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RSVP Center promotes stalking awareness

Tony Puricelli • January 21, 2011

President Barack Obama declared January to be National Stalking Awareness Month, according to a news release from the White House. The Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center added stalking...

Columbia’s galleries counter the college town culture

John Gehringer • January 21, 2011

Downtown Columbia offers a wide assortment of entertainment opportunities for a wide variety of patrons. While many residents are more than content to funnel out of the bars on Friday night, vomit on the...

MU makes accommodations for international students over winter break

Caitlin Kerfin • January 21, 2011

In the 2008-2009 academic year, more than 1,839 international students attended MU representing 101 different countries and 8 percent increase from the previous year. With about 1,627 international students...

Noce prepares to hand off MSA leadership to Woods

Amanda Capua • January 21, 2011

Missouri Students Association President-elect Eric Woods is in the process of transitioning into his new position as he gradually takes the job's responsibilities from MSA President Tim Noce. "The transition...

Police encourage residents to protect their property

Steve Cassidy • January 21, 2011

As students settle back into their Columbia homes, police suggest that students do a thorough inventory of their belongings and call the Columbia Police Department if they notice anything missing. Over...

MU pledges to eliminate carbon emissions by 20 percent

Allison Prang • January 21, 2011

MU officials submitted the university's climate action plan to the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment last week, pledging MU’s next goal to eliminate its carbon emissions...

MSA further delays constitutional convention

Kelly Olejnik • January 21, 2011

The Missouri Students Association has yet to hold its constitutional convention that was expected to happen this past semester, before MU’s winter recess. The convention will happen between March and...

MSA strives to ‘stay in touch’ with students

Kelly Olejnik • January 21, 2011

The Missouri Students Association will aim to make itself more visible to students through a project called MSA Outreach. “We are trying to make sure we are staying in touch with students,” Multicultural...

New year brings crowds to Rec Center

Jenny Modisz • January 21, 2011

As students return to MU after winter break, many make a stop at the Student Recreation Complex as part of their New Year’s resolutions. “We see more participation with the spirit of the New Year...

MBMI puts in community service hours during winter break

Jimmy Hibsch • January 21, 2011

As many students kicked back to relax and watched television over winter break, members of the Mizzou Black Men’s Initiative were taking on the Winter Service Challenge. “A big part of what makes...

CPD changes interoffice relationship policy

Allison Prang • January 21, 2011

Following the retirement of Columbia Police Department Deputy Chief Tom Dresner and the “lateral reassignment” of spokeswoman Jessie Haden, the department instated a new policy requiring all inter-department...

Nixon aims to increase Missouri’s number of college degree holders 25%

Allison Prang • January 21, 2011

Gov. Jay Nixon gave his State of the State address Wednesday at the capitol building in Jefferson City, speaking on scholarships and making a college education more accessible. Nixon said his 2012 scholarship...