Logging onto the Zoom call, UMKC sophomore Skyler Boschen switched on her camera to reveal a soft smile, a bright window and, most unexpectedly, a bird perched on her left shoulder. As she stopped the blue parrot, Sky, from nibbling on her earring, Boschen recounted the story...

Students gathered at a demonstration last Monday, Jan. 25 outside Oak Street Hall to bring advocacy for sexual assault survivors and force a change to sexual assault policies at UMKC. The demonstration was organized by UMKC sophomore Skyler Boschen exactly one year after...

Senior Brittany Blockmon had no choice.  Childcare for her daughter had fallen through, and she had no one else to turn to. Blockmon faced the same choice of many UMKC students: either skip class or try your luck and bring your child with you. Blockmon chose her education,...