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student profile: Up close and personal
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 … Read entire article »
Filed under: Arts & Entertainment
Students discuss healthy dining options on campus
With so many choices on campus, it may get confusing for a student trying to eat healthy. Many wind up eating fast food, even though there are plenty of nutritious choices on and off campus. Binging on an 810-calorie sandwich, law student Jeff Luther said, “Being a student at UMKC, I usually make it over to Sahara for lunch at least a couple times a month. The convenience is unbeatable and the food is always great. I always order the same thing: the falafel sandwich with lentil soup.” Sahara is located at 320 E. 50th St. and tops our list of healthiest dining options on or around campus. “Sahara doesn’t stuff their sandwiches with fries but gives you the option of them on the side,” said health science student Susan Nicolette. “You can then … Read entire article »
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Softball finishes season with tournament championship split
The ‘Roos women’s softball team clinched their third straight Summit League tournament berth by splitting a Sunday doubleheader at home against league rival South Dakota State. UMKC lost the opener 11-7 but took the second game 5-4. The split leaves the ‘Roos with a league record of 6-7, good enough for the fourth seed in the tournament Thursday through Saturday at Fargo, N.D. They will open up against North Dakota State, the host and top seed. info@unews.com … Read entire article »
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What it means to graduate from college
While hundreds of thousands of students graduate every year from American universities, millions of other students around the world do not have the privilege making it through high school, much less getting into a college like UMKC. Growing up in rural Kenya, I saw highly talented girls and boys, including myself, whose academic success went into the drain, because of grinding poverty and no room for upward mobility. We walked to school barefoot and with torn clothes, worked hard to make the best out of our efforts. But in the end, our fates were sealed at eighth grade irrespective how promising one was. That is still the scenario that you’d find in most rural communities in Africa. Africa is no doubt a very rich continent endowed with rich minerals, oil, wildlife and arable … Read entire article »
Filed under: Opinion
faculty perspectives: Why writing still matters
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 … Read entire article »
Filed under: Opinion
What it means to graduate from college
While hundreds of thousands of students graduate every year from American universities, millions of other students around the world do not have the privilege making it through high school, much less getting into a college like UMKC. Growing up in rural Kenya, I saw highly talented girls and boys, including myself, whose academic success went into the drain, because of grinding poverty and no room for upward mobility. We walked to school barefoot and with torn clothes, worked hard to make the best out of our efforts. But in the end, our fates were sealed at eighth grade irrespective how promising one was. That is still the scenario that you’d find in most rural communities in Africa. Africa is no doubt a very rich continent endowed with rich minerals, oil, wildlife and arable … Read entire article »
Filed under: Opinion
Tennis: Men’s team wins Summit League Championship
The men’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 … Read entire article »
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music :Soul singer ZZ Ward performs at Student Union
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 “Come on Home,” where her guiding voice amplified through the theater with a graceful intensity to the point of being almost ethereal. Her sound was old, … Read entire article »
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U.S. Senate acted disgracefully by rejecting common-sense background checks for gun owners
Exactly what drove the U.S. Senate to reject the proposed legislation on background checks for all gun sales? What if all the 20 children shot dead in Newtown, Conn., early this year were grandchildren of these senators? Would they have rejected the legislation in the shameful way they did? I doubt it. So, how many people should be killed through uncontrolled gun ownership in order to move the nation’s conscience to act? Maybe if all the victims were relatives of senators, they could surely see the sense of legislating how we acquire and misuse our guns. I’ve concluded it is easier for kindergarten kids fighting over a toy to solve their differences than for the U.S. Congress to solve straightforward problems affecting the American people. I personally do not know what it feels … Read entire article »
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faculty profile: Gabe Cook pushes to restore local urban high school debate programs
he art of argument is an immensely valuable skill for at-risk middle and high school students, which, according to Debate-Kansas City director Gabe Cook, is not being fostered and cared for by the Kansas City, Missouri school district. Since 2010, 14 schools have dropped the Debate-Kansas City program, resulting in a 90 percent funding cut for the UMKC-supported urban debate league. “The reason they said they did it was financial,” Cook said, “and the economic crisis that hit definitely affected all the schools’ budgets. But we think that debate was unfairly targeted by then-superintendent [John] Covington.” Debate-Kansas City aims to bring debate programs to urban schools that have limited financial resources. Cook recently saw the fruits of his work. Emporia State University’s Ryan Wash, whom Cook coached at Central High School, teamed with Elijah … Read entire article »
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