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Reynolds Journalism Institute guaranteed funding through large gift

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

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.

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...

Denver shares Navy SEAL experience with audience

Denver shares Navy SEAL experience with audience

Katherine Knott November 9, 2012

As zombies hunted humans around Jesse Hall, Rorke Denver talked inside Jesse Hall to audience of ROTC members, veterans and civilians about a different kind of battle. Denver, a former Navy SEAL, spoke...

MSO hosts Scarves for Solidarity

Caitlin Kerfin November 9, 2012

The Muslim Student Organization held a panel discussion about the Islamic tradition of hijab during Scarves for Solidarity. Scarves for Solidarity was an event for Islam Awareness Week. Women who do not...

Columbia Police Department searching for suspect in east Columbia shooting

Kyle Lock November 9, 2012

Columbia police are searching for a suspect in a shooting that left a 17-year-old wounded Tuesday. At 2:10 p.m., police were dispatched to the 3600 block of West Sugar Tree Lane in east Columbia for several...

Scriven speaks as part of Black Culture Awareness Week

Vivian Qian November 9, 2012

As a part of the Black Culture Awareness Week at MU, Dr. Darryl Scriven, co-founder of the African American Family Enrichment Institute, came to The Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center to make a presentation...

Teen Mom' Catelynn and Tyler make appearance at MU

Teen Mom’ Catelynn and Tyler make appearance at MU

Taylor Irwin November 9, 2012

Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra, who were featured on MTV’s "Teen Mom," spoke Thursday night in hopes to educate students on alternatives to abortion. The group was brought to MU by the organization...

MU professor's study indicates virtual worlds can increase diversity tolerance

MU professor’s study indicates virtual worlds can increase diversity tolerance

Joyce Peng November 9, 2012

Virtual reality and online gaming strongly coincide with users’ offline lives. However, a study conducted by Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication, revealed...

Standup comedian Greg Morton makes his way to Columbia

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

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...