With the Super Bowl just a few days away, our yearly dose of watching Tom Brady play on the NFL’s biggest stage will continue for at least another year. Cheering… Read more »
Category: Columns
Black History Month has a righteous origin
Feb. 1 starts one of my favorite months. Around my home it means birthday celebrations for my husband, watching a Super Bowl game that never seems to have the Kansas… Read more »
NFL gets dream matchups for conference championships
If there was ever a time to confidently say that the NFL is scripted with predetermined outcomes, this edition of Conference Championship weekend would be it. It seems obvious that… Read more »
New year, time to dream
When I hear the word “dream” I think, big, bold, daring. I think, support and hard work. I know it takes a strong person to follow their dreams. It takes… Read more »
Africana studies honors MLK every day
While the campus and wider community will celebrate the upcoming MLK holiday, students in the Africana Studies program do not only celebrate this day, but “the man and his message”… Read more »
We should all understand why the Chiefs fired Kareem Hunt
Kareem Hunt had to go. When I sat down to write about the controversy surrounding the Kansas City Chiefs decision to release running back Kareem Hunt following the release of… Read more »
Writing about death
Looking back to August, when I was told that I was responsible for editing the obituaries we receive and making sure they got published online in Associated Press style, I… Read more »
Thoughts after Pittsburgh
The flags on the flagpoles rested at half-staff the morning of Oct. 29, the initial sign that the university took steps to observe the victims of Saturday morning’s shooting at… Read more »
Reflecting on a lifetime in education
By Morris Collins/ guest columnist I was born Morris Lynn Collins in May 1947. I am a native Missourian and lifelong resident of the Warrensburg area. I was reared on… Read more »
A look back over years spent teaching
By John Culp/ guest columnist I came from a 420-acre farm 7 miles north of Warrensburg. I started first grade in 1953. All my schooling, Grade 1 through Grade 12… Read more »