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Fashionably Late: Star Wars hair that’s out of this world

Regina Anderson • February 9, 2016

It’s no secret that the “Star Wars” heroines know how to do hair. Leia Organa’s hair buns from “A New Hope” are iconic, Padme Amidala’s hairstyles in the prequels were somehow even more...

Listen to This: Suggestions for appropriate walk-out songs for presidential candidates

Katherine White • February 9, 2016

It’s a difficult task for presidential candidates to find a good rally walk-out song. It doesn’t help that [musicians promptly ask candidates they don’t support to stop using their music](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/02/01/adele-says-candidates-using-her-music-dont-have-her-permission/79647998/);...

An inside look into the inner workings of the Wienerwagon

Jordan Kodner • February 9, 2016

_"Oh, I'd love to be an Oscar Mayer wiener._ _That is what I'd truly like to be._ _'Cause if I were an Oscar Mayer wiener,_ _Everyone would be in love with me."_ ------ The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile...

Revived Multicultural Greek Council seeks to increase unity of Greek councils

Tess Vrbin • February 8, 2016

The Multicultural Greek Council is back to bring more color to the Greek community at MU. When Multicultural Center coordinator Stephanie Hernandez Rivera arrived at MU in 2014, several people and organizations...

Unsatisfactory officer-student ratio prompts growing campus police force

Madison Plaster • February 8, 2016

MU Police Department will increase its officers by 25 percent and its dispatchers by 50 percent over the next three years. Interim Chancellor Hank Foley announced the change Jan. 27 in his State of the...

Proposed student housing plan would take over Quinton’s Bar and Deli

Allyson Sherwin • February 8, 2016

A 10-story student housing project was proposed in Columbia despite a [dip in student applications](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/1/25/mu-hopes-combat-application-decline-new-strategies/) for...

UM System president talks progress, asks for patience in address to curators

Katherine Knott • February 7, 2016

Interim President Michael Middleton didn’t sugarcoat the outlook for the UM System on Friday morning during his second report to the Board of Curators. “I’ve walked the halls of the state capitol...

Lawmakers pledge support for UM System

Katherine Knott • February 5, 2016

Four state representatives said at town hall Thursday night that the UM System shouldn’t be punished for the [events of last semester.](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/11/5/interactive-timeline-historic-fall-mu/) “The...

Curators discuss presidential search committee and construction projects

Claire Mitzel • February 5, 2016

During its meeting on Thursday at MU, the UM System Board of Curators discussed and approved a variety of topics such as construction projects and next school year’s room and board rates. Concerned Student...

Student panel speaks about diversity at Board of Curators meeting

Nancy Coleman • February 5, 2016

When Timothy Love arrived at the University of California, Berkeley as an undergraduate student, he considered himself ignorant, bigoted and prejudiced against the LGBTQ community. Love, now a first-year...

Professor recognized for new approach to cancer treatment

Kyra Haas • February 4, 2016

As a fifth grader in the Indian state of Karnataka, [radiology and physics professor Kattesh Katti](http://katteshkatti.com/) borrowed chemicals from school and conducted his own experiments, such as testing...

Nerd Report: Out of this world love stories

Gabriela Velasquez • February 4, 2016

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to celebrate some of the best love stories in science fiction and fantasy. ####Oliver...