The UMKC Roo News is a weekly newspaper in Kansas City, Missouri, USA published for school students, faculty and alumni.
The newspaper is published once a week on Monday.
Founded in 1933, the Roo News, formerly the University News, is published by students of the University of Missouri in Kansas City. It is distributed free of charge to the University, Plaza, Westport, Brookside, Midtown and Downtown areas. The University News changed its name to UMKC Roo News.
Circulation estimate: 4,000
This newspaper is owned by University of Missouri Kansas City.
For UMKC Roo News contact information, see the Missouri news media contacts at EasyMediaList.com.
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UMKC University News Yanks September Issue After Culture Editor Rants About 'Ghetto Wendy's'
-- The Kansas City Pitch reported on November 3, 2010:
"UNews staffer Nikki Bomgardner's editorial centered around a universally feminist request: She wants to be able to get her Number 11 with honey barbecue from the "ghetto Wendy's" without being stared at, OK?
At said "ghetto Wendy's," Bomgardner encountered a female drive-thru employee with "terrible grammar" and a "strong accent" who "stuttered through her gold rack of teeth"...
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