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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...

Oversupply of student housing may create trend of decreasing rent in Columbia

Anna Sutterer, Annabel Ames • February 28, 2016

Columbia ranks eighth in the top 10 U.S. cities that have experienced decreases in rent between January and Februrary, according to a [report](http://list.abodo.com/february-2016-national-apartment-report/). The...

Chat with the Chancellor includes several conversations about Melissa Click

Tess Vrbin • February 27, 2016

The crowd was small at first for this week’s Chats with the Chancellor, an informal conversational forum hosted by interim Chancellor Hank Foley. Students and professors milled about beforehand and...

Curators’ decision to fire Click highlights Foley’s shift in opinion

Claire Mitzel • February 27, 2016

In exactly a month, interim Chancellor Hank Foley went from assuring MU that professor Melissa Click wouldn’t be fired until her tenure process was completed to saying that he was in agreement with the...

Melissa Click fired by Board of Curators

Taylor Blatchford, Nancy Coleman • February 25, 2016

Melissa Click was fired after the UM System Board of Curators voted 4-2 in a closed meeting on Wednesday. Board of Curators Chairwoman Pamela Henrickson said Click, an assistant communications professor,...

‘Racism Lives Here’ rally promotes multicultural unity

Tessa Weinberg, Allyson Vasilopulos • February 25, 2016

Students gathered on Lowry Mall Thursday afternoon as part of a Racism Lives Here rally in solidarity with marginalized groups and people of color on campus. The rally highlighted key issues from previous...

“We are not divided, we are united.”

Jordan Kodner, Jessi Dodge • February 25, 2016

Students and faculty joined together on Feb. 25. at noon on Lowry Mall to rally for the rights of minority voices on campus. Aimed beyond one single advocacy group, Thursday’s rally united the voices...

Human trafficking activist Jessica Neely speaks at MU International Justice Mission event

Anna Sutterer • February 25, 2016

Former porn star Jessica Neely spoke to a crowd at an MU International Justice Mission event Monday night about her journey from being a victim to becoming a victimizer. Neely shared her experiences as...