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The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of Mizzou since 1955

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New MU Democratic Socialists club aims to grow a community

December 28, 2020

Coming from Quincy, a small conservative town in Illinois, Aspen Gengenbacher did not fit in with the Republican crowd. Now, she’s found her place as president of MU Democratic Socialists. Gengenbacher...

MU to require negative COVID-19 test for on-campus students before spring semester

December 22, 2020

In an email sent to students Tuesday afternoon, MU announced students living in Residential Life housing will be required to submit a negative COVID-19 test before returning to campus for the spring semester....

Voter registration, Joe Biden’s election, Republican incumbency will impact results of Georgia runoff elections

Sydney Lewis , Geoffrey Dean December 22, 2020

Over a month after election day, Americans are left with questions about the nation’s next group of political leaders and it’s all because of one state: Georgia. function removePic() { document.getElementById("articlePictureBox").remove(); } removePic(); Georgia...

Mizzou Democrats responds to election outcome and plans for the rest of school year based on election results

December 21, 2020

Now that the 2020 election season has drawn to a close, Mizzou College Democrats have started creating their plans for the rest of the school year in response to losses experienced at the state level. Despite...

MU experts give suggestions to help students focus while studying for online finals

December 15, 2020

After MU announced classes would be moving online after Thanksgiving recess, students were faced with a choice: finish the semester from their dorms and apartments in Columbia, or work from home, where...

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....