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Mizzou Stand for Freedom stands for 27 hours to protest human trafficking

Jeanne Alexander • March 8, 2013

Students on campus stood in Speakers Circle from noon Thursday to 3 p.m. Friday to join a nationwide protest of human trafficking. Stand for Freedom, an event sponsored by the International Justice Mission,...

Mizzou Advantage study finds dogs beneficial to children with autism

Katie Pohlman • March 8, 2013

A Mizzou Advantage study discovered that families with children with autism spectrum disorders benefit from the presence of a dog in the house. Pet dogs can have a calming effect on households affected...

National Center for Soybean Biotechnology maps genetics of soybeans

Hanna Jacunski • March 8, 2013

Corn is king and soy is queen. It’s the queen of the economy, of agriculture and of the Molecular Genetics and Soybean Genomics Laboratory, senior research scientist Dr. Tri Vuong said. The laboratory...

Lt. Gov. Kinder seeks meeting with Nixon over privacy concerns

Katherine Knott • March 8, 2013

Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder hand-delivered a letter Tuesday to Gov. Jay Nixon, requesting a meeting to address the privacy concerns of Missourians. These privacy concerns were sparked by a [lawsuit](http://www.mofirst.org/docs/CCW-PETITION-FINAL.pdf)...

Winner of Food Fight will be revealed this weekend

Thom Carter • March 8, 2013

Shortly before the MU men’s basketball team shut the doors on the Razorbacks on Tuesday night, the Food Fight versus the University of Arkansas and MU shut its own. Beginning on Feb. 27, the Food Fight...

City Council to hire consultant for possible airport expansion

Beatriz Costa-Lima • March 8, 2013

The Columbia Chamber of Commerce submitted a report to City Council on Monday night detailing a project to improve Columbia Regional Airport. The Chamber of Commerce found that only 8 percent of the 440,000...

Capitol Wrap-Up: Week of March 4

Bell Johnson • March 8, 2013

####Senators push for measures to be put on 2013 schedule before deadline Five-hundred Senate bills were filed for the 2013 legislation session before the Feb. 28 deadline. Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St....

RHA debating funding reallocation amendment

Paul Albani-Burgio • March 8, 2013

The Residence Halls Association Congress will meet Monday to debate and vote on a proposed amendment to the RHA bylaws. According to the text of Amendment 002, its purpose is to organize the hall fines...

Poll finds most Missourians favor Medicaid expansion

Claire Boston • March 8, 2013

A new poll found that the majority of Missourians favor Medicaid expansion, a proposal Republicans in the state House of Representatives recently rejected. After hearing an equal set of pros and cons...

Readership Program expands to include New York Times online

Jill Deutsch • March 8, 2013

MU students no longer need to go to a newspaper stand for access to the New York Times. Now, they only need a laptop. By going to [nytimes.com/passes](https://myaccount.nytimes.com/verification/edupass),...

Sanders hearing to be continued April 12

Katherine Knott • March 8, 2013

On Thursday afternoon, former Columbia police officer Robert Sanders appeared for a brief hearing at the Boone County Courthouse. Sanders is charged with third-degree assault and faces up to a year in...

Shots fired on Bethany Drive

Lakshna Mehta • March 8, 2013

The people responsible for shooting into a Bethany Drive residence at 1 a.m. Wednesday are still at large. The Boone County Sheriff's Department received several phone calls from neighbors who reported...