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LBC hosts speed dating event

Caele Pemberton • February 15, 2013

The Legion of Black Collegians Freshman Action Team hosted its annual speed dating event Tuesday. The event consisted of speed dating and a cakewalk for a red velvet cake. The event also had pizza and...

Sustain Mizzou celebrates 9th birthday

Katie Pohlman • February 15, 2013

Sustain Mizzou celebrated its ninth birthday as a student organization Thursday. The organization’s actual birthday was Feb. 4, according to its website. Alumni of Sustain Mizzou and current executive...

Police dog Fano sold back to former officer Rob Sanders

Jennifer Beatty • February 15, 2013

After a long ordeal involving former Columbia police officer Rob Sanders and Fano, the police dog he trained, Sanders has officially purchased the dog. After purchasing Fano from the Columbia Police Department...

New legislation to redefine grounds for unemployment benefits

Bell Johnson • February 15, 2013

New legislation, which would redefine the grounds of disqualifying unemployment benefits concerning issues of misconduct and good cause, has been proposed in the Missouri Senate. Senate Bill 28, sponsored...

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...

“Danger! High Voltage” rockers Electric Six to play in Columbia Saturday

Thom Dixon • February 14, 2013

After 17 years of performing, you might think a band would be on its last leg or at least starting to consider calling it quits. But the genre-blurring, energetic band Electric Six is far from it. “It’s...

From ‘Boy Meets World’ to ‘Girl Meets World’

Sara Higginbotham • February 14, 2013

If you’re as faithful a “Boy Meets World” fan as I am and still cannot get enough of Cory and Topanga — even 13 years after the series ended — then you have definitely heard about Disney’s...

The Viewing Room: ‘Side Effects’ gets really old really fast

Hannah Bedenkop • February 14, 2013

By all accounts, “Side Effects” should have been a home run for me. I enjoy psychological thrillers. I enjoy it when every plot point turns on its head. I enjoy Jude Law, as most people do. But almost...