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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Police make arrest in hair product theft

Dani Kass November 11, 2011

A Columbia resident was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of stealing musical equipment, money and hair products from three businesses. Robert Johnson, 26, was pulled over travelling eastbound on I-70 when...

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...

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...

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...