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Student organizations, administrators condemn Gateway Hall vandalism

Amos Chen • March 1, 2016

The Department of Residential Life [reported another incident of anti-Semitic vandalism](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/2/29/gateway-hall-vandalized-second-time-school-year/) in Gateway Hall on...

Click’s firing sparks discussions on faculty job security, free speech

Claire Mitzel • March 1, 2016

A professor’s firing rarely makes national news. But since November, Melissa Click’s name has become a narrative of its own, culminating with her firing Feb. 25. Her story is well-known. Following...

Concerned Student 1950 clarifies letter from Chuck Henson

Thomas Oide • March 1, 2016

Founding member of Concerned Student 1950 Maxwell Little said Chuck Henson’s letter to the student activist group last Thursday was misinterpreted by the [Columbia Missourian](http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/higher_education/chuck-henson-mike-middleton-suggest-concerned-student-end-demands/article_86bcba62-dc18-11e5-ac6b-8fecdf9531f5.html). Henson,...

Review: ‘Triple 9’ leaves questions unanswered

Stephanie Hamann • March 1, 2016

Director John Hillcoat’s “Triple 9” has an exciting premise, following shady Atlanta cops as they prepare to kill an officer during a heist. Doing so is the only way to distract the police department...

‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’ turns minor characters into major characters

Anna Maples • March 1, 2016

“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” by Tom Stoppard dives deep into the world of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” by focusing on the time two minor characters spend offstage. “It’s like ‘The...

MSA presidential candidate Sean Earl talks service and involvement

Max Fillion • February 29, 2016

Sean Earl is busy. From volunteering with STRIPES and working as a leadership adviser for the Department of Residential Life, to being a Caring for Columbia site leader and Emerging Leaders Program Peer...

Click believes more context necessary for report leading to her termination

Kyra Haas • February 29, 2016

Immediately following [assistant communication professor Melissa Click’s suspension on Jan. 27](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/1/27/melissa-click-suspended-um-system-board-curators-p/), UM System...

MSA vice presidential candidate Tori Schafer talks about her love for politics and advocacy

Max Fillion • February 29, 2016

Tori Schafer’s affinity for politics started early in her life in her suburban Ohio home. Schafer, a political science and journalism dual major, is now seeking to become the next MSA vice president...

Sam Turner shares his passion for agriculture and gets back to his rural American roots

Andrew Frein • February 29, 2016

Junior Sam Turner has spent most of his life advocating for something we all know and love: food. “The importance of agriculture is pretty simple,” Turner said. “People have to eat and people like...

MSA vice presidential candidate Clay Evans faces the world head-on

Andrew Frein • February 29, 2016

It’s late in the afternoon and junior Clay Evans stands on the basketball court outside Plaza. He dribbles towards the hoops, pulls off a quick spin move and finishes with a lay-up. Nothing but net. Sports...

Andrew Hutchinson talks about self-expression through poetry and running for MSA

Emily Gallion • February 29, 2016

Before Andrew Hutchinson ever considered running for MSA president, he channeled his voice through poetry. “My poetry teacher Jesse Adolph once told me that poetry is only good if you’re speaking...

Lydia Ghuman talks about social justice advocacy and her changed view of MSA

Emily Gallion • February 29, 2016

Lydia Ghuman became a social justice advocate by growing up as a mixed child in a white-dominated space, even if she didn’t see it that way at the time. “My friends used to say the N-word around me,...