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The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

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...

Abortion-inducing drug safety is aim of new House bill

Jeremy Truitt April 10, 2012

The Abortion-Inducing Drugs Safety Act is a current bill in Missouri seeking to place tight restrictions on abortion-inducing drugs; meaning it could be tougher to obtain a medically induced abortion in...

Trudy Rogers-Denham’s ‘Residuum’ leaves George Bingham Gallery

Cade Cleavelin April 10, 2012

One week of preparation and 1,700 pounds of sand and soil were devoted to MU graduate student Trudy Rogers-Denham’s "Residuum," an exhibit that broke down the illusive nature of domesticity. The George...

MU professor Stephen Ball wins Kemper Fellowship

Hunter Woodall April 10, 2012

While working toward his master’s degree as a student at MU, Stephen Ball had the opportunity to teach an undergraduate laboratory class. At first the experience was terrifying, but he soon realized...

Alumna Lindsey Alley returns to MU in 'Lindsey Who?'

Alumna Lindsey Alley returns to MU in ‘Lindsey Who?’

Alex Stewart April 10, 2012

MU alumna Lindsey Alley returned to her alma mater Saturday with a cabaret-slash-standup performance that satirized her dating life and career. Alley, who received her Bachelor of Arts in Theater in 2000,...

RSVP raises sexual assault awareness, programs events

Ciera Velarde April 10, 2012

During the month of April, the Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center will hold events for Sexual Assault Awareness Month in order to provide education about sexual assault and inspire activism,...

Governor announces aid program for disaster-stricken counties

Alfie Cox April 10, 2012

On April 4, Gov. Jay Nixon announced an investment of $16.5 million in National Emergency Grant funding to create temporary jobs for workers affected by the severe weather last year, according to a news...