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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

Shakespeare’s to serve up third Columbia location this summer

Shakespeare’s to serve up third Columbia location this summer

Jeremy Truitt March 2, 2012

Shakespeare’s Pizza is planning a large expansion this summer, including a new restaurant in south Columbia that will add a party room to seat 175 people, co-owner and manager Kurt Mirtsching said. With...

Video games and violence under trial

Lucia Lee March 2, 2012

The games industry has been around for more than 30 years, yet the rise of the popularity of games has only happened recently. Although this allowed gamers to enjoy wider varieties of quality games, it...

Peeping incident at sorority house raises safety questions

Peeping incident at sorority house raises safety questions

Matt Ingram March 2, 2012

A Columbia man was arrested outside of the Delta Delta Delta house after police reported he was caught peeping into the sorority’s windows. The man, 20-year-old Andrew Keys, was charged with two counts...

Body found Thursday afternoon in Capen Park off Stadium Blvd.

Jeremy Truitt March 2, 2012

The Columbia Fire Department responded to a report of a dead body found at Capen Park near College Avenue and Stadium Boulevard on Thursday afternoon. Officials said suicide was the cause of death. The...

Renovation, increased student population challenge on-campus housing capacity

Renovation, increased student population challenge on-campus housing capacity

Britney Lim March 2, 2012

MU Residential Life offered about half the amount of contracts for the 2012-13 school year to students currently living in the residence halls compared to last year. There were only about 1,000 students...

Proposed bill could make lying to police about identity illegal

Kelsey Maffett March 2, 2012

A new bill in the Missouri House of Representatives could make lying to a police officer about your name or age a state-level crime. “Currently under statute, I could falsely identify myself to a police...

RHA’s Iron Chef competition challenges chefs’ creativity with ‘secret ingredient’

Alex Stewart February 29, 2012

The Residence Halls Association, in collaboration with Campus Dining Services, hosted an Iron Chef competition in the MU Student Center on Wednesday night. The competition was one of the many events occurring...

Director Robert Greene speaks about ‘Kati with an I’

Kelsey Wingo February 29, 2012

The True/False Film Fest will take off in only a few hours, and the buzz has already swept the town of Columbia with fervor. On Wednesday, at the Columbia Public Library, award-winning filmmaker Robert...

City officials, student representatives travel to Lawrence

City officials, student representatives travel to Lawrence

Sam Rourke February 28, 2012

Columbia city officials and student representatives traveled to Lawrence, Kan., Friday for the second of a three-trip series exploring transit systems in Midwest college communities partially funded by...

Suspect arrested in two bank robberies

Lizzie Johnson February 28, 2012

A Columbia male was arrested Thursday in relation to his involvement in bank robberies at Boone County National Bank and Landmark Bank. Donald Clark Jr. was taken into custody at 2:46 p.m. in the area...

Letter from the editor

Brandon Foster February 28, 2012

I remember the first time I saw downtown Columbia. For some reason, I thought it would be a skyscraper-filled metropolis like Chicago or something, so I was seriously disappointed. I think I was about...

Bank of America continues to solicit alumni

Allison Prang February 28, 2012

**Correction appended** MU 2008 graduate Shannon Jewitt started receiving credit offers through Bank of America after she graduated and never knew why. She hadn’t provided them with her personal information...