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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

RHA to host joint session with MSA, GPC, LBC, Four Front

Alex Stewart March 20, 2012

The Residence Halls Association will host a joint session with the Missouri Students Association, Graduate Professional Council, Legion of Black Collegians and Four Front the Monday following spring break. The...

Rates of binge drinking in Missouri higher than national average

Kelsey Maffett March 20, 2012

The rates of heavy and binge drinking in Missouri were both higher than the national average in 2010, but alcohol arrests continue to decline. Stringent state and city laws are among the reasons cited...

One Mizzou: One year later

One Mizzou: One year later

Tony Puricelli March 20, 2012

One year ago, a hate crime divided the MU community. The same thing happened one year before that. Student leaders responded with One Mizzou. The One Mizzou student-led diversity initiative officially...

Identity law could put transgender community at risk

Matt Ingram March 20, 2012

The Missouri House of Representatives recommend legislators pass a bill that would make it illegal for people to falsely identify themselves to a police officer. The intent of the bill is to cut down...

Columbia to host Special Olympics Missouri this summer

Britney Lim March 20, 2012

Columbia will host the Special Olympics Missouri State Summer Games beginning this year through 2015. Columbia previously hosted the games in 2002. “The decision to host the Summer Games in Columbia...

City assessing future of Municipal Power Plant

City assessing future of Municipal Power Plant

Daniel Shapiro March 20, 2012

Because of new EPA regulation, the City of Columbia will be running an assessment to decide the fate of the Municipal Power Plant come April. Connie Kacprowicz, a utility services specialist at Columbia...

E-Week celebration held on campus

E-Week celebration held on campus

Hanna Jacunski March 16, 2012

For the past week, the dome on Jesse Hall has been lit up green. That can only signal one thing — Engineers’ Week has arrived. The 10-day celebration stems from a legend dating back to 1903. Engineering...

Know before you Joe: the best of CoMo coffee

Know before you Joe: the best of CoMo coffee

Kaldi’s Coffee Roasting Co. 29 S. Ninth St. As a college town, most of Columbia runs on caffeine. Luckily, a variety of places are available, including Kaldi’s Coffee Roasting Co., located on the corner...

Drawing me in

David Adams March 16, 2012

I don’t sleep anymore. I barely eat. While in class, my head is constantly down and I can barely mutter a word. All I can do is draw. Yep, just like everybody else in the world, I have quite the obsession...

MU professors push for narrative storytelling program

Batul Hassan March 16, 2012

MU professors are in the process of building an interdisciplinary narrative storytelling program for students interested in the emerging field, which centers around technological skill and creativity....

Color-My-I gives personal touch to iPhones

Cat Geissler March 16, 2012

On the surface, Color-My-I might seem like a typical phone repair company, but its mission is to reach beyond the usual corporate divide between customer and salesman. After repairing his colleague's iPhone...

Column: ‘Separation’ without equal

Dylan Chapman March 16, 2012

In Tehran, Iran, a woman, Simin, wants a divorce. It’s not that she doesn’t love her husband, Nader, or that he treats her badly. And it’s not the she’s cheating on him, or vice versa. No, nothing...