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Organizations offer alternative postgraduate options

Organizations offer alternative postgraduate options

Joyu Wang April 4, 2011

Through informational sessions and meeting with students, the Peace Corps continues offering an alternative postgraduate option to MU students.   The Peace Corps is an independent U.S. government agency,...

McCaskill: Plane controversy was ‘serious, sloppy mistake’

McCaskill: Plane controversy was ‘serious, sloppy mistake’

Kari Paul April 1, 2011

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is facing a final bill of nearly $320,000 in unpaid taxes on her small private plane, including $80,000 in interest. The senator insists this is all a “big, serious, sloppy...

Plain White T’s hit Columbia on April 6

Ellen Fike April 1, 2011

Plain White T’s have been serenading fans regularly with their power-pop melodies since 1997. But most listeners didn't tune in until the 2007 release of their Grammy-nominated single, “Hey There Delilah,”...

Police blotter (3/22/2011)

Kelsey Maffett, Tony Puricelli March 22, 2011

**Suspects arrested for fake identification**   Two students, Sarah Myers, 20, and Samantha Styne, 19, face charges for false identification and purchase or possession of alcohol by a minor after an incident...

Grand Pause Tonic brought diverse sounds to Whitmore Recital Hall Saturday

Robert Langellier March 22, 2011

Grand Pause Tonic is a collection of singers as diverse as its repertoire. The MU vocal jazz group put on its concert "One Year Later" Saturday at Whitmore Recital Hall. The group sings mostly a capella,...

Columbia resident mixes nature and absurdity in hand-drawn comic

Ellen Fike March 22, 2011

Scott Ross is just a normal guy that works at Lakota Coffee Co., but on the first and third Thursday of the past month, he has been the guy who passes out his home-drawn comic. The comic, “The Dancing...

Dinner theater raises funds for library project

Megan Hager March 22, 2011

An estimated 12.3 million people are trafficked each year, according to the International Labor Organization. The Newman Volunteer Corps raised awareness through music Saturday night. NVC held a dinner...

MU honors playwright Tennessee Williams

MU honors playwright Tennessee Williams

Abigail Geiger March 22, 2011

Tennessee Williams was many things: an award-winning playwright, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and, unknown to many students, a student at the Missouri School of Journalism for three...

‘One Mizzou’ set to begin April 7

Jimmy Hibsch March 22, 2011

The "One Mizzou" campaign meant to celebrate diversity at MU is nearly ready for its launch date, Missouri Students Association President Eric Woods said. “Did I think that it would ever become this...

MSA committee backs zero tolerance for hate crimes

Kelly Olejnik March 22, 2011

The Missouri Students Association's Multicultural Issues Committee is working to write legislation proposing a zero tolerance policy be added to the M-book, the university's set of official disciplinary...

Students form campus Libertarian group

Allison Prang March 22, 2011

Young Americans for Liberty, a student Libertarian organization, will soon join the MU Democrats and Mizzou College Republicans as an MU student political organization. Young Americans for Liberty President...

Police investigate assault at Trops

Allison Prang March 22, 2011

Columbia Police Department officers responded to reports of an assault at 11:09 p.m. Thursday at Tropical Liqeurs in downtown Columbia. CPD Spokeswoman Latisha Stroer said the victim was assaulted by...