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The Maneater

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The Maneater

Spotlighting independent businesses: plus-size clothing downtown with Free Association

Spotlighting independent businesses: plus-size clothing downtown with Free Association

Elizabeth Price September 10, 2018

On a downtown alley corner, a clothing shop called Free Association makes its home. Floral walls and racks of colorful clothes greet you as you navigate the store. Owners and spouses Sarah Lockwood and...

Local business Lizzi & Rocco’s helps meet pet-owner needs

Local business Lizzi & Rocco’s helps meet pet-owner needs

Abby Werner September 10, 2018

For many MU students, college is made better with a pet by their side. Being a pet owner also means being responsible for providing one’s pet with the best food and care possible. Fortunately, Lizzi...

MizzouMACC: A Student’s Perspective

MizzouMACC: A Student’s Perspective

Megan Altschul September 8, 2018

A couple of weeks before MU’s Move-in Day, I had what some would call a short-lived existential crisis. I was questioning all of my decisions, pondering over my current place in life, and even fearing...

Fast food restaurants college students can’t survive without

Fast food restaurants college students can’t survive without

Allie Bertrand September 8, 2018

There are times where you may be too tired and just don’t want to cook or you are way too sick of dining hall food. This is when fast food is at its most tempting and MU’s campus seems to be surrounded...

Learn about some of the 600 minority student organizations at MU

Learn about some of the 600 minority student organizations at MU

Mariana Labbate September 8, 2018

MU has more than 600 recognized student organizations, and it can be easy to get lost in the middle of it all. From religious to cultural minority groups, finding a perfect fit doesn’t have to be so...

MSA mock senate session emphasizes procedural education

Ethan Brown September 6, 2018

The Missouri Student Association senate held its first-ever mock senate session Sept. 6, where a smooth landing for new senators was the top priority. The event was six days before at-large senator elections...

New cosmetic store makes sweet debut in student center

Brynn McCarthy September 6, 2018

New to the MU Student Center is Sweet Tea Cosmetics, a modernistic makeup and skincare brand that focuses on accommodating anybody and everybody. The business, created through the Unions Entrepreneurial...

Eminem rants for entire album in surprise ‘Kamikaze’ release

Julia Karsteter September 6, 2018

Eminem has been characterized by some as a rap god. For a while, he was. Once the tragedy of the late 2017 “Revival” struck, many took it as a personal let down. The man they idolized as one of the...

“Searching” is an impressive technical thriller that never quite finds what it’s looking for

Joe Cross September 6, 2018

Relatively recent advances in technology have permanently altered the way we communicate and interact with one another, so it’s somewhat strange that these changes to modern life haven’t really found...

BTS beat a Guinness World Record with the debut of “IDOL”

BTS beat a Guinness World Record with the debut of “IDOL”

Katelynn McIlwain September 4, 2018

Music has always been known as a universal language, and no boy band demonstrates this better than the Bangtan Boys, a seven member South Korean pop group also known as BTS. Since its debut in 2013, BTS...

MU assistant professor reveals research on the mental health effects of breaking up and getting back together

MU assistant professor reveals research on the mental health effects of breaking up and getting back together

Regan Mertz September 4, 2018

Couples who break up and get back together repeatedly are at risk of negatively influencing their mental health, according to a study done by MU researchers. “Although breaking up and getting back together...

MU admin expresses concern over motorized Bird scooters

MU admin expresses concern over motorized Bird scooters

Tony Madden September 4, 2018

As students rolled back into Columbia for fall classes this month, so did a fleet of public-use motorized scooters. Bird, the California-based company that distributed the vehicles, has become a topic...