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MDHE plans to cut, merge 116 degree programs statewide, 19 at MU

Jimmy Hibsch • February 11, 2011

A little more than a month after MU submitted its own report listing "low-producing" degree programs, the Missouri Department of Higher Education released its report about the subject Wednesday, revealing...

Coffee Zone: not just an escape, but a cultural junction

Cade Cleavelin • February 11, 2011

There is no shortage of places to get a decent cup of coffee in Columbia. But just up the street from where Kaldi’s and Lakota sit in jest is Coffee Zone, a small place that will take you farther away...

Department of Health announces new plan to extend coverage to college students

Ethan Colbert • February 11, 2011

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a new plan to extend coverage to an additional three million college students through the Affordable Healthcare Act of 2010 by adding additional...

Council approves parking fine hike, downtown apartments

Nichole Ballard • February 8, 2011

Columbia City Council met Monday night and approved ordinances that resulted in higher parking meter fees for Columbia residents. The council also gave the green light to rezoning for a downtown apartment...

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act changed after public backlash

Kari Paul • February 8, 2011

In stride with their promise to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the House Republican Majority introduced a bill to limit federal funding of abortions. The bill, called the No Taxpayer...

College enrollment booms despite economic falter

Ethan Colbert • February 8, 2011

In 2009, 7.1 percent more people enrolled in college in the United States than in the previous fall, according to a new study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The additional...

Lathrop, Wolpers to go co-ed in fall

Sally French • February 8, 2011

Lathrop and Wolpers Halls will go co-ed, effective in fall 2011, in an effort to accommodate students’ demands, Residential Life Director Frankie Minor said. “Generations ago, or even decades ago,...

Faculty to decide how snow days are made up

Stephanie Ebbs • February 8, 2011

After receiving three consecutive snow days for the first time in MU's history last week, students will pay the price later in the semester with a series of makeup days, university officials say. Faculty...

Senior launches lifestyle webzine

Joel Samson Berntsen • February 8, 2011

"The Prothro Review" premiered its first wave of content Friday. A new life-style webzine, "The Prothro Review" focuses on modern culture and style. Trey Prothro, a senior editing student, updates "The...

Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day advocates prevention

Jimmy Hibsch • February 8, 2011

Throughout the past week, the Mizzou Black Men’s Initiative has been tweeting facts about AIDS and HIV in the black community. “Black Americans make up about 12 percent of the U.S. population, but...

Detectives investigate decades-old homicide cases

Sally French • February 8, 2011

The conclusion of the Becky Doisy murder trial last week closed one of Columbia’s unresolved homicide cases. But the Boone County Sheriff’s Department is still investigating three unsolved murders,...

Suspect uses credit card stolen during armed robbery

Kelsey Maffett • February 8, 2011

A credit card stolen at gunpoint on campus Feb. 1 was used at a Columbia gas station shortly after the incident, according to an MU Police Department news release. The student, who had been walking near...