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A True/False retrospective

Dylan Chapman • March 9, 2012

The film projectors have been taken down and put into storage, the banners and artwork are gone from our streets, the churches that were temporarily theaters are churches once again and the out-of-town...

MU students to bring TED speakers to campus

Batul Hassan • March 9, 2012

Following a successful live streaming of Technology, Entertainment, Design Full Spectrum, the TEDxMU organizing team is bringing 11 speakers from around the world to MU on Saturday, April 14. The first...

From Broadway to CoMo: CEC presents ‘Bent’

Greta Weber • March 9, 2012

While the terrors of the Holocaust centered around the persecution of Jews, there were also other minorities that faced widespread imprisonment and death, one them being homosexuals. This often-overlooked...

MSA and ASUM lobby against higher education funding cuts

Molly Duffy • March 9, 2012

Student voices got a little louder Tuesday when the More for Less campaign headed to the Capitol. MSA Senators, cabinet members, volunteers and the Associated Students of the University of Missouri headed...

‘Bachelor’ bad

David Adams • March 9, 2012

I’m usually completely shameless about my pop culture obsessions. I have no qualms about admitting my love for awful '80s one-hit wonders, Adam Sandler movies or Us Weekly. But there’s one obsession...

Police Blotter

Kelsey Maffett, Turner Johnson • March 9, 2012

1. Freshman runs from Greektown toward Laws Hall to escape police A freshman was apprehended by the MU Police Department in two separate incidents Monday morning. MUPD Capt. Brian Weimer said Residential...

Faculty Council examine Deaton’s decision in Engel case

Caroline Bauman • March 9, 2012

The Faculty Council discussed a proposed statement Thursday that would denounce Chancellor Brady Deaton’s decision to re-examine the case of Greg Engel, a suspended College of Engineering associate professor. Engel...

Bookstore approves $50,000 in sweatshop-free apparel

Joey Ukrop • March 9, 2012

Nine students from a variety of campus organizations made their way to the basement of the MU Bookstore with one goal in mind: to finalize the sale of Alta Gracia products. Prior to the meeting, MU Students...

House bill addresses birth control debate

Molly Duffy • March 9, 2012

The birth control debate has reached Missouri. Rep. Stacey Newman, D-District 73, has introduced a bill that would prevent a man from receiving a vasectomy “unless it is to save his life or prevent...

Dream Outside the Box places sixth in White House competition

Michele Robotham-Smith • March 6, 2012

An MU senior's project, Dream Outside the Box, made it to the final 15 in the first ever Campus Champions of Change Challenge, hosted by the White House. The brain child of homecoming queen and senior...

Black History month at MU ends with HERstory event

Alfie Cox • March 6, 2012

Uplifting messages for young black women in college were on display Tuesday for the Black Women in History and Culture: HERstory event. The event was held in the Walt Disney Room at Memorial Union. The...

Police Blotter

Ally McEntire, Adam Aton • March 6, 2012

**1. Underage drinker tries dumping cup, running** MU police officers arrested Matthew Norris, 20, at 12:24 a.m. Friday after they saw a group of people who appeared to be drinking alcohol walking near...