Beth Lipoff

Intern

Beth Lipoff is an intern for Up to Date.

She grew up in Overland Park and has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a master's degree in public history from Royal Holloway, University of London.

Her work has appeared in the Kansas City Star, Sunset Magazine, the Johnson County Sun, the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, Spirit Magazine, Northwestern Magazine, the Lawrence Journal-World and the Independence Examiner.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Thu March 21, 2013

Google Fiber & KC: A Complicated Pair

Google Fiber

What began as a lofty goal to increase access to high-speed Internet has become a reality with Google Fiber. However, questions about the methods behind implementing this service still remain.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Wed March 20, 2013

Using Hope As An Educational Tool

Are you holding out hope for the future? You’re not alone.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Tue March 19, 2013

New Houses Shrinking By Request

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Sarah Susanka

As the economy drags, the size of homes is diminishing… and it’s by consumer demand.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Tue March 19, 2013

Where Botany And Alcohol Mix

Your backyard garden can be a great place to grow vegetables, but the Drunken Botanist has something else in mind for the space.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Mon March 18, 2013

Is Anti-Union Rhetoric Full Of Myths?

They're Bankrupting Us by Bill Fletcher

Anti-union rhetoric has been trumpeting out of of recent debates in Wisconsin and Michigan, but one labor activist says much of it is a myth.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Mon March 18, 2013

Around The World With A Camera

From the Australian Outback to Bollywood, Albanian farmland to Vietnam, National Geographic travel photographer Catherine Karnow has been around the world to capture its images with her camera.

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Up to Date
10:02 am
Mon March 18, 2013

Encore Broadcast: Former Hiroshima Mayor & Harry Truman's Grandson On Nuclear Disarmament

The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

You’d have a hard time finding someone who feels more strongly about nuclear disarmament than the former mayor of Hiroshima, Japan.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Thu March 14, 2013

Parents, Teens & Break-ups

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Paul Simon might know 50 ways to leave your lover, but psychologist Wes Crenshaw has his own list.

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Up to Date
11:45 am
Thu March 14, 2013

The Weekend To-Do List: March 14-17, 2013

Looking for some fun (and the luck of the Irish) the weekend of March 14-17, 2013? Brian McTavish returns with the Weekend To-Do List.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Wed March 13, 2013

Accepting A Twin's Death

Her by Christa Parravani

After the untimely death of a loved one, people often find themselves with more questions than answers.

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6:00 pm
Tue March 12, 2013

What A Country For Yakov Smirnoff

When he came to America in 1977, Yakov Smirnoff was already a comedian, but it was his fresh off the boat Cold War comedy style that got him noticed by the entertainment industry.

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Up to Date
12:06 pm
Tue March 12, 2013

Adventuring In The Dark

Tom Sullivan

Tom Sullivan can hear is the sound of snowflakes falling, even though he can't see the white blanket they form over the land.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Mon March 4, 2013

Fixing The Food Waste Problem

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Leftovers

Your mother said the leftovers you threw out in your house could feed a small country… but was she really close to the truth?

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Fri March 1, 2013

Good Samaritans Found In A War Zone

The Gospel of Rutba: War, Peace, and the Good Samaritan Story in Iraq

When three Americans found themselves caught up in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, they found sanctuary with the local Muslim community of Rutba, which sheltered them, despite their religious differences.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Fri March 1, 2013

New Regulations Change Access To Research

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Scientific lab

Due to a new White House directive, results from federally-funded research will be easier to access publicly.

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