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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Low MSA Senate retention sparks reform

Elizabeth Loutfi April 16, 2014

The Missouri Students Association Senate is seeking organization reform after a year of decreasing senator retention. Attendance records obtained from the past three full Senate meetings — during which...

Former MSA Budget Committee chairwoman becomes new SFRC chair

Elizabeth Loutfi April 16, 2014

Junior Shelby Catalano will become the new Student Fee Review Committee chairwoman. The committee, which comprises 13 students — one chair, two vice chairs, seven undergraduates and three graduates...

New BEC handbook hopes to encourage competition through less regulation

Covey Eonyak Son April 16, 2014

Junior Derek Chung, who was confirmed as the Board of Elections Commissioners chairman on March 19, is planning to introduce changes to how student leaders are allowed to campaign for student votes in...

Anna Bridgman wins young artist vocal competition

Anna Bridgman wins young artist vocal competition

Claudia Guthrie April 16, 2014

Anna Bridgman won first place at the Music Teachers National Association’s Young Artist Performance Competition on March 24. After winning the state and regional levels, Bridgman, who graduated from...

Greek Week sports brings community together

Stephen Daw April 16, 2014

The kick off for Greek Week’s annual sports tournament this year was Friday, April 11. Chapters were paired up and set to compete against each other in different sporting events, including flag football,...

Downtown Declassified: My Main Squeeze

MacKenzie Reagan April 15, 2014

Hi, I’m MacKenzie, and I’m a Main Squeeze addict. I’m also your token vegan friend because no millennial friend group is truly complete without one of us (you’re welcome, friend groups of which...

Columbia’s newest coffeehouse signals coffee connoisseurs

MacKenzie Reagan April 15, 2014

If you drink coffee in Columbia with frequency, perhaps you have already happened upon Shortwave Coffee, the newest addition to Alley A. But unless you know where to look, you might have missed this hidden...

Movie review: ‘Draft Day’

Movie review: ‘Draft Day’

Brielle Gregory April 15, 2014

Set over the course of arguably the single most important day in the NFL, “Draft Day” follows the story of Cleveland Browns general manager Sonny Weaver (Kevin Costner) and his vigorous attempts at...

Fash Talk: These are my dress-fessions

Brielle Gregory April 15, 2014

I love being a girl. I love spending that time right before a night out with my gals, all of us getting ready together with entirely too many curling irons cluttering the counter than is truly safe for...

Think Outside the Boom Box: Avey Tare returns

Patrick McKenna April 15, 2014

Outside of its intensely psychedelic sound, experimental group Animal Collective is best known to the music-obsessive community for the equally wonderful side projects it generates. Between singer and...

Single Girl Diaries: Wheels, love and Swedish Fish

Ellise Verheyen April 15, 2014

It actually happened. I, Ellise Verheyen, was a seventh wheel. I know I’ve joked about it before, but other than prom, it hasn’t been a reality. I usually have a buffer, or one other friend that was...

Banish those April shower blues

Banish those April shower blues

Renee Schilb April 15, 2014

Just when you think you’ve survived the winter blues, spring comes pouring in with day after day of heavy rain and cloudy skies. This year, MU is facing some of the wildest and most varied weather we’ve...