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The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

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COVID-19 impacts MU students’ Super Bowl celebrations

February 7, 2021

By Cecilia Cantu MU students plan their Super Bowl Sunday around general COVID-19 restrictions, both on and off-campus. The Kansas City Chiefs will face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, Feb. 7, in their...

The Trade-off: The hidden costs of activism in a modern era

Gabriel Levi February 6, 2021

By: Gabriel Levi No one saw it coming. May 25 started out like any other day. The temperature was a cool 64 degrees with a light drizzle that would soon rise to 72 degrees around noon. For the people...

SOPHIE leaves ethereal, otherworldly musical legacy

February 6, 2021

By Anna Kochman She just wanted to see the full moon. Sophie Xeon, Scottish hyperpop artist and producer who stylized her artist identity as SOPHIE, died Saturday. She was 34. She reportedly passed...

Bright Flight Scholarship recipients receive more money for the spring semester after reduction in July

February 5, 2021

Since being notified that their annual scholarship for the 2020-2021 school year would be reduced by $1,200, Bright Flight Scholarship recipients at MU are now receiving more money than originally anticipated...

MU undergrads invited to apply to Visual Arts and Design Showcase

February 4, 2021

MU Undergraduate Studies will be accepting applications for the sixth annual Visual Arts and Design Showcase (VADS) until Feb. 10. Any MU undergraduate can apply for a chance to win a total of $8,000 in...

MU senior produces first documentary, retells narrative of fall 2015 protests

Elizabeth Derner February 2, 2021

By: Elizabeth Derner Jessica Tifase remembers seeing tweets about the fall 2015 protests against racism at MU when she was a junior in high school. Without the university on her mind at the time, she...

MU freshman with passion for meteorology takes campus by storm

Shannon Worley February 2, 2021

By: Shannon Worley Every night at 10:30 p.m., hundreds of MU students receive a nine-paragraph GroupMe message. What’s in the message? A weather report. During his first semester at MU, freshman meteorology...

MU student Kylee Isom explores feminism through photography

Catherine Polo February 2, 2021

By: Catherine Polo As COVID-19 spread across the country and forced many to quarantine in their homes, it gave many people a chance to indulge in creativity and do some deeper thinking. MU photography...

Online schooling affects field work for College of Education students

Catherine Polo February 2, 2021

By: Catherine Polo The COVID-19 pandemic has forced schools to make changes in how they operate in order to keep students as safe and healthy as possible. For MU students in the College of Education,...

Winter Guard resumes with hopeful attitudes for season ahead

February 2, 2021

MU’s Winter Guard was forced to end its winter season early last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a year later, pandemic safety measures are transforming the coming season. Ionic Winter Guard,...

2021 finally brings these highly-anticipated films to the theaters

February 1, 2021

By Elise Mulligan As the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the nation, countless blockbuster films pushed back their release dates to 2021 due to delayed production and limited exhibition in the few movie theaters...

Three shows with the representation I was looking for

February 1, 2021

By Dominique Hodge There is no better feeling than being able to find people like you on the big screen. It is draining to see the same types of people take on the same kinds of roles. With an overwhelming...