Spring Break
Her office in the University Center is sparse and lacking in personal touches, but it's only Sarah Lubischer's third day on the job.
Nathan Buie would have turned 21 on March 21. The UMKC track athlete was killed July 22, 2006, when he was caught in the crossfire of a shooting outside a Kansas City party.
Silence followed after Provost Bruce Bubacz asked faculty at the biweekly senate meeting if they had questions about any topic. A little later, Senator Daniel Hopkins, Arts and Sciences, asked what many wondered last week after Bubacz announced his resignation as UMKC provost effective July 1, 2007.
Starting July 1, UMKC shuttle bus operations will be contracted out to save money, said Steve Griffey, shuttle bus driver. Students and employees alike are worried about the service changes.
Don Carrel looks healthier than most 55-year-old men. But he's been living with HIV for 26 years. Only 3 percent of the people infected with HIV in 1981, the year Carrel believes he was infected, are still alive.
A trip to San Francisco helped UMKC's chief of police come up with some new ideas to protect women on campus. Scott Shelton is looking to increase proactive measures and to encourage reporting of past offender activity after attending the National Law Enforcement Leadership Institute on Violence Against Women conference in California.
Campus Crusade for Christ made its way down to New Orleans during spring break to help with a rebuilding project. Each volunteer contributed around $50 for gas for the 14-hour drive. In New Orleans, Operation Blessing provided lodging and food.
