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The Maneater

Department of pathology and anatomical sciences hosts Dinosaurs and Cavemen Science Expo with Columbia Public Schools

Natalia Alamdari February 12, 2014

Columbia-area children flocked to Rock Bridge High School on Saturday afternoon. The department of pathology and anatomical sciences and the Columbia Public Schools Planetarium hosted its Dinosaurs and...

175th Anniversary cake becomes fan favorite at MU celebration

175th Anniversary cake becomes fan favorite at MU celebration

Kevin Graeler February 12, 2014

Hundreds were present for an annual celebration on Tuesday morning in the Student Center to celebrate the MU’s birthday. This bash had a special feel from the start with the recent arrival of Chancellor...

Police Blotter

Mark Kim February 12, 2014

####1. Man arrested for not staying in lane MU Police Department officers arrested Ryan Maris, 29, at 1:42 a.m. Sunday. An inebriated Maris was pulled over at 1312 White Oak Lane after failing to drive...

Comedy Wars provides new laughs every Wednesday night

Jacqueline LeBlanc February 12, 2014

Senior Zach Beattie knows what it is like to not know what to say in front of a large group of people. After all, he has been doing it since his freshman year at MU. But unlike others who find themselves...

From Gaines to Strickland: Professors share black history at MU

Jessica Karins February 12, 2014

Black History Month began Feb. 1, and with it came a large number of events. One event, titled “Rediscovering the Civil Rights History of Missouri and Columbia,” took place Thursday. Historians, professors...

Performers prepare for The Vagina Monologues

Performers prepare for The Vagina Monologues

Alex Leininger February 12, 2014

Sophomore Kelsey Burns is performing in The Vagina Monologues because she feels it is her duty. The Vagina Monologues, a play written by Eve Ensler and first performed in 1996, has inspired V-Day, a worldwide...

Missouri ACLU files same-sex marriage recognition lawsuit

Kayla Goldfarb February 12, 2014

Missouri, the first state in the nation to enact a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, will face a lawsuit from eight legally-wed, same-sex couples suing for the recognition of their marriages...

MU Health Care lights up red for American Heart Month

Liz Henderson February 12, 2014

The month of February has recently been deemed American Heart Month to raise awareness of heart disease in the country. MU Health Care is celebrating this month in a few ways this year. Exterior lighting...

175 years

Reilly Manz February 12, 2014

A select group of citizens from Boone County made a contribution to education 175 years ago that would affect the lives of millions to come. Their resulting donation led to the founding of the first public...

Mold destroys 600,000 library books

Mold destroys 600,000 library books

Ellie Papadakis February 12, 2014

The MU Libraries have more than 3 million books in their collections, and they ran out of space to store those books years ago. Recently it was discovered that 600,000 books, approximately 20 percent...

J-School introduces new documentary journalism program

J-School introduces new documentary journalism program

Austin Dubinsky February 12, 2014

The School of Journalism announced it is adding yet another program to its curriculum: documentary journalism. The $6.7-million grant to kick off the program was gifted from Jonathan Murray, a 1977 journalism...

Senate Committee rejects Nixon’s Board of Curators appointment

Jessica Karins February 12, 2014

A deadlocked 5-5 vote resulted in the rejection of one of Gov. Jay Nixon’s appointments to the UM System Board of Curators last week. Two Democrats joined three Republicans to vote down the appointment...