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The Maneater

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The Maneater

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...

Presidential search committee approves position profile

Claire Mitzel May 6, 2016

Including nine “opportunities and challenges” of the UM System but not expanding on the qualifications desired in the next UM System president, a [“position profile” document](https://board.um.umsystem.edu/May%204%202016%20Board%20of%20Curators%20Special%20Meeting/04%20PSC%201-4%20President%20University%20of%20Missouri%20System%20-%20Position%20Profile%205%203%202016%20CLEAN%20version.pdf)...

MU senior explains his support for Donald Trump

MU senior explains his support for Donald Trump

Katherine Knott May 6, 2016

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s rise has puzzled many, including senior Will Pierson. But in mid-January, the computer science major from St. Louis gave Trump a second look. “I thought...

MU seniors bring back beer to Senior Sendoff

MU seniors bring back beer to Senior Sendoff

Jackson Fletcher May 6, 2016

The first and last memories most MU students make on campus involves walking through the columns. As freshmen, they participate in the annual Tiger Walk, hosted by the Mizzou Alumni Association, that...

UM System will not recognize graduate worker union

Kyra Haas May 6, 2016

Following the UM System’s rejection of the Coalition of Graduate Workers’ April 18–19 union authorization election results, CGW will turn to the courts to determine whether it can legally collectively...

Mizzou in Review 2015–16

Mizzou in Review 2015–16

May 5, 2016

How will you tell your children about this past school year? Will you call it chaotic, stressful, shocking, drastic, typical or upsetting? When we look back on the year, one word comes to our mind: historic....