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How to survive having a terrible roommate

Bryanna Leach • November 5, 2015

The smell of cannabis smoke lingered throughout the house when a student returned, tired and travel-worn, from a weekend at home. “When I came back, there was weed everywhere. There were burnt blunts...

English department vote highlights faculty dissatisfaction

Katherine Knott • November 5, 2015

Citing low morale among faculty and a poor campus climate, faculty members in the English department voted no confidence in Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin’s leadership. The vote was held during a department...

Race Relations Committee creates series of video updates on progress

Thomas Oide • November 5, 2015

On Nov. 2, the Faculty Council Committee on Race Relations updated their website to include five videos featuring students and staff from diverse backgrounds in an effort to help improve race relations...

East Campus has students fearing for their safety at night

Elane Edwards • November 5, 2015

Sophomore Amanda Krewson has defended herself with pepper spray twice while walking on East Campus at night. While walking to and from her car that she parks by East Campus, Krewson was approached by...

Student housing growth slows down

Marilyn Haigh • November 5, 2015

In fiscal year 2015, Columbia didn’t approve any building permits for student housing. The reason, City Planner Pat Zenner said, is that there were no pending plans from developers. This is a contrast...

Guide to searching for off-campus housing

Tessa Weinberg • November 5, 2015

In a busy college town like Columbia, finding off-campus housing can be a struggle for students competing for housing contracts and leases after freshman year. There are a number of steps students should...

MSA Voters Guide

Taylor Blatchford, George Roberson • November 4, 2015

The Missouri Students Association presidential election is next week and voting is open at vote.missouri.edu from 5 p.m. Nov. 9 to 5 p.m. Nov. 11. [Click here](https://www.themaneater.com/media/2015/1103/14page14.pdf)...

SCCA covers Speakers Circle with hashtags in support of the hunger strike

Tessa Weinberg • November 4, 2015

The seriousness and urgency of graduate student Jonathan Butler’s hunger strike continues to increase as he has now signed a “do not resuscitate” order, according to a member of MU Student Coalition...

MSA candidates tackle student affordability

Neeti Butala, Allyson Vasilopulos, Emily Gallion • November 4, 2015

From dining to living expenses to textbooks, there are a lot more expenses that students face other than tuition. Each Missouri Students Association presidential slate has devised a plan to make MU a place...

Barbecue from around the world cooked fresh at Do Mundo’s

Jared Kaufman • November 4, 2015

For when you’re feeling discontented with Dobbs, the Student Center offers a wide variety of fresh food options that are made mostly from scratch. Eric Cartwright, the executive chef of Campus Dining...

SEED aims to be a voice for undocumented immigrants

Madison Plaster • November 4, 2015

The idea for Students for the Equal Education of Dreamers started from an English class titled the Rhetoric of Human Rights and was never expected to become a real-life campus organization. “Our task...

MU fails to fully meet students’ demands

Tessa Weinberg • November 4, 2015

Since August, MU has been called upon by various groups including the Forum on Graduate Rights and Concerned Student 1950 to meet their demands. At the start of fall semester, FGR presented administrators...