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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

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...

City manager shoots down excessive force complaint against CPD

Kelsey Maffett February 25, 2011

The complainant in the Citizens Police Review Board’s first excessive force case exhausted his final appeal Monday. In November, the review board sided with complainant Derek Billups, who said Columbia...

Police investigate string of Rec Center thefts

Kelsey Maffett February 25, 2011

Throughout three days this week, five different students reported an item stolen while at the Student Recreation Complex. The first theft was reported just after noon on Monday when a student found her...

MSA Senate elects Sloan as new speaker

Amanda Capua February 25, 2011

The Missouri Students Association Senate elected Budget Committee Chairman Jacob Sloan as the new senate speaker Wednesday night. "I'm really excited that I got senate speaker,” Sloan said. “It's...

Plans for ‘One Mizzou’ underway

Jimmy Hibsch February 25, 2011

In response to the Hatch Hall racist graffiti incident, student leaders met Tuesday to discuss the inception of the new “One Mizzou” campaign. “Bascially, the program is an initiative to promote...

RHA week boasts 'Iron Chefs,' res hall parties

RHA week boasts ‘Iron Chefs,’ res hall parties

Ana Stock February 25, 2011

The Residence Halls Association’s week of events concluded Thursday with the opening of voting for the group's presidential election. RHA began the week with Monday’s congressional meeting. The rest...