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SIFE Financial Corner
Each week, the Students in the Free Enterprise (SIFE) Team from the Henry W. Bloch School of Management, with assistance from a group of respected business people, will answer your financial questions. John Valasquez, a business major, asked: “Are extended warranties worth it?” We have all been through it before. Anyone who has purchased an electronic device or some other expensive item has been offered the chance to buy an extended warranty. The question still remains, though, are extended warranties worth it? Well the simplified answer is: it depends, but in most cases, no. First, you need to realize these extended warranties are HUGE profits for sellers. They can sometimes make more of a profit selling the warranty than they do on the actual gadget or item! For digital cameras, flat screens, and vacuum cleaners, the chances … Read entire article »
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Kansas City prepares for general election
On Feb. 22, Kansas City voters, for the first time in nearly 90 years, voted out an incumbent mayor in the municipal primary election. Mayor Funkhouser, who has drawn heavy criticism and was the subject of a failed recall petition, placed third in the mayoral primary. Despite carrying the Clay County portion of the Northland, Funkhouser’s support in Kansas City south of the Missouri river, where nearly 75 percent of the municipal votes were cast, wasn’t as strong as he had hoped. In Funkhouser’s place, candidates Sly James and Mike Burke will advance to the March 22 general election. Both James and Burke are Democrats, although Kansas City elections are nonpartisan. James has led in fundraising efforts, although Burke has garnered the endorsements of former Kansas City mayors Kaye Barnes, Richard Berkeley and Charles … Read entire article »
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Yell like Hell
Last week UMKC went back to a time when short shorts on guys and leg warmers were in. The 2011 Court Warming week brought the nostalgia of the 1980s. Organized and sponsored by the Activity & Program Council (APC) and the Office of Student Involvement (OSI), students enjoyed a week full of gnarly events. Monday students watched one of John Hughes biggest hits “The Breakfast Club” from 1985 in the Student Union Theater. On Tuesday students gathered in the … Read entire article »
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‘Oh What a Lovely War’
A fresh perspective on World War I With a brilliant cast of students and members of the Kansas City Actors Theatre, “Oh What a Lovely War,” directed by Barry Kyle, is one of the most entertaining pieces I’ve seen this year. The play narrates the events of World War I, between 1914-1918 known then as “The Great War.” In lieu of the theme, the play is shown at the National World War I Museum at Liberty … Read entire article »
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Cage the elephant unleashes radness
Alternative rock band Cage the Elephant played for a packed house at the Beaumont Club last Wednesday evening. Having been a fan since their first self-titled album was released in 2009, I was anxious to see how their music translated live. Cage the Elephant followed through bringing back early 90s awesomeness while incorporating styles I’ve heard from Neutral Milk Hotel, Black Keys, Raconteurs and Radiohead’s Bends album. It was refreshing to see how much pleasure Cage the … Read entire article »
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All Around Town: 18th & Vine Historic District
Located east of the Crossroads Arts District is one of Kansas City’s most unique and often-overlooked districts, 18th and Vine Historic District. Once the center of Kansas City’s bustling jazz scene and flourishing African-American culture, 18th and Vine went through years of decay prior to its resurrection in the 1990s. One can find world-famous Kansas City jazz and barbecue in 18th and Vine. Here are some places worth checking out: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Baseball, like much of American history, … Read entire article »
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Save the date
Monday, Feb. 28 Stress Relief, Student Union Suite 130, from 6-7:30 p.m. Multicultural Student Affairs and The Counseling, Health and Testing Center will host a game. Tuesday, March 1 Free Film Screening, Student Union Theatre, at 7 p.m. The Undergraduate English Council (UEC) will host a free screening of Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing.” First released in 1989, Roger Ebert declared it “the most controversial film of the year.” The film is Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated, and takes place on the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Free popcorn and refreshments will be provided. Visit www.facebook.com/umkcUEC for more information. Free Documentary Screening, Student Union Room 402, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The Film and Arts Program will sponsor a screening of “Bhutto,” a film documenting the recent assassination … Read entire article »
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Weird News
The green box that makes you go crazy Most would agree Girl Scout Thin Mints are the best Girl Scout cookies. Hersha Howard concurs and clearly understood the former of the Girl Scout Mission but not so much the latter: “Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.” According to MSNBC, the Florida woman discovered her box of Thin Mints empty. In a fit of rage, she woke up … Read entire article »
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Roos on the road: Hong Kong Edition
Wendy Menjivar is a UMKC architecture major from California who studied abroad in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Korea. She lived with a local family during her time abroad and is happy to have had the experience. 1. What is your favorite memory from studying abroad? Bungee jumping in Macau, one of the world’s highest bungee jumping locations. 2. How has studying abroad affected you? It changed my life, because I always wanted to go abroad and now I never have to wonder what it would have been like to go to Asia. 3. How is Asia different from America? The Chinese food I am used to is nothing like what I experienced in Asia. I had to try new things everyday. Sometimes I didn’t know what it was, because my communication with the … Read entire article »
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Word Up
A Bead of Sweat It began with a bead of sweat. Countless occurrences preceded this salty droplet of perspiration, but, as is often the case in a dream, those things need not be considered; in dreams, those things are implied. It is important to note that it was a bead of sweat. It was not a tear. Immobilized by the dryness of the skin around it, the liquid stood, suspended between the blades of my shoulder. It was dammed by the parchedness of my body’s largest organ. It is important to note that I was not profusely sweating, but that there existed only a single bead of sweat, nestled snuggly in a particularly arid region on my back, between the blades of my shoulder. The destiny of every dam ever: breakage. And so ran the bead of … Read entire article »
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