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Circus brings white lions and colorful creatures

Dani Kass • May 6, 2011

Lions and tigers and elephants – oh my! On May 13, they'll be stomping on to the Boone County Fairgrounds when Circus Pages returns. This circus might be small, but it does not lack quality. Ringmaster...

Water Projects set out to break the Guinness World Record at MU

Joyu Wang • May 6, 2011

The world's longest chain of shoes will be lined up across Stankowski Field on Saturday, setting out to break the Guinness World Record. The event will be held in partnership with a shoe collecting project...

Come for the classes, stay for the concerts

Brandon Foster • May 6, 2011

Staying in Columbia for the summer to get in-state tuition? (Read: “Avoiding parents?”) Actually live in Columbia? (Wait, people who don’t go to college actually live here?) Live close to CoMo and...

MSA passes resolution opposing parking meter increase

Amanda Capua • May 6, 2011

The Missouri Students Association passed a resolution opposing the increase in hourly rates and extended hours for the parking meters on Tiger Avenue at joint session. According to the resolution, the...

JSO honors victims at Holocaust Remembrance Week

Dani Kass • May 6, 2011

The Jewish Student Organization brought light to the past with Holocaust Remembrance Week. To begin the week, JSO held a showing of _Defiance_ at Hillel. The movie is about a group of Jewish brothers...

Say ‘I do’ to appropriate wedding attire

Abby Spudich • May 6, 2011

In approximately one week we bid adieu to school. Good bye cramped, stuffy lecture halls. Good bye "convenience" and "comfort." Good bye "Can I ride my bike in this?" and changing three times a day to...

Family offers reward for missing son, former MU student

Jimmy Hibsch • May 6, 2011

During the past five months, former MU student Nick Coppola’s family has spent what they call an immeasurable amount of time and emotional energy in search of their son. Now, they have put up a $3,000...

Shops in the District buy old clothes, sell new

Teresa Klassen • May 6, 2011

As students leave Columbia for the summer, it becomes clear that what we have is an overwhelming amount of stuff—often piles of clothes that aren’t worn anymore. A great solution to cutting the clutter...

On Campus, Around the Nation (5/6/2011)

Lauren Bale • May 6, 2011

**UI steps up monitoring of students abroad** UNIVERSITY OF IOWA- University of Iowa junior Summer Schoop, who is studying abroad in Seville, Spain, stayed up all night Sunday to watch President Barack...

US Army Corps of Engineers blows up Missouri levee

Abigail Geiger • May 6, 2011

After heavy flooding in the region, the United States Army Corps of Engineers blew up a levee in southeastern Missouri on Monday night to spare an Illinois town from the floodwaters. Immense pressure...

Police blotter (5/6/2011)

Ally McEntire, Kelsey Maffett • May 6, 2011

**Police make arrest over argument involving Xbox** Police arrested Sanchez Callaway on Monday morning after an argument about living arrangements. Callaway was arrested around 10:47 a.m. at 260 Southampton...

Peace Studies director John Galliher to leave MU

Brandon Grammer • May 6, 2011

After 16 years of teaching, Peace Studies program director John Galliher has decided to move on. “Sixteen years later, it just seemed right,” Galliher said. Along with his director positon, Galliher...