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Standup comedian Greg Morton makes his way to Columbia

Andrea Gonzales-Paul • November 9, 2012

**[MOVE]:** How did you first get into comedy? **[Greg Morton]:** I was doing a school play and some standup in high school. I didn’t know you could make it a living until I went to my first comedy...

Reel Reviews: ‘Flight’ soars…and then kind of gets old

Josh Sipp • November 9, 2012

Last weekend marked the release of “Flight,” which is now being hailed by most critics as Denzel Washington’s tour de force. No disagreement there. But, unfortunately, it also should be hailed for...

Droege, Beattie win MSA election

Jill Deutsch • November 9, 2012

The two-month Missouri Students Association presidential election came to a close Wednesday night when Tyler Ricketts, the Board of Election Commissioners chairman, announced Nick Droege and Zach Beattie...

Feedback: Keep calm and listen to Mac DeMarco

Jackson Farley • November 9, 2012

"When life moves this slowly / Oh, just try and let it go.” Those words come straight from the track, "Cooking Up Something Good" on Mac DeMarco's sophomore release, _2_. And this carefree, laid-back...

Faculty Council debates non-tenure track faculty designation

Jack Howland • November 9, 2012

A proposal that would change MU’s definition of faculty to include non-tenure track staff was kept alive at Thursday’s Faculty Council meeting.    The proposal, which was presented by mathematics...

Style Files: Sweater weather is better

Claire Boston • November 9, 2012

I always thought people who took the day after Halloween to mean the start of the holiday season were a bit silly. But although it’s easy to ignore that one friend who insists on blasting Christmas...

Police Blotter

Veronike Collazo • November 9, 2012

####One arrested after 'smiley face' graffiti found downtown Several locations downtown were victim to a tagger. The incidents continued until a Columbia woman filed a report after finding her car tagged...

Four crime scenes under investigation in northeast Columbia

Laurien Rose • November 9, 2012

Columbia Police Department investigators were called to four different crime scenes Tuesday night after gunshots were reported. Three men were wounded. “The four crime scenes (were marked by) bullet...

After candidates state their case, IFC elects 2013 executive board

Thom Carter • November 9, 2012

Members of the Interfraternity Council elected next year’s executive board Sunday. Seven positions were looking to be filled. According to a press release, the candidates were given four minutes to...

Reynolds Journalism Institute guaranteed funding through large gift

Andrew Beasley • November 9, 2012

Chancellor Brady Deaton announced a $30.1 million gift from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation on Thursday. The donation will go toward the establishment of an endowment benefitting the Reynolds Journalism...

Students watch elections in Hatch Hall

Elise Schmelzer • November 9, 2012

Tubs of cookie dough, discussions of the Hunger Games and serious intellectual debate accompanied the Tuesday night election watch party of students on the sixth floor of Hatch Hall. When President Barack...

The proposed tax hike failed by less than 43,000 votes statewide.

Claire Boston • November 9, 2012

Proposition B, a $0.73 cigarette tax hike that would have increased revenue to Missouri schools and smoking cessation programs, failed by a narrow margin Tuesday. Missouri voters turned down Prop B by...