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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

Magic Tree lights up Columbia for 17th year

Magic Tree lights up Columbia for 17th year

Wes Duplantier December 6, 2011

On most nights after sundown, the small streets leading into and through the Village of Cherry Hill shopping center in west Columbia appear quiet and dark. Most businesses here are closed for the night,...

Police share safety tips during holiday season

Amanda Svoboda December 6, 2011

With holiday break approaching, the Columbia Police Department asks students to take preventative measures to ensure the safety of themselves and their belongings over the monthlong period away from campus. CPD...

Living Windows Festival starts off holiday season

Living Windows Festival starts off holiday season

Alex Stewart December 6, 2011

A total of 19 stores in The District participated in the Living Windows Festival on Friday night to begin the holiday season. Carolers, holiday musicians and Santa Claus, as well as free carriage rides,...

Iraq veteran travels abroad with help of MU

Julie Larsen December 6, 2011

Army veteran Robert Canine received the chance to study abroad with the help of the Trulaske College of Business and Veterans United Home Loans two years after he was injured in Iraq. Canine, now a sophomore...

Four centuries of drug laws

December 6, 2011

1600s Colonial laws allowed and encouraged hemp farming because of its use in ropes and sails on ships. 1805 Morphine is discovered. 1844 Cocaine is synthesized. 1845 A law prohibiting liquor sales...

Textbook buyback season begins

Textbook buyback season begins

Brian Hayes December 6, 2011

As the fall semester winds down, students have begun the frantic search of selling back old textbooks. Although University Bookstore has operated the predominant system for the process in the past, many...

“My Week With Marilyn”

Ciera Velarde December 6, 2011

Marilyn Monroe is one of the few pop culture icons that can transcend generations and somehow become even more revered as time goes by. Quite simply, Monroe has come to represent the quintessential idea...

International White Ribbon Campaign comes to campus

Elise Moser December 6, 2011

MU is participating in the annual White Ribbon Campaign, an international movement to end violence against women. Together, the Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center and Men Against Relationship...

Volcanoes: “Heavy Hands”

Cat Geissler December 6, 2011

Volcanoes followed up its EP _Faults_ with an interesting combination of drum and bass in its self-recorded debut album _Heavy Hands_. The band's sound cannot specifically be categorized, only described...

RHA in process of placing bid to host NACURH 2013 conference

Alex Stewart December 6, 2011

The Residence Halls Association is in the process of putting a bid in to host the 2013 the National Association of College and University Residence Halls conference. The 100-page proposal, laying out...

New music ensemble premieres works

New music ensemble premieres works

Christable Barrow December 6, 2011

Graduate students studying music performance have the chance to play world premiere pieces thanks to the MU New Music Ensemble. Music enthusiasts showed up at 8 p.m. Monday to support the group at the...

Police Blotter

Ally McEntire, Adam Aton December 6, 2011

**1. Four caught smoking marijuana in SUV** MU police spotted a group of people sitting in a parked sports utility vehicle while performing parking lot checks at 5:14 p.m. Friday in lot AV-14. “A group...