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J school mulls over new mobile technology requirement

Casey Purcella • April 19, 2011

A faculty committee in the School of Journalism is reviewing the school's mobile device requirement, which requires students to own a handheld multimedia player with Internet connectivity, to decide whether...

Police investigate convenience store robbery

Sally French • April 19, 2011

Police are still investigating an armed robbery Monday morning involving four suspects at the Phillips 66 Convenience Store on Ash Street. Four unidentified suspects, one of whom was armed with a handgun,...

Artrageous Friday celebrates artistic prosperity

Liz Stratman • April 17, 2011

Five years ago, local artists had an idea -- one that would welcome the Columbia community into their world of inspirational art and culture. This idea involved into a quarterly event, where people gathered...

MU, Texas A&M snag $14 million grant for cattle research

Steve Cassidy • April 16, 2011

MU and Texas A&M have been awarded two grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that total more than 14 million dollars. The two schools will combine their efforts in researching food efficiency...

Go green at Columbia Earth Day festival

Chelsea Bengier • April 15, 2011

The drab grayness of winter has finally seceded; flowers are blooming and life around Columbia is celebrating the fresh, warm comfort of spring. As the temperature rises and the landscape brightens to...

Boone County Sheriff’s Department arrests 17 during sobriety checkpoint

Tony Puricelli • April 15, 2011

The Boone County Sheriff’s Department conducted a sobriety checkpoint Wednesday on the 1300 block of East Prathersville Road, just north of the city. “It was actually fairly productive for a Wednesday...

Life on the road: A dirty, drunk, logistical nightmare

Amber Taylor • April 15, 2011

The days run together as the trees, the lampposts and the road signs blur along the seemingly unending stretches of highway, slowly bringing them closer and closer to parts of the country they have been...

Monk Drive to close in June

Jimmy Hibsch • April 15, 2011

After the UM System Board of Curators, the governing board of the four-campus UM System, approved $16.5 million for the project in December, construction on the Monk stream line will begin Monday and will...

On Campus, Around the Nation (4/15/2011)

Lauren Bale • April 15, 2011

**CSUF celebrates Earth Day with the Earth Week Expo** CAL STATE FULLERTON — The Cal State Fullerton Environmental Advocacy program is planning an Earth Week Expo featuring films, workshops and art...

Whining for the sake of whine has its merits

Abby Spudich • April 15, 2011

Social media has brought to light many unfortunate trends. I, too, was annoyed to see 80 or more statuses declaring that is had, indeed, snowed this winter. Thank God for that Facebook friend who will...

Investigators make cocaine arrests

Sally French • April 15, 2011

Sheriff’s deputies arrested two Columbia residents after they discovered a cocaine distribution operation during a search of a residence, a Boone County Sheriff’s Department news release stated. Investigators...

MU Health Care predicts severe allergy season

Megan Hager • April 15, 2011

MU Health Care allergists are expecting an exodus of pollen in the air this spring due to the amount of moisture Columbia received in the winter. In preparation for the intense spring allergy season,...