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		<title>alumnus profile: Rajiv Chilakapudi</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/alumnus-profile-rajiv-chilakapudi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 08:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sai Srikar Kadiyam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chhota Bheem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Gold Animation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rajiv Chilakapudi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[School of Computing and Engineering alumnus started multi-million dollar animation company from scratch
After graduating from the UMKC School of Computing and Engineering in 1997, Rajiv Chilakapudi spent three successful years with Cerner and Telcordia Technologies.
But during his stay in the U.S., Chilakalapudi realized his dreams were taking him in a different direction.
After a fair amount of research and contemplation, he decided to leave his job as a software engineer to start an animation company in his native India. In 2001, he started Green Gold Animation with four employees.
Today the company has more than 250 employees in various departments of animation. Green Gold is the No. 1 Indian animation company, valued at more than $50 million.
The company has also produced six different television series on various children’s channels. “Chhota Bheem” is the most popular of the shows, with 34 million viewers. It first aired on Pogo in 2008.
Chilakalapudi returned to UMKC ...]]></description>
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		<title>‘Roo Serve’: Ben Campero discusses his plans as next year’s SGA president</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/roo-serve-ben-campero-discusses-his-plans-as-next-years-sga-president/</link>
		<comments>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/roo-serve-ben-campero-discusses-his-plans-as-next-years-sga-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 08:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreina Byrne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold Slate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Imprinting Diversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roo Serve]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Junior Ben Campero, who led the Roo Serve slate, has been elected president of the Student Government Association for 2013-2014.
Competing parties included UMKC Alliance, Imprinting Diversity and the Gold Slate. Campaigning officially began April 15, and elections were held April 22-26.
Campero, who is majoring in business administration, will be accompanied by Parker Webb as executive vice president, Kate Corwin, as administrative vice president. and Makayla Maslanka, as comptroller. Webb and Maslanka were Roo Serve candidates while Corwin was on the UMKC Alliance slate.
“Ben knows first-hand that leaders lead by serving,” Campero wrote in his candidate’s statement, “and in order to be a true leader one must first serve and give to others.”
“Caleb Files&#8230;our campaign manager, [also helped me win],” Campero said. “And every student that believed in Roo Serve.”
According to Campero, around 1,300 students voted.
“The election was not just a matter of votes,” campaign manager Caleb-Michael Files said. “It was ...]]></description>
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		<title>student profile: Up close and personal</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/student-profile-up-close-and-personal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 08:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey Hill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erica Freiert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erica Joy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UMKC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The talents of UMKC’s students are never limited to their majors. One of the most defining examples of this is Erica Freiert, also known as Erica Joy, having most recently opened for souls singer ZZ Ward at her Tuesday concert.
Her opening act performance was not Joy’s first time on stage, though it was incredibly exciting for her when she found out ZZ Ward chose her among the various applicants.
“I’ve played coffee shops and other random places but it was the first time in that kind of a setting,” she said. “I went to North Carolina this summer and hung out with some pirates, like at a pirate festival, so I was a pirate for a weekend, and I got to play my guitar with them for the show and I would randomly just burst out with songs because I also love writing on the spot.”
She started learning the guitar only ...]]></description>
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		<title>‘Simply Breakfast’ is exactly that</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/simply-breakfast-is-exactly-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 08:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreina Byrne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eggs Benedict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simply Breakfast]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With a self-explanatory title, Simply Breakfast on at 4120 Pennsylvania lives up to its name.
The brightly colored walls and open-floor layout create an inviting atmosphere, as well as the cordial attitude of the staff.
Looking over the menu, I felt slightly stifled at the small amount of meal choices, yet of course there is always the possibility of adjusting to fit the food-mood of the day. I decided to avoid the order-exactly-what-I-want approach and go straight for the Eggs Benedict.
The prices were decent; Eggs Benedict was $6.99, and nothing else was over $9. There were many drink choices, from smoothies to specialty espresso-based drinks, yet I decided to stick with some good ole’ coffee
The ordering process was somewhat confusing. After arriving and stepping up to the counter, I ordered and was given a table number. The staff member kind of just left it at that; I wasn’t sure if I was ...]]></description>
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		<title>Students discuss healthy dining options on campus</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/students-discuss-healthy-dining-options-on-campus/</link>
		<comments>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/students-discuss-healthy-dining-options-on-campus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 08:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kin Lin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Chung]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Voorshes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UMKC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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, &#8220;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.&#8221;
Sahara is located at 320 E. 50th St. and tops our list of healthiest dining options on or around campus.
&#8220;Sahara doesn&#8217;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 stuff your sandwich yourself. I usually add a lot of veggies which keeps my diet under control.&#8221;
Ingredients in a Sahara ...]]></description>
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		<title>‘Roos take four track and field titles at Saluki Open</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/roos-take-four-track-and-field-titles-at-saluki-open/</link>
		<comments>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/roos-take-four-track-and-field-titles-at-saluki-open/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 08:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florence Osei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luke Abouhalkah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saluki Open]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Siara Stahl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephany Johnson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 with 3:57.76. For the women, Siara Stahl was third in 4:53.57.
The Kangaroos will next head to Muncie, Ind., on the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Softball finishes season with tournament championship split</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/softball-finishes-season-with-tournament-championship-split/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 08:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Dakota State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Dakota State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Summit League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UMKC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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.
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		<title>What it means to graduate from college</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/what-it-means-to-graduate-from-college-2/</link>
		<comments>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/what-it-means-to-graduate-from-college-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 08:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UMKC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://unews.com/?p=10287</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 soils for agriculture. But avaricious politicians have driven the people into abject squalor by pillaging these national resources.
No one chooses ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why celebrate Cinco de Mayo?</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/why-celebrate-cinco-de-mayo/</link>
		<comments>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/why-celebrate-cinco-de-mayo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 08:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moreno</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viva Mexico]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since I moved to this beautiful country almost two years ago, I have noticed how big this day, Cinco de Mayo, is, at least for Americans. But do you even know what you are celebrating?
In Mexico, where I am from, May the 5th is not even a holiday. In fact, lots of people don&#8217;t even know there was a miniature war back in 1862.
So yes, you are celebrating a battle that took place 151 years ago in a little town called Puebla, two hours east of Mexico City between the French and the Mexicans. The Mexicans defeated Charles de Lorencez and his 6,500 soldiers.
Just to make sure you all know, Mexico&#8217;s independence from the Spaniards took place on September 15-16, 1810, and it is celebrated all around the country with parades, parties, food, drinks and lots of fireworks, just as the 4th of July is celebrated.
Now that I&#8217;ve given ...]]></description>
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		<title>Respect the professional relationship</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/respect-the-professional-relationship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 08:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HQ]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 relationship. Though it doesn’t fully exist at this point, we’re getting a taste of it during our interactions with such ...]]></description>
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		<title>faculty perspectives: Why writing still matters</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/faculty-perspectives-why-writing-still-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/faculty-perspectives-why-writing-still-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 07:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Rand</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palo Alto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silicon Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UMKC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I worry that I am being too blunt with my Reporting students about the problems of the newspaper business. I worry they might get the impression that writing is obsolete, useful for nothing more than text messaging, tweets or Facebook posts. Or grocery lists.
That impression is dead wrong. The platforms on which writing is presented may be changing dramatically, but the essential skill, and its importance, will always be the same.
Writing is as much a means of expressing ourselves as is speech. You may talk a great game in your first big job interview after graduating from UMKC. But glibness won’t mean much if your cover letter and resume are scrawls of poor grammar, bad spelling and run-on sentences.
In some respects, writing actually is more important than ever in the workplace. From the bottom to the top of businesses, employees long frustrated by playing telephone tag use the phones ...]]></description>
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		<title>What it means to graduate from college</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/what-it-means-to-graduate-from-college/</link>
		<comments>http://unews.com/2013/05/12/what-it-means-to-graduate-from-college/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 07:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kisii County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UMKC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 soils for agriculture. But avaricious politicians have driven the people into abject squalor by pillaging these national resources.
No one chooses ...]]></description>
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		<title>Tennis: Men’s team wins Summit League Championship</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/02/tennis-mens-team-wins-summit-league-championship/</link>
		<comments>http://unews.com/2013/05/02/tennis-mens-team-wins-summit-league-championship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 23:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moreno</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fort Wayne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Summit League Championship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Roos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UMKC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The men&#8217;s tennis team last Saturday won the Summit League title for the third year in a row, defeating IUPUI 4-0 at Fort Wayne, Ind.
The ’Roos did not lose a match. In singles play, Grant Fleming beat Jake Heddering 6-1, 6-1. Andrey Smirnov beat Deon Shaver 6-3, 6-1, and Conner Edwards beat Armaan Choudhary 6-1, 6-1.
The UMKC doubles teams of Fleming and Abdul Alawadhi, and Edwards and David Heckler both gained 8-4 victories to win the doubles point.
The championship gives the ’Roos a spot in the NCAA tournament. The team is still waiting to learn where it will begin the national tournament
At the pre-championship banquet Thursday night, Alawadhi, Fleming, Nino Hasandedic and Tomas Patino were named to the All-Summit team.
The ’Roos finished with a record of 13-10 and entered the conference tournament as the No. 1 seed for the fourth consecutive year.
Coach Kendell Hale will lose five players as the ...]]></description>
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		<title>food :Kokoro Maki House offers friendly atmosphere and generous portions</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/02/food-kokoro-maki-house-offers-friendly-atmosphere-and-generous-portions/</link>
		<comments>http://unews.com/2013/05/02/food-kokoro-maki-house-offers-friendly-atmosphere-and-generous-portions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 23:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreina Byrne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hot Mama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simple and clean, the family-owned Kokoro Maki House provides an at-home atmosphere among an array of sushi and other Japanese and Korean dishes.
Walking into the small yet comfortable restaurant at 340 West 75th Street in Waldo, I was immediately taken back by the friendly environment and the small staff working behind the counter. I am a fan of smaller-scale environments for dining experiences, and Kokoro again takes the cake on instilling such an essence.
After sitting down at one of the tables and grabbing a menu from the counter, I read over the many different styles of sushi and noodle combinations. Compared with similar style restaurants in town, this place, by far, wins in the price department. With small sushi combinations less than $3 to specialty plates for less than $10, each portion is well worth the price.
For those who are iffy about raw fish, the dinner portions are a little ...]]></description>
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		<title>music :Soul singer ZZ Ward performs at Student Union</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 23:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey Hill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlie Ain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Erica Joy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Etta James]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Son House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Student Union]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Campus experienced the presence of a rising musical star in the form of soul singer ZZ Ward last Tuesday in the Student Union theatre.
Organized by UMKC’s Activity and Program Council, Ward’s concert was free and provided an amazingly big, new sound.
The concert began with a simply phenomenal opening act by UMKC business major Erica Joy, who was chosen by Ward herself from a selection of entries sent in by various students hoping to open for her. She was the perfect choice.
Joy created a wonderfully crafted, intimate atmosphere, which drew listeners in and boasted an incredible control over both vocals and guitar.
A perfect example was &#8220;Come on Home,&#8221; where her guiding voice amplified through the theater with a graceful intensity to the point of being almost ethereal. Her sound was old, but not recycled, as though it had been resonating through the earth for years until finally freeing itself on stage.
This ...]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Senate acted disgracefully by rejecting common-sense background checks for gun owners</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/02/u-s-senate-acted-disgracefully-by-rejecting-common-sense-background-checks-for-gun-owners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 23:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa Kenya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second Amendment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Virginia Tech]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 like to lose a child, but I know what it means to lose a relative. When my father died 13 ...]]></description>
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		<title>faculty profile: Gabe Cook pushes to restore local  urban high school debate programs</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/02/faculty-profile-gabe-cook-pushes-to-restore-local-urban-high-school-debate-programs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 23:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Debate Kansas City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gabe Cook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Covington]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 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.
&#8220;The reason they said they did it was financial,&#8221; Cook said, &#8220;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.&#8221;
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 Smith to win the National Debate Tournament policy championship and the Cross Examination Debate Association championship.
In 1998, Linda Collier, then-director ...]]></description>
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		<title>faculty profile :Robert Unger retires</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/02/faculty-profile-robert-unger-retires/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 23:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreina Byrne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robert Unger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UMKC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Journalism Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Beloved journalism professor leaves big shoes to fill
After two decades of teaching in the UMKC Communications Studies Department, Professor Robert Unger is retiring, though his legacy of investigative journalism will not be forgotten.
&#8220;Bob&#8217;s Pulitizer Prize-winning résumé in daily newspapers speaks for itself,&#8221; Communications Studies instructor Jonathan Rand said. &#8220;His reporting skills were never more impressive than when he wrote the book reconstructing the Union State massacre, and revealing eye-opening material that had previously been hidden from the public.&#8221;
Unger, who received his undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri, spent years with the Chicago Tribune and Kansas City Star  as an investigative reporter, international correspondent and columnist.
Unger has covered five presidential elections, three wars and two uprisings on the West Bank of Israel, and written a book discrediting the FBI’s account of the Union Station Massacre in Kansas City.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve been overseas more times than I can remember,&#8221; Unger said. &#8220;Getting to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Past is prologue to chancellor: Leo Morton contrasts upbringing with racial realities today</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/05/02/past-is-prologue-to-chancellor-leo-morton-contrasts-upbringing-with-racial-realities-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 20:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[African Americans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Crow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leo Morton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 month during a Phi Kappa Phi honor society function in which dozens of UMKC students were initiated, Morton discussed how ...]]></description>
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		<title>Rugby :A roller coaster sort of season</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/30/rugby-a-roller-coaster-sort-of-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moreno</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Captain Aaron Dzik]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UMKC rugby team played its last home game of the semester on Saturday against Northland Rugby at Hodge Park in a friendly match.
Captain Aaron Dzik suffered a concussion in the first half, which came after a kick to the head from a Northland player. He was out for the rest of the game.
“That’s what rugby is all about,” he said. “You are always exposed to injuries.”
It has been a tough season for the rugby ’Roos, who are a club team.
KC Doan described his team’s season as a “roller coaster.”
“We got rolling a little bit at the beginning of the season,” he said. “We won two home games and then winter break came along, after that we lost some momentum.”
The team is already planning ahead for next season.
“We are hoping to get a lot of recruitment going on this summer” said Doan. “Get a good-size team. It was a good ...]]></description>
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		<title>Health Journal: Tips to relieve late-semester stress</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/30/health-journal-tips-to-relieve-late-semester-stress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreina Byrne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn Carmosino]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Journal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sherri Theoharidis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For every college student, stressful moments are inevitable. From forgetting to write a paper to waking up late for a test, feelings of anxiety are often unavoidable.
However, with proper exercise and stress-reducing techniques, these moments can drastically diminish, much more than anticipated.
“Often, exercise and leisure activities are the first to go at crunch time,” Sherri Theoharidis, Ph.D. of the Counseling and Testing Center said.
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, (ADAA), exercise not only reduces stress, but it is also considered vital for the maintenance of mental fitness.
From forgetting to turn in an assignment to focusing on the next social event, students are often overlooking the importance of maintaining their health in such a fast-paced environment.
“[These situations] only result in increased stress, pressure, fatigue and potential burnout,” Theoharidis said.
The demands of college and everyday life are constantly clashing. The ability to concentrate has become especially hard with the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Four slates compete for Student Government Association</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/29/four-slates-compete-for-student-government-association/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Salazar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Administrative Vice President]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold Slate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Student Government Association]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The elections for the new Student Government Association’s executive board members are underway.
Through Friday April 26, students will have the opportunity to cast their ballots for President, Executive Vice-President, Administrative Vice-President and Comptroller.
Four parties, or slates of candidates, are competing for the 2013-2014 offices.
The slates include Gold Slate, Imprinting Diversity, RooServe and UMKC Alliance.
Gold Slate
Junior Daniel Baker leads the Gold Slate as a candidate for President. Baker is currently President Pro Tempore for Student Government Association. In an interview, Baker said his experience with SGA in the past led him to the decision to run for SGA President.
“I noticed the errors,” Baker said. “A lot of students weren’t having their voices heard. Student organizations weren’t getting funding because they didn’t know how everything worked,” he continued.
The Gold Slate also includes Robert Robinson, Executive Vice-Presidential candidate, a student in the pharmacy program and has served as President of Sigma Alpha Epsilon ...]]></description>
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		<title>student profile : Bryan Zamora</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/29/student-profile-bryan-zamora/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:27:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreina Byrne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bryan Zamora]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Student wins second iPad from OSI
For Bryan Zamora, winning contests has become second nature, especially those involving iPads. The Office of Student Involvement had an online Facebook contest promoting an iPad mini giveaway that began during the end of March.
Having won an iPad in a previous giveaway contest only a month before, Zamora’s karma and lucky stars aligned, yet again.
The way the giveaway worked was that by sharing the photo of the brand new iPad mini, participants were entered. In order for a winner to be selected, the OSI Facebook page had to reach 1000 “likes.”
“Honestly, I was scrolling through Facebook and I saw that my friend had shared it,” Zamora said, “so I ‘liked’ it.”
Luckily for Zamora, towards the end of the giveaway, he shared the photo and managed to beat the other participants.
“I believe it was the last day,” Zamora said, “I was like one of the last ...]]></description>
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		<title>A celebration of form and movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey Hill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ming Xia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paula Webber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piano Concerto No]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ronn Tice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The UMKC School of Dance last Thursday presented the Spring Dance Concert, a collection of performances choreographed by the Conservatory’s DeeAnna Hiett, Bernard Gaddis, Paula Webber, Sabrina Madison-Cannon, Ronn Tice, Ming Xia, and Gary Abbott.
Right from the very beginning, the concert’s level of intensity was suddenly ramped up to ridiculous by a beautiful, yet simply titanic, work by DeeAnna Hiett. It was known simply as “A Series of Impressions”.
Working with a female group of dancers, Hiett combined both rigid and mechanical movements with looser, flowing moves, which with the large collection of dancers, made an intense, surging body of movement which at times seemingly wanted to explode off of the stage.
This was coupled with bright and abstract projections shown on a screen behind the dancers, as well as low, bright orange and purple lighting coming from the sides of the stage. These lights created large silhouettes of the dancers upon ...]]></description>
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		<title>food: Fric &amp; Frac a KC favorite for a good reason</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/29/food-fric-frac-a-kc-favorite-for-a-good-reason/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreina Byrne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coca Cola]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A personal favorite of mine continues to please every Americana- style bone in my body, as it has for many Kansas Citians since the late ‘70s. Located on 39th street in Kansas City, Fric &#38; Frac offers your everyday pub food and burgers with a great assortment of drinks
To change it up, I went during the evening hours, rather than my usual late afternoon time. With the difference in time came a difference in crowd, though this was not necessarily a bad thing.
The only table available in the somewhat loud, yet kid-friendly environment was a two-seater right by the front door. This worked out well, for the fact that those who entered rarely noticed us sitting down, which helped create calmness for us amidst the storm of food-goers. But it also created a chill l when the waitress walked in and out to help the outdoor customers in the 40-or-so ...]]></description>
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		<title>Conservatory opera presents ‘Night in a Museum’ at Union Station</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/29/conservatory-opera-presents-night-in-a-museum-at-union-station/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey Hill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[City Stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laura Powell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samuel Barber]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UMKC Conservatory last Friday at Union Station’s City Stage presented “Night in a Museum,” an expertly crafted selection of scenes from various operas chosen by the performers. It was directed by Marciem Bazell, with light piano accompaniment by students Richard Jeric and Jonathan Young.
The performance began with an interesting moment of exposition, with the singers standing and sitting on blocks, frozen in various poses like statues. This was the museum, and as the curator, student Vashti Goracke leaped and bounded around the performers. She silently gestured at secrets hidden within each block to a museum visitor she had in tow.
This beginning acted as a brilliant table of contents for the performance. It alluded to the works that would be performed while simultaneously immersing the audience in the performance’s world when Goracke “closes” the museum and continues to dance between the statues, bringing them to life with her touch.
The presentation ...]]></description>
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		<title>Player Profile: Deanna Friese wins eighth ‘Pitcher of the Week’</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/29/player-profile-deanna-friese-wins-eighth-pitcher-of-the-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Baxendale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senior softball pitcher Deanna Friese on April 8 was named the Summit League Pitcher of the Week for the eighth time in her career.
On the previous weekend, Friese went 1-1 against the Omaha Mavericks, accumulating19 strikeouts while yielding nine walks, six hits and two earned runs in 17 innings. She finished the weekend with a 0.82 earned run average.
Friese has also accumulated the best strikeout ratop in UMKC history, with 9.93 strikeouts per seven innings in 2010. She won the Summit League Pitcher of the Year in 2011.
She improved her 2013 record to 11-9 by going the last three innings of the second game of a 5-4, 4-3 doubleheader sweep of IUPUI on Sunday at Franklin, Ind. In the first game, Friese pitched seven innings and struck out 14, one short of her season best. The Roos improved to 16-17, including 5-3 in the Summit League.
“When I first started playing ...]]></description>
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		<title>UMKC wins big at Missouri college newspaper contest</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/29/umkc-wins-big-at-missouri-college-newspaper-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Damion Alexander]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 Sweepstakes award in four years.
“I was extremely pleased. My goal has been to see the U-News realize its potential as ...]]></description>
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		<title>Situation in Venezuela a cause for concern</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/27/situation-in-venezuela-a-cause-for-concern/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moreno</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henrique Capriles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a Latin American student, I have been following the current situation in Venezuela. Surprisingly enough, I haven’t found as much coverage as I thought there would be, especially given the magnitude of the problem.
If you read this far and said to yourself “Oh, what’s happening in Venezuela?”, I do not blame you. I blame the media in this country for not considering this particular turn of events all that important.
Six weeks ago, Venezuela came to the end of an era when its dictator, President and Commander Hugo Chavez, who led the country for 14 years, passed away after a long battle against cancer.
After a month and a half, Venezuelans elected a new president, or at least half of the country did.
Chavez’ right hand and vice-president, Nicolas Maduro, defeated the opposition candidate, Henrique Capriles.
Venezuela’s new president-elect won the election with a 50.66 percent of the votes, the closest election in ...]]></description>
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		<title>The virtues of U.S. citizenship</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/27/the-virtues-of-u-s-citizenship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the U.S. Congress is embroiled in a heated debate to find an acceptable compromise on decades-long, elusive comprehensive immigration reform, ordinary Americans wonder: Just what does it take for an alien immigrant to attain citizenship?
On April 11, 59 immigrants from 38 countries took the solemn oath of allegiance to the flag of United States before a judge of the federal court of the Western District of Missouri. I was among the newly inaugurated American citizens.
On this chilly Thursday morning, close to 300 immigrants converged on 9th Street, the Court’s premises, anxiously waiting to witness the initiation rituals of their relatives.
Parking spaces were gone by 8:00. Young, middle-aged and the elderly were already lining up at the security desk, ready to assemble in a large hall where the process was to begin.
Initially, I thought that citizenship was a contract only between the applicant and the immigration authorities. I had a ...]]></description>
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		<title>The promising future of solar energy</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/27/the-promising-future-of-solar-energy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 02:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solar power systems have come a long way since 1839, when Alexandre Edmond Becquerel observed the photovoltaic effect via an electrode in a conductive solution exposed to light.
Solar energy, the radiant light and heat from the sun, is harnessed and used in various forms.
They include solar heating, solar photovoltaics, solar thermal electricity, solar architecture and artificial photosynthesis which can make considerable contributions to solving some of the most urgent energy problems the world now faces.
Twenty years ago, it was clear solar power wasn’t going to get anywhere by itself. Photovoltaic panels were expensive and inefficient. Even solar systems designed to heat water, a far less technologically tricky task, were bad buys on the open market.
Producing electricity from sunlight cost 10 times more than generating power using coal or nuclear energy. “The early systems might as well have been made out of gold,” said David Wedepohl, a spokesman for Germany’s Solar ...]]></description>
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		<title>Terror in the media</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/27/terror-in-the-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Boston Marathon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tragedy that beset the city of Boston a week ago Monday, when two bombs were denoted near the finish line of the annual Boston Marathon, killing three people, including a young boy, will leave a scar on the city and country for a long time to come.
Watching Diane Sawyer on ABC News that afternoon, I watched a particularly disturbing exchange take place between her and a reporter on the scene in Boston. For several minutes the two went back and forth, defining and redefining the terms &#8220;terror&#8221; and &#8220;terrorism&#8221; and if the events in Boston, not yet even 12 hours old, could be called an &#8220;act of terror.&#8221;
The two eventually concluded the details fit inside the parameters of the definition they’d come up with and that, yes, it was terrorism.
While I believe it was too early in the reporting, with no details on the suspects, to begin using terms ...]]></description>
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		<title>Text books: Could college mainstay go the way of the dinosaur?</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/27/text-books-could-college-mainstay-go-the-way-of-the-dinosaur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyrus Moffet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Tsouvalas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judith Ancel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colleges and universities across the country are being confronted with a major challenge: the World Wide Web and social media are changing the way classrooms operate.
According to David Tsouvalas, Editor-in-Chief of StudentAdvisor, an online site dedicated to advising students, “Social media has revolutionized how colleges communicate.”
How has UMKC dealt with this issue?
Every professor is different.
“Do I assign books to read and will I continue? Absolutely,” said Judith Ancel, an Economics professor who specializes in labor issues.
For Ancel, however, there is a caveat: the professor favors articles which are posted onto Blackboard from library databases, underscoring the ways in which technology is changing the way classrooms operate.
Peter Morello, Associate Professor of journalism and mass communications, has textbooks for his classes registered through the UMKC Bookstore.
Whether his lectures follow the textbook depends on the course, he said.
“I often emphasize chapters I consider more important, and I skip certain chapters that are not ...]]></description>
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		<title>fashion corner: MA student dresses in ‘themes’</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/16/fashion-corner-ma-student-dresses-in-themes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreina Byrne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arts & Entertainment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheap Monday]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What’s your name and major?
Sarah Mundy, MA student in English
How would you describe your personal style?
My style is a little bit Bowie and Ducky, and a little bit Clara Bow, too. It’s pop art and librarian, neon-punk and loafers and slacks. Like some who wear their heart on their sleeve, I wear my various personas on my sleeve.
I’m appropriate or wildly inappropriate, and am comfortable being both.
Where do you find inspiration?
A lot of how I dress myself is a silent tribute to all the pop culture I love so much.
I find myself most drawn to musicians and characters in past movies more than anything else. My favorites are Patti Smith and France Gall. I’m also drawn towards &#8220;themes&#8221; and &#8220;movements&#8221; in different decades, I suppose.
Do you go through phases with style?
I have gone through so many phases over time, it is baffling. I’m unrecognizable now, I think, compared to the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Students to rally against sexual violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meredith Shea</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Country Club Plaza]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Living at or near a college where the ‘city is your campus’ and crime is more prevalent than in a rural town, UMKC students are naturally at a higher risk of encountering sexual violence.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,  sexual violence is &#8220;any sexual act that is perpetrated against someone&#8217;s will. Sexual violence encompasses a range of offenses, including a completed nonconsensual sex act (i.e., rape), an attempted nonconsensual sex act, abusive sexual contact (i.e., unwanted touching), and non-contact sexual abuse (e.g., threatened sexual violence, exhibitionism, verbal sexual harassment).&#8221;
Last semester, one student who wished to remain anonymous was on her way home from UMKC.  When she got off at her Troost bus stop, she was followed by a man and attacked from behind in plain daylight.  The man wrestled her to the ground, leaving large bruises and scrapes all over her body.  The student was scarred both ...]]></description>
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		<title>obituary: ‘Incredibly popular teacher’ dies unexpectedly</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/16/obituary-incredibly-popular-teacher-dies-unexpectedly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meredith Shea</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Douglas J. Law, Professor in the School of Biological Studies, died unexpectedly of a cardiac arrest March 27.  He was 52.
Law arrived at UMKC in 1993.  He taught anatomy and histology after receiving his bachelor’s degree in zoology and a doctoral degree in anatomy and cell biology, both from Duke University.
He completed his postdoctoral fellowship at UCLA where he studied muscle microanatomy and disease.
&#8220;He was an incredibly popular teacher,&#8221; said Theodore White, Interim Dean of the School of Biological Sciences. &#8220;He seriously knew his subjects yet he had a light-hearted approach. Students sought out his classes.&#8221;
Law also collaborated with colleagues and students in their research and was known as an excellent microscopist.
Law is survived by his wife Patricia, daughter Katie and son Conor.
He was a family man, participating in Girl Scouts and father-daughter dances with his daughter.  Law was an Eagle Scout and a Boy Scouts troop leader for ...]]></description>
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		<title>‘Number One’ magazine brings change to spring issue</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/16/number-one-magazine-brings-change-to-spring-issue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Liz Cook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Number One&#8221; continues to showcase the best work that UMKC’s creative students have to offer with its latest issue released early April.
&#8220;Number One&#8221; publishes a range of creative work by students, including poetry, fiction, short plays, creative non-fiction and artwork of various mediums.
&#8220;We’re very much open to what any artist or author has to offer us,&#8221; said Nicholas Sawin, co-editor-in-chief. &#8220;We can take a lot of risks,&#8221; he added, noting that the magazine is &#8220;for the students, by the students.&#8221;
Sawin, a third-year MFA student studying fiction and playwriting, graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in English and journalism.
&#8220;It takes a lot to get this out,&#8221; he said.
To ensure there would be enough material, Sawin and other staff members solicited submissions by setting up promotional tables, visiting writing and photography classes and handing out flyers.
&#8220;I think this year we’ve been doing a lot more work than previous years,&#8221; ...]]></description>
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		<title>Local college students lend hand at Bon Jovi concert, gain experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Baxendale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bon Jovi performed for a sold-out crowd at the Sprint Center Saturday night. Through the Bon Jovi Community Service College Campaign, several students from UMKC and the University of Kansas were selected for backstage access.
The campaign aims to give back to local colleges and communities by allowing students an opportunity to work behind the scenes at a concert.
Students Cody Tapp, Lindsey Woolsey, Casey Osborn, senior Communication Studies majors, and Kyle Geary, junior Communication Studies major, were selected to represent UMKC.
They worked directly with the Bon Jovi management and production team to gain experience in public relations, media, management and ticketing.
The students were involved in fan interaction, customer service and other various tasks necessary to run a concert. They were able to interview several important members from Bon Jovi’s management crew.
&#8220;Production manager is in charge of the overall production team core,&#8221; said Jesse Sandler, production manager. &#8220;I am involved in hiring ...]]></description>
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		<title>Say ‘goodbye’ to traffic lights with driverless cars</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traffic lights could soon become history due to a new software system that aims to automate the movement of vehicles at road intersections.
&#8220;The idea is not a driverless car. Driverless cars take away the fun of driving. The main objective is to improve traffic flow inside the city and do away with the traffic lights because they are expensive to maintain,&#8221; said Vijay Kumar, professor of computer science and electrical engineering.
Kumar first learned of sensor technology during a workshop in London, and he said he was intrigued by the possibilities it offered. The foundation of the idea comes from the &#8220;ambiguity effect.&#8221;
According to Kumar and his graduate assistant Amol Khedkar, drivers face the &#8220;ambiguity effect,&#8221; a cognitive bias where decision making is affected by a lack of information or ambiguity. Khedkar said an ambiguous decision to hit the gas pedal or a delayed decision to not hit the gas pedal ...]]></description>
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		<title>Chavez keynote headline here headline here</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreina Byrne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maria Hinojosa, award-winning reporter for CNN, PBS and NPR, delivered the sixth Annual Cesar Chavez Keynote Address on April 8, focusing on the need for more equality and understanding among American citizens.
Chavez employed non-violent means to bring attention to farm workers, much like Hinojosa strives to aid others in understanding immigration.
Having emigrated from Mexico during her childhood, Hinojosa admits to understanding the struggles immigrant families have had to face in the hopes of experiencing equal opportunity.
Similar to Chavez in her convictions of equality and access to opportunity for all, Hinojosa conveyed various messages mainly concerning the issues of deportation and illegal immigration.
&#8220;Cesar Chavez goes to the core values of what I will be talking about here. This is why he has become such a celebrated hero,&#8221; Hinojosa said. &#8220;He has become a symbol of values and what America really is, which, in my opinion, is really a country of rebels ...]]></description>
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		<title>album review: The Wires debut broad album</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreina Byrne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lively rhythmic tales the violin and cello unfold in local group The Wires is spell-binding.
Officially together since 2009, UMKC Conservatory alumni and Kansas City natives, violinist Laurel Morgan Parks and cellist Sascha Groschang have put their artistry to good use in their debut album.  The group’s self-titled album exemplifies the different genres of training the musicians have had. KCUR described the album as &#8220;an alternative exploration in string sound.&#8221;
Also described as &#8220;crossover classical,&#8221; by the pair, the degree of emotion evoked within their haunting and dreamlike songs is highly tantalizing.
The first song, &#8220;Native,&#8221; portrays a level of mastery and form, as well as a high level of wonder and artistry within the movements of the song.
The second song, &#8220;Red Rock,&#8221; encompasses a Middle-Eastern sound with the plucking of strings and dark, alluring chords.
&#8220;Snap&#8221; takes a different, tango-like journey, bringing the listener down a tango-dancing detective’s story-line, and &#8220;Argentine&#8221; seduces ...]]></description>
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		<title>food critic’s corner: Papu’s Café offers delicious mediterranean cuisine</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/16/food-critics-corner-papus-cafe-offers-delicious-mediterranean-cuisine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreina Byrne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Delicious Middle Eastern]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not exactly pinned as an esteemed or fancy establishment, Papu’s Cafe, a Mediterranean restaurant in Waldo, serves delectable gyros and falafel meals at reasonable prices.
If you’re a frequent visitor of Waldo, you probably wouldn’t notice Papu’s, which is located inside the Shell gas station on 75th Street between Wornall and Ward Parkway.
The location may not seem glamorous, yet any negative feelings are immediately offset once patrons are lured in by the enticing smell of gyros and falafel.
Delicious Middle Eastern salads are also a treat, as well as the wide variety of platters,  which feature plates of pita and hummus with chicken shawarma, and sides of falafel.
Each gyro is also topped with different vegetables, including fresh lettuce, tomatoes and red onions, while the salads included in the platter feature feta cheese, olives and spices.
The cucumber sauce was supreme. Even ‘anti-spice’ individuals will enjoy what Papu’s has to offer.
While I was ordering ...]]></description>
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		<title>‘For the Children’ raises money for children in need</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey Hill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eric Witacre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operation Breakthrough]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Conservatory hosted &#8220;For the Children,&#8221; the third annual Operation Breakthrough choral concert benefit on April 13. Created in 1971, Operation Breakthrough is a charitable organization providing care for children of families in need.
The setting, The Visitation Catholic Church on Main Street, was one of the most beautiful settings for a performance. Moments after walking over the cobblestone floor into its cavernous hall, the eye is instantly led upwards to admire the gorgeous painted motifs decorating the ceiling.
Performing in the benefit concert were a select collection of choirs from around the Kansas City area, including the Conservatory, Blue Springs South High School Chamber Choir, Shawnee Mission East High Chamber Choir, Santa Fe Trail Middle School Bel Coro and a group of student musicians from Sunset Ridge Elementary School.
Each choir performed a selection of works including classical compositions by Sergey Rachmanimoff and Franz Shubert, along with songs adapted for choral singing ...]]></description>
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		<title>Hughes has big golf plans after graduation</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/16/hughes-has-big-golf-plans-after-graduation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moreno</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Ross Intercollegiate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Every Saturday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nathan Hughes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Junior Nathan Hughes led UMKC at the ULM/Wallace Jones Invitational golf tournament where the Roos finished in second place. Hughes finished fourth at five-over-par with a pair of birdies in the final round.
Golf is a tradition in Hughes&#8217; life, but it wasn&#8217;t until the seventh grade when he discovered his talent for golf.
&#8220;Golf has been part of our family.  We always played together as a family,&#8221; he said. &#8220;When I was in seventh grade I decided to start taking it seriously and work on it, and I&#8217;ve just continued since then.&#8221;
Hughes found passion in golf because it was an activity that brought his family together.
&#8220;Every Saturday morning we all played together,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I really enjoyed spending time with them playing golf.&#8221;
Before switching to UMKC, Hughes attended the University of Oklahoma for two years when he decided to move to Kansas City.
Being a college student-athlete was always on Hughes&#8217; mind. ...]]></description>
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		<title>movie review: ‘The Host’ a most pathetic film</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Golden</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Although Twilight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Niccol]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear &#8220;Twilight&#8221; fans, do not waste your money or time on this sad excuse for a Stephanie Meyer’s book-turned-movie. No, there is no epic love story and no, the guys aren’t nice to look at either.
Set in a post-civilized society, &#8220;The Host&#8221; deals with the idea of alien souls inhabiting human bodies. It’s a strange concept to begin with, but the idea had some remnants of potential.
Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan) is one of the last few humans on the planet. After witnessing her father’s suicide, she ventures on a mission for survival with her little brother. Shortly after the film begins, this struggle fails. She is captured and taken over by a Soul named Wanderer.
The Soul is an innocent and beautiful being, unaware of the harmful ways of its people, and Melanie is a strong and persevering human. Even though the Soul overtook her body, her mind is still free ...]]></description>
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		<title>UMKC can’t hold off Sporting KC in 3-0 exhibition loss</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/16/umkc-cant-hold-off-sporting-kc-in-3-0-exhibition-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moreno</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mechack Jerome]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UMKC Kangaroos fell 3-0 to Major League Soccer team Sporting Kansas City on Saturday at Swope Park, suffering the team’s first defeat of the spring, after defeating Minnesota United F.C. on March 8.
As requested by Sporting KC’s coaching staff, the game was divided in three 30-minute periods, instead of two forty-five minute halves.
Sporting KC started the match strong, having several opportunities to take the lead, but it wasn’t until the 29th minute when forward C.J. Sapong blasted a close-range shot to the far right corner of the goal, beating goalkeeper Kevin Corby.
The home team extended the lead in the second period after Mikey Lopez received a cross from Mechack Jerome and passed it back to Soony Saad, who scored. Seven minutes before the final whistle, Saad tallied his second goal of the match.
The Kangaroos were unable to find a way to beat Jimmy Nielsen’s goalkeeping.
The closest opportunity came in ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why is entrepreneurship important?</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/16/why-is-entrepreneurship-important/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sai Srikar Kadiyam</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Fiber]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An entrepreneur is one who lives with a vision to achieve something big. Entrepreneurs share some common qualities, such as detail-oriented precision and wise decision-making. However, entrepreneurs are distinguished by their attitudes and work ethic, marked by diligence, persistence, positivity and motivation. They find opportunities in every situation. &#8220;It’s all about connecting the dots,&#8221; said late Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
Jobs also said, &#8220;Stay hungry and stay foolish.&#8221;
An entrepreneur knows how to apply his skills in the business. It takes utmost skill in balancing family, work and outside interests. Entrepreneurs have a quest for learning, immense patience and courage and lots of networking.
Right from my childhood, I have dreamt of achieving something big. My dad was an electrical engineer who started his company at quite a young age. He influenced my interests in engineering. He never told me exactly what to do, but instead left the biggest choices for me to ...]]></description>
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		<title>I hope car vandals have a special place in hell</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/16/i-hope-car-vandals-have-a-special-place-in-hell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meredith Shea</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cherry Street]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It never ceases to amaze me the lack of care some people have for other peoples’ cars.
Each week I read the Police Blotter in this paper, and at least a couple times a month there’s a report about vehicle vandalism.  Every time I read these reports, I want to kick whoever did it in the baby maker and spit on his or her face.  Harsh?  No.  I don’t think so.
At the beginning of last summer, I, like many students, was taking a summer class.  I also happened to have a job at the UMKC Bookstore at the time and I parked in the School of Education parking lot because it was the closest to work and class.
Now, normally I would never park in SOE lot.  I know this is where the majority of car vandalism on campus happens, and I don’t want to risk that happening to my car.  But ...]]></description>
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		<title>briefly mentioned: NPR anchor will give Caesar Chavez keynote speech</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/10/briefly-mentioned-npr-anchor-will-give-caesar-chavez-keynote-speech/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meredith Shea</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Caesar Chavez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maria Hinojosa, anchor and executive producer of NPR’s Latino USA, will deliver the sixth annual Caesar Chavez keynote address tonight at 6 in the Student Union Multipurpose Room.
Caesar Chavez, a Mexican American, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, later the United Farm Workers union, and to this day is considered one of the best Latino American civil rights activists in history. This April marks the 20th anniversary of his death.
Chavez supported and initiated many workers’ strikes in the ’60s and ’70s. The UFW’s “Salad Bowl Strike” is the largest farm worker strike in history and helped grape and lettuce growers win higher working wages. Similar strikes happened throughout the U.S.
Throughout Chavez’s life and after, he was decorated with many awards, including the Pacem in Terris award (Peace on Earth) presented by Pope John XXIII, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by President Bill Clinton.
The National Chavez Center was opened ...]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainability corner: ‘The Island President’ event encourages global environmental awareness</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/10/sustainability-corner-the-island-president-event-encourages-global-environmental-awareness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johanna Poppel</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bard College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eban Goodstien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Mitchell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evidence of global warming, scarce resources and a growing global population have struck environmentalists with concern.
Daily mundane activities done by people in well-developed nations have a negative impact on those not living the same quality of life. Greenhouse gases emitted by the affluent support a changing global climate that may cause a drought in equatorial countries and lead to famine due to inefficient crop yield.
Some politicians push aside the need for change in today’s world and stay ignorant to the global state of the environment. Mohamed Nasheed, former President of the Maldives, is an exception.
“He was one of the leading figures fighting against global warming in the United Nations,” said James Mitchell, senior environmental studies student.
Mitchell, representing the UMKC Garden Collective, is hosting a screening of “The Island president” on Wednesday April 17.
The screening begins at 5:30 p.m. with free snacks and socializing and the documentary starts at 6 p.m. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Chancellor strives to promote diverse</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Diversity Counsel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“‘To celebrate diversity in all aspects of university life’ is goal number five in the overall university-wide Strategic Plan at UMKC,” said Marsha Pyle, Dean of School of Dentistry and Director of Counseling Marita Barkis.
A strategic plan is the overall achievements a university hopes to accomplish in a specific duration of time.
UMKC’S 10-year strategic plan is “to lead in life and health sciences; to deepen and expand strength in visual and performing arts; to develop a professional workforce and collaborate in urban issues; and to create a vibrant learning and campus environment.”
This is the first specific plan of diversity the university has put together, although it has been underway since 2011.
Chancellor Leo E. Morton initiated the steps toward broadening diversity with a Diversity Counsel. Some of the efforts taken were focus groups, online surveys, town hall Houston Zizza Staff Writer
“‘To celebrate diversity in all aspects of university life’ is goal ...]]></description>
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		<title>Spay &amp; Neuter Kansas City brings affordable care to pets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Baxendale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spay &#38; Neuter Kansas City is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to reduce the number of stray and unwanted pets entering shelters in the Kansas City area.
It offers affordable spay and neuter services for pet owners who might not otherwise be able to afford these services. In addition to spaying and neutering, SNKC offers basic pet care needs, such as vaccinations, heartworm testing and a walk-in wellness clinic.
Kristy Taylor, the surgery call center manager, highlighted the goals of the organization.
“We believe in our hearts that every family deserves a pet, no matter what their financial situation may be,” she said. “We want to keep pets in their loving homes.”
SNKC participates in a Pet Outreach Program in which staff and volunteers go door-to-door in areas of Kansas City responsible for 80 percent of animal control calls. The organization focuses primarily on the northeast section of Kansas City.
The program is designed ...]]></description>
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		<title>MindBody Connection will offer free HIV, Chlamydia and Gonorrhea</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meredith Shea</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[AIDS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to aids.gov, every 9.5 minutes, one person in the U.S. is infected with HIV. One in five people currently living with HIV is unaware he or she has it.
This Wednesday, MindBody Connection will offer free HIV, Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Testing in the Student Success Center Room 112 between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
The free testing is sponsored by Student Health and Wellness and was set up through the Good Samaritan Project.
 HIV facts, signs and symptoms:
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the estimated number of HIV diagnoses of 18-to-24 year olds in the U.S. was 10,294.
African-American men are most at risk of HIV infection. However, men and women of all races and ethnicities are affected.
The majority of infections are spread through male-to-male sexual contact, but women are also capable of contracting HIV.
The infection can be spread through contact with blood, semen, vaginal fluids and breast milk.
During the initial ...]]></description>
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		<title>Dining Hall leads list</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With almost ten different restaurants on campus for students to eat, take a break, or socialize, there are five certain places the majority of students go, according to JP Singh, UMKC’s dining service general manager.
The UMKC Dining Hall, located on the first floor of the Student Success Center, is the most used food facility on campus. Singh believes this is because of how convenient the dining hall is with its decently priced buffet.
It also might be most popular because the dining fee is covered by the UMKC financial aid meal plan. Stacey Branson, freshman communication studies major, regularly eats at the dining hall because of her financial aid meal plan.
Financial aid does not stop Chick-fil-A, located on the second floor of the Student Union, from coming in second place. This is no surprise since Chick-Fil-A is the 10th most popular fast food chain in America, according to Technomic fact-based consulting ...]]></description>
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		<title>theatre: ‘Drums in the Night’ is unsatisfying and dull</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Meredith Shea</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Act Two]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Director Erin Merritt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bertolt Brecht’s “Drums in the Night,” presented by the UMKC undergraduate theatre department, is disappointing and fails to maximize its potential as an epic piece of theatre.
Director Erin Merritt attempts to have an audience-wowing production, but an attempt is all it is.
In an action-packed play about the German Spartacist uprisings in Berlin 1919, the return of a missing soldier of four years to his lover who has just announced her engagement to another man, overbearing parents and revolution, the play should have been upbeat. Instead, the first act dragged on for an hour and a half. By the time intermission came, the audience was asleep.
Brecht, an early 20th century playwright working during the expressionist movement, requires a specific style and attention to detail that Merritt seemed to disregard.
Brecht developed a specific style of acting called gestus, a combination of physical gesture and attitude. The actors failed to utilize this technique, ...]]></description>
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		<title>food critic’s corner :Mildred’s offers exciting coffee atmosphere</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/10/food-critics-corner-mildreds-offers-exciting-coffee-atmosphere/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey Hill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Crossroads District]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Fridays]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the heart of the Crossroads District, amidst the sprawling streets of galleries, bars and bakeries sits a small hole-in-the-wall café known simply as “Mildred’s”.
Among the excited energy that fills the streets during First Fridays, Mildred’s at 1821 Wyandotte Street may appear like any other café or restaurant, but it’s not. The instant one elbows his or her way through the poets, artists and eager onlookers to enter the low-lit, amber colored atmosphere of exposed brick, couches and black wooden tables, you know you’ve entered the right door.
A row of artisan light bulbs hangs above the register, and softly illuminates a display of muffins, danishes and egg and cheese quiches. Each pastry exudes a rough, asymmetrical exterior, the look of something handcrafted that morning.
It’s not just pastries that Mildred’s offers. The cooks also make a variety of soups, salads and sandwiches.
One dish in particular, a deceptively simple-looking roast beef sandwich ...]]></description>
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		<title>Denim Day raises awareness for victims of sexual assault</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/10/denim-day-raises-awareness-for-victims-of-sexual-assault/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cindy Peckham]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Denim Day USA is a day to wear jeans as a protest against sexual violence. It was started in 1999 as a result of an overturned conviction in Italy where an appeals court judge ultimately ruled a 16-year-old student had consented to her alleged rapist, her driving instructor, because of her tight jeans.
“We encourage everyone in the UMKC community to wear jeans on April 24 to show solidarity for survivors of sexual violence,” said Kelly Rifenbark, UMKC Violence Prevention Coordinator, who is in charge of this year’s Denim Day event.
Denim Day has been observed worldwide and by UMKC for the past five years.
“I hope students will gain an awareness of their personal misconceptions of why sexual violence occurs and decide to challenge their beliefs,” Rifenbark said.
“The passive educational event allows people to learn about Denim Day in their own way. To me, Denim Day is a great beginner program to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Dance team expects to take big step at Dance Championship :Team heads to Daytona Beach this week</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Baxendale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UMKC dance team will compete in the National Cheerleaders Association and National Dance Alliance Collegiate Cheer and Dance Championship at Daytona Beach, Fla. this week.
The team received a fully paid bid to nationals for its third consecutive year. It placed second overall in last year’s competition.
Captain Hannah Castleman, a sophomore dance major, has been on the team for two years.
“I think our biggest competition will be Towson [University],” she said.
“They have won the championship 14 years in a row,” Head Coach Michele Morgan said. “They have had the same coach for years, and their dance program has been around much longer than ours.”
Despite the stiff competition at nationals, Morgan is proud of UMKC’s progress.
“The first year we competed, we got eighth place overall, and then we placed fourth in 2009 and 2010,” she said.
According to Morgan, the team placed second in Daytona last year, and is certain to advance ...]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t judge a table by its guests</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riley Mortensen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cheesecake Factory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m not going to go out on a crazy limb and say serving has changed my life, but I have experienced some people and incidents, who have made my life a whole lot easier and more interesting.
I began working at the Cheesecake Factory around two years ago. I spent my first year working at the front desk, but by year two, I was able to convince my managers to put me in the next serving class.
For me, it wasn&#8217;t about making more money, it was about making the same amount and working fewer hours so I could spend more time on school. Well, wish granted, I work a max of 20 hours a week and make more than enough to get by.
Throughout my two years, I have observed many occurrences which I otherwise would have never experienced. Here is a look into the life of a server.
Nearly everyone knows, or ...]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrity film critic, Roger Ebert’s living legacy</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/10/celebrity-film-critic-roger-eberts-living-legacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Golden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Thank you. Forty-six years ago on April 3, 1967, I became the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. Some of you have read my reviews and columns and even written to me since that time. Others were introduced to my film criticism through the television show, my books, the website, the film festival, or the Ebert Club and newsletter. However you came to know me, I&#8217;m glad you did and thank you for being the best readers any film critic could ask for.”
Roger Ebert wrote these words April 2, two days before his death. He continued to explain how his health is rapidly declining and he will not be able to review as many movies in the future. Coming from his usual 200 reviews a year, most expected his drop in attendance wouldn&#8217;t be reduced by much.
The loss of Ebert is one of the greatest losses to the film and ...]]></description>
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		<title>Player Profile: Ott breaks UMKC softball RBI record</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moreno</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emily Ott]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This marks senior Emily Ott’s last softball season as a Kangaroo.
Ott celebrated her birthday on Feb. 16 by becoming UMKC’s all-time leader in runs batted in when she hit a solo home run against Texas Tech.
“I ended up earning a school career high when I hit that home run,” she said. “Now I’m at 108 and want more. It was a great birthday present.”
Ott’s hitting career started when she was six years old.
“I was subbing for my sister’s tee ball team,” she said. “I started playing softball when I was eight and took it from there.”
In her high school years in Des Plaines, Ill., Ott was Maine West High softball’s Most Valuable Player all four years and an All-state selection her senior year.
Coach Meredith Smith brought her to UMKC in 2010.
“I was at a tournament in Chicago when coach emailed me and I asked her to come see me play,” ...]]></description>
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		<title>Job hunting sucks, whore yourself’</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May, I will leave UMKC for hopefully greener pastures, but more likely very desperate, underpaid pastures. I’ll be graduating with an English degree.
If you’re like me, you’re unimaginably bothered by the language you see other people using to market themselves on career sites such as LinkedIn and Indeed.
It’s not that I don’t know what I want to do. I know exactly what I want to do. But being an editor at a literary magazine is not an entry level position. So, I’m resigned to searching jobs online that have even an inkling of connection to my major. I’ve made my profiles on career sites by posting a flattering, conservative photo of myself, answering questions about my past jobs, what “skills” I believe I have to offer and posting my résumé. And I hate it.
When I think about career sites, I imagine a very tall, fit, ideal man in a ...]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. double standard insults other countries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What would be the reaction if a politician facing international charges of crimes against humanity offered himself for president?
There would definitely be a public outcry, and neither the Republicans nor Democrats would entertain such a pariah.
Yet a similar scenario has been endorsed by a former U.S. assistant secretary of state for African Affairs, Jendayi Frazer. She has been agitating for a change of foreign policy by the Obama administration, encouraging its cooperation with two individuals facing crimes against humanity charges by the International Criminal Court. These charges include rape, murder and forceful eviction of civilians.
Frazer, who was George W. Bush’s top diplomat for Africa, has criticized the Obama administration for taking a hard-line stance against Kenya’s controversial elections of Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto as president and deputy president, respectively. Both face serious charges from the ICC at The Hague, Netherlands.
Frazer has appeared in various TV interviews and penned opinion ...]]></description>
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		<title>Diversity moves to fore</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/10/diversity-moves-to-fore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Baxendale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chancellor’s Diversity Council held the first series of listening and sharing sessions to discuss UMKC’s Diversity Strategic Action Plan on April 2 and 3.
Speakers Dr. Susan Wilson, associate dean of Diversity Partnership from the School of Medicine, and Dr. Marita Barkis, director of UMKC’s Counseling, Health and Testing Center, led the open discussion among faculty, students and staff.
“It is important that we do not lose sight of historically underrepresented populations, specifically Native Americans, African Americans and Hispanics,” Wilson said. “We need to look at ways to expand enrollment. We have looked at the demographics of our area and our younger generations are, and will continue to be, more diverse.”
Wilson stressed the importance of diversity in the “business” of education.
Attendees included students, faculty and organizations like Institute for Urban Education and Multicultural Student Affairs, UMKC Athletics and the Admissions office.
A draft of the Diversity Strategic Plan, which included five key ...]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Aaron: UMKC mourns loss of conservatory student</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/04/remembering-aaron-umkc-mourns-loss-of-conservatory-student/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Golden</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aaron Makarian]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instead of wearing black, those whose lives were touched by Aaron Makarian remembered the slain Conservatory student by wearing blue, his favorite color, to his visitation last Friday and a candlelight vigil held Sunday night.
Markarian was an aspiring opera singer and senior in the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance who was murdered in his Brookside Boulevard home on March 21.
Markarian sang in many stage plays, including a rendition of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” performed the Sunday four days before his death.
“He was complicated, talented, brilliant, funny and fearless,” said Marciem Bazell, the conservatory’s director of opera. “He was the first one to rehearsal, where he would fling himself all over the rehearsal space warming up the physical part of all his roles and looking for a spark that would reach the audience. His thirst for knowledge was never-ending.”
In addition to being a gifted singer, Markarian graduated from Warrensburg Senior ...]]></description>
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		<title>UMKC E-Save event pairs creativity with education and fun</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sai Srikar Kadiyam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A project known as MySmartSolar.edu, led by E-Save lab team from the UMKC School of Computing and Engineering and funded by Kansas City Power and Light (KCP&#38;L) , aims to educate and increase energy efficiency in urban communities.
The goal of E-Save, explained Dr. Vijay Kumar, is to promote wise energy use across the community. Kumar said the project was launched in 2011 thanks to funding from Toyota, USA.
With partial funding from a DOE Smart Grid Demonstration project, KCP&#38;L has been working with Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts to install solar panels on the school’s rooftop. KCP&#38;L had a goal to educate the students and community on the use of renewable energy and energy conservation as part of the smart grid project. KCP&#38;L chose the E-Save program at UMKC to help design, promote and execute the student education .Kumar has worked with Drs. Cory Beard, Yugyung Lee and Praveen ...]]></description>
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		<title>Men’s Basketball: Kareem Richardson selected as UMKC head coach</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/03/mens-basketball-kareem-richardson-selected-as-umkc-head-coach-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Salazar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chancellor Leo Morton admits to being a Louisville Cardinals basketball fan.
At least until next season starts.
That’s when Kareem Richardson, currently an assistant coach at the University of Louisville, will become the head coach of UMKC’s men’s basketball team.
Richardson’s appointment to the position was announced last week at a press conference held by the university.
The announcement came during a busy time for Richardson—the Louisville Cardinals have earned a spot in the coveted Final Four in the NCAA Tournament, a career highlight frequently alluded to throughout the announcement of Richardson’s appointment.
Richardson’s appointment comes on the heels of a decision to move UMKC men’s basketball games to Municipal Auditorium and UMKC’s recent move to the Western Athletic Conference.
Richardson expressed his desire for UMKC to bring &#8220;toughness&#8221; to the WAC next season.
&#8220;Our team that we put out on the floor will be tough, it will be well-disciplined, we will have high character young men ...]]></description>
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		<title>student profile: A perfect balance-Full-time student Brendan Stevens juggles work, school and the release of his band’s latest album</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey Hill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s no secret that passions can take a backseat to school and work during college, but sophomore General Studies student Brendan Stevens manages to find time for not only work and school, but also singing lead for his band, The Strive.
A local Pop-punk band, The Strive has been rising in popularity, most recently last year after performing at Mix 93.3’s Red White and Boom concert at Starlight Theater following the winning of a battle of the bands contest, as well as Warped Tour.
Even with the release of a third studio extended play album &#8220;Caught Inside,&#8221; Stevens remains humbled by the experience.
&#8220;You can get someone to buy something on iTunes, or you can get someone to press ‘like’ on a Facebook page but to get someone passionate enough to drive 40 minutes, to figure out a ride,&#8221; he said. &#8220;All these different aspects come into making a great show, [but] to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Toy and Miniature Museum rekindles childhood treasures</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/03/toy-and-miniature-museum-rekindles-childhood-treasures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riley Mortensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fittingly placed on top of a hill, tucked safely inside the majestic house filled with 38 rooms and winding staircases lie the miniatures, marbles, and tinkering toys of childhood.
From the largest permanent marble collection in the United States, to a thrilling Barbie exhibit, there’s something for the kid in everyone.
From now until June 9, the Miniature Toy Museum is showing Just Colcord’s collection of curious objects, &#8220;Trash or Treasure.&#8221;
Filled with strange creatures, tiny robots, creative scenes and even a stop-motion films, this display will set one’s imagination on fire.
&#8220;I like to work with old things. I don’t want to kill anything, like chopping down a tree,&#8221; Colcord said. &#8220;I’m not trying to destroy things. I want to create and transform. I’m going to look for rusty screws. I’m looking for the things that are organic.&#8221;
Colcord spends his time searching the streets for old screws, coffee tins or whatever he can ...]]></description>
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		<title>food: Cancun Fiesta Fresh</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/03/food-cancun-fiesta-fresh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreina Byrne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the fresh Cilantro in the Pico de Gallo to the steamed corn tortillas, Cancun Fiesta Fresh on 4019 Pennsylvania is a must for any hungry, Mexican-food lover.
Immediately, the authenticity strikes as Mariachi and other folk-type traditional songs blare from the outdoor speakers.
Chimichangas, make-your-own Burritos along with a variety of combinations were all found on the menu.
The street-tacos were an obvious choice, after all, their famed reputation constantly bombards my taste buds every time I see an advertisement for them. Obviously their most well known item, they only run $1.75 each and seven different meat options could practically convert a vegetarian.
All  their food is as homegrown as Mexican food can be, and, may not satisfy those interested in Tex-Mex or other non-authentic varieties.
However, I decided to be unconventional by ordering a couple of their soft tacos instead of the street ones. I chose chicken and beef and was very pleased ...]]></description>
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		<title>UMKC Conservatory performs at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s medieval gallery</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/03/umkc-conservatory-performs-at-nelson-atkins-museum-of-arts-medieval-gallery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey Hill</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alli Litwicki]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A contemplative stillness exists in the medieval section of the Nelson-Atkins that isn’t found anywhere else.
Walking through, one can see calm, reserved statues of Mary, draped in flowing robes, and towering suits of armor stoically standing at attention, one sitting upon a large armored horse as though waiting for an unseen enemy.
It’s a quiet section, connected both the Egyptian as well as the Greek and Roman sections. The Cloister in the very heart of the gallery is an area of great visual appeal. A simply square construction, it’s built with a large wall of stone that follows along the edges of the gallery making an empty space in the middle.
The walls of the cloister are lined with decorative window spaces and include a tile roof, the center being left open to give the illusion of an overcast sky.
On Saturday March 23, the Nelson-Atkins hosted the Conservatory Connections performance of &#8220;Soma ...]]></description>
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		<title>UMKC announces B.S. in Clownology for fall 2013</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/03/umkc-announces-b-s-in-clownology-for-fall-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Golden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting fall 2013, the College of Arts and Sciences will be adding a degree in Clownology to its degree options.
Dr. Francis Bozo, Professor of Face Painting, first imagined adding a degree aimed toward the study of being a clown in 1963 after a famous television clown hit his peak.
&#8220;I was just relaxing and watching some television when I saw this show about an unusual red-haired clown,&#8221; Bozo said. &#8220;I started thinking what all goes into being a clown, so I began researching.&#8221;
Bozo was working toward his Ph.D at the Clown Conservatory in San Francisco, when he decided to change his thesis paper idea.
&#8220;I was originally doing my thesis on the abstract study and analysis of painting the face,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Then the idea hit me. There was so much potential in Clownology.&#8221;
He developed his thesis, which was then picked up by the Ringling Brothers Circus and he was offered the ...]]></description>
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		<title>student profile: Sophomore competes for chance to impact Africa</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/03/student-profile-sophomore-competes-for-chance-to-impact-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riley Mortensen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sophomore Communication Studies major Alex Dapp is in the running for a chance to win a trip to Africa sponsored by Toms shoes  where she’s up against nearly 10,000 other entrants.
Out of the 10,000 who have entered, Dapp was number 65, and the top 50 entries are invited to participate in shoe drops.
Toms’ philosophy is simple. One for one. For every one pair of shoes a customer buys, one new pair is given to a child in need. It’s that one for one formula that grabbed Dapp’s attention, and she has been a fanatic ever since.
&#8220;I like that there’s a story behind them,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It’s a for-profit company, but they also help people. Letting people come with them on an actual shoe drop to show that they do actually give back only reaffirms my faith in a company like this. People forget that you can make a profit and ...]]></description>
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		<title>UMKC marketing student Asha White puts classroom knowedge to good use as intern for the Kansas City Symphony Alliance</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/03/umkc-marketing-student-asha-white-puts-classroom-knowedge-to-good-use-as-intern-for-the-kansas-city-symphony-alliance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andreina Byrne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asha White stands atop a long, elegant staircase that dates back to the pre-Civil War era. The crystal chandelier sparkles in the background as the blue wallpaper finds its way into history.
White is a senior marking major at UMKC and an intern for the Kansas City Symphony Alliance, which recently announced its selection for the 44th annual Symphony Designers’ Showhouse. The antebellum Showhouse, 1032 West 55th St., is undergoing a complete remodeling.
According to house historian Beverly Shaw, the property was purchased by Mormons in the early 1830s. It later went to a Clay County lawyer named Alexander Doniphan. It was then sold to a Westport farmer named William Matney.
Owner William W. Bent, a well-known fort builder, trader and frontiersman, purchased the home in 1858.
Shaw explained how a trapper-trader’s wife named Mrs. Seth Ward bought the property from Bent’s wife. Different allies of the Wards, including the Ward Investment Company, were ...]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic church welcomes unorthodox pope: Francis I brings humility and controversy to the church</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/03/catholic-church-welcomes-unorthodox-pope-francis-i-brings-humility-and-controversy-to-the-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Baxendale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the election of Pope Francis I on March 13, the Catholic Church and UMKC community have witnessed history in the making.
Francis is the first non-European pope chosen in more than 1,200 years. He is also the first member of the Jesuit order to rule the Catholic Church.
&#8220;The Cardinals’ selection definitely says something about demographics,&#8221; said Dr. Gary Ebersole, professor of history and religious studies. &#8220;The word Catholic means ‘universal,’ and the fastest growing Catholic population not in Europe but in Central and Latin America and Africa.&#8221;
Formerly known as Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, the new Pope chose his papal title in honor of St. Francis of Assisi.
The Pope called St. Francis a familiar figure throughout the world, known for helping the poor and the sick and setting an example &#8220;to make society more humane and more just.&#8221;
Like St. Francis, the Jesuits are known for their service to society’s ...]]></description>
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		<title>Spring into First Fridays</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/03/spring-into-first-fridays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With spring around the corner, Kansas City’s First Fridays will once again be in full force.
First Fridays is an all age event that hosts local and national art and music the first Friday of every month in the Crossroads Art District.
With over 70 art galleries spanning roughly 21 square blocks around 19th and Main Streets, this event is part of Kansas City culture. For UMKC students that are accustomed to the event, April 5‘s First Friday will not disappoint.
Kultured Chameleon Gallery (1739 Oak Street) will be hosting a live music showcase and KCOG.
The showcase, presented by Shameless Management, will have live music from DJ Cosmic Mafia, Huey P. Nuisance and more.
KCOG is a collection of art by Daniel Bartle that illustrates Kansas City’s Twentieth Century history of gangster culture.
8183 Studio (1735 Oak St.) will present &#8220;Beneath the Respirator,&#8221; a photographic series by Travis Carroll, that gives gallery-goers a behind-the-scenes look ...]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Review: ‘Admission’ not worth the price</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/03/movie-review-admission-not-worth-the-price/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Golden</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jeremiah Nat Wolff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Pressman Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movie Review]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the people that brought you &#8220;American Pie,&#8221; &#8220;Mean Girls&#8221; and &#8220;Knocked Up&#8221; comes the failure of a comedy &#8220;Admission,&#8221; which proves to contain cheesy dialogue and never ending emotions mixed in with nothing out of the realm of average.
What’s the secret to getting in? This is the age-old question that has sought answers from both universities and Hollywood, and &#8220;Admission&#8221; fails to provide a suitable answer.
Take two of the funniest people in Hollywood and most would expect the answer to be hilarious, but no. Tina Fey is nothing more than a dull crybaby and Paul Rudd is a completely average human being.
Portia Nathan (Fey) is a veteran Princeton admissions officer who leads a relatively ordinary life. She’s been in a stable, but boring, relationship for the past 10 years, has been working at Princeton for 16 and has no interest in moving out of the humdrum cycle of life.
John ...]]></description>
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		<title>Player Profile: Diego Figueroa: ‘Soccer runs through my veins’</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/03/player-profile-diego-figueroa-soccer-runs-through-my-veins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moreno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Junior left wing Diego Figueroa is an integral part of Head Coach Rick Benben’s soccer team.
Figueroa was brought to UMKC last semester and has earned a spot in the starting lineup thanks to his speed and technique on the pitch.
Before becoming a ’Roo, Figueroa played at Lincoln Community College in Illinois, where he helped the team finish fifth in the nation.
Figueroa’s four goals and nine assists caught Benben’s attention.
Figueroa was born in Santiago, Chile, and his family moved to Miami, Fla., when he was only 10 years old, seeking a better future.
&#8220;My family and I moved to America on August 6 of 2002, a date I will never forget,&#8221; he said. &#8220;My parents thought it was the best place to start from zero and fulfill our dreams.&#8221;
Since Figueroa was born, soccer has been part of his life.
Even though he enjoys other sports he says, &#8220;Nothing is better than football [soccer].&#8221;
&#8220;I ...]]></description>
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		<title>A ‘Dirty War’ that hasn’t been forgotten</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/03/a-dirty-war-that-hasnt-been-forgotten/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pope Francis I brings a hopeful future for some Catholics. For others, the new pope brings up questions about a past of kidnapping and the murder of an estimated 30,000 people during Argentina’s &#8220;Dirty War.&#8221;
There are now more than one billion Catholics in a world of seven billion people. In other words, about one in every seven UMKC students and staff members is a Catholic. Since March 13, when Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as Pope Francis I, incriminating allegations of his past resurfaced. These included allegations that the Catholic Church and Bergoglio had direct involvement with Argentina’s dictatorial government in committing the Dirty War’s atrocities in the late 1970s and early ’80s An allegation by Bishop Orlando Yorio and Bishop Franz Jalics states that Bergoglio worked directly with the military in their kidnapping.
Both survived the event and spoke out against Bergoglio.
Although Jalics met with Bergoglio in 2000 and said, ...]]></description>
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		<title>The radical Pope Francis</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/03/the-radical-pope-francis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If people thought that Pope John Paul of Poland was an interesting choice, Pope Francis will definitely surprise and shock people, and not just members of the Catholic Church.
Pope Francis is part of an order called the Jesuits, but also tends to be influenced by his Latin American roots. According to Wikipedia this order is influenced by the themes of &#8220;social justice and the preferential option for the poor.&#8221; The Pope, in his current duties, has shown that he is influenced by the themes of social justice and helping the poor.
Although controversial, some have liked the arrival of Pope Francis. Kyle Sahd of the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pa., said that &#8220;while celebrating the Pope is part of Italian culture,&#8221; it is also &#8220;such a joy to see the universality of the Church.&#8221;
The new Pope’s style is so unconventional, if reminding one a bit of the legacy of the Church’s central ...]]></description>
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		<title>In the U.S., race remains the elephant in the room</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/03/in-the-u-s-race-remains-the-elephant-in-the-room/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The racial question is one of the most sensitive subjects that I have discovered among most Americans, even in a classroom setting.
When I took an American History class in a community college a few years ago, my instructor avoided discussing the details of Jim Crow laws. As a foreigner, I did not understand why until I raised the question about what the laws meant.
The instructor, an African American, explain that Jim Crow was an official racial segregation policy, which was especially rampant in the South.
This topic elicited controversial arguments and I noticed both blacks and whites in the classroom were very uncomfortable dealing with it. I was a little baffled.
Last fall, an African American colleague in one of my journalism classes at UMKC commented that there exists what he termed &#8220;black phobia&#8221; in America. He explained that there were some instances where fear engulfed whites whenever a black person was ...]]></description>
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		<title>UMKC entrepreneurs weigh in on Big Kansas City conference</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/04/03/umkc-entrepreneurs-weigh-in-on-big-kansas-city-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sai Srikar Kadiyam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Student  entrepreneurs at UMKC listened to experts explain how to improve their  businesses at the Big Kansas City Conference last Tuesday through Thursday at the National Airline History Museum  at the Downtown Airport
Scott Harrison, founder and CEO of Charity:Water, explained that he was able to raise $100 million for Africa by convincing celebrities to give up their birthday gifts and ask that money instead be donated to his organization, which tries to address the problems of contaminated water in Africa.
Harrison said one in nine people in the world drink water likely to make them ill. So his organization came up with innovative means for fund raising, such as having people give up their birthdays. Instead of parties or presents, people ask for donations to help charity: water. Singer Justin Bieber gave up his 18th birthday.
Harrison was among 14 speakers who demonstrated various ways for entrepreneurs to tell their stories and ...]]></description>
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		<title>Alabama Shakes shakes up Kansas City</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/03/21/alabama-shakes-shakes-up-kansas-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moreno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Alabama Shakes opened the doors to the Uptown Theater on March 11 to approximately 1,800 screaming fans.
The show was originally scheduled for Sunday, March 8 but was postponed due to bad weather the band encountered in Denver.
Brittany Howard, lead guitarist and vocalist, has concocted the perfect formula for success, considering her band was nominated for several Grammy’s, including “Best New Artist.”
Simply by observing, one can realize how much love these five musicians have for music. To the audience in this world, they are only talented musicians, but their music seems to transfer them into a different universe entirely, one filled with passion and magic.
&#8220;We are glad to be here in Kansas City…again,&#8221; Howard said.
The band was in town for the second time in less than a year.
Howard is the perfect example of talent. Without even trying, her voice and presence can be felt from the first row to the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Sean Ewing’s passion for running leads to fourthplace Paralympics finish</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Baxendale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senior Sean Ewing went for the gold at the 2012 Paralympics in London.
Ewing is a guide runner for track and field athlete David Brown, whom he met through his church in St. Louis.
Brown attended the Missouri School for the Blind in St. Louis, where Ewing said he developed his athleticism.
“He has always been a tough competitor,” he said.
Ewing started doing track and field for St. Louis Express when he was eight years old. He ran track for Hazelwood Central High School, and he continued to run at Highland Community College in St. Joseph, Mo.
At first, Ewing was unable to accept scholarships from Division One universities because of his low ACT score, so he decided to run at the junior college level. Ewing is a two-time All Jayhawk Conference champion in the 60 meter dash, a two-time National Junior College Athletic Association qualifier in the 4&#215;100 meter relay and an All-Jayhawk ...]]></description>
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		<title>New coach, new court, new conference: Team looks to rebound after conference tournament loss</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/03/21/new-coach-new-court-new-conference-team-looks-to-rebound-after-conference-tournament-loss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moreno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UMKC basketball season ended last week after a 69-58 conference tournament loss to North Dakota State on March 10.
Trinity Hall led the team with 14 points, and Brad Reid led with seven rebounds.
The ’Roos also suffered a 71-34 away game loss to North Dakota State on Jan. 31 and a 63-44 home loss on Jan. 5.
The Bison lost against conference champion South Dakota State on March 12.
For the ’Roos, a new era awaits the men’s basketball team in the 2014 season. The team will play on a new court with a new coach in a new conference.
Tim Hall, UMKC Athletics Director, announced last Tuesday that Head Coach Matt Brown, who led the ’Roos for six seasons, was dismissed with a year remaining in his contract.
Despite his losing record, Hall said Brown “ran the men’s basketball team with dignity” and contended that student-athlete welfare and academics were on of Brown’s ...]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion: Decked out apartments- Students talk style</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adding a personal decorative flair to any apartment is possible with as little as $10.
Style, fads and decorative themes may change, but four UMKC students are living proof that while trends change, they will always be a step ahead of common societal interest.
Where do you get most of your items?
Junior Psychology major Mimi Haddix: “I usually get most of my items from my parents’ house or from my friends. I like to collect bones, childhood photos and other things that have sentimental value.”
What is your favorite item?
Freshman Spanish major Lorraine Sands: “My favorite item is probably the photo of my past cat, Patrick.”
Haddix: “My roommate’s framed photo of Stamos is one of my favorite items. I also really like the pictures that I have of my brothers and me.”
Junior Nursing major Joey Waldenmeyer: “I love all of my street signs, flags, jerseys, old license plates, and posters. Pretty much anything ...]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Review: ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ delves into loss, mental anguish and healing</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/03/21/movie-review-silver-linings-playbook-delves-into-loss-mental-anguish-and-healing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Golden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, “Silver Linings Playbook” is phenomenal by every definition of the word. With an all-star cast, hilarious-yet-serious moments and a touching storyline, this undersold film is the year’s top Oscar-nominated films still playing in theatres.
Although it was released several months ago, this film still hasn’t received the recognition it deserves. The only buzz it received was during Oscar season, and still, the moviegoers have overlooked this phenomenal film.
Life has rough moments, some worse than others, and Pat (Bradley Cooper) is dealing with the worst of it. He lost everything including his house, his job and his wife after nearly beating her lover to death. He is forced to spend eight months in a mental institution where he is diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
After striking a plea bargain, he is able to live with his dysfunctional mother and father (Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver) and is forced to stay away from ...]]></description>
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		<title>Students shine in their performance of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey Hill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UMKC Conservatory opened a rendition of Benjamin Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” an operatic adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic comedy, on Thursday, March 14.
The story’s overlapping plotlines finally connect in the conclusion. The play centers around three parties: four young lovers, a troupe of six actors and the mystical fairies of the forest.
The plot revolves largely around the four young lovers, Hermia, Demetrius, Lysander, and Helena, who are manipulated with a love potion by the fairies. Most of the play takes place in a mystical forest. The setting is accented by a minimalistic set, which consists of a large tree and a sheet backdrop with the image of a forest projection onto it, making a large amount of attention directed toward the performers.
Shakespeare’s lines were not altered for Britten’s rendition, and at times, their power is intensified by the shift from speech to song.
The dancers were a hallmark of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Art Sounds: Performance provides poetic reflection on Occupy Wall Street Movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 09:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey Hill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kansas City Art Institute. in collaboration with UMKC, hosted the fifth operatic reading of poet of late Dina Von Zweck’s “A Day In The Park,” with musical accompaniment of the season on Tuesday March 12.
Before passing away last December, Zweck wrote the poem during the wake of the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, primarily writing on the experience of walking through Zuccotti Park. In the poem she describes the park, neighborhood and protestors with meticulous detail, while simultaneously falling into moments of extreme literary surrealism and symbolic writing.
Her descriptions are physical as well as emotional, since she also described the feeling that the walk exuded. She addressed the CBS newsbreaks that were being presented during the protest and concluded with the eventual moment of police intervention.
The poem was performed with musical accompaniment composed by Jorge Sosa, a friend of Zweck who arranged a fascinating and off-kilter soundtrack ...]]></description>
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		<title>Soul Food Friday offers food for thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hushpuppies are more than delicious—they’re a part of African-American history.
“The hush puppy was created during a time of bondage,” explained Tiffany Williams, Director of Multi-Cultural Student Affairs.
When slaves, trying to escape to freedom, “heard the slave master’s dog, they took that deep-fried, battered treat, threw it out the window and said, ‘hush puppy,’” in an effort to quiet the dog’s barking, said Williams.
Students, faculty, and staff learned about hushpuppies and more at Soul Food Friday, part of this year’s Black History Month events sponsored by Multicultural Student Affairs and the African American Student Union.
The goal of the event was to provide students with a greater appreciation of an integral part of African-American culture: soul food.
Attendees were served buffet-style from a menu that included mashed potatoes and gravy, fried fish, chicken legs, greens, sweet potatoes and corn bread. While participants ate, they listened and took part in a discussion about what ...]]></description>
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		<title>Geeking out: Learning and fun unite STEM students at UMKC</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sai Srikar Kadiyam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Concrete bowling balls, a two-story egg drop and a lecture from an IBM engineer marked this year’s Engineer’s Week at UMKC.
While E-Week was celebrated nationwide Feb. 17-23, several events were postponed until the week of March 4 due to inclement weather.
The events focused on promoting STEM — the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
E-week brought out a new way of learning and interacting among engineering students at UMKC.
E-week kicked off on Feb. 17 with a lecture by Dr. Pradeep Natarajan, an IBM engineer who specializes in database management software.
He explained how IBM’s Informix Timeseries software benefits utilities companies, which use the centralized database to track utility consumption over time.
Two events were organized by the UMKC Robotics team: the Tesla 500 Race and a soldering tutorial.
Named after Nikola Tesla, who pioneered the use of alternating electrical current, students who participated in the race developed electric cars running on the power ...]]></description>
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		<title>Kansas City streetcar: Main Street corridor route set to open in early 2015</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nathan Zoschke</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2-mile starter line could be extended south to UMKC’s Volker campus
A planned $102 million downtown streetcar line is on track to open in early 2015 after a lawsuit challenging the proposal was derailed last Friday by a Jackson County circuit judge.
The suit, filed by two downtown property owners, claimed a special taxing district to fund the streetcar system was unconstitutional.
Last fall, downtown residents overwhelmingly favored a 1-cent sales tax increase in addition to several new property tax assessments to build the streetcar system. Its route will follow the Main Street corridor from 3rd and Grand Avenue in the River Market to Union Station.
Advocates of the downtown streetcar—including Mayor Sly James, the Downtown Council, Kansas City Regional Transit Alliance, Transit Action Network and Streetcar Neighbors—believe it will usher in a new era of construction and development.
Since 2000, downtown Kansas City has experienced an influx of new residents and entertainment venues. Once-vacant ...]]></description>
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		<title>As co-chair of Kansas City Health Commission, Lora Lacey-Haun takes on obesity and junk food</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Baxendale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lora Lacey-Haun, Dean of the UMKC School of Nursing and Health Studies, has been appointed co-chair of the Kansas City Health Commission by Mayor Sly James. She will serve a three-year term as co-chair of the commission.
Its mission is to achieve a citywide collaboration and partnership of organizations and individuals to work together to build a healthier community.
“My first initiative is to see the Kansas City Health Improvement Project implemented,” she said. “This program looks at reducing health disparities in our city’s most vulnerable populations.”
As co-chair, Lacey-Haun’s responsibility is to track legislation and health policies that affect Kansas City.
“My job is to see that our citizens understand what is going on health-wise,” she said. “I need to make my stance known on our city’s health policies, especially with the new health levee approaching.”
Lacey-Haun discussed a proposal by Truman Medical Center and the Hospital Hill Economic Development Corporation to build a ...]]></description>
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		<title>Culture, music and leadership highlight second annual ALAS conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Johanna Poppel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 90 minutes, one could have witnessed the romance of Tango in Argentina, the art of Capoeira in the jungles of Brazil and experienced Mexican folklore in Veracruz.
These events occurred as part of the Association of Latin American Students’ second annual leadership conference, held March 15 and 16 in the Student Union.
College and high school students were invited to the conference. Hispanic student organizations from regional colleges such as University of Missouri &#8211; Columbia and Emporia State University attended as well.
The conference opened Friday evening with nationally recognized speaker Mena Badros. Badros, an executive for CoolSpeak, is a youth motivational speaker and program facilitator. Badros’s most important lesson is, “Life is to live.”
He spoke of pursuing his second chance at life in the United States after living a disease-stricken life in Africa. His focus was to live with a purpose and to utilize the opportunities America has to offer. The ...]]></description>
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		<title>&#8217;127 hours&#8217;: At UMKC, film inspiration Aron Ralston recalls, ‘You’re going to have to cut your arm off, dude.’</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pain becomes a very relative term after cutting off your own arm with a dull pocket knife.
Aron Ralston did exactly that, and on Wednesday night at the Student Union Theatre, as part this year’ Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy Symposium, he detailed the whole event for some 100 students.
“It was the most glorious, ecstatic, euphoric experience of my life,” Ralston said.
In April 2003, Ralston was hiking alone in Blue John Canyon, located in southeastern Utah, when he decided to take a short cut through a narrow passage. It didn’t take long before a boulder was jarred free, ensnaring his right arm.
“[My arm] disappears into this impossibly black shadow,” Ralston said.
He quickly devised several ways to free himself. The first was by rigging a pulley system using climbing rope. He managed to wrap the boulder and attach the rope’s other end to another rock above. Pulling and pulling, he tried to budge the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Death in Spandex: Death dances the streets of 1980s Kansas City in ‘Slashdance’</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joey Hill</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s easy to say the walking un-dead have infested almost every corner of the present culture.
Zombies are proving to appear as a full blown cultural force, finding a place for themselves in any setting, any genre and any decade. Thus, it’s no surprise they would find a comfortable spot in the 1980s.
“Slashdance” which premiered on March 7, is a musical horror-comedy performed at the Coterie Theatre. It meets ‘80s dance classic “Flashdance” with a hostile, zombie-infested Kansas City as survivors struggle to make their dreams come true.
The original “Flashdance” was released in 1983 and starred actress Jennifer Beals as Alexandra Owens, a welder who dreams of becoming a professional dancer.
The film has since gained a cult following. It should be noted that “Slashdance” is not simply “Flashdance” with zombies. When one walks into the theater and searches for a seat, they are greeted with a smoky set illuminated with bright ...]]></description>
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		<title>‘Bent’ tells untold love story of the Holocaust</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/03/20/bent-tells-untold-love-story-of-the-holocaust/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Riley Mortensen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Danish Army]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talk of the Holocaust has been prominent in my family from the time I was old enough to read a book of substance to the present day. My grandparents were young adults growing up in Denmark during World War II.
My grandfather fought first with the Danish Army and later worked with the underground to help smuggle Jews into Sweden. He was caught twice by the Nazis and put into a POW camp both times.
He never spoke of what they did to him, I think because he didn’t want to bring the pain and suffering onto anyone else, especially my grandma. The inhumanity of it all is just unreal. No one knows exactly how he escaped, but he risked his life because he knew what was going on was wrong.
He was lucky not to have been killed on more than one occasion, and after being caught the second time, he went ...]]></description>
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		<title>Sports unite us all</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/03/20/sports-unite-us-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moreno</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kansas City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Series]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is no such feeling as the one experienced with a game-winning goal in the last minute, a three-pointer basket with seconds on the clock or an interception that led to a touchdown.
Sports can paralyze a whole town, state or even country. But why? When two teams clash in a pitch, field or court, thousands, and sometimes millions, of people are involved.
This is probably is the reason why the World Cup, Super Bowl and World Series find themselves at the very top of television ratings.
When I moved to this country less than two years ago, I encountered many things that made me like America even more, especially the love of sports.
Kansas City’s passion and love for the Chiefs and Royals really surprised me, mainly because of the terrible seasons they have had.
On the other hand, Sporting KC, our professional soccer team has put Kansas City on the map by winning ...]]></description>
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		<title>Kenyan elections underscore the importance of voting</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/03/20/10036/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>U-News Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chief Justice Dr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raila Odinga]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[William Ruto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The day preceding America’s presidential elections last fall, Communication Studies instructor Peter Morello asked students in his Media Ethics class to raise their hands if they were interested in participating in the electoral process. A handful did.
Morello then asked why students were not keen on participating in the election of their president.
One student said, “I’ll consult with my girlfriend to see if there is any need to go and vote. At the moment, I do not think this is a priority.”
As a native of Kenya, a country on the East Coast of Africa, where elections for the president are a life-and-death event, this ambivalent attitude by an American student toward participating in electing his country’s president was baffling to me.
Kenya recently concluded the election of the country’s president and, just like in 2007, when a dispute over a questionable vote tally led to bloodletting, the country is again tottering on ...]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Roos defeat the soccer pros in pre-season friendly match</title>
		<link>http://unews.com/2013/03/11/roos-defeat-the-soccer-pros-in-pre-season-friendly-match/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Moreno</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coach Rick Benben]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Moreno]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeffrey Stezovsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Max Griffin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roberto Albuquerque]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The men’s soccer team defeated the North American Soccer League’s Minnesota United F.C., 2-1, in its first pre-season match last Friday at Durwood Stadium.
Captain and defender Guerrero Pino scored the winning goal on a penalty kick in the 82nd minute, after Jordan Rideout tied the score in the 52nd minute. For the professional opponent, striker Max Griffin scored in the 22nd minute.
Kansas City started strong in an even match before Griffin, who seemed to be in an offside position, scored in a tight play. Coach Rick Benben’s team fought hard for the rest of the half but was unable to score.
Both teams jumped to the pitch in the second half and Rideout put the ball in the back of the net. The visitors tried to strike back but the three-man defense of Jeffrey Stezovsky, Pino, and Michael Oakley helped shut them out throughout the second half..
A tie seemed inevitable until ...]]></description>
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