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More designated parking an option for Benton-Stephens, East Campus residents

Maggie Stanwood • October 1, 2013

Along many streets in Columbia, meters line up in a row, counting down the time until a driver must leave or receive a ticket. In the near future, more meters or designated spots for residents could crop...

CPD to receive three sworn positions, despite requests for more

Mara Somlo • October 1, 2013

The city’s 2014 budget, signed by City Manager Mike Matthes on Friday, draws special attention to an intensified fear of crime throughout the community. In a citizen survey released earlier this year,...

Aide to Speaker Jones leaves loaded gun in Statehouse bathroom

Daniel Henderson • October 1, 2013

An aide to Missouri House of Representatives Speaker Timothy Jones, R-Eureka, left a loaded handgun in a bathroom at the state capital Sept. 20 The gun was left on top of a toilet paper rack in one of...

MU’s Art and Archaeology Museum closes early

MacKenzie Reagan • October 1, 2013

Monday marked the end of an era as the Museum of Art and Archaeology closed its Pickard Hall doors after being a mainstay on the Francis Quadrangle for nearly four decades. Founded in 1957 as the Study...

Movie review: ‘Rush’

Joelle Jefferis • September 30, 2013

A film about Formula One drivers sounds like it would suit a pretty specific audience: People who watch F1. Needless to say, I wasn’t overly excited to see it. The previews for “Rush” had me thinking...

Gold ribbon cut, Truman’s Closet opens for business

Steven Chaffin, Jr. • September 30, 2013

Members of the Missouri Students Association officially opened Truman’s Closet on Monday, revealing the new space alongside [Tiger Pantry.](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2012/10/2/tiger-pantry-opens-its-doors/) Monday’s...

New budget aims to reduce expenditures

Kayla Goldfarb • September 28, 2013

For the first time since the 1989 fiscal year, city staff have balanced the city’s general fund, thus ending deficit spending. After citizens in a 2013 city survey said they wanted city government to...

The Craft Studio celebrates 40th birthday

Emily Russell • September 28, 2013

The Missouri Students Association/Graduate Professional Council Craft Studio celebrated 40 years on MU’s campus with a birthday party Thursday. The celebration, which was held in the studio, included...

Mizzou Democrats host talks on education solutions

Walter Glenn Winfrey • September 27, 2013

Mizzou Democrats, a student group whose purpose is to provide an open conversation for anyone interested in democratic points of view, held an education-focused meeting on Sept. 26. The question of the...

Crawl event highlights art, culture on campus

Paul Albani-Burgio • September 27, 2013

The eighth annual Art-i-Fact MU Art Gallery and Museum Crawl event was held Thursday evening at venues across campus, providing a showcase for 11 of the artistic, cultural and scientific facilities and...

Peace Corps prep program comes to MU

Briana Saunders • September 26, 2013

Students, former Peace Corps volunteers and Office of Service Learning faculty and staff filed into the Columns room in the Reynolds Alumni Center on Wednesday to hear about MU’s new Peace Corps Prep...

School of Law to receives $1.57 million gift

Crystal Duan • September 26, 2013

The School of Law will receive a gift of $1.57 million from the Nancy and Charles Wall Family Foundation to create the Wall Chair in Corporate Law and Governance, an endowed faculty chairman position. The...