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Taylor’s Turntable: Americana leads three albums to front of the pack

Taylor Ysteboe • February 3, 2015

The genre of Americana has many, many names. Alt-country. Roots music. And oddly, both my most and least favorite synonym is “y’allternative.” But what’s in a name? That by which we call a rose...

Pets improve social skills in children with autism, MU researcher finds

Hannah Black • February 3, 2015

An MU researcher’s recent study found that many animals can have a positive effect on children with autism, especially on their assertion skills. Gretchen Carlisle, a postdoctoral fellow and researcher...

Dagorhir players bring warfare to Peace Park

Taylor Ysteboe • February 3, 2015

Take a little bit of “Lord of the Rings” with a dash of “Game of Thrones” and Dagorhir, a modern game of Medieval combat, is born. Inspired by J. R. R. Tolkien’s works, Bryan Weise invented...

MU’s Black History Month events aim to celebrate, challenge

Marilyn Haigh • February 3, 2015

Deep within the [State Historical Society](http://shs.umsystem.edu/index.shtml) archives rest several original songs written by civil rights activist John Handcox. Handcox was a tenant farmer and union...

Head begins term as MSA president

George Roberson • February 3, 2015

Payton Head is a junior. He is a political science and international studies double major. He is from the south side of Chicago. He is a queer black man. He is a National Association for the Advancement...

Smith-Lezama steps into MSA vice presidency

Waverly Colville • February 3, 2015

Junior Brenda Smith-Lezama always joked about running for Missouri Students Association office with Payton Head, but never imagined it would come to fruition. Head and Smith-Lezama, now both juniors,...

Blacklisted Banned Books Club celebrates the controversial

Thomas Friestad • February 3, 2015

Libraries and classrooms across the country have had a storied history of banning books from their shelves. The American Library Association[http://www.ala.org] catalogs a growing list of classics that...

Head, Smith-Lezama sworn into office in Ellis Library

Waverly Colville • January 31, 2015

Candice Walker looked up, teary-eyed, with a warm smile spread across her face as she spoke about her son, junior Payton Head, the newly inaugurated president of the Missouri Students Association. “Payton...

Pablo Francisco to give CoMo Déjá Vu

Liza Anderson • January 30, 2015

After Pablo Francisco got fired from his job at Domino’s, he started going to his local comedy club and discovered that he wanted to pursue comedy. “I saw all these guys and wondered if they had a...

Civil rights activist Evers-Williams speaks on progress, struggle

Hailey Stolze • January 29, 2015

Civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams said she has been thinking about a night in 1962 every day since. That night was when her home was firebombed and shortly after, her husband, fellow civil rights...

Professors Birchler, Katti to be inducted as NAI Fellows

Paige Lalain • January 28, 2015

After years of research, breakthroughs and developments, two MU researchers, Dr. Kattesh Katti and Dr. James Birchler, were recently announced as part of the 2014 class of fellows for the National Academy...

East Campus streetlight petition effort continues

Ruth Serven • January 28, 2015

Many take the security of where they live for granted — not some of those who live in the East Campus area, however. After several burglaries and an assault on East Campus last fall, MU junior Sarah...