Calif. high court overturns same-sex marriage ban
May 15, 2008 — Missouri is one of 27 states with an amendment banning same-sex marriage.
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Photo ID proposal passes Senate committee
May 13, 2008 — Support for the proposal is split mostly along party lines.
Columbia Police chief takes UM Health Care job
May 12, 2008 — Chief Randy Boehm will start as security manager in July.
Curators formalize opposition to student curator bill
May 12, 2008 — Some curators had spoken against the bill, but the board hadn’t adopted an official position.
Compete Missouri debated
By Erica Zucco
Professors and administrators engaged in a heated discussion on Thursday concerning current faculty dissatisfaction with salaries, university culture and changes that could result from the implementation of the Compete Missouri plan. Chancellor Brady Deaton and Provost Brian Foster began the ...
News: Four Front meets with campus administrators
By Anna Koeppel
Student groups brought concerns about a variety of issues to administrators during Chancellor Brady Deaton’s semi-annual visit to Four Front, a coalition of campus minority groups. Vice Chancellor for Student ...
Outlook: Flights to Memphis will begin Aug. 19
By Steve Oslica
Graceland and Beale Street will be a little closer to Columbia in August. Mesaba Airlines, a subsidiary of Northwest Airlines, ...
Sports: Cardinals far from dead
Pronounced dead before the season even began, the St. Louis Cardinals were slotted to duke ...
Arts: Barenaked Ladies: pro kids, ninjas
The band released a children's album on Tuesday.
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Record enrollment alters housing plan
The Department of Residential Life has decided Cramer Hall will house students instead of offices next year. Due to an ...
MSA reviews election
Before it began, no one expected the spring Missouri Students Association Senate election to last longer than the three days ...
Phishing e-mail sent to Mark Twain residents
On Tuesday, Mark Twain residents received a phishing e-mail in their MU e-mail accounts. Phishing occurs when a person obtains ...
Senators see action in final meeting of year
The Missouri Students Association Senate certainly did not slack off at its final meeting of the year. The meeting lasted ...
MSA to give MUTV computers, camera
After its request for funds from the Student Fee Capital Improvement Committee was denied, MUTV got some help from MSA ...
Outlook
Higher ed. funding up 7 percent
Despite nationwide panic about the U.S. economy, state legislators are increasing state funding for colleges and universities higher than the ...
Residents get bus fare break
With gas prices approaching $3.50 a gallon, Columbia residents could catch a slight break on their commuting costs on Thursday. ...
Blunt files Sunshine request against Harris
Blunt requested records dating back to 2003.
College Clips
Impaled goat terrifies Harvard students At 9 a.m. Saturday, Harvard University junior Jessica Means was finishing her breakfast as she ...
25th District heats up with endorsements
Three candidates are running in the Democratic primary for the House seat.
Arts:
Islands’ second album no fun
I wonder if people remember that Islands exist, or if anyone actually cared about them in the first place. I ...
Les Savy Fav goes wrong the right way
After listening to Les Savy Fav’s After the Balls Drop (Live in NYC), the band’s first live album and digital ...
Column: ‘Made’ shouldn’t have been made
Let’s begin with the title. “Made of Honor” is a pun, I guess, because in this mediocre “My Best Friend’s ...
Puppets album solid if not memorable
Monkeys’ man Alex Turner stretches out his ‘60s legs with latest release.
'Mario Kart Wii' offers more ways to get screwed
The gaming world is just another day, another Nintendo console, another Mario Kart.
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2008 National Baseball Team invites two MU players to trials Twelve collegiate baseball players have accepted invitations to attend the ...
Tigers win on walk-off home run
The Tigers hit two home runs off Venditte for a comeback win.
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Column: A 'major' cause for concern
Colleges have a major problem. It’s not global warming or the economy or even the war. It’s a different type ...
Editorial: Fancy buildings never taught us anything
Seniors have been sent off, final exams are next week and the academic year is coming to a close. We’d ...
Column: How finals bring friendliness
I have approximately two hours to write this column before I should return to what passes for normal in my ...