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Full-time employment during college insufficient to cover tuition costs

Hailey Stolze • January 28, 2015

While costs of attending MU continue to rise, the state’s minimum wage remains stagnant, putting additional strain on students attempting to pay for college by working. Even if a Missouri resident student...

ASUM continues lobbying legislators for student curator vote

Taylor Blatchford • January 28, 2015

Student leaders and Missouri lawmakers are in talks to introduce a new bill that would place a voting student member in university leadership this legislative session. Missouri Students Association President...

ResLife introduces first gender-neutral housing for fall 2015

Esther Seawell • January 28, 2015

Residential Life is introducing the first ever gender-neutral housing option at MU. Director of Residential Life Frankie Minor said four gender-neutral suites will be available on the first floor of College...

Berkley Hudson brings life’s work to race relations committee

Taylor Blatchford, Quinn Malloy • January 28, 2015

The walls of Berkley Hudson’s office are cluttered with photographs. Some of them capture joyous occasions — weddings, birthdays, anniversaries — but most of them don’t. Most of them are candid:...

New MSA executive cabinet members confirmed

Waverly Colville, Jack Waddell • January 27, 2015

A new Missouri Students Association executive cabinet under juniors Payton Head and Brenda Smith-Lezama was confirmed Tuesday night by MSA’s Operations committee. The president-elect and vice president-elect...

‘Mortdecai’ fails to impress

Bobby Ceresia • January 27, 2015

“Mortdecai,” Johnny Depp’s latest film, opens with Depp playing a goofy British art thief introducing himself to a trio of Asian mobsters to whom he owes a lot of money. “My name is Charles Mortdecai,...

Docudrama on child fight clubs to be filmed in Mid-Missouri

Claudia Guthrie • January 27, 2015

A docudrama on child fight clubs is set to be filmed near Columbia this summer. The feature film “You Have the Right to Remain Violent” aims to expose the world of the illegal clubs, where adults...

Single Girl Diaries: Eurotrip: Why’s it always me?

Ellise Verheyen • January 27, 2015

It has to be my perfume. The weird guys here must really love One Direction’s Our Moment or something, because they can’t seem to get enough of me. On Friday night, two of my flatmates and I went...

Foley adds AAAS Fellowship to list of accomplishments

Marilyn Haigh • January 27, 2015

Hank Foley fills a diverse set of roles — researcher, mentor, scientist, inventor and administrator. First and foremost, he calls himself a chemist and a professor. He can now add American Association...

MU junior vocal major releases second EP, reflects on evolution of musical career

Emma Diltz • January 27, 2015

Junior Madelyn Munsell released her second EP under her stage name madelyniris in December. The EP, “Adventures,” contains five original songs, which Munsell said were inspired by real life experiences...

Dear Netflix: Sex and drugs in a Showtime gem

Elana Williams • January 27, 2015

Dear Netflix, “What’s with the sex anyway?” I asked as I watched the not-very-handsome-at-all-actually Hank Moody stick his dong into yet another hopelessly attractive 20-something. This was probably...

Taylor’s Turntable: What’s age got to do with it?

Taylor Ysteboe • January 27, 2015

When Paul McCartney recently released the song “Hope For The Future” for the video game “Destiny,” I was, well, disappointed. Don’t get me wrong –– you really can’t go wrong with Macca....