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Engineering Building West renamed after award-winning MU alumnus

Engineering Building West renamed after award-winning MU alumnus

Megan Dollar September 27, 2016

Engineering Building West is now officially F. Robert and Patricia Naka Hall, named after the late MU engineering graduate F. Robert Naka and his wife Patricia. They donated $1.5 million toward the renovation...

MSA hopes to encourage use of open educational resources on campus

Jackson Fletcher September 27, 2016

The Missouri Students Association began efforts to increase the presence of open educational resources on campus in a meeting last Thursday. According to [an analysis by NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/freshman-year/college-textbook-prices-have-risen-812-percent-1978-n399926),...

Woman Writes: Women are never ‘asking for it’ by the way they dress

Kristyna Kresic September 24, 2016

After the most recent football game, my friends and I decided to eat Shakespeare’s Pizza. Once we ordered our Masterpiece, sat down and minded our own business, we heard a conversation that sparked a...

MU professor brings experiences in space to her classroom

Claire Colby September 23, 2016

During her 30 years at NASA, physics and astronomy professor Linda Godwin went to space for four different missions and assisted numerous others in various support roles. In 2010, she was ready for something...

Sexual assault arrest made outside Student Center

Fiona Murphy September 23, 2016

A woman reported that a man exposed himself to her early Wednesday morning outside the Student Center, MU Police Department Maj. Brian Weimer said in an email to The Maneater. The victim said she ran...

G#’s Musical Radar: The Mowgli’s vocalist Colin Dieden talks about his band’s upcoming album and the creative process.

Grant Sharples September 23, 2016

The Mowgli’s are a Californian indie rock band, well-suited for summertime and careless fun. They are playing at The Blue Note this Saturday to promote their upcoming album, _Where’d Your Weekend Go?_,...

‘Concussion’ film inspiration Dr. Bennet Omalu visits MU

Lyndsay Hughely September 22, 2016

Neuropathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu visited MU on Sept. 14 to speak at the Delta Gamma Foundation’s annual lectureship about his personal views on American football and the NFL. Omalu is a well-known medical...

Man Seeking Movies: The Blair Witch returns

Jack Cronin September 22, 2016

Love it or hate it, _The Blair Witch Project_ was an undeniably unique movie. It was released in 1999, before the horror genre became oversaturated with found-footage films and movies presented and marketed...

Know Before You Go: The Mowgli’s headline CoMo show Saturday

Cassie Allen September 22, 2016

This week, the bands are personal. (To me, at least.) ####The lowdown On Sept. 24, The Mowgli’s are coming to The Blue Note with Dreamers and Colony House. The Saturday night show opens its doors at...

Chrome Sparks unites light and sound to captivate crowd

Hannah Simon September 22, 2016

Chrome Sparks, the indie electronic project headed by Jeremy Malvin, headlined at Rose Music Hall on Friday night. The show was presented by KCOU and was opened by DJ Scales and Australia-native Roland...

The Big Bang

Victoria Cheyne, Nancy Coleman September 22, 2016

It was an overcast day on Sept. 9 as 28-year-old Jonathan Strobel worked his shift at a Costco in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. And yet, neither the weather nor the fact that he was in a Costco in Florida...

MSA Senate Speaker withdraws bill to lower Senate GPA requirements

Lailah Tarakai September 22, 2016

MSA Senate Speaker Mark McDaniel withdrew his own legislation last Thursday after debate on it became “feverish.” McDaniel proposed many changes in bill 56-01 to the MSA bylaws relating to Senate...