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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

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...

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

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...

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’

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...

Hoverboard ban may be difficult to enforce on MU campus

Lily Oppenheimer • February 12, 2016

After the campuswide ban of hoverboards, students may not be concerned with the threat of punishment or strict enforcement from the MU Police Department or the Office of Student Conduct. Self-balancing...

BEC announces three slates in MSA election and one public debate

Waverly Colville • February 12, 2016

The Board of Elections Commissioners announced three slates running in the Missouri Students Association Special presidential election: _MSA presidential candidate Andrew Hutchinson and vice presidential...

Freshman class most likely to protest in past 50 years, study finds

Emily Gallion • February 11, 2016

A [survey](http://www.heri.ucla.edu/monographs/TheAmericanFreshman2015.pdf) of more than 140,000 college students conducted at the start of the fall semester has found that this year’s class of American...

House committee votes to deny UM System a budget increase

Claire Mitzel • February 11, 2016

State lawmakers voted Wednesday to deny the UM System a $26.8 million increase in funds proposed by Gov. Jay Nixon. In his [budget proposal for fiscal year 2017](https://oa.mo.gov/sites/default/files/FY_2017_Summary_Information.pdf),...