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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

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...

New Chancellor begins MU’s 175th birthday celebration

New Chancellor begins MU’s 175th birthday celebration

Reilly Manz February 11, 2014

There was only standing room at 11 a.m. Tuesday as Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin opened a celebration of MU’s 175th year of education with an oh-so-familiar “M-I-Z” chant on stage in the MU Student...

Columbia unemployment rate among lowest in nation

Colin O’Brien February 11, 2014

Columbia’s most recent unemployment statistics — 3.7 percent for December 2013 — rank among the lowest in the nation. The 3.7 percent rate, the same as November 2013, is 17th-lowest in the nation....

Multimedia artwork featured in _onefootbuyonefoot_

Renee Schilb February 11, 2014

Walking by the Craft Studio, it’s hard not to stop and stare. Behind the wall of glass stands a white walled art gallery featuring dozens of intricate 1-by-1-foot squares. The most recent installations...

Aspen Heights caps students’ utilities

Maggie Stanwood February 11, 2014

Columbia’s cold weather in recent weeks has kept some residents pushing up their thermostats. In response to residents’ high utility payments and concerns about insulation issues, one student housing...

Manhattan melody-makers Cults to perform at The Blue Note

Patrick McKenna February 11, 2014

For bands, change can lead to positive stylistic innovation, or a downward spiraling that leaves band chemistry incinerated. Even after a Jack & Meg White-esque relationship breakup between the two members...

Fash Talk: The CoMo runway

Brielle Gregory February 11, 2014

Ten o’clock in the morning on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, likely had little to no significance for the majority of students on campus. For most, they awoke with mild anguish at the fact that school was...

Tribute bands are cool — I swear!

Patrick McKenna February 11, 2014

I’m just going to come out and say it: I enjoy tribute bands. There. Now that that’s out of the way, I’m going to explain why I have these said feelings for this said form of musical entertainment....

MOVE’s Valentine’s Day playlist

MOVE’s Valentine’s Day playlist

Amanda Nero February 11, 2014

Whether you see it as V-Day or D-Day, it’s coming. So, rock whatever your relationship status on Facebook may be this Valentine’s Day and get down with some lovable tracks. “Thirteen” — Big...