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The Maneater

Exploring the outdoors for all adventure levels

Exploring the outdoors for all adventure levels

Lauren Rutherford April 25, 2013

**Adventure Level 1:** The outdoor-a-phobes [Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area](http://mdc4.mdc.mo.gov/applications/moatlas/AreaSummaryPage.aspx?txtAreaID=8931&txtAreaNm=&txtCounty=&txtRegion=Central&txtUserID=guest&txtDivision) _Facilities/restrooms:_...

Ciao for now: Just one more time

Mollie Barnes April 25, 2013

_Italian word of the week: Comportati da adulto! - Grow up!_ Studying abroad is like the Pringles of school; once you pop you just can't stop. During orientation, one of the international office employees...

Q&A with Ra Ra Riot

Jack Howland April 25, 2013

Ra Ra Riot is a band full of surprises. When the pack of rollicking Syracuse grads burst onto the scene under the name Ra Ra Riot, the music world may have expected a lot of shrieking and wigging out....

New dining hall to open in Mark Twain next fall

New dining hall to open in Mark Twain next fall

Paul Albani-Burgio April 23, 2013

Students who purchase a campus meal plan next year will have the option of eating at a brand new dining hall, which is opening on campus next fall. The new dining facility, the Mark on Fifth, will open...

Students, faculty inducted into MU's six secret societies during Tap Day ceremony

Students, faculty inducted into MU’s six secret societies during Tap Day ceremony

Jack Howland April 23, 2013

There was an air of secrecy in Jesse Hall on Friday. A select group of students and faculty wearing hooded robes walked into a packed Jesse Auditorium in two winding lines. The group’s identities were...

Veterinary school to study therapeutic riding for military veterans

Hanna Jacunski April 23, 2013

A new MU study will focus on the effects of therapeutic horseback riding on veterans. The study will be funded by a $50,000 grant from the Horses and Humans Research Foundation (HHRF) awarded to the MU...

Greek Week ends, winners announced

Greek Week ends, winners announced

Desiree Seals April 23, 2013

After almost a month of performances, services and a blood drive, the Greek Week winners were announced Monday night on the steps of Jesse Hall. The overall first place winners are Kappa Kappa Gamma,...

Professor to head American College of Physicians

Lakshna Mehta April 23, 2013

A professor in the MU School of Medicine has been elected president of the largest medical specialty group in the U.S. Professor of Medicine David Fleming will serve as president-elect of the American...

Fall Out Boy – ‘Save Rock and Roll’: 5 out of 5 stars

Liz Brown April 23, 2013

After a four-year hiatus, the Chicago alternative rock band Fall Out Boy is back with another smash hit, _Save Rock and Roll_. Fall Out Boy’s comeback album proves that members' brief solo careers have...

MU strategic five-year plan focuses faculty, interdisciplinary research

Katie Pohlman April 23, 2013

Efforts are underway to chart a strategic five-year plan that details MU's objectives as a university. Some of the steps outlined to meet the goals include hiring 100 tenure-track faculty along with 100...

Pat Summitt –’Sum It Up’: 4 out of 5 stars

Alyssa McKee April 23, 2013

After almost 1,100 wins, a 100 percent player graduation rate and a spot on the women’s Olympic basketball team, ex-head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team, Pat Summitt, was...

Locals fight Boy Scouts’ exclusion of gay members

Beatriz Costa-Lima April 23, 2013

Hallsville resident Karen Birk's son loves being a Boy Scout. He looks forward to spending time outdoors and learning with his fellow scouts. But this leaves Birk conflicted. While her son loves the scouts,...