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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Club Sports returns with virtual fair, new safety guidelines

February 11, 2021

Mizzou Club Sports announced its return to in-person practice through a virtual fair on Feb. 3. Students can join their favorite club but must follow MizzouRec safety guidelines. MizzouRec is working...

MUPD gains new chief in Brian Weimer

February 9, 2021

Brian Weimer, interim chief of the MU Police Department and major of operations, was named the official chief of police on Monday. He held the interim chief of MUPD position since July of 2020 when Doug...

Stuff To Do at MU to host more pandemic-friendly activities this semester

February 8, 2021

MU’s Campus Activities Programming Board, also known as Stuff To Do at MU, will continue to provide socially distanced recreational events for students throughout the spring semester. In the fall, CAPB...

More MU students receive academic distinction in fall 2020 than semesters past

February 7, 2021

Since spring 2020, MU students have faced new challenges with online learning. While the transition caused a disruption in learning practices, the Registrar’s office recently released data showing an...

COVID-19 impacts MU students’ Super Bowl celebrations

February 7, 2021

By Cecilia Cantu MU students plan their Super Bowl Sunday around general COVID-19 restrictions, both on and off-campus. The Kansas City Chiefs will face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, Feb. 7, in their...

The Trade-off: The hidden costs of activism in a modern era

Gabriel Levi February 6, 2021

By: Gabriel Levi No one saw it coming. May 25 started out like any other day. The temperature was a cool 64 degrees with a light drizzle that would soon rise to 72 degrees around noon. For the people...

SOPHIE leaves ethereal, otherworldly musical legacy

February 6, 2021

By Anna Kochman She just wanted to see the full moon. Sophie Xeon, Scottish hyperpop artist and producer who stylized her artist identity as SOPHIE, died Saturday. She was 34. She reportedly passed...

Bright Flight Scholarship recipients receive more money for the spring semester after reduction in July

February 5, 2021

Since being notified that their annual scholarship for the 2020-2021 school year would be reduced by $1,200, Bright Flight Scholarship recipients at MU are now receiving more money than originally anticipated...

MU undergrads invited to apply to Visual Arts and Design Showcase

February 4, 2021

MU Undergraduate Studies will be accepting applications for the sixth annual Visual Arts and Design Showcase (VADS) until Feb. 10. Any MU undergraduate can apply for a chance to win a total of $8,000 in...

MU senior produces first documentary, retells narrative of fall 2015 protests

Elizabeth Derner February 2, 2021

By: Elizabeth Derner Jessica Tifase remembers seeing tweets about the fall 2015 protests against racism at MU when she was a junior in high school. Without the university on her mind at the time, she...

MU freshman with passion for meteorology takes campus by storm

Shannon Worley February 2, 2021

By: Shannon Worley Every night at 10:30 p.m., hundreds of MU students receive a nine-paragraph GroupMe message. What’s in the message? A weather report. During his first semester at MU, freshman meteorology...

MU student Kylee Isom explores feminism through photography

Catherine Polo February 2, 2021

By: Catherine Polo As COVID-19 spread across the country and forced many to quarantine in their homes, it gave many people a chance to indulge in creativity and do some deeper thinking. MU photography...