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The UCM Mules (9-12, 4-8 in MIAA) fell to the No. 1 ranked Northwest Missouri State Bearcats 81-47 Thursday night in Maryville. The Mules could not get anything going against a red-hot Northwest team who is 21-1 overall. The Bearcats’ only loss of the season came on Dec. 7, 2019 to UCM in Warrensburg. Unfortunately,… Read more »
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UCM biology professor awarded grant to save endangered fish
Research shows the disappearance of a species is happening in Missouri’s backyard, and it doesn’t look like it’s getting any better. Assistant professor of biology, Dr. Aaron Geheber, recently received a $109,305 grant from the Missouri Department of Conservation to discover where Missouri’s remaining Topeka shiners live. The Topeka shiner is a small fish, the… Read more »
Making Your New Year’s Resolutions a Reality
As we enter February, more and more people are already failing their New Year’s resolutions. According to Time, the 10 most commonly broken resolutions include all the most commonly made resolutions. Odds are, if you made a resolution at all, you’ve already broken it. US News and World Report found that, last year, the failure… Read more »
‘Captain Marvel’: Good but not great
“Captain Marvel” has a very interesting plot. However, to avoid spoilers, this opening synopsis will be kept vague. Set as a prequel to the rest of the MCU movies, the film is based off a Marvel Comics character who was never very popular. Captain Marvel, played by Brie Larson, is a Kree warrior, a powerful… Read more »
Franklin Henry Hobbs
Franklin Henry Hobbs, 68, of Kingsville died March 27 at St. Luke’s East Hospital, Lee’s Summit, Missouri.
UCM adds faculty mentoring component to success advising model
The University of Central Missouri is adding a campuswide faculty mentoring program to engage students beyond the classroom. Ken Schueller, director of Success Advising, said the idea is to customize a faculty mentorship program with each school on campus. Schueller said this provost-initiated program started in January by first meeting with school chairs and program… Read more »
Update: Baseball’s road series moved to Warrensburg
Due to unplayable field conditions in Emporia, Kansas, the weekend series between the Mules and Hornets has been moved to Warrensburg at Crane Field/Tompkins Stadium The series is scheduled to begin Thursday with first pitch at 3 p.m. The final two games of the series will be played Friday in a doubleheader. First pitch of… Read more »
Update: Football to hold walk-on tryouts
Mules football is scheduled to host walk-on tryouts for those interested in joining the team Wednesday at the Multipurpose Building. Registration opens at 9:30 a.m. with skills tests following at 10 a.m. Those interested in participating must have the following materials prepared: 1. Complete the Registration Form 2. Must have had a physical within the last… Read more »
‘Bad Times at the El Royale’: The better version of ‘The Hateful Eight’
I try to begin the new year by reviewing a film that was overlooked from the last one. In 2018, one of those movies was “Bad Times at the El Royale.” Set at the fictional El Royale Hotel on the California-Nevada border during the late 1960s. “Bad Times” is a thriller about several mysterious strangers… Read more »
ServPro called to remedy humidity problem
Building and facility preparations at UCM hit a bump in the road toward the end of holiday break as students and faculty prepared to return for the spring semester. A UCM facilities worker doing door checks the day after Christmas was met with an abnormally humid environment upon entering the Highlander Theatre lobby, according to… Read more »
