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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

State legislators need to make the ‘Missouri Promise’

April 22, 2015

Gov. Jay Nixon recently decided to withhold state funding originally intended to match donor funds to finance four construction projects on MU’s campus. The decision came due to lower tax revenue than...

Student awareness and safety should be priority for MUPD

April 17, 2015

Police shot and killed an armed robbery suspect in Hitt Street Parking Garage on Wednesday night. Columbia Police initially responded to an armed robbery call from Mosers Foods, where they learned that...

Responsibility of lasting change rests with MU administration

April 15, 2015

MU Police are investigating [a series of anti-Semitic messages drawn in a stairwell at Mark Twain residence hall](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/4/13/mu-officials-investigate-anti-semitic-writing-resi/)...

“The Hunting Ground” is a must-see to change rape culture

April 9, 2015

This Thursday, Ragtag Cinema, with help the True/False Film Festival, will be [bringing the critically-acclaimed documentary “The Hunting Ground” to the Missouri Theatre](http://move.themaneater.com/stories/2015/4/7/hunting-ground-comes-ragtag/#.VSa9lBfpIkU)....

State legislation would advance transphobia

April 8, 2015

The right to comfortably use a bathroom is essential. We’re concerned that new legislation in the Missouri House would infringe upon this right for a group of Missourians who already face discrimination,...

Faculty buyout is an opportunity but also a danger

April 8, 2015

By the end of this academic year, 110 tenured faculty members will retire after taking advantage of the university’s [voluntary separation offer](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2014/9/19/mu-announces-buyout-plan-tenured-retirement-eligib/)....

Greektown must welcome students with disabilities

April 1, 2015

Many fraternity and sorority houses at MU lack overall accessibility for people with physical disabilities, [as reported in The Maneater’s latest Long Read](https://www.themaneater.com/special-sections/accessibility-in-greektown/)....

Elimination of Readership Program a major error in judgment

March 18, 2015

Effective July 2015, the Department of Student Life has decided to defund the Mizzou Readership Program, which fills MU’s newsstands with daily papers free to students. Student Life will absorb the...

Additional student fees necessary for improving Ellis

March 17, 2015

The Missouri Students Association Senate will vote Wednesday night to determine whether a push to raise funds for libraries through a new student fee will be on the November ballot. If approved, a referendum...

MU should bring diversity into classroom

March 11, 2015

After a December listening session regarding the events in Ferguson, [MU administrators asked student leaders to help facilitate discussion and help create a plan to address race relations](link to CDI...

The Maneater endorses RHA slate Donley/Thomas

March 3, 2015

The overarching goal of the Residence Halls Association is to serve its hall residents and act as an accessible resource for students. In order to accomplish this goal, the RHA president and vice president...

MSA presidential report card: Mason Schara and Kelsey Haberberger

February 18, 2015

Juniors Payton Head and Brenda Smith-Lezama were [sworn into office Jan. 31](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2015/1/31/head-smith-lezama-sworn-office-ellis-library/). As Head begins his term, we take...