Skip to Main Content
The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Reel Reflections: Spare yourself from ‘I, Frankenstein’

Claudia Guthrie January 28, 2014

I don’t know what I was thinking. The terrible trailers for “I, Frankenstein” have been playing for months. It’s currently resting at an abysmal 5 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. On opening day, it...

People of Columbia

MacKenzie Reagan, Daniela Vidal January 28, 2014

**Madeline Ericson** _Friendly face in an important place_ You’d be wise to stop by the Wellness Resource Center. Not only can you find information on a variety of topics including alcohol responsibility,...

The King’s Singers bring ‘Great American Songbook’ tour to Columbia

The King’s Singers bring ‘Great American Songbook’ tour to Columbia

Crystal Duan January 28, 2014

The chance to see a Grammy-award winning British a cappella group doesn’t come around often, but Columbia will feel the international love Thursday when The King’s Singers performs at the Missouri...

Three must-have dishes for this Super Bowl Sunday

Liz Henderson January 28, 2014

We all know Super Bowl Sunday is about more than just the big game. There are some of the best commercials you’ve seen all year. There’s the highly anticipated halftime show. And there’s the one...

Meera Chandrasekhar wins national teaching award

Meera Chandrasekhar wins national teaching award

Daniela Vidal January 28, 2014

For professor Meera Chandrasekhar, physics is like peeling the layers of an onion. As the peeling moves past the "Aha!" layer, more understanding is achieved. Chandrasekhar, this year's recipient of Baylor...

Downtown Declassified: Peace out, Tigers

MacKenzie Reagan January 28, 2014

I stepped in from the cold. Walking down the stairs into the warm downstairs retail space, I was greeted by an array of bumper stickers with slogans like “Coexist” and shelves of Zinn and Keynes. I’d...

MU students elicit laughs in weekly comedy show

MU students elicit laughs in weekly comedy show

Shannon Murff January 28, 2014

Imagine yourself on a stage, in front of an expectant crowd. You must act out a scene and — here’s the tough part — make the audience laugh. Just the idea is enough to make some people nervous...

MU prepares for annual RecycleMania

Covey Eonyak Son January 28, 2014

MU will compete against hundreds of colleges and universities across the United States and Canada in the 2014 RecycleMania. The competition, run by the non-profit organization RecycleMania Inc., starts...

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...