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Dear Netflix: What makes good crime TV?

Elana Williams • January 20, 2015

Hello, I’m Elana, your lovely TV columnist, and each week I’ll be writing a letter to Netflix, a dear friend of mine, about a new TV show I’ve seen that week. Pretty simple, right? Dear Netflix,...

Mani-up: Get your nails done in Columbia

Natalie Harshman • January 20, 2015

Winter break has come to an end and students will once again populate Mizzou’s vast campus to start the new semester. While getting back into the groove of things, you might miss those lazy days of break...

Single Girl Diaries: Eurotrip: A shy girl’s journey across a big pond.

Ellise Verheyen • January 20, 2015

I can’t think back to the first time wanderlust struck me. I’ve always dreamed of adventure and the big world that few attempt to see. I’m from a small town in southern Missouri, so I grew up knowing...

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

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”

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,"...