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With few requirements to own a gun, Kansas City is in the top ten most violent cities in the nation.

Opinion: Kansas City’s Homicide Problem is a Result of Missouri’s Gun Problem

Maddy Bremer, Co-News Editor
April 5, 2023

  I’m sick of seeing headlines about Kansas City’s homicide rate. The solution is simple: if Missouri cities want to do something about violent crime, Jefferson City has to do something about gun laws.   When I started this story, I wanted it to be impartial. I thought...

UMKC student chancellor C. Mauli Agrawal posing in the volker campus student union.

UMKC students voice mixed opinions on shift to online-only classes

Kate Beilsmith
November 30, 2020

UMKC Chancellor Mauli Agrawal announced on Nov. 18 that most of the remaining in-person classes will move online for the rest of the semester. Clinicals, labs, and experiential classes will remain in-person, but all lecture-based courses will be taught virtually.  Not...

Students standing at a commencement when in-person commencement was possible

UMKC students voice opinions on virtual graduation

Tyrionna Clardy
November 10, 2020

As the fall semester comes to a close, students who will be graduating in December are coming to terms with UMKC’s decision to hold a virtual commencement as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The move is not unlike that of many other universities across the country...

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