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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Columbia air traffic control tower will remain open

Columbia air traffic control tower will remain open

Beatriz Costa-Lima June 4, 2013

After being slated for closure due to Federal Aviation Administration budget cuts, 149 contract air traffic control towers will remain operational until the end of the fiscal year. The change comes as...

Group gives Columbia-area children chance to dance

Group gives Columbia-area children chance to dance

Jack Howland June 4, 2013

After a year of dance studios and small performances, four Columbia children shared Jesse Auditorium with the Missouri Contemporary Ballet on Saturday and Sunday. The four dancers are members of Dance...

BSA votes on gay membership

Claudia Guthrie June 4, 2013

The Boy Scouts of America recently lifted its longstanding policy of prohibiting openly gay youths from participating in the organization. The resolution passed during the BSA National Council’s meeting...

Professor develops lifesaving farming app

Claire Boston June 4, 2013

As an 8-year-old growing up in a farming village in Turkey, Bulent Koc, an assistant professor of agricultural systems engineering, watched a top-heavy tractor roll over, pinning its driver underneath....

Tiger Treasures recycles students' usable items

Tiger Treasures recycles students’ usable items

Vivian Qian June 4, 2013

Tiger Treasures collected 20 tons of unwanted, usable items from students living in residential halls and Greek houses during the last week of the spring semester. MU, Columbia and several non-profit...

More students buy back textbooks

More students buy back textbooks

Katherine Knott June 4, 2013

The end of the semester means finals, a mad dash to spend swipes at dining halls and the business of buying and selling textbooks. Ten students entered the business of buying back textbooks as representatives...

MU Researchers discover way to target lymphoma cancer cell

Cait Campbell June 4, 2013

An MU research team has found a way to target tumorous lymphoma cells throughout the body, potentially finding a way to benefit patients affected by the cancer, which is the most common blood cancer in...

Curators to vote on ‘Renew Mizzou’

Crystal Duan June 4, 2013

The Board of Curators will vote on a $22.8 million renovation project called “Renew Mizzou” during its June meeting. If passed, the project will involve several renovations in Jesse, Swallow and Pickard...

MU Law School recognizes 144 graduates at commencement ceremony

Vivian Qian June 4, 2013

Professors, family and friends of MU School of Law graduates filled the seats of the Jesse Auditorium to watch 144 law school students receive their law degrees. The Hooding Ceremony Reception at Hulston...

MU ranks in top 10 for family medicine

Addie Conway June 4, 2013

MU was named a top-ranked school in family medicine by the American Academy of Family Physicians in early May for its higher-than-average number of residents who chose that field. Ashley Bentley, student...

Former MSA legislative coordinator Ben Levin prepares to lead ASUM

Former MSA legislative coordinator Ben Levin prepares to lead ASUM

Joseph Fafinski June 4, 2013

As a Columbia native, senior Ben Levin became involved in MU student politics the moment he stepped foot on his hometown campus in fall 2010. “I joined the Missouri Students Association the first week...

MSA’s CATs program rewards students for event attendance

Thom Carter June 4, 2013

Come next fall, free pizza may not be the only incentive for students to attend a variety of MU events. Currently in the works at the Missouri Students Association is Creating Active Tigers, an incentive...