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The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Erin Cooper makes history as MU’s first female band director

Erin Cooper makes history as MU’s first female band director

Claire Colby October 20, 2016

For the first time in its 131-year history, Marching Mizzou is under the leadership of a female band director. Erin Cooper, who served for a year as director of bands for Southeastern Oklahoma State University,...

You’re a Mizzou fan, but senior Shannon Fennell is a superfan

You’re a Mizzou fan, but senior Shannon Fennell is a superfan

Magdaline Duncan October 20, 2016

Senior Shannon Fennell didn’t plan on going to school in Missouri, almost a nine-hour drive from her hometown of Allen, Texas. But when she toured the university, she fell in love. “It was literally...

Homecoming Parade preparation takes into account construction, possible disruptions

Carly Berthiaume October 20, 2016

The Columbia Police Department and MU Police Department have been working in conjunction with the Homecoming Parade Committee to map out a final route for the annual parade Saturday morning, and the process...

Gaines Through Time: Fighting exclusion in the law community

Ayesha Vishnani October 20, 2016

In 1935, Lloyd Gaines applied to MU’s law school.
 Gaines was a graduate of Lincoln University in Jefferson City, the premier black undergraduate institution of the Midwest at the time. During Gaines’...

MU still uses products made with prison labor

Fiona Murphy October 19, 2016

Last spring, student governments in joint session passed Resolution 55-32, which advocates for MU to divest from prison labor. However, the university continues to receive products made by incarcerated...

MSA committee hopes to bring recycling to Greek houses

MSA committee hopes to bring recycling to Greek houses

Sarah Hallam October 19, 2016

The Missouri Students Association Campus and Community Relations Committee is prioritizing their ongoing project to register all fraternity and sorority houses for recycling with the city of Columbia. This...

Steering Committee aims to include more orgs in Homecoming

Zia Kelly October 19, 2016

For those who have not spent the past month pomping, practicing skits, organizing the annual blood drive or volunteering with their Greek chapter, opportunities to get involved in Homecoming may seem limited...

Homecoming groupings adapt to DU and KA suspension

Homecoming groupings adapt to DU and KA suspension

Zia Kelly October 19, 2016

Members of Delta Upsilon and Kappa Alpha, two fraternities suspended in the past month, will not be able to participate in Homecoming activities. Both fraternities have been placed on temporary suspension. “To...

MSA and City Council have different approaches to pedestrian safety

Lailah Tarakai October 19, 2016

Four pedestrians were killed and at least six others injured in motor vehicle collisions within Columbia city limits between October 2014 and April 2015. Three of these incidents happened on the same...

Office of Student Conduct investigates two suspended fraternities

Zia Kelly October 19, 2016

Unless the Office of Student Conduct concludes investigations into alleged violations within the next two weeks, Delta Upsilon and Kappa Alpha Order will not walk in the Homecoming Parade on Oct. 22. Because...

Race Matters, Friends warns City Council of biased policing

Jeremiah Wooten October 19, 2016

Three members of advocacy group Race Matters, Friends spoke at Monday’s Columbia City Council meeting about implicit bias in local policing. “There are disproportionate rates of searches of African-American...

Welcome to the jungle: Shaving shouldn’t be an expectation for women

Edna Smith October 19, 2016

_Sex Edna is a sex and advice specialist for MOVE Magazine. She’ll take any and all questions about sex into consideration, but she’s really just making it up as she goes along like everyone else....