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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

Fire at Woodstock Trailer Court still under investigation

Laurien Rose November 6, 2012

A Columbia resident called 911 on Sunday morning after a home began filling with smoke. The Columbia Fire Department arrived five minutes after the call was made to Woodstock Trailer Court, located at...

Two arrested after staging robbery at Walgreens to obtain pain medication

Kelsey Maffett November 6, 2012

Two Columbia residents were arrested Monday after Columbia police officers discovered they staged a robbery at Walgreens. Officers were sent at 8:23 a.m. Monday to the Walgreens Pharmacy at 222 E. Broadway,...

Nixon encourages donations to Share the Harvest program

Cait Campbell November 6, 2012

Gov. Jay Nixon visited hunting supplier MidwayUSA Inc. on Thursday to encourage hunters to donate venison to Missouri’s Share the Harvest program. Nixon said the program, now in its 21st year, is an...

Q&A: Missouri for McCaskill spokesman Erik Dorey

Q&A: Missouri for McCaskill spokesman Erik Dorey

Andrea Gonzales-Paul November 6, 2012

After a rally at the Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign Office at 300 E. Broadway encouraging people to vote, The Maneater had the opportunity to interview Erik Dorey, incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill’s...

Columbia Fire Department investigates downtown explosion

Kyle Lock November 6, 2012

A building on Lincoln Drive was evacuated Saturday after police found evidence of an eruption. At 10:22 a.m. Saturday, a neighbor called and reported several doors as well as portions of the wall being...

Polls for MSA election open as remaining slates wait

Thom Carter November 6, 2012

Since voting for the Missouri Students Association presidential election began Monday, the campaigns of Tom Wright/Bo Mahr and Nick Droege/Zach Beattie have been settling in these last few days of the...

Maintenance issues strain relations between Columbia landlords and tenants

Maintenance issues strain relations between Columbia landlords and tenants

Sally French November 6, 2012

In the Dumas apartment building just north of campus, a tenant went to sleep every night for more than two months in a bedroom with no window, allowing rain and animals to enter her room. In one East...

Deaton calls for more faculty citations

Jack Howland November 6, 2012

MU professors need to increase the number of researchers citing their studies, Chancellor Brady Deaton told Faculty Council on Oct. 30. As one of 54 members in the American Association of Universities,...

Calvin Harris – ‘18 Months’: 2 out of 5 stars

Josh Matejka November 6, 2012

There’s not a genre of music in the world right now that is growing as rapidly as electronic music. Among its brightest stars is Scottish DJ Calvin Harris, who released his third studio album, _18 Months_,...

Civic Leaders Internship Program to offer student scholarships

Leslie Howard November 6, 2012

Nearly 300 students from almost all majors have participated in full- or part-time internships in government offices, government agencies and the state legislature with the help of the Civic Leaders Internship...

‘Flight’: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Alex Leininger November 6, 2012

What’s to thank when 96 of 102 people survive a catastrophic crash in a plane piloted by an alcoholic? Luck? Brilliant flying? A miracle? That is the premise of “Flight.” When airline pilot Whip...

Police Blotter

Tess Catlett November 6, 2012

####Motorcyclist arrested on DWI charges Police arrested Cory Dalley, 19, at 24 E. Stewart Road early Friday morning. The officer observed a black Honda CBR 1000 motorcycle with no registration traveling...