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On Campus, Around the Nation

Taylor Fox • December 6, 2011

Regents approve 8 percent tuition increase UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO - The Nevada System of Higher Education’s Board of Regents approved an 8 percent tuition increase today for all undergraduate college...

City Council passes anti-discrimination resolution

Sam Rourke • December 6, 2011

The Columbia City Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday to prohibit discrimination toward individuals based on their gender identity. The issue was brought to the attention of Mayor Bob McDavid...

Midwest Energy Policy Conference features faculty from MU

Corinne Kennedy • December 6, 2011

The fifth annual Midwest Energy Policy Conference ended Friday in St. Louis. The two-day conference featured presentations from faculty at midwestern universities including Illinois State University, Eastern...

Local law enforcement targets holiday DWIs

Ian Servantes • December 6, 2011

The Columbia Police Department and Boone County Sheriff’s Department are participating in a statewide initiative to prevent drinking and driving during the holidays. The two departments are always enforcing...

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

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

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...