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Capture the Park raises money for Teach for America

Elise Moser • May 1, 2012

MU students competed in a capture the flag tournament Saturday as part of Phi Sigma Pi's Capture the Park. The MU chapter of the national honor fraternity held the event at Columbia Cosmopolitan Recreation...

MU seniors compete at national theater festival

Hanna Jacunski • May 1, 2012

MU sent two students to this year's Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, which took place April 16-21 in Washington, D.C. Seniors Hannah Baxter and Amanda Newman attended the festival for...

On Campus, Around the Nation

Taylor Fox • May 1, 2012

Hunger strike to begin May 2 California State University — Students from six Cal State University campuses have announced a hunger strike in protest of six years of tuition increases in a row. They...

Columbia man robs Walmart, garage in same day

Emily Donaldson • May 1, 2012

A Columbia man was arrested on multiple charges Friday after pulling a weapon on Walmart employees and later burglarizing a nearby home. According to a Columbia Police Department news release, employees...

Weekend law enforcement event collects 509 pounds of prescription drugs

Margaret Gallagher • May 1, 2012

More than 181,000 pills totaling 509 pounds of drugs were collected this weekend in Boone County during the county’s largest-ever drug take-back event. The Boone County Sheriff's Department, the Columbia...

Bill looks to remove LGBTQ discussion from schools

Molly Duffy • May 1, 2012

When Rep. Steve Cookson, R-District 153, introduced HB 2051, otherwise known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, he quickly found himself facing a lot of opposition. The sentence-long bill would prohibit all...

‘One for the Money’: 2.5 of 5 stars

Hillary Switzer • May 1, 2012

Although the second movie in the last two years made about a bounty hunter searching for an ex-lover who skipped out on bail, which then turns into a high-profile case, “One for the Money” is still...

‘Think Like a Man’: 4 out of 5 stars

Briana Brooks • May 1, 2012

The player: check. The mama’s boy: check. The non-committer: check. The dreamer: check. And the list continues. These common categories women place men into when it comes to relationships are just a...

MUsketch performs as The Paul Blartigang and War N’ Moon

Megan Lewis • May 1, 2012

Students were treated to an entertaining and free break from studying Thursday evening in the form of a performance put on by the fairly new student organization MUsketch. The Paul Blartigang and War...

‘Hamlet’ has two-week run at MU’s Rhynsburger Theatre

Cade Cleavelin • May 1, 2012

"Hamlet," the quintessential Shakespearean tragedy, came to a close after two weekends of performance at the Rhynsburger Theatre. Any comment on the universal appeal of "Hamlet" would be an understatement....

MU’s INDIE P.O.E.T.S. and Union Arts Council host ‘Mightier than the Sword Poetry Slam’

Alyssa McKee • May 1, 2012

On April 24, The Shack played host to the "Mightier than the Sword" Poetry Slam, put on by the INDIE P.O.E.T.S. and the Missouri Union Arts Council. Devin Chavers, who is also the current president of...

Tap Day honors new members in secret societies

Alex Stewart • May 1, 2012

MU’s 85th annual Tap Day ceremony honored students and faculty that exhibited leadership, scholarship and service and desire to bring about positive change on campus during their time at MU. There are...