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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

Student pulse check: Netflix

Caitlyn Gallip November 4, 2011

For the past few months, the entertainment world has been a yo-yo for Netflix users. From price and policy changes to Netflix stocks going haywire, this streaming giant has had its work cut out for it. But...

Environmental Policy Speaker Series aims to make environmental policies

Hanna Jacunski November 4, 2011

The Sustainable Environmental Policy Speaker Series, a series on environmental awareness, aims to make impacting environmental policy more than just water cooler talk and clever slogans. For the faculty...

Netflix love: “The Dead Poets Society”

Kelly Scanlon November 4, 2011

Movies were never really my thing. I mean, I liked them on occasion. But I have forever been a huge literature junkie instead because, let’s face it, the book is always, _always_ better than the movie. And...

Columbia native skates her way to World Championship

Columbia native skates her way to World Championship

Lizzie Johnson November 4, 2011

Emma Trent, 16, knows how to keep herself busy. A junior at North Callaway High School, the svelte blonde juggles playing clarinet for both the marching band and the jazz band, maintaining her honor roll...

Once you go ‘V,’ you never go back: ‘Vendetta’ leaves lasting impact

Claire Landsbaum November 4, 2011

Into every life comes a pivotal movie. Some work of cinema will, inevitably, make a nonchalant entrance, sweep you off your feet, mangle your emotions and warp your perspective on life and waltz along...

Friends with benefits: a Netflix friendship

Natalie Cheng November 4, 2011

My relationship with my boyfriend's roommate is really…odd. And not because he's seen my stressed-out, hair-piled-on-the-top-of-my-head-like-Ping-from-"Mulan," buried-under-a-mountain-of-Fruit-by-the-Foot-coils...

10 Years Later, Moulin Rouge Still Dazzles

10 Years Later, Moulin Rouge Still Dazzles

Dylan Chapman November 4, 2011

Most movies you just watch. The images from the screen reflect into your eyes and are processed somewhere or other in the intricate folds of your brain. It’s an experience of almost scientific regularity....

UM System rep presents performance funding information to Faculty Council

Caitlin Swieca November 4, 2011

Nikki Krawitz, UM System vice president for finance and administration, presented information about proposed measures for performance funding at Thursday’s Faculty Council meeting. During the discussion,...

A peaceful moment with a jazz icon: John Scofield tells it all

A peaceful moment with a jazz icon: John Scofield tells it all

Matthew Flores November 4, 2011

John Scofield is a man at peace. After nearly 40 years and enough records to stuff Dizzy Gillespie’s cheeks, the man known as "Sco" has released an album that perfectly exemplifies his skills as a guitar...

MU Medical school leads research project for combat medic training

Amanda Svoboda November 4, 2011

The MU School of Medicine has received a $5.3 million federal grant from the United States Department of Defense to research the most effective methods of combat medic training, according to a news release. To...

5 songs that transform movies into works of art

Christine Cauthen November 4, 2011

Sometimes a song sounds like it's illustrating your life. Oftentimes, a song really does illustrate a movie scene. It's incredible how different movies would play out if they didn't have the words and...

The gems of Netflix

Cat Geissler November 4, 2011

TV shows nowadays are prolonged films of similar and, at times, superior quality whose ultimate challenge is to keep people watching. A great and extensive list of shows is offered for viewing sans commercials...