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The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

NAACP, others host political forum in Ellis Auditorium

Elana Williams October 4, 2014

Five different student organizations sponsored a political forum held in Ellis Auditorium Sept. 30. The forum, Know for November, featured two moderators from hosting organizations who asked a variety...

Asthma affects behavior of low socioeconomic status children

Grace Rogers October 2, 2014

Growing up with asthma may affect children of low socioeconomic status, even when they are able to catch their breath. A doctoral study by Jen-Hao Chen, now an assistant professor of the MU School of...

Renovations to hopefully improve East Campus issues

Ruth Serven October 1, 2014

Simply crossing College Avenue can be a struggle, and finding parking near MU’s campus can be even harder. Convenience is often pitted against safety and courtesy. The City of Columbia is debating several...

Missouri may require high school students take citizenship test

Ruth Serven October 1, 2014

All Missouri high school students may have to take a citizenship test before graduation if a proposal from the Civics Education Initiative is passed by the Missouri General Assembly. The exam would test...

Cosmo-Bethel Park to undergo renovations

Cosmo-Bethel Park to undergo renovations

Rachel Foster-Gimbel October 1, 2014

Cosmo-Bethel Park, located in southern Columbia, will undergo renovations later this fall and into the spring of 2015. The renovation project has two parts: adding lights to the last four unlit tennis...

Missouri career-training programs receive $2 million grant

Ann Marion October 1, 2014

Gov. Jay Nixon announced Sept. 23 that Missouri will receive two $1 million grants from USA Funds, a nonprofit organization, to expand the existing program Missouri Innovation Campus and promote career-based...

Deceased AGR brother honored at candlelight vigil

Deceased AGR brother honored at candlelight vigil

Annabel Ames October 1, 2014

The flag at the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity house flew at half-mast at Tuesday’s candlelight vigil for sophomore Cale Boedeker, who died late Monday night. Hundreds of MU students — both Greek and...

Pop Culture Shock: ‘Rich Kids’ set a bad example

McKenna Bulkley September 30, 2014

Earlier this week, I was trolling E! News’s website to find something interesting to write about in my column. Scrolling past a story for "Rich Kids of Beverly Hills," I decided to click. What could...

MU committee considering options to replace Blackboard

Isabella Alves September 30, 2014

MU is evaluating whether it should continue using Blackboard as a campus-wide learning management system or replace it. The university plans to reach a decision by December. Technology Resource Director...

ICYMI: The importance of punctuation on the Web

Ellie Papadakis September 30, 2014

Since my last column was about the Internet and reading, and seeing as Sept. 24 was National Punctuation Day, let’s talk about the Web’s Grammar Police. Terrible grammar on the Internet is _so_ 2007,...

Brad ‘N’ Butter: ‘Rooten’ around for love

Brad Spudich September 30, 2014

I found love in the parking lot of a burned-down auto parts shop. I was riding my bike on Business Loop 70 when I passed, and I had to turn back. Something was missing in my life. I knew I couldn’t...

Fall TV hits & misses

Megan Schaltegger September 30, 2014

We all crave fall for a smattering of reasons. Whether it’s the return of our beloved pumpkin spice lattes, the opportunity to caption our knit-focused Instagram posts under the “#sweaterweather”...