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Candidates debate education, stem cell research

Rachel Brooks • October 19, 2012

The second debate between the contenders for the Missouri U.S. Senate seat, Rep. Todd Akin, R.-Mo., and incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., took place Thursday at Clayton High School in Clayton. Mike...

Man forced into own vehicle, robbed outside Daniel Boone Regional Library

Sarah Suerig • October 19, 2012

A man was robbed at gunpoint while leaving the Daniel Boone Regional Library on Wednesday night, according to a Columbia Police Department news release. The victim said he was approached from behind by...

MSA’s fee request process becomes official

Jill Deutsch • October 19, 2012

The Missouri Students Association passed an act Wednesday that establishes a formal procedure for making its annual fee request to the Student Fee Review Committee. According to Bill 52-21, the process...

MU professors partner with RJI in Twitter analysis

Claire Boston • October 19, 2012

Among the 65.6 million Americans who tuned into the second presidential debate Tuesday night were a team of MU researchers who were as glued to their laptops as they were to the TV. The researchers, who...

Police Blotter

Veronike Collazo • October 19, 2012

1. Three arrested with pellet gun in government building Christopher Davis, Devanti Pittman and Jerry Faust were observed running around the Missouri Department of Conservation building at 1110 S. College...

MSA Senate resolutions support CPD programs

Cassa Niedringhaus • October 19, 2012

The Missouri Students Association Senate passed two resolutions Wednesday in support of the Columbia Police Department’s Crime Free Program. Resolution 52-22, authored by MSA senator Derek Chung, is...

Artful Bra Contest benefits Ellis Fischel Cancer Center

Alaina Lancaster • October 19, 2012

The Missouri Theatre stage lit up Tuesday night with a colorful show. The performers donned elaborate costumes ranging from mosaicked glass designs to arrangements of freshly cooked bacon. The stars of...

Man admits involvement in three robberies

Ian Servantes • October 19, 2012

An 18 year-old man has been arrested after admitting his involvement in three September robberies in Columbia. The suspect, Jeremy Burnett, turned himself into the Columbia Police Department on Thursday...

Suspect involved in shooting, robberies arrested by Fulton police

Daniela Sirtori Cortina • October 19, 2012

A man was arrested Wednesday in Fulton after being linked to three separate assaults in the Columbia area on the same day. Fulton police stopped the suspect vehicle at 4 p.m. Wednesday and took Justin...

Citizen Jane Review: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines

Carleigh Cavender • October 18, 2012

_Plays at 7 p.m. at Windsor Auditorium at Stephens College._ Rarely will you ever taken notice of female comic book heroes. Besides the fact that there are maybe two superheroines that I can even think...

Citizen Jane Review: Orchids: My Intersex Adventure

Alex Leininger • October 18, 2012

_Plays at 2:15 p.m. Sunday at Ragtag Big Theatre._ “Orchids” is not a light film. It’s not an “Elf” type of movie in which everyone sings and smiles and embraces the greatness of the world....

Citizen Jane Review: The List

Anthony Orso • October 18, 2012

The media has portrayed the conflict in the Middle Eastern as Westerners versus Arabs, soldiers versus terrorists. However, movie director Beth Murphy goes beyond this simplistic approach in her documentary,...