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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...

The view from Hitt Street: a tale of a solar eclipse watch party

Mawa Iqbal • August 25, 2017

It was 11:40 a.m. and my friends and I had just arrived on the roof of the Hitt Street Parking Structure, eclipse glasses in hand. Given that there weren’t any free shirts or pizza being passed out,...

Opinions Editor Hunter Gilbert reacts to the total solar eclipse

Hunter Gilbert • August 25, 2017

I have stood upon mountaintops in the Rockies, walked across green, rolling hills in New Zealand and even posed for photos atop a glacier in Canada. On Monday, the eclipse in Columbia was something else....

MU campus enraptured by rare solar eclipse

Alexandra Sharp • August 25, 2017

It was dusk in the middle of the afternoon on Monday when MU students witnessed a rare moment in scientific history: a total solar eclipse passing over Columbia. The 2017 solar eclipse passed over MU around...

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...

Graduate student rights group holds third annual rally

Stephi Smith, Mawa Iqbal • August 24, 2017

The Missouri Coalition of Graduate Workers held its third annual rally in Traditions Plaza Wednesday to speak out and protest for graduate student rights. The group marched around the Francis Quadrangle...

MSA Senate pushes to define role of communications director

Jacob Robinson • August 23, 2017

Missouri Students Association Senate speaker Hunter Windholz introduced [Senate Bill 57-01](https://orgsync.com/125889/files/1287264) on Aug. 15 in order to “permanently define the role of the Senate...

Solar eclipse attracts thousands to visit Columbia

Skyler Rossi • August 23, 2017

On Monday, people from all across the country drove, flew or bussed to one of many towns on a small line known as the “path of totality.” They crossed their fingers for clear skies and prayed they...

Freshman enrollment has dropped for a second consecutive fall semester

Olivia Garrett • August 21, 2017

Freshman enrollment at MU for fall 2017 was about 4,100 on the first day of classes. By this time last year, around 700 more incoming freshmen had enrolled. This drop in enrollment is slightly less significant...

How to manage social media in college

Kaelyn Sturgell • August 20, 2017

Many of us spend hours on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook each day. Many of just use these sites to post aesthetic pictures and tag friends in memes, but, as a networking college student preparing for...

Greitens appoints two new curators and student representative to Board of Curators

Olivia Garrett • August 3, 2017

Governor Eric Greitens appointed Julia Brncic and Jon Sundvold to the UM System Board of Curators and named Courtney Lauer as the student representative to the board on Monday. The curator nominations...

Gov. Greitens nominates Courtney Lauer to fill student representative position

Kyle LaHucik • August 3, 2017

For the first time since February, the University of Missouri System has a student representative to the UM System Board of Curators. The board, which consists of nine voting curators, had two curator...