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Listen to This: Six new songs you should check out this week

Katherine White May 31, 2016

####1) [Glass Animals](http://glassanimals.eu/) — “Life Itself” Glass Animals made my day when the band returned with its good ol’ exotic flair with “Life Itself.” This song is the first...

Five DCOM movies you need to rewatch

Five DCOM movies you need to rewatch

Regina Anderson May 29, 2016

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know about Disney Channel Original Movies. The first DCOM, “Northern Lights,” premiered on Aug. 23, 1997. Over the years, Disney has released many, many...

UM System announces independent audit of diversity policies

Claire Mitzel May 24, 2016

On Monday, interim UM System President Mike Middleton [announced that a systemwide audit will take place](https://www.umsystem.edu/ums/news/news_releases/052316_news) to review and analyze current diversity...

Student Life looks for new funding source following failed Greek fee

Tess Vrbin May 24, 2016

When Director of Student Life Mark Lucas [proposed a $39 fee on members of Greek life](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/2/23/proposed-greek-life-fee-aimed-restructuring-depart/) in February, he...

Board of Curators approves tuition hike for fall 2016

Board of Curators approves tuition hike for fall 2016

Claire Mitzel May 18, 2016

On Wednesday, the Board of Curators unanimously approved a tuition hike for all students except Missouri resident undergraduates for the 2016–17 school year, differing from a [previously announced decision...

AAUP report: Academic freedom, shared governance endangered at MU

AAUP report: Academic freedom, shared governance endangered at MU

Claire Mitzel May 18, 2016

Two months after beginning an investigation into assistant communication professor Melissa Click’s termination, the American Association of University Professors released its report, finding that academic...

MU braces for 2,600 fewer students in the fall, $46 million budget shortfall

MU will be expecting the smallest class since 2006 with about 1,500 fewer freshmen than last year’s freshman class in addition to an even larger budget shortfall. Vice Chancellor for Finance Rhonda Gibler...

RHA passes legislation to raise social fee

Andrew Frein May 11, 2016

Students living in the residence halls could see an increase of $5 to their semesterly social fees if the Board of Curators and Department of Residential Life approves a bill passed April 25. The new fee...

Faculty, staff and graduate students protest retiree health insurance changes

Faculty, staff and graduate students protest retiree health insurance changes

Claire Mitzel May 10, 2016

Walking from Jesse Hall to Speakers Circle on Monday, 18 faculty, staff and graduate students voiced their discontent over recent changes made to UM System employee retiree health insurance benefits. “Not...

Youth vote could decide Boone County

Raymond Rhatican May 8, 2016

As April came to an end, so did a few presidential contenders’ hopes of easily securing their party’s nomination. Bernie Sanders trails Hillary Clinton by an average of nearly 9 percent — millions...

MUPD confirms shots fired near Traditions Plaza

Emily Gallion May 7, 2016

The MU Police Department confirmed reports of shots fired Friday night near an Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. event at Traditions Plaza. According to the [MU Alert website](http://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2016/05-06-shots-fired/),...

Fashionably Late: Celebrities, designers stun at Met Gala

Regina Anderson May 6, 2016

The Met Gala is single-handedly one of the best nights for fashion. The annual fundraising event supports the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute and marks the institute’s opening every...