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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...

Capitol Wrap-Up: Week of Jan. 21

Matthew Flores • January 25, 2013

####Rep. Emerson Resigns#### Eighth District U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, resigned Wednesday through letters sent to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and House Speaker John Boehner. Emerson, a member...

Columbia schools to receive visits from Columbia Police Department Patrol Division

Adrienne Donica • January 25, 2013

The Columbia Police Department announced a new program last week that will increase police presence in public and private schools. Officers working in the Patrol Division will randomly visit each school...

Ciao for now: Trading Mizzou for Milan

Mollie Barnes • January 25, 2013

Italian word of the week: _autodifesa_: self-defense The world doesn’t want me to study abroad. Every step in the pre-departure process of studying abroad is a different battle. At some moments in my...

CPD to host active shooter training for the public

Laurien Rose • January 25, 2013

The Columbia Police Department is offering free active shooter/violent intruder training sessions for citizens and businesses in Columbia next weekend. According to a CPD news release, the training outlines...

Pop track: Exploring the future

Joyce Peng • January 25, 2013

So, I spent the whole winter break obsessing over the book “Divergent." “Divergent," a young adult novel, describes a futuristic, dystopian Chicago where people are divided into five factions: Abnegation,...

MU Faculty Council discusses diversity, Nuclear Science Engineering Institute

Jack Howland • January 25, 2013

The Faculty Council passed a proposal Thursday that aims to measure students' appreciation and knowledge of diversity. The proposal, one of two discussion items on the agenda, will extend an invitation...