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Picture perfect: pressure to look pretty in social media

Angie Andera • March 1, 2013

Just like a mirror, social media sites like Facebook reflect the users, but the images staring back are not always truthful. Tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Instagram filters and virtual makeover sites...

Matt Akins’ history with CPD

Cait Campbell, Rachel Michaels • March 1, 2013

Matt Akins formed Citizens for Justice in 2010 after noticing what he felt was a pattern of police misconduct. Citizens for Justice is an interactive community resource that aims to hold law enforcement...

Citizens for Justice acts as Columbia’s media militia

Michaela Marshall Dungey • March 1, 2013

While many Columbia residents spend their Friday nights out on the town, Matt Akins spends his monitoring crime scenes and police encounters. Akins is the founder of Citizens for Justice, an organization...

Missouri senators split over Hagel confirmation

Matthew Flores • March 1, 2013

After a bitterly contested and debated hearing process, Missouri's U.S. senators are on opposite sides of the divide over the newly appointed Secretary of Defense. Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., was...

House considers ‘market-based Medicaid’ after expansion fails

Claire Boston • March 1, 2013

After a governor-approved Medicaid expansion plan failed to pass, a Missouri House Republican unveiled a new “market-based Medicaid” plan Tuesday. Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, sponsored House...

Mizzou Hunger Dinner simulates food insecurity, supports Tiger Pantry

Andrew Beasley • March 1, 2013

Students had the chance to place themselves in the shoes of people living with food insecurity at the Mortar Board’s Mizzou Hunger Dinner this Wednesday in Memorial Union. The event benefited Tiger...

10 Years of True/False

Cait Campbell • March 1, 2013

2003 - David Wilson and Paul Sturtz envision a film event intended to celebrate the new wave of cinematic documentaries. 2004 - Ragtag Cinema, The Blue Note and the Missouri Theatre host the first True/False...

Police Blotter

Ally McEntire, Tess Catlett • March 1, 2013

####Three arrested at Wolpers Hall Police arrested two students on drug charges and one student on an alcohol charge shortly before 1 a.m. Tuesday at Wolpers Hall. Police were called to Wolpers Hall...

Giving better than receiving, says psychology lecture installment

Hanna Jacunski • March 1, 2013

Jennifer Crocker, social psychology professor at Ohio State University, assured her audience that giving truly is better than receiving Thursday at Jesse Wrench Auditorium. Crocker, an Ohio Eminent Scholar,...

MU professor predicts another hot, dry summer for 2013

Hanna Jacunski • March 1, 2013

Despite the snow falling from the rooftops, Columbia is in for another hot, dry summer. Tony Lupo, a professor of soil, environmental and atmospheric sciences, is predicting Columbia’s 2013 summer will...

Firearms bills show sharp differences in statehouse

Matthew Flores • March 1, 2013

A bill introduced last week in the Missouri House of Representatives would attempt to send state legislators to prison if they attempt to pass stricter gun control. "Any member of the general assembly...

Multi-million dollar lawsuit against Columbia Police Department adds another plaintiff

Laurien Rose • March 1, 2013

Matt Akins, founder of the watchdog organization Citizens for Justice, will be joining two father-son pairs as a plaintiff in a lawsuit against the Columbia Police Department and Boone County Prosecutor...