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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Student finds new family during pandemic

December 15, 2020

After years of searching for her biological father, MU junior Avery Renshaw didn’t get what she expected, but ultimately reconnected with her father’s family. According to the Pew Research Center,...

MU Student Health and Well-Being offers reprieve for students navigating stress and anxiety

December 10, 2020

For some MU students, winter break can’t come soon enough. The stress of a pandemic — on top of virtual classes and exams — has some students experiencing anxiety on a new level. MU Student Health...

Spring 2021 study abroad ready for takeoff

Annasofia Scheve December 8, 2020

Since she was a senior in high school, junior Abby Werner had planned to go to Washington, D.C. in the fall of 2020, her junior year of college. The fall semester of 2020 would coincide with the 2020...

Crazy Loco Hot Cocoa is the magic you need when prepping for exams

December 8, 2020

‘Crazy Loco Hot Cocoa’ is a drink from “Hannah Montana,” an early 2000s Disney series that starred Miley Cyrus. Robby Ray Stewart’s signature cocoa recipe had a magic to it. Every time Cyrus’s...

Christmas is incomplete without Rankin/Bass holiday specials

December 7, 2020

Stop-motion animation is a little creepy, I’ll admit. Yet a lineup of classic Christmas films is incomplete without the whimsical movies from Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment. The production company...

MU students make it to the polls and their classes on Election Day 2020

December 1, 2020

For sophomore Olivia Balkenbush, timing was the name of the game on Nov. 3. Balkenbush spent Election Day attending classes in person and on Zoom, voting for the first time and working at Mort’s in the...

Students reevaluate plans for Thanksgiving recess after new MU announcement

Danny Daugherty November 29, 2020

Thanksgiving always causes students to make a decision. MU Chancellor Mun Choi announced Nov. 12 that the university will switch from in-person instruction to online classes for the remainder of fall semester....

Campus sustainability efforts halted completely by eight-month closure of Sustainability Office

November 23, 2020

Earlier this year, MU closed its Sustainability Office and suspended all its programs, bringing sustainability activities on campus to a standstill. The closure happened during the initial COVID-19 panic...

Remembering Alex Trebek’s most iconic “Jeopardy!” pop culture moments

Anna Kochman November 22, 2020

In a pop culture landscape where fame is fleeting, with new celebrities rising to stardom and falling from grace every few years, Alex Trebek was something of a mainstay. As the host of “Jeopardy!”...

MU implements CampusClear checkpoints in effort to curb spread of COVID-19

Lily Dozier November 22, 2020

MU began enforcing CampusClear checkpoints at MizzouRec and Ellis Library on Monday, Oct. 19. Since then, the university implemented a new checkpoint at the Student Center and posted signs outside most...

Mizzou 2 promotes inclusivity for dependents of international students

Angelina Edwards November 22, 2020

When Jessica Osaze arrived in Columbia in the fall of 2017, she felt isolated from the community. Osaze had just said goodbye to her family in Nigeria to come to the U.S. with her husband, who had been...

MU’s LGBTQ Resource Center makes changes to operations during pandemic

Charlie Recchia November 22, 2020

For LGBTQ+ students at MU, the LGBTQ Resource Center can be a safe space with a variety of different fucntions. It was, and still is, a place for these students to be themselves with no judgement or fear,...