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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...

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/)...