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Senior selected for Schwarzman Scholars Program

Thomas Oide January 26, 2016

Four years ago, Anurag Chandran came to MU from Dubai. He left his family and everything he knew behind in the United Arab Emirates and started a new life in Columbia. During his first few weeks as a freshman,...

Board of Curators calls special meeting Jan. 27

Claire Mitzel January 26, 2016

The UM System Board of Curators will meet at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27 in University Hall for a special meeting, according to a [public notice](http://www.umsystem.edu/ums/news/public_notices/012616_public_notice)...

Residential Life to eliminate desk supervisor position

Kyra Haas January 26, 2016

The Department of Residential Life will eliminate the desk supervisor position after the spring 2016 semester per area administrative support staff request, area coordinator Heidi Shearer wrote in an email...

Missouri legislators could bring changes to state campuses

Lily Cusack, Bryanna Leach January 26, 2016

There are numerous bills currently being drafted and debated in the Missouri House of Representatives and the Senate that have the power to change various policies and procedures at MU. **HB 1637** —...

SAE brothers gather to remember brother and founder Chris Parsons

SAE brothers gather to remember brother and founder Chris Parsons

Allyson Sherwin January 26, 2016

A procession of mourners walked in silence to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house, where they gathered to pay their respects to senior nursing student Chris Parsons, who died Sunday, Jan. 17. Over 100 people...

Foley speaks on Click’s tenure status

Tess Vrbin January 25, 2016

Assistant professor Melissa Click’s job is currently safe, interim Chancellor Hank Foley said at a press conference Monday, which was held in light of the [third-degree assault charge on Click](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/1/25/melissa-click-charged-assault-attempting-remove-st/)....

MU hopes to combat application decline with new strategies

Claire Mitzel January 25, 2016

After a decline in applications for the 2016-17 school year among prospective students, MU is working to increase enrollment numbers with a number of new strategies. MU is planning an increase of yield...

Melissa Click charged with assault after Concerned Student 1950 campsite incident

Lauren Wortman, Alyssa Bessasparis January 25, 2016

MU communications assistant professor Melissa Click was charged with third-degree assault Jan. 25 in response to her actions on the Concerned Student 1950 campsite Nov. 9. In [a video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S3yMzEee18)...

Bingeworthy/Cringeworthy: ‘Man Seeking Woman’ is original and familiar all at once

Jack Howland January 25, 2016

In an early episode of FXX’s absurdist sitcom “Man Seeking Woman,” our newly single protagonist Josh Greenberg (Jay Baruchel) contemplates the phrasing of a text to a woman he met a day earlier on...

RSVP Center confronts perceptions of stalking in National Stalking Awareness Month

Madison Plaster January 25, 2016

In one year, 7.5 million people in the U.S. are stalked. This statistic, published by the National Center for Victims of Crime, was compiled as a resource for National Stalking Awareness Month, which...

Nixon proposes $5 million more for MU’s Thompson Center

Anna Sutterer January 25, 2016

MU’s Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders could serve more families in the 2017 fiscal year with a $5 million appropriation proposed by Gov. Jay Nixon. These funds are part of...

Mizzou Alternative Breaks students reflect on their winter experiences

Lauren Wortman January 25, 2016

Throughout the holiday season, students traded in parts of their vacations for service trips through Mizzou Alternative Breaks, an organization that sends groups of students on a variety of service trips...