The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way that education is functioning across the world, presenting unique challenges for classes that rely heavily on in-person instruction. All MU classes were transitioned...

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Asian Americans have experienced a continuous uptick in xenophobia and violence. Xenophobia is the “fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything...

Usually home to a constantly busy newsroom, The Columbia Missourian has now gone almost completely remote. Editors and reporters work entirely from their homes while photographers shoot in the field, practicing...

Before spring break, MU senior Nathalie Jones received a call from KOMU, asking her to become a core news reporter. Despite her surprise, the KOMU Sports reporter/anchor accepted the offer and is now working...

Just the other day, I ate some Nature Valley granola I am fond of and went through unread messages while sitting on my bed. I was scrolling through Instagram direct messages, responding to professors’...

It’s been about a month of lounging around at home social distancing, and social media is one of the only things that can temporarily ward off the boredom. You hop on Instagram and start scrolling through...

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, some MU students are struggling with mental health, brought on by isolation, online classes and other stressors. On a worldwide scale, experts have said isolation can lead...

With the ongoing spread of COVID-19, MU has decided to continue remote learning through the 2020 summer session. In an April 6 update, Provost Latha Ramchand said that classes in the summer term will...

We’re now approaching the one-month mark of quarantine. Rumors of another month being tacked on to the end are being spread around social media and others are hopeful we have only a few more weeks. Regardless...

A few weeks ago, my friends and I frolicked freely on the grassy Francis Quadrangle. The weather let us preview spring: a gleaming sun shone vibrantly upon our faces, the sky bright blue and beautiful...

####Ziwei “Vivian” Zhang#### Vivian is a senior studying strategic communication at MU. She came to MU in 2018 through a conjunct program between The Communication University of China and the MU School...

In the murder mystery novel “The Witch Elm,” author Tana French conveys the darkness of crime and how ordinary people’s lives unravel in it. French is a highly regarded crime fiction writer. Her...