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The Maneater

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...

Police Blotter

Ally McEntire, Turner Johnson April 10, 2012

1. One arrested in South Hall Police arrested a freshman Thursday in South Residence Hall, 404 Kentucky Blvd., on suspicion of marijuana possession, according to an MU Police Department arrest report. Officers...

Slates Harrington/McGautha and Relphorde/Grant prepare for LBC elections

Molly Duffy April 10, 2012

Moving forward with the Legion of Black Collegians presidential elections, slates Relphorde-Grant and Harrington-McGautha are both campaigning for the student government’s top spots. **Harrington-McGautha** Presidential...

On Campus, Around the Nation

Caroline Bauman April 6, 2012

**Hundreds attend Women’s Conference** CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON — The Fourth Annual Women’s Conference, a gathering of men and women hosted by U.S. Congressman Ed Royce, took place...

UM System moves forward with endowed scholarships

Hunter Woodall April 6, 2012

A new initiative from the UM System Board of Curators will fund 56 need-based endowments for students at each of the system's campuses. After Gov. Jay Nixon decided he would release $1.1 million in lottery...

Breakfast: the most important and the most delicious

Breakfast: the most important and the most delicious

Jamie Hunyor April 6, 2012

There’s only one reason to get out of bed before noon and that reason is breakfast. Breakfast is the perfect cure for heartbreak, a hangover, failing a midterm or getting a terrible grade on that eight-page...