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The Maneater

Sisters sell lemonade to benefit Ellis Fischel Cancer Center

Sisters sell lemonade to benefit Ellis Fischel Cancer Center

Aaron Reiss February 26, 2014

Down one hallway of the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center is a set of screens that cycles through quotes. At one point, the screen reads, “Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.” At just 8 and...

Junior Katie Yaeger receives American Copy Editors Society scholarship

Claudia Guthrie February 26, 2014

After years of involvement with reporting, writing and editing, junior Katie Yaeger, formerly of The Maneater staff, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the American Copy Editors Society. Yaeger...

Nursing professor Tina Bloom works with researchers to develop app for those in abusive relationships

Natalia Alamdari February 26, 2014

University of Virginia senior Yeardley Love was two weeks away from graduation in 2010 when she was beaten to death by her boyfriend. Her mother, Sharon Love, created the One Love Foundation in her daughter’s...

Blotter

Mark Kim February 26, 2014

####1. Man arrested with misdemeanor and felony warrants Kristan Simpson, 26, was arrested by MU Police at 11:23 a.m. Thursday. Simpson was released from Missouri Psychiatric Center on 3 Hospital Drive...

University Village residents placed in temporary housing

University Village residents placed in temporary housing

Kevin Graeler February 26, 2014

Residents of University Village building 707 have been left scrambling to adjust following the collapse of the structure’s balcony that occurred early Saturday morning. MU spokesman Christian Basi said...

MU Dining Services eases traffic flow with simpler system

Kevin Graeler February 26, 2014

Students grabbing lunch at Plaza 900 over the last three weeks have noticed a few changes with the dishwashing process. Campus Dining Services began using a new conveyer belt system in the dining hall...

MU hosts 38th annual Mid-America Medieval Association Conference

MU hosts 38th annual Mid-America Medieval Association Conference

Crystal Duan February 26, 2014

Rafiq Ramadan was the only MU undergraduate who presented at the 38th annual Mid-America Medieval Association Conference on Saturday. The annual conference is a place for community members and students...

Blunt gives speech on Monuments Men recognition at MU

Joe Clougher February 26, 2014

They were only there to save buildings. But that role shifted rapidly as the war dragged on, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said in his speech last week at the State Historical Society of Missouri in Ellis Library. “As...

Capitol wrap-up: Week of Feb. 23

Joe Clougher February 26, 2014

**House hears legislation on texting and driving** A panel of state representatives made its case last week to expand Missouri’s ban on texting while driving. The lawmakers, three democrats from St....

New student housing development plans face utility issues

Maggie Stanwood, Kayla Goldfarb February 26, 2014

A handful of planned student housing developments could be up in the air after the Columbia City Council rejected a tax increment financing plan at last week’s meeting. Following a stream of public...

City balances priority routes, overtime during snowfall

Maggie Stanwood February 26, 2014

When Columbia gets more than four inches of snow, as it did earlier this month, the city’s formula for plowing streets becomes an equation of priority routes, residential streets and overtime workers. An...

Missouri marijuana legalization initiative delayed to 2016

Fan Feng February 26, 2014

A group that planned to put legalizing marijuana on Missouri ballot this November has postponed the initiative to 2016. Show-Me Cannabis, a Missouri marijuana advocacy group, said in a [news latter](http://show-mecannabis.com/2014/02/smc-newsletter-february-17-2014/)...