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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

New provost welcomed with message of engagement, advancement during reception event

New provost welcomed with message of engagement, advancement during reception event

Lauren Bishop August 30, 2018

Messages of thanks, collaboration and service to MU were shared during the welcome reception by new MU Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Latha Ramchand. Held in the Reynolds Alumni Center,...

New policy clears the air by banning all tobacco product use on campus

New policy clears the air by banning all tobacco product use on campus

Stephi Smith August 30, 2018

MU has added to its existing smoke-free policy to include all tobacco products banned on campus. The new policy now includes any tobacco, electronic nicotine devices and hookah products as of Aug. 20. The...

MU Battle Whale makes a splash

MU Battle Whale makes a splash

Hailey Grillo August 29, 2018

Battlewhale: one word, around 30 student actors and countless hearty laughs. MU Battlewhale is the premiere sketch comedy team run by students for community members of all ages. What started as a group...

Make the most out of Columbia’s downtown venues

Make the most out of Columbia’s downtown venues

Mariana Labbate August 29, 2018

Columbia may seem like a small town for those who come from bigger cities, but it can still have a busy cultural life. From live music venues to independent film theaters, there is always something happening...

Bad Bad Hats Preview: indie rock band headed to Columbia

Bad Bad Hats Preview: indie rock band headed to Columbia

Janae McKenzie August 29, 2018

Indie rock and roll band Bad Bad Hats will be making a stop in Columbia’s Cafe Berlin on Sept. 14. Consisting of members Kerry Alexander, Chris Hoge and Connor Davison, the Minneapolis-based group is...

Graduate workers hold annual protest

Graduate workers hold annual protest

Ethan Brown August 28, 2018

For the fourth year in a row, the Coalition of Graduate Workers held a protest for graduate workers’ rights Aug. 22 on the Francis Quadrangle. The protest occurs near the anniversary of the August 2015...

Joint student-faculty board backs change in Greek system

Ethan Brown August 28, 2018

A July 31 report released by a university advisory board encouraged a program for self-reporting hazing in MU’s Greek life system, along with other structural changes. The recommendations, written by...

LBC, CSA and ASA kick off school year with “Welcome Black Block Party”

LBC, CSA and ASA kick off school year with “Welcome Black Block Party”

Ryan Timpone August 28, 2018

The Legion of Black Collegians, the Caribbean Students Association and the African Student Association kicked off the school year with their annual “Welcome Black Block Party” on Wednesday, Aug. 22.The...

Top five movies to see this fall

Top five movies to see this fall

Jesse Baalman August 28, 2018

It’s hard to believe that the summer movie season is coming to an end. As the dog days drag on, there will be a small slump in the box office while studios gear up for the next phase of the year in movies....

School of Music from a freshman lens

School of Music from a freshman lens

Allison Sawyer August 28, 2018

MU School of Music kick-starts the year welcoming an ensemble group of roughly 50 incoming freshmen. Several students in the class of 2022 vouch for the immediate sense of creativity as well as earnestness...

MU professor’s research on effects of BPA defies FDA statement

MU professor’s research on effects of BPA defies FDA statement

Regan Mertz August 28, 2018

MU professor, Cheryl Rosenfeld, has researched the chemical bisphenol A for over a decade. Her work, recently published in the journal, Epigenetics, disproves a statement issued by the U.S. Food and Drug...

“OnePointFive” is a complete and utter disappointment

Emma Bennett August 28, 2018

In March of 2016, rapper Aminé released his debut single, “Caroline”. Having already released two mixtapes, “Odyssey to Me” and “Calling Brío” and one EP, “En Vogue”, the twenty-one year...