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UPDATED: Black Culture Center sign vandalized

UPDATED: Black Culture Center sign vandalized

Bruno Vernaschi, Hailey Stolze November 12, 2015

**UPDATE:** _In an email to students Thursday afternoon, Vice Chancellor for Operations Gary Ward, Interim Vice Chancellor for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Chuck Henson and Interim Chancellor Hank...

Mike Middleton named interim UM System President

Mike Middleton named interim UM System President

Taylor Blatchford, Nancy Coleman November 12, 2015

Mike Middleton was named the interim president of the UM System by the UM System Board of Curators in a press conference Thursday. He is MU’s deputy chancellor emeritus and a professor emeritus of law. Middleton...

Veterans Day celebration continues despite campus threats

Veterans Day celebration continues despite campus threats

Jessi Dodge November 12, 2015

Members of Missouri Student Veterans Association continued the annual tradition of laying a wreath under Memorial Union.

MU protests inspire conversations at other colleges

Allyson Sherwin November 12, 2015

The efforts lead by activist group Concerned Student 1950 at MU have influenced a movement at Ithaca College in upstate New York. Students organized a walkout in an effort to recognize the struggles that...

Loftin’s Jan. 1 resignation date comes ahead of schedule

Loftin’s Jan. 1 resignation date comes ahead of schedule

Paige Lalain November 12, 2015

Effective immediately, the UM System Board of Curators has given Interim Chancellor Hank Foley the full responsibilities of the MU Office of the Chancellor. This decision removes administrative power from...

Students offer rides and housing after anonymous threats arise

Lauren Wortman November 12, 2015

Students on MU’s campus Wednesday night were put in an unusual position. After threats surfaced on the social media site Yik Yak, students who live off campus or own a car began offering rides and housing...

Campus nearly empty, silent in wake of online threats

Bryanna Leach, Tess Vrbin November 12, 2015

Tuesday was a hectic night on MU’s campus, from [reports of threats to students via social media](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/11/10/mupd-increases-security-following-yik-yak-threats/), to...

Interactive Map: Schools worldwide support MU

Schools across the nation have [shown their support](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/11/12/mu-protests-inspire-conversations-other-colleges/) for MU and Concerned Student 1950 in the past few days...

Twitter calls for MSA President’s resignation

Emily Gallion November 12, 2015

Twitter users have called for Missouri Students Association President Payton Head’s resignation, removal from office and even his expulsion from the university due to a post he made on Facebook on Tuesday...

Friends of Hunter Park say he ‘had a very twisted sense of humor’

Bruno Vernaschi November 12, 2015

Hunter Park, the 19-year-old college student who was arrested after allegedly posting [threats directed at black MU students via the social media app Yik Yak](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/11/11/suspect-arrested-yik-yak-threats/),...

Students pray for light to spread on the MU campus

Students pray for light to spread on the MU campus

Elane Edwards November 12, 2015

A group of 11 students involved in the MU campus ministry Chi Alpha met at the Columns at 4:30 p.m. Thursday to join in prayer for peace on campus. Freshman Lauren Rich thought of the idea to do a group...

Yik Yak causes a stir on MU campus

Elane Edwards November 12, 2015

The safety of allowing Yik Yak on MU’s campus is in question after the threatening Yaks posted Tuesday night caused campus-wide panic. One of the two “yaks” that threatened student safety on campus...