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Pan Am widow shares memoir excerpt in Jesse Wrench Auditorium

Christina Turner • January 29, 2013

Helen Engelhardt, a woman widowed in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, publicly read her memoir for the first time Saturday in Jesse Wrench Auditorium. The reading was...

‘Girls’: 4 out of 5 stars

Julia Bush • January 29, 2013

The Internet won’t shut up about Lena Dunham, actress, writer and mastermind of HBO’s series “Girls.” Dunham’s fat, Dunham’s racist, Dunham hates Rihanna. Hey, Internet: I don’t care. Dunham...

Ra Ra Riot – ‘Beta Love’: 3 out of 5 stars

Brendan Wray • January 29, 2013

Ra Ra Riot delivers an eclectic mix of synthesizers in their newest album "Beta Love." The band used to rely on some gorgeous string arrangements, making the synth sounds of "Beta Love" surprising, to...

Proposed Missouri gun laws could fight federal regulation

Matthew Flores • January 29, 2013

Two bills working through the Missouri Legislature could cause a showdown with the push for tighter gun control coming from President Barack Obama's administration. Senate Bill 150, introduced earlier...

Nasheed proposes bill requiring GMO labeling

Bell Johnson • January 29, 2013

Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-District 5, has proposed SB 155, which would require labeling on all genetically modified meat and fish (GMOs). SB 155 amends Chapter 196 of the Missouri Revised Statues. The bill...

MU engineering team invents handheld, portable X-ray device with potential uses in various fields

Joyce Peng • January 25, 2013

An MU engineering team invented a portable, inexpensive X-ray device with many potential uses in the medical and scientific fields. The team published a paper about the device in the January edition of...

Queer Spring Fling raises awareness

Liz Brown • January 25, 2013

All were welcome in the LGBTQ Resource Center for the fifth annual Queer Spring Fling on Wednesday night. The Queer Spring Fling was co-sponsored by the LGBTQ Resource Center and the Triangle Coalition....

MU research team makes breakthrough in treatment for muscular dystrophy

Mary Ryan • January 25, 2013

The MU School of Medicine made a breakthrough in research for a treatment for muscular dystrophy that has been more than 10 years in the making. Dr. Dongsheng Duan and a medical research team in the School...

Joe Bernhard promoted to PR Unit Supervisor at Columbia Police Department

Katherine Fallon • January 25, 2013

Earlier this month, Columbia Police Department promoted Sergeant Joe Bernhard to Public Relations Supervisor. Originally from north St. Louis, Sgt. Bernhard said he always wanted to be a member of law...

Police Blotter

Ally McEntire, Tess Catlett • January 25, 2013

####Man arrested and charged with loitering in parking garage MU police arrested Jeffrey Dillingham, 40, Monday evening at the Conley Avenue Garage. Dillingham was loitering under the stairwell for a...

City Council defeats demolition moratorium

Beatriz Costa-Lima • January 25, 2013

At 920 Cherry St. rests a nearly 200-year-old, cream-colored apartment building with a dark green roof. This building, the Niedermeyer, is the oldest building in Columbia and has recently sparked a city-wide...

Blunt crafts letters to Putin, Obama against Russian adoption ban

Claire Boston • January 25, 2013

For Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Russia’s decision to bar Americans from adopting orphans from the country is an issue of not only diplomatic significance, but also of personal meaning. After Russian President...