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An overview of True/False short films

Emily Willroth • March 1, 2011

Playing alongside the True/False Film Fest's feature-length films are dozens of short films, both old and new. For a complete list, visit truefalse.org/programs/shorts. **'Out of Love'** Director: Birgitee...

MSA updates goMizzou smartphone app

Amanda Capua • March 1, 2011

The Missouri Students Association updated the goMizzou app for the iPhone and Android this semester. As of Monday, 9,533 students have downloaded the app for the iPhone and 1,540 students have downloaded...

Festival highlights

Emily Willroth • March 1, 2011

In addition to film screenings, True/False Film Fest offers live musical performances, dinners, after parties and panel discussions. For a complete list of events, visit truefalse.org. **@ction! Party** 10...

School of Medicine hosts Nobel Laureate

Seung Ah Lee • March 1, 2011

The School of Medicine is hosting the Translational Neuroscience Symposium at the Christopher S. Bond Life Science Center from Feb. 27 to March 1. Leading scientists in neuroscience from all over the...

Drunk driver crashes through church entrance

Kari Paul • March 1, 2011

An intoxicated driver crashed a car through the side of First Presbyterian Church on Friday on Hitt Street. Scott Robinson, 21, was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, first-degree property...

MU Children’s Hospital to begin fundraising efforts

Vineeta Tan • March 1, 2011

The MU Children's Hospital will be hosting several fundraising events in the upcoming weeks, beginning with IHOP's National Pancake Day celebration. Patrons of IHOP will have the opportunity to make a...

Conference ends with Big XII step show

Kelly Olejnik • February 27, 2011

The Black Student Union step team from Missouri Western State University and the University of Minnesota Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. step team took first place in the women and men’s division of...

Big XII Conference hosts CNN correspondent Soledad O’Brien

Kelly Olejnik • February 26, 2011

The 34th annual Big XII conference on Black Student Government featured speaker Soledad O’Brien on Friday at Jesse Auditorium. O’Brien, an award winning and nationally recognized CNN correspondent...

Conference expected to host 45 universities

Kelly Olejnik • February 26, 2011

The 34th annual Big XII Conference on Black Student Government began Thursday night. Twenty-eight schools checked into the 34th annual Big XII Conference on Black Student Government at MU during the first...

A proposal to end the laugh track

Pierce Courchaine • February 25, 2011

I found something completely off-putting when I watched CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory” for the first time the other day. That something was its laugh track. For those who are out-of-the-loop there,...

How Fall Out Boy broke my heart with six letters

Ellen Fike • February 25, 2011

Hiatus. Normally, I would have never taken another glance at this word. But in 2009, my favorite band, Fall Out Boy, used this six-letter word to break my heart. My four favorite men had announced that...

McCaskill speaks out on Libya, budget cuts at town hall forum

Gregory Zajac, Kari Paul • February 25, 2011

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., advocated reducing the deficit and defended President Barack Obama’s policy on Libya at a town hall forum Wednesday in Columbia City Hall. She said increased contracting...