Years of tension between the United States and North Korea are culminating in a series of attacks and agreements with rival countries. While North Korea has had a fully functioning nuclear program since the Clinton administration, presidential opinions have differed on how to handle it. Over the years, many U.S.…
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Ely Hall to close for renovations
As of this summer, Ely Hall will close for renovations, leaving the First-Year Triangle without one of its cornerstones. While the exact date of Ely’s reopening has not yet been solidified with Student Life, it is expected to last the entire 2017-18 school year. However, this is only the latest…
Read MoreNew Harriman-Jewell Series season announced
The performances for the 2017-18 season of the Harriman-Jewell Series have been announced recently and will begin Sept. 16. Parsons Dance, who has performed with the Series 12 times so far, will be this year’s season opener. This year will mark the 53rd season of the Harriman-Jewell Series. Along with the five…
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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…
Read MoreObscure Sports Weekly: Bocce Ball
Bocce ball, after soccer and golf, is the third-most played sport in the world. However, it has only recently become popular in the United States. While popular culture imagines it as a game for the elderly, it was originally meant to be played by everyone. Bocce can be traced as…
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Obscure Sports Weekly: Curling
The sport of curling, sometimes referred to as “the Roaring Game,” is made up of two teams of four people each and takes place on a rectangular ice rink called a “sheet.” Considered to be one of the world’s oldest team sports, it originated in 16th century Scotland, where it was…
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