Maintenance crews take a sigh of relief as no pipe breaks were reported in UMKC residential halls during recent weeks of sub-zero temperatures.    Flooding has been an annual occurrence for UMKC residence halls in the past. Last year both Johnson and Oak Street Hall experienced...

  UMKC students living on campus don’t hate dorm life, but there are changes they would like to see regarding the quality of the campus residential buildings.   According to Johnson and Oak Street Hall residents, living within walking distance to campus, having a quiet...

LAST UPDATE 2/2   Two water pipes froze and broke on Dec. 24 at the Oak Street residential hall. The next day, a fire-suppression sprinkler pipe broke at the Johnson location.    The flood waters hit residential rooms and hallways at both student housing buildings. A...

UMKC Chancellor C. Mauli Agrawal held his State of the University address last Thursday to discuss the university’s accomplishments during the past year and the school’s vision moving forward. However, the address was not without pushback. That same morning,...

Nearly four months after flooding, construction on the Oak Street Residence Hall continues with hopes for a full restoration by the start of the fall semester in August.   Freezing temperatures caused a water pipe to rupture within the building, causing significant...