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The Maneater

Pop track: Happy 10th birthday, iTunes!

Joyce Peng May 3, 2013

It’s been 10 years since iTunes, Apple’s revolutionary digital music store, launched on April 28, 2003, with just 200,000 songs in its database. With its 25 billionth download earlier this year, according...

MSA President Twitter was an embarrassment

MSA President Twitter was an embarrassment

Jill Deutsch May 3, 2013

If you scroll back through the @MSAPresident Twitter account, you’ll see tweets congratulating student organizations, announcing events and informing students about the Missouri Students Association....

Top 5 times I was embarrassed to go here

Top 5 times I was embarrassed to go here

May 3, 2013

**1. Todd Akin's 'legitimate rape'** When Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo. suggested in September 2012 that women couldn’t get pregnant from “legitimate rape,” I legitimately wanted to jump off the Cliffs...

Financials of study abroad programs complex, varied

Cassa Niedringhaus May 3, 2013

Navigating the financial terrain of college is difficult. Studying abroad is no exception. When comparing costs for study abroad programs among colleges at MU, it is difficult to determine exactly what...

Transition of UM Press to MU major Faculty Council issue

Transition of UM Press to MU major Faculty Council issue

Jack Howland May 3, 2013

The future of the University of Missouri Press became a hot topic of discussion at Faculty Council meetings throughout the academic year. The institution's fate was a staple on the meeting's agenda, and...

MU Compliments spreads positivity on campus

May 3, 2013

A smile can brighten someone else’s day. So can a compliment. Since its establishment in November of 2012, the popular Facebook page MU Compliments has provided a daily pick-me-up to its now more than...

Sheriff Department to conduct sobriety checkpoints

Sheriff Department to conduct sobriety checkpoints

Bell Johnson May 3, 2013

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department will conduct multiple sobriety checkpoints throughout the county this month in an effort to discover and apprehend impaired drivers. The department has conducted...

A food assistance program for students, by students

A food assistance program for students, by students

Jill Deutsch May 3, 2013

No other student accomplishment helped students, supported the community or made national headlines like Tiger Pantry did. The pantry, which opened October 1, 2012 as a new auxiliary of the Missouri Students...

Top 5 concerts

Top 5 concerts

Delia Cai May 3, 2013

**1. Wilco at Ninth Street** What’s better than rounding up all your long-lost Mizzou friends after a summer apart to crowd around Ninth Street in the dusk, basking in the new school year glow and allowing...

Columbia man charged with multiple accounts of sex trafficking

Beatriz Costa-Lima May 3, 2013

The Boone County Sheriff's Department arrested a 32-year-old Columbia resident on multiple charges of sex trafficking Tuesday. The man charged, Kenyata Miles, was arrested for suspicion of promoting prostitution,...

Let Your Vote Roar registers students to vote

Let Your Vote Roar registers students to vote

Joyce Peng May 3, 2013

A prevalent student movement this school year was the voter registration initiative, Let Your Vote Roar. The initiative included events that educated students about politics and voter registration drives,...

SASA elects new executive board

Vivian Qian May 3, 2013

The South Asian Student Association announced its newly elected executive board members at its formal April 27. “I think this new board has a great deal of experience,” SASA Treasurer Pritesh Patel...