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Festival goers will find more than just BBQ from Roots N Blues N BBQ vendors

Mawa Iqbal • September 27, 2017

‘Tis the season of pumpkin spice lattes, spooky, scary skeletons and dwindling daylight hours. With the changing colors of the leaves and the increased prevalence of Halloween decorations at convenience...

MU researchers conducted a series of studies to measure how people use intuition to determine scenarios as morally wrong

Tatyana Monnay • September 27, 2017

A woman finds an old American flag in her apartment and decides to use it to clean. A man finds an old sweater is his closet that he bought as a gift for his ex-girlfriend; he decides to give it to his...

Community and MU student groups hold Walk for the Climate

Tristen Rouse • September 26, 2017

Chants rang throughout downtown Columbia on Sunday as Mid-Missouri Peaceworks held its Walk for the Climate. The 5K walk was organized by Mid-Missouri Peaceworks Director Mark Haim and co-sponsored by...

MESC and NSBE co-host College of Engineering Career Fair

Skyler Rossi • September 26, 2017

For the first time, a diversity organization collaborated with a non-diversity organization to host the College of Engineering Fall Career Fair on Tuesday at Mizzou Arena. The Engineering Student Council...

Standing committee on campus health and wellness to be formed

Caitlyn Rosen • September 26, 2017

[Changes to how students can use student charge](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2017/6/22/student-charge-will-be-limited-fall/) have prompted the Missouri Students Association to recommend establishing...

Museum of Anthropology reopens after three-year closure

Sarah Peterson • September 26, 2017

The MU Museum of Anthropology reopened in its new location at Mizzou North on Sept. 17 after a three-year hiatus. The museum originally closed due to renovations of its former location, Swallow Hall....

Upcoming music festival aims to show another side of Columbia

Claire Colby • September 26, 2017

Matthew Crook is on a mission to end boring music. The Columbia-based musician and director is one half of Dismal Niche, an experimental record label, and organizer of the upcoming music festival of the...

Booker T’s rich tunes to be performed at Roots N Blues N BBQ

Alexandra Sharp • September 26, 2017

Known for his smooth, rich tunes, soul and R&B, singer Booker T. Jones will perform Stax Records recording studio’s greatest hits, including some of his own, at the Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival at Stephens...

There is more to Roots N Blues N BBQ than meets the eye

Sarah Haselhorst • September 26, 2017

For Jamie Varvaro, an 11-year veteran of Roots N Blues N BBQ and the festival’s director of development and marketing, the carefully thought-out details set this festival apart from others. From strategic...

Get in the know about Roots N Blues N BBQ’s new cashless system

Sarah Haselhorst • September 26, 2017

Losing your wallet at any event is fear-inducing and guaranteed to make your heart and mind race, but this year the Roots N Blues N BBQ festival has remedied your wallet woes by introducing a cashless...

Renewing her country style, Emmylou Harris performs at this year’s Roots N Blues N BBQ festival

Siena DeBolt • September 26, 2017

On stage, Emmylou Harris channels the same desire to perform that she had fifty years ago as a college student at the University of North Carolina. After pursuing a music career in New York City and watching...

Roots N Blues festival to feature rock and blues artist Gary Clark Jr.

Siena DeBolt • September 26, 2017

After experimenting with a guitar when he was only 12 years old, Gary Clark Jr. started his career of mixing blues, soul and hip-hop in Austin, Texas. While he performed in small locations around Austin,...