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The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Colleges nationally grapple with Yik Yak threats

Colleges nationally grapple with Yik Yak threats

Allyson Sherwin February 16, 2016

The recent arrest of an MU student for posting a threat to Yik Yak is revealing a trend at college campuses across the country. In the past year, more than a dozen investigations were launched after threats...

Bottom Line for Diversity Conference teaches business students inclusion

Brittani Langland February 16, 2016

Businesses around the world are beginning to notice the significant advantage to having diversity in the workplace. Ethnically diverse companies outperform industry norms by 35 percent, and gender-diverse...

What to know about, watch and avoid from the 2016 Grammys

What to know about, watch and avoid from the 2016 Grammys

Katherine White February 16, 2016

Every year, award shows leave viewers a little more perplexed. From the surprise Beck Album of the Year win last February (which I refer to as The Notorious Beyonce Snub) to the confusing genre classifications...

Listen to This: A Simple Exchange performs live

Katherine White February 16, 2016

This week’s column comes to you in a different format than usual: audio! Local folk Americana band A Simple Exchange appeared on KCOU’s arts and culture edition of The Pulse for both an interview...

Board of Curators enters presidential search with a diversity problem

Claire Mitzel February 16, 2016

Three curators have resigned in the last three months, leaving the UM System Board of Curators with one woman and no racial minorities. The board’s current composition has sparked a conversation about...

Suspended professor Melissa Click speaks out

Suspended professor Melissa Click speaks out

Katherine Knott February 16, 2016

Melissa Click, an assistant communications professor, was standing with family near the intersection of Ninth Street and University Avenue when members of Concerned Student 1950 stopped the Homecoming...

MSA adviser Farouk Aregbe to step down from his position after a decade with MSA

Andrew Frein February 16, 2016

Missouri Students Association adviser Farouk Aregbe announced that he will be stepping down from his position in during an MSA committee meeting Feb. 16. Aregbe, who has fulfilled the role of MSA adviser...

MU alumni pull $2 million in donations after campus tension last fall

MU alumni pull $2 million in donations after campus tension last fall

Lily Oppenheimer February 15, 2016

After students linked arms in celebration of the resignation of former UM System President Tim Wolfe, over 2,000 people called the MU Advancement office asking about the university, according to Vice Chancellor...

Stephens College challenges gender norms in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

Stephens College challenges gender norms in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

Anna Maples February 15, 2016

Stephens College’s recent production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a celebration of both the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death and also the mission of the nearby...

City manager announces four community members to enforce strategic plan

Tess Vrbin February 15, 2016

Last winter, City Manager Mike Matthes conducted a study of Columbia to gauge how the city could improve. To his dismay, he said he discovered that not all of its citizens thrive. According to [his research](https://www.gocolumbiamo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016-2019-Strategic-Plan.pdf),...

Review: ‘Zoolander 2’ is really, really ridiculous

Review: ‘Zoolander 2’ is really, really ridiculous

Stephanie Hamann February 15, 2016

Fifteen years after directing and starring in “Zoolander,” Ben Stiller is back with “Zoolander 2” alongside familiar faces like Will Ferrell as Mugatu and Owen Wilson as Hansel. Of course he also...

UM System will soon appoint chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer

Kyra Haas February 15, 2016

Members of the UM System want its first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer to answer some tough questions left in the wake of last fall’s protests on MU’s campus. The UM System held open...