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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...

Parachute and The Cab: the dynamic duo

Heather Finn August 18, 2012

When I interviewed The Cab’s lead singer, Alex DeLeon, [two weeks ago](http://move.themaneater.com/stories/2012/8/10/take-ride-cab/), he told me that his band’s co-headlining tour with Parachute is...

Ben Kweller to perform at Fall Welcome Concert

Sara Driscoll August 16, 2012

The MSA/GPC Department of Student Activities is bringing artist Ben Kweller to MU for the annual Fall Welcome Concert. Kweller has been linked to various genres such as folk, rock, indie and punk. Many...

Q & A with Parachute

Delia Cai August 15, 2012

You first saw them on MTV, swathed in peacoats and scarves and crooning, “She is love, love, love, love, love.” Ever since, Parachute have infected the world with tunes that are starry-eyed enough...

The Congress comes to Mojo’s

Tim Nwachukwu August 14, 2012

On Aug. 21, [The Congress](http://thecongressmusic.com/) will visit Mojo's. But this Congress doesn’t want to vote — it just wants to play music. The Congress was founded in 2010 by singer/bassist...

CAVE comes home to Columbia before an international tour

Danielle Filippone August 13, 2012

[CAVE](http://www.myspace.com/realreelpro), a Chicago-based band made up of Columbia natives, is set to return to its hometown this month for a round of shows before an overseas tour. Band member Cooper...

Take a ride with The Cab

Take a ride with The Cab

Heather Finn August 10, 2012

The best things in life are never planned. Maybe that’s why [The Cab](http://www.thecabrock.com/)’s lead singer, Alex DeLeon, took his own “Living Louder” lyrics to heart while in Philadelphia...