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Student-run SafeTrek app gains popularity

Student-run SafeTrek app gains popularity

Marek Makowski January 29, 2014

When Samantha Green was a freshman, she would study at Ellis Library late into the night, and after leaving, she would begin a hurried walk to the parking garage. Green had no comfort in walking alone...

Missourian still unsure of how to remove paywall for students

Jill Deutsch January 29, 2014

The Columbia Missourian paywall has been disputed since its inception. In September 2012, the newspaper adopted a “time-meter pay model,” in which anyone can access online content for the first 24...

Muslim students lack designated prayer space at MU

Elizabeth Loutfi January 29, 2014

When sophomore Adam Mefrakis came to MU, one of the problems he had was finding a space where he would pray. With no designated spot for Muslim students to pray on campus, Mefrakis would make the trip...

UM president recommends hiring independent attorney to investigate MU’s response to Menu Courey case

Katie Pohlman January 29, 2014

UM System President Tim Wolfe will recommend to the Board of Curators that it hire an independent counsel to investigate MU’s handling of the [Sasha Menu Courey case](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2014/1/26/report-alleges-mizzou-athletics-failed-investigate/). Wolfe...

Children’s Hospital patients benefit from MRI-compatible goggles

Katie Pohlman January 29, 2014

An 8-year-old boy can now watch “Despicable Me” while technicians capture images of his brain tumor during a two and a half hour MRI, thanks to new MRI-compatible video goggles at the MU Women's and...

Housing Highlights

Cara McClain January 29, 2014

From on-campus living to far-away complexes, Columbia is home to a number of different student living options. Below is a selection of off-campus living options with a variety of different rents, amenities...

Study explores professional athletes’ contract-year performance

Natalia Alamdari January 29, 2014

Sports enthusiasts are no stranger to the effects of a contract year. In hopes of landing bigger, better deals with teams – complete with fame and fortune – it is common for athletes to play to their...

Amy Reidel to present art on Thursday

Amy Reidel to present art on Thursday

Maddie Magruder January 28, 2014

On Thursday, artist Amy Reidel will give a free presentation about her artwork. Reidel, currently an art teacher at St. Louis University and St. Louis Community College, will have both photos of and physical...

Movie review: ‘Enemies Closer’

Movie review: ‘Enemies Closer’

Morgan Young January 28, 2014

This small-budget film uses the classic approach of taking two plots and intertwining them to create a perfectly dramatic hot mess. The main plot consists of a French-Canadian drug lord (Jean-Claude Van...

Fash Talk: For the love of ponchos

Brielle Gregory January 28, 2014

Growing up in the early 2000s was inarguably magnificent. The turn of the century brought with it the rise of boy bands, each of which included frosted tips and mildly impressive choreographed dance moves...

Think Outside the Boombox: An ode to Green Day

Patrick McKenna January 28, 2014

I know I discussed alternative music from the ’90s in my last column, and I swear I’m not some sort of addict when it comes to the guitar work and lyrical performance of that era. But I had an epiphany...

Single Girl Diaries: The Grind

Ellise Verheyen January 28, 2014

At the ripe age of nine years old, my mother decided it was time for me to be a dancer. Needless to say, we discovered that I was an atrocious dancer. I couldn’t tap, tumble or pirouette to save my...