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The Oak Street Hall courtyard.

Dorms Need Better Maintenance, According to Students

Taylor Cook and Betsie Yeomans
October 19, 2023

  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...

Union demands included the creation of a lease agreement between students and UMKC.

Burst pipe in Oak Street Hall displaces over 100 students, causes disruptions to dorm life

Caleb Wilson
January 24, 2022

Nearly 150 students have been forced to relocate after a pipe burst in the Oak Street Hall dormitory over winter break. Caused by freezing temperatures, the burst on Jan. 3 damaged all five floors of the residence hall. Students displaced by the incident were moved to the...

Row of windows down a hallway with sticky notes on the windows. One sticky note says plainly, "you deserve to feel safe"

RISE: Accessing campus resources for education, prevention and support

Anna Ryan
February 9, 2021

Eight minutes. If that’s all the time it took to get help, do you know where you’d go? For many students on campus, an action plan to prevent or respond to sexual violence isn’t at the forefront of their minds. If something were to happen, finding the resources necessary...

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