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Fruits of labor: Local photographer holds exhibit at Main Squeeze

Alicia Tan • March 9, 2012

Photographs dot the right wall of Main Squeeze Natural Foods Café on Ninth Street, each image displaying some aspect of agriculture — organic black lentils escaping between a farmer’s fingers or palms...

Independent review finds CPD culture in disarray

Ian Servantes • March 9, 2012

Members of the Columbia Police Department fear that current conditions might lead to injuries or death, according to an independent review of the police department. The city of Columbia called for the...

‘Zelda’ holds its original magic after 25 years

Lucia Lee • March 9, 2012

“The Legend of Zelda” franchise has accompanied gamers through the early years of video games, starting its debut on the Nintendo Entertainment System with “The Legend of Zelda” and making its...

Invisible Children MU responds to Kony 2012

Ciera Velarde • March 9, 2012

"Kony 2012," a short film produced and shot by Invisible Children, has flooded Facebook and Twitter feeds during the past few days, shining light on the issue of child soldiers in Uganda. The 27-minute...

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...