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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Eat of the Week: Hot Wings

Pete Colman October 8, 2012

Everybody loves tailgating. It is a time to enjoy some incredible food, which is why it is the theme of this week’s Eat of the Week. If you know anything about chicken wings, the key to their success...

Researcher identifies factors that aid self-injury prevention

Alaina Lancaster October 8, 2012

An MU researcher has isolated the preventative factors of the third-leading killer of teens: suicide. Assistant professor of health sciences Lindsay Taliaferro collected data from Minnesota ninth and...

Wellness Resource Center holds 12-hour walk for Alcohol Responsibility Month

Wellness Resource Center holds 12-hour walk for Alcohol Responsibility Month

Katherine Knott October 8, 2012

The Wellness Resource Center held a 12-hour walk Friday for the 30th annual Alcohol Responsibility Month, with the hopes of raising alcohol awareness, said Brittney Vigna, the graduate coordinator of peer...

Four MU professors awarded Curators’ Professorships

Brent Pearson October 8, 2012

Four MU professors were appointed as Curators’ Professors, the highest educational honor given by the UM System. Statistics professor Nancy Flournoy, biochemistry professor Gerald Hazelbauer, fisheries...

West Broadway Subway shop robbed at gunpoint

Claire Boston October 8, 2012

A man robbed a Subway sandwich shop at Crossroads Shopping Center on West Broadway on Saturday. Police were dispatched to the scene at approximately 1 p.m., according to a Columbia Police Department news...

Fundamental Firsts hosts inaugural spelling bee

Fundamental Firsts hosts inaugural spelling bee

Catherine Cojocaru October 8, 2012

The recently formed student group Fundamental Firsts held its first spelling bee on Monday night to raise awareness about the group. The on-campus spelling bee attracted seven contestants. Senior Ashlee...

Bookeater: simply epic

Jennifer Bennett October 6, 2012

My favorite book is thousands of years old. My favorite translation of that book is only 12 years old. I grew up hearing Greek myths as bedtime stories. It’s no surprise that my favorite book/poem/awesome...

Style Files: What Michelle Obama and Jimmy Carter can teach us about style

Claire Boston October 6, 2012

As much as I love Washington, D.C., my hometown, it doesn’t quite have the distinction of being an American fashion capital. But hey, we think the fact that we have the leader of the free world living...

California Wives to play at The Blue Note on Saturday

California Wives to play at The Blue Note on Saturday

Kendyl Kearly October 6, 2012

When: Saturday Show: 9 p.m., Doors: 8 p.m. Where: The Blue Note California Wives love college towns. The indie band has been traveling the country and visiting a new city every night with Diamond Rings...

’50 First Dates’ … Or 4. Whatever.

Megan Lewis October 6, 2012

All right, boys and girls. Fall is upon us. We're all in the mood for cardigans, bonfires and basically anything pumpkin-flavored. Naturally, the next thing our minds turn to is finding someone to share...

Feedback: ‘The Truth About P!nk’

Jackson Farley October 6, 2012

Whenever I hear a song by P!nk, I usually think, "That's the sound of the degradation of humanity." I don't know why, but there's just something about that woman that doesn't get along with my soul for...

Michael Jackson rises from the dead with ‘Thriller’ flash mob in Columbia

Mollie Barnes October 6, 2012

Columbia’s getting a Halloween flash mob, so now you don’t have to be the only one getting weird looks when you’re dancing down the street jamming to the Sweeney Todd soundtrack or whatever it is...