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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Mizzou Advantage contributes $4 million to combat MU budget shortfall

Jimmy Hibsch February 1, 2011

To help cushion the blow the UM System's budget will take from state funding cuts, Mizzou Advantage, the series of initiatives meant to improve MU in several specific areas, contributed $4 million to MU's...

New website caters to journalism students

New website caters to journalism students

Allison Prang February 1, 2011

With a water bottle filled with milk and a Special K bar for breakfast in hand, convergence journalism senior David Teeghman sits down in the Futures Lab in the Reynolds Journalism Institute. RJI, which...

MU offers mental health services to students

Stephanie Ebbs February 1, 2011

The number of mental illness cases on college campuses has been on the rise in the past 10 years, according to an article in Psychiatric News. The Student Health Center and Counseling Center both have...

Columbia Gadget Works promotes science in the community

Columbia Gadget Works promotes science in the community

Tony Puricelli February 1, 2011

Professor Scott Kovaleski took the time to figure out for himself how one could make Christmas lights flash to the beat of his favorite holiday tune. “That involves building some software that will...

'Dog Sees God' drops 'Peanuts' characters into tough times

‘Dog Sees God’ drops ‘Peanuts’ characters into tough times

Kari Paul February 1, 2011

The Theater Department is bringing the "Peanuts" cartoon characters back to life — only this time the "Peanuts" gang of our childhood is all grown up and dealing with some heavy issues. Snoopy is dead,...

Guilty verdict in Doisy murder trial provides closure for detective

Sally French February 1, 2011

Friday’s guilty verdict in a decades-old murder concluded a former detective’s only unresolved case in more than 22 years. Chris Egbert, now retired from the Columbia Police Department, began investigating...

Ed Martin announces bid for US Senate seat

Ed Martin announces bid for US Senate seat

Kari Paul February 1, 2011

Republican attorney Ed Martin announced Monday he will run for a United States Senate seat against incumbent Claire McCaskill in 2012. Martin served as Chief of Staff for former Gov. Matt Blunt and narrowly...

Bingham Gallery showcases graduate students’ work

Bingham Gallery showcases graduate students’ work

Teresa Klassen February 1, 2011

If your idea of art is still-life paintings, you might have a new definition of art by the time you leave George Caleb Bingham Gallery’s new exhibit. The gallery is currently hosting “Where I End And...

Snowed in: Deaton calls snow day for first time since 2006

Snowed in: Deaton calls snow day for first time since 2006

Tony Puricelli February 1, 2011

Chancellor Brady Deaton announced in an e-mail Monday the full closure of MU's campus and the cancellation of all classes, effective 4 p.m. Monday through Tuesday evening. The announcement came after...

On Campus, Around the Nation (2/1/2011)

Lauren Bale February 1, 2011

**Turkish diplomat visits UI, discusses foreign policy** UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS—The Consul General of Turkey Fatih Yildiz spoke on his country’s foreign policy Friday afternoon at Illini Union. Yildiz...

Officers seize drugs, cash from res hall

Kelsey Maffett February 1, 2011

MU Police Department officers arrested freshman Justin Brown on multiple charges, including drug possession and distribution, Friday morning outside Defoe-Graham residence hall. MUPD Capt. Scott Richardson...

Dirty Disco celebrates one-year anniversary

Dirty Disco celebrates one-year anniversary

Joel Samson Berntsen February 1, 2011

Wall-to-the-wall people, I.D. checks, lines for the bathroom; no, this isn't the DMV - it is quite the opposite, actually. This is the disco inferno of Dirty Disco's One-Year Anniversary party. Dirty...