NIVERSITY
NEWS
Sept. 6, 2011
VOLUME 79, ISSUE 3
UMKC’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
2
NEWS
Parking: the
race for space
Cover article
6
SPORTS
BMX Flatlander
Terry Adams
crashes campus
8
A&E
Student returns
to finish degree
34 years later
12
A&E
‘Fashion
Night Out’
coming to Kansas City
Photo by Mark Linville
Vol. 79, Issue 3
2|News
Carmageddon
Students vie for parking
following garage demolition
Nathan Zoschke
Production Manager/Copy Editor
A giant man-made crater occupies the site of the
former Oak Street parking structure and adjacent
lot.
The temporary loss of nearly 800 parking
spaces from the demolition, coupled with growing
enrollment, has made parking an especially hot
commodity.
On Aug. 22, a line snaked around the corner of
Parking Operation’s office on the second floor of the
Administrative Center.
A whiteboard outside the office listed the
availability of parking permits by type. Commuter
permits sold out prior to the first day of class.
But students continued to stand in line for
commuter permits until a Parking Operations
employee came out of the office to reiterate the
message: “sold out.”
Needless to say, permits are even more difficult to
come by the third week of school. Remote parking
passes, which allow students to park at Hospital Hill
and take a bus or shuttle to and from the Volker
campus, quickly sold out the first week.
Students hoping to obtain a pass for the fall
semester must now fill out a waiting list form on
Parking Operations’ website.
Parking Operations Manager Michelle Cone said
additional commuter and remote permits will likely
be made available to some students on the wait list
this Wednesday.
The number of permits issued will depend on the
outcome of the lot study completed last Friday. Then,
667 students were on the wait list.
However, the parking crunch did not come
without warning.
In November 2010, a $45 million bond package
was approved for UMKC by the University of
Missouri Board of Curators, including $23.1 million
allocated to replace the Oak Street garage with a
new parking structure with double the capacity. But
the new garage is not expected to be completed until
the fall 2012 semester.
Cone said the remote permit was introduced last
spring to ease cramping in garages and lots on the
Volker campus, but zero remote permits were sold
at the time.
Associate Vice Chancellor of Administration
and Facilities Bob Simmons said the UMKC
Transportation Department is working on
modifying its shuttle routes to include more frequent
trips between both campuses.
The approval of Student Government
Association’s bus pass vote last spring approved a
$14 fee each semester that allows students to ride
KCATA’s Metro and MAX bus routes free of charge
using a student ID.
Updates from Parking Operations, including
a parking update section in U-News last semester,
warned of the coming situation.
“Considering the amount of communication
with incoming and returning students, we were a bit
surprised by the number of students who had no idea
any of this would be going on,” Cone said.
Regardless, the current situation hasn’t resonated
well with some students.
A strongly-worded anonymous letter sent to
U-News questioned Parking Operations’ decision
not to sell additional permits. It read:
“I think you guys should do some research and
report on the ridiculous fact that Parking Operations
has ‘sold out’ of parking passes. There are hundreds
of students who are shit out of luck because of this. I
think it’s atrocious that we pay over $7,000 a year in
tuition, but they won’t let us buy a pass.”
Others were more understanding of the situation.
“I’m happy they restricted the number of permits
because I had a hard time finding parking at the
beginning of previous semesters,” said Kris Everson,
a senior in the School of Education. “But there are
still too many people using expired permits and
students with no permit at all.”
Everson, who has a commuter pass, said she parks
behind the Student Academic Support Services
(SASS) building, which isn’t as chaotic as the
Rockhill parking structure.
Students who did not expect the parking crunch
arrived late to class the first day of class.
Toby Marshall, a graduate business student, said
she arrives at least half an hour early, but has still
been late to class and struggles to find parking.
“They changed the setup of some of the lots,
including the metered lot in front of the University
Center,” Marshall said. “It’s kind of confusing and
not as flexible as it used to be.”
Other students also arrive early to reduce the risk
of being late to class if they can’t find parking.
John Kim, a business graduate student, said he
arrives to campus 40 minutes early to find parking.
“I applied early, so getting a permit was no
problem,” Kim said. “I try to park in the Education
[Building] lot first, and if I can’t park there, I try
Rockhill.”
Peter Rasmussen, a senior studying political
science, said he arrives 45 minutes early to find
parking.
“I would say it’s actually easier for me to find
parking than last year,” Rasmussen said. “But getting
out of the garage is a lot worse.”
Students who have attended other schools and
take classes in the evening, when fewer students are
on campus, also expressed different views.
Ashley Walker, a graduate Arts & Sciences
student, said parking is an improvement over what
she dealt with at her last school.
“It’s 10 times better here than at K-State,” Walker
said. “You literally had to sit and wait for people to
move in the parking lot at K-State. It was like you
were stalking somebody.”
Jon Barrett, a graduate student in the School
of Education, said he hasn’t had difficulty finding
parking prior to his evening classes.
“I haven’t experienced much crowdedness because
my classes are at night,” Barrett said. “But I know it’s
a different situation during the day.”
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The Rockhill Garage has reached capacity several times this semester due
the cramped parking situation on campus.
Photo by Nathan Zoschke
by the numbers:
Campus parking
Spring 2011
6,300 total spaces
3,747 student spaces
1,732 faculty/staff spaces
417 metered spaces
404 special purposes
Fall 2011
5,446 total spaces
Spring 2011
5,903
student
permits
total
2,972 student spaces
1,732 faculty/staff spaces
351 metered spaces
391 special purposes
Fall 2011*
4,642
student
permits
total
Number of student
permits issued is equal
to 1.6 times the number
of available student
spaces each semester.
*As of Sept. 2, 2011
700
spaces
1,500
spaces
Capacity of
Oak Street
Parking
Structure
Capacity of Cherry
Street Garage
(Fall 2012)
Source: Parking Operations
Sept. 6, 2011
News|3
APC dinner focuses on hunger
Activity and Program Council dinner to raise poverty awareness
of economic backgrounds. Allowing students
to, for a short period of time, experience life
from a different socio-economic perspective
will provide the platform for personal growth
that APC feels all of us can use.”
Participants at the poverty awareness
dinner will eat three meals throughout the
multi-hour event.
One will reflect the meal of the upper
class, another the middle class, and the last,
events that will highlight issues of social
justice.
“The social justice component of APC is
The Activity and Program Council (APC)
a facet that aims to provide UMKC students
is hosting a Poverty Awareness Dinner at 6
with engaging and socially challenging
p.m. on Tuesday, Sep. 6, in Student Union
programs that invite discussions and
Room 402, to give students the chance to
exploration into the diverse and unique
experience socio-economic differences firstworld in which we live,” Hassan said.
hand.
The social justice side of APC will have
It gives students a chance to come
more events to help strengthen awareness
in
contact
with
of many issues affecting
perspectives other than
UMKC students.
the ones with which
“Poverty can affect
We hope that through this program we can make our student body
they grew up.
anyone,”
Hassan said.
understand
that
not
everyone
who
attends
college
has
the
same
“The goal of the APC
financial freedoms and opportunity that everyone else may possess.
“Race, religion, gender
Poverty Awareness Dinor any other social
-APC Social Justice Coordinator Habib Hassan
ner is to help draw attenclassifications
do
tion to the disparity that
not affect a person’s
exist between America’s
ability to be financially
socio-economic classes,”
disadvantaged.”
APC Social Justice Coordinator Habib A. the lower class.
Dinner will follow with informative
APC will add these to their regular events.
Hassan said.
pamphlets
and
a
short
slide
show.
“We hope to allow students to not only
Hassan cited the economy as a reason for
Hassan said APC hopes the dinner will partake in the fun and socialization of our
the event.
“With the U.S.’s economy continually give students an opportunity to view life, and many exciting events, but to also utilize our
struggling to return to a level of sustainability the opportunities they may or may not have faculty for bringing students together to help
enrich their social perspectives,” Hassan said.
and prominence, APC felt that we needed had growing up in a different light.
“Far
too
many
people
have
preconceived
“APC is known as the go-to organization for
to help UMKC students become more
socially cognitive about the plight of notions about poverty and the effect that it the most entertaining campus activities and
Americans living below the poverty line,” has on an individual’s life,” Hassan said. “We events. However, we wish to also be known as
Hassan said. “We at APC understand that expect this program to help dispel, or at least a source of cultural and societal development
and change.”
UMKC students come from a sundry array challenge, those ideas.”
This dinner is the first of many APC
ladams@unews.com
Lindsay Adams
News Editor
“
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Poverty in America
1 in 6|
Americans suffer from food
insecurity in 2011.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture
17|
Percent of American children and
adolescents who are obese.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
21|
Percent of American children who
lived below the poverty line in 2008,
including 35 percent of black children, 33
percent of Hispanic children, 13 percent
of Asian children and 11 percent of white
children.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
34|
Percent of American adults who
are obese.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
46|
Million Americans receive food
stamps under the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) Program as of
August 2011.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture
UMKC has record number of donors
Caleb-Michael FilesStaff Writer
It was a great year for the UMKC
Foundation, the independent, nonprofit official fundraising management organization for UMKC.
It was the third best fundraising
year in school history with a record
number of 19,281 donors during the
2010-11 fiscal year ending June 30.
“Despite the economic downturn,
the UMKC Foundation enjoyed a
successful year with a record number of
donors contributing a total of $30.13
million,” said UMKC Foundation
board Chairman Alan Atterbury.
The Foundation received 42,004
gifts last year, including nine worth $1
million or more. The UMKC School
of Education raked in three gifts of
$1 million or more, including the
Warren Wheelock Scholarship in
Reading Education from Warren H.
Wheelock, professor emeritus, and
Connie J. Campbell, alumna.
UMKC has more than 74,000
living alumni. Of those, more than
7,400 made gifts to UMKC last year.
Of the 10 percent of alumni who
donated, 902 were new donors who
gave for the first time.
The College of Arts and Sciences
had the most new donors with 233,
the School of Education was second
with 145 and the Henry W. Bloch
School of Management was third
with 104.
Online giving was up 54 percent
from last year.
The Alumni Fund grew to a record
$721,627, and the UMKC Foundation
Endowment grew 22.7 percent, from
$17.6 million to $21.6 million.
“Our emphasis for next year
will be announcing the campaign
for UMKC,” UMKC Foundation
President Murray Blackwelder said.
Five years ago, the UMKC Alumni
Association eliminated annual dues
and instead asked alumni to support
students through the Alumni Fund.
Since then, the Alumni Fund has
noticed a higher alumni giving rate.
The Alumni Association also
launched a new website last year,
www.umkcalumni.com, which provides
alumni with an online community,
easy registration for events and online
giving.
The association’s signature event,
the Alumni Awards Luncheon, is now
a fundraiser for immediate aid student
scholarships.
The association changed the event
three years ago when the economy
declined sharply, affecting scholarship
endowments.
Many alumni who do not attend the
luncheon contribute to the immediate
aid fund.
This year’s luncheon sold out
with more than 650 attendees. The
luncheon raised $50,000 in immediate
student aid and another $50,000
in matching funds for one of the
association’s endowed scholarships, for
a total of $100,000 in student support.
“The UMKC Foundation is giving
the University the momentum we
need for accomplishing our goals for
the future,” Chancellor Leo Morton
said.
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Vol. 79, Issue 3
4|News
Police Blotter
Lindsay Adams
student organization profile
International Student Council
News Editor
Aug. 26
11:33 a.m. Common Assault
Two female parties engaged in a fight
about putting money in the pay box for
the meter in Grant Hall parking lot.
Aug. 28
5:34 p.m. Common Assault
A victim was attacked by a person who had
harassed her before at 51st and Holmes streets.
8:31 p.m.
Noise Disturbance
A noise disturbance was reported at
54th Street and Rockhill Road.
Aug. 29
10:01 a.m.
Aug. 30
10:33 a.m. Larceny
The victim returned to her car in the
Rockhill Parking garage and found a
Handicap tag and UMKC parking pass
missing, after leaving her window down.
5:03 p.m. Burglary
A student at Oak Place Apartments
realized her medication was missing.
9:20 p.m. Burglary
A resident of Johnson Hall found a gold
necklace missing from her nightstand.
11:14 p.m.
Controlled Substance
A citation was given to a resident of Oak
Street Residence Hall after the smell of
marijuana was reported coming from a room.
11:43 p.m.
Credit Card Fraud
A stolen credit card was used to pay a
bill at the Oak Place Apartments.
Aug. 31
10:58 p.m.
Drug Paraphernalia
The smell of marijuana was reported
in a room in Johnson Hall.
Sep. 1
4:32 p.m.
Disturbance
An angry student tore a form into pieces
and then proceeded to throw it at a staff
member at the Administrative Center.
4:41 p.m.
Larceny
A wallet left in Miller Nichols Library
was taken. It had been filled with cash,
credit cards, and identification.
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enrollment of 500 new international students and 250 international students are
expected to enroll in spring 2011, along
with the post-doctoral students.
Eighty two countries are represented by
students at UMKC.
“ISC’s main purposes are to hold social
zation,” ISC President Komal Dasani said.
“These meetings will promote knowledge
of the cultural or other aspects of the naThe International Student Council
tions of the world. The ISC undertakes
(ISC) is a student governing body for all
service projects of interest to international
international students that supports all
students. In accordance with this objecother international student organizations
tive, the council publishes a newsletter
on campus stemming back to the 1980s.
which notifies international
International student orgastudents of its activities and
nizations have remained quite
the activities of other organiactive in the past, serving both
ISC aims to promote in an appropriate
zations with similar objectives
international and local students.
manner the interests and well being of
and any other activities of inAccording to International
terest to the members.”
international students in the university.
Student Affairs Office (ISAO),
There are numerous student
however, there are 1,360 inter-ISC President Komal Dasani
organizations that fall under
national students currently enISC, such as the Association
rolled, making up roughly 10
of Malaysian Students, Filipercent of the student populapino-American Student Astion. These students include undergradumeetings
to
promote
the
friendly
associasociation,
and
Muslim Students Associaate, graduate and doctoral students, but
excludes any post-doctoral international tion of members and of persons interested tion. These can be found through ISAO at
in the organization, and to hold educa- www.umkc.edu/isao/nationality_info.htm.
students.
cfiles@unews.com
During fall 2011, there was an expected tional or cultural meetings consistent with
the international character of the organi-
Caleb-Michael Files
Staff Writer
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Property Damage
Date of Occurrence: 08/26/11 5:30
p.m. to 08/29/11 9 a.m.
An unidentified object broke a staff
member’s window at 4825 Troost Ave.
campus fast fact| Study abroad fair
Lindsay Adams
News Editor
The 8th annual Study Abroad fair will
take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m on Tuesday, Sept. 6. in the Multipurpose Room,
Room 401, in the Student Union.
This fair is to educate students and faculty about study abroad opportunities.
There will be informational tables as
well as participants to answer questions
about their experiences.
Study Abroad representatives and faculty-led drogram directors will be at the
fair to talk about their specific programs.
Hundreds of UMKC students study
abroad every year, and experience personal
and career growth. This program is unique
as it gives one more than just a glimpse
into a different culture, but allows one to
experience it firsthand.
Study Abroad options are available
during the fall, spring, and summer semesters.
This fair can give students more information on how one can study abroad and
how to receive college credit at different
universities around the world.
There is a wide variety of places one can
go, from Argentina to Sweden to France.
While such a trip may seem to many
students completely unfeasible due to
financial concerns and time contraints,
these do not have to hold one back from
experiencing studying abroad.
Scholarships and financial aid are avail-
able for most Study Abroad programs.
The universities around the world to
which students travel offer classes in
English aimed at international students.
Studying abroad doesn’t have to set students behind in their studies either, as
many classes can transfer easily into required classes if one plans ahead. There
are academic advisers, who can help students ensure that they stay on track for
their majors even if they study abroad for
a semester.
For more information, contact the International Academic Programs Office
at 5325 Rockhill Rd. or call at 816-2355759.
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Sept. 6, 2011
News|5
other news| College presidents suggest plagiarism on rise
Louis Trigg
Asst. News Editor
Although technology has amplified the ability of instructors to locate
plagiarism violations during the past
decade, a survey by the Pew Research
Center reveals that a majority of college presidents believe it further enables opportunities for plagiarism.
In a general report titled “The Digital Revolution and Higher Education,”
the survey questioned the overall positive and negative facilities of the Internet.
It consisted of more than 2,000
presidents across different types of
nonprofits and for-profits, four-year
and two-year liberal arts and research
colleges and universities.
When asked whether they believed
plagiarism among students had increased in the past decade, 55 percent
of them responded that it has. Meanwhile, 40 percent believe that plagiarism has been static in the same period.
Only 2 percent of responders expressed
optimism about a decline in academic
dishonesty.
Technology has been revered as an
aperture of knowledge and information
in modern times. Online journals, such
as EBSCOHost and LexisNexis, allow
scholars to discover material faster than
ever.
Nevertheless, almost 90 percent of
college presidents who expressed an in-
crease in plagiarism believe computers
played a role.
UMKC experienced two highprofile cases of plagiarism within the
time interval of examination, involving
a commencement speech and a review
column by a newspaper staff writer.
During a commencement speech in
2003, Bryan LeBeau, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, plagiarized
heavy sections of a commencement
speech by Cornel West in 1993.
A few years later, U-News staff
writer Samir Patel was charged with
plagiarizing roughly 50 reviews on
eFilmCritic.com and 40 reviews from
other sites.
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other news| Campus smoking bans gain momentum
Louis Trigg
Asst. News Editor
Advertisement
After the onslaught of municipal
smoking bans at restaurants and bars,
student councils across the country are
setting their attention on bans at colleges and universities.
Ty Patterson, former vice president
of Student Affairs at Ozarks Technical Community College in Springfield,
Mo., promoted the school as the first
smoke-free campus in 2003 in a previous interview with CNN.
More than 500 universities across
the country now have a 100 percent
smoke-free campus policy, including
120 schools that were added to the list
in the past year alone.
According to a fall 2010 survey of
30,000 students at 39 colleges and
universities that was published by the
American College Health Association,
nearly 15 percent of students reported
smoking cigarettes within the last 30
days, although only 4 percent reported
smoking cigarettes daily. Regardless,
more than 25 percent felt as if the typical student smoked cigarettes daily.
Debate has permeated throughout
the UM system in recent years as well.
In December 2008, the Missouri
Students Association Senate voted
down a bill that encouraged administrators to proscribe smoking on MU
grounds.
Last year, the Student Council at
the Missouri University of Science
& Technology released the results of
its annual Student Interest Survey. It
showed responders were divided when
asked if smoking should be banned on
all areas of campus: 46 percent said
“yes” and 43 percent said “no.” A total
of 1,282 students responded to the survey.
A ban started this summer on the
University of Missouri-St. Louis campus, after its University General Assembly approved the policy last November.
The injunctions follow a 2001 report
published in the Journal of American
College Health that says freshmen
who don’t smoke regularly are 40 percent more likely to pick up the habit
if they live in dorms where smoking is
permitted.
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briefly mentioned| Truman Center
awards former presidential adviser
Louis Trigg
Asst. News Editor
Dr. Allan H. Meltzer was recently selected as the recipient of the 2011 Truman Medal for Economic Policy.
Meltzer reached critical acclaim in 2002, after his examination about the origins of the Federal Reserve, “A History
of the Federal Reserve, Vol. I.” He followed that effort eight
years later with a chronicle about the evolution of the Fed
from Harry Truman’s Presidency through Ronald Reagan’s
second term in office, titled “A History of the Federal Reserve, Volume II.”
Established in 2005, the Harry S. Truman Library created the award “to provide a forum to recognize exceptional
economic policy contributions.” The Truman Medal organizing committee consists of: the Harry S. Truman Library
Institute, the Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration, the Economic Club of Kansas City and
The Missouri Council on Economic Education.
Previous honorees include: former Fed chairmen Alan
Greenspan and Paul Volcker and former Secretary of State
George P. Schultz.
“I am both proud and extremely pleased that I join the
very illustrious group of previous honorees,” Meltzer said.
In the past, he has been a member of the President’s
Economic Policy Advisory Board, an acting member of the
President’s Council of Economic Advisers, and a consultant
to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
As the eponymous Professor of Political Economy at the
Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University,
he admires the legacy behind the medal.
“I have great respect for President Truman’s foreign policy achievements,” Meltzer said. “They put us on a path that
deterred the Soviet Union from expanding into Western
Europe.”
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Thomas
M. Hoenig is slated to present the award on Oct. 19 at the
Marriott Downtown in Kansas City. The event will also
recognize Hoenig’s acheiviements, after his retirement on
Oct. 1.
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Vol. 79, Issue 3
6|Sports
Red Bull
brings BMX
Flatlander
Terry Adams
to UMKC
Mark Linville
Above: Red Bull’s
tricked-out car
complete with
woofers and rising
video screens.
Far left: Terry Adams
riding along 51st
Street near the
Swinney Recreation
Center.
Left: Adams
showcases his
awsome tricks
outside Swinney
Recreation Center.
Photos by Mark Linville
Editor-in-Chief
Whenever Red Bull comes to campus, passing
students are typically given a free energy drink. But
the beverage company’s visit last Tuesday gave students
something different and unexpected.
Surprise guest Terry Adams, professional BMX
Flatlander and 2005 Asian X Games Gold Medalist,
crashed students’ walk between classes by putting on a
show, spinning, flipping and zooming across the quad
on his bike.
Adams, 28, came to campus as part of a 50-day
college tour.
“We try to fly in under the radar,” Adams said.
Adams and his sponsor, Red Bull, aimed for the visit
to be discreet and unexpected.
“We just pulled up this Red Bull truck right in the
middle of a bunch of classrooms and sessioned a bit,”
Adams said. “And that’s pretty much how the tour is
going, just showing up, doing some riding and people
who want to watch can check it out and see what’s up.”
The Red Bull gang expected to be kicked off campus
by the UMKC Police because of its custom Red Bull
truck, tricked out with speakers, woofers and rising
monitors playing music and videos to attract students
as they commuted to class.
Adams, a member of the somewhat uncommon
sector of BMX known as Flatlanding, comes from
the Hammond, La., where he began his passion for
flatlanding while he was home-schooled because of his
asthma and dyslexia.
“I wouldn’t say that those things were obstacles,”
Adams said on his Red Bull profile. “If you want
something bad enough, you can do whatever you want
in this world.”
Over the years, Adams has had great success.
In 2005, he was named Flatland Rider of the Year
and earned a NORA Cup, which he won again in 2008.
He has appeared on “Ellen” in 2009 and season two
episode of “Glee” in 2011. He has appeared on the
cover of multiple magazines, including BMX Plus! and
Ride BMX.
When it comes to BMX, Adams is a pro.
In 2010 he took 1st in the Twilight Jam in Athens,
and in 2008, he placed 1st at the BMX Games in
Sydney.
So why does Adams choose Flatlanding of all the
other disciplines of BMX?
“I wanted to start riding flatland because it pretty
much looked impossible,” Adams said. “It’s almost like
watching someone fly.”
To learn more about Adams and what campus
he is headed to next, check out his website, www.
terryadamsbmx.com/. To see all of Red Bull’s upcoming
events and promotions, head over to www.redbull.com.
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Men’s soccer defeated by Creighton
Darryl Washington
Contributing Writer
The men’s soccer team played against Creighton on Aug.
31. Looking to avenge their opening day loss to the University
of Nebraska-Omaha (UNO), the Roos looked pumped and
ready for the challenge. But they lost to Creighton 5-0.
Knowing how important it is to post a respectful record this
season, this game would be where the Roos could re-establish
home field dominance by kick- starting a winning streak after
UNO halted their previous eight-game home streak.
However, the Creighton Blue Jays had other plans in mind.
The Blue Jays secured a 1-0 shutout in their season opener and
were looking to improve to 2-0 with a victory at Durwood
Soccer Stadium.
It was apparent both teams were ready to play, but it didn’t
take long for the Jays to show they were the more prepared
and dominant team.
The blues jumped ahead with goals in the 21st and 31st
minutes.
Both goals were scored by Creighton’s senior All-American
forward Ethan Finlay after a good wide link-up play.
Early mistakes by UMKC proved costly as the Roos fell
behind by another score in the 34th minute through a 20-yard
shot by Liam Kelly, assisted by Jose Gomez. By the end of the
first half, UMKC was outshot 9-1.
In the beginning of the second half, goalkeeper David
Sarabia had been replaced by sophomore Kevin Corby to try
to stop the bleeding.
Corby would give up a penalty kick goal in the 67th minute,
which Gomez converted with ease. Although UMKC played
Photo courtesy of UMKC Athletics
a more fluent second half of possession, the Roos’ best effort
came when senior midfielder Chris Markey’s free kick struck
the Jays crossbar.
Creighton would put the icing on the cake by scoring in
the 76th minute, bringing its lead to 5-0, walking away with a
13-4 shot advantage to end the second half.
Next up for the Roos, 0-2, is a trip to Illinois, where the
team will take on Northwestern on Sept. 5.
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Sept. 6, 2011
Sports|7
Volleyball team’s victorious
comeback
Luke Harman
Sports Editor
The Lady Roos travelled to Radford, Va. and
defeated both Chicago State and the University
of South Carolina Upstate last Friday, before a
dramatic comeback victory against Radford on
Saturday.
UMKC now stands 3-3.
Against Chicago State in the tournament
opener, senior Kelsey Knoche led the Roos with
13 kills, eight digs and three blocks.
Junior Emily Lucas and senior Elizabeth Beck each
finished with double-digit kill totals.
The Lady Roos took the first set 25-17 and the
second set 25-23.
After dropping the third set 25-19, the Roos closed
out the match with a 25-18 win.
At the net, junior Annie Gladbach collected a teamhigh four of the Roos’ 10 total blocks.
Later that night, USC felt the wrath of the Roos’
newfound confidence. The Trojans were swept in
straight sets.
Sophomore Chloe Jarema led the UMKC attack,
notching a career high of 11 kills and eight blocks.
Junior Brittney Robers finished the first set, a 25-14
Roos’ win, with a kill.
After falling behind in the second set, the Roos took
eight of the last 11 points to win 25-23.
The second set seemed to have zapped all the energy
from the Trojans, and UMKC romped to a 25-11 final
set win.
In the match, junior Ella Meier recorded a team-high
19 assists, while Knoche and senior Nicole Kerkman
each had double-digit digs.
At the net, junior Brittany Fossier recorded seven of
Photo courtesy of UMKC Athletics
the Roos’ 13 blocks, while senior Christiana McQuin
had five.
On Saturday, the Radford Highlanders would prove
the Roos’ most testing match as they stormed to a 2-0
lead in sets that could easily have gone either way.
The Highlanders took the first set 25-21, but needed
extra points to take the second 27-25.
In the third set, the Roos cut the Radford lead in half
with a dominating 25-14 win, with back-to-back kills
by Fossier and McQuin finishing off the set.
The Roos evened the match in the fourth set with
a 25-22 victory, and Jarema’s skills proved particularly
impressive.
In the deciding set, a kill by Liz Beck effectively
sewed up the fifth set as the won 15-10.
For the match, Robers finished with a team-high 28
assists, while Meier chipped in 26.
Kerkman had a team-high 22 digs, and Lucas and
Meier each had 11.
The Roos will be back in action next weekend as
they welcome the University of Tennessee- Martin,
Montana State and Belmont to Kansas City for the
Kangaroo Klassic.
lharman@unews.com
Ayabei puts best foot forward as
cross country season begins
DeAndre Bradshaw
Contributing Writer
Summit League Male Cross Country Athlete of the
Year Cosmas Ayabei took 1st place in the men’s 6K
race of the J.K. Gold Classic last Saturday in Wichita.
Ayebei’s finished in 19:08.04.
The men’s team finished first, followed by Kansas
State and Wichita State, respectively.
Junior Zach Malthias placed fourth at 19:12.95 and
senior Brandon Leibold placed 10th at 19:27.29.
“They had great performances and competed
well against the two other schools,” said head coach
Shameika McField. “Winning the overall meet was a
great victory for the team.”
The women’s team finished last behind Wichita State
and Kansas State.
UMKC sprinter Andre Jones explained how the
team’s preparations should produce great results.
“I don’t run cross country now, but I did in high
school,” Jones said. “The work conditions include
running outdoors in the elements and the cold.”
Jones said in high school, he would practice with no
jacket in cold weather to help him acclimate.
He said he could be slowed down by the use of a
jacket, and can’t afford to let anything to slow him down.
Ayabei is from Doret, Kenya, and Jones said Ayabei
has an interesting story from when he was back home.
“I have heard that Ayabei ran to and from school
back when he was in his home country,” Jones said. “It
took him four miles to get to school, and four to get
back.”
By the look of Ayabei’s fast start, it looks as if he has
no plans to slow down.
dbradshaw@unews.com
Women’s
soccer
mauls
Florida
International
Panthers in
first-season
win
Luke HarmanSports Editor
The Lady Roos ended a
seven-game losing streak last
Friday, beating the Florida
International Panthers 3-2 in
a thrilling overtime match in
Miami. It was their first victory
of the season.
Sophomore Ashley Gann
gave the Roos a solid lead
during the first half hour with
her first goal of the season.
However, the Panthers were
quick to respond during the
40th minute with a goal from
senior
midfielder
Victoria
Miliucci.
The Roos were sharp and
effective as striker Taylor Bare
continued her bright start with a
neat finish, bringing her scoring
tally for the season to two.
Photo courtesy of UMKC Athletics
Freshman midfielder Allison
Schau assisted on the goal that
gaves the Roos a 2-1 lead at
half-time.
The second half was an
aggressive affair, but FIU
forward Chelsea Leiva tied the
game 2-2 with a goal in the 70th
minute.
It wasn’t until the 99th minute
that senior midfielder Laura
Creason scored an unassisted
goal and gave new head coach
Chris Cissell’s first victory at
UMKC.
The Roos will now return
to Kansas City to face Drake
University at Durwood Soccer
Stadium on Thursday.
On Sunday, the Roos lost 4-0
to Florida Atlantic, bringing
their season total to 1-3-2.
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Sept. 9
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Belmont
Sept. 10
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Sept. 10
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Vol. 79, Issue 3
8|Arts & Entertainment
Deryl Dotson makes a presentation in his studio
art class about his art, which includes a variety of
themes, such as his struggle with addiction.
Photo by Theresa Sheffield
Timeline
1977|
Deryl Dotson graduates from
Paseo High School in Kansas
City and goes to UMKC to study art.
1982|
Dotson leaves UMKC, but has
not yet finished his degree in
studio art.
1983|
Dotson tries crack for the first
time, not knowing it will lead to
more than 20 years of addiction.
student of the week
2010|
Dotson is released from prison
and applies to UMKC, hoping
to complete studies he began 34 years ago.
Deryl Dotson
After battling addiction, student returns 34 years later
Teresa Sheffield
Staff Writer
Deryl Dotson tried crack cocaine for the
first time in 1983.
“That right there started hell in my life,”
Dotson said.
Little did he know that it would be the
beginning of a 20-year addiction that would
land him in prison and keep him stuck in the
revolving door of correctional facilities for 12
years.
The only thing that saved him was art.
“I was sick and tired of being sick and
tired,” Dotson said. “It’s kind of like when
you sleep and the last part of your dream you
still feel like you’re in the dream and it leaves
the picture in your head. I’d dream about my
art, forcefully dream; it would pop in there
like something you ought to be doing.”
At the age of 52, Dotson is drug-free and
back at UMKC to get his degree in studio art
and finish what he started 34 years ago.
Dotson was raised in Kansas City, and
grew up in a rough neighborhood. He
managed to stay out of trouble and graduated
from Paseo High School in 1977.
“In the neighborhood where I grew up,
there was a lot of crime and peer pressure to
drop out of school and turn to a life of crime,
but I stayed in school,” Dotson said. “There’s
some really rowdy characters and gang
activity. I was even associated with being in a
gang because of the block I lived on.”
Dotson pursued his art career at UMKC
from 1977-82 where he studied studio art.
He had occasionally smoked marijuana since
the age of 19, but never experimented with
any hard drugs. It wasn’t until he was in his
early 20s and in a friend’s house that he tried
crack cocaine for the first time.
“I just wanted to try it,” Dotson said.
“Before you knew it, I was addicted. I was
never a criminal type to break the law. I’d
mow grass, paint houses and instead of
buying art supplies, I’d spend that money on
drugs. I was just trying to survive the best I
could.”
He dropped out of college, and spent years
feeding an addiction that was insatiable.
In 1998, at age 37, he was sent to drug
rehab to help kick his addiction. After rehab
they would write back, ‘Hey tell the guy who
did this, he’s pretty good.’”
Dotson drew portraits of inmates and
their children, designed tattoos, made holiday
cards and drew pictures inmates would
send home as gifts. By his own estimate, he
completed about 100 pieces of artwork for
inmates.
Dotson said his work gave him a distraction
that would fill his time in a productive way
and give him a sense of purpose.
“You’re pretty much like an animal,
nothing but a number,” Dotson said. “Being
in some of those places is a bad experience,
pretty much like an animal, nothing but a number. Being in some of those
“ You’re
places is a bad experience; my artwork just gave me a peace of mind to use my
”
skills in an undesirable place and be able to exercise my skills to inspire people.
-Deryl Dotson
didn’t work, a judge sent him to prison. Each
time he was released, he did drugs and was
arrested for breaking his parole.
“A lot of times I tried to quit, the
government sent me away to institutional
programs,” Dotson said. “The judge made
it harder for me each time I broke [parole],
and they gave me so many chances that they
finally sent me to prison.”
Although Dotson never spent more than
five months in jail at a time, he spent of total
of four years during a 12-year period in and
out of jail and community programs for
possession convictions.
It was in prison where his artwork found
itself in unusual hands.
“I’d draw personal things for inmates,”
Dotson said. “They would send it home and
my artwork just gave me a way to free my
mind, just gave me a peace of mind to use my
skills in an undesirable place and be able to
exercise my skills to inspire people.”
In some cases, it even gave him protection.
“Inmates referred to the fact that I was an
artist,” Dotson said. “Some of the tougher
guys, when I got into it with some other guys,
the tough guys would be like, ‘Hey, leave him
alone he’s the artist.’ It wasn’t like I couldn’t
defend myself, it was that before I could,
there was always someone else there.”
Inmates would pay for his art by buying
him items from the commissary, or even
by putting money in his prison checking
account known as “the books.”
Dotson couldn’t be too conspicuous about
his business, because trading wasn’t allowed
in prison.
“Doing artwork [for others] is considered
trading,” Dotson said.
He wasn’t too worried about it, though,
especially when prison counselors asked
him to create artwork for their offices, or
when a guard asked to get in contact with
him outside of prison when he was released
so he could draw pictures for him.
Being incarcerated was a dark period
in his life, but Dotson said it gave him a
way to get closer to God as he did more
religious artwork. The workers in the chapel
recognized his talent and gave him supplies
such as markers, rulers, paint markers and
poster board. The supplies weren’t fancy,
but they were better than just the colored
pencils and paper he was allowed to have.
“I couldn’t bring [the supplies] in my
cell with me, otherwise the guards would
say, ‘What is this crap? We don’t sell this in
commissary,’” Dotson said.
The chaplain allowed him to draw
in the chapel, and even commissioned
inspirational posters to hang in the chapel.
“Every day, small things make you
appreciate life even more,” Dotson said.
“Imagine guards running in and doing
a strip search anytime they want, throw
everything around and then making you
put it back together, and then you get in
trouble for the mess they made.”
Dotson said that he knew he didn’t want
to be going in and out of prison for the rest
of his life. He had to get clean.
“Some of the guys would tell me, ‘You
Dotson|Continued on Page 12
Sept. 6, 2011
Arts & Entertainment|9
album review
‘Ready for Confetti?’ Not quite
Country album is a major flop
Mal Hartigan
Copy Editor
I know I may not be particularly judicious
with my reviews. Perhaps I am too critical of
aspiring artists, but when I was handed this
album, I was abstaining from the urge to implode from laughter.
I’ve seen a few albums in my day that I
couldn’t help but mock. I’ve seen album artwork that made me raise an eyebrow, and album titles I found pretentious or desperate.
With “Ready for Confetti,” it isn’t the album artwork that seems comical.
Ready for Confetti? Is this guy serious?
What genre is this? I was told I would be
reviewing a country album, but “Ready for
Confetti” sounds like it would appeal to fiveyear-old children eating cupcakes and trying
to pin the tail on the donkey.
Is Robert Earl Keen trying to be funny?
On the album cover, there is what appears to
be a UFO or a large sombrero floating over
the desert, releasing a torrential rain of con-
fetti. What the hell?
I can approach any genre of music with an
open mind, but Robert Earl Keen didn’t do
himself any favors with the album title and
the ambiguous floating object spewing confetti.
I never developed a taste for country, but
with song titles like “Black Baldy Stallion”
and “Lay Down my Brother,” I knew I was in
for a real treat, because I love balding horses
more than most things.
The first 10 seconds of the first track,
“Black Baldy Stallion,” just consisted of guitar, but once Keen began to sing, I was quickly reminded of why I dislike country.
The guitar sounds fine. It’s actually interesting and refreshing since I never visit this
genre of music, but it’s the vocals that make
country intolerable. I don’t mean to slaughter
the genre as a whole, because I’ve always been
a huge fan of Dolly Parton, because she didn’t
assault my eardrums with the typical whine
and twang.
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Keen, however, will whimper on with the
emblematic country vocals, singing about
things I don’t particularly understand.
In track two, “Ready for Confetti,” he literally sings, “Get ready for confetti, hey hey
hey, get ready for confetti every day.” Sounds
like Keen knows how to party. It also sounds
like he’s devoid of an extensive vocabulary.
In track six, “The Road Goes on and On,”
he sings about how “your horse is drunk.”
Maybe I don’t understand the basic country jargon, but getting your animals drunk is
generally frowned upon and not helpful to
their overall health.
Musically, I’ll give Keen some credit.
When I ignored the vocals or listened to
parts of the album that didn’t have any singing, I was actually rather impressed with
some of the instrumentation. In “Who Do
Man,” track 10, there was an instrumental
break with a pleasant piano solo feeding off
basic blues scales, and I found myself enjoying this portion of the song.
I don’t mean to be so critical of the
genre. Just because I don’t have a taste
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my predisposed dislike of country music in
order to produce a professional critique of
the album as a whole and of Keen as a musician.
Keen’s voice could be more annoying. His
lyrics probably couldn’t get any worse or
elementary in their content, but the instrumentation and blend of the band is very impressive.
I actually liked track seven, “Waves on the
Ocean,” since it wasn’t overbearing with its
twang.
If you’re a country fan, give the album a
listen and see how it compares to other artists
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Vol. 79, Issue 3
10|Arts & Entertainment
All Around Town
First
Fridays:
Kansas City’s
art utopia in the
Crossroads
Nathan Zoschke
Production Manager/Copy Editor
On the first Friday of every month, the
Crossroads Arts District explodes with a creative burst of passion, energy and people.
The Crossroads is home to more than 100
studios and galleries, many of which open
their doors in anticipation of the thousands
of visitors who flock to First Fridays.
Thanks to its many galleries and diverse
offerings, the Crossroads is quickly becoming
nationally recognized in the visual arts scene.
Some galleries, such as the Leedy-Voulkos
Arts Center and Hilliard Gallery, have been
prominent local fixtures for decades, while
more recent additions such as the Belger Arts
Center and Kemper at the Crossroads have
brought the synergy and critical mass necessary for Frist Fridays to flourish.
Those unfamiliar with First Fridays will
likely be pleasantly surprised with an abundance of free food, drinks, street performers
and gallery displays.
Last Friday was no exception.
One major disadvantage of the Crossroads
is its layout. A former commercial and warehouse district built at the dawn of the 20th
century, the Crossroads has the look and feel
of a gentrifying urban neighborhood.
Pockets of rundown-buildings and surface
parking lots separate the more vibrant areas
of the Crossroads, creating pedestrian dead
zones throughout the district that can easily
confuse visitors not acquainted with Crossroads geography.
The name Crossroads is derived from the
way Southwest Boulevard intersects at an
angle with the district’s major arterial roads.
The neighborhood encompasses the area
between Crown Center and the Power and
Light District to the north and south, and
the Westside and 18th and Vine districts to
the east and west.
There
are two distinct clusters
of activity in the
Crossroads, the
“East Crossroads”
and “West Crossroads.”
The
area
between
Broadway
Boulevard
and Main Street is
home to many wellestablished galleries and restaurants.
Galleries like
LeedyVoulkos,
2012 Baltimore Ave.,
Keyhole Gallery, 1903 Wyandotte St., Blue Gallery, 118 Southwest
Blvd., and Arts Incubator of Kansas City, 115 W.
18th St., offer a treasure trove
of art.
No particular medium or style of art prevails over the other, although the Crossroads
tends to better suit those with progressive
taste.
Restaurant offerings in the West Crossroads are diverse.
The Freighthouse, at Baltimore Avenue
and 22nd Street, features three popular restaurants: Lidia’s (Italian), Gruanauer (Austrian) and Jack Stack, a local barbecue chain.
Extra Virgin and Michael Smith, two
white tablecloth restaurants by acclaimed
chef Michael Smith at 1900 Main St., appeal
to a more refined palate.
Recommended casual dining options in-
Left, top and bottom: The HIlliard Gallery features
styles of art ranging from oil landscape paintings to
scrap metal sculptures and abstract drawings.
Right, top: Christopher Elbow’s intricate chocolates
come in a variety of flavors, including rich Venezuelan
spiced cocoa, lavendar and rosemary-infused caramel,
bananas foster and many more.
Right, above: A long line inside Christopher Elbow Chocolates
on Friday, Sept. 2.
Photos by Nathan Zoschke
clude Town Topic hamburgers, 1900 Baltimore Ave. and 2012 Broadway Blvd., LuLu’s
Thai Noodle Shop, 333 Southwest Blvd.,
and Hamburger Mary’s, a flamboyantly gay
hamburger restaurant and nightclub at 101
Southwest Blvd.
Mexican food connoisseurs will enjoy a
wide picking of restaurants and bars along
Southwest Boulevard.
The East Crossroads includes a cluster of
galleries and businesses between Main and
Locust streets.
Popular dining establishments include
The Brick, 1727 McGee St., The Cashew,
2000 Grand Blvd., Nara 1617 Main St., and
Grinder’s, 417 E 18th St.
The Hilliard Gallery, 1820 McGee St.,
and Belger Arts Center, 2100 Walnut St., are
must-sees.
Not to be missed is Christopher Elbow
Chocolates, which has been featured on
“Oprah” and “The Food Network.”
Although Christopher Elbow’s intricately
sculpted, rich exotic concoctions normally
sell for $2 a chocolate, depending on the size
of the box, chocolates are sold $1 apiece on
First Fridays, making them an irresistible
bargain.
Those who missed out on First Fridays this
month can look forward to October, when
temperatures will undoubtedly be more
pleasant and the Crossroads’ galleries will be
back in their usual swing.
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Sept. 6, 2011
Arts & Entertainment|11
Top
10
Ways to make college cheaper
Ericka Chatman Contributing Writer
It’s the beginning of a new semester, and
many students are eager to cut costs.
The extra expenses college students pay,
including books, class supplies, transportation, housing, food and extra-curricular activities all add up. UMKC tuition alone has
increased 5.5 percent for the 2011-12 school
year.
Here are 10 categories where students can
cut costs drastically.
1.
Books
The bookstore can be painfully
overpriced. Websites like www.
half.com, www.studentpirgs.org, www.textbooks.com, www.bigwords.com and www.hpb.
com can save students a tremendous amount
of money on textbooks. Half Priced Books,
1002 Westport Rd., also sells textbooks, and
avoids the hassle of waiting for the FedEx
truck to show up.
2.
Transportation
Gas is expensive, and many
students commute. Carpooling is
an easy way to cut costs. The Mid-America
Regional Council’s RideShare Connection,
www.marc.org/rideshare/,
has a carpool
search that lists carpools by location.
Public transportation is another great option. In spring 2011, students approved $14
in student fees per semester to provide an
all-access transit pass on the KCATA’s Metro
and Max buses for all students. Students simply need their ID. There is no transit fare. A
complete listing of routes and schedules can
be found at www.kcata.org, and a list of “Park
and Ride” lots can be found at www.modot.
org.
3.
Housing
A four-person double suite in
Johnson or Oak Street residence
hall costs $6,022 a year, and that doesn’t include meals.
In contrast, a well-maintained two-bedroom apartment near campus can be found
for $600 a month or less.
If two roommates split the cost of an
apartment and one factors in $200 a month
for utilities, the cost is still significantly
cheaper than living on campus. Craigslist,
Rent.com, Forrent.com and Apartment Finder
are good sites to compare prices.
www.mint.com and www.quicken.intuit.com
are useful for organizing expenses.
6.
Food
A great way to save is to avoid
eating out and to cook your own
food. Start by comparing grocery store sale
flyers in the Kansas City Star.
Grocery stores usually have weekday sales,
and special sales during holidays. ALDI and
Save a Lot have amazingly cheap prices competitors can’t beat. Trader Joe’s offers unbeatable prices on high-quality, organic groceries.
On weekends, the City Market sells fresh
fruits, veggies, meats and seasonings from local farmers.
4.
7.
5.
8.
Cheaper bills
Switching cell phone providers
can save hundreds. Myrateplan.com
allows you to search for and compare rates
and plans. Cellreception.com is a good place to
view reception coverage areas by carrier.
Billsaver.com is another website to find
cheaper rates, on items ranging from cell
phones to renter’s insurance.
Budgeting
Creating a budget is as simple as
recording your monthly expenses.
Start by making three columns, one containing the place you spent the money, another
containing the amount you spent and the
third listing items purchased. This approach
makes it easy to spot unnecessary expenses
and splurges. Online budget calculators, like
Left: Aldi makes shopping for food extremely affordable with
their awesome low prices. College students can get what
they need and stick to their budget.
Entertainment
Avoid splurging on entertainment with free local and campus
events.
The Activity and Program Council (APC)
offers free events to students throughout the
year. To find out what events APC has scheduled for this semester visit apcactivities.com.
First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District
(see All Around Town on previous page) and
the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art are great
places to go and relax for free.
Rewards Cards
Sign up for rewards cards. CVS,
Walgreens, Price Chopper and
many other stores offer them. Rewards cards
allow customers to get in on special store
coupons and deals and accumulate great savings over time. CVS offers extra-care bucks,
Center: The metrobus is now available at the palm of students
and is easily accessible using their student IDs.
Right: Required books are now less expensive if you shop at
which is in-store credit for buyers who accumulate enough points with their rewards
cards Price Chopper’s Chopper Shopper
card can also be used to save money on gas
at Quik Trip with grocery purchases of $50
or more.
9.
Coupons
If clipping newspaper coupons
seems tedious, there are tons of
online coupon databases. Sites like www.
mycoupons.com and www.pennypinchinmom.
com have a large selection of coupons that are
available daily. Sites like Groupon and Living
Social allow visitors to save money by purchasing discounted gift certificates for local
stores and restaurants, with new offers available daily.
10.
Beauty and cosmetics
Save money on facials,
massages, pedicures and
hairstyles by going to specialty schools to get
them done.
House of Heavilin Beauty College, 5720
Troost Ave., can do anything from a simple
wash and set to an up-do. House of Heavilin also colors and highlights hair and offers
manicures, pedicures and waxing services.
Heritage College, 1200 E. 104th St. Suite
105, offers massage therapy and facials. Current deals include $13 half hour facials and
$25 massages.
There are also deals for the guys.
Barbershop 67, 3402 Troost Ave., offers
adult haircuts for $10 on Tuesdays.
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Vol. 79, Issue 3
12|Arts & Entertainment
‘Fashion Night Out’ comes to Kansas City
Plaza, Zona Rosa and Power and Light to hold promotional events
Caleb-Michael Files Staff Writer
Many Kansas City fashionistas squealed
with glee as the announcement came that
this fashion forward city was chosen to be a
part of the world famous Fashion Night Out
2011.
For the first time, local shopping districts
Zona Rosa, the Country Club Plaza and
the Power and Light District will come
together to offer a special shopping event in
conjunction with New York City’s popular
Fashion’s Night Out.
Both events will be held Thursday, Sept. 8.
Fashion’s Night Out was originally created
in 2009 as a collaboration between American
Vogue, the Council of Fashion Designers of
America, NYC & Company and the City of
New York to gain excitement for shopping
and to restore consumer confidence.
It sets itself apart by including designers in
their actual stores and elevating the level of
VIP treatment.
Kansas City will participate along with
Milan, Atlanta and Los Angeles and
many other cities throughout the world
in a simultaneous Fashion’s Night Out
celebration.
Locally, the night will include special
promotions in stores, live music, fashion
shows, live models, celebrities, makeovers,
food, drink sampling and more.
Randall Schneck, General Manager at
Garment District Boutique Collective in
Power and Light, said he hoped the event
will help publicize his store.
“This is the first year for it,” Schneck said.
“Economically, we’re all just attacking this
from a branding perspective. Though we do
expect some great revenue off of this event,
the main focus is to educate the market.”
Schneck also sat on the committee that
organized the event globally.
“Zona Rosa is excited to host a variety of
Fashion Night Out events this year,” Zona
Rosa General Manager Rosemary Salerno
said. “We’re especially thrilled to have a
celebrity here to help us debut this amazing
celebration of all things fashion.”
Fashion expert and critic Steven Cojocaru
will be at Zona Rosa’s Town Square at 7 p.m.,
and will select one lucky person to receive a
$2,500 fashion makeover complete with hair,
makeup and clothing from Zona Rosa stores
and salons.
“All customers may register to win one
of 12 pairs of designer shoes, courtesy of
Dillard’s. Purchase exclusive FNO shirts,
totes and hats, direct from New York, only at
Zona Rosa,” Salerno added.
Not wanting to travel far from campus?
The Country Club Plaza is excited to offer
discounts and great shopping experiences
at more than 70 retailers and restaurants,
including the opening of the new Michael
Kors store at 325 Nichols Rd. across from
MAC Cosmetics.
Head to Nichols Road and Wyandotte
Streets near Halls for complimentary
champagne and carriage rides around the
Plaza (courtesy of Surrey’s and McCormick
& Schmick’s).
cfiles@unews.com
album review
‘Rise Ye Sunken Ships’ is worth a listen
Lindsay Adams
News Editor
The first track on We Are Augustines’
rather dramatically named album “Rise Ye
Sunken Ships” was “Chapel Song.”
We Are Augustines started off the CD
with a very cautious choice. It was simplistic
but nicely melodic, and incorporated horns,
an unexpected and a nice surprise.
My only problem is that the horns started
near the end of the song, while they would
have been a nice addition throughout the
song.
The second track was “Augustine,” which
had a familiar sound to it, and at first I wasn’t
overly impressed.
About halfway through, the song crept
up on me. It slowly drew me in, and I found
myself really liking it.
I was a little underwhelmed by the drums
in this song, but I really liked the vocal
harmony.
The third track was “Headlong into the
Abyss.” It was not one of my favorite songs
on the album, but I loved the use of the
delicate tinkling piano notes for the lead-in,
and wanted to see this throughout the track.
The fourth track was “Book of James.”
My main complaint with this song was an
overuse of synth that detracted from the
lyrics and the melody.
There was a great drum beat lead into the
song. The drumwork gave the song a strong
driving pulse.
It has a nice bridge with just guitar and
vocals, but like quite a few rock songs, it
couldn’t figure out when or how to end.
It ends with a build of dissonance that
doesn’t completely serve the song, but it is
probably my favorite song of all, hooking me
on the album.
The fifth track, “East Los Angeles,” had
a more relaxed tempo and softer feel with
just a guy strumming a guitar, while slowly
building up with more instruments. It was a
great follow-up to “Book of James.”
The next two tracks, “Juarez” and
“Philadelphia (The City Of Love),” were
both similar to the previous songs on the
album and held no surprises for a listener.
I really liked the eighth track “New Drink
for the Old Drunk.”
The ninth track, “Patton State Hospital,”
had some nice rhythmic discord going on.
The next two songs, “Strange Days” and
“Barrel of Leaves,” were tempo-slowing
ballads. I liked both, but preferred “Barrel of
Leaves.” The last track, “The Instrumental,”
seemed superfluous to the album, and I
would have preferred it to end on “Barrel of
Leaves.”
The album could use more disparity
between songs. It lost momentum and
part of my attention halfway through, but
had completely picked it back up by its
penultimate track.
We Are Augustines’ sound reminds
listeners of The Films.
There is more of an emotive desperation to
the lyrics and vocals of We Are Augustines,
as opposed to the distant sparseness of some
of The Film’s Songs.
There is an endearing earnestness to this
music. The vocalist had a very deep, raw
plaintive voice.
They are reminiscent, especially in
the intensity of the vocalist, of Cage the
Elephant, but are easier to listen to than
Cage the Elephant.
We Are Augustines have a very coffeeshop
feel to them. The genre that best describes
them would probably be adult alternative.
They didn’t bring much new to the table,
but still found a way to incorporate familiar
elements in way that felt new and original.
It was a very pleasant listening experience.
ladams@unews.com
to finish it up.”
UMKC accepted his 60 credits from his
earlier stint at the university, and Dotson
is registered as a junior in the studio art
program.
“Coming back here is a miracle,” Dotson
said. “I’m working on [graduating], that is if
I can get past this Spanish class. I don’t speak
a lick.”
A lot has changed since he was on campus
in 1982, with new construction, new students
and advancing technology.
But Dotson said it’s not just the campus
changes he has to get used to; it’s learning
how to live again.
“It’s a different set of rules,” Dotson
said. “In prison, you have to carry yourself
different, you have to watch everything you
do. I have to tell myself ‘you’re in the free
world now; you don’t have to do that!’”
Now, Dotson has been clean for two years.
Upon graduation, he hopes to travel and sell
his work at art shows. However, there are
some lessons he will never forget.
“I’ve learned how to overcome my
problems and also learned that if you apply
yourself you can achieve anything,” Dotson
said. “The mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Every person has a gift that will be your
purpose in life, and if you don’t explore that
purpose, you will never live your full life
experience.”
tsheffield@unews.com
Dotson| Continued from Page 8
know what, you don’t really belong here,’”
Doston said. “I know a lot of guys I’ve been
with who have changed, but they’re still
out there ruining their lives. I grew up with
people doing time for crimes where they’ll
never see the streets again. Imagine knowing
you’re gonna die in there.”
He wanted to have a normal life again.
“When I was in, I lost my father and my
brother and that hurt,” he said. “I didn’t like
being away like that, not being able to attend
their funerals, Christmas, birthdays, being
locked up, missing out on life.”
Dotson said that when he got out in 2010,
he knew he would never go back. Right
before he was released for the last time, he
took a life skills class required for inmates
who are high school graduates soon to be
released.
The class taught skills such as résumé
writing and how to fill out an application.
It was there where he learned about the
Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA), a federal loan-granting program
that helps students pay for college.
Dotson learned that just by taking that
class, he was automatically qualified to receive
federal aid. He filled out his application in
prison and waited for a reply.
“They sent me a letter while I was in prison
telling me I was qualified,” Dotson said. “I
needed something to do. I didn’t want to
just get out and do a menial job, I wanted to
finish that chapter in my life. Now I’m going
Sept. 6, 2011
Arts & Entertainment|13
food review
The Peanut’s death wings are a must have
Darryl Washington
Contributing Writer
The Peanut, at 50th and Main streets, has
some of the most delicious hot wings in town,
jumbo sized and seasoned to perfection.
The wings are marinated in the best hot
sauce you will ever taste. Hold your nose to
them any longer than three seconds and your
eyes will water.
I’m a big fan of buffalo-style wings, but
finding great wings can really be a hit or miss.
A roommate told me about The Peanut.
My first time visiting the restaurant, a woman
screamed out, “Why are you even looking at
the menu? Just get the wings!”
I found that funny and welcoming at the
same time.
The Peanut is more of a bar than a typical
restaurant.
It has a chill college atmosphere where
students can go with a group of friends to
hang out and enjoy some awesome wings.
The Peanut is a local hole-in-the-wall
where folks love to visit and catch up with
friends, watch sports or wind down from a
tough day.
The Peanut serves a variety of meat,
nachos, sandwiches, soups, salads and french
fries. However, it is best known for its Buffalo
Chicken Wings.
The price may seem steep at $8.25 for half
a dozen wings and $16.25 for a dozen, but
the quality is well worth the price.
Nor are they the traditional tiny wings
that require you to eat 20 just to satisfy your
hunger. They are large enough that you may
find it difficult to make it through four in one
sitting.
The wings are served with The Peanut’s
own blend of bleu cheese dressing, which
does a nice job putting the finishing touches
on an already delicious dish.
The wings are paired with an order of fries
and beverage to cool you down, because you
will literally feel like you are breathing fire.
Overall, the menu can seem a bit small,
but the wings are most desirable.
The dining area isn’t very large and can
be a bit uncomfortable when it’s crowded,
especially on weekends.
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I recommend considering takeout on the
more crowded nights.
If you you live on campus, it’s a perfect
place to go with a group of friends.
dwashington@unews.com
Vol. 79, Issue 3
14|Forum
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America’s self-destructive war on education
Nathan Zoschke
Production Manager/Copy Editor
The tea party’s rage has found a new victim
on the school playground.
Forget thwarting Michelle Obama’s attempts to curb childhood obesity.
Today, it’s a full-fledged assault on public
education, kindergarten through college.
State legislatures controlled by tea party
Republicans have an axe to grind with public school teachers and state-funded colleges
and universities.
Since 2008, 34 states have made cuts to
K-12 education, and 43 have cut funding for
higher education. Missouri is no exception.
In Wisconsin, legislation was approved
that denied public unions collective bargaining rights. Teachers’ unions are no longer able
to negotiate salaries and contracts with the
state.
The situation isn’t cheery in other states
either.
The school district I attended in Kansas
has been forced to lay off teachers two years
in a row and freeze pay increases due to funding cuts at the state level.
Classrooms are filled to capacity due to
staff reductions. Meanwhile, the number of
students receiving free and reduced lunches
has doubled since 2005.
School must meet the needs of a growing
population of disadvantaged students with
fewer resources and personnel, a difficult task.
Tuition increases at the university level
have been made during a period in which
median incomes have plunged and unemployment has skyrocketed.
The need for state legislatures to make cuts
is inherent as tax revenue has plummeted in a
sluggish economy.
Certain cuts are understandable, but sticking them to the poor and middle class while
refusing to raise taxes for the wealthiest
Americans to prevent additional cuts is not.
Unfortunately, tax increases are off the
table in legislatures controlled by tea party
Republicans.
The picture at the federal level is also grotesque.
The top marginal tax rate for the wealthiest Americans is half of what it was in 1980.
If the massive amounts of wealth tax cuts
generated for the rich had a trickle-down effect, as President Reagan claimed when he
slashed the top marginal tax rate from 70
to 50 percent, and later to 28 percent, they
would have done so already. But they haven’t.
Instead of raising taxes to fill the federal
budget shortfall, the tea party has thrown
down the gauntlet to cut the federal government to the size where it can be drowned in
Grover Norquist’s bathtub, as the anti-tax
lobbyist himself stated he would like to see.
A logical place to make cuts would be the
Department of Defense, which is loaded
with wasteful spending. The United States
outspends China, the world’s most populous
country, on defense by a ratio of six-to-one.
But Republicans in Congress refuse to cut
military spending. Instead, entitlements and
Loaning away our lives
Lindsay Adams
News Editor
We are all playing the loan game, whether
we know it or not. Even if you haven’t taken
out loans for college, they affect the tuition
you pay.
College costs are influenced by loan providers, meaning the more loans available, the
higher tuition rates can go.
Colleges must have a certain number of
students. They cannot afford to lose all their
clientele.
The majority of students need to take out
loans to pay for college. If the government
did not provide financial aid to students, then
colleges would likely have to be more competitive with their prices.
Was it just a coincidence that universities
raised their tuition right after the government decided to start funneling more money
into loans for education?
The National Center for Public Policy and
Higher Education found that average tuition
fees have climbed 440 percent in the past 25
years, about four times the rate of inflation.
The fact that universities raise tuition in a
sinking economy while most students strug-
gle to afford college is indicative of a vicious
cycle.
State governments, like Missouri, cut
funding to schools, while the federal government increases the amount of loans available
to students.
When student tuition is getting paid by
readily available government loans, why
would the colleges worry about hiking up
tuition?
Colleges don’t have to worry if students
end up defaulting on their loans. They already
have their money. Why would they feel the
need to scale back when their students’ financial woes do not affect them?
The increasing pressure on people to go to
college to obtain entry-level jobs that used to
require only a high school diploma only aggravates the problem.
Moody’s Analytics July 2011 publication
found that during the recession, banks scaled
back on loans, adding tighter requirements,
yet the government has increased the amount
of money available for loans.
Last year, the U.S. Department of Education gave a total of $124 billion in loans for
both undergraduate and graduate students.
Thus, the vicious cycle of federal loans only
ends up punishing the very students they are
supposed to help.
As more students go to public universities,
many begin to realize that with the falling
median salary for college graduates and fewer
jobs available, paying back loans isn’t going to
be so easy.
education funding have taken the rhetorical
trashing.
Never mind that education spending is a
tiny fraction of military spending.
Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.), went so
far as to label Pell Grants the “welfare of the
twenty-first century.”
Ironically, in the heat of his demonization
of welfare, Rehberg ignored the key fact that
Pell Grants actually reduce welfare dependency by enabling students to gain education
needed to find well-paying jobs.
Over the long run, the cost of education
spending pales in comparison to the enormous economic benefits it produces.
This year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
found adults with a bachelor’s degree have
weekly earnings 165 percent higher and an
unemployment rate 50 percent lower than
adults with a high school diploma.
Numerous studies have found that welleducated adults are more productive workers and are less likely to commit crime than
those who aren’t as well-educated.
The idea that education is a poor man’s
ticket out of poverty seems to be universally
accepted.
Sadly, the idea that in order for a poor man
to receive an education, schools must be adequately funded, is not.
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There has been discussion about getting
rid of the Pell Grants in an attempt to cut
government spending.
The government has driven the increase in
secondary education costs by supplementing
students with loans and grants. Now it needs
to cut spending, and this is the easiest way to
do it: leaving students high and dry.
If they have to cut the Pell Grant, then so
be it. It would probably be better for colleges
and students if the government stopped playing around with the educational system.
Something has to change.
Education is becoming a financial bubble.
It is overvalued and overpriced and it cannot
be sustained. A college education no longer
delivers a good job on a silver platter, and
definitely doesn’t deliver one that can quickly
pay off a six-figure loan debt.
If this bubble is allowed to grow, there will
be enormous consequences for students, the
government, and the taxpayers.
It is time to look to the future and try to
see how we can salvage this failing system,
and the first step is to get the government out
of student loans and grants.
ladams@unews.com
Aug. 20, 2011
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Like so-called ‘normal’ people
Caleb-Michael Files
Staff Writer
Recently, I’ve realized that I am at the
center of a battle. Articles are written about
me, people are asked how they feel about me
and some even say I might actually have the
power to destroy the traditional family.
All this happens because I identify with
three little letters. G-A-Y. I guess I should be
flattered, but I’m not. Actually, I’m appalled.
With the recognition of gay marriage in
New York, and the recent repeal of the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy, gay is a
hot topic.
And with Texas Gov. Rick Perry stepping
into the presidential race, gay is becoming an
election issue.
Opponents of gay marriage, who claim it
will destroy traditional marriage and life as
we know it, are perplexing.
Perhaps they forgot the nuclear family
represents a mere 20-23 percent of families
today, and traditional marriages are not so
traditional anymore due to issues like high
divorce rates. The LGBT community is not
responsible for that in any way.
True, most LGBT people have never mar-
ried to create families of their own, but that
is obviously because most of them cannot do
so legally.
See the catch-22 there? Anyway, I don’t
see what the firestorm is all about.
Many LGBT can tell the same story. Being gay doesn’t obliterate the fact they’re decent human beings.
Most are still the same people they were
growing up, with the same values and morals.
Many have children of their own to whom
they pass down their values.
Just like their heterosexual counterparts,
they want to create loving homes, have stable
jobs, spend time hanging with friends, watch
movies and eat popcorn with their kids, play
sports or grow a garden.
Many are lucky enough to fall in love
along the way.
How is raising their children to respect
and love and find value in all people such a
dastardly thing?
How is that a threat to traditional values?
And if an LGBT person did have someone
that he or she might want to grow old with,
raise kids with and marry for all eternity,
where is the “perversion” in that?
In reality, those things greatly resemble
“traditional” values.
Apparently Perry sees LGBT people as
substandard human beings who should not
be allowed to marry.
“Gay marriage is not fine with me,” Perry
said to Tony Perkins of the ultra-right Family Research Council, which is monitored as
a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law
Center.
He told Perkins that LGBT individuals
should not receive protection under anti-gay
hate crime laws, and if they don’t like it, they
should just move to a more “lenient” state. It
seems like we would be moving backwards if
we let this guy run the country.
Perry also lambasted LGBT people in his
2008 book, “On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts are Worth
Fighting For,” equating homosexuality to
alcoholism.
“Even if an alcoholic is powerless over alcohol once it enters his body, he still makes
a choice to drink,” Perry wrote. “And, even if
someone is attracted to a person of the same
sex, he or she still makes a choice to engage
in sexual activity with someone of the same
gender.”
Generally, LGBT people wish they could
just live their lives like all of the other socalled “normal” people.
The heart of the matter is that we are quite
normal and have neither the desire nor the
power to destroy the traditional family.
cfiles@unews.com
Is marriage for white people?
Kharissa Parker
Staff Writer
Last Thursday, I congratulated my parents
on Facebook for a successful 23 years of marriage.
Afterward, I checked out my status updates and noticed a very interesting article
one of my sorority sisters had posted from
Healthland.Time.com.
The headline read, “Is Marriage for White
People?”
In light of my parents’ wedding anniversary and my minor in Black Studies, my immediate response was a swift, “Hell no.”
Being a newlywed myself (my six-month
anniversary is Sept. 11), the last thing I
wanted to read was some discouraging article
about how my husband and I basically aren’t
going to, and were never meant to, make it.
That was my assumption, anyway. Nevertheless, curiosity sealed the deal, so I clicked
the link. The article was an interview of Ralph
Richard Banks, a Stanford law professor and
author of the book, “Is Marriage for White
People?”, which was released on Thursday.
I began reading the interview with my
guard up.
I realized that the author’s point was not
to suggest black marriages are doomed, but
rather to analyze why they fail at higher rates
than white marriages, and also to explore
methods for prevention of failing marriages.
Knowing that, my guard began to lower
just a little bit. Banks’ research shows black
women tend to be statistically more educated
than black males. As a result, black women
also tend to have better paying careers than
black males.
However, black women have been taught,
despite their success, the preservation of their
race is very important and therefore should
settle down and not marry out.
What does that mean?
Educated black women are supposedly
taught to settle for less, in a sense, by marrying a black man, even if he may be less edu-
cated and less successful than she. The issue
Banks tries to address with the title of his
book is that the disparity in educational attainment between black men and women is
not something whites have to worry about.
In other words, he is saying the problem
doesn’t exist among whites.
So black educated and successful women
should marry white men and opt out of seeking an equal counterpart within their own
race all together.
What? Are you serious? You’re kidding
me, right?
The statistics may be true, but the overall
solution is whack.
First, 50 percent of marriages will end in
divorce no matter what race or any other factor.
Secondly, though I would never condone
any woman settling for less, I definitely
would never suggest that black women give
up on black men as a whole because of their
successes.
Then, of course I have to ask, what is considered “settling for less?”
The answer should be defined by the woman, not by society.
Let’s just keep it real. Women, regardless
of race or class, attract what they advertise.
If a woman advertises herself in a manner
that attracts uneducated and unsuccessful
men, then whose fault is that?
If she chooses to go as far as to marry and
have kids with that same man, knowing good
and well he did not have her level of education and success, whose fault is that?
Not his, that’s for sure.
Then, there’s the flipside to this whole race
and class chaos.
If that same educated and successful black
woman falls in love, marries and has kids
with a white man who isn’t equally educated,
then what?
What would Mr. Banks say then?
Would her reason for marrying outside
of her race still be justified according to his
studies?
My hypothesis--probably not.
According to the interview, there is much
research that he intentionally left out of this
book.
“Is Marriage for White People?” does not
address why black men are less educated and
less successful than black women, nor does it
address some of the racial controversies and
problems involving interracial relationships
that black women may encounter if they follow Banks’ advice.
Supposedly, all of that important information will be in his next book.
With all the drama the first book is causing, he’ll be lucky if anyone reads the second
one.
kparker@unews.com
word on campus
Ben Campero
sudoku
Staff Writer
“What is your favorite place on campus?”
Lauren Haas
Junior, Theatre
“The library. It’s
different; they finally
upgraded.”
Johanna Kelly
Freshman, Psychology/
Pre-Dental
“The rooftop terrace of
the Student Union.”
Jersey Gipp
Senior, Marketing and
Enterprising
“The new multimedia
[room] in the Bloch
school.”
Beth Vernon
Freshman, Education
“Jazzman’s Cafe,
because they have
good cookies.”
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