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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...

Capitol wrap-up: Week of April 6

Joe Clougher • April 9, 2014

**Legislators file to impeach governor** Three legislators’ call to unseat Gov. Jay Nixon could find an ear in the House Judiciary Committee, its chairman said last week. Committee chairman Stanley...

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...

Council tables marijuana ordinance

Kayla Goldfarb • April 8, 2014

The life of the debate over Columbia’s marijuana ordinances was extended as city council members voted at Monday night’s regular meeting to table the vote on the amendment for four months while they...

Student brings ‘Zaching’ message of hope to MU

Crystal Duan • April 8, 2014

Being drugged up on painkillers is difficult enough. Being drugged up on painkillers, after undergoing surgery for brain cancer for the second time, is even worse. But Zach Lederer wasn’t going to let...

Rape reported in Tenth and Cherry garage

Jackie Olson • April 8, 2014

Columbia Police are investigating a forcible rape that occurred Saturday in the Tenth and Cherry Parking Garage, according to a Columbia Police Department news release. The 21-year-old victim reported...

Earth Hour reduces electric load

Katherine Maxcy • April 8, 2014

Jesse Hall and hundreds of other buildings around Columbia went black last week, but only for an hour. March 29 marked Columbia’s sixth year participating in the annual Earth Hour movement, where businesses,...