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IFC Formal Recruitment breaks attendance record

Joe Clougher • July 3, 2013

For the 2013 Interfraternity Council Formal Recruitment, it’s another year and another attendance record broken. The IFC’s formal recruitment weekend, held June 28 to 30, gave potential members a...

Students, faculty react to Supreme Court’s ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act

Cassa Niedringhaus • July 3, 2013

As the U.S. Supreme Court justices prepared to hand down their decisions regarding _United States v. Windsor_ and _Hollingsworth v. Perry_ on Wednesday, a group of people nearly 900 miles away gathered...

Supreme Court rules Section 4 of Voting Rights Act unconstitutional

Shannon Shaver • July 3, 2013

In a 5-4 decision on June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Section 4 of the 48-year-old Voting Rights Act, unconstitutional. This decision was made in the case Shelby County v. Holder, in which Shelby...

A Pitchfork preview: acts to watch out for

Ryan Berry • July 1, 2013

The three-day [Pitchfork Music Festival](http://pitchforkmusicfestival.com/) has a heavy influence extending beyond Chicago’s small Union Park, where it takes up residence every year. It's a trendsetting...

City Council and CPD divided over crime prevention, statistics

Jennifer Beatty • June 27, 2013

In response to recent shootings, city council members and Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton presented solutions for decreasing crime among teens at a press conference Wednesday. However, there was no consensus...

MU Health Care breaks ground on University Physicians South Providence Clinic

Jill Deutsch • June 26, 2013

It was a groundbreaking day for MU Health Care, as prominent MU faculty members dug their shovels into the future grounds of the University Physicians Providence Clinic, opening in 2015. The clinic is...

Movie review: ‘World War Z’

Crystal Duan • June 26, 2013

Unlike other films that humanize all things supernatural, from conflicted superheroes to angsty vampires, zombie movies usually limit character diversity to grizzled survivors and relegate the soulless...

MSA president joins national effort to extend student loan interest rates

Crystal Duan • June 24, 2013

Missouri Students Association President Nick Droege has joined a joint-collegiate effort to extend current student loan interest rates by signing a national call to action directed toward Congress. The...

Kidnapper of MU student arrested in Morgan County

Beatriz Costa-Lima • June 23, 2013

The man accused of kidnapping an MU graduate student was arrested Friday. Officers arrested Brian Adkison, 23, while responding to a residential burglary call at about 3 p.m. Friday, according to a statement...

Islamic Center of Central Missouri event discusses torture

Jennifer Beatty • June 23, 2013

People of various faiths gathered at the Islamic Center of Central Missouri to watch a film about ending torture Saturday. The Rev. Richard Killmer, the executive director of the National Religious Groups...

Influential Columbia educator dies at 88

Katie Pohlman • June 21, 2013

Eliot Battle, an influential educator for Columbia Public Schools, died at the age of 88 on June 11. His death came after he sustained injuries in a single-car accident on June 7 near the corner of Rollins...

The Pedal Stills to bring rock ‘n’ soul sound to Mojo’s

Tess Hart • June 20, 2013

When: 8:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Mojo’s Tickets: $5 Not very many bands can say they have hitchhiked with a man who probably has killed a few people, played a gig with a band that's dog did his business...