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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...

Columbia holds electronic recycling program

Sean Na • January 20, 2012

When many MU students were busy driving down I-70 to come back to MU on Jan. 14, Columbia held an electronic waste recycling program sponsored by the Mid-MO Recycling Center, the city and Home Depot. Most...

Jeong Im homicide case investigation reaches seventh year

Jimmy Hibsch • January 20, 2012

The MU Police Department shouldered perhaps its biggest mystery when MU microbiologist Jeong Im was murdered on campus in 2005. Seven years later, Im’s family and MUPD are still left scratching their...

goMizzou, STRIPES continue to expand

Taylor Irwin • January 20, 2012

Last fall, MU launched a new and improved goMizzou application for students. Part of the smartphone application is a STRIPES module that allows students to request a ride home from anywhere in Columbia...

Law enforcement technology around country aims to step up policing

Sean Na • January 20, 2012

Police departments around the country have been testing out new police programs to make law enforcement more efficient. In July, Southern California’s Santa Cruz Police Department introduced a program...

Players gon’ play: A brief history of athletes as SNL hosts

Kristen Herhold • January 20, 2012

"Saturday Night Live." Those three words add up to a show that elicits laughter, pokes fun at popular culture and attracts audiences and celebrity hosts from across the nation. This show has been on air...

One apprehended in Coliseum theft, investigation ongoing for boat theft

Lizzie Johnson • January 20, 2012

A Columbia man was arrested Wednesday after breaking into the Boone County Fairgrounds Coliseum and attempting to burglarize the MFA Incorporated Trade Show. An off-duty deputy providing overnight security...

New test draws attention to student strengths

Taylor Fox • January 20, 2012

The MU Student Success Center is offering students the opportunity to take a personality test that will inform them of their personality strengths and help them academically. StrengthsQuest, which has...

Proposed bill could help Board of Curators give more grant money

Amanda Svoboda • January 20, 2012

**Correction appended** A new bill proposed by Rep. Margo McNeil, D-St. Louis, could potentially raise the maximum annual grant allowance for Alzheimer’s disease research funding by the UM Board of...

’30 Rock’ begins tumble to cancellation

Rexly Penaflorida II • January 20, 2012

After eight months off the air, the smorgasbord cast and crew of "TGS" on the hit comedy show "30 Rock" has returned. Most viewers will be happy with the usual show storyline of Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) solving...

Suspect turns himself in following parking lot shootings

Dani Kass • January 20, 2012

A Columbia man turned himself in to the Columbia Police Department following shootings Monday night. A parking dispute in the driveway of 805 N. Garth Ave. began between the suspect, Edward C. Jones,...

The future of gaming as we know it

Lucia Lee • January 20, 2012

In my youth, I looked forward to days like today, contemplating all the glorious technological breakthroughs that would someday accompany my adolescence. I could bore you with my dreams of pet robots (with...