Photo Courtesy of The Business Journals Cerner Corporation, a health care technology company based in Kansas City, Mo, has recently begun a DNA tracking project that could lead to early detection of various diseases. So far, 82 Cerner employees have volunteered themselves for this “pilot project,” which involves giving the…
Read MoreHighway to Nowhere
The South Lawrence Trafficway, a six-mile highway that will connect the Kansas Turnpike on I-70 with Kansas Highway 10, is set to open Nov. 9. The construction project, which began in Nov. 2013, is supposed to shorten driving times from the eastern and western portions of the city. As such, it…
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AT&T merges with Time Warner
On Oct. 22, 2016, AT&T announced its $85.4 billion projected merger with Time Warner Inc., sparking uncertainty from both business and political spheres alike. As a result, CEOs of both companies—Randall Stephenson of AT&T and Jeff Bewkes of Time Warner–are set to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee…
Read MoreDonald Trump accused of multiple sexual assaults
In the midst of numerous campaign controversies surrounding both Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, the “Washington Post” released a video detailing Trump’s views on women. The conversation, recorded in 2005, includes Trump calling his attraction to beautiful women “a magnet” and saying that he “just starts…
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Liberty’s smoking age raised to 21
On Sept. 26, the Liberty City Council approved an ordinance that increased the smoking age to 21 within city limits. With a 5-3 vote in favor of the ordinance, Liberty now joins over a dozen other cities in the Kansas City metropolitan area that have also raised their smoking ages…
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What the Royals Mean to Kansas City
In the past year, I’ve noticed that first-time Kansas City visitors tend to ask me one of two questions: “Why is there construction everywhere?” or “Why does everyone love the Royals so much?” While the first question boggles my mind to this day, the other is something locals tend to…
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To be honest…with Alexandria Acord
To be honest, I feel like “new” doesn’t always mean “improved.” In this world of growing technology and expanding markets, it can be easy to forget that sometimes innovation is just there for innovation’s sake. Consequently, the reason something hasn’t been invented yet is because nobody really asked for it.…
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Summer movie preview
From as early as 2014, film analysts have been pegging the summer of 2016 as the season of films to beat, with numerous franchises all attempting to stake their box office claims. Several reviewers have speculated that this will be a summer of no particular blockbusters and “wall-to-wall” competition between…
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Sexual Assault Awareness at William Jewell
On April 1, 2001, the United States first established the month of April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), a program that many schools, including William Jewell College, have adopted into their schedules. While it was set up in the midst of feminist protests meant to “Take Back the Night”…
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