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Indie's fastest rising star Soccer Mommy to visit True/False

Indie’s fastest rising star Soccer Mommy to visit True/False

Jacob Luebbert February 26, 2019

When I drive back to my hometown of Kansas City from Columbia, I’ll often put on an album I missed at its release. On one such drive, I put on Soccer Mommy’s latest record “Clean.” I fell in love...

Visiting artist shows his style of ceramic sculpting to MU students

Visiting artist shows his style of ceramic sculpting to MU students

Ben Wiche February 26, 2019

Sculptor Sunkoo Yuh visited MU to give a set of demonstrations in ceramic sculpting Feb. 25 and 26. The demonstrations were held in the Fine Arts Building and were free and open to the public. Yuh is...

National Weather Service holds storm spotter training at MU

National Weather Service holds storm spotter training at MU

Wicker Perlis February 26, 2019

106 students and local residents gathered in Memorial Student Union for Skywarn Storm Spotter Training, an event held by the National Weather Service of St. Louis on Thursday, according to event organizers....

Sir Babygirl’s debut album is endearingly, excessively vibrant

Sir Babygirl’s debut album is endearingly, excessively vibrant

Spencer Mende February 26, 2019

Pop music is usually not something that is considered to be “weird.” In fact, its very name suggests that it is not supposed to be strange, outlandish or bizarre. This does not reflect the reality...

Best and worst of awards season 2019

Best and worst of awards season 2019

Jesse Baalman February 26, 2019

Best: Mahershala Ali’s handling of “Green Book” controversy There’s been no shortage of smear campaigns this year, mostly directed at “Green Book” and the sins of its creators. The film took...

True/False operation team prepares mobility, auditory accommodations

True/False operation team prepares mobility, auditory accommodations

Laura Evans February 26, 2019

With True/False Film Fest just around the corner, planning and preparation are underway to make sure everything runs smoothly. One important area in which these preparations are being made is in accessibility...

True/False is a Columbia tradition with hometown roots

True/False is a Columbia tradition with hometown roots

Joe Cross February 26, 2019

With over 52,000 attendees in 2017, True/False has become a Columbia tradition, with this year marking the festival’s fifteenth anniversary. It’s become so deeply ingrained in Columbia’s culture...

‘Midnight Traveler’ receives True Life Fund

‘Midnight Traveler’ receives True Life Fund

Laura Evans February 26, 2019

The True Life Fund recipient this year is the film “Midnight Traveler.” The film is the first recipient of the fund where the subjects of the film, Hassan Fazili and his family, are also the filmmakers. The...

Five takeaways from the first MSA presidential debate

Five takeaways from the first MSA presidential debate

Ethan Brown February 22, 2019

Both slates in the Missouri Students Association presidential campaign spoke on issues of transparency, transportation and health in the campaign’s first debate, which took place Feb. 21. “All In...

Behind “Objectified”: a Q&A with curator Alisa McCusker

Behind “Objectified”: a Q&A with curator Alisa McCusker

Mariana Labbate February 21, 2019

“Objectified: The Female Form and the Male Gaze” is MU’s Museum of Art and Archaeology’s newest exhibition. Put together by Alisa McCusker, the museum’s associate curator of European and American...

Spay-Ghetti Dinner encourages community to spay, neuter pets

Spay-Ghetti Dinner encourages community to spay, neuter pets

Skylar Laird February 21, 2019

Silver cat-shaped earrings bounced next to Janeene Johnston’s head. She weaved her way through the throngs of people waiting to serve themselves pasta at the annual Spay-Ghetti Dinner, hosted by the...

Four Directions announces plans to create mural for MU Student Center

Four Directions announces plans to create mural for MU Student Center

Ben Scott February 20, 2019

MU Four Directions, an organization for indigenous students, announced its plans to create a 15-by-15-foot mural in the MU Student Center, as listed in its application. It released the open application...