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Patrick Graham named new student representative to Board of Curators

Taylor Blatchford March 10, 2016

Patrick Graham is the new student representative to the UM System Board of Curators, Gov. Jay Nixon announced today in a [news release](https://governor.mo.gov/news/archive/gov-nixon-nominates-student-curator-university-missouri-two-missouri-commission-human). If...

MU to experience $32 million budget loss from enrollment decrease

MU to experience $32 million budget loss from enrollment decrease

Claire Mitzel March 9, 2016

MU is expected to be $32 million short of next year’s planned budget, interim Chancellor Hank Foley announced in a letter sent to staff Wednesday. “I wish I had better news,” Foley wrote in the...

Kathryn Chval named College of Education dean

Kathryn Chval named College of Education dean

Nancy Coleman March 8, 2016

Kathryn Chval was named dean of the College of Education by Provost Garnett Stokes and interim Chancellor Hank Foley in a [news release Tuesday afternoon](http://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2016/0308-provost-interim-chancellor-name-chval-permanent-dean-of-education/)....

Missouri legislature passes $1 million in cuts to MU

Missouri legislature passes $1 million in cuts to MU

Amos Chen March 8, 2016

Missouri House legislators passed a proposal Tuesday to eliminate $1 million in state funding from MU. The amendment to [House Bill 2003](http://www.house.mo.gov/billsummary.aspx?bill=HB2003), an appropriations...

Click supports AAUP’s investigation of her dismissal

Click supports AAUP’s investigation of her dismissal

Anna Sutterer, Kyra Haas March 8, 2016

The American Association of University Professors announced Monday that it will send a committee to MU to conduct a formal investigation of assistant communication professor Melissa Click’s termination,...

Explaining the UM System

Explaining the UM System

Claire Mitzel March 8, 2016

After the resignations of former Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin and former UM System President Tim Wolfe in November, questions have been raised about how the UM System operates and the roles of its president,...

Project of the Week: Breaking down Clery releases since 2011

Project of the Week: Breaking down Clery releases since 2011

Peter Baugh, Tessa Weinberg March 7, 2016

This past Saturday, students received an email with the first Clery release sent since July 5, 2015. Notified of an attempted sexual assault that took place in the area of Mumford Hall, the MU Police Department...

Spike Lee films Concerned Student 1950 for ESPN digital short

Spike Lee films Concerned Student 1950 for ESPN digital short

Alec Lewis March 7, 2016

Oscar-nominated film director and entertainment icon Spike Lee came to MU to shift the narrative, said Marshall Allen, an original member of student movement Concerned Student 1950. Lee has been on campus...

Concerned Student 1950 protests Working Group

Concerned Student 1950 protests Working Group

Alyssa Bessasparis March 7, 2016

Concerned Student 1950 protested MU’s continual lack of administrative action to end systemic racism on March 7. “The Working Group ain’t working,” Concerned Student 1950 organizers and supporters...

Board of Curators strays from faculty review process in Click firing decision

Alyssa Bessasparis March 5, 2016

Melissa Click’s [firing Feb. 24](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2016/2/25/melissa-click-fired-board-curators/) for her actions during last semester’s Concerned Student 1950 protests has raised...

Click’s firing sparks discussions on faculty job security, free speech

Click’s firing sparks discussions on faculty job security, free speech

Claire Mitzel March 1, 2016

A professor’s firing rarely makes national news. But since November, Melissa Click’s name has become a narrative of its own, culminating with her firing Feb. 25. Her story is well-known. Following...

Concerned Student 1950 clarifies letter from Chuck Henson

Concerned Student 1950 clarifies letter from Chuck Henson

Thomas Oide March 1, 2016

Founding member of Concerned Student 1950 Maxwell Little said Chuck Henson’s letter to the student activist group last Thursday was misinterpreted by the [Columbia Missourian](http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/higher_education/chuck-henson-mike-middleton-suggest-concerned-student-end-demands/article_86bcba62-dc18-11e5-ac6b-8fecdf9531f5.html). Henson,...