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Capitol Wrap-Up: Week of Feb. 25

Bell Johnson • March 1, 2013

####Senate supports firearm training in public and charter schools The Missouri Senate gave final approval to Senate Bill 75, sponsored by Sen. Dan Brown, R-Rolla, on Wednesday. The bill now moves to...

Food Fight fundraiser erupts between MU, Arkansas

Thom Carter • March 1, 2013

A food fight erupted Wednesday, but this isn’t your typical lunchroom chaos. Sloppy Joes and kickin’ chicken aren’t the ammunition of choice — cans are. Wednesday marked the beginning of a fundraiser...

Faculty Council addresses concerns over NTT vote

Jack Howland • March 1, 2013

"We need to keep this as neutral as humanly possible," associate professor of nursing Rebecca Johnson told Faculty Council at Thursday’s meeting. Johnson was one of many staff members to express concern...

RAMS reaches $1 million mark

Jill Deutsch • March 1, 2013

The snow couldn’t stop Rockin’ Against Multiple Sclerosis. According to its website, “RAMS is a campus-wide philanthropy to raise money and awareness to benefit the local MS Institute.” After...

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...

Tongue in Chic: Red carpet reviews

Madison Feller • February 28, 2013

Okay Tigers, let’s be real here for a second. Last week, we all let out a collective squeal as we heard that we would be granted a glorious, wintry snow day. And if a four-day weekend filled with snowball...

Q&A with Mucca Pazza

Jessica Allison • February 28, 2013

When you think of a marching band, do you still think of high school social rejects? If so, let us introduce to you Mucca Pazza, a 30-piece instrumental band from Chicago. The members wear mismatched band...

Pop track: The wonder years

Joyce Peng • February 28, 2013

Once serving as the world’s largest email service, Hotmail has now recently been converted to Microsoft Outlook. Remember how huge Hotmail was when we were growing up? All my friends used Hotmail as...

Loud Minded: An introduction to Danny Brown

William Schmitt • February 28, 2013

If you listen to hip-hop beyond the Top 40 at all, chances are you already know about the Adderall Admiral. Danny Brown bounces from a nasal staccato to a ruthless bark. In addition to his recent breakthrough...

Couch Potato: Holy matrimony with ‘Parks and Recreation’

Jack Howland • February 28, 2013

“Parks and Recreation” has reached a critical moment in the sitcom lifespan. It’s the same moment at which “The Office” began its spiraling descent toward piss-poor writing and forced, contractually-obliged...