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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...

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

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

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...

Law School expects fewer applications

Mengti Xu • February 8, 2011

With students graduating during a time when job prospects are low and the economy is in a downturn, some are making the decision to continue their education before entering the workforce. The application...

Journalism film series entertains, educates

Brandon Foster • February 8, 2011

When graduate student Davis Dunavin took Betty Winfield’s history of mass media class last year, he discovered a shared interest with his professor. “Both Betty and I are big film buffs,” he said....

Snow cleanup costs projected at $250,000

Megan Hager • February 8, 2011

Each year Parking and Transportation Services Director Jim Joy budgets $25,000 for snow removal. Typically, the department uses about $5,000 in any given year. But when MU received roughly 20 inches of...

MSA Senate attendance tapers off

Kelly Olejnik • February 8, 2011

As the semester wears on, the Missouri Students Association is facing declining attendance and retention rates, according to MSA records. MSA Senate Speaker Evan Wood said attendance is not better or...