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Concerned Student 1950 and others plan to boycott Student Center

Thomas Oide November 3, 2015

After calling a meeting Tuesday night among members of the campus community, the student group Concerned Student 1950 has planned a boycott of all food services and the purchasing of any MU apparel at...

Graduate student Jonathan Butler declares hunger strike

Thomas Oide November 2, 2015

Graduate student Jonathan Butler has led protests in Speakers Circle and through the Student Center. He has used social media to draw attention to campus racism. When those efforts failed to elicit a reaction...

Discussion surrounding Jefferson statue a plus for people petitioning

October 28, 2015

The statue of Thomas Jefferson sits on a bench just outside the Residence on the Quad, gazing at out at the quad he inspired. As one of the writers of the Declaration of Independence, he fittingly has...

MU Coalition of Graduate Workers in the process of unionizing

MU Coalition of Graduate Workers in the process of unionizing

Emily O’Connor October 28, 2015

The Coalition of Graduate Workers, a branch of the Forum on Graduate Rights, is in the process of unionization after affiliating with the Missouri National Education Association and the National Education...

Bow untied: Rumors rampant around Curators' special meeting

Bow untied: Rumors rampant around Curators’ special meeting

Hailey Stolze October 21, 2015

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“I Stand With Loftin” hashtag surfaces, rallies behind Bowtieger

Paige Lalain October 21, 2015

The UM System Board of Curators met Wednesday for four hours. The reason behind the meeting is up for speculation. A tweet from a state representative indicated the Curators might’ve been discussing...

SCCA creates community, change

SCCA creates community, change

Thomas Oide October 20, 2015

Last spring, Reuben Faloughi realized that there wasn’t a space for students to come together and work to create a more inclusive campus. So Faloughi created that space by starting the Student Coalition...

Pro-life activists oppose embryonic stem cell research at MU

Pro-life activists oppose embryonic stem cell research at MU

Tessa Weinberg, Tess Vrbin October 20, 2015

Members of Missouri Right to Life, one of the anti-abortion groups, believe that publicly funded universities should not participate in embryonic stem cell research, as in their view, life is destroyed...

Second campus Starbucks location to open in Dobbs replacement in fall 2017

Jared Kaufman October 20, 2015

A Starbucks store will be included in the Dobbs replacement dining facility when it opens in fall 2017. The new location will be similar to the current Starbucks in Memorial Union in that customers will...

MU publishes a detailed proposal for diversity course

Hailey Hauldren October 20, 2015

On Oct. 14, astronomy professor Angela Speck, chair of the Diversity Enhancement Committee, published a [detailed proposal](https://transparency.missouri.edu/2015/10/14/proposal-for-a-diversity-requirement-update/)...

Majority of students don’t believe sexual assault is a problem at MU

Emily O’Connor October 14, 2015

Eighty percent of undergraduate men at MU believe sexual assault is not a problem on campus. Only 19.6 percent of undergraduate males, compared to 37.1 percent of undergraduate females, at MU reported...

This week in university news

Quinn Malloy October 14, 2015

####Fundraising campaign MU administrators announced a $1.3 billion fundraising campaign on Oct. 8 during an event at Mizzou Arena. The fundraising campaign, dubbed “Mizzou: Our Time to Lead” is the...