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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Movie review: ‘Prisoners’

Crystal Duan September 24, 2013

You may be tempted to skip “Prisoners” if you’ve seen the similarly-themed mess “Law-Abiding Citizen.” But don’t be deceived by this movie’s potentially cliché premise and definitely cliché...

Overdressed: And FALLin’ back in love

Morgan Young September 24, 2013

It’s official. Fall is going to be here _NEXT_ week. This means that in just a matter of days, it will officially be latte season (even though, let’s face it, we were beyond thrilled that Starbucks...

MU Campus Gallery and Museum Crawl ready to travel the world

MU Campus Gallery and Museum Crawl ready to travel the world

Tess Hart September 24, 2013

The Art-i-Fact MU Campus Gallery and Museum Crawl will be back for its eighth year Thursday from 4-8 p.m. and will have an “Around the World, Around Campus” theme. The event will offer art, food,...

Not so Starbucks: Alley A's hidden gem

Not so Starbucks: Alley A’s hidden gem

Alex Leininger September 24, 2013

Although Ryker Duncan, owner of Frequency Coffee, has been in the coffee business for a long time, it wasn’t always his plan to come to Columbia. “When it came time to buy the building I was looking...

For the record: Ready for The Weeknd

Meghan LeVota September 24, 2013

I must admit, I thought my hip-hop/R&B phase was over in middle school. Been there, done that, right? It took me a little bit to get on board with The Weeknd, mostly because I was content with not branching...

Students garner success through YouTube

Students garner success through YouTube

Joe Cristo September 24, 2013

A large portion of YouTube’s millions-thick library is dedicated to musicians: hopeful amateur guitar players, aspiring singer-songwriters and, by a large majority, cover artists. To claim that each...

Garage rock revivalists The Orwells head to CoMo

Garage rock revivalists The Orwells head to CoMo

Patrick McKenna September 24, 2013

When: 9 p.m. Monday< br/> Where: Mojo’s< br/> Tickets: $12 Punk rock is not dead — fluttering a bit, maybe. Yet life is all too apparent for the beauty of raunchy rock ‘n’ roll, played best in...

Fanatic Cinematic: Take a sad song and make it butter

Alex Leininger September 24, 2013

I didn’t go to the theater this week. I decided against it not only because “Prisoners,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal with an unfortunate haircut, looked dull as can be, and not only because my wallet...

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...