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...

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...

It seems the growing trend for teenagers is to bestow nearly all of their money, time and conversations onto one thing: music festivals. For those who have attended one in the past, this is no shocker....

If you didn’t live under a rock and had an Internet connection this summer, chances are you watched the Netflix original series “Orange is the New Black.” What you may not have realized, though,...

What do you do when a crucial character leaves your favorite show? Cry? Scream? Nervously attribute it to some kind of plot device? Or... commemorate and let go? “Community” may have had a funeral...

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...

**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,...

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...

The School of Medicine received a $4.5-million federal grant that will fund the new MU Center for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research. University officials announced Dec. 19 that the grant, provided by...

Tim Rutili and Califone brought guitarist William Tyler into Columbia for one of the most unassumingly excellent shows I’ve experienced. Both are folk acts that dabbled in the babbling joy of distorted...