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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...

Laverne Cox to address a sold-out Missouri Theatre

Danielle Katz September 30, 2014

Laverne Cox will soon add “first transgender One Mizzou Week keynote speaker” to her list of accomplishments. Cox, known for her work in television shows such as “TRANSform Me” and “Orange Is...

Sophomore among two suspects arrested in Aspen Heights shooting

Paige Lalain September 30, 2014

Local law enforcement officers responded Sept. 27 to early morning reports of gunfire on property at the Aspen Heights housing complex. According to a Columbia Police Department news release, officers...

Trudy Lewis to publish novel, “The Empire Rolls”

Trudy Lewis to publish novel, “The Empire Rolls”

Stevie Myers September 30, 2014

Trudy Lewis, professor and director of creative writing, will release her second novel this fall. The novel, “The Empire Rolls,” takes place in Boonslick, Missouri, and centers around a woman who...

Traveling exhibit on Lincoln, Civil War comes to MU Law Library

Esther Seawell September 30, 2014

MU is hosting a traveling exhibit by the American Library Association called “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War” through Oct. 31. The exhibit opened Sept. 24 and is free and open to the...

‘Road Show’ to premiere at Rhynsburger Theatre

Elana Williams September 30, 2014

When curtains open to a simple set of white-washed milk crates, furniture legs and other miscellaneous wood scraps towering over the stage as two makeshift walls, “Road Show” will have ample opportunity...