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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

Tiger Garden prepares for Valentine’s Day

Tiger Garden prepares for Valentine’s Day

Megan Lewis February 10, 2012

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and Tiger Garden is preparing for its busiest week of the year. Since August 2005, when the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources started the floral...

Word 4 Word

Clare Ngai February 10, 2012

**Coca-Cola's “Catch,” 2012** “I really like the one where the polar bears were playing football with the Coca-Cola bottle, and they were slipping all around on the ice. It was really cute.” —...

LBC prepares to head to Big 12’s Conference on Black Student Government

Molly Duffy February 10, 2012

The Legion of Black Collegians is preparing to head to the Big 12 Conference on Black Student Government at the University of Oklahoma later this month. LBC will continue to attend the conference after...

MSA Senate supports Missouri bill that would raise cigarette tax, use revenue for higher education

Elise Moser February 10, 2012

The Missouri Students Association Senate passed a bill Wednesday in support of a higher cigarette tax in Missouri. The bill supported using the funds from the higher tax for state education. The MSA bill...

The best and the worst of the 2012 Super Bowl ads

The best and the worst of the 2012 Super Bowl ads

Angie Andera February 10, 2012

Watching the commercials is as much a part of the Super Bowl experience as watching the actual football game is. After further review, I have made my call. Here are the ads that scored and the ads that...

MU holds first Diversity in Action seminar of the semester

Vineeta Tan February 10, 2012

Huddled together with their sparkling tiaras and wearing their beautiful smiles, the first picture shown at the latest Diversity in Action seminar depicted the three winners of the 2012 Miss Chinese International...

MU Dance Marathon raises funds ‘For The Kids’

Joey Ukrop February 10, 2012

Twelve hours, 500 plus dancers, zero grams of caffeine and more than $47,000. Although it might sound like a numbers game, the MU Dance Marathon is about much more than that. It’s for the kids. MU Dance...

L-U-Ved Madonna: Queen of Pop brings back the fun

Jimmy Hibsch February 10, 2012

In between gasps of what was happening on screen during last weekend’s Super Bowl halftime show, I was fanatically reloading my Twitter feed to gauge public opinion. Some of my favorites included “This...

Wu-ed (and I liked it)

Kayla Elam February 10, 2012

An ode to Jason Wu (for Target) I think this campus can safely say that last weekend is going to be hard to top, and I am not even talking about basketball. Um, you do know this is a fashion column, right?...

On Campus, Around the Nation

Caroline Bauman February 10, 2012

**Speaker tells students not to give up** UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - Astronaut Bernard Harris spoke for the second time at the University of Houston on the empowerment of youth, especially in minorities,...

City of Columbia to test out new parking meter system

City of Columbia to test out new parking meter system

Sean Na February 10, 2012

The City of Columbia has decided to launch a 90-day pilot project of a new parking meter system, beginning Feb. 13. The test includes installing single- and multi-space parking meters on Ninth Street...

Column: Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ puts lust before love

Claire Landsbaum February 10, 2012

A raucous party. Boy and girl lock eyes across the crowded room. An eyebrow cocked, a smile in return, a head-tilt toward a secluded corner. Boy and girl wade through the crowd, evading friendly interceptions,...