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Faculty Council releases statement of concern regarding university leadership

Taylor Blatchford, Quinn Malloy • November 5, 2015

_Update_: Chair of Faculty Council Ben Trachtenberg released a statement Saturday supporting the efforts of "every student who is struggling to make Mizzou a more tolerant, peaceful, welcoming and robustly...

UM System president responds to hunger strike, protesters

Allyson Sherwin • November 5, 2015

UM System President Tim Wolfe’s words weren’t enough to soothe protesters Tuesday outside University Hall in an exchange captured by the Missourian on Periscope. “We are tired of the dialogue; we...

Concerned Student 1950 organizers and supporters trek across campus in walkout

Peter Baugh, Tessa Weinberg • November 5, 2015

“Who shut shit down? We shut shit down,” was one of the many chants over a hundred students, faculty and staff shouted during Thursday’s Concerned Student 1950 walkout in support of graduate student...

English department vote highlights faculty dissatisfaction

Katherine Knott • November 5, 2015

Citing low morale among faculty and a poor campus climate, faculty members in the English department voted no confidence in Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin’s leadership. The vote was held during a department...

Race Relations Committee creates series of video updates on progress

Thomas Oide • November 5, 2015

On Nov. 2, the Faculty Council Committee on Race Relations updated their website to include five videos featuring students and staff from diverse backgrounds in an effort to help improve race relations...

MU fails to fully meet students’ demands

Tessa Weinberg • November 4, 2015

Since August, MU has been called upon by various groups including the Forum on Graduate Rights and Concerned Student 1950 to meet their demands. At the start of fall semester, FGR presented administrators...

Change.org petition to remove Wolfe from office has over 700 signatures

Taylor Blatchford • November 4, 2015

A [petition on change.org](https://www.change.org/p/university-of-missouri-system-board-of-curators-president-tim-wolfe-govenor-of-missouri-jay-nixon-jeremiah-nixon-removal-of-the-university-of-missouri-system-president-tim-wolfe-from-office)...

Loftin responds to student’s hunger strike

Taylor Blatchford • November 4, 2015

Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin expressed his support for graduate student Jonathan Butler’s [hunger strike](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/11/2/graduate-student-jonathan-butler-declares-hunger-s/)...

SCCA covers Speakers Circle with hashtags in support of the hunger strike

Tessa Weinberg • November 4, 2015

The seriousness and urgency of graduate student Jonathan Butler’s hunger strike continues to increase as he has now signed a “do not resuscitate” order, according to a member of MU Student Coalition...

STORIFY: Students demand Wolfe’s resignation

Elizabeth Loutfi • November 3, 2015

Under #ConcernedStudent1950 and #MizzouHungerStrike, graduate student Jonathan Butler announced a hunger strike: _"I will be embarking on an indefinite hunger strike in opposition to having Tim Wolfe...

Students camp out in support of #MizzouHungerStrike

Thomas Oide • November 3, 2015

It has been more than 24 hours since graduate student Jonathan Butler announced and began his hunger strike, calling for UM System President Tim Wolfe’s resignation. Since then, his decision has garnered...

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...