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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

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

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

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....

MU researchers find association between dog-walking, physical health

Kyra Haas • May 4, 2016

Dog-walking can improve the physical health of older adults, according to a study MU researchers published in March. [The study](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299345284_Dog_Walking_the_Human-Animal_Bond_and_Older_Adults'_Physical_Health)...

Tim Wolfe’s indeterminate path to the presidency

Claire Mitzel • May 4, 2016

“We have to make all 6 million Missourians aware of what we’re doing at the University of Missouri,” then-UM System President Tim Wolfe said in an April 2012 interview shortly after stepping into...

Biggest Buzzkill: Effects of low enrollment

Lily Cusack • May 3, 2016

When word spread in March about MU’s budget crisis, the prognosis was grim. How would the university make up a $32 million deficit? Answer: Cutting 5 percent from all departments and instituting a hiring...

Biggest Embarrassment: The Missouri Students Association

Emily Gallion • May 3, 2016

Many leaders of the Missouri Students Association have struggled to meet basic standards of integrity or, in many cases, remain in office. The organization’s main purpose is to represent and advocate...

Top 5 technology fails

Hailey Stolze • May 3, 2016

**1. Yik Yak threats** After [the resignations](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/11/10/nov-9-chronological-play-play/) on Nov. 9, MU made national news thanks to Yik Yak. Several [threats](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/11/17/catch-what-you-missed-regarding-yik-yak-threats/)...

Mizzou in Review: Top five WTF moments

Taylor Blatchford • May 3, 2016

This school year has been full of resignations, protests and other general administrative chaos. Stepping back and thinking about all that’s happened, there were some moments that just made us ask, “WTF,...

Most Influential Students: Jonathan Butler

Thomas Oide • May 3, 2016

Jonathan Butler doesn’t see himself as a leader. “I view myself as an engaged community citizen who has a specific lived experience,” Butler said. “I don’t think I’m anybody special, I don’t...