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The Maneater

Click’s termination not enough to stop budget cuts

Click’s termination not enough to stop budget cuts

Lily Cusack March 10, 2016

Despite conflicting responses from Missouri state lawmakers regarding the [termination of assistant communication professor Melissa Click](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/2/25/melissa-click-fired-board-curators/),...

Graduate workers use #WeWantAVote to advocate for a union

Emily Gallion March 10, 2016

Graduate workers and associated activists began a Twitter campaign Thursday to advocate for unionization. The Coalition of Graduate Workers has said that it wants to hold a vote on unionizing during the...

Roger Thurow and Chancellor Emeritus Brady Deaton wage a war on hunger

Roger Thurow and Chancellor Emeritus Brady Deaton wage a war on hunger

Madison Plaster March 10, 2016

Hagirso Ketema is forever stunted. At 15, he was just learning how to read and write. At five years old, Ketema and his father Tesfaye Ketema lived through the Ethiopian Famine of 2003. As part of a poor...

Faculty Council discusses budget, enrollment projections for 2016-17 school year

Faculty Council discusses budget, enrollment projections for 2016-17 school year

Claire Mitzel March 10, 2016

Faculty Council discussed enrollment projections for fall 2016 and the possibility of an academic calendar change for the spring 2019 semester during Thursday’s meeting, interspersed with dialogue about...

Nearly 40-hour filibuster not enough: Anti-LGBTQ legislation going to Missouri House floor

Max Fillion March 10, 2016

After one of the longest filibusters in Missouri Senate history, a constitutional amendment that would allow businesses and organizations to refuse service to LGBTQ couples based on religious beliefs was...

Patrick Graham named new student representative to Board of Curators

Taylor Blatchford March 10, 2016

Patrick Graham is the new student representative to the UM System Board of Curators, Gov. Jay Nixon announced today in a [news release](https://governor.mo.gov/news/archive/gov-nixon-nominates-student-curator-university-missouri-two-missouri-commission-human). If...

Loftin says goodbye to Residence on the Quad

Loftin says goodbye to Residence on the Quad

Allyson Vasilopulos March 10, 2016

After two years at MU, former Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin and his wife Karin are preparing to say goodbye to the Residence on Francis Quadrangle, a place they have called home since February 2014. Following...

Nerd Report: ‘Captain America: Civil War’ trailer breaks the internet

Nerd Report: ‘Captain America: Civil War’ trailer breaks the internet

Gabriela Velasquez March 10, 2016

On Thursday, March 10, Marvel caused the world to quite literally explode with the release of the second full-length trailer for upcoming “Captain America: Civil War.” If you haven’t seen it yet,...

Headed out: Payton says goodbye to the MSA presidency

Headed out: Payton says goodbye to the MSA presidency

Emily Gallion March 9, 2016

Payton Head remembers having a conversation with a waitress at The Heidelberg before beginning his MSA presidential campaign. She told him she would vote for him and his running mate Brenda Smith-Lezama...

MU to experience $32 million budget loss from enrollment decrease

MU to experience $32 million budget loss from enrollment decrease

Claire Mitzel March 9, 2016

MU is expected to be $32 million short of next year’s planned budget, interim Chancellor Hank Foley announced in a letter sent to staff Wednesday. “I wish I had better news,” Foley wrote in the...

Celebrate spring break with synth-pop artist Kitten

Grant Sharples March 9, 2016

Spring break is coming up pretty quickly, and while many will be leaving Columbia to go home or on a vacation, some people will be staying here. If you’re looking for a good show, synth-pop artist Kitten...

Fashionably Late: Audrey Hepburn’s legacy

Fashionably Late: Audrey Hepburn’s legacy

Regina Anderson March 9, 2016

Audrey Hepburn has been a fashion icon ever since her first major starring role in “Roman Holiday,” alongside Gregory Peck. In the movie, she completely cuts all of her hair off and was one of the...