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The Maneater

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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

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

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

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

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

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...

Columbia sees spike in gang-related crimes

Columbia sees spike in gang-related crimes

Jimmy Hibsch February 8, 2011

When Douglass High School student Alonzo Stevens was arrested Jan. 25 in connection with two earlier shootings, the Columbia Police Department suspected gang activity. Given Columbia’s gang presence,...

MU welcomes international students

MU welcomes international students

Vineeta Tan February 8, 2011

The semi-annual International Welcome Party was held Saturday at the MU Student Center. Students were presented with a multicultural gastronomic experience as international student organizations showcased...

MU professor brings African mbira to Columbia

MU professor brings African mbira to Columbia

Robert Langellier February 8, 2011

Where does one find traditional African music in modern Western culture? Images of heavy drumming, tribal chant and Vampire Weekend might come to mind. But African melodies have made their way over the...

Graduate, elementary students read together for Black History Month

Jimmy Hibsch February 8, 2011

Anthony James, president of the Association of Black Graduate and Professional Students, read in front of a Derby Ridge Elementary fifth grade class Jan. 31. The next two days, it snowed. Blizzard conditions...