On a blank stage, four performers stood facing a panel of judges. “Alright, we need one word,” someone from the group said. One of the judges responded with “potatoes.” That’s all the group...

Among many of the LGBTQ Resource Center’s goals to foster overall acceptance on campus is implementing name preference options in myZou. Transgender students are vulnerable to many name-related issues...

When former Missouri Students Association President Nick Droege came into office last year, he created a new cabinet position: the deputy chief of staff. President Mason Schara kept this position alive...

For high-achieving Missouri students, another college financing option could be on its way this year. The twist: recipients will have to stay in state, working only in Missouri for a set number of years...

Violent crime in Columbia is down from 2012 and at its lowest index in 20 years, according to 2013’s Uniform Crime Reporting data from the FBI. Though larcenies in Columbia increased in the last year,...

A new tax increment financing district will not be put into effect if the Boone County Commission has a say. The Boone County Commission has threatened to sue Columbia if it continues to pursue the idea...

Columbia’s newest Long Range Transportation Plan, which goes through 2040, focuses on improvements to area roads, buses and pedestrian paths. Every five years, the Columbia Area Transit Study Organization,...

Plans for a new student housing complex hit a roadblock after the Columbia City Council decided against rezoning property located northeast of Stadium Boulevard. With a split 4-3 vote, the city council...

**Yasmine Mavrakis** _Pre-dietician aiding post-revolution Libya_ You’ll be forgiven if, upon meeting Yasmine Mavrakis, you don’t immediately think “freedom fighter” or, well, any type of fighter. The...

Now that we’ve established that I am single, I think it’s important to inform you all that I haven’t been single my whole life. I totally dated the coolest boy in all of fourth grade. Unfortunately,...