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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Medical School seeks to help non-traditional applicants

Jaime Williams May 27, 2011

The School of Medicine offered the first MedPrep workshop May 20 and 21. The MedPrep program seeks to provide prospective medical students with advice about the application process. "The Mizzou MedPrep...

Computer science department working with IBM to train potential employees

Caitlin Swieca May 27, 2011

MU's computer science department is working with IBM to train students to work at the company's new location in Columbia. IBM aims to bring 800 jobs to the Columbia area by the end of 2012 at the service...

Senior Jimmy Stone remembered for intelligence, love of football

Senior Jimmy Stone remembered for intelligence, love of football

Jimmy Hibsch May 27, 2011

Jimmy Stone might not have known what he wanted to do after his final year of school, but he was sure of one thing: when he wasn’t getting married. “A few years ago, he couldn’t believe his cousin...

Seniors win national broadcast competition and appear on FOX News

Teddy Nykiel May 27, 2011

The School of Journalism was thrust into the national spotlight with the success of seniors Emily Spain and Blake Hanson who won the FOX News College Challenge and appeared on "FOX and Friends" on May...

Pascale’s Pals named finalist in Toyota car competition

Jimmy Hibsch May 26, 2011

Sophomore Monique White’s younger sister Pascale was diagnosed with cancer at only 18 months old. Now, she is thriving in her junior year of high school, thanks to the MU Women’s and Children’s Hospital. As...

Tau Kappa Epsilon, Delta Chi collect donations for Joplin relief

Ally McEntire May 26, 2011

MU fraternities Tau Kappa Epsilon and Delta Chi have set up drop sites and fundraisers to give the Columbia community another way to help with the Joplin disaster. "We had some members personally affected,...

Suspect in Boone County National Bank robbery still at large

Suspect in Boone County National Bank robbery still at large

Jimmy Hibsch May 25, 2011

An alarm was sound at about midnight May 20 at Boone County National Bank after someone robbed the bank. Police responded but apprehended no suspect. Later that day, police distributed photographs from...

Joplin residents share their stories

Joplin residents share their stories

Ally McEntire May 25, 2011

According to the MU Provost’s office, 69 MU students are from Joplin. Next year, this number will increase by 17. A tornado flattened six miles of the city running east to west, leaving damaged trees...

UPDATE: Rescue teams flock to Joplin in wake of F5 tornado

Ally McEntire May 24, 2011

Between the city blocks of 20th and 32nd Streets in Joplin, Mo., all that can be seen for miles are stripped trees, rubble and debris. The city was hit with an F5 tornado on the evening of May 22, and...

Board of Curators convene in special meeting to orient new members

Jimmy Hibsch May 20, 2011

The UM System Board of Curators called a special meeting Thursday and Friday in Kansas City to orient new curators and reconfigure some committees. Typically, nine curators from across the state of Missouri...

‘Winter’s Bone’ musicians to perform in Columbia

Brandon Foster May 19, 2011

After members of the “Winter’s Bone” production team stopped by a music party to see singer Marideth Sisco and hear some genuine Ozark music, Sisco thought she had heard the last of them. “I had...

Celebration of Teaching Excellence honors outstanding professors

Turner Johnson May 18, 2011

In the midst of MU Staff Appreciation Week, the university honored its professors with the Celebration of Teaching Excellence on Tuesday in the Reynolds Alumni Center. The event also acted as a conference,...