Columbia Today: March 6, 2009

Columbia Today brings you the biggest news from around the city. Look for it every weekday morning on themaneater.com.

Today's News

  • A bill proposed by Rep. Chris Kelly, D-Columbia, could fund new campus buildings by taking out a $700 million bond, potentially creating an all-too-familiar campus scene: more construction.

  • Former Run D.M.C member Darryl McDaniels told MU students last night that hip-hop should be more than sex, partying and drugs.

  • Student groups panhandled on Lowry Mall yesterday for money to support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning youth who find themselves homeless upon coming out.

  • Montee goes to Washington? State Auditor Susan Montee is contemplating a federal job, according to KOMU/Channel 8.

  • Columbia woman Amy Hill will serve time for taking a nap on the MU power plant smokestack last December, the Columbia Daily Tribune reports.

  • Daylight saving time starts Sunday at 2 a.m., so set your clock forward an hour Saturday night.

What’s Happening

  • Baseball vs. Ball State, 6:30 p.m., Taylor Stadium
  • "007: Quantum of Solace," $1, 7 p.m., Jesse Wrench Auditorium
  • Joan Brock: More Than Meets the Eye, free for students, 7 p.m., Jesse Auditorium
  • Top Shelf Hip-Hop Party, $15, 9:30 p.m., The Blue Note

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