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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Top 5 words to summarize this school year

Top 5 words to summarize this school year

Sam Nelson May 3, 2017

The university’s financial and enrollment woes continued, students protested for a number of social issues, a Tiger won an Olympic medal and students contracted a childhood illness. Here are the top...

Most Influential Students: Missouri’s youngest RNC delegate reflects on being political at an early age

Jackson Kinkead May 3, 2017

At the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, senior Jeremy Wiggins was the youngest Missouri delegate on the floor. Wiggins has had internships at the U.S. House Committee on Ways and...

Best Student Organization: It’s On Us commits to fighting sexual assault

Kyle LaHucik May 3, 2017

Though there is no way to track the number of sexual assaults being prevented by its awareness campaign, It’s On Us has proved to be the most influential organization this year on campus. The idea that...

Best Student Achievement: Students vote to pass Enhance Mizzou fee

Claire Colby May 3, 2017

Students’ effective campaign led to an increase in funding that will improve facilities and resources across campus. Enhance Mizzou will be remembered as one of the year’s major student successes. Money...

Top Disappointments: Student Health Center to charge for medical health consultations

Top Disappointments: Student Health Center to charge for medical health consultations

Anna Sirianni May 2, 2017

Starting July 1, seeking medical attention on campus will get a lot more burdensome. Due to decreases to the pre-paid health fee’s coverage, announced in a mass email from the Student Health Center on...

Curators stall in naming new residence hall after black journalist Lucile Bluford

Curators stall in naming new residence hall after black journalist Lucile Bluford

Sam Forbes May 2, 2017

Despite a request from the Residence Halls Association to name the newest residence hall after black journalist Lucile Bluford, the UM System Board of Curators has not moved on the issue. Last year, RHA...

How downtown Columbia has changed over the past school year

Nat Kaemmerer May 2, 2017

Columbia’s downtown area is what makes it feel like a true city. It’s vibrant, charming and always changing. New locations open, old ones close to make room and, of course, apartment buildings spring...

Application numbers reflect decreasing international student interest in MU

Application numbers reflect decreasing international student interest in MU

Olivia Garrett, Sam Forbes May 2, 2017

Graduate school applications from international students have dropped this year, following a trend at many universities across the country. MU graduate applications were down 11 percent overall as of...

Garnett Stokes appointed interim chancellor, Gary Ward appointed interim vice chancellor for student affairs

Garnett Stokes appointed interim chancellor, Gary Ward appointed interim vice chancellor for student affairs

Clare Roth May 2, 2017

UM System President Mun Choi announced Garnett Stokes as the new interim chancellor in an email to students, staff and faculty this morning. Stokes will replace interim chancellor Hank Foley and will begin...

The top 5 numbers that sum up the year: Tiger Plan, system administrators and closed buildings

Katherine Stevenson May 2, 2017

**14.3 percent:** Potential financial loss when using the Tiger Plan Advertised as “the most flexible off-campus student dining plan,” the Tiger Plan was unveiled by Campus Dining Services for the...

Most Influential Students: Andrew Hutchinson reflects on city council campaign and One Mic

Most Influential Students: Andrew Hutchinson reflects on city council campaign and One Mic

Poetry and politics don’t always make sense together, but Andrew Hutchinson has a passion for both. The former MSA and city council candidate and co-founder of One Mic, a local poetry organization,...

The Briefing: Board of Curators’ April meeting, international enrollment drops, campus carry resolution fails, Take Back the Night

####UM Board of Curators discussed tuition rise, facility renovations at meeting last week Tuition may be increasing by 2.1 percent for both in-state and out-of-state students for the 2017-18 school year,...