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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

Missouri House to regulate minors’ use of tanning beds

Missouri House to regulate minors’ use of tanning beds

Alex Stewart April 13, 2012

Missouri legislators are working to pass House Bill 1475, which requires parental consent for anyone younger than 17 to use a tanning bed. The Missouri House of Representatives previously proposed two...

Sideshow sidesteps to Roxy’s

Cat Geissler April 13, 2012

A long-lasting love for music took a young man’s dream and made it into a 18-year career and business venture named in his daughter's honor. Rolla native Jesse Garcia was a self-proclaimed “military...

Ann Coulter speaks at Missouri Theatre

Ann Coulter speaks at Missouri Theatre

Bailey Otto April 13, 2012

Students, Columbia citizens and people from all over Missouri flocked to the Missouri Theatre on Wednesday night to hear syndicated columnist and best-selling novelist Ann Coulter speak. Missouri Lt....

Eyes on the fries

Eyes on the fries

> Mort’s Waffle Fries - The Shack The Shack is always chintzy with their waffle fries. Eight fries, really? I may not count calories, but I do count my fries. But since McDonald’s was cruelly kicked...

Rock Bridge Brewing Co. ribbon-cutting piques interest of Columbia beer drinkers

Rock Bridge Brewing Co. ribbon-cutting piques interest of Columbia beer drinkers

Alfie Cox April 11, 2012

Good times, manly ribbons and a variety of delicious-looking types of beer were on display at the Rock Bridge Brewing Company's ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday at Shakespeare’s Pizza. Two years of...

Binge drinking on campus: 167 alcohol overdoses reported to hospital in 3 months.

Christina Haser April 10, 2012

The MU Police Department responded to 310 arrests for liquor violations this past calendar year. Emergency medical services responded to 167 calls for alcohol overdoses within a 3-month span from August...

Columbia Public Library offers alternative study space to Ellis

Columbia Public Library offers alternative study space to Ellis

Alfie Cox April 10, 2012

The opportunity to rent out books from Roald Dahl, Zora Neale Hurston and CDs from Ke$ha or Ella Fitzgerald has been a big enough incentive to have Columbia residents clamoring for more. The Daniel Boone...

Farmers market route provides transportation for at-risk communities

Farmers market route provides transportation for at-risk communities

Alfie Cox April 10, 2012

Breakfast and the purchase of farm fresh eggs, apples, oranges and tomatoes just got much easier for the Columbia community. Starting April 7, the Columbia Public Works Department will fund a seasonal...

‘Mad Men’: 4 out of 5 stars

Rexly Penaflorida II April 10, 2012

The times are changing, and the employees of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce are changing along with them. The fifth season of “Mad Men” has returned to AMC, and with four episodes in the bag this might...

Shinedown – ‘Amaryllis’: 4 out of 5

Ryan Shiner April 10, 2012

Shinedown has been known for making songs that are easy to enjoy, and _Amaryllis_ shows that it is continuing this trend. The album begins with the song “Adrenaline,” which, as its title suggests,...

Vehicle fire extinguished outside Laws Hall

Vehicle fire extinguished outside Laws Hall

Dani Kass April 10, 2012

Correction appended: The Columbia Fire Department responded Monday afternoon to a vehicle fire on Tiger Avenue outside Laws Hall. Freshman Rebekka Shay, who lives on the eighth floor of Laws Hall, said...

Nick Offerman performs at MU’s Jesse Hall

Nick Offerman performs at MU’s Jesse Hall

Megan Suddarth April 10, 2012

Offensive profanity and vulgarity galore. The lights come up and a half-naked Nick Offerman darts to center stage, pauses and then darts across the rest of the stage to disappear. Then, after a couple...