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Four things we learned from Spike Lee’s ‘2 Fists Up’

Four things we learned from Spike Lee’s ‘2 Fists Up’

Thomas Oide April 7, 2016

When Spike Lee screens one of his movies for free, you watch. Lee’s film “2 Fists Up,” which tells the story of Concerned Student 1950 and the football team’s involvement with the protests in...

Five things you need to know before ‘2 Fists Up’ comes out

Five things you need to know before ‘2 Fists Up’ comes out

Amanda Battmer , Katie Rosso April 6, 2016

As Concerned Student 1950 marched through MU’s campus on March 7, director Spike Lee followed close behind filming video on his phone. This footage has become the basis for a documentary focusing on...

UM System presidential search forum comes to MU

UM System presidential search forum comes to MU

Claire Mitzel April 6, 2016

The UM System presidential search committee heard a variety of opinions about the desired experience and qualifications of the next system president during a public forum on campus Wednesday. Faculty,...

Treece elected mayor by 52 percent of votes

Treece elected mayor by 52 percent of votes

Raymond Rhatican April 5, 2016

On a windy and chilly Tuesday afternoon, students on campus made short walks to their designated polling places to cast votes in the Columbia general municipal election. Tuesday’s ballot included single...

Listen to This: Streaming-exclusive releases hurt both listeners and musicians

Listen to This: Streaming-exclusive releases hurt both listeners and musicians

Katherine White April 5, 2016

It’s been almost two months since Beyoncé blessed the world by dropping [“Formation”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrCHz1gwzTo). Unfortunately for me and my fellow music lovers who don’t have...

Home roasted beans jazz up coffee scene

Home roasted beans jazz up coffee scene

Anna Maples April 5, 2016

Dry Fork Coffee, a new small business in Columbia, was borne not out of a need to make money but a need to save it. “I started a few years back looking at the budget trying to find ways to save money,”...

Kurt Vile talks new album, inspiration and experiences as a blue-collar worker

Kurt Vile talks new album, inspiration and experiences as a blue-collar worker

Grant Sharples April 5, 2016

Folk-rocker Kurt Vile is full of musical creativity and experience. The former guitarist of indie shoegaze band The War On Drugs recently released his sixth studio album “b’lieve i’m goin down…”...

Debate surrounding Thomas Jefferson statue continues

Debate surrounding Thomas Jefferson statue continues

Thomas Oide April 5, 2016

Months after students began talking about Thomas Jefferson’s legacy and the significance of his statue sitting on Francis Quadrangle, the debate about the statue’s racial implications isn’t going...

Treece elected mayor, Skala and Thomas stay in council

Treece elected mayor, Skala and Thomas stay in council

Amos Chen April 5, 2016

The 2016 General Municipal Election didn’t have the same draw as the Missouri presidential primary March 15. With 25.7 percent of registered voters casting ballots Tuesday, Brian Treece was elected mayor,...

Senate proposes funding increase to UM System

Amos Chen, Thomas Oide April 5, 2016

The Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee voted to increase funding to the UM System Monday, the exact opposite of the House of Representatives’ decision last month. MU will avoid a cut to its base...

Karl Skala and Ian Thomas re-elected to city council

Kyra Haas, Andrew Frein April 5, 2016

When voting for Columbia’s Fourth Ward councilman Tuesday, classical studies professor Jim Crozier expressed concerns about housing development. “I’m not against development per se, but the giant,...