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Students elect Schara, Haberberger for MSA president and vice president

Steven Chaffin, Jr. • November 13, 2013

The month-long Missouri Students Association election has come to an end. ####MSA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Juniors Mason Schara and Kelsey Haberberger won the presidential election with the slogan "Connecting...

Kip Kendrick set to run for 45th District House seat in 2014

Hannah Tinnin • November 12, 2013

Kip Kendrick announced Wednesday he will be running for the 45th house district seat in 2014. Kendrick received the support of the district’s current legislator, Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia. As Kelly’s...

Housing in Columbia expands; many factors affect the development of city

Maggie Stanwood • November 12, 2013

Two new student housing complexes will come to Columbia in the next year, built by Park 7 Group and American Campus Communities. Park 7 Group, a New York-based company, is looking at the property where...

McCaskill, Blunt seek to reform military sexual assault proceeding law

Covey Eonyak Son • November 12, 2013

Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Roy Blunt, R-Mo., introduced new bipartisan legislation that seeks to reform current code for sexual assault proceedings in the U.S. military. The _Article 32 Reform...

Illinois to legalize same-sex marriage

Joe Clougher • November 12, 2013

Illinois is on the path to officially recognizing same-sex marriages this week. After its failure to approve an identical Senate bill in May, the Illinois House passed the measure 61-54 on Nov. 5. Gov....

Convictions overturned after almost a decade in prison

Kayla Goldfarb • November 12, 2013

Nearly 10 years after his arrest and imprisonment for the murder of Columbia Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt, Ryan Ferguson entered the Tiger Hotel on Tuesday night as a free man. At a press conference...

Broadway Brewery refreshes for the season

Fan Feng • November 11, 2013

Where in downtown Columbia can you find a restaurant that brews its own beer and provides fresh, healthy food? Look no further than Broadway Brewery. Located at 816 E. Broadway, the restaurant just revamped...

Iraq veteran serves to protect her loved ones

Jack Howland • November 11, 2013

Two years ago, Brandy Fay was sleeping on a bunk bed in Kuwait. Two years ago, she was transporting a myriad of large weapons to different Army bases. Two years ago, she feared that a roadside bomb might...

Flat Branch: A CoMo favorite

Lauren Puckett • November 11, 2013

_Location:_ 115 S. Fifth St. _Hours:_ Sunday-Thursday: 11 a.m. - midnight Friday-Saturday: 11 a.m. - 1 a.m. If you’re searching for a true taste of Columbia spirit, fly down Fifth Street to Flat Branch...

Sophomore reflects on his Marine Corps past

Claudia Guthrie • November 11, 2013

Infantry squad leader Nathaniel Davenport led a short security patrol through an open street in Iraq when he and his men were ambushed by a group of Mujahideen, who were wielding RPK belt-fed Russian machine...

You bring the romance, Babbo’s brings the food

Laurel Critchfield • November 11, 2013

_Location:_ 1305 Grindstone Parkway _Hours:_ Monday - Thursday: 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Friday: 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Saturday: 5 - 10 p.m. Sunday: Noon - 8 p.m. If you’re looking for a comfortable, not-too-fancy-yet-fancy-enough...

MU staff member impacted by father’s role in Air Force

Lauren Rutherford • November 11, 2013

If Carol Fleisher had to guess how many time she has moved in her lifetime, the number would be upward of 40. “I can pack a brown box faster than you can believe,” said Veterans Center director Carol...