Growing up with a mother who chain-smoked affected the childhood of Lee Radtke, director of public housing operations for the Columbia Housing Authority. Though she didn’t realize it until high school,...

During the holiday season, Columbia’s major charities are preparing to implement holiday programs for families in poverty. The Voluntary Action Center describes itself as a program functioning to “ensure...

Following the death of 29-year-old Brittany Maynard, a woman diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, the media has been abuzz with both the story of her life as well as the nature of her death. Maynard,...

Since former executive vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost Brian Foster retired Jan. 1, MU has been conducting a search to fill the vacant position. According to the [Office of the Provost](http://provost.missouri.edu/about/index.php),...

A demonstration is scheduled to take place in Speakers Circle immediately following the upcoming grand jury decision on the Michael Brown case. The decision whether to indict Darren Wilson, the Ferguson,...

The Missouri School of Journalism announced Wednesday a $1 million donation from Walter B. Potter Jr. to benefit benefit innovation in community journalism. The donation will fund the the Walter B. Potter...

Columbia’s struggle to support its growing population continues. The city, in the midst of a population boom, will have an infrastructure investment gap of about $1 billion by 2050, according to a report...

“Rosewater,” Jon Stewart’s directorial debut, tells the story of Maziar Bahari, an Iranian-born journalist living in London and covering the 2009 Iranian elections for Newsweek. The film was based...

A federal judge declared Missouri’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional on Nov. 7. Federal District Judge Ortrie Smith found that the ban violated the 14th Amendment and was therefore void in _Lawson...

When many people think of beauty pageants, they might picture Olive Hoover shaking it to “Super Freak” in “Little Miss Sunshine” or TLC’s “Toddlers & Tiaras” reality show. MU alumna Rebecca...