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Analysis: Ole Miss got ‘Hotty Toddy’ at the right time

Jacob Bogage • March 19, 2013

If there’s one takeaway from the Southeastern Conference tournament, it’s not to mess with a team with a chip on its shoulder. That’s what happened with tournament champion Ole Miss (26-8, 14-7...

CPD asks city council for funds to replace armored personnel carrier

Beatriz Costa-Lima • March 19, 2013

City Council voted to table an ordinance that would appropriate funds to purchase an Armored Personnel Carrier for the Columbia Police Department. Various council members asked CPD officers to gather...

What 2 Watch 4 during the NCAA Tournament

Connor Casey • March 19, 2013

**The home front** With higher-seeded teams tending to be placed in regions close to home in the early rounds, it will be interesting to see who can capitalize on having neutral courts feel like home....

CPD hopes to reduce spring break burglaries

Caele Pemberton • March 19, 2013

The Columbia Police Department is urging everyone leaving for spring break to take steps to make their homes safer while they are away. Police recommend locking all doors and windows, asking a friend...

In final games, Oriakhi becomes elder statesman

Hunter Woodall • March 19, 2013

Senior center Alex Oriakhi has felt like this before. Passionate, but fatigued. An entire fan base looking on, hoping that you’ll be the one to lead them through the madness. It’s not exactly the...

Apple, Android release Breathometer app

Kate Moxcy • March 19, 2013

Starting this summer, Apple and Android owners will be able to track their blood alcohol content level by simply exhaling into their phones. Breathometer, Inc. recently launched the world’s first smartphone...

Columbia’s first NEDA Walk raises awareness, more than $6,600

Sarah Leituala • March 19, 2013

Sophomore Emmy Boyd hosted Columbia’s first National Eating Disorders Association Walk on Saturday at Columbia Cosmopolitan Recreation Area to raise awareness in the community about eating disorders. Participants...

Missouri congressional delegation voice concerns over possible air tower closures

Beatriz Costa-Lima • March 19, 2013

The Federal Aviation Administration plans to issue a statement Friday listing which air traffic control towers will close nationwide. The announcement was originally supposed to be made Thursday, but...

Faculty Council approves multiple proposals

Jack Howland • March 15, 2013

Faculty Council discussed and passed a series of motions at its Thursday meeting, addressing campus-wide issues such as the upcoming vote on non-tenure track faculty voting rights, the University of Missouri...

Columbia Police Officers’ Association supports Proposition 1

Laurien Rose • March 15, 2013

The Columbia Police Officers' Association endorsed a sales tax proposal at a public forum held by [Keep Columbia Safe](http://keepcolumbiasafe.com/) on Monday night. The sales tax, also known as the Joint...

The Niedermeyer Building spared demolition

Jill Deutsch • March 15, 2013

The Niedermeyer Apartments needed a knight in shining armor, and it found one in MU math professor Nakhle Asmar on Tuesday. As of December 2012, the St. Louis-based Collegiate Housing Partners planned...

Columbia police to enforce checkpoints this St. Patrick’s Day

Laurien Rose • March 15, 2013

The Columbia Police Department is joining a statewide effort to crack down on impaired driving this St. Patrick's Day weekend. According to a CPD news release, law enforcement officers across Missouri...