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Top 5 most influential students: Michael Sam

Top 5 most influential students: Michael Sam

Jacob Bogage May 7, 2014

Michael Sam is gay. There. He said it. To a national audience. To ESPN, The New York Times, the National Football League, to everyone. He has the ear of the whole world now, no longer just 7,000-person...

Two nights a week, MU brings the laughs

Two nights a week, MU brings the laughs

Brendan Simpson May 7, 2014

When the world is full of doom and gloom, when relationship problems and finals have you down, there is hope. MU is home to two separate improv troupes to make you smile: Comedy Wars and MU Improv. You...

Top 5 athletic flops

Top 5 athletic flops

Aaron Reiss May 7, 2014

**1. MU fails to act appropriately in Sasha Menu Courey incident** ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” published a [scathing report](http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/10323102/university-missouri-officials-did-not-pursue-rape-case-lines-investigation-finds)...

LGBTQ Resource Center recognizes LGBT activists

Claudia Guthrie May 7, 2014

The 16th annual Catalyst Awards were held Tuesday evening in the Benton-Bingham Ballroom. Every year, the award ceremony is held to honor and recognize individuals who speak up, out and often on behalf...

Top 5 most influential students: Camille Hosman

Maggie Stanwood May 7, 2014

Think about your college career so far. Have you interned with the state Senate, created a political-education organization and successfully combated a tax-cut bill? Junior Camille Hosman has. During...

Biggest gaffe: University Village

Biggest gaffe: University Village

Crystal Duan May 7, 2014

The sore sight of extra shoring on each university-owned University Village apartment building is visible as you drive down Providence Road. It’s a reminder that oversight on MU’s part led to a fatality...

Biggest letdown: Dorial Green-Beckham

Biggest letdown: Dorial Green-Beckham

Matt Muenzberg May 7, 2014

It was too good to be true. On Feb. 1, 2012, the top football recruit in the country picked Missouri, our Missouri, over virtually every other school in the country. Two years and three public incidents...

Top 5 campus events

Top 5 campus events

Jack Howland May 7, 2014

**1. Stand With Sam** When a dozen members of the Westboro Baptist Church arrived in Columbia on Feb. 15 to protest former Missouri football star Michael Sam coming out, they were greeted by approximately...

Best state achievement: House Bill 253 defeated

Claire Boston May 7, 2014

It seems as though the General Assembly always has a new scheme to threaten higher education funding. 2012 gave us a proposed 12.5-percent cut to Missouri higher education funding, which the Missouri...

Biggest clusterfudge: Aspen Heights

Biggest clusterfudge: Aspen Heights

Claire Boston May 7, 2014

Oh, Aspen Heights. You’ve only been with us a year, and what a year it’s been. We’ll start chronologically. Aspen Heights’ very existence, which came at the expense of the Regency Mobile Home...

Top 5 concerts

Top 5 concerts

Heather Finn May 7, 2014

**1. Chance the Rapper at Jesse Auditorium** Waiting in line for tickets — and, um, for the main act to come on stage — was totally worth it. With his mad dance moves and signature flow, this acid...

Top 5 MSA fails

Jill Deutsch May 7, 2014

We have our fair share of fun-poking at student government, but this year brought some of the most ridiculous Missouri Students Association moments to date. **1. That’s why its budget is so big, it’s...