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On Campus, Around the Nation (3/8/2011)

Lauren Bale • March 8, 2011

**Nevada students arrested on conspiracy charges** UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA -- Nye County sheriffs arrested University of Nevada, Reno students Tyler Coyner and Matthew Miller early Tuesday on charges including...

Police seize 50 grams of cocaine in drug sweep

Sally French • March 8, 2011

Police arrested two more suspects on March 1 in connection to a drug investigation that involved the sale and distribution of illegal drugs, mainly cocaine. The Mustang Drug Task Force seized about 50...

Kappa Delta fundraiser dinner attendance up from last year

Sarah Clancey • March 8, 2011

Kappa Delta began its annual philanthropy week with a spaghetti dinner Sunday night at the Kappa Delta house. More than 700 people attended the dinner, up from 601 attendees last year, Kappa Delta Philanthropy...

Council bids farewell to Bill Watkins

Nichole Ballard • March 8, 2011

City Manager Bill Watkins was honored for his 22 years of service in Columbia during the Columbia City Council meeting Monday night. Watkins will officially retire Friday. As city manager, Watkins was...

ASA stomps out stereotypes with style

Alfie Cox • March 8, 2011

For some, the words “African fashion” might conjure images of loincloths or turbans. The African Student Association aimed to dispel these stereotypes through the “I Wear Africa” fashion show...

Missouri House overturns voters’ decision on minimum wage

Allison Prang • March 8, 2011

The Missouri House of Representatives voted 92-60 Monday to cap Missouri's minimum wage at the federal minimum wage level. The bill, House Bill 61, essentially reverses a voter-sponsored initiative to...

MU alumna’s sandals send Ugandan women to school

Alexis Hitt • March 8, 2011

As soon as Liz Bohannon graduated from MU, she moved to Uganda. There she met a group of women who could only dream of the chance for a university education. The women were from impoverished areas of the...

New lecture series aims to bring in high-profile speakers

Megan Hager • March 8, 2011

Chancellor Brady Deaton announced the university had endowed $1.3 million to a lecture series honoring former Sen. Kit Bond, R-Missouri on Monday. The lecture series will become a permanent fund for the...

20 members join search for new UM System president

Jimmy Hibsch • March 8, 2011

Representatives from MU will fill six of the 20 spots in the newly formed UM System presidential search committee’s advisory panel. “These members were nominated from their various groups and campuses,”...

Voting student curator amendment hits dead end

Steven Dickherber • March 8, 2011

The Missouri House of Representatives voted down an amendment to allow for a voting student curator to reside on the UM System Board of Curators on Monday. The Board of Curators, which serves as the executive...

LBC takes 2 awards at Big XII Conference

Marie Mandelberg • March 8, 2011

The Legion of Black Collegians won two awards at the 34th Annual Big XII Conference on Black Student Government, held Feb. 24 through Feb. 27. The conference is a chance for members from both Big 12 schools...

Bill restricting abortion-inducing drug causes controversy

Dani Kass • March 8, 2011

A hearing for House Bill 328 establishing the Abortion-inducing Drug Safety Act caused controversy in the Missouri House of Representatives on Wednesday. The bill, sponsored by State Rep. Andrew Koenig,...