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The Maneater

Top Moments of the Year: Students fundraise to give back to Sandy from Plaza

Top Moments of the Year: Students fundraise to give back to Sandy from Plaza

Sam Nelson May 2, 2017

MU’s favorite Campus Dining Services employee, Sandy Cunningham, received a surprise from students at the end of the first semester. Several students started a GoFundMe to raise money for Christmas gifts...

Fresh Faces: Choi’s background in higher education led him to U.M. System presidency

Fresh Faces: Choi’s background in higher education led him to U.M. System presidency

Grant Sharples May 2, 2017

Mun Choi, the 24th president of the UM System, began his term March 1 as the first permanent president of the UM System in nearly a year and a half. The presidency had been filled by interim leader Mike...

Top Moments of the Year: Community members rally in support of local Muslims

Top Moments of the Year: Community members rally in support of local Muslims

Madi McVan May 2, 2017

More than 200 people (and some dogs) gathered in Peace Park on Jan. 29 with signs and yellow flowers, then marched to the Islamic Center of Central Missouri, where they laid the flowers on the steps of...

Researchers display agricultural engineering technologies at event last Saturday

Olivia Garrett May 2, 2017

Despite the rain, undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers and the public gathered on Saturday at South Farm Research Center to celebrate 100 years of agricultural engineering research at...

Top Disappointments: Walmart Express’ closing leaves us all hungry

Top Disappointments: Walmart Express’ closing leaves us all hungry

Andrew Withers May 2, 2017

Walmart Express’ closing on South Ninth Street this past October drew grumblings from local residents — stomach grumblings, that is. “It sucks,” junior Ryan Idel told [MOVE Magazine in October](http://move.themaneater.com/stories/2016/10/5/walmart-express-close-friday/#.WPppVlMrIzY)....

Four tips to help you stay motivated during finals week

May 1, 2017

Finals can be the biggest morale murderer of the semester. Scratch that—studying for finals can be the biggest moral murderer of the semester. Cramming for finals and wrapping up group projects replace...

The final countdown: the ultimate study playlist

Caroline Watkins May 1, 2017

####The Final Countdown: The Ultimate Study Playlist Description: You’re ready to bid the school year farewell, but the motivation to ace those finals is lacking. Whether you are cramming for a math...

Beyond the buns: Carrie Fisher as a writer

Nat Kaemmerer May 1, 2017

Carrie Fisher, product of “Hollywood inbreeding,” as she said in _Wishful Drinking_ was in the spotlight her whole life. However, she was launched to superstardom when she landed the iconic role of...

Legislation calling on curators to allow firearms on campus fails in MSA full Senate

Fiona Murphy April 30, 2017

A resolution asking the UM System Board of Curators to change the system’s Collected Rules and Regulations to allow guns on campus failed by a vote of 14-9 in full Senate Wednesday. The resolution,...

Environmentalist organization calls on MU to divest from fossil fuels

Fiona Murphy April 30, 2017

The Mizzou Energy Action Coalition will be presenting its campaign for the UM System to divest from fossil fuels to President Mun Choi on May 3. [The divestment resolution](https://orgsync.com/125889/chapter)...

Committee releases new and revised campus policies on freedom of expression

Katherine Stevenson April 29, 2017

Formed partly in response to the events of fall 2015, the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on Protests, Public Spaces, Free Speech and the Press [released its approved revised and new policies](http://committees.missouri.edu/protests-free-speech/new-revised-policies-04-2017.php)...

JoJo is making a comeback while showcasing artistic growth

Michelle Lumpkins April 27, 2017

I grew up watching JoJo in movies like Aquamarine and belting out her song “Too Little Too Late” like my life depended on it. But in the same way that I have grown up, JoJo has too. At her concert...