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Music blog showcases local rappers

Tony Puricelli • February 8, 2011

Columbia rap fans get ready. CampusMUsick.com will present Ohio’s own Machine Gun Kelly on Friday night at The Blue Note. This marks CampusMUsick’s second Columbia concert, which will feature performances...

MSO bumps up membership with event planning

Garrett Richie • February 8, 2011

The Muslim Student Organization is promoting increased participation this semester with new weekly events for both the Muslim Brothers and Muslim Sisters. According to MSO spokesman Mahir Khan, the Brother’s...

Textbook pickup goes smoothly despite severe weather

Tony Puricelli • February 8, 2011

Despite record snowfall the first few weeks of class, the spring semester has seen few problems regarding student textbook pickup. Student Auxiliary Services spokeswoman Michelle Froese said the Early...

Sustain Mizzou turns seven

Jaime Henry-White • February 8, 2011

Sustain Mizzou celebrated seven years as student-run campus organization Friday with food, birthday cake and socializing. “It is really incredible that we are celebrating our seventh birthday this month...

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,...