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MizzouThon raises upward of $300,000 for pediatric patients

Lauren Wilcox • April 10, 2018

Hundreds of MU students danced for 13.1 hours in MizzouThon’s main event on Saturday to raise money FTK, or for the kids. This year’s grand total of $307,543.80 was up from last year’s $304,604.63. MizzouThon...

Top five takeaways from first MSA presidential debate

Skyler Rossi, Caitlyn Rosen • April 10, 2018

The Board of Elections Commissioners and Four Front held the first debate of the 2018 Missouri Students Association presidential election Monday in Bengal Lair. The two slates are Julia Wopata and Connor...

Mizzou Botanic Garden focuses on mission while preparing new landscape

Mariana Labbate • April 9, 2018

Have you ever noticed small signs under the trees or flowers on campus? Usually with scientific names displayed, these markers exist because MU’s campus is officially recognized as a botanical garden....

Wopata/McAteer slate makes bid in MSA presidential election

Mawa Iqbal • April 9, 2018

Junior computer science major Julia Wopata and junior business major Connor McAteer are the latest to throw their hats in the race for Missouri Students Association president and vice president, respectively....

Schmidt/Kahveci slate enters MSA presidential election

Caitlyn Rosen • April 9, 2018

Robert Schmidt and running mate Alp Kahveci are running for Missouri Students Association president and vice president, respectively. They are running under the slogan “Mizzou for You” and a platform...

MU 3D Printing Club helps local dog walk on four feet

Lauren Clerc • April 9, 2018

The MU 3D Printing Club has worked for the past year to help a local dog named Tucker get a prosthetic leg. Tucker, a 5-year-old Australian shepherd, was born without his right hind foot. Though he is...

MU Remembers commemorates nine students who have died since last April

Stephi Smith • April 8, 2018

The university hosted MU Remembers, an annual event held to commemorate students who have died since last April, on Friday at 2 p.m. in Stotler Lounge. The ceremony included remembrance statements from...

Mizzou Alternative Breaks: inspiration and love in an unexpected place

April 5, 2018

Mizzou Alternative Breaks wasn’t exactly on my radar until about a day before we left. All we had were routine weekly meetings that made it seem like the trip was always weeks away with ample time for...

Missouri Senate to vote on restoring higher education funding

Natasha Vyhovsky • April 5, 2018

The Missouri House passed amendments to House Bill 2003 on March 29, which would move $30 million put into the ACCESS Missouri grant fund over to core funding for higher education, restoring about $14...

The Briefing: MSA special presidential election campaigning starts off slow

Skyler Rossi • April 5, 2018

After the passing of a special election in Missouri Student Association senate on March 21, MSA presidential election campaigning began on March 26. However, there was no word from either of the candidates...

First co-sponsored symposium covering First Amendment in digital age to be held in Washington

Lauren Bishop • April 4, 2018

The first co-sponsored symposium presented by MU’s School of Journalism and School of Law will foster discussions on the First Amendment in the digital age. The Missouri-Hurley and Price Sloan Symposium...

Jacob Addington elected new MSA senate speaker

Caitlyn Rosen • April 3, 2018

Missouri Students Association senate Communications Director Jacob Addington was elected speaker in full senate on March 21. He ran unopposed, and his inauguration is set for April 11. This means Addington...