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First Mizzou Giving Day attracted over 3,000 donors and $8 million in donations

Olivia Garrett • March 21, 2017

The various schools, colleges and other areas at MU raised $8,295,842 from 3,590 donors on Wednesday and Thursday during the first annual Mizzou Giving Day. The campus-wide initiative was a part of the...

Know Before You Go: Cafe Berlin to host Xenia Rubinos

Cassie Allen • March 21, 2017

Celebrate your stay-cation with a concert over spring break. ####The lowdown Bringing soul-punk to Columbia, Cafe Berlin is hosting Xenia Rubinos, MAZ Blanko and Hungry Foxes on March 30. The show starts...

Nearby obscure destinations can make for an interesting road trip

Gracie Sands • March 21, 2017

Sometimes, we just need to get away and take a road trip. If you ever get the feeling to indulge your inner explorer, there are many destinations within driving distance of Columbia that are unlike anything...

Student Health Center to bill students for office visits

Elena Cruz • March 20, 2017

The Student Health Center will being [charging students for consultations](http://studenthealth.missouri.edu/needtoknow/seethechange.html) starting July 1 but will keep mental health procedures the same. Due...

G#’s Musical Radar: Judah & the Lion discusses its latest album

Grant Sharples • March 19, 2017

Judah & the Lion is an indie-folk band from Nashville. Last year, it released its breakthrough album, _Folk Hop N’ Roll_, and its single, “Take It All Back,” which received plenty of radio play....

For the Love of Movies: In ‘Toni Erdmann,’ comedy and drama collide

Nick Corder • March 19, 2017

Renowned Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky frequently called filmmaking “sculpting in time,” an observation I find incredibly perceptive and widely applicable. Some films come off looking perfect,...

Sections of Lowry Mall to be closed for repairs until March 2018

Magdaline Duncan • March 18, 2017

Beginning May 15, Lowry Mall will be under construction to repair the steam tunnels beneath it. Mark Yount, a media producer for MU Operations, said the current steam tunnels beneath the mall date back...

Thompson Center partners in America’s largest autism study

Jackson Kinkead • March 18, 2017

MU’s Thompson Center for Autism joined 20 other major autism research institutions this past year in what is projected to be America’s largest autism study ever. Across all 21 locations, 50,000 subjects...

The Naturelles win quarterfinals at the ICCA A Cappella competition

Rashi Shrivastava • March 17, 2017

Reaching high notes and greater heights of accomplishments, one of MU’s a cappella groups, The Naturelles, has caught a new lead toward an 11-year dream. The Naturelles are a group of 15 female singers...

MSA budget will be $150,000 less than previous year

Fiona Murphy • March 17, 2017

The MSA budget is $150,000 less than last year, at a total of $1.47 million, due to low enrollment numbers and less carryover. The Missouri Students Association Department of Student Activities, STRIPES...

A life of hardship and happiness: Activist Mike Robertson shares lessons from his life’s work with a Canadian aboriginal band

Andrew Withers • March 17, 2017

Exhausted from a long day’s work, Mike Robertson loaded his pickup truck and headed out to the dump. It was Sept. 12, 1981, and Robertson was in “grassy plains country” in British Columbia, Canada....

Canadian studies program hosts 13th annual Canada Days at MU

Katherine Stevenson • March 17, 2017

Wearing traditional beaded mukluks he later explained were made of beaver, seal and moosehide, Mike Robertson greeted the audience in the native tongue of the Cheslatta. He stood before the gathered students,...