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Meet Sam Elfanbaum, a St. Louis native with a killer voice

Caroline Watkins • April 4, 2017

In addition to his velvety smooth voice and scruffy appearance, freshman Sam Elfanbaum’s persona is as equally charismatic as it is low-key. You can tell that he is just as comfortable in a Sunday interview...

Voters Guide: Everything you need to know for the municipal election

Libby Stanford • April 3, 2017

Two City Council members, three Columbia School Board members and two trustees for the Boone Hospital Center Board will be elected Tuesday in the municipal election. Two MU professors, an administrative...

Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky named new law school dean

Olivia Garrett • April 3, 2017

The School of Law named Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky as its next dean on Monday. Lidsky, who will be the school’s first female dean, will begin her new role on July 1. “I am thrilled and honored to join...

G#’s Musical Radar: Local Natives talks about mixing politics and music

Grant Sharples • April 3, 2017

With its 2010 debut record, _Gorilla Manor_, Local Natives established itself as an up-and-coming indie rock band that fans should know. Two albums later, the indie rock quintet from Los Angeles released...

MOVE’s guide to April concerts in Columbia

Gracie Sands • April 3, 2017

####Local Natives — The Blue Note **When: April 4, 8 p.m.** Local Natives is no stranger to Columbia or The Blue Note. The band previously performed at the venue back in 2014 and is returning on April...

Center, Responsibility and Discovery halls will close next year

Andrew Withers, Emily Gallion • April 2, 2017

Center, Responsibility and Discovery residence halls will be “taken offline” next year due to low freshman enrollment, Residential Life Director Frankie Minor said in an email obtained by The Maneater. Minor...

MOVE Investigates: Mizzou’s tiger mascot has an intriguing history

Brooke Collier • March 31, 2017

“Fight, Tiger, fight for old Mizzou,” the student section cheers at football games as Truman the Tiger runs around. But when MU was founded in 1839, there wasn’t even a mascot to sing about. Fifty-one...

Hank Foley to leave MU for New York Institute of Technology

Emily Gallion • March 29, 2017

Interim MU Chancellor Hank Foley announced in an email to students that starting June 1, he will be the president of the New York Institute of Technology. His last day at MU will be May 3. Foley [was...

MSA Operations Committee denies Willett/Englert’s first cabinet appointee

Emily Gallion • March 25, 2017

After reviewing a dozen depositions from unnamed students and interviewing the candidate, the MSA Senate Operations Committee voted 3-2 to deny Leslie Parker appointment as President-elect Nathan Willett’s...

Demolition begins at Laws Hall

Sam Forbes • March 24, 2017

The demolition of Laws Hall, one of MU’s oldest residence halls, began Monday as part of a construction project that has been in the works since 2001. The process is expected to take five weeks and...

Coalition of Graduate Workers urges MU to consider becoming a ‘sanctuary campus’

Libby Stanford • March 24, 2017

The Coalition of Graduate Workers is composing a list of demands that would urge MU administrators to make the university a “sanctuary campus.” A sanctuary campus is often defined as a college or...

Women’s Leadership Conference fosters community, education

Claire Colby • March 24, 2017

Timed to coincide with Women’s History Month, on March 18 the Women’s Leadership Conference’s theme was “Women INpower” and featured female professionals from across fields as both presenters...