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The Blue Note prepares for True/False Film Festival

Morgan Magid • March 3, 2015

For the 11th year in a row, The Blue Note will host numerous screenings for the annual True/False film festival on March 5-8. However, this is the first year new owners Matt Gerding and Scott Leslie have...

MOVE busks a move

Morgan Magid • March 3, 2015

Film may be the main medium of the upcoming True/False film festival, but over the course of the weekend, 36 bands will also be taking the various stages all around town. These bands are known in the...

New documentary program starting in fall

Leah Thomas • March 3, 2015

A unique new program is coming to the Missouri School of Journalism in the fall. Documentary journalism will be added as an emphasis area, giving students the opportunity to learn from professionals in...

Multicultural sorority aims to educate, empower women of multicultural backgrounds

Landon Jones • March 2, 2015

MU’s newest sorority Delta Xi Nu, the first and only multicultural sorority on campus, celebrated its one year anniversary on Jan. 18. The sorority was founded to promote diversity and cultural awareness. What...

International Showcase takes MU around the world in one night

Whitney Matewe • March 1, 2015

Stotler Lounge served as rehearsal grounds Friday for the annual spring International Showcase, to be hosted by MSA/GPC International Programming Committee on Saturday night at Missouri Theatre. The 3:30...

Two victims of Columbia shooting and suspect dead

Hailey Stolze • March 1, 2015

At about 10 p.m. on Feb. 28, Boone County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrived at 4426 Santa Anna Drive to find two victims killed and one wounded, according to the department’s news release. Upon...

‘Funding is the key’: Alumni and administrators advocate for MU at state capitol

Covey Eonyak Son • February 27, 2015

When Dudley McCarter was working on his juris doctor at the MU School of Law from 1972 to 1975, the nation was beginning to crawl out of a costly war in Vietnam. As thousands of veterans returned home,...

Body Monologues slams negative body image

Whitney Matewe • February 26, 2015

With [National Eating Disorder Awareness Week](http://nedawareness.org/) in full swing, several student organizations came together under the safe space of the Multicultural Center to share and engage...

Faculty Council continues debate over new Title IX rules

Taylor Blatchford • February 26, 2015

Faculty Council focused on Title IX procedures and problems in the School of Medicine in its meeting on Thursday. ####Title IX The council discussed the new Title IX procedures approved by the UM System...

J-School dean candidate Thor Wasbotten emphasizes the value of adaptability, relevance

Esther Seawell • February 26, 2015

The Missouri School of Journalism hosted its final open forum Thursday for the fourth candidate for the position of dean. Thor Wasbotten was introduced by School of Law Dean Gary Meyers, who is the search...

Columbia Police Department receives grant to strengthen drunk-driving patrols

Hailey Stolze • February 25, 2015

MU freshman Kathryn McDonnell distinctly remembers the moment when she learned one of her favorite high school teachers, Janet Esrock, had been killed by a drunk driver. Esrock was driving with her son...

Missouri General Assembly seeks to offer virtual schooling

Paige Lalain • February 25, 2015

This past week, Missouri lawmakers opened discussion to the proposition of virtual schooling for students wishing to transfer from struggling, unaccredited school districts — a proposition that has led...