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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

MU’s professors break national salary trends

Abigail Geiger March 11, 2011

A study published in the Chronicle of Higher Education on Monday demonstrated the inequality between professor’s salaries based on the subject they teach. Nationally, law professors are paid higher than...

Suspect drives through checkpoint, flees on foot

Sally French March 11, 2011

A driver reportedly fled his vehicle and evaded one of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department’s periodic sobriety checkpoints before being arrested Sunday night. The driver, identified as Lucas Wren,...

Jesse Hall’s dome sports colorful traditions

Jimmy Hibsch March 11, 2011

For the next week, Jesse Hall’s dome will sport a new color: green. In the spirit of Engineering Week, which begins next week, the spotlights shining upon Jesse Hall’s dome will be filtered with a...

Adderall abuse: Unhealthy, unfair or ineffective?

Adderall abuse: Unhealthy, unfair or ineffective?

Madeline O’Leary March 11, 2011

Whether it's downed with a cup of coffee or crushed up and snorted before a party, illegal use of the cognition-enhancing ADHD prescription Adderall has pervaded college campuses across the United States. Adderall...

New group for women focuses on empowerment

New group for women focuses on empowerment

Jimmy Hibsch March 11, 2011

Seniors Ericka Jackson, Jasmin Stewart, Jenee Duncan and Shante "Fenique" King were inspired following last month’s racial graffiti incident outside of Hatch Hall and last year’s cotton ball incident. “After...

STRIPES looks ahead after 100,000th ride

STRIPES looks ahead after 100,000th ride

Kelly Olejnik March 11, 2011

STRIPES, MU’s safe-ride organization that runs Thursday through Saturday nights, gave its 100,000 safe ride during operation this past weekend. “It is a pretty big milestone for us,” STRIPES Director...

Belly dancers shimmy for spring dance

Kate Grumke March 8, 2011

Bells tinkled to sultry eastern music Thursday as belly dancers from Moon Belly Dance Studio gyrated and shimmied. The event was part of the spring dance sequence, sponsored by the Union Arts Council,...

Online class registration begins for summer

Teddy Nykiel March 8, 2011

Registration began Monday for online courses, and enrollment numbers for the summer semester are expected to rise, Director of MU Direct Linda Cupp said. More than 40 courses will be newly available for...

Volunteers carry True/False Film Fest

Volunteers carry True/False Film Fest

Alexis Hitt March 8, 2011

For the eighth year, True/False Film Fest transformed downtown Columbia, bringing together the community with films, speakers, events, parties and live music. But what makes the event run smoothly each...

Women hold 4 percent of D1A athletics director jobs

Kate Grumke March 8, 2011

Almost 40 years after the passage of Title IX, which promoted gender equality in educational athletic programs, and almost 30 years after the NCAA included women’s sports, women hold no more than 4 percent...

MU musicians shine in Emerging Artist Showcase

Joel Samson Berntsen March 8, 2011

Jesse Auditorium showcased some of MU's most talented musicians in the School of Music's Emerging Artist Showcase on Sunday evening. The annual showcase auditioned students in early February through a...

Administration joins ‘One Mizzou’ campaign

Jimmy Hibsch March 8, 2011

A new administrative involvement in the “One Mizzou” campaign will expand the program's reach but will also tweak some of its original plans, Missouri Students Association President Eric Woods said. Last...