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The Maneater

Fashionably Late: Spring 2016 Trend Report

Regina Anderson March 24, 2016

It’s almost April, so spring trends are in full swing. Here’s your need-to-know guide to the best looks from the spring fashion collections: **The Shoulder Cutout** This look has been gracing shelves...

Make a MOVE this weekend

Katie Rosso March 24, 2016

####Movie “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2” comes out today, and if you haven’t seen the first one yet, that should be one of your spring break priorities. The original "Big Fat Greek Wedding" is a goofy...

Maneater Long Reads: A Dance to Remember

Maneater Long Reads: A Dance to Remember

Jennifer Fowler March 24, 2016

A sea of bright yellow shuffles from foot to foot as Jennifer Lopez’s “On the Floor” thumps through the loudspeakers. Participants coo at children, showing off their best dance moves. An MU student...

Wheelchair basketball relay raises scholarship funds, disability awareness

Tess Vrbin March 23, 2016

The sounds of people shouting and balls bouncing filled the Historic Brewer Fieldhouse at the Student Recreation Complex on Friday night. At least 100 people came to participate in the 16th annual Wheelchair...

STRIPES will decrease wait time and increase safety with new dispatch system

Alycia Washington March 23, 2016

When stranded without a ride, MU students have the option of using the student-run safe ride program STRIPES. However, some students choose not to use the service because of the wait time, which can be...

Eating disorder treatment puts patients on the path to recovery

Annabel Ames March 23, 2016

The negative stigma behind eating disorders and a lack of local treatment options were issues that local doctors knew needed to be fixed. McCallum Place Columbia, an eating disorder treatment facility...

UM System announces first-ever chief diversity officer

Max Fillion March 23, 2016

Kevin McDonald is the UM System’s first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer and will begin his role June 1, interim UM System President Mike Middleton [announced Wednesday](https://www.umsystem.edu/ums/news/news_releases/032316_news). [McDonald’s...

House of Cards remains the king of the binge-watch

House of Cards remains the king of the binge-watch

Jack Howland March 22, 2016

**Warning: this article contains spoilers.** It turns out there may be a correlation between binge-watching and depression, according to a recent study from the [University of Texas](http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/02/04/383527370/does-binge-watching-make-us-depressed-good-question)....

Updated: MU cancels spring break trip to Brussels

Kyra Haas March 22, 2016

MU students studying abroad in Brussels get on the metros every day and go to the airport almost every week, said Gareth Harding, director of the MU School of Journalism’s Brussels Program, in a Skype...

Paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey speaks on Africa as the birthplace of the human race

Paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey speaks on Africa as the birthplace of the human race

Alyssa Bessasparis March 22, 2016

Paleoanthropologist Meave Leakey’s study of fossils has taught her about the interconnectedness of the human race. “Because we evolved from Africa, we are all Africans,” Leakey said. “Africa gave...

Atheists across the nation came to MU to participate in SASHAcon

Jess Rendall March 22, 2016

As a young man, Dan Barker thought he was doing everyone a favor by preaching his religion. “I was that guy on campus with a Bible preaching ‘Jesus loves you,’” Barker said at a speech at SASHAcon...

Review: ‘45 Years’ reveals the fragility of marriage

Review: ‘45 Years’ reveals the fragility of marriage

Gerard Edic March 22, 2016

All seems well on a Monday morning. Walk the dog. Have a friendly chat with the mailman. Five more days until the big celebration, a party that will be thrown commemorating a long and successful marriage....