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The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

MU responds to white supremacy recruitment fliers

Skyler Rossi August 31, 2017

MU students found posters sponsored by white supremacist group the Midwestern Alliance posted around campus last week. The flyers were found on university bulletin boards, and according to KOMU, were ripped...

A guide to Columbia’s live music scene this fall

A guide to Columbia’s live music scene this fall

Jane Mather-Glass August 30, 2017

Buy your tickets now before they’re gone. The shows that make up Columbia’s live music scene span a wide array of artists and styles, and with music venues all over town, there’s something for everyone. “As...

Diverse student organizations plan for year ahead

Diverse student organizations plan for year ahead

Alexandra Sharp August 30, 2017

MU organizations across campus have set new semester goals, implementing programs to help the student community. One such organization is Mizzou Alternative Breaks, an organization that sends students...

Mom jeans are back and better than ever

Mom jeans are back and better than ever

Katie Harff August 30, 2017

I never really thought of jeans as anything more than a basic item everyone owns. I also didn’t give out or receive too many compliments on jeans because, well, they were just jeans. That was then, and...

One in 30,000: A girl at home in Singapore

One in 30,000: A girl at home in Singapore

Mawa Iqbal August 30, 2017

Long-tailed, grey-haired monkeys. They hiss, jump and snatch personal belongings and can bite an innocent bystander at any given moment. They’re not as cute as what most people in the States may consider....

The Big Sick explores important cultural issues

The Big Sick explores important cultural issues

Olivia Jackson August 30, 2017

The Big Sick, playing at Ragtag Cinema Aug. 31 through Sept. 6, is a new film directed by Michael Showalter. It tells the story of Kumail, a twentysomething Pakistani comic. A normal day for Kumail consists...

LGBTQ support groups and organizations celebrate pride in Mid-Missouri

LGBTQ support groups and organizations celebrate pride in Mid-Missouri

Mawa Iqbal August 30, 2017

In celebration of the LGBTQ commuity’s increasing visiblity in Mid-Missouri, LGBTQ organizations Mid-Missouri Pride and The Center Project came together to host their 14th annual PrideFest on Saturday...

Husband and wife duo examines SNL’s impact on 1976 election

Husband and wife duo examines SNL’s impact on 1976 election

Clare Roth August 28, 2017

Married couple Dr. Heather Carver and Dr. William Horner seem to have created what could only be called a work of fate. Carver, chair of the theater department, and Horner, director of the undergraduate...

Private donations, long-term debt financing will fund $98 million Memorial Stadium project

Private donations, long-term debt financing will fund $98 million Memorial Stadium project

Galen Bacharier August 26, 2017

The UM System Board of Curators approved the Memorial Stadium South Expansion project Friday morning. The stadium expansion will begin infrastructure construction during the upcoming football season,...

Chancellor Cartwright announces new financial aid packages for Pell-eligible students

Chancellor Cartwright announces new financial aid packages for Pell-eligible students

Stephi Smith August 25, 2017

MU Chancellor Alexander Cartwright announced a new financial aid package that provides full tuition and fees for Missouri Pell Grant recipients at Jesse Hall on Thursday. “We know that this award is...

Five places to have an alcohol-free night in CoMo

Five places to have an alcohol-free night in CoMo

Kaelyn Sturgell August 25, 2017

Drinking isn’t for everyone. Whether you abstain because you’re under 21, because it’s expensive or because bars and frats creep you out, you’re not alone and there are plenty of other things to...

News Copy Chief Sam Nelson reacts to the total solar eclipse

Sam Nelson August 25, 2017

I woke up on the morning of the total solar eclipse with a cold. I couldn’t breathe out of my nose and my throat was rough, but I still had an astronomical phenomenon to witness. I made breakfast, got...