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The Maneater

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The Maneater

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The Maneater

Seasoned post-punk band The Walkmen still going strong

Parker Tarun April 29, 2011

The Walkmen bassist Walter Martin has been playing music since the seventh grade. After releasing music in multiple critically-acclaimed groups, his longest tenure in the Walkmen, it doesn’t seem to...

Enrollment projected to increase despite lower graduation rates

Megan Hager April 29, 2011

Enrollment might be on the rise for the next academic year, but the increase isn’t coming from in-state students. Instead, MU is beginning to prepare for an increase in out-of-state students. One reason...

Police blotter (4/29/2011)

Ally McEntire, Kelsey Maffett April 29, 2011

**1. Freshman arrested on charges of assault at Plaza 900** An MU freshman was arrested early Tuesday for allegedly punching his former roommate at Plaza 900 Dining Hall. Freshman Tyree Alexander was...

MU looks to expand number of 'futuristic classrooms'

MU looks to expand number of ‘futuristic classrooms’

Abigail Geiger April 29, 2011

In the fall 2010 semester, a new technologically advanced classroom opened in Strickland Hall. After a year of use, plans are developing for spreading this new approach to a classroom to other facilities...

Students' hometowns hit hard by severe weather

Students’ hometowns hit hard by severe weather

Allison Prang April 29, 2011

For MU students like junior Kyle West from Poplar Bluff, Mo., home evacuations, flooded streets and residents unable to leave their homes have become the norm. Freshman Brittany Jones from Murphysboro,...

Police stop 69 cars at sobriety checkpoint

Dani Kass April 29, 2011

The MU Police Department held a checkpoint during the weekend at Maryland Avenue and Turner Avenue. MUPD Capt. Brian Weimer said 69 cars were checked between 12 a.m. and 2 a.m. “One was arrested for...

Eyewitness accounts shed light on Emmett Till story

Eyewitness accounts shed light on Emmett Till story

Kelly Olejnik April 28, 2011

It was standing room only in the Reynolds Alumni Center Columns Ballroom as the event “Emmett Till: An Eyewitness Account” commenced Wednesday evening. The event, sponsored by the Legion of Black...

Mizzou starts strut for children’s cancer

Alfie Cox April 28, 2011

It takes courage to go onstage and perform. It takes even more bravery to battle cancer. Seven pairs of MU “stars” conquered any possible stage fright to raise money for cancer patients Wednesday. The...

Pride Month keynote speaker addresses homosexuality in the South

Kate Grumke April 27, 2011

Scholar, performer and activist E. Patrick Johnson performed Monday and spoke Tuesday as the final event of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer Resource Center’s Pride Month. Johnson is a...

Road rage leads to knife threat

Kelsey Maffett April 26, 2011

A 60-year-old Columbia resident was arrested Saturday afternoon after threatening another motorist with a knife on Stadium Boulevard.   MU Police Department Capt. Scott Richardson said officers responded...

US should settle for Ryan’s OK plan

Taeler De Haes April 26, 2011

As the United States is about to hit a debt of $14.3 trillion, Americans continue to banter about how to cut the budget. U.S. Sen. Paul Ryan, R-Wi., has proposed a new budget plan titled the "Plan to Prosperity."...

Columbia police search for missing teen

Jimmy Hibsch April 26, 2011

The Columbia Police Department began searching for a teen Friday after his mother reported him missing. 17-year-old Kylan P. Stubler was last seen being picked up by an unknown friend at his father’s...