Missouri legislators traveled to Joplin, Mo. on June 8 to witness the damage first-hand. Organized by Rep. Bill White, R-Joplin, and Rep. Charlie Davis, R-Webb City, nearly 40 members surveyed the damage...

In response to the Joplin tornado, Gov. Jay Nixon has asked the federal government to cover 100 percent of the uninsured damage costs. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has already committed to...

Faculty Council is taking a step back to re-examine the diversity intensive course requirement proposal after it was voted down in May, a result many council members were not expecting. The council met...

Controversy has stirred about the flooding waters of the mid-America rivers and their effects on local communities in southeast Missouri. The United States Army Corps of Engineers has expressed the potential...

MU’s Campus Writing Program has appointed Amy Lannin, an assistant teaching professor in English education, as its new director. The goal of CPW is to approve and provide support for writing intensive...

Campus Dining Services is conducting another trayless dining trial period this summer. The trial is part of an effort to see if trayless dining is something CDS wants to implement in all dining halls. “We’ve...

Angered by a local increase in college parties, concerned Columbia citizens collaborated with Columbia City Council members in 2006 to create a law that would place limits on the amount of social gatherings,...

From microwaves to bedding to an array of Freshman Interest Group T-shirts, shoppers could find nearly anything a college student could own at the 2011 Tiger Treasures rummage sale. Tiger Treasures opened...

MU is combining the French and Spanish major programs into a single romance language major. The change is the result of a survey conducted by the Missouri Department of Higher Education in order to cut...