Around 60 people rallied en masse against violence and sexual abuse at a gathering in Mill Creek Park on the Plaza during the UMKC Women's Center's Take Back the Night (TBTN) march April 22. The predominately female assemblage was assisted by a UMKC police escort who ushered the participants from the Volker Campus to the J.
With the democratic race for president coming to a head, it can be difficult to turn on the TV without welcoming. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton into the living room. The fairness in media coverage these two candidates are receiving was the subject of a panel discussion last Monday at UMKC put on by The African American Student Union (TAASU) and the Kansas City Association of Black Journalists (KCABJ).
I have two words for UMKC's graduate production of "The Cure at Troy": loved it. The set, the costumes, the actors, everything just clicked. The play was performed in the Spencer Theatre of the Performing Arts Center, and ran from April 19 to 27. The play, written by Seamus Heaney, is an adaptation of Sophocles' "Philoctetes.
We are living in a vital and vibrant moment, but many people just don't seem to understand or appreciate its significance. Events are happening now that 50, or even 100 years down the road will be hugely important. In this country we have two viable presidential candidates, both of whom would have been denied the right to vote in a national election as recently as a century ago, and one who likely would have been denied service sitting next to me in a diner less than 50 years ago.
What a difference a day makes. The UMKC men's golf team found themselves at the top of the leader board on day two of the 2008 Summit League Championship. Twenty four hours later, however, the squad finished the tournament 10 strokes down to host and champion Western Illinois University (WIU).
