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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

On Campus, Around the Nation

Taylor Fox September 20, 2011

**Secretary of Homeland Security announces new student visa website** UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS — International students at the university might be affected by a new federal initiative to process all student...

Law enforcement cracks down on child safety in motor vehicles

Jessica Anania September 20, 2011

Law enforcement is cracking down on child restraint safety as part of its National Child Passenger Safety Week promotion. Additional traffic officers will be on duty Sept. 18 through 24 to initiate an...

Six large lecture courses to receive an academic facelift

Six large lecture courses to receive an academic facelift

Megan Hager September 20, 2011

Using guidelines set by the National Center for Academic Transformation as an outline, MU is redesigning the ways large lecture classes are taught to improve student learning. In the next two years, the...

Thieves seek catalytic converters in string of thefts

Thieves seek catalytic converters in string of thefts

Daniel Shapiro September 20, 2011

Nine thefts involving catalytic converters were reported to the MU Police Department between Sept. 5 and 12. Eight of those thefts reportedly took place at University Lot CG-1, which is located at the...

Wave of pink makes Race a success

Wave of pink makes Race a success

Lizzie Johnson September 20, 2011

Gray, gloomy skies proved to be no obstacle for the wave of pink that overwhelmed Mizzou Sports Park on Sunday morning. Hosted by the Komen Mid-Missouri Affiliate, the second annual Race for the Cure...

Bike thieves target students, police say

Bike thieves target students, police say

Emmy Boyd September 16, 2011

For freshman Laura Brunette, riding her bike is more than just convenient exercise. It’s how she is able to explore campus and reach class on time. But the threat of bike thieves cause her to become...

30 Days of pre-shrunk cotton and music

Brandon Foster September 16, 2011

My name is Brandon Foster, and I am a band T-shirt-aholic. I’ve purchased 24 band tees in my 20 years of living, and I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. At an average of $25 a pop, I could’ve...

Graduate student puts MU in spotlight with flavor-changing ice cream

Graduate student puts MU in spotlight with flavor-changing ice cream

Ebony Francis September 16, 2011

To most, the idea of one scoop of ice cream having two distinct and different flavors might seem impossible. Nevertheless, food science graduate student Elizabeth Fenner and associate professor Ingolf...

Students ask Chick-fil-A for Columbia location

Katie Yaeger September 16, 2011

After Chick-fil-A never reopened following the Brady Commons renovation, MU students have started a movement to bring the franchise back to Columbia. Sophomore Nick Williams created a Facebook group last...

Skydive your way to the top of the Bucket List

Skydive your way to the top of the Bucket List

Lizzie Johnson September 16, 2011

Whether it’s putting a literal spin on Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’” or an unchecked box on the bucket list, skydiving is a much lusted-after adventure that few actually partake in. A litany of...

Technical difficulties lead to new MU clicker system

Technical difficulties lead to new MU clicker system

Josie Butler September 16, 2011

MU’s switch to the new i>clicker2 was not a result of cheating, but rather of substantial software issues. The Chronicle of Higher Education’s article, [“With cheating only a click away, professors...

Obama’s not-stimulus stimulus

Josh Hinton September 16, 2011

President Barack Obama outlined to Congress last week what was ostensibly a plan to reduce unemployment through hundreds of billions of dollars in spending and tax increases. The plan, which he insisted...