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The Maneater

A RnB tell-all: inside volunteering at the fest

Amanda Battmer September 23, 2015

Roots N Blues N BBQ brings great food, awesome music and super cool people together every year. How, you ask? From the hard work and dedication of hundreds of volunteers. The festival usually coordinates...

Roots N Blues embraces sustainability

Kathryn Cawdry September 23, 2015

The Roots N Blues Festival is going green this Friday. **Partners**: Green Team, Earth To Go and the Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture. ####Tips from the fest. site: — Ride your bike to the festival....

Rebirth Brass Band takes the stage at Roots N Blues

Rebirth Brass Band takes the stage at Roots N Blues

Nancy Coleman September 23, 2015

The streets of the New Orleans Tremé district in 1983 were alive with music. The loud, intertwining cries of trumpets, trombones, tubas and saxophones collided with the driving rhythms of bass and snare...

Talk TV to Me: Give these “super” returning series a watch!

Gabriela Velasquez September 23, 2015

Unless you’ve been living under a rock with no Wi-Fi, you’re probably aware that superheroes are everywhere. No, I don’t mean that guy who jumped through lanes of traffic to rescue a cat on Vine,...

Southern Comfort: Roots N Blues merchandise style

Bianca Rodriguez September 23, 2015

Every time I attend a live music event, the first thing I do is run to the merch table. Merch from any festival or concert is a gem in my closet. I can wear the clothing to sleep, to class and even to...

Street pianos strike a chord in Columbia

Street pianos strike a chord in Columbia

Bianca Rodriguez September 23, 2015

You see them every day and have passed them on the sidewalk countless times. Most of the time, the seat is taken by a professional playing a tune that is easy to recognize, and other moments are filled...

From the editor: MOVE loves Roots N Blues

Elana Williams September 23, 2015

OK, so you’re probably looking for some backstory here. “What’s RnB, or if we’re feeling creative with acronyms (acronymonious?), what’s RnBnBBQ?” “Woah woah woah, this is a new editor talking...

Higher education funding could increase 6 percent

Hailey Stolze September 22, 2015

On Sept. 21, Gov. Jay Nixon [proposed](https://governor.mo.gov/news/archive/gov-nixon-announces-record-higher-education-funding-and-undergraduate-tuition-freeze) a tuition freeze for undergraduates at...

Time traveling alien brings MU students together for Doctor Who at Mizzou

Time traveling alien brings MU students together for Doctor Who at Mizzou

Regina Anderson September 22, 2015

“Sonic Screwdriver?” The clock was ticking. “The Doctor playing cricket?” Only a few seconds remained. “The Doctor and a Jedi fighting!” In a small classroom in Stewart Hall, the two teams...

“The Hunting Ground” draws attention to sexual assault on college campuses

“The Hunting Ground” draws attention to sexual assault on college campuses

Emily Gallion September 22, 2015

When the lights came back on in the Jesse Auditorium at the end of the showing of the film “The Hunting Ground,” the entire auditorium was silent. Danica Wolf, the Relationship and Sexual Violence...

Mizzou Hillel offers sense of community

Mizzou Hillel offers sense of community

Allyson Vasilopulos September 22, 2015

With Rosh Hashanah passing from Sept. 13-15 and Yom Kippur quickly approaching on Sept. 22, Mizzou Hillel is in the midst of preparation for their biggest holiday season. Hillel leaders make it their...

Fashion guru Tim Gunn set to come to MU

Fashion guru Tim Gunn set to come to MU

Katie Rosso September 22, 2015

He’s a fashion expert. A reality TV star. A business executive. He’s coming to MU. As New York Fashion Week comes to a close, fashion guru Tim Gunn will speak at MU for the [Delta Gamma Foundation...