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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

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...

LGBTQ Resource Center hosts Pride Month

LGBTQ Resource Center hosts Pride Month

Molly Duffy April 6, 2012

For MU students, April is an opportunity not only to celebrate, but to educate themselves on the issues facing some of their fellow students. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Resource Center...

Stop, clock and roll out of bed

Lucia Lee April 6, 2012

If Shakespeare knew I was about to butcher his famous “To be, or not to be” line and apply it to hitting the snooze button on an alarm clock, I bet he would’ve dedicated more time to solving this...

Preliminary budget reviewed by Board of Curators

Caroline Bauman April 6, 2012

The $27 billion preliminary budget for the fiscal year 2013 was reviewed at the UM System Board of Curators meeting Thursday. Stable funding to higher education is essentially done, Steve Korr, UM System...

‘Friends With Kids’ but without risk

Dylan Chapman April 6, 2012

Jason (Adam Scott) and Julie (Jennifer Westfeldt) think the world has been having and raising kids the wrong way pretty much since the beginning of time, and the problem might not be what you think. It’s...

MSA to form committee to discuss plus-minus grading system with Faculty Council

Elise Moser April 6, 2012

The Missouri Students Association is planning to form a committee to meet with Faculty Council to discuss the plus-minus grading system. Currently, the MU grading system allows for the possibility of...

Here comes the sun: where to catch the sunrise in CoMo

Here comes the sun: where to catch the sunrise in CoMo

Cassie Kibens April 6, 2012

If you are willing and able to get up before campus wakes up and the sun is shining, then check out these places for a nice and relaxing morning. **The Columns** Although slightly cliché, the columns...

MSA passes resolution in support of tax exemptions for donations to not-for-profit student housing

Elise Moser April 6, 2012

Missouri Students Association Senate passed a resolution in support of tax exemptions for donations to not-for-profit student housing Wednesday. The resolution is in support of United States House Bill...

Ph.D. student Jivetti relieves stress with daily morning jogs

Alex Stewart April 6, 2012

As I sleepily stared at the live webcam feed of Stankowski Field on my laptop in my dark room at 5:30 a.m., I felt like the homicidal sociopath preying on my next victim at the beginning of "Criminal Minds."...

Know your rights: a guide to the basic rights that affect college students

Ian Servantes April 6, 2012

TV shows like “Law and Order” and “Cops” have helped engrain the Miranda rights into viewers’ brains, but few people actually know how to apply them, according to criminal defense attorney Dan...