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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

KCOU, Craft Studio celebrate 40 years

KCOU, Craft Studio celebrate 40 years

Elizabeth Loutfi September 25, 2013

Forty years have passed since KCOU/88.1 FM and the Missouri Students Association/Graduate Professional Council Craft Studio joined MU’s family of now more than 700 student organizations. In honor of...

MU office addresses off-campus housing complaints

MU office addresses off-campus housing complaints

Maggie Stanwood September 25, 2013

Residents at two student housing complexes, Timber Ridge and Copper Beech, have complained of spider infestations at the townhomes. However, managers and owners do not take college students seriously,...

Brother Jed might star in CMT reality show

Brother Jed might star in CMT reality show

Claudia Guthrie September 25, 2013

“Brother” Jed Smock, a longtime Speakers Circle fixture who left Columbia at the end of last year, created a new stir Sept. 18 with the announcement of a possible TV show centering around his family. Hollywood...

MU researchers awarded grants from the Coulter Partnership

Natalia Alamdari September 25, 2013

MU biomedical research teams received six grants totalling approximately $600,000 on Sept. 18. The grants came from the Coulter Translational Partnership Program. Partnering with the School of Medicine...

Police blotter

Pranav Shastry, Mara Somlo September 25, 2013

####1. Man arrested for swerving between lanes Rigoberto Martinez-Murillo, 22, was arrested at 1:32 a.m. Sept. 15, at the corner of South Providence Road and Elm Street. He was arrested for a failing...

Healthy food panel questions healthy eating

Sarah Wynn September 25, 2013

At a healthy foods seminar hosted by the MU Extension, a panel of five speakers discussed what constitutes healthy foods Tuesday night at Memorial Union. All of the speakers had varied responses as to...

DIY or Die: Imma take your grandma’s style

Lizzie Tontz September 24, 2013

Remember how your grandmother’s kitchen looked when you were little? Remember that footstool you used to stand on when you were sneaking cookies from the jar before dinner? Remember how warm and cozy...

People of Columbia

MacKenzie Reagan, Daniela Vidal September 24, 2013

**Kara Tabor** _Journalistic entrepreneur_ Kara Tabor of Medford, N.J., has been writing for Silicon Prairie News for about a month now, after hearing about the publication from a friend of a friend....

Missouri economic report shows increase in unemployment

Daniel Henderson September 24, 2013

Out of all the counties that comprise central Missouri, Boone County holds the lowest unemployment rate at 5.5 percent, according to the most recent economic report by the Missouri Economic Research and...

Missouri legislators, activists to helm marijuana legalization push

Missouri legislators, activists to helm marijuana legalization push

Joe Clougher September 24, 2013

For those in attendance last week at the Columbia Public Library, the panel discussion of statewide marijuana legalization was an emotional one. “I’m painful,” one woman told the crowd. “I’m...

The econ-professor-turned-funny-man

Marek Makowski September 24, 2013

After he sat with a counselor and talked it through with his family, Yoram Bauman stopped teaching and went on tour. That’s what brought Bauman, the professor-turned-comedian, to Leadership Auditorium...

Sparky’s popularity continues to explode on 10th anniversary

Sparky’s popularity continues to explode on 10th anniversary

Crystal Duan September 24, 2013

Iconic CoMo ice cream parlor Sparky’s has dog-trotted its way into every resident’s heart, and now there’s even more reason to love it. Identifiable by its green storefront and the bulldog statue...