The Kansas City Star

Missouri was the school that Brian matriculated to after his high school graduation. Tiger blood was in his family, he said. “I was kind of destined to go to MU,” he said, “my two brothers went to University of Missouri.” Like at the University of Kansas, those that enroll at the University of Missouri have to apply to get into the journalism school. When Brian was accepted into the Mizzou J-School, he was assigned the education beat for the school newspaper, The Maneater. Brian recalled one of his

slavery ended Moses continued to raise George and his brother James as his own. In Diamond, MO blacks were not allowed to go school so he decided to go to a school about 10 miles away in Nesho. At age 13 he decided to attend the academy in Fort Scott, Kansas and stayed with his new foster parents,

location, I turned on my headlights and saw the vehicle was a black Ford Focus, with a Kansas temporary license plate, and it continued eastbound. I followed

to see was the Shapiro Brothers. The band consists of two siblings, which includes a singer and a powerful guitarist. The lead singer is a female and the lead guitarist is a male. The concert/live music took place at the Louisiana Jazz Kitchen (Kansas City, Mo), which is a restaurant that is based off Louisiana soul food. I am a regular customer at this restaurant, therefore I am familiar with the bands that come to give a show, expect the Shapiro Brothers. Unfortunately, I know little about the band

Children typically bear some physical resemblance to at least one of their parents. The child may have the same skin color, facial expressions or height as his or her parent. Could this be the same for behavioral traits? Are behavioral traits likewise inherited? Or, are they learned? In other words, do behavioral traits come from nature (inherited) or from nurture (learned)? This question can be applied to “Grendel,” a murderous monster a in the epic poem of “Beowulf,” Was Grendel born a monster

many times in which a cyclone also happens.In Kansas(where Dorothy and her family lives) everything was dull.Baum said,"Even the grass was not green,for the sun had burned the tops of the long blades until they were the same gray color to be seen everywhere"(Baum,Chapter 1). Her Aunt Em was a young and a pretty wife.But as stated in the book, "The sun and wind had changed her,too"(Baum,Chapter 1).It was as if every bit of joy or color that appeared in Kansas would turn into something gray,dull. Dorothy

with no clear origin. Medical catastrophes, job loss, and foreclosure or eviction can be the catalyst into a life of insecurity and chronic homelessness. Once secure, stable housing is lost, a person faces a slippery slope. In Kansas City, like many other substantial cities, efforts to combat homelessness must be creative and comprehensive in order to succeed. Social programs that focus on stable housing and address the complicated causes of homelessness prove to be the most successful. Perhaps

most recognizable leaders in U.S. history, Martin Luther King Jr. His untimely death caused an uproar of chaos and riots throughout the United States. Little do people know that Kansas City was one of the many cities affected by the death of Martin Luther King. It all started on April 9, 1968, when schools in the Kansas City, Missouri school district were not being excused from school due to the funeral of Martin Luther King. That was the breaking point for the residents of KCMO; so they retaliated

Biography). He had to have about 200 shell fragments removed from his entire body. He also enlisted into the Italian infantry and later received decoration for his bravery by the Italian government. He developed his writing style while working for Kansas City Star in 1917. He became most famous for his stark narrative writing style and realistic dialogue. He drove the ideas of verbal terseness and austerity to its limit (St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture). Ernest refrained from describing emotions

play a crucial part in history. In the novel, The Chaperone, by Laura Moriarty, the setting helps to develop and provide background for the characters, Cora, Louise, and Alan. The journey between Kansas and New York Cora takes opens her eyes to the ever- changing world she lives in.