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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

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

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

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’

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...

School of Medicine to start patient-centered outcome research

Crystal Duan • January 26, 2014

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...

MSA hosts 2014 SEC Exchange

Covey Eonyak Son • January 25, 2014

Dozens of student government executives and advisors from various Southeastern Conference universities arrived Friday at Jesse Hall, where members of the Missouri Students Association and Marching Mizzou...

Show review: Califone with William Tyler

William Schmitt • January 25, 2014

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...

Veterans Clinic celebrates opening with guest speaker

Covey Eonyak Son • January 23, 2014

A crowd filled the Hulston Hall courtroom on the afternoon of Jan. 22, where Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Greca spoke in celebration of opening the MU Veterans Clinic. Greca addressed several problems...

Council approves Clark Lane proposal for pedestrian walkways

Kayla Goldfarb • January 22, 2014

After months of public hearings and debate between council members and vocal citizens, the Columbia City Council voted Tuesday evening 6 to 1 to approve creation of an asphalt pedestrian shoulder along...