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CS1950 takes on Million Student March

CS1950 takes on Million Student March

Alexzandria Churchill April 13, 2016

Correction: The quote in the fourth photo is “We broke as hell, we woke as hell.” The Concerned Student 1950 organization gathered Wednesday to raise awareness for racism and student debt. While marching...

Three things to watch for at this week’s Board of Curators meeting

Taylor Blatchford April 12, 2016

The UM System Board of Curators will meet this Thursday and Friday at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla. Here are the most important things they’ll discuss: **Presidential search...

Respect and Excellence halls’ student staff not guaranteed floor positions

Respect and Excellence halls’ student staff not guaranteed floor positions

After it was [announced Friday](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/4/9/respect-and-excellence-unavailable-incoming-studen/) that students could not select rooms in Excellence and Respect halls for...

Graduate workers to hold union authorization election after year of administrative pushback

Graduate workers to hold union authorization election after year of administrative pushback

Kyra Haas April 12, 2016

An email sent by the Graduate Professional Council to students last Friday sparked an exchange between graduate students and interim Chancellor Hank Foley, the latest in the effort to form a graduate worker...

Project of the Week: Building names reveal racial disparities

Project of the Week: Building names reveal racial disparities

Tessa Weinberg April 11, 2016

As another year of incoming freshmen begin to log on to ROAR and decide where they’ll live for next year with the help of our [Residence Hall guide](https://www.themaneater.com/special-sections/res-hall-guide/),...

Improving AAU status is a long-term game following budget cuts, leadership changes

Kyra Haas April 11, 2016

At a general faculty meeting in April 2014, then-Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin urged Faculty Council to consider the face of the university in 50 years. “Why can’t we be the aspirational land grant (university)?”...

Respect and Excellence halls unavailable for incoming students

Respect and Excellence halls unavailable for incoming students

Katherine Knott April 9, 2016

Incoming students set on living in Respect and Excellence halls will have to make other plans. The Department of Residential Life put a notice on [the ROAR site](https://roar.missouri.edu/Login.aspx)...

The Bridge offers space for education students to explore social justice

The Bridge offers space for education students to explore social justice

Megan Dollar April 7, 2016

As the campus conversation on diversity has continued to grow, the College of Education decided to create a space for their students to engage in conversations and expand their perspectives on social justice. In...

Four things we learned from Spike Lee’s ‘2 Fists Up’

Four things we learned from Spike Lee’s ‘2 Fists Up’

Thomas Oide April 7, 2016

When Spike Lee screens one of his movies for free, you watch. Lee’s film “2 Fists Up,” which tells the story of Concerned Student 1950 and the football team’s involvement with the protests in...

UM System presidential search forum comes to MU

UM System presidential search forum comes to MU

Claire Mitzel April 6, 2016

The UM System presidential search committee heard a variety of opinions about the desired experience and qualifications of the next system president during a public forum on campus Wednesday. Faculty,...

Debate surrounding Thomas Jefferson statue continues

Debate surrounding Thomas Jefferson statue continues

Thomas Oide April 5, 2016

Months after students began talking about Thomas Jefferson’s legacy and the significance of his statue sitting on Francis Quadrangle, the debate about the statue’s racial implications isn’t going...

Senate proposes funding increase to UM System

Amos Chen, Thomas Oide April 5, 2016

The Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee voted to increase funding to the UM System Monday, the exact opposite of the House of Representatives’ decision last month. MU will avoid a cut to its base...