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UM System faces $8 million in proposed cuts

Amos Chen February 23, 2016

Missouri House of Representatives Budget Chairman Rep. Tom Flanigan, R-Carthage, proposed a budget for the 2017 year on Tuesday that would potentially cut $8 million in funding from the UM System and $402,059...

Q&A: FAFSA changes for the 2017-18 award year

Lily Cusack February 23, 2016

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid is implementing new changes for the application in the upcoming filing year. Student Financial Aid Director Nathan Prewett outlined why the FAFSA is important...

Young Americans for Liberty petitions for Melissa Click’s removal

Emily Gallion February 22, 2016

The same student group that [burned the Islamic State flag](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/10/11/muck-isis-burns-isis-flag-protest-us-foreign-polic/) on the columns is now petitioning for the...

Project of the Week: No Fun, All Joy

Project of the Week: No Fun, All Joy

Peter Baugh, Tessa Weinberg February 22, 2016

Two years ago, a balcony at the University Village housing complex collapsed, killing a Columbia firefighter. The MU-owned apartments offered affordable housing to graduate and professional students, but...

#BlackLivesMatter founders speak on the prominence of racial injustice

#BlackLivesMatter founders speak on the prominence of racial injustice

Alyssa Bessasparis February 19, 2016

Two of the three creators of the BlackLivesMatter movement, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi, took the Jesse Auditorium stage last night to educate an estimated 700 students, faculty and community members...

Former MU School of Medicine dean reinstated following resignation

Former MU School of Medicine dean reinstated following resignation

Claire Mitzel February 18, 2016

Interim Chancellor Hank Foley announced Thursday in an email that Dr. Patrice Delafontaine has been reinstated as the dean of the School of Medicine, effective immediately. Delafontaine resigned in September...

Residential Life considers new flat fee for laundry

Residential Life considers new flat fee for laundry

Lauren Wortman February 18, 2016

Room and board fees for students living in residence halls could soon include a flat fee estimated around $100 for laundry charges, according to the UM System Board of Curators’ [fiscal year 2017 report](https://board.um.umsystem.edu/February%2045%202016%20Board%20of%20Curators%20Meeting/07%20Finance/02%20-%20ACTION%201%20-%20FY17%20Student%20Housing%20and%20Dining%20Rates%20-%20UM%20-%20combined.pdf). The...

Middle Eastern studies minor in the works

Lily Cusack February 16, 2016

MU could become the third school in the Southeastern Conference with a Middle Eastern studies program, as a minor is in the approval process and is gaining traction thanks to support from students and...

Board of Curators enters presidential search with a diversity problem

Claire Mitzel February 16, 2016

Three curators have resigned in the last three months, leaving the UM System Board of Curators with one woman and no racial minorities. The board’s current composition has sparked a conversation about...

Suspended professor Melissa Click speaks out

Suspended professor Melissa Click speaks out

Katherine Knott February 16, 2016

Melissa Click, an assistant communications professor, was standing with family near the intersection of Ninth Street and University Avenue when members of Concerned Student 1950 stopped the Homecoming...

UM System will soon appoint chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer

Kyra Haas February 15, 2016

Members of the UM System want its first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer to answer some tough questions left in the wake of last fall’s protests on MU’s campus. The UM System held open...

MU alumni pull $2 million in donations after campus tension last fall

MU alumni pull $2 million in donations after campus tension last fall

Lily Oppenheimer February 15, 2016

After students linked arms in celebration of the resignation of former UM System President Tim Wolfe, over 2,000 people called the MU Advancement office asking about the university, according to Vice Chancellor...