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The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

MU NORML fights for student votes on legalization of marijuana

MU NORML fights for student votes on legalization of marijuana

Skylar Laird September 12, 2018

On Nov. 6, three different propositions regarding the legalization of medical marijuana will appear on the Missouri ballot. On MU’s campus, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws...

Wreath-laying ceremony honors Sept. 11, 2001 victims

Christina Long September 11, 2018

American flags adorned the columns and the Switzler Hall bell rang out on Tuesday morning to honor the more than 3,000 people killed on Sept. 11, 2001. MU Chancellor Alexander Cartwright placed a ceremonial...

Director of undergraduate studies for IT writes and produces award winning film

Director of undergraduate studies for IT writes and produces award winning film

Noah Klein September 11, 2018

Eight years ago, Director of Undergraduate Studies for IT Brian Maurer was working for MU Extension and running a flash fiction magazine writing pieces that he never thought would become much of anything. One...

Discussion of Missouri Hyperloop comes to campus

Discussion of Missouri Hyperloop comes to campus

Laura Evans September 11, 2018

Representatives from Virgin Hyperloop One, the Missouri Innovation Center, Black & Veatch and Olsson Associates met with students on Thursday in the MU Student Center’s Leadership Auditorium for the...

Merger combines bioengineering, chemical engineering departments

Merger combines bioengineering, chemical engineering departments

September 11, 2018

MU’s College of Engineering has announced the merging of the Chemical Engineering Department with the Bioengineering Department, which is part of the College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources...

McCaskill visits MU, holds discussion with students

McCaskill visits MU, holds discussion with students

Ethan Brown September 11, 2018

Sen. Claire McCaskill thinks Missouri’s Senate race in 2018 may come down to the hundreds. “I will not be shocked if this election is decided by the number of people in this room,” McCaskill said...

Residence Halls Association connects students with “RHA Carnival”

Residence Halls Association connects students with “RHA Carnival”

Ryan Timpone September 11, 2018

The Residence Halls Association hosted a lively carnival full of games, food, and activities for residents to get to know each other on Sept. 7. The event began at 5 p.m. in Brewer Station at the Mizzou...

‘Sierra Burgess Is a Loser’ explores love in the age of catfishing

‘Sierra Burgess Is a Loser’ explores love in the age of catfishing

Jennifer Somers September 11, 2018

_This review contains spoilers._ In a tale of modern attraction, an anonymous text message leads to a connection between two teens from opposite ends of the social spectrum. “Sierra Burgess Is a Loser”...

Behind STRIPES as it creates community for volunteer members

Behind STRIPES as it creates community for volunteer members

Skylar Laird September 11, 2018

It’s 9:45 p.m. in the STRIPES house. A group of student volunteers in matching orange shirts crowd around a TV, cheering each other on in an intense game of Mario Kart, free food in hand. As the clock...

New business Lost in the Sauce spices up MU student center

New business Lost in the Sauce spices up MU student center

Brynn McCarthy September 11, 2018

Lost in the Sauce is bringing bold flavors and exotic sauces to the MU Student Center. Having opened on Sept. 10, owner and senior Jack Schroder plans on selling sauces produced all around the world. The...

Column: 'Blindspotting' mixes humor with hard-hitting political commentary

Column: ‘Blindspotting’ mixes humor with hard-hitting political commentary

Emma Bennett September 10, 2018

This past weekend, “Blindspotting,” directed by Carlos López Estrada and produced by Daveed Diggs, opened at Ragtag. Set in Oakland, the dramatic comedy follows Collins Hodgkins (Diggs), a black man...

Hozier waxes bittersweet once more in new 'Nina Cried Power - EP'

Hozier waxes bittersweet once more in new ‘Nina Cried Power – EP’

Julia Karsteter September 10, 2018

Hozier has so wonderfully returned to us in a new EP titled “Nina Cried Power” released on Sept. 6. The EP features four new songs and is only 17 minutes long, but in that time he manages to leave...