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University announces award for military personnel

Elizabeth Loutfi • June 25, 2015

MU Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin and Provost Garnett Stokes announced a new 10-percent tuition award for all military personnel, veterans, their spouses and children effective immediately Wednesday, according...

Out with MizzouWireless, in with TigerWiFi

Bryanna Leach • June 3, 2015

Junior Brandon Fredman said he has hated MizzouWireless since day one. “I could not believe how slow it was,” Fredman said. “Then the first day of my freshman year, MizzouWireless crashed. I called...

Administrators discontinue One Mizzou, developing new marketing campaign this summer

Sarah Wynn • June 3, 2015

Last December, a coalition of student leaders presented a Call to Action to MU administrators. It would eventually spell the end of the use of the One Mizzou slogan in marketing and promotional materials....

FACSS raises more than $24,000 in the fundraising campaign

Shuhan Li • May 14, 2015

The Friendship Association of Chinese Students and Scholars launched a fundraising campaign in February to help support the family of Kui Zou, a Chinese visiting scholar who was killed in a car accident...

Administrators to move back into Jesse Hall May 18

Esther Seawell • May 12, 2015

For students, May 18 is the first official day of summer, but for MU Administration, it is the day that they can move back into Jesse Hall. Jesse Auditorium will be the first room to reopen. The Commencement...

Top 5 race relations forums

Quinn Malloy • May 6, 2015

On Nov. 24, 2014, a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, decided not to indict officer Darren Wilson for shooting and killing 18-year-old Michael Brown. Brown’s death in August of that year led to much...

Biggest university achievement: Inclusive housing, bathrooms

Katherine Knott, Esther Seawell • May 6, 2015

The project initially known as Virginia Avenue South has been a long time coming. First, the trees had to be [removed](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2013/7/10/rha-turns-trees-art-new-residence-hall/)...

Biggest university failure: MU Alert

Quinn Malloy • May 6, 2015

MU Alert has made a series of high-profile faux pas in the past month. The system’s basic function is to alert students to any “personae non gratae” in the vicinity of the campus. Any potentially...

MU brainstorms uses for Blair’s $1 million estate gift

Maddie Foster • May 5, 2015

Missouri alumni Timothy Blair recently donated $1 million to the journalism school. The money is intended to support education and research about how journalists cover LGBT issues. Blair said he spent...

MU pilots new learning management systems

Dalvin Parker • May 5, 2015

MU will implement a pilot program for Instructure Canvas, a new learning management system that could eventually replace Blackboard Learn by 2016. Provost for Academic Affairs Garnett Stokes approved...

Biggest Disappointment: Administration’s handling of race relations

Covey Eonyak Son • May 5, 2015

Take a walk through the heart of the Francis Quadrangle and you’ll notice there’s a lot of repairs taking place on Red Campus. Lafferre Hall is finally undergoing renovations after years of soaking...

Administrators give race relations update, answer student questions

Taylor Blatchford • April 30, 2015

Administrators announced the members of the Faculty Council race relations committee and the removal of the One Mizzou slogan from campus in a response to student leaders’ [call for action](http://lbc.missouri.edu/call-for-action/)...