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UMKC College Democrats meeting targeted by racist and homophobic “Zoom bombing”

UMKC College Democrats meeting targeted by racist and homophobic “Zoom bombing”

Kate Beilsmith
October 20, 2020

Unwelcome guests entered a UMKC College Democrats Zoom meeting using racist and homophobic slurs as their names on Oct. 5. According to Charisma Sewell, the campus representative for the College Democrats who was present at the incident, the offenders were blasting music...

UMKC hosts the College Democrats of Missouri spring convention

UMKC hosts the College Democrats of Missouri spring convention

Daisy Garcia Montoya
February 24, 2020

Politically active students from all over the state traveled to UMKC this past weekend to attend the College Democrats of Missouri Spring Convention. UMKC hosted the second annual convention for the first time after it was held at MU last year. The two-day convention,...

Expanding Health and Wellness Services, on-campus childcare among SGA’s top priorities for 2020

Expanding Health and Wellness Services, on-campus childcare among SGA’s top priorities for 2020

Lucas Cuni-Mertz
January 20, 2020

UMKC’s Student Government Association (SGA) revamped itself last semester, passing a new constitution, expanding its executive branch and creating its own Supreme Court. With a new look in a new decade, the SGA is setting out ambitious plans to improve campus life. According...

Roo News 11/12/19 - UMKC hosts free speech panel and College Democrats visit the Liberty and Justice Celebration

Roo News 11/12/19 – UMKC hosts free speech panel and College Democrats visit the Liberty and Justice Celebration

Roo News
November 12, 2019

https://youtu.be/a6C66-WZSqw This week's show takes a look at a free speech panel held last week at UMKC called Agree to Disagree. The panel featured Missouri Rep. Dan Stacy, a Republican from Blue Springs, Rep. Barbara Washington, a Democrat from Kansas City, Justice Gatson,...

Roo News 11/5/19 - Streetcar expansion and College Democrats growth

Roo News 11/5/19 – Streetcar expansion and College Democrats growth

Roo News
November 5, 2019

https://youtu.be/3pIxCQxPMtU KC Streetcar Communication Director Donna Mandelbaum and SGA Student Senator Gabrielle Stanley discuss the new streetcar expansion efforts. And UMKC College Democrats President Bella Vadovicky comments on their organization's quick growth.

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