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Highway Patrol sweeps awards in quality and production

Highway Patrol sweeps awards in quality and production

Amanda Svoboda November 11, 2011

The Missouri State Highway Patrol won two awards in Efficiency/Process Improvement and Technology in Government categories of the 2011 Governor’s Awards for Quality and Production. Two initiative projects,...

MU hosts Transgender Awareness Program

MU hosts Transgender Awareness Program

Nassim Benchaabane November 11, 2011

Transgender Awareness, a series of events meant to raise awareness of the transgender community on campus and educate students, began Tuesday with the rocking vocals of Lucas Silveira of The Cliks. Silveira...

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...

Medal of Honor recipient Salvator Giunta speaks during MU Veterans Week

Turner Johnson November 9, 2011

One of the highlights of Veterans Week was a speech delivered by former Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, the first surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. “This is a pretty...

First Lady declines visit to MU

First Lady declines visit to MU

Chris Jasper November 9, 2011

First lady Michelle Obama will not be coming to Columbia in the near future. Although she was invited to be the keynote speaker at Food Sense, the annual MU Life Sciences and Society Symposium, she and...

Diversity in Action seminars continue with ‘The Role of Culture in Coping’

Elise Moser November 9, 2011

The Diversity in Action seminar series continued Wednesday with a panel on “The Role of Culture in Coping with Life’s Challenges: An Act-in-Context.” The hour-long session featured professor Puncky...

Columbia voters approve Community Improvement District tax

Wes Duplantier November 9, 2011

AP’d Boone County Clerk http://www.boonecountyclerk.com/ Columbia attorney Skip Walther, the chair of the CID’s board of directors http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/Council/Commissions/downloadfile.php?id=2200 Special...

The Decemberists: _Long Live the King (EP)_

Miles Dobis November 8, 2011

A truly successful EP is a rare thing. It needs to balance its four-to-six-song playlist with both conciseness and a sense of artistic purpose and statement. It's even more surprising and exciting to...

Phantogram: Nightlife – 4 out of 5 stars

Greg Lindsey November 8, 2011

When Phantogram released its first album, _Eyelid Movies_, in 2009, it created serious buzz with its “street beat” sound: a hazy take on trip-hop revival. The electronic duo from upstate New York...