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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

Jones stepping into new role as House Speaker

Jones stepping into new role as House Speaker

Rachel Brooks September 24, 2012

A sparse apartment, meant only for sleeping and showering, is home to three men. With 15-hour workdays common, there isn’t time for much else. But these men aren’t simply college students used to squalid...

Maass/Catalano hopes to improve campus

Maass/Catalano hopes to improve campus

Cassa Niedringhaus September 24, 2012

With a campaign slogan of “We strive to touch the lives of every Tiger,” candidates Spencer Maass and Shelby Catalano are preparing for the 2012 Missouri Students Association presidential elections...

Missouri obesity ranking stays in top 15 nationwide

Tim Nwachukwu September 24, 2012

Missouri was the 12th most obese state in the country last year, according to a report released last week by Washington, D.C.-based health group Trust for America's Health. This is the sixth consecutive...

BPC brings poetry to Carnahan Quadrangle

Elizabeth Davidson September 23, 2012

Thursday night on Carnahan Quadrangle, the Black Programming Committee put on Poetry in the Park, which included members of Free Verse as well as poetry by MU students. Free Verse is composed of Dominique...

Zou Crew sign-ups draw dedicated fans

Katherine Knott September 23, 2012

Taking over the first and second floor of the north side of the MU Student Center, 500 fans queued up Sunday to become members of Zou Crew, the official cheering section for the basketball team. The first...

MSA Senate elects Roshaund McLean as ASUM president

Cassa Niedringhaus September 21, 2012

At the Sept. 19 Missouri Students Association Senate meeting, Roshaunda McLean was elected president of the Associated Students of the University of Missouri. According to its website, ASUM’s mission...

Sustainable fun featured at Sustainapalooza

Hanna Jacunski September 21, 2012

There’s nothing quite like a carnival, especially a free one that promotes sustainability. On Thursday afternoon, the MU Sustainability Office put on its first-ever Sustainapalooza. The event featured...

The soothing trance of Tycho

William Schmitt September 21, 2012

September has brought a flurry of music to The Blue Note. A good deal of hype surrounds the arrival of Odd Future, which creates fun, raw and socially controversial hip-hop, and Hoodie Allen, one of the...

Police Blotter

Veronike Collazo, Turner Johnson September 21, 2012

####19-year-old caught with marijuana in parking lot MU police arrested Kevin Abts at 11:21 p.m. Sunday. Officers on patrol witnessed Abts, 19, smoking a cigarette in his car in lot AV-14, and marijuana...

BBQ Competition Heats Up at Roots 'N' Blues 'N' BBQ Festival

BBQ Competition Heats Up at Roots ‘N’ Blues ‘N’ BBQ Festival

Lauren Rutherford September 21, 2012

All-nighter has a new definition involving sauces and slow cookers: competitive BBQ. “You have one bite to sell those judges — to sell them that that’s the best piece of meat that they got," says...

One Step at a Time: the only thing possibly harder than organic chemistry

Abbie Wenthe September 21, 2012

I am a very competitive person. I absolutely hate losing, and I do whatever possible to keep that from happening. I blame my days spent playing soccer and competitive swimming on this drive to never lose....

12th annual Fire Factor held at Speakers Circle

12th annual Fire Factor held at Speakers Circle

Andrew Beasley September 21, 2012

In a matter of seconds the fire spread from the floor to the curtains, the curtains to the bed sheets and from the bed sheets to the posters. The room was soon entirely engulfed in flames. Mizzou Fire...