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Bias-Free Coalition and citizens meet to integrate Muslims, Hispanics

Kay Yeung • December 2, 2011

The Bias-Free Columbia Coalition invited citizens to its third public event, aiming to help build Columbia a community to welcome residents from various backgrounds. The meeting introduced two projects...

No chestnuts roasting, just open fire: Five unconventional Christmas movies

Julia Bush • December 2, 2011

I’m the kind of Christmas person who, as soon as the turkey (well, tofurkey — I come from a house full of vegetarians) is digested, spends the rest of Thanksgiving Day climbing around in the attic,...

Sheriffs investigate $100,000 copper theft

Dani Kass • December 2, 2011

An estimated $100,000 in copper wire was stolen from APAC Industries, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies responded to APAC Industries at 6791 N. Highway VV at about 7 a.m....

McCaskill, Toomey introduce Anti-Earmark bill before Senate

Matthew Flores • December 2, 2011

United States Senators Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., introduced the Earmark Elimination Act of 2011 on Wednesday before the Senate. The bipartisan legislation is to target earmarks, or...

New class shows successes, failures of public health campaigns

Emmy Boyd • November 29, 2011

A new course at MU, taught by Vu Nguyen, gives students in the Master of Public Health Department real life examples of which health campaigns are effective and which campaigns fail to inform their audience. “Many...

On Campus, Around the Nation

Taylor Fox • November 29, 2011

Pursuit of studying happiness UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS — College students report higher happiness on average in comparison to others, according to Juan Camilo Chaparro, a doctoral candidate in...

Weekend holiday sales bring in slew of shoppers

Caroline Bauman • November 29, 2011

Local businesses capitalized on one of the busiest shopping events of the year last weekend through discounts and early openings. Black Friday deals started early for Columbia shoppers, with some stores...

Bank Transfer Day brings mixed results for local credit unions

Greg Lindsey • November 29, 2011

Credit unions in Columbia saw varied results of National Bank Transfer Day. “We have not experienced an increase in membership due to the publicity of Bank Transfer Day,” Columbia Credit Union President...

Columbia man starts fire in ex-girlfriend’s residence

Lizzie Johnson • November 29, 2011

A Columbia man was arrested Sunday morning after breaking into the residence of his ex-girlfriend and starting a fire. Damon Lamont Poston Jr. broke into the apartment, located in the 200 block of Apple...

CPD investigates reported sexual assault at Pi Kappa Phi

Elyse Vesser • November 29, 2011

Columbia police are investigating a reported sexual assault that occurred at the Pi Kappa Phi house last week. A woman who attended a party at the fraternity house at 908 Curtis Ave. reported the assault...

MU College of Engineering creates military app

Valirie Morgan • November 29, 2011

Professors from the MU College of Engineering are adding a whole new meaning to the phrase “There’s an app for that” with their latest project, a smartphone application used to track military targets...

RHA clears legislative budget to fund campus events

Alex Stewart • November 29, 2011

The Residence Halls Association held a meeting Monday to entertain funding requests from the Martin Luther King Jr. Planning Committee and the Fine Arts Residential Community of McDavid Hall regarding...