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National Council on Teacher Quality sues Board of Curators

Jill Deutsch • January 25, 2013

A dispute over syllabi access resulted in a lawsuit between the UM System Board of Curators and the National Council on Teacher Quality. The NCTQ requested the curators release syllabi and other documents...

Columbia Board of Health subcommittee discusses fluoridation of drinking water

Alyssa Nielsen • January 25, 2013

A Columbia Board of Health subcommittee on water fluoridation discussed whether to change the level of fluoridation in drinking water during its meeting Thursday. Fluoride naturally occurs in drinking...

The Missouri Department of Transportation grants $130,000 to Safe and Sober

Jessica Allison • January 25, 2013

The Missouri Department of Transportation announced a $130,000 grant this month to be given to the Missouri Safe and Sober program. The grant allows any high school to take part in the program free of...

Renowned scientists Napoleon Chagnon, Martin Daly join MU Department of Anthropology

Alex Stewart • January 25, 2013

Nationally renowned scientists Martin Daly and Napoleon Chagnon joined the anthropology department to serve as research professors this semester. “This is an interesting anthropology department,”...

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...

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...