5 Things You Need To Know: Jan. 30

1. The Coronavirus spreads to Kansas

The Coronavirus— a harmful outbreak that started in China and spread to 13 other countries including the United States— has found its way to Lawrence, KS. 

The patient is being tested at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, but the results won’t be confirmed for a few days.

The virus, which originally started in Wuhan, China, has killed 106 people as of Jan. 28.

In the U.S., five cases have been confirmed, all involving people who recently visited Wuhan.

It is suspected that the virus may be coming from the seafood market where wild animals are traded illegally. 

As of Jan. 29, no specific treatment is known for the virus. 

2. February concerts in KC

Artists Trippie Redd, Post Malone, and Chance the Rapper are all performing in Kansas City within the next month.

Trippie Redd is performing at the Arvest Bank Theatre on Feb. 1, the same night as the WPA dance.

Post Malone’s Runaway tour will be held on Feb. 5 at the Sprint Center, with opening acts from Swae Lee and Tyla Yaweh.

Chance the Rapper will host his Big Day tour on Feb. 22 at the Sprint Center, after moving it from Sept. 26.

Tickets are available through third party ticket websites, as well as each of the artist’s own sites. 

3. Billie Eilish sweeps the GRAMMYs 

The Grammys were hosted on Jan. 26 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles,CA.Pop singer Billie Eilish brought home five GRAMMYs Sunday night, becoming the youngest artist to ever win the GRAMMY Award for best album of the year.

Heading into the awards, she was nominated for six GRAMMYs— best album, song, new artist, record, pop vocal album and pop solo performance. The only award she lost was the pop culture award, which went to Lizzo instead.

4. East musical “Crazy For You” to open Feb. 6

“Crazy For You”, East’s spring musical, will have its opening night on Feb. 6. The musical will show four times, three of which will start at 7 p.m., and the final Feb. 8 show including a 2 p.m. matinee. 

“Crazy For You” is a show-within-a-show romance that takes place in the 1930s. The principal roles of the show, Bobby Child and Polly, will be played by freshman Fritz Sullivan and senior Lucy Brock.

The show is directed by English teacher Brian Capello, stage director and theatre teacher Tom Defeo, and music director and choir teacher Ken Foley.

Tickets will be sold for $10 and students can get in free with their student ID.

5. UMKC no longer requires SAT or ACT for admission 

The University of Missouri-Kansas City no longer requires an SAT or ACT test score for admission to the school. 

They are among the 45 schools in the US, such as Rockhurst University and William Jewell College, that have changed to this requirement over the last year.

UMKC is the first of the Missouri System’s campuses to make this change.