.
According to Lanisha Stevens, MSA’s graduate assistant who has been with the organization...
UMKC Women’s Center hosted a Feminist Film Friday, featuring the first episode of the new Netflix series “Ladies First: A Story of Women In Hip-Hop.”
Chelsie Duckworth, the senior program coordinator for the Women’s Center, organized the event to highlight...
