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Local indie rockers The Birdwatchers release debut EP

Grant Sharples • April 27, 2016

If you attended Battle of the Bands at The Shack in November, you remember the winners: local indie rockers The Birdwatchers. The group consists of Keego Gross (vocals, rhythm guitar), Hayden Jensen (lead...

Earl and Schafer explain their MSA cabinet picks

Max Fillion • April 27, 2016

When Missouri Students Association President Sean Earl and Vice President Tori Schafer were [selecting their new executive cabinet,](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/4/27/msa-confirms-new-executive-cabinet/)...

MSA confirms new executive cabinet

Emily Gallion, Andrew Frein • April 27, 2016

The Missouri Students Association Senate confirmed President Sean Earl and Vice President Tori Schafer’s executive cabinet during full Senate April 13. Seven people received positions on the cabinet,...

Tuition frozen for next year’s undergraduates

Kacen Bayless • April 27, 2016

Tuition for undergraduates at Missouri’s public colleges and universities is frozen for next year, after Gov. Jay Nixon signed House Bill 2003, the 2017 fiscal year higher education budget, on Wednesday...

Missouri House fails controversial religious freedom bill

Lily Cusack • April 27, 2016

Senate Joint Resolution 39, sometimes called the “religious freedom bill,” failed during a Missouri House Emerging Issues Committee session today on a 6–6 vote. “We are grateful to the bipartisan...

Fashionably Late: When art met fashion

Regina Anderson • April 27, 2016

My favorite exhibit to ever be on display at the Art Institute of Chicago is “Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity,” a wonderful look at the influence of fashion on art. The exhibit was organized by...

Review: ‘Hello, My Name is Doris’ illustrates futile attraction

Stephanie Hamann • April 27, 2016

The idea of a “cougar,” an older woman prowling on a much younger man, is a relationship that isn’t often portrayed positively in modern media. Shows like “Cougartown” make the idea of cougar-dom...

Joint session calls for MU to divest from prison labor

Emily Gallion • April 27, 2016

The April 26 joint session meeting lasted two and a half hours even though only three pieces of legislation were submitted. Two resolutions, one to establish a joint session steering committee and another...

ASUM pushes for confirmation of curators’ student representative

Taylor Blatchford, Claire Mitzel • April 26, 2016

Nearly two months after Gov. Jay Nixon appointed the new student representative to the UM System Board of Curators on March 10, the position is still vacant and the appointee still awaits Missouri Senate...

Listen to This: Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ is a poignant musical journey

Katherine White • April 26, 2016

The last time Beyoncé dropped an album, it appeared on iTunes with no prior promotion, announcement or mention. In its first three days of release, the record sold 828,773 copies worldwide. [Apple announced...

MU Tonight host Lily FitzGibbon steps into the spotlight

Bianca Rodriguez • April 26, 2016

In the green room of MUTV, a week before the premiere of MU Tonight, Lily FitzGibbon and her crew films their spin-off of Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Kid Theater.’ Daniel Litwin, FitzGibbon’s understudy host,...

First Unbound Book Festival produces discussion about literature, writing process

Anna Sutterer • April 26, 2016

The Unbound Book Festival debuted Saturday on the Stephens College campus. The free event gathered authors from across the nation to participate in personal works discussions and big ideas panels for attendees...