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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

ASUM, TAPP work together to educate, register voters

Jill Deutsch August 21, 2012

This fall, the Associated Students of the University of Missouri and Tigers Against Partisan Politics are spearheading a voter registration initiative, Let Your Vote Roar. The program, designed by ASUM...

MU students attend Target after-hours shopping event

Mary Kaleta August 21, 2012

Three months ago, MU senior Thomas Bourneuf began planning for Fall Welcome Week’s Target After Hours Shopping Event. After intense preparation, Bourneuf was able to recruit more than 50 returning MU...

Non-tenure track faculty increase presence at MU

Caroline Bauman August 21, 2012

Mirroring a national trend, more and more classrooms at MU are being staffed by non-tenure track faculty rather than tenure-track and tenured professors. In the past decade, non-tenure track faculty has...

2 Chainz — ‘Based on a T.R.U. Story’: 1 out of 5 stars

Josh Matejka August 21, 2012

The rap game seems to be treated as less of a dog-eat-dog, survival-of-the-fittest contest than the rest of the music industry. Instead, rappers work on more of a ‘mentor/mentee’ basis. You have big...

Fledgling sorority Tau Lambda offers women unique Greek option

Daniel Shapiro August 21, 2012

A new sorority at MU is a little different than one might expect. Tau Lambda, “tau” being the Greek letter for “life” and “lambda” being the letter for “queer," is a new sorority targeted...

‘Shark Week’: 5 out of 5 stars

Lisa Conley August 21, 2012

A group of people gathers around the TV set, their eyes glued to the screen. They cheer, they gasp and they drop their jaws in awe as they watch the delivery of an almost-perfect leap. No, they’re not...

Police Blotter

Ally McEntire, Turner Johnson August 21, 2012

####Man runs from motel, pulls gun on pursuer Billy Joel Grout, 26, was arrested Friday when police found him at 1:09 a.m. at 2518 Business Loop 70. An officer responded to an assault at the same address...

Freshmen continue 'Paint the M' tradition at Memorial Stadium

Freshmen continue ‘Paint the M’ tradition at Memorial Stadium

Jacob Scholl August 21, 2012

Every August MU students roll up their sleeves and go to work on one of college football’s most recognizable landmarks. On Friday morning many students painted the rock “M” at Memorial Stadium as...

Autism researcher leaves Baylor, returns to MU

Caroline O’Reilly August 21, 2012

When the Thompson Center first opened its doors, no one knew it would grow to become one of the premier neurodevelopmental disorder research facilities in the country, or the largest center specializing...

‘Undeclared Major’ continues online after Maneater

Alex Stewart August 21, 2012

Recent MU graduate Belal Al-Rawi, a cartoonist for The Maneater last year, has a surprisingly wide range of interests. When he’s not drawing comics about his four years of college adventures, he works...

MU economist finding solution for other countries to prepare for financial crises

Lucas Shapiro August 21, 2012

The National Science Foundation recently awarded MU economist Christopher Otrok a $70,600 grant for a research project. Ortok is in the process of developing a model that would be able to forecast how...

Rep. Todd Akin’s ‘legitimate rape’ comment sparks national controversy, GOP disapproval

Caroline O’Reilly August 21, 2012

The remarks of Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., the Republican challenger of Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., regarding “legitimate rape” on the St. Louis news program “The Jaco Report”...