**Prepare for kindness** Last week, I approached the cashier at Berkeley Bowl grocery store in Berkeley, Calif., with my produce and a smile. As he rang me up, he avoided eye contact at all times, never...

Showing up late to a lecture and having 500 pairs of eyes turn and stare: awkward. Finding an acquaintance kneeling before a trash can in response to a rough Thirsty Thursday: awkward. College is full...

As it stands, the summer of 2011 is becoming the summer of cinematic nostalgia. Ranging from “Midnight in Paris” to “X-Men First Class” and most recently “Super 8,” it seems that a greater...

When you think of Missouri, phrases like "middle of the country," and "smack dab in the Midwest," come to mind. On the contrary, Columbia has a variety of places for students to travel to and from and...

Committing a crime is not always a requirement to spend the night in jail. For a fee, people can now spend a night behind bars at the new Cole County Jail in Jefferson City as part of its new Bed, Breakfast...

Senators Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Thursday supporting Gov. Jay Nixon’s request for an emergency disaster declaration for 27 counties in...

Welcome Week is one of the best times to meet new people, get free stuff and enjoy life in Columbia prior to classes and homework. Expect lots of small talk and mass amounts of information. But also expect...

Picture this: You’re standing in the middle of Faurot Field, surrounded by 20,000 students clad in gold. It has rained all night long and everyone smells like damp sweat, but no one cares. As one gargantuan...

Every summer a portion of MU students stay in town and look for employment opportunities. What those students might have found is many businesses were loyal to their school-year employees and unwilling...

In an effort to broaden its influence, the Mizzou Engineering Foundation has begun a web-based outreach program. Initial steps have included setting up a Facebook page and a LinkedIn group earlier this...

The Missouri Departments of Education and Higher Education released a report June 9 showing a map of where students are filing Free Application for Federal Student Aid forms in Missouri. The map was compiled...