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Federal miscalculation sets back FAFSA

Written by Linda Alviar, News Editor • April 30, 2024

On Mar. 22, the U.S. Department of Education announced that a miscalculation in the formula for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid resulted in incorrect student financial information being...

Department of Education delays FAFSA rollout

Written by Linda Alviar, News Editor • March 7, 2024

Due to recent delays in rolling out the 2024-2025 Free Application for Federal Student Aid, students across the country are expected to experience delays in receiving financial aid awards for the upcoming...

Students strive for understanding of Middle East

Written by Brad Hadank, Staff Reporter • November 13, 2023

Many University of Central Missouri students and faculty believe they are striving to gain an overall understanding of the Israel-Hamas war. Many colleges across the country have made changes due to the...

Army veteran on 3,200-mile Walk Across America to stop at UCM

Written by Muleskinner Staff • October 2, 2019

U.S. Army veteran Jeremy Miller is on a Walk Across America to raise awareness about veteran suicide and will be stopping at UCM at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Military and Veterans Success Center in the...

Student mobilization efforts leading up to midterm elections

Written by Michael Bullock • November 5, 2018

Political rallies throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area in the final days leading to the midterm election have helped energize and mobilize political candidates on both sides of the political spectrum....

Sexual assault act under revision

Written by Leah Kemple • September 14, 2017

Title IX is under review, but what is it? The Department of Education is reviewing Title IX, an equal opportunity act, and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Thursday, Aug. 7 that she intends to...

VA: Ex-Marine who killed 3 in Baton Rouge did not have PTSD

Written by Muleskinner Staff • August 30, 2016

By ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press (WICHITA, Kan., AP) — A former Marine who ambushed and killed three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers last month never saw combat in Iraq, but told doctors he suffered...

The Latest: Milwaukee chief says man was shot in the neck

Written by Muleskinner Staff • August 15, 2016

(MILWAUKEE, AP) — The Latest on violence in Milwaukee following the shooting of a man by police (all times local): 12:40 p.m. Milwaukee's police chief says an 18-year-old man suffered a single gunshot...

One person shot in Milwaukee during 2nd night of skirmishes

Written by Muleskinner Staff • August 15, 2016

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press (MILWAUKEE, AP) — Police said one person was shot at a Milwaukee protest on Sunday and officers used an armored vehicle to retrieve the injured victim and rush the...

Scathing report on Baltimore cops vindicates black residents

Written by Muleskinner Staff • August 11, 2016

By JULIET LINDERMAN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press (BALTIMORE, AP) — With startling statistics, a federal investigation of the Baltimore Police Department documents in 164 single-spaced pages what...

US government won't reclassify marijuana, allows research

Written by Muleskinner Staff • August 11, 2016

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — The Obama administration will keep marijuana on the list of the most dangerous drugs, despite growing popular support for legalization, but will...

Schools receive request for after-school 'Satan Club'

Written by Muleskinner Staff • August 4, 2016

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — After-school religious clubs appear to be the next venture of a national group that sought to install a statue of Satan outside two...