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Residential Life adjusts housing plans for 2016 as enrollment estimates drop

Lauren Wortman • January 31, 2016

Expectations of lower enrollment rates in fall 2016 have prompted the Department of Residential Life to make a number of housing changes, including closing Tiger Reserve and offering upperclassmen more...

The Big Cheeze is grilling more than just cheese

Bianca Rodriguez • January 31, 2016

This country was founded on the basis of one American dream: a warm and gooey grilled cheese. While I may be stretching the truth a little bit, that’s the exact feeling I get every time I bite into...

Concerned Student 1950 to receive Chairman’s Award from the NAACP

Thomas Oide • January 30, 2016

After generating national media attention and removing UM System President Tim Wolfe from office, Concerned Student 1950 will receive the Chairman’s Award from the NAACP next week. The group will accept...

Melissa Click reaches deal with city prosecutor

Alyssa Bessasparis • January 30, 2016

Assistant communications professor Melissa Click will avoid prosecution and serve 20 hours of community service in exchange for pledging to avoid further violations of the law, according to [a City of...

Graduate students still hope for university housing and childcare

Kyra Haas • January 29, 2016

For Kristofferson Culmer, president of the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students and chairman of the Forum on Graduate Rights, concern about the university’s treatment of and compensation...

MU freshman charged with rape posted bail

Allyson Sherwin • January 29, 2016

The MU student charged with first-degree rape and burglary charges has been released on bail. Austin Joseph Campbell, a 19-year-old freshman, was arrested Jan. 19 after a Laws Hall resident reported...

Nerd Report: ‘Doctor Who’ is in for big changes

Gabriela Velasquez • January 28, 2016

After six years at the helm of BBC’s cultural phenomenon “Doctor Who,” showrunner Steven Moffat (also known for his hit show “Sherlock”) will be stepping down. Chris Chibnall, known for creating...

Governor candidates foresee conservative future for state

Alycia Washington • January 28, 2016

In the wake of current Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s term ending, the race to claim his position is in full swing. This time around, most of the candidates running are Republicans with plans of increasing...

Students reproach Haden Gomez during open forum at MSA senate meeting

Max Fillion, Andrew Frein • January 28, 2016

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary on the agenda for the Missouri Students Association full Senate meeting Wednesday night. Announcements would be made, proposed legislation would be discussed, and committee...

How MSA Senate toppled their president-elect

Emily Gallion • January 28, 2016

The Missouri Students Association full Senate planned to end with a different president than it began with on Wednesday evening. Instead, Payton Head has remained in office as interim MSA president after...

STORIFY: Click receives immense support on Twitter following suspension

Katie Rosso • January 28, 2016

MU community members are publicly supporting assistant professor of communications Melissa Click on Twitter following her suspension from the university announced Jan. 27. A video showing the communications...

MSA President Payton Head steps back into office

Max Fillion • January 28, 2016

Missouri Students Association President Payton Head has been called on once more to carry the MU student body through a difficult transition. Last semester, Head was an active supporter of Concerned Student...