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The Maneater

Increased enrollment creates changes within RHA and Residential Life

Caitlyn Rosen August 16, 2018

MU’s enrollment has increased by 14.4 percent, according to a report by the MU News Bureau. The report stated that 4,547 students had paid enrollment deposits as of May 2. This is a 538 increase from...

Freshmen foster online connections prior to school’s start

Freshmen foster online connections prior to school’s start

Abby Werner August 16, 2018

This week, thousands of incoming freshmen will be flooding MU’s campus looking to make new friends and have new experiences. But what has become an increasing trend is that many freshmen have already...

Five helpful ways to get over new roommate jitters

Five helpful ways to get over new roommate jitters

Hailey Grillo August 16, 2018

Meeting somebody new can be an exciting experience, but let’s face it, meeting somebody new that you’ll be living in tight quarters with for the next nine months can be a life changing and downright...

Seven tips to keeping your technology tuned

Seven tips to keeping your technology tuned

Alex Wilson August 15, 2018

Computers are costly pieces of hardware that break, scratch and fry, and it can be difficult and expensive to keep one performing perfectly. Keeping your technology dusted, making sure your motherboard...

What to expect from this year’s Fall Welcome Week

Mariana Labbate August 15, 2018

Fall 2018 Welcome Week is mainly made to welcome incoming tigers to campus, but many of its events are open to all MU students. The Week officially starts on August 15, the same day as Residence Halls’...

Summer Briefing: Leadership and financial changes to shape fall semester

Morgan Smith, Caitlyn Rosen August 15, 2018

Since students departed for summer break in May, MU officials have been hard at work. Here’s a recap of some of the summer’s biggest news updates. ##New Leadership## Those returning to campus will...

Tap Day tradition continues with over 80 new honor society members

Tap Day tradition continues with over 80 new honor society members

Christina Long July 25, 2018

CORRECTION: A previous version of this article did not state that Larissa Babiak was tapped into QEBH. The Maneater regrets this error. One of the few times a year the Switzler Hall bell tolls is to signal...

‘First Reformed’ review: a fully realized expression of wordly anxiety

‘First Reformed’ review: a fully realized expression of wordly anxiety

Jesse Baalman July 10, 2018

Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a minister presiding over First Reformed, a long-forgotten historical church that lies above what used to be a stop on the Underground Railroad. He is a former military...

Book Review: Gaël Faye explores his Burundian roots in “Small Country”

Book Review: Gaël Faye explores his Burundian roots in “Small Country”

Mariana Labbate July 10, 2018

Without sounding ungrateful whatsoever, Gaël Faye, novelist, poet, rapper and author of the book “Small Country,” shows his readers how departing from a civil war may not be the wonder one would think...

Missouri Students Association plans to create council tailored for incoming freshmen

Missouri Students Association plans to create council tailored for incoming freshmen

Caitlyn Rosen July 10, 2018

The Missouri Students Association is creating a council for incoming freshmen. It will consist of up to 20 students and they will apply before being considered for appointment. Only incoming freshmen can...

Tuition to increase at least 1 percent in fall 2018

Tuition to increase at least 1 percent in fall 2018

Stephi Smith July 10, 2018

The UM System Board of Curators voted unanimously in May to increase tuition and fees at its four campuses for fall 2018. The board voted to approve a 2.1 percent increase in tuition and deferred all...

Board of Curators to appeal ruling in graduate worker case

Board of Curators to appeal ruling in graduate worker case

Ethan Brown July 10, 2018

The UM Board of Curators will appeal a June 21 decision stating they must recognize the Coalition of Graduate Workers as the collective bargaining representative for MU graduate workers, according to UM...