Activist Students Condemn UMKC Silence After Alumni Slain

City college critics demand more of their institution in the midst of circumstances that are both tragic and politically charged . . . 

Renee Good, a former UMKC graduate student, was killed on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent. 

More recently, Rhegan Spiegel, a former UMKC student, was killed on Oct. 18 in Kansas City. 

Director of strategic communications for UMKC, said the university was aware of the deaths through media and inquiries. She said that the university has no single protocol requiring a university-wide public statement following the death of a former student or alumnus . . . 

Some students still felt the university has a responsibility to address these types of concerns.

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