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Hoverboards banned from campus

Lily Oppenheimer • January 8, 2016

Self-balancing scooters, also known as hoverboards, are banned from MU campus beginning Jan. 8, according to an email sent to students Friday morning. The email cited the “potential impact on MU campus...

STORIFY: People share ideas on how to improve MU

Katherine Knott • January 6, 2016

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UPDATED: Faculty support Melissa Click after state lawmakers call for her dismissal

Katherine Knott • January 5, 2016

Faculty are supporting assistant professor Melissa Click after Republican state lawmakers released their letter calling for her immediate removal for her “inappropriate and criminal actions” [during...

After stepping down as chancellor, Loftin isn’t dwelling on the past

Taylor Blatchford • December 30, 2015

R. Bowen Loftin first visited the University of Missouri in the late 1970s. A physics professor at Texas A&M University at Galveston, he and a colleague came to Columbia to use the nuclear reactor for...

Infusion to begin offering Kaldi’s coffee in January

Jared Kaufman • December 22, 2015

Infusion, the Student Center’s coffee shop and bakery, is hoping to boost sales by using Kaldi’s coffee to make its beverages starting in January. Previously, Infusion had sold beverages made primarily...

Graduate students not satisfied with task force’s solutions

Bri Considine • December 21, 2015

The Forum on Graduate Rights wants their student health insurance subsidies back, and they want them now. Following the Task Force for Graduate Health Insurance's [report Nov. 16](http://gradstudies.missouri.edu/financials/student-medical-insurance/Grad%20Student%20Ins%20Task%20Force%20Final%20Report%2011-17-15.pdf),...

Curators discuss moving forward after ‘challenging times’ in the UM System

Katherine Knott, Taylor Blatchford • December 11, 2015

The UM System Board of Curators met at UM-St. Louis on Thursday, Dec. 10 for the first time since former UM System President Tim Wolfe resigned Nov. 9. Topics of discussion included tuition and fee increases...

Middleton gives first report as interim president in second day of curators meeting

Taylor Blatchford, Elizabeth Loutfi • December 11, 2015

Interim UM System President Mike Middleton stressed the need for support in his address to the UM System Board of Curators in the second day of the curators’ meeting on Friday, Dec. 11. He called the...

Curators approve name for new residence hall

Katherine Knott • December 10, 2015

Set to open next fall, Building One is finally getting a name — George C. Brooks Hall. The UM System Board of Curators voted ‘yes’ at their meeting Friday. Building One is south of the site of the...

Diversity course requirement changed with student course load in mind

Allyson Sherwin • December 8, 2015

The hotly debated diversity course initiative lead by the Faculty Council Diversity Enhancement Committee has been altered, as detailed in a [Nov. 20 update](https://transparency.missouri.edu/2015/11/23/update-on-proposal-for-a-diversity-requirement-nov-20-2015/)...

Counseling psychology department to offer Difficult Dialogues class

Emily O’Connor • December 7, 2015

The counseling psychology department at MU already has a long history of diversity training, but doctoral student Oscar Rojas Perez and professor Sonia Dhaliwal intend to expand on this reputation. Starting...

Concerned Student 1950 plans to continue to educate students, raise awareness

Thomas Oide • December 7, 2015

A movement that generated national attention, forced out UM System President Tim Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin and generated support from colleges across the country, started with a simple, vague...