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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

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...

MU associate professor Rabia Gregory to use $30,000 grant to improve the teaching of religious diversity

MU associate professor Rabia Gregory to use $30,000 grant to improve the teaching of religious diversity

Morgan Smith September 25, 2017

Associate religious studies professor Rabia Gregory recently received a $30,000 grant from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion to develop a program geared toward improving...

The National analyzes love gone wrong in Sleep Well Beast

The National analyzes love gone wrong in Sleep Well Beast

Laura Miserez September 24, 2017

Fans of indie rock’s resident pessimists The National have been waiting for new music from the group since its 2013 critically acclaimed album _Trouble Will Find Me._ The band finally released its anticipated...

TCU professor gives Constitution Week lecture at Kinder Institute

TCU professor gives Constitution Week lecture at Kinder Institute

Allison Cho September 22, 2017

Gene Allen Smith, Texas Christian University’s Center for Texas Studies director, gave a lecture on Missouri’s history with the Louisiana Purchase to an intimate audience at the MU Kinder Institute...

Ohmme’s indie-rock delivers emotion and pure technical talent

Ohmme’s indie-rock delivers emotion and pure technical talent

Jane Mather-Glass September 20, 2017

The Chicago-based indie-rock trio Ohmme played an incredible and intimate set at Café Berlin on Thursday night. Though Ohmme only released its first EP in June, its unique sound and discordant harmonies...

MU club Quidditch encourages competition, new members

MU club Quidditch encourages competition, new members

Alexandra Sharp September 20, 2017

MU’s club Quidditch team faces the new season with optimism. Quidditch is a co-ed, full-contact club sport similar to a combination of rugby and dodgeball loosely based on the game from the _Harry Potter_...

Art Beat: Filmmaker Nathan Wright aims to spread empathy through his art

Art Beat: Filmmaker Nathan Wright aims to spread empathy through his art

Fiona Murphy September 19, 2017

Nathan Wright revels in escape, and the 21-year-old filmmaker produces stories that allow his audience to do just that. With his use of lights, colored deep blue and hazy purple, and his way of manipulating...

The Mizzou Store sales drop with changes to increase financial and academic success for students

The Mizzou Store sales drop with changes to increase financial and academic success for students

Clare Roth September 19, 2017

Businesses on campus are suffering after changes to student charge and affordability initiatives were introduced this semester. The Office of Cashiers [announced](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2017/6/22/student-charge-will-be-limited-fall/)...

With survey results in, MU is ready to move forward with new inclusivity plans

Tristen Rouse, Tatyana Monnay September 19, 2017

MU and Rankin & Associates Consulting released a full report of the 2016 Campus Climate Survey results, which measure perceptions of respect by students, faculty and staff, on Monday. The full 578-page...