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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Biggest buzzkill: Closing Rollins to shuttles

Paige Lalain May 6, 2015

Public transportation — well, there’s a thing of nightmares. Especially COMO Connect, the city-owned public bus system that pushed private apartment complex shuttles out of the MU Student Center stops. With...

Top 5 concerts of the year

**1. The Avett Brothers** This was my first time at Roots N Blues N BBQ but my second time seeing The Avett Brothers. Needless to say, I’ve been a fan for awhile. Because, let’s be honest, if you...

Most Influential Students: Farah El-Jayyousi

Marilyn Haigh May 6, 2015

At Women’s Poetry Night in March, senior Farah El-Jayyousi stepped up to the microphone, opened her blue-lipstick-coated mouth and told the world to pronounce her name correctly. Just because two of...

Most Influential Students: Hallie Thompson

Alana Saad May 6, 2015

Graduate Professional Council President Hallie Thompson has a problem. “I have this problem where I really care about a lot of things and it’s hard to balance between caring about so many things,”...

Most Influential Students: Kayley Weinberg

George Roberson May 6, 2015

A former Panhellenic Association president, a loud and proud social justice activist and an English major from a conservative St. Louis suburb walk into a bar. They're all Kayley Weinberg. This is the...

Most Influential Students: Kelsey Burns

Stevie Myers May 6, 2015

Senior Kelsey Burns’ home on campus is the Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center. Burns holds the position of Presentation Coordinator for RSVP Peer Educators, a program that trains students...

Top 5 campus events

Hannah Black May 6, 2015

**1. Coffin protest** In a school year filled with many student demonstrations, the image of makeshift coffins on the Francis Quadrangle is hard to forget. The coffins were painted black, white, red, brown...

Most Influential Students: Naomi Daugherty

Elizabeth Loutfi May 6, 2015

Senior Naomi Daugherty always has a poem memorized and ready to share at any moment. If she has one on her chest, she can’t sleep until she gets at least part of it out. Daugherty’s existence is poetry. “Poetry...

Top 5 student organizations

Dun Li May 6, 2015

**1. Delta Xi Nu Multicultural Sorority, Inc.** Still relatively small in size compared to other chapters of the Greek community, Delta Xi Nu has already made an impact on MU’s campus. As a sorority...

Top 5 race relations forums

Quinn Malloy May 6, 2015

On Nov. 24, 2014, a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, decided not to indict officer Darren Wilson for shooting and killing 18-year-old Michael Brown. Brown’s death in August of that year led to much...

Biggest university achievement: Inclusive housing, bathrooms

The project initially known as Virginia Avenue South has been a long time coming. First, the trees had to be [removed](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2013/7/10/rha-turns-trees-art-new-residence-hall/)...

Biggest university failure: MU Alert

Quinn Malloy May 6, 2015

MU Alert has made a series of high-profile faux pas in the past month. The system’s basic function is to alert students to any “personae non gratae” in the vicinity of the campus. Any potentially...