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MU Engage prepares to launch a new platform for MU organizations

Jessica Belle Kramer, Tanner Bubeck • September 24, 2018

The MU Engage Implementation Team plans on joining two previous programs, OrgSync and Campus Labs, together to create a new platform to help students better connect to campus opportunities: MU Engage....

Penile fractures happen- here’s what to do if it happens to you

Zoe Rich • September 23, 2018

While it is rare, people with penises can “break” them during intercourse. Fracturing a penis is not quite the same as breaking an arm or a toe, as a penis does not actually have any bones in it. Instead,...

From MU Students to out-of-state participants, Roots N Blues’ Volunteer Team has it all

Claudia Khaw • September 23, 2018

For every year since 2007, the Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival has made a weekend-long carnival party out of Columbia. With an event as anticipated as this one, a strong committee is a definite requirement...

Arm yourself with Roots N Blues N BBQ’s cashless armbands payment system

Madalynn Owens • September 23, 2018

Roots N Blues N BBQ will bring back their cashless payment system for this year’s festival. The festival will utilize radio frequency identification wristbands, which combine both the ticket into the...

Cheaper ways to participate in Roots N Blues

Zoe Rich • September 23, 2018

Roots N Blues N BBQ is a music festival that happens every year in Stephens Lake Park. This festival attracts a myriad of blues, rock, country and folk artists from all over the world to Columbia. Unfortunately,...

Sturgill Simpson’s country music is more than dirt roads, sunburns

Spencer Mende • September 23, 2018

Sturgill Simpson isn’t making country music for car commercials and he _definitely_ isn’t writing songs about the sexual appeal of his tractor. Often compared with artists like Chris Stapleton and...

Roots N Blues N BBQ brings sustainability to Stephens Park

Madalynn Owens • September 22, 2018

Roots N Blues N BBQ is set to bring big crowds to Columbia, and with big crowds comes big waste. The Roots N Blues N BBQ team welcomes sustainability and encourages guests to help make the festival as...

Roots N Blues artist Amanda Shires’ music offers new spin on traditional country sound

Joe Cross • September 22, 2018

Columbia’s annual Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival has been a city tradition since 2007, bringing in thousands of visitors from out of town each year. In those eleven years, the festival has managed to spotlight...

MU Extension receives $1.1 million grant to help businesses get back on their feet

Noah Klein • September 20, 2018

MU Extension recently received a $1.1 million grant to aid manufacturing businesses. MU Extension is a part of the UM System and aims to solve problems for businesses in the surrounding areas. According...

For horror junkies, ‘Mandy’ is the guiltiest of pleasures

Jesse Baalman • September 20, 2018

In a dense forest outside the Shadow Mountains in 1983, Red Miller (Nicolas Cage) is a lumberjack living with his artist girlfriend, Mandy (Andrea Riseborough). Their bohemian lifestyle seems to be focused...

Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively star together in neo-noir film ‘A Simple Favor’

Claudia Khaw • September 20, 2018

_This review contains spoilers._ By just looking at the incredible cast working on this film, you can already tell “A Simple Favor” is going to harbor a lot of commercial success. The drama directed...

Paul McCartney still has what it takes with ‘Egypt Station’

Jacob Luebbert • September 20, 2018

Paul McCartney doesn’t owe music anything. The man practically invented modern popular music, has had an almost 50-year solo career and has released some of the greatest albums of all time with this...