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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

“Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey”

Christable Barrow November 15, 2011

Many documentary films, in their attempts to be informative and fact-based, cease to be heart-warming and inspiring. “Being Elmo” is a documentary that radiates all of these qualities and leaves the...

Derrick Washington sentenced to 5 years in prison

Emmy Boyd November 14, 2011

Former MU tailback Derrick Washington was sentenced to five years in prison and 120 days in the 559 Shock Incarceration Program on Monday after being convicted of felony deviate sexual assault in September. Washington...

New postage stamp created in honor of veterans

New postage stamp created in honor of veterans

Sam Rourke November 13, 2011

Friday was the day to honor the sacrifices veterans have made to keep America free. That honor can now be seen at the post office with the new “Purple Heart Forever” stamp, which was formally presented...

Career expert speaks to business students

Aamer Trambu November 13, 2011

Career development guru Donald Asher visited Columbia on Thursday to share, what he promised the audience, was knowledge that would benefit them more than $50,000. He held two workshops in succession...

MU honors veterans with memorial rededication, wreath-laying ceremonies

MU honors veterans with memorial rededication, wreath-laying ceremonies

Katie Yaeger November 12, 2011

Students and community members gathered to recognize members of the United States Armed Forces with two ceremonies at noon Friday east of Memorial Union. Veterans, students and members of the community...

Kansas rivalry seem to be lost in the SEC shuffle

Kansas rivalry seem to be lost in the SEC shuffle

Brandon Grammer November 11, 2011

MU's impending switch to the Southeastern Conference is old news by now. The highly anticipated conference switch has been the focal point of many ESPN segments for months, and people are now anticipating...

Mizzou Climate: transgender at MU

Nassim Benchaabane November 11, 2011

The transgender community at MU is larger than most would expect, said LGBTQ Resource Center Coordinator Struby Struble. “It ranges from students to faculty,” she said. “We interact with transgender...

Batman finally gets his ideal game

Batman finally gets his ideal game

Robert Mecchi November 11, 2011

For a pop culture icon that’s seen success in a multitude of media forms, Batman’s history with video games has been relatively hit or miss (with an emphasis on the miss). In fact, until 2009 saw the...

New MU email upgrade gives students more memory

Tucker Moore November 11, 2011

In order to improve functionality, the Division of Information Technology is upgrading the campus’s email system in the next few weeks. MU currently uses the 2007 version of Microsoft Exchange and is...

Eleven wishes for music in 2012

Alex Smith November 11, 2011

**1. I wish the Grammy’s would get it together.** The main difference between the Oscars (a good awards show) and the Grammys (a bad awards show) is that most nominees in the former make sense, and...

Columbia Imagined enters second phase

Katie Yaeger November 11, 2011

The City of Columbia will hold ward-based public meetings during the next two months to help make ideas outlined in Columbia Imagined, the city's new comprehensive plan, become realities. These meetings,...

Facial hair is the new pink, as students trade shaving for prostate cancer awareness

Bradley Babendir November 11, 2011

It started in 2003 in Melbourne, Australia. The idea was simple. Men would grow mustaches in the month of November to broadcast their support for those with prostate cancer and to raise awareness for the...