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‘The Bad Kids’ connects viewers to the lives of students at Black Rock Continuation High School

Amanda Battmer March 5, 2016

Award-winning filmmakers Keith Fulton and Lou Pepe spent two years in the Mojave Desert in California creating “The Bad Kids,” a documentary following three students attending Black Rock Continuation...

Twin Peaks talks their upcoming album, live shows and vital aspects of creating an album

Grant Sharples March 3, 2016

Indie rock quintet Twin Peaks will be making a stop in Columbia at Cafe Berlin on Friday, March 11. They have played a number of popular festivals such as Lollapalooza and Mo Pop. Their sound could be...

Nerd Report: UpUpDownDown brings new dimensions to Youtube gaming

Gabriela Velasquez March 3, 2016

In June 2015, a small gaming channel popped up on Youtube, hosted by a user under the name Austin Creed. Usually, channels like this take months or even years to take off. However, Creed’s channel, UpUpDownDown,...

Mark McDaniel replaces Kevin Carr as MSA senate speaker

Emily Gallion March 3, 2016

Former Board of Elections Commissioners Vice Chairman Mark McDaniel is now the new senate speaker after Kevin Carr left the position with an emotional goodbye speech to Senate on Feb. 24. Carr has been...

50 new cigarette recycling boxes arrive in Columbia

50 new cigarette recycling boxes arrive in Columbia

Lily Oppenheimer March 3, 2016

As Columbia nightlife thrives with MU students and residents partying downtown, hundreds of cigarette butts litter the sidewalks. The flood of party buses and thirsty scholars during the warmer rainy seasons...

Places to go, MOViEs to see

Katie Rosso March 3, 2016

####Movie True/False is this weekend, so there are a ton of documentaries in town to see. We recommend “Sonita,” “Life, Animated,” “Kate Plays Christine,” “You Just Can’t Win” and “Michael...

Two honeybee hives to join MU’s campus

Annabel Ames March 3, 2016

Sustain Mizzou’s newest project will have parts of MU’s campus buzzing with activity. Two honeybee hives will be unveiled to the public in either Eckles Butterfly Garden or Sanborn Field, most likely...

UPDATE: BEC issues three infractions, two repealed

Waverly Colville March 2, 2016

The Board of Elections Commissioners issued three infractions to two slates on Feb. 25 during the Missouri Students Association special presidential election. The Hutchinson/Ghuman slate received two...

Law student starts petition to preserve historic downtown

Amos Chen March 2, 2016

Second-year law student Grace Shemwell recently started a [petition](http://www.thepetitionsite.com/381/961/458/save-columbias-historic-downtown-district-and-give-students-affordable-housing/) directed...

Senator proposes review on UM System and for MU to make changes

Manyun Zou March 2, 2016

The backlash from Concerned Student 1950 [protests last fall](https://www.themaneater.com/special-sections/mu-fall-2015/) continues. Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, proposed the creation of the “University...

Bills introduced would legalize concealed carry on campuses

Bills introduced would legalize concealed carry on campuses

Amos Chen, Thomas Oide March 2, 2016

Recently proposed legislation that would allow concealed carry on campus has ignited controversy over gun control at MU. Three Republican state senators introduced two bills that would legalize carrying...