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North Korean refugee Grace Jo shares her story at Institute for Korean Studies opening

North Korean refugee Grace Jo shares her story at Institute for Korean Studies opening

Magdaline Duncan February 10, 2017

Grace Jo was born in North Korea, a country with human rights violations the United Nations has described as unparallelled in the contemporary world. Jo was the keynote speaker at the grand opening of...

Nine takeaways from the first Board of Curators meeting

February 10, 2017

The UM System Board of Curators held its first meeting of 2017 on Thursday and Friday in Columbia. Here are the major takeaways from the meetings: ####Five vacant seats, no student representative There...

The Deal With Documentaries: ‘13th’ delves into how prominent inequality still is

The Deal With Documentaries: ‘13th’ delves into how prominent inequality still is

Ally Rudolph February 10, 2017

Feb. 1 marked the start of Black History Month. Every year during this month, students across the nation are taught about the civil rights movement and the leaders of that time. The first amendment made...

Author Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor speaks at MU about black liberation

Author Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor speaks at MU about black liberation

Clare Roth February 9, 2017

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor of African American studies at Princeton University, spoke at MU on Wednesday night to discuss her book “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation.” About...

Column: Cafe Berlin is defined by more than the break-in

Column: Cafe Berlin is defined by more than the break-in

Emma Veidt February 9, 2017

Whether you’re there because your parents are visiting for the weekend, you’re fist pumping at a concert, or you just need coffee, Cafe Berlin is a Columbia hotspot. It’s highly rated on apps like...

Millennial Manners: Sharing the cost of birth control

Millennial Manners: Sharing the cost of birth control

Ben Jarzombek February 9, 2017

My usual go-to when starting hot takes goes something like this: “It’s 2017; I can’t believe that this is _still_ an issue.” However, it is 2017, and so many crazy things have happened that I really...

CDS changes Tiger Plan marketing in response to student feedback

CDS changes Tiger Plan marketing in response to student feedback

Fiona Murphy February 8, 2017

After several meetings with Missouri Students Association representatives, Campus Dining Services has made minor changes to its marketing of the Tiger Plan. Last semester, MSA showed concern about the...

The Briefing: MSA presidential election candidates to be announced Thursday

Emily Gallion February 8, 2017

Students running in the Missouri Students Association presidential race will file election documents with the Board of Election Commissioners on Thursday between 1 and 5 p.m. To file, slates must obtain...

The Briefing: Anti-abortion group to protest outside Planned Parenthood

Emily Gallion February 8, 2017

Protest Planned Parenthood will host a rally outside of Columbia’s Planned Parenthood location at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The rally is connected to other protests taking place across the nation on the...

The Briefing: Blunt votes to confirm DeVos despite protests

The Briefing: Blunt votes to confirm DeVos despite protests

Emily Gallion February 8, 2017

After two separate protests outside his office over the past two weeks, Sen. Roy Blunt voted to confirm President Donald Trump’s pick for education secretary, Betsy DeVos. The protests were in response...

The Briefing: Proposed legislation would end tenure in Missouri

The Briefing: Proposed legislation would end tenure in Missouri

Emily Gallion February 8, 2017

Rep. Rick Brattin, a Republican from Harrisonville, has proposed a bill that would end the tenure system in Missouri as a public money-saving measure. The bill would come into effect in 2018. It would...

Quiz: Which True/False Film Fest documentary should you see?

Katherine White February 8, 2017

Lovers of documentary films, arts and culture, downtown Columbia and weekend-long festivals, rejoice — True/False Film Fest announced [its 2017 lineup](http://truefalse.org/program/films) Wednesday....