Student loan debt surpassed credit card debt in the United States for the first time ever this year and is expected to hit $1 trillion by the end of 2011. As a result of the recession, many students face...

Vibrantly colored water balloons soared across Carnahan Quadrangle on Wednesday, hurtling from giant slingshots toward far-away targets.  The “You Launch Like A Granny” event was a fundraiser for...

State representatives passed another map with their plans for redistricting Friday morning, which passed by a vote of 91-47. The map was attached to SB 68. The new map splits up the congressional district...

Passion and fury collide in the MU Theatre Department revival of “Pride and Prejudice,” the department’s final play of the season. With corsets, dazzling chandeliers and old-world humor, “Prejudice”...

MU's below-average faculty salaries aren't news to the university. The American Association of University Professors released its annual faculty salary survey last week. Among the other Big 12 universities,...

A Japanese legend says that if 1,000 paper cranes are folded and tied together with string, a wish will be granted. Thursday, members of the Asian American Association had one wish: to help Japan recover...

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...

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."...

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...