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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

MU seniors bring back beer to Senior Sendoff

MU seniors bring back beer to Senior Sendoff

Jackson Fletcher May 6, 2016

The first and last memories most MU students make on campus involves walking through the columns. As freshmen, they participate in the annual Tiger Walk, hosted by the Mizzou Alumni Association, that...

UM System will not recognize graduate worker union

Kyra Haas May 6, 2016

Following the UM System’s rejection of the Coalition of Graduate Workers’ April 18–19 union authorization election results, CGW will turn to the courts to determine whether it can legally collectively...

MU researchers find association between dog-walking, physical health

Kyra Haas May 4, 2016

Dog-walking can improve the physical health of older adults, according to a study MU researchers published in March. [The study](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/299345284_Dog_Walking_the_Human-Animal_Bond_and_Older_Adults'_Physical_Health)...

Tim Wolfe’s indeterminate path to the presidency

Tim Wolfe’s indeterminate path to the presidency

Claire Mitzel May 4, 2016

“We have to make all 6 million Missourians aware of what we’re doing at the University of Missouri,” then-UM System President Tim Wolfe said in an April 2012 interview shortly after stepping into...

Biggest steps forward: diversity initiatives

Biggest steps forward: diversity initiatives

Alyssa Bessasparis May 3, 2016

After former UM System President Tim Wolfe resigned on Nov. 9 following student protests, the UM System realized changes had to be made. The system has created a variety of new positions and programs to...

Biggest Disappointment: Administrative responses last fall

Claire Mitzel May 3, 2016

To call the 2015–16 school year the year of the student activist would be an understatement. But while students have been communicative about their concerns, administrators have not. Throughout the...

Biggest Buzzkill: Effects of low enrollment

Lily Cusack May 3, 2016

When word spread in March about MU’s budget crisis, the prognosis was grim. How would the university make up a $32 million deficit? Answer: Cutting 5 percent from all departments and instituting a hiring...

Mizzou in Review: Top five WTF moments

Mizzou in Review: Top five WTF moments

Taylor Blatchford May 3, 2016

This school year has been full of resignations, protests and other general administrative chaos. Stepping back and thinking about all that’s happened, there were some moments that just made us ask, “WTF,...

Most Influential Students: Jonathan Butler

Most Influential Students: Jonathan Butler

Thomas Oide May 3, 2016

Jonathan Butler doesn’t see himself as a leader. “I view myself as an engaged community citizen who has a specific lived experience,” Butler said. “I don’t think I’m anybody special, I don’t...

Most Influential Students: Eric Scott and Connor Lewis

Most Influential Students: Eric Scott and Connor Lewis

Kyra Haas May 3, 2016

Graduate students Eric Scott and Connor Lewis met at the first meeting of the Forum on Graduate Rights, just days after graduate workers were informed 13 hours before their health coverage period ended...

Top 5 Words of the Year

Calling for “muscle” sparked a national debate over the First Amendment, labeling graduate student workers as “kids” voting in a “mock election” infuriated unionization activists, and adding...

Staff open forum addresses budget restraints, job security

Alyssa Bessasparis May 1, 2016

In a climate of budget constraints and staff unrest, a panel of seven MU administrators fielded questions and concerns from staff regarding job security, career paths and salaries during an open forum...