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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

House approves stricter voter ID legislation

House approves stricter voter ID legislation

Matthew Flores February 19, 2013

The Missouri House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation Thursday that would require Missourians to present photo identification in order to vote in public elections. House Bill 48 and House...

MSA selects new committee chairs

Thom Carter February 19, 2013

The Missouri Students Association selected a new chairman and chairwoman to fill vacant positions left by members of the new executive cabinet. Senator Ben Vega was elected as chairman of the Academic...

Sullivan, McDavid begin campaigning for April mayoral election

Sullivan, McDavid begin campaigning for April mayoral election

Beatriz Costa-Lima February 19, 2013

After serving as mayor for three years, Mayor Bob McDavid will face challenger Sid Sullivan in April in the municipal elections. McDavid and Sullivan opposed each other in the 2010 municipal election...

McCaskill urges House to pass Violence Against Women Act

Bell Johnson February 16, 2013

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., spoke out about the Violence Against Women Act on Friday, hoping to raise awareness about sexual domestic violence and encourage the House of Representatives to treat the...

Proposed bonds would net $68 million for MU

Matthew Flores February 15, 2013

A Missouri House of Representatives proposal that would generate nearly $1 billion in bond-created funding entered its first round of committee hearings last week. House Joint Resolution 14, sponsored...

Boone County Joint Communications sees increase in calls

Katherine Fallon February 15, 2013

Emergency and non-emergency calls to the Columbia Police Department and Boone County Sheriff's Department reached an all-time high in 2012. According to a news release from Public Safety Joint Communications,...

CPD officers to take plunge for Special Olympic athletes

Tracy Cook February 15, 2013

A total of 661 people have registered to take the plunge this Saturday and brave the frigid waters of Stephens Lake to raise money for Special Olympics. The Polar Plunge benefits the Central Area chapter...

Fraternities awarded banners in honor of academic achievements

Paul Albani-Burgio February 15, 2013

The MU Fraternity Alumni Consortium held an academic achievement ceremony Thursday evening to recognize campus fraternity chapters whose members earned an average GPA that was above that averaged by the...

Mizzou College Democrats Exec Board wants to ‘promote change’

Lisa Conley February 15, 2013

The Mizzou College Democrats hosted a State of the Union watch party Tuesday night at The Heidelberg. The event gave members an opportunity to meet the new executive board, including President Emily Waggoner...

First Amnesty International meeting

Ashley Szatala February 15, 2013

Mizzou Amnesty International held its first meeting of the semester Thursday. MU's chapter of the international organization recapped events from last semester and brainstormed ideas for this semester. President...

Wheelchair basketball coach to head U.S. team in 2016 Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball coach to head U.S. team in 2016 Paralympics

Jack Howland February 15, 2013

Wheelchair basketball coach Ron Lykins still wishes he appreciated the Paralympic Games more when he first got involved. In 1992, he was the U.S. women’s wheelchair basketball coach but skipped out...

MU Faculty Council discusses closing of NSEI

MU Faculty Council discusses closing of NSEI

Jack Howland February 15, 2013

Staff in attendance at Thursday’s faculty council meeting discussed the problems and possible solutions regarding the March 15, 2012 closing of the Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute. No decision...