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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Beats and Eats: Casual date night at Flat Branch

George Schramm January 20, 2015

_Welcome back to the books, and school, and studying. We are now working towards spring break and fighting for those spring break bodies. To me, it sounds like the perfect opportunity to start writing...

Pass the Popcorn: Cooper shines in ‘American Sniper’

Caleb Bishop January 20, 2015

“American Sniper” is a profoundly poignant character study on Chris Kyle, a bear of a man from Texas credited with over 160 kills as a Navy SEAL. Not to spoil anything, but it should be mentioned that...

Taylor’s Turntable: Why 2015 is looking bright for music

Taylor Ysteboe January 20, 2015

Last year was quite a year for music. We heard established artists like Sun Kil Moon and The Antlers growing stronger, but we also caught a glimpse of new artists such as Hozier and Benjamin Booker striding...

Steines named MU Health CFO

Steines named MU Health CFO

Marilyn Haigh January 16, 2015

MU Health Care and School of Medicine named Brian Steines as the new chief financial officer Thursday. As CFO, Steines will be responsible for MU Health System’s financial management, financial planning...

Curators discuss supplemental fee increases

Covey Eonyak Son January 15, 2015

MU will be seeking several supplemental fee increases when the UM System Board of Curators convenes in February. UM System President Tim Wolfe told the board during a special session Thursday that the...

Chadwick resigns to allow special election in April

Hailey Stolze January 7, 2015

First Ward councilwoman Ginny Chadwick announced her resignation during Monday’s regular City Council meeting, after a recall petition garnered the requisite number of signatures. Chadwick said she...

Nixon appoints two new members to Board of Curators

Nixon appoints two new members to Board of Curators

Taylor Blatchford January 3, 2015

Gov. Jay Nixon appointed two new members to the UM System Board of Curators on Friday. The appointees, Maurice Graham (D-Clayton) and Phillip Snowden (D-Kansas City), were tapped to replace [outgoing...

‘Bitcoin Baron’ claims credit for City of Columbia, KOMU DDoS attacks

Carlie Procell December 29, 2014

An individual is taking credit for the distributed denial of service attacks on the websites of the City of Columbia and KOMU-8 on Friday. KOMU posted about the attack on its [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/komu8/posts/10152888535007557)...

Senior Alex Noonan gives back with games

Derek Hawley December 27, 2014

Roughly two weeks ago, senior Alex Noonan created Games4Good, a charity that collects video games and video game consoles that people no longer want and donates them to children who can not afford them. ​Noonan...

From party to critical condition: MU student recovers from two-story fall

Hailey Stolze December 18, 2014

MU freshman Jack Lipp from Illinois reportedly fell off a two-story building during a party in the early hours of Dec. 13. Officers were dispatched to the 500 block of S. 4th Street at around 2:30 a.m....

City Council passes Tobacco 21

Hailey Stolze December 16, 2014

Sales of tobacco are now restricted to people over the age of 21 in the city of Columbia. The Columbia City Council met Dec. 15 in City Hall for public comment and to vote. The council voted 6-1 to limit...

Demonstrations arise after Roxy’s wristband deemed “offensive”

Demonstrations arise after Roxy’s wristband deemed “offensive”

George Roberson December 13, 2014

The night began at 9:00 p.m. with embraces in Speakers Circle among the 20 student protesters gathered there, ready to march into downtown. Within the hour, the protesters, chanting "Black lives matter,"...