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Students discuss healthy dining options on campus
With so many choices on campus, it may get confusing for a student trying to eat healthy. Many wind up eating fast food, even though there are plenty of nutritious choices on and off campus. Binging on an 810-calorie sandwich, law student Jeff Luther said, “Being a student at UMKC, I usually make it over to Sahara for lunch at least a couple times a month. The convenience is unbeatable and the food is always great. I always order the same thing: the falafel sandwich with lentil soup.” Sahara is located at 320 E. 50th St. and tops our list of healthiest dining options on or around campus. “Sahara doesn’t stuff their sandwiches with fries but gives you the option of them on the side,” said health science student Susan Nicolette. “You can then … Read entire article »
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‘Roos take four track and field titles at Saluki Open
Dan Mann finished the 1,500-meter run in 3:51.47, the fourth fastest time in school history, and was among four UMKC champions at the Saluki Open in Carbondale, Ill., last Saturday. The women’s team took the other titles. Stephany Johnson finished first in the triple jump with 12.21 meters, Jylian Jaloma won the 1,500 meter run in 4:45.28, and Angel Gannon took the 800-meter run in 2:16.44. In the 800-meter run, a pair of ‘Roos achieved personal bests with Luke Abouhalkah finishing second in 1:59.88, and Florence Osei finishing third for the women in 2:24.32. Rich McCoy finished second in the long jump with a leap of 7.23 meters while Jason Martin was fourth with a personal best of 6.89 meters. . Taylor Wardall capped a 1-2 sweep in the 1,500-meter run, finishing behind Mann … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sports
Softball finishes season with tournament championship split
The ‘Roos women’s softball team clinched their third straight Summit League tournament berth by splitting a Sunday doubleheader at home against league rival South Dakota State. UMKC lost the opener 11-7 but took the second game 5-4. The split leaves the ‘Roos with a league record of 6-7, good enough for the fourth seed in the tournament Thursday through Saturday at Fargo, N.D. They will open up against North Dakota State, the host and top seed. info@unews.com … Read entire article »
Filed under: Sports
What it means to graduate from college
While hundreds of thousands of students graduate every year from American universities, millions of other students around the world do not have the privilege making it through high school, much less getting into a college like UMKC. Growing up in rural Kenya, I saw highly talented girls and boys, including myself, whose academic success went into the drain, because of grinding poverty and no room for upward mobility. We walked to school barefoot and with torn clothes, worked hard to make the best out of our efforts. But in the end, our fates were sealed at eighth grade irrespective how promising one was. That is still the scenario that you’d find in most rural communities in Africa. Africa is no doubt a very rich continent endowed with rich minerals, oil, wildlife and arable … Read entire article »
Filed under: Opinion
Respect the professional relationship
Up until about the age of 16, or when we find our first job, two kinds of relationships exist for us: completely familiar, like friends and family, and wholly unfamiliar, like a passing stranger on the street. Friends and family relationships share a nearly identical dynamic, at least for most of us. There are things we tell our friends that we would never mention to our parents, but we hardly modify our behavior from one set to the other. To familiarity’s extreme opposite, we have the stranger relationship. This relationship is most noticeably marked by its complete lack of interaction. We might awkwardly lock eyes for a split-second or offer a faint, unanswered, “How are you?,” but the relationship lasts only as long as five or six footsteps. Then, there is the professional … Read entire article »
Filed under: Opinion
What it means to graduate from college
While hundreds of thousands of students graduate every year from American universities, millions of other students around the world do not have the privilege making it through high school, much less getting into a college like UMKC. Growing up in rural Kenya, I saw highly talented girls and boys, including myself, whose academic success went into the drain, because of grinding poverty and no room for upward mobility. We walked to school barefoot and with torn clothes, worked hard to make the best out of our efforts. But in the end, our fates were sealed at eighth grade irrespective how promising one was. That is still the scenario that you’d find in most rural communities in Africa. Africa is no doubt a very rich continent endowed with rich minerals, oil, wildlife and arable … Read entire article »
Filed under: Opinion
U.S. Senate acted disgracefully by rejecting common-sense background checks for gun owners
Exactly what drove the U.S. Senate to reject the proposed legislation on background checks for all gun sales? What if all the 20 children shot dead in Newtown, Conn., early this year were grandchildren of these senators? Would they have rejected the legislation in the shameful way they did? I doubt it. So, how many people should be killed through uncontrolled gun ownership in order to move the nation’s conscience to act? Maybe if all the victims were relatives of senators, they could surely see the sense of legislating how we acquire and misuse our guns. I’ve concluded it is easier for kindergarten kids fighting over a toy to solve their differences than for the U.S. Congress to solve straightforward problems affecting the American people. I personally do not know what it feels … Read entire article »
Filed under: Opinion
faculty profile: Gabe Cook pushes to restore local urban high school debate programs
he art of argument is an immensely valuable skill for at-risk middle and high school students, which, according to Debate-Kansas City director Gabe Cook, is not being fostered and cared for by the Kansas City, Missouri school district. Since 2010, 14 schools have dropped the Debate-Kansas City program, resulting in a 90 percent funding cut for the UMKC-supported urban debate league. “The reason they said they did it was financial,” Cook said, “and the economic crisis that hit definitely affected all the schools’ budgets. But we think that debate was unfairly targeted by then-superintendent [John] Covington.” Debate-Kansas City aims to bring debate programs to urban schools that have limited financial resources. Cook recently saw the fruits of his work. Emporia State University’s Ryan Wash, whom Cook coached at Central High School, teamed with Elijah … Read entire article »
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Past is prologue to chancellor: Leo Morton contrasts upbringing with racial realities today
UMKC Chancellor Leo E. Morton looks the part of a suave, prosperous chief executive who has spent a lifetime rushing between board meetings, fundraisers and high-profile civic events. He is, in fact, living testimony to what hard work and determination can accomplish. Morton is the epitome of success achieved despite a harsh upbringing at a time when it was impossible for most African Americans to imagine moving beyond the position of janitor. Morton, the first African American to lead UMKC as chancellor, grew up in Birmingham, Ala., during the Jim Crow era of the 1950s and 1960s. This was mostly a period in which it was illegal in that region for blacks to attend the same schools as whites, sit together on a bus or drink from the same water fountain. Early this … Read entire article »
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UMKC wins big at Missouri college newspaper contest
Ten U-News staffers piled up 19 individual and overall awards at the annual Missouri College Media Awards banquet Saturday night at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin. Competing in Division I, which includes universities with the highest enrollments, the U-News also finished third in the prestigious Sweepstakes category, which ranks newspapers according to overall honors . The U-News received three awards for first place, four for second place, eight for third place and three for honorable mention. With two staffers sharing each of two honorable mention awards and receipt of the Sweepstakes award, the U-News came home with 21 award certificates. “I see the awards as an affirmation of the immense progress U-News has made in the past year,” Editor-in-Chief Nathan Zoschke said. “This is the first time we have won a … Read entire article »
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