Don’t let Welcome Week deceive you: college life isn’t all rock-painting and free Shakespeare’s. At some point, you will face challenges mightier than collecting as many black-and-gold T-shirts as...

**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...

As of July 1, MU is on to stage two of its three-stage plan to become a smoke-free campus. “It’s time to clear the air,” the [Smoke-Free Mizzou website](http://smokefree.missouri.edu/) states. “The...

The Missouri Film Office closed Thursday after Gov. Jay Nixon cut its state funding. The office was established in 1983 as a resource for production companies looking to film in the state. Its employees...

MU’s women's fraternity [Pi Beta Phi](http://www.pibetaphi.org/pibetaphi/missouri/) received the 2010 Balfour Cup at the national convention in Orlando on June 27. The Balfour Cup has recognized the...

In a time when MU is dealing with the strains of the economic downturn, Mizzou Advantage is still finding a way to hire new faculty. Mizzou Advantage has set aside part of its budget to match the university...

MU is making a special effort to open up young students' minds to science through two heavily funded movements: the Academy for Teachers using Inquiry and Modeling Experiences (A TIME for Physics First)...

With teenage years come several uncomfortable, yet inevitable, happenings: body odor, impudent attitudes and the realization that perhaps the opposite sex really isn’t so bad after all. With the excitement...

The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and MU met Thursday to discuss an extension for the decommissioning of radioactive materials inside Pickard Hall. Pickard Hall is located on Francis Quadrangle...