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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

Bigger Big MO in time for conference switch

Julie Larsen May 4, 2012

After 30 years of incorporating Big MO into football games, MU is receiving a new Big MO, which will be the largest of all college drums. The new drum will be 9 feet in diameter with a 54-inch black shell,...

Missouri voters might have chance to increase cigarette taxes

Missouri voters might have chance to increase cigarette taxes

Sam Rourke May 4, 2012

Voters in Missouri could soon determine whether to increase the price of cigarettes. The American Cancer Society and other partner organizations have been collecting signatures since February for a ballot...

MSA hosts 'Beyond the Hoodie' to discuss prejudice on campus

MSA hosts ‘Beyond the Hoodie’ to discuss prejudice on campus

Ciera Velarde May 4, 2012

Prompted by the recent Trayvon Martin shooting, the Missouri Students Association hosted an event called “Beyond the Hoodie” on Wednesday. Held in the Women’s Center, "Beyond the Hoodie" facilitated...

UM System president to move out of on-campus mansion

Caroline Bauman May 4, 2012

University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe is moving out of his on-campus mansion after about $88,000 worth in damages was discovered. The 12,630-square-foot home, Providence Point, has housed...

On Campus, Around the Nation

Caroline Bauman May 4, 2012

Klobuchar talks federal financial aid on campus University of Minnesota - U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., met with about 15 students at Coffman Union on Wednesday for a roundtable discussion students...

Dayglow deemed a success, more than 6,200 in attendance

Dayglow deemed a success, more than 6,200 in attendance

Jeremy Truitt May 4, 2012

Saturday’s Dayglow concert at Midway Travel Plaza attracted more than 6,200 eager and excited attendees with surprisingly no reports of complications, Midway Travel Plaza general manager Joe Bechtold...

Columbia man convicted of child pornography possession

Dani Kass May 4, 2012

A Columbia man pleaded guilty Monday to possession of child pornography, according to the Boone County Sheriff's Department's Cyber Crimes Task Force. Child pornography was found on 53-year-old Joseph...

Going long

Audrey Zigmond May 4, 2012

Summertime is back by popular demand! It’s time to grab your boards, feel the wind in your hair, soak up the sun and surf the streets of CoMo. That’s right, surf. Now, as much as you'd like to hear...

Caution over repeat (release) offenders

Lucia Lee May 4, 2012

A recently snapped [photo of a Target preorder card](http://ps3.ign.com/articles/122/1223929p1.html) has confirmed the next “Call of Duty” game as “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2” for a release date...

Notes you don’t have to take

Julia Bush May 4, 2012

After parents’ minivans, packed tight with a year’s worth of stuff, pull away, Columbia will be a different place entirely. Students will close their textbooks for a final (or, if you’re like me,...

Columbia summer bucket list

Caitlyn Gallip May 4, 2012

It's summertime, and the living is easy. However, if you are stuck in Columbia, you might be looking for something a bit different than relaxing by the Columns or staying cooped up in an apartment. Warning:...

Off the beaten path

Off the beaten path

Lauren Steele May 4, 2012

As students here at Mizzou, we are constantly being prodded to get creative and think outside the box. So where is a student to go? The great outdoors. That’s where Isaac Newton discovered gravity, right?...