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Vice President of Badminton Club, Jayanth Kumar (left) and President Rahul Reddy (right) check the net height.

Campus Club Creates Buzz with Badminton

Clayton Erhard, Staff Writer
February 22, 2024

UMKC’s Badminton Club meets at Swinney Recreation Center once a week and helps students and community members find other players, stay active and volley the shuttlecock.   The club meets on Tuesdays from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Swinney gym and has two tournaments during...

#6 Kennedy Schritenthal

#6 Kennedy Schritenthal

Julia Kapros, Photography Editor/Social Media Manager
February 16, 2023

Kennedy Schritenthal cheers for a Roos' point.

RayQuawndis Mitchell Layup

RayQuawndis Mitchell Layup

Julia Kapros, Photography Editor/Social Media Manager
February 16, 2023

#21 RayQuawndis Mitchell leaps for a shot.

Photo by Julia Kapros

Don’t Count the UMKC Men’s Basketball Team Out, Not Yet

Zayin Barnes, Managing Editor
November 28, 2022

  Nearly three weeks and nine games into the season, the Roos are looking to improve upon their current record of 3-6. Sitting at eighth-place in the Summit League, their start to the season is not ideal; however, there are multiple areas that flash greatness. Still early in...

Mavericks owner Lamar Hunt Jr. has been a proponent of spreading hockey across KC. (John Howe/Howe Creative Photography)

Opinion: UMKC needs a hockey team

Noah Bonner
January 20, 2022

Last month, Adam Wodon of College Hockey News reported that UMKC is “seriously investigating” whether to sponsor a men’s ice hockey program. I firmly believe hockey would be a great asset to the university for several reasons. For starters, UMKC would have a much...

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