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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

MSA holds special election, inaugurates new presidential administration

Ben Scott April 16, 2019

The Missouri Students Association is holding a special election for a constitutional amendment that would alter the senate’s current seating allocation by splitting academic seats from colleges and university-wide...

Resolution roundup: Full senate passes virtual student ID resolution, weighs emergency contraceptive support

Ethan Brown April 16, 2019

The Missouri Students Association senate passed a resolution during its April 2 full senate session that supports digitizing student IDs at MU. The resolution, Senate Bill 58-27, follows the introduction...

‘Queer Eye’ star Antoni Porowski comes to Jesse Auditorium

‘Queer Eye’ star Antoni Porowski comes to Jesse Auditorium

Mariana Labbate April 16, 2019

“Queer Eye” food connoisseur Antoni Porowski spoke to a full house in Jesse Auditorium on April 11. Tickets were sold out and lines started to form before 6 p.m. even though the event started at 7...

Stephens College annual student fashion show The Collections debuted Saturday

Stephens College annual student fashion show The Collections debuted Saturday

Madeleine Bunten April 16, 2019

Stephens College hosted its annual fashion show and celebrated 75 years of the show’s continuation Saturday, April 13. There were three different showtimes beginning in the afternoon and ending in the...

The faces of FACE: serving families of Boone County

The faces of FACE: serving families of Boone County

Nicketa Coombs April 16, 2019

There is identifying that a problem exists, then there is actively taking steps to impact policies and practices for change. In 2012, the citizens of Boone County did just this with the Family Access Center...

Everything we know about ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’

Everything we know about ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’

Abby Monteil April 16, 2019

_This article contains spoilers for “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.”_ Friday morning at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago, the Episode IX cast and director J.J. Abrams joined host Stephen Colbert...

‘Game of Thrones’ premiere lays groundwork for final season

‘Game of Thrones’ premiere lays groundwork for final season

Rachel Pickett April 16, 2019

_This review contains spoilers for the season eight premiere of “Game of Thrones.” _ Exactly 595 days since its last episode premiered, “Game of Thrones” is finally back. While fans have been...

MU researcher looks into political polarization, lack of moderate voices on social media

MU researcher looks into political polarization, lack of moderate voices on social media

Laura Evans April 16, 2019

MU research has found that although partisan Twitter users became more polarized leading up to the 2016 election, polarization as a whole may be exaggerated since many moderates remained uninvolved in...

MU Sustainability Week spreads importance of sustainability through partnerships with other organizations

MU Sustainability Week spreads importance of sustainability through partnerships with other organizations

Kyndall Hubbard April 16, 2019

Sustain Mizzou held Sustainability Week April 8 through April 13, featuring a variety of events during the week to underline the significance of sustainability in students’ lives. “Sustainability...

Board of Curators approves new human environmental sciences degree, hopes to boost retention

Board of Curators approves new human environmental sciences degree, hopes to boost retention

Laura Evans April 14, 2019

A new Bachelor of Science in human environmental sciences with an emphasis in family and consumer sciences degree was approved for MU Thursday at the UM System Board of Curators meeting. Steve Graham,...

First image of black hole revealed, MU astronomy professor gives insight

First image of black hole revealed, MU astronomy professor gives insight

Adele Du April 14, 2019

A team of researchers from the Event Horizon Telescope project revealed the first image of a black hole April 10. The image was assembled from data gathered by eight radio telescopes around the world including...

Curators approve $30 million project to replace Sinclair School of Nursing building

Curators approve $30 million project to replace Sinclair School of Nursing building

Emily Wolf April 13, 2019

The UM Board of Curators approved a $30 million project to replace the Sinclair School of Nursing building in a meeting Thursday. Curator Julia Brncic, chair of the finance committee, said the project...