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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

Four Directions advocates for indigenous voices in climate justice movement

Four Directions advocates for indigenous voices in climate justice movement

Izzy Colón October 20, 2019

Four Directions is an MU student organization that has been dedicated to advocating for Native American and indigenous students’ concerns on campus and throughout the community since the 1980s. Four...

MU graduate student wins Inclusive Excellence award

MU graduate student wins Inclusive Excellence award

Caitlin Danborn October 20, 2019

For Melina Constantine Miseo, a sociology class changed the way they look at the world. Miseo, this year’s recipient of the MU Inclusive Excellence and Engagement Individual Award, is now pursuing their...

Climate strike in Speakers Circle indicates change

Climate strike in Speakers Circle indicates change

Austin Woods October 13, 2019

On Sept. 20, students and community members gathered in Speakers Circle to demand action on climate change from world leaders. This was part of a worldwide series of climate-related events called the Global...

McGhee Osse of Burrell Communications describes how powerful narratives shape good marketing

Colin McElduff October 13, 2019

In her bright red handkerchief and flowing white button down, Burrell Communications co-CEO McGhee Osse stands at the podium, Kaldi’s coffee in hand, as she prepares to speak before a packed room of...

Missouri Honor Medal Recipients give master classes for J-School staff and students

Lukas Parrish October 9, 2019

Four influential journalists receiving the Missouri Honor Medal spent Oct. 2 giving master classes to MU students before receiving their awards at a banquet that evening. The Missouri Honor Medal is an...

MU students advocate for MU to divest from fossil fuel industry

MU students advocate for MU to divest from fossil fuel industry

Caitlin Danborn, Izzy Colón October 7, 2019

Environmental consciousness has always made sense to MU sophomore Rory Butler. Since Butler’s childhood on a 160-acre farm in Barnhart, Missouri, he said he has always appreciated nature and strived...

New York Times executive editor addresses whistleblower controversy at master class

New York Times executive editor addresses whistleblower controversy at master class

Anna Cowden October 7, 2019

Dean Baquet felt his decision to publish information about the Ukraine whistleblower’s employment was easy, he told the packed Fisher Auditorium of mostly students on Wednesday. The Pulitzer-winning...

Male nursing organization provides invaluable resources to members

Elise Diesfeld October 7, 2019

Female underrepresentation in the workplace has been an ongoing issue since the normalization of women pursuing careers. But in nursing, women have dominated the demographics, minimizing male nurses to...

Mizzou Public Health Club partnering with Columbia charities to make a change

Joshua Reneau October 6, 2019

Despite only being eight weeks into the school year, the Mizzou Public Health Club is already on track and making an impact in the community. After taking the reins this year, club president Sydney Jones...

Trump administration moves to ban all flavored e-cigarettes in response to vaping epidemic

Trump administration moves to ban all flavored e-cigarettes in response to vaping epidemic

Colin McElduff October 5, 2019

In 2019, vaping has seen another sharp increase amongst teenagers and young adults throughout the US despite mounting concerns about the safety of the products and their potential to cause a mysterious...

Students in support of sexual abuse survivors protest Brett Kavanaugh at Speakers Circle

Students in support of sexual abuse survivors protest Brett Kavanaugh at Speakers Circle

Wesley Ward October 1, 2019

Planned Parenthood Advocates of Mizzou, Stronger Together Against Relationship and Sexual Violence and Mizzou College Democrats held an abortion-rights rally in Speakers Circle Sept. 25 to protest anti-abortion...

Pro-Vax group holds first meeting of the year

Wesley Ward September 29, 2019

MU’s Pro-Vax Club held its first meeting of the year last Thursday in the Medical Science Building. As a relatively new organization that was created last semester, the Pro-Vax Club seeks to educate...