Walking around MU’s campus at night, you become familiar with the sight of little blue lights in the distance. Those glowing blue beacons are emergency phones, meant to be run to and pressed in emergencies. MU...

Every Missouri Students Association election cycle, candidates seem to promise to increase transparency, and it seems that it might finally be on the way. MSA Senate is making a push to [publish all voting...

The Ad Hoc Committee on Protests, Public Spaces, Free Speech and the Press was created in January to look for suggestions on how the university regulates its public spaces, following [a national controversy...

We are here today to mourn the loss of Columbia’s historic downtown, the city’s center since its founding, and all of its charm. From its restaurants and bars to its quaint little shops, downtown Columbia...

After months of buildup, the Coalition of Graduate Workers finally held their unionization election and won in a landslide 84 percent victory. The series of events leading up to the election has been long...

As the UM System presidential search committee continues evaluating different candidates in light of the four public forums held at each UM System campus, they need to prioritize an applicant with strong...

The struggle between the UM System and its disgruntled graduate student population has been centered around the system’s refusal to recognize graduate workers as employees. The university has repeatedly...

Last week, interim Chancellor Hank Foley wrote a letter to staff regarding the $32 million budgetary shortfall that MU is expected to face for next year. “I wish I had better news,” Foley wrote. Us...

With the election of Sean Earl and Tori Schafer to the Missouri Students Association presidency, the Ignite Mizzou era has reached its end. Outgoing president Payton Head’s term had its ups and downs,...

For the second time this school year, we find ourselves choosing among three slates in the Missouri Students Association’s presidential election. The circumstances of last semester’s debacle of an...

One glance at the UM System Board of Curators reveals a troubling lack of racial, gender and professional diversity. Of the six current members, there are five white men and only one woman, who is also...