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RHA presidential hopefuls reveal platforms

RHA presidential hopefuls reveal platforms

Andrew Withers February 17, 2017

The slates for the upcoming Residence Halls Association presidential election have released their platforms, with Solomon Davis and Jeremy Richmond running against Maggie Recca and Mitchell Davis. Solomon...

Greitens appoints three UM System curators, leaving two seats still vacant

Greitens appoints three UM System curators, leaving two seats still vacant

Kyle LaHucik February 16, 2017

Three new curators have been appointed to serve on the UM System Board of Curators, filling three out of the five empty seats on the nine-member board. Gov. Eric Greitens nominated Jeff Layman, Jamie...

Judge determines that CPD acted unconstitutionally by recording attorney-client phone calls

Judge determines that CPD acted unconstitutionally by recording attorney-client phone calls

Libby Stanford February 16, 2017

During a hearing last week in Shelbyville, Missouri, a state judge ruled that the Columbia Police Department acted unconstitutionally by recording attorney-client phone calls. Because the hearing was not...

Possible cuts to the NEA pose threat to local arts, including The Missouri Review

Possible cuts to the NEA pose threat to local arts, including The Missouri Review

Jackson Kinkead February 16, 2017

The Missouri Review, a literary magazine based at MU, could take a financial hit if a January proposal by President Donald Trump’s transition team to eliminate National Endowment for the Arts were to...

Celebrate girl power with these feminist jams

Celebrate girl power with these feminist jams

Mallorie Munoz February 15, 2017

Girl power never requires an occasion, but when it’s the week of Galentine’s Day with Women’s History Month closely following, a playlist celebrating women seems fitting. As a girl-power enthusiast,...

Panel discusses teaching Black Lives Matter in schools

Panel discusses teaching Black Lives Matter in schools

Maureen Strode February 15, 2017

A panel of one MU education student and four Columbia educators led a discussion on the importance of teaching Black Lives Matter in schools in Hill Hall on Wednesday night. The panel, hosted by the National...

Architecture firm Populous selected by curators for Faurot south end zone project

Architecture firm Populous selected by curators for Faurot south end zone project

Clare Roth February 15, 2017

The UM System Board of Curators selected the architecture firm Populous to design a new Faurot Field south end zone facility project at a meeting on Feb. 9, by a 5-1 vote. A day after Populous was approved,...

Column: Confessions of a modern-day woman

Column: Confessions of a modern-day woman

Michelle Lumpkins February 14, 2017

As I grip my keys with my thumb hovering over the panic button, I feel my heart thumping against my chest. Subconsciously, my mind recites my parents’ habitual reminders to never wander alone and to...

University-sponsored charter schools have mixed success

University-sponsored charter schools have mixed success

Zia Kelly February 14, 2017

Public charter schools have been an alternative for K-12 students in Kansas City and St. Louis since 2000, and as of a state policy change in 2012, the overwhelming majority of them are operated by higher-education...

Characters mature as ‘Girls’ comes to its final season

Characters mature as ‘Girls’ comes to its final season

Hannah Simon February 14, 2017

I started watching _Girls_ because I thought it would be like _Sex and the City_, millennial edition. What I soon realized is that _Girls_ is not nearly as glamorous. It is edgy, real and sometimes annoying,...

In City Council run, senior Andrew Hutchinson focuses on students

In City Council run, senior Andrew Hutchinson focuses on students

Sarah Hallam February 14, 2017

Columbia native and MU senior Andrew Hutchinson is running for City Council to represent the First Ward, which includes campus, Greektown and much of downtown. The election will take place April 4. His...

Kinder professors and Tribune editor discuss free speech in the digital era

Kinder professors and Tribune editor discuss free speech in the digital era

Clare Roth February 14, 2017

Two Kinder Institute professors, Adam Seagrave and Nicholas Drummond, and the managing editor of the Columbia Daily Tribune, Jim Robertson, discussed free speech in the digital era at the Columbia Public...