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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Allow me a preamble: this column will cover very beautiful music. I am open to listening to any musical request. I will lend an ear to anyone, but I cannot promise I will like what I hear. I will do my...

Seeing as I’m the biggest Kanye West fan this side of Kanye West and have thoroughly and completely read through Kim Kardashian’s Wikipedia page, I consider myself the foremost authority on the pair....

There’s not a whole lot my dad loves more than “The Andy Griffith Show.”  He has a framed picture of Sheriff Taylor sitting in our basement like a family portrait. He quotes all of the reruns with...

Fourteen members of the MU Chancellor’s Diversity Initiative, an on-campus group that promotes the success and diversity of students, faculty and staff, will attend President Obama’s Inauguration Ceremony...

Officers of the Columbia Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics team conducted active shooter training at the Columbia Mall last week. According to the Columbia Police Department’s news release,...