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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:...

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...

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....

Pass the Popcorn: Prepare to be uplifted

Caleb Bishop • January 27, 2015

Upon first hearing about the movie “Paddington,” a family-oriented live-action adaptation of Michael Bond’s series of children’s books, I was skeptical. The simple origin-story premise consists...

Journalism advisor owns his identity

Stevie Myers • January 27, 2015

For academic advisor Shawn Wallace, deciding whether or not to correct someone on the phone can be a difficult choice to make. Since Wallace was born female but now identifies as a man, being mistaken...