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Listen to This: How to create a diary playlist

Katherine White • February 23, 2016

Music has the magical ability to transport its listener back to certain times, places or events in their life. Certain songs evoke not just the memory of being in a specific situation, but also the feeling....

Q&A: FAFSA changes for the 2017-18 award year

Lily Cusack • February 23, 2016

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid is implementing new changes for the application in the upcoming filing year. Student Financial Aid Director Nathan Prewett outlined why the FAFSA is important...

Project of the Week: No Fun, All Joy

Peter Baugh, Tessa Weinberg • February 22, 2016

Two years ago, a balcony at the University Village housing complex collapsed, killing a Columbia firefighter. The MU-owned apartments offered affordable housing to graduate and professional students, but...

Maneater Long Reads: Two Years, No Progress

Kyra Haas, Claire Mitzel • February 22, 2016

Leaky windows, cracked ceilings and roof and deck instability were just a few ongoing concerns for University Village. The graduate student housing complex, built in 1956, wasn’t meant to last more...

MU honors National Eating Disorders Awareness Week with educational activities

Allyson Vasilopulos • February 22, 2016

In order to raise awareness and promote healthy body image, the MU Counseling Center is putting on a series of educational events in honor of National Eating Disorders Week. From Feb. 22–25, students,...

Young Americans for Liberty petitions for Melissa Click’s removal

Emily Gallion • February 22, 2016

The same student group that [burned the Islamic State flag](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/10/11/muck-isis-burns-isis-flag-protest-us-foreign-polic/) on the columns is now petitioning for the...

Senator Claire McCaskill announces she has breast cancer

Alyssa Bessasparis • February 22, 2016

After serving in the U.S. Senate for 10 years, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, announced this afternoon that she has breast cancer. “I very recently learned that I have breast cancer,” McCaskill...

Review: The perks of being a Puritan

Stephanie Hamann • February 22, 2016

Robert Eggers’ “The Witch” is a messy movie, and not because of the blood. The story is centered on witchcraft and Puritans, a combo anyone familiar with the Salem Witch Trials and “The Crucible”...

Authentic British eats find a home in CoMo at Ye Olde Lady & Pint

Amanda Battmer • February 22, 2016

Last October, CoMo’s first authentic British pub, Ye Olde Lady & Pint, opened in east Columbia. The restaurant’s menu includes traditional English cuisine like the ever-popular fish and chips, shepherd’s...

‘Real Colorism’ discussion ignites more support for understanding and diversity

Karina Jaimes • February 22, 2016

Colorism is a phenomenon that claims that media, the workplace and institutions tend to treat lighter-skinned African Americans different than darker-skinned African-Americans. Not only do others treat...

Check out all the places in CoMo where you can get STI testing

Anna Sutterer • February 22, 2016

SHAPE and several Columbia health organizations are dedicating this week to sexual health responsibility. The #LoveYourself events include free T-shirts, sexual health safety products and resource information...

Israeli soldiers share stories of war and hope in Israel

Victoria Stroup • February 22, 2016

To Idan, a member of the Israeli Defense Forces, living in Israel is similar to living in the U.S. They are alike, but growing up in Israel can be like living in a bad neighborhood because of the tensions...