Tag: Education
Star: “Gender-Inclusive Housing” Expands at UMKC, KU–Whatever That Means
In an age of shifting definitions readers find themselves puzzling over the meaning of headlines like this one from the…
Wichita Teachers Union Prez Sues Project Veritas, But Why?
Steve Wentz, president of United Teachers of Wichita, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court’s Middle District of Florida against…
Liberty Teen Kills Friend While High on Mushrooms
Just when that libertarian urge to decriminalize drugs kicks in, we read a story like the one out of Liberty…
MU B-Ball Team Posts Lowest Academic Score of All Six Major Conferences
If the University of Missouri did not have enough trouble with its sports team, its men’s basketball program registered the…
KU Police Wrap Up Investigation of Rape at Basketball Dorm, Refer to DA
As reported in the Daily Kansan, the University’s Public Safety Office has wrapped up its investigation into the alleged rape of…
Columbia Donut Shop Closes, Owner Blames MU Brouhaha
“Love you Columbia,” wrote Jason Brockman, owner of Strange Donuts, “but we gotta keep it moving.” “Effective immediately,” Brockman continued,…
Prosecutors Charge North KC Teacher With Sodomy
Jackson County prosecutors charged James Green Jr., 52, currently a teacher and coach at Northgate Middle School in the North Kansas…
Nativity House KC: Philanthropy Gets Entrepreneurial
Strange but true: there are still organizations in the Kansas City area that work to assist people in need and…
MU’s Michael Sam Blames the Media for Failed NFL Career
When University of Missouri defensive Michael Sam announced he was gay in February 2014, he expected the hubbub to last…
Former Star Sportswriter Jason Whitlock Slams “Far-Left Political Ideologues”
Love him or hate him, no one ever accused former ESPN pundit and Kansas City Star sportswriter Jason Whitlock of…
No Joke: WSU Student Government Bans Libertarian Group For Support of First Amendment
University student governments are making parody difficult. On Wednesday of this week, the Wichita State University Student Government Association (SGA) refused…
Kansas Rep Lance Kinzer Featured in Best-Selling “Benedict Option”
In his New York Times review written on the day the book came out three weeks ago, David Brooks called…
Johnson, Platte Top Healthy County List, Wyandotte Next-to-Last
According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s annual county health rankings, Johnson County clocks in as the healthiest in Kansas, and…
FBI Analyst Slams Star Coverage of UMKC Rape
Frustrated by the failure of the local media to cover the rape of an unconscious co-ed in her UMKC dorm…
The Northland News Publisher Andrew Palmer Answers The Sentinel’s 20 Question
A 2007 graduate of UMKC and a former school teacher, Andrew Palmer has shown that you do not need to…
OP Rep Chides Peers For “Anti-University, Anti-Intellectualism” in Campus Carry Debate
Rep. Stephanie Clayton, an Overland Park Republican, does not like the idea of “campus carry” and does not exactly respect…
Fitzgerald: In Kansas, Educational Choice “A Parental Rights Issue”
In reviewing the most recent Kansas Supreme Court decision, Sen. Steve Fitzgerald came to a conclusion the Court likely did…
MU Brass Peel Off Millions in Incentives As University Flounders
Bad enough that their football and basketball teams crash, that their enrollment collapses, that their reputation craters after the…
Illegal Alien Accused of Rape in UMKC Dorm
According to Fox4 KC, the federal immigration department has placed a hold on 22-year-old Juan Contreras for raping an incapacitated woman in UMKC’s…
The Sky Hasn’t Fallen–Top 20 Area Public Elementary Schools All in Johnson County
According to the educational ranking service, Niche, as reported by the Kansas City Business Journal, Johnson County public elementary schools,…
Shawnee Mission North “Indians” Tell Lawrence PC Police to Back Off
Honoring their proud tradition, the “Indians” of Shawnee Mission North have stood firm in the face of PC criticism. The…
Breaking: Tonganoxie School Super Arrested for School Sex Cover-Up
On Tuesday, prosecutors in Linn County charged Chris Kleidosty, currently superintendent of the Tonganoxie Unified School District, with failing to…
Will U Cal Berkeley Boycott National Debate Championship at KU?
According to Southern Methodist University professor Ben Voth, writing in the American Thinker, two teams from the University of California…
Wichita State Rally Against Campus Carry Draws 15 People
Sometimes pictures speak louder than words. On Tuesday, a rally against campus carry in Kansas appeared to draw fifteen people. That…