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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Bookeater: Woke up this morning, afraid I was gonna live

Jennifer Bennett November 30, 2012

I’m not really much of a crier. Watching “Titanic” doesn’t tear me up. “The Notebook” is sad, but it leaves me dry-eyed. Even at the end of sorority recruitment, while other girls bawled with...

Columbia police see decrease in burglaries this Thanksgiving

Lakshna Mehta November 30, 2012

The Thanksgiving holiday this year saw an overall decrease in burglaries taking place in the city. According to a news release from the Columbia Police Department, there were 24 residential burglaries...

Droege/Beattie select MSA cabinet

Jill Deutsch November 30, 2012

After an extensive application and interview process, the Missouri Students Association president- and vice president-elect, Nick Droege and Zach Beattie, selected their 2013-14 executive cabinet. The...

MU researchers develop alternative meat product, bring jobs to Columbia

Ann Millington November 30, 2012

After more than a decade of research, intellectual property created at the University of Missouri has been predicted to be the first competitor of its kind in a market that’s growing over 100 percent...

Faculty Council opinions split over proposed bylaw changes

Jack Howland November 30, 2012

The MU Faculty Council discussed a proposal that would aim to give faculty a more prominent voice in budgetary issues Thursday.

 The proposal said the faculty’s authority item budget and resource...

Black Friday brings sales, profits to Columbia businesses

Black Friday brings sales, profits to Columbia businesses

Katherine Fallon November 30, 2012

Thanksgiving ushers in the holiday retail season with the famed Black Friday — known for being one of the craziest nights of the year, thousands of people line up outside stores to get prized goods at...

Monks at Assumption Abbey in Ava support themselves through fruitcake business

Elise Schmelzer November 30, 2012

Monks at Assumption Abbey in Ava, Mo., fill their lives with quiet prayer, studies and fruitcake. Though the Trappist monks spend much of their time in religious activities and contemplative thought,...

2012 heat, drought brings uncertain future for Missouri farmers

2012 heat, drought brings uncertain future for Missouri farmers

Ann Millington November 30, 2012

Drought coupled with record high temperatures across the Midwest has left Missouri farmers speculating future crop yield and costs for 2013. With a little more than a month left in the year, 2012 is well...

MSA plans legislative agenda for 2013

Cassa Niedringhaus November 30, 2012

The Missouri Students Association Senate is considering a new piece of legislation designed to set a legislative platform for the 2013 school year. The legislation was tabled at the last full Senate meeting,...

Locals Only music festival hits Roxy’s Friday

Lauren Rutherford November 30, 2012

The last time you got a text that read, “Hey, we’re throwing a party, and by the way, there will be singing and playing instruments at it," it was probably from your wanna-be musician friends who interpret...

MU law school cuts class size due to tough job market

Joyce Peng November 30, 2012

The MU Law School cut entering class sizes from 150 to 135 students for the fall 2011 school year, according to the _Transcript_, a biannual magazine for law school alumni. A huge factor to the cuts is...

Locals Only: RSVP yes to see RVS this Friday

Lauren Rutherford November 30, 2012

Ray Sanders says Columbia is full of musical gems. [RVS](http://thervsmusic.com/) may just be one of them. Sanders, aka local hip-hop artist RVS, says his musical roots reach back to his elementary school...