The UM System is discussing ways to better balance costs associated with maintaining the quality of faculty benefits packages, and trying to raise the system’s pay levels at the same time, UM Vice President...

Though still on the legislative table, a bill sponsored by Rep. John Wright, D-Rocheport, would incentivize donations to public scholarship funds. Existing state funding for higher education has declined...

**Marie Gallagher ** **Hooked on Costumes** Marie Gallagher has been Marilyn Monroe, a clown and a stripping gorilla. After seven months away from Gotcha!, a downtown costume shop, Gallagher returned...

I’ve been filling up this corner of MOVE for 14 (!!?!) weeks now with my ramblings on CoMo and copious em dashes. I’ve had the chance to check out some really great places downtown: [The Peace Nook](http://move.themaneater.com/stories/2014/1/28/downtown-declassified-peace-out-tigers/),...

I think it’s about time we talk about breakups. Now as we all know (at least you should by now), I don’t have a lot of relationship experience. I’ve really only been in one “relationship.” I...

**Senate approves education budget** Missouri Senate this week gave the nod to a $700 million-plus increase in Missouri’s 2015 education budget. The proposed budget would give K-12 schools a minimum...

Samuel Waters, assistant professor of biological sciences at MU, has identified a coding gene linked to locomotor skills and central nervous system development, which may lead to a better understanding...

As the co-founder of Ragtag Cinema and the True/False Film Festival, David Wilson is a big name throughout Columbia. Now, with the release of his first feature-length documentary, Wilson is gaining even...

Simon Doonan, the wonderful creative ambassador at Barneys New York and one of my most cherished fashion inspirations, once said, “Conformity is the only real fashion crime. To not dress like yourself...

At any given time period in the last 100 years, music has been revolutionized on big and small scales. You have the kings of rock, like Elvis, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, who created their own...