Columbia Today: Nov. 10, 2009
Today’s News
Harvard University professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich gave a presentation concerning a group of Mormons' travels across Iowa at MU yesterday. The event is the first of the MU history department’s Lewis Atherton Lecture Series. See the Columbia Missourian for the whole story.
A senior network analyst for CarFax, Rick Buford, is the second CarFax employee running for the Fourth Ward Columbia City Council seat. The Columbia Tribune reports that Buford said he has two young daughters, and they are growing up in a town that is going in a direction he is not entirely pleased with. Read the [Tribune] (http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2009/nov/09/third-contender-enters-fourth-ward-race/) for full coverage.
Columbia School Board members voted at a meeting yesterday to terminate the marching band program for eighth- and ninth-graders so students can focus on learning their instrument to play better in high school marching band. The board also discussed how to use the new Bethel property as well as Field Elementary. Get the full story from the Columbia Missourian.
What’s Happening
Auditions for MU’s 9th annual Vagina Monologues starts today at 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Everyone who auditions gets a part. Auditions will run through Thursday.
Tomorrow at 12 p.m. is Veteran’s Day Celebration in Memorial Student Union’s Memorial Tower. A wreath laying ceremony will take place to honor MU veterans.