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The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Downtown cameras remain controversial

Downtown cameras remain controversial

Lizzie Johnson January 24, 2012

Keep Columbia Safe, a local grassroots community organization, has offered to donate $2,847 to Columbia police for the purchase of a new surveillance camera. The new camera, which would replace the one...

Higher education could lose funding from smaller state funds

Caroline Bauman January 24, 2012

Although the largest cuts proposed for higher education are a result of a drastic decrease in the general revenue fund, smaller state funds could also allocate less money toward public colleges and universities...

Nixon’s Missouri Works program looks to revive state economy

Nixon’s Missouri Works program looks to revive state economy

Amanda Svoboda January 24, 2012

Despite his push for creating job opportunities in the state under his new Missouri Works program, Gov. Jay Nixon’s spokesman Scott Holste said Nixon still has the goal of increasing the percentage of...

Columbia business fails underage alcohol check

Amanda Svoboda January 24, 2012

Eight of nine businesses in the Boone County area passed an alcohol compliance check conducted by the Boone County Sheriff’s Department on Friday, according to a news release. To check for compliance,...

Chinese student population drives overall international increase

Jimmy Hibsch January 21, 2012

International students are becoming an increasingly more common facet of MU’s campus, with this semester’s population larger than ever. International Center Director James Scott said in his six years...

Hospice patient watches bald eagle’s release into wild

Julie Larsen January 20, 2012

Ruth Payton, 82, loves birds and has always wished to see a bald eagle. Payton, a hospice patient with terminal hemolytic anemia, had her dream fulfilled earlier this month with the help of Randi Petre,...

2012 Globes are less than Golden

David Adams January 20, 2012

Well, the 2012 Golden Globes have come and gone, and it’s pretty safe to say that the ceremony itself was largely ho-hum. Controversy-yielding host Ricky Gervais, though moderately funny, was entirely...

A wish list for 2012

David Adams January 20, 2012

Making the move (pun intended) from being a Maneater columnist to this position was, at first, a very daunting task. MOVE always struck me as the cool hipster cousin of the Maneater, and I, for one, am...

Mizzou Black Men’s Initiative gives back through service

Mizzou Black Men’s Initiative gives back through service

Katie Yaeger January 20, 2012

Between spending time with family and friends, members of the Mizzou Black Men’s Initiative embraced the generosity of the holiday season by giving back to their communities. The organization’s annual...

The real college girl’s guide to leather

Kayla Elam January 20, 2012

I will try to refrain from going on incessantly about how it’s a new year i.e. new you, blah, blah, blah. (If you have been anywhere near a TV lately, then the Jenny Craig/Nutrisystem/Nicorette commercials...

A shot in the dark

Dylan Chapman January 20, 2012

The beginning of the calendar year is always a wasteland in terms of cinematic value and excitement, and, with such anemic early releases as “Joyful Noise” and “Contraband,” this year is so far...

On Campus, Around the Nation

Caroline Bauman January 20, 2012

**OU focuses marketing campaign on diversity** OHIO UNIVERSITY - A Facebook “like” is the first step for Ohio University admittance for many students, but in the future, OU officials hope to see more...