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Independent counsel report ties MU failure to clarify Title IX reporting policies to Courey’s death

Crystal Duan • April 12, 2014

The independent counsel hired to investigate MU student Sasha Menu Courey’s alleged sexual assault and subsequent suicide concluded that the university has flawed policies regarding incidents of sexual...

Task force continues community policing discussion

Jackie Olson • April 10, 2014

Community policing continues to be a popular idea with the Mayor’s Task Force on Community Violence, who heard information and presentations from community members like Chief of Police Kenneth Burton...

Police investigate armed robbery at Parkway Apartments

Jackie Olson • April 10, 2014

Columbia Police are investigating an armed robbery in the 200 block of West Broadway at the Parkway Apartments. At 1:29 a.m. Wednesday, officers were dispatched to the apartment. Three victims had been...

Columbia Regional adds early morning flight to Chicago

Maggie Stanwood • April 9, 2014

The Columbia Regional Airport will now offer a 6 a.m. daily flight to Chicago. The airport decided to consult with American Airlines to add another flight after the success of the other daily flight to...

Q&A with MU’s own Flexy the Artist

Brad Spudich • April 9, 2014

Between recording his own music and pursuing a degree in broadcast journalism, Josh Teasley stays busy. Also known as Flexy the Artist, the MU senior operates as a singer, rapper and songwriter. He's...

5 professors honored with William T. Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence

Laurel Critchfield • April 9, 2014

Every spring since 1991, outstanding teachers at MU have been recognized with the William T. Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence. This year, five teachers were recognized: John Bennett, associate...

UM-St. Louis student begins duties as Board of Curators student representative

Crystal Duan • April 9, 2014

UM-St. Louis graduate student Tracy Mulderig has been selected as the new student representative to the UM System Board of Curators. Her term will run from 2014 to January 2016. Mulderig, who was appointed...

MSA budget stirs controversy within organization

Elizabeth Loutfi • April 9, 2014

As the Missouri Students Association 2015 budget nears voting Wednesday, the budgetary process has come under fire from its own organization. Academic Affairs chairman Ben Vega proposed two bills about...

‘Let’s Get Loud’ Drag Show celebrates Pride Month

Elizabeth Loutfi • April 9, 2014

“Let’s Get Loud,” the LGBTQ Resource Center and Triangle Coalition’s annual spring drag show, took place Friday night in Stotler Lounge. The show is part of MU’s Pride Month, and it celebrates...

Students, residents call East Campus parking complex issue

Covey Eonyak Son • April 9, 2014

No solid consensus was made at the March 19 open forum to change parking policies in East Campus. But students and residents in attendance both felt the complexity of the situation and the proposed solutions. Many...

The Seuss Man returns to read at Speakers Circle

Claudia Guthrie • April 9, 2014

While attending MU in the ’90s, a student made a name for himself on campus. Most people knew him not by Dana Huyler, the engineering major from Winnetka, Ill., but by a different name. They called...

McCaskill targets college sexual assaults

Joe Clougher • April 9, 2014

After her bill reforming military sexual assault prosecution passed the Senate last month 97-0, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., has turned her attention to a new issue. With the kickoff of Sexual Assault...