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MU Administrators haven’t reviewed graduate satisfaction data in 12 years

Brian Consiglio • August 28, 2015

Faculty Council met Thursday to discuss issues surrounding graduate student health insurance. Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin, Vice Provost Garnett Stokes and Leona Rubin, Associate Vice Chancellor for Graduate...

Breaking Grad: Part 1

Michael Cali • August 27, 2015

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Graduate walkout only the beginning

Quinn Malloy • August 27, 2015

Eric O. Scott, a third-year doctoral student in English, couldn’t contain himself. It would be another 27 minutes until the smattering of red shirts between and around the Columns would swell into an...

The start of a movement: Graduate students walk out

Emily Brehe • August 26, 2015

Graduate students plan to participate in an all-day celebration of their worth to the university Wednesday that some are calling a “walkout.” The event is being held in response to the administration...

Ellis Library to open 24-hour study space

Lily Oppenheimer • August 25, 2015

It’s closing hour at the Ellis Library. With trembling fingers, this is where many groggy students have confronted their trek home. Ellis Library is a sanctuary for dedicated students, but the inconvenience...

Forum to be held on changes in graduate student health care policy

August 16, 2015

Graduate Students who are employed by MU were left scrambling for health insurance after they were informed via an email from the MU Office of Graduate Studies that the university would no longer be offering...

Search for interim dean underway after Business school dean leaves for South Carolina

July 30, 2015

Less than a month before fall semester, the University of South Carolina announced that MU’s Trulaske College of Business dean Joan Gabel will become the next provost. She’ll start the job Aug. 24,...

MU and the campus community work to accommodate students with disabilities

Paige Lalain • July 26, 2015

On July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act, was created to “(remove) barriers and (empower) people” with disabilities, according to [its website](http://www.ada.gov). According to the introduction...

Loftin denounces confederate flag photo taken outside MU Greek house

Quinn Malloy • July 13, 2015

Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin released a [statement](http://chancellor.missouri.edu/news/statement-regarding-flag/) Monday morning regarding a photo of men brandishing a Confederate flag outside of the Phi...

E-Flo leaves lasting impression at MU, at this paper

Elizabeth Loutfi • July 8, 2015

MU lost one of its own, former UM System President Elson S. Floyd, on June 20. He served from 2003-07 as the 10th UM System president. I attended a celebration of his life five days later and I learned...

Race relations committee preps for fall semester

Elizabeth Loutfi • July 8, 2015

Deputy Chancellor and Professor at the MU School of Law Michael Middleton, who was an MU student in the ’60s, was one of the first black students to attend the MU School of Law. As a student, he helped...

‘Perspectives on Zionism’ class canceled due to no enrollment

Katie Pohlman • July 8, 2015

A proposed Honors College tutorial class entitled “Perspectives on Zionism,” which was greeted with criticism from students and the community, will no longer be offered in the fall 2015 semester. The...