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The Maneater

Most unnecessary: luxury student housing

Most unnecessary: luxury student housing

Molly Duffy May 3, 2013

Private Balcony! Granite kitchen countertops! Rooftop pool! Walk-in closet! Gated community! Resort-style amenities! Outdoor fireplace! Free tanning! Are you guys serious? No student needs this kind...

Top 5 donations

Top 5 donations

Nassim Benchaabane May 3, 2013

Back in January of 2000, when MU launched its fundraising campaign, “For All We Call Mizzou,” then-Chancellor Emeritus Richard Wallace set a goal for $600 million in donations. That goal was passed,...

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...

The Viewing Room: The semester in review

Hannah Bedenkop May 2, 2013

Well it’s been fun, kids. Writing a column for MOVE has been an absolute dream, and I have enjoyed every minute of it. I’ve laughed, I’ve cried (actually, no) and I’ve seen some really terrific,...

Loud Minded: Filling the post-Kanye void

William Schmitt May 2, 2013

Think back two semesters. Think about where you were and what you were listening to. Two semesters ago, I had been talking to a guy who lived down the hall from me on the sixth floor of Schurz. Those of...

Couch Potato: A PSA on spoilers

Jack Howland May 2, 2013

There’s a sketch in the second season of IFC’s hit-or-miss comedy “Portlandia” where Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein spoil shows for their friends at a dinner party. It starts when the couple...

Best & worst book-to-movie adaptations

Alex Leininger May 2, 2013

Baz Luhrmann’s highly-anticipated film adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” is coming out May 10. Unfortunately, making movies out of books has been somewhat of a hit-or-miss in the film industry so...

Ben Rector on touring, music and fame

Sara Higginbotham May 2, 2013

This spring, Ben Rector and his band embarked on the cleverly titled “The Ben RecTOUR 2013” for several months of entertaining small college towns as well as big cities across the states. His songs...

The five best places to spend those lazy summer days

Morgan Young May 2, 2013

With the final stretch of the semester ahead of us, the eerie feeling of upcoming finals, semester projects and multiple-page essays is lurking. The course assignments may be different, but everyone’s...