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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Roadtrip out of your Columbia rut

Roadtrip out of your Columbia rut

Krissy Tripp September 16, 2011

It’s no secret Columbia isn’t known as the most exciting place on earth. Luckily, more entertainment is only a small road trip away: St. Louis. This two-hour drive promises culture and venues Columbia...

Covering the covers

Christine Cauthen September 16, 2011

Sometimes all it takes is a different vocalist or a slightly shifted arrangement to rejuvenate an old favorite song. Although nothing can (usually) beat the original, a new take on a classic can bring...

Fraternity Alumni Consortium celebrates IFC academics

Fraternity Alumni Consortium celebrates IFC academics

Katie Yaeger September 16, 2011

MU’s Fraternity Alumni Consortium recognized 11 fraternities Thursday for their academic excellence during the spring 2011 semester at a ceremony in Jesse Hall. John Dean, MU Fraternity Alumni Consortium...

Mizzou Reads speaker Lt. General Russel Honoré discusses preparedness and leadership

Mizzou Reads speaker Lt. General Russel Honoré discusses preparedness and leadership

Cait Campbell September 15, 2011

Lieutenant General Russel Honoré, MU’s Mizzou Reads speaker, visited Jesse Auditorium on Wednesday evening to discuss preparedness and leadership in the U.S. during Hurricane Katrina. The Mizzou Reads...

It’s hard to imagine a world in which this hadn’t happened

Megan Zagorski September 13, 2011

I was in my fourth grade science class at my Catholic elementary school, and our teacher, Sister Catherine, wouldn’t tell us exactly what had happened at first, just that something terrible had happened...

LSTC implements drug screening for new students to make for safer campus

September 13, 2011

Linn State Technical College is preparing to implement a new drug-screening program to test all students for a variety of drugs, ranging from prescription pills to hallucinogens. Created with the intent...

Analysis: US safer since 2001, but still vulnerable to attacks

Charlie O’Neill September 13, 2011

Some political science professors have come to the conclusion that though the United States might now be more prepared to handle familiar terrorist attacks in large areas, the country should still be concerned...

Students reflect on Sept. 11, 2001

“I was in my fourth grade class during the events of Sept. 11. I mainly remember my teacher crying after getting a phone call with the news. I feel like everyone became super cautious, afraid and slightly...

Event raises money, awareness for anti-human trafficking orgs

Event raises money, awareness for anti-human trafficking orgs

Elise Moser September 13, 2011

The Central Missouri Stop Trafficking Coalition and MU’s Stop Traffic organization co-sponsored the second “Freedom by Fashion” event Sunday. The event, held in Jesse Auditorium, centered around...

Drop in high school grads forces MU to bump out-of-state recruitment

Lizzie Johnson September 13, 2011

The aging of baby boomers might end up affecting not just social security in the near future, but also colleges around Missouri. Due to the long-awaited demographic shift, the number of graduating high...

Weekend outage affects residents along Grindstone Parkway

Wes Duplantier September 13, 2011

More than 1,400 people in south Columbia lost electricity for a few hours Sunday afternoon after power lines on Grindstone Parkway were damaged, causing a small grass fire. Columbia Water and Light spokeswoman...

Police Blotter

Ally McEntire, Adam Aton September 13, 2011

1. Police find cakey substance during traffic stop A Columbia man was arrested after police discovered him hiding a white, cakey substance in his mouth. An officer performed a traffic stop at Business...