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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Hitting close to home

Hitting close to home

Madeline O’Leary , Garrett Richie February 25, 2011

Chants demanding Libyan freedom from Moammar Gadhafi’s tyranny echoed from Speakers Circle early Wednesday afternoon. Although the conflict in Libya is playing out on the other side of the globe, the...

The perfect menu for a date night in

Krissy Tripp February 25, 2011

Columbia might offer quite a few date night options, but if you’re tired of movies and downtown, try staying in and having some fun with food. Yes, food. Cooking can be fun for any couple, no matter...

Gospel Extravaganza shares history, roots of music

Gospel Extravaganza shares history, roots of music

Sally French February 25, 2011

Gospel music rang through Jesse Hall as the opening event of the 34th annual Big XII Conference on Black Student Government commenced Thursday night. Thursday’s event was dubbed the Gospel Extravaganza...

El Rancho: Haven for late-night foodies

El Rancho: Haven for late-night foodies

Susan Costa February 25, 2011

Being from Texas, I have been spoiled by the abundance of Latin flavor found around every corner, and, inevitably, have been unimpressed with what Mexican food my new Midwestern home has to offer. That...

Indulge in Columbia’s most sinful slop

Kristen Herhold February 25, 2011

The Freshman Fifteen. Those few words can bring terror to every college student across America. No one wants to be among the ones who live up to those expectations at college, no one wants to overindulge...

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

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...

A trip down Oscar’s memory lane

Kate Everson February 25, 2011

“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” plays more often in my head in late February than it does at Christmas because award season makes me so giddy. I absolutely love the Oscars. It’s a time...

On Campus, Around the Nation (2/25/2011)

Lauren Bale February 25, 2011

**Ohio union workers protest Senate Bill 5 at state capitol** UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI — More than a thousand demonstrators from around the state bottlenecked at the doors of Ohio's Statehouse Tuesday...

STRIPES sends updates via new texting program

Amanda Capua February 25, 2011

Since its implementation Feb. 17, about 50 people have signed up for the new STRIPES texting service, spokesman Andrew Worrall said. The text service sends students updates and special announcements about...

House votes to strip Planned Parenthood of federal funding

House votes to strip Planned Parenthood of federal funding

Kari Paul February 25, 2011

The United States House of Representatives voted 240-185 on Friday to strip Planned Parenthood of its $75 million of annual federal funding, a measure Republicans have called a victory for taxpayers and...